534 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY |eth. ann. 43 



Then Hadu"i' said, "It matters nothing so that thus it shall come 

 to pass." 



So then Hadu"i' said, "Come, any way, let us two face about." 

 In fact they two now faced about, both faced one certain way. Now 

 at that time Hadu"i' said, "Come, do thou come hither, thou moun- 

 tain standing yonder, and thou shalt come close up to this place 

 whore we two stand, at our backs." Now at this time he addressed 

 De'hae'"hiyawa,"kho°' and said, "Listen, thou and I shall stop 

 breathing as long as we can hold our breaths." 



So then they two stopped breathing. When they two had held 

 their breaths as long as they could, then IIadu"i' said, "Come, now 

 let us two face about again." So at that time they two faced about 

 again and then they two saw that the mountain standing in the 

 distance had not changed its place but slightly. 



Now at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Now verily it 

 has become manifest that thou art not able to cause the moimtain 

 standing yonder to move hither. So verUy it is not thou who hast 

 finished the earth here present. So now I myself, at this time, will 

 attempt to c. use the mountain yonder to move hither. It must 

 needs be, perhaps, that the mountain standing yonder will move 

 itself hither when I speak thither if it so be that truly I myself have 

 completed the earth present here. So now let us two face about." 



When his voice died away in saying, "Do thou come hither, thou 

 mountain standing yonder. Here at our backs thou wilt adjoin 

 thyself," then they faced about. Now also he said, "Now let us 

 two hold our breaths. So it will be decided by the length of time 

 thou canst hold thy breath; that will decide it. So thus it shall come 

 to pass as to that, that I myself will say, 'Now.' Just then and not 

 before thou shalt look." 



Now at that time they two kept still while they held their breaths. 

 Just after so long a time then Hadu"i' became aware that some kind 

 of thing seemingly grazed against his back, so now he hastened and 

 turned around again, that is, he thought, "So, let me see what kind 

 of thing is this that is taking place." So because he turned his 

 head quicldy in turning himself around his face struck the mountain 

 edge there. Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now, verily, wilt 

 thou and I face about again." Now at that time they two faced 

 about again. And now, as to that, the mountain stood at that very 

 place — at their backs. 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' looked at Hadu"i' and he saw that 

 his nose had become awry, also his mouth. At that time De'liae"'- 

 hiyawa"kho'" said, "Listen, I myself am master here on this earth. 

 I myself have completed it." 



So at that time De'hae'"hiyawa"kho'" said, "What manner of 

 thing has come to pass? Seemingly, something, I believe, perhaps, 

 has happened to thee, because thy face has changed in appearance." 



