538 IROQtlOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



' Now at that time Odeiidouni"a' said, "Now I too for my part 

 have completed all those things which thou didst request that I, 

 poor I, should do. So now I am expecting it in that you said 'As soon 

 as I return we shall depart.' Now then too in my small way I am 

 ready. " 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Let thee and me then make 

 ourselves a canoe, so that we may put the canoe in the water, and 

 verily some one must steer by means of the paddle. " 



Now at that time they two made a canoe for themselves. In a 

 very short time then they had finished the canoe. Then De'hae"- 

 'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Come, do you come hither, all, every one 

 who thinks 'Surely I will not fail in anything if it so be one should 

 pursue me.' " 



Now then verily the man beings began to arrive; and then Fox 

 arrived and said, "I, I will volimteer. I will steer by means of the 

 paddle." Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Wliat manner of 

 thing then wilt thou do when we arrive?" Then Fox said, "It will 

 be I that will take up the Head when it falls to the ground and I will 

 flee at once. " 



Now then in a very short time different man beings severally 

 arrived there. Now again another man arrived there who is called 

 Fisher; now in his turn that one said, "I also will add my help 

 thereto." Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' said, "What Idnd of thing 

 then wUt thou do when we will arrive there? " Now Fisher answered 

 and said, "When he will come fleeing with the head, and as soon as he 

 brings it there to the lakeside, then I in turn will carry the head. 

 Along in the depths of the water I will pass. One shall not overtake 

 me." 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Not verily will the form of the 

 plan of you two succeed. " 



At that time then another man arrived there. Then Beaver stood 

 there and said, "I also will add my help." Then De'hae°'hiyawa'- 

 'kho°' said, "What kind of thing then wilt thou do when we arrive 

 there?" At once he replied and said, "I will do this when we arrive 

 there, that is, I will remain in the canoe. If it so be that it becomes 

 necessary I will cut down the tree, or also if it becomes necessary 

 to bring away the Head I will be able to do it, and I will not pass 

 through the depths of the water. " 



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

 there has been found one who will be able to aid us. So now there is a 

 sufRcient number of us. " At that time then first one then another 

 spoke and kept saying, "I also will add my paddle." Fox, also 

 Fisher, they both too said, "There too we humble ones will go. " 



At that time then they got aboard the canoe and they departed. 



As soon as they arrived at the place where the Sun island floated 

 then they two, De'hae"'hiyawa"kho'" and Odeiidonni"a', stood 



