542 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY |eth. ann. 43 



'kho"' said, "Thou verily siialt decide. It is known verily that no 

 •one enlisted thee. At all times then thou shalt continue to be wild 

 and at all times thou shalt continue to hide thyself, and in the depths 

 of the waters thou shalt continue to go to and fro." So then at that 

 time he got overboard. 



There, as to that one, they lost sight of the Ancient Woman, there 

 away she continued to cry out and there she went about weeping. 



So then when their canoe stopped at the place from whence they 

 started then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now verily we have re- 

 turned. Now then thou, Beaver, thou hast accomplished very much 

 in the way of assistance in this matter. Now then I ordain it for 

 thee. Thou shalt continue to have (magic) power in that thou 

 shalt be able to control the water and the earth present here. 



"Indeed, thou shalt decide in thy mind if, it may be, thou wilt 

 resolve to use it to make earth for thyself, or, it may be also, that thou 

 wilt desire to dam up the water for thyself, and indeed it shall come 

 to pass also exactly in accordance with the purpose of thy mind." 



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

 then I will remake it so that the flesh of my Mother shall become 

 whole again." Now at that time verily he made it over, over again, 

 and he remade it by means of the air. When he finished it he said, 

 "Now I have again finished it. Now thy flesh body and also thy 

 power has become whole again; now Ihou hast received it all again. 

 Verily it was my brother who caused the ruin to befall thee as the 

 first victim here on the earth ; it is he also who has caused much ruin 

 to all that is contained in the earth present here. Still also much 

 more will he do wrong as long as the earth continues to endure. 



"So now, my Mother, I ordain for thee that thou shalt have a duty, 

 and that the purpose of thy duty shall be that thou shalt attend to 

 the earth here present, also all kinds of grasses, some that habitually 

 put forth fruit; also the grown clumps of bushes, some habitually put 

 forth fruit; also the forests of all kinds of trees, some habitually 

 put forth fruit; also the many other things that habitually grow on 

 the earth here present, manldnd and game animals. 



"So then I assign thy duty to the time when it shall cause it to be 

 hot again, that it shall in a normal way become hot again; and it is 

 that one who will so do, the daytime Orb of Light that goes about. 

 It is He who is responsible for causing it to be light during the length 

 of the day, and He will cause it to be hot, which will begin when the 

 days shall change in kind, the time which is called early spring, 

 and there too next in order will begin to grow thence anew the various 

 species of things, which will begin when they put forth flowers, there 

 they will continue to grow until all shall reach maturity, when again 

 it will become cold on the earth. So you two will assist each other, 

 our Elder Brother, the daytime Orb of Light. At that place thou shalt 



