570 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY Ieth. ann. 43 



"Now, again, another thing; now He made all the things which 

 we have named and He appointed duties to them, and that is just 

 the reason that we continue to think in peace. Now, then, we make 

 rulablc preparation and with thanksgiving we greet Him who has 

 made our bodies and who dwells in the sky. 



"Now, then, we end our words, and now we have fulfilled the 

 Ceremony which He has ordained for us. Now, then, the Ceremony 

 for which we are assembled will start. Now, then, we will greet one 

 another repeatedly with thanksgiving. Now, then, the songs of the 

 Great Feather Dance will start." 



Now at that time the ceremony started and all were happy, even 

 to the least of the children, all were contented in their minds. 



And when the time came that the Sun was at midsky, then the 

 Ceremony came to a standstill. Now at that time Odendonniha 

 again stood up and said, "Now, verily, we have completed the Cere- 

 mony with which we customarOy greet with thanksgiving Him who 

 completed the earth, and also all that grows, and also the animals, 

 and also the pools of water, and also the diurnal Orb of Light to whom 

 He has given a duty to perform, and also the nocturnal Orb of Light 

 (the Moon), also our Grandfathers, the Thunderers, who habitually 

 come from the westward. Now, then, we make rulable preparations 

 and so we bring all those whom we have designated into one body, 

 and now, then, we again thank them repeatedly that now we have 

 completed the Ceremony by which we customarily give thanks. 

 Now, then, we human beings, as many of us as have completed the 

 Ceremony in this certain place, all think in peace. 



"Now, then, we make rulable preparation and we now again greet 

 with thanksgiving repeatedly Him who has made our bodies. Now 

 we have completed the Ceremony. Now, too, we personally make 

 rulable preparation and so we greet one another with thanksgiving 

 repeatedly." 



Then Odendonniha said, "Now we began at the beginning, and 

 we have performed one of the ceremonies which He has ordained for 

 us. vSo then as is the Ceremony that was performed, such will it 

 continue to be performed in the future, and also the kind of words of 

 thanksgiving that we spoke, and also the kind of songs that we used, 

 and also the words we used in greeting one another repeatedly with 

 thanksgiving; indeed, we began from the place whereon we stand and 

 we carried it upward, and we eniled the matter where He abides who 

 formed our bodies and who completed all things. So then it will 

 continue thus to be that people will employ for it the same kind of 

 words that we spoke this day. So then they will perform it in this 

 manner in the future." 



Now at that time Odendonniha said, "The matter that He has 

 ordained for us, verily, says that we all have an equal right to it. 



