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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



ne 



that 



tea' 



where- 



agadendoda' 



1 set tree standing 

 for myself 



agefmo-'do"' 



odo"'hwendjiia'gi', 



(it) earth broke itself off, 



ne't'ho'ge' one"' 



at that (time) now 



odo"'hwefidjiia'gr. 



(it) earth broke itself off. 



tea' 



wherein 



agwas wa'wado°*hweiidjiawet'ha'. Agwas efi' 



just (it) earth tore itself open. Just I 



thought 



I' de°'se/ ne' deiagni' ne't'ho* wa'agiadie"' tea* 



I and that we two there we two seated wherein 



are one ourselves 



agwas ha'deyago*si'de"'do°k o'sadagouwa'; 



just her feet hung down into the cavern, 



e°iagiadekhonnia' o*sadage°'hiada' tea' 



we two will feed ourselves at the edge of the cavern wherein 



Ne't'ho' niwagei'se°'do'de°'; wa'gatgat'hwa' 



Thus so my dream (is), kind of I saw it 



oi'hwagwegi' 



(it) matter (is) 

 whole 



'ha'." 



so it will come to pass.' 



ne lawe 



T'ho'ge' one" 



At that (time) now 



wa'henni'hen', 



they said, 



nigaie'ha' ne' 



so it acts as that 



'' ne' hennongwe' ge°dio'go\vane"' hodiia'daie'i', 



that they (are) humans (it) body large (is) they are assembled, 



"Hau' gi'sa', one"' wadei'hwa'dendia' tea' 



"Come, then, therefore, now let the matter start where 



sai'sen'da'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'hadiendodagwa' 



thy dream." At that (time) now they pulled up the standing tree 



ne' hodendoda', \v'a'dio°'hwendjiongo'da'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



that he has set up for himself a tree, it made a passage through the earth. At that (time) now 



wa'henni'hen' ne' hennoiigwe', "One"' wa'agwai'hwaieisda' tea' 



they said that they, humans, "Now we have fulfilled the matter where (as) 



nonwa'ho'de"' sai'sen'dondakhwa'." T'ho'ge' nenge' ne' 



tind of thing it causes thee to have dreams." At tliat (time) this (it is) that 



hono^'saie"', wa'he°hen', "One"' hiia' gagwegi' ne't'ho' nwa'awe°'ha' 



he has a lodge he said, "Now verily all 



ne' gai'hwis'a'sa'. One"' wa'wawe°'haik 



that it-matter is ordained. Now, it-Howers are sere (ripe) 



de"watdeni' tea' niga'hvva' ne' t'hone"' 



it will change itself where as much as it holds that here 



e"'swado"'." T'ho'ge' one"' 



again it will become." At that time now 



thus so it has come to pass 



ne' agada'heda'gwa'. 



that I have had a standing tree. 



One"' di' gagwegi 



Now, moreover all 



o"'hwendjiade', 



it-earth is present. 



gagwegi a se 



all (it is) new 



wa'he"'hen' 



he said. 



'One"' di' hiia' e°iagiiadekhonnia' ne' o'sadage"'hiada'." 



'Now, more- verily, one and I will feed that at the edge of the cavern." 



T'ho'ge' 



At that (time) 



ne't'ho' 



there 



one 



DOW 



n< 



more- verily, 

 over, 



gao"'hwa' 



ne 



she, herself that 



ne' 



piled them that 



wa'ege'hen' 



she 



one and I will feed 

 ourselves 



Awe°'hai' one"' hwa'egwa', de"'se' 



Sere (Ripe) Flower now she got and 



gakhwa' akda'a' tea' noiiw-e' 



it-food nearby where the place 



aU 



odo"'hwefidjia'gi'; one"' 



it-earth is broken through; 



"One"' gagwegi' 



" Now, 



T'ho'ge' 



At that 



gagwegi' 



all 



di' ne't'ho' wa'ondie"' de"'se' 



wa'a'hen', 



now, moreover, there she sat herself down and she said, 



wa'gai'hwaiei'khe' tea' nigaie'ha' ne' sai'sen'da'." 



it-matter has been fulfilled ss so it acts that thy dream." 



one"' ne't'ho' wa'hadieii' de"'se' 



now there he sat down and 



wa'tga'heii'nha' tea' noiiwa'ho'de"' 



it is filled as, where, kind of thing 



di' naie' de"diadont 



more- that (it is) 

 over 



thou and I will 

 eat together 



ne't'ho' 



thus 



so it has come to 



ne' 



that 



ne' 



that 



gai'hwis'a'sa'. 



it-matter is ordained. 



wa'he"'heii', 



he said, 



odei'hwade'. 



it-matter unsettled 

 (to be done). 



Naie' di' ne' 



that 



That (it is) more^ 

 over 



One"' 



"Now- 

 One"' 



Now, 



one"' 



now 



he'da'ge' e'^iodo'^k 



downward, 

 beneath, 



it will have 

 become 



ne 



that 



t'hone °* 



here 



