654 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



"T'hone"' e°gient'hwa' naie' ao-'hwa'a' eMwadiee°'da' c^iofit- 



"Ilere I will plant it that (it is) it, alone it will be the first she will 



gat'hwa' ne' ksoda'ha' ne' one"' e"die'''." One°' wa'ha'seiinia', 



see it that my grand- that time she will come." Now» he made it, 



mother 



wa'he°'heu', "T'hone"' e°io'hondodak naie' ne' swa'hiona' 



he said, "Here it-plant will continue that that it-fruit large 



to stand (it is) (is) 



e°gaiadjik." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'he°'hen', "E-sgekhonnia' 



it will be called." At that (time) now he said, "I will prepare food 



again 



hiae'." One"' he' wa'hade'djie"'hende°'. T'ho'ge' ne' 



first in Now again he roasted for himself (ears of At that (time) that 



order." corn). 



O'haa' one"' he' wa'hos'hwa' de°'se' goiidadie' ne't'ho' 



Flint DOW again he smelled it and at once there 



iihwa'he', hiia' de's'hagot'hoieiini' ne' ho'soda'. Naie' ne' 



thither he not he told her that his grand- That (it that 



went, mother, is) 



one"' wa'haio"' wa'he°'hen', "A'sat'hondat— khe"' agek o' 



now he arrived he said, "Thou shouldst listen — I should too 



(shouldst thou not) eat it 



ni'a' ne' sakhonni^ aiena' doge°s 'on' oga'wi'?" 



the I that thou hast it seems truly, presum- 't tastes well?" 



person- prepared food, ably 



ally 



T'ho'ge' ne' T'hae^'hiawa'gi' wa'he"'hen', "E°wado°' ne't'ho' 



At that that he said, "It will be thus 



ttime) possible 



ne°iawe°'ha' tea' nonwa'ho'de°' se'he', ganio' ne't'ho' ne'^'siea^ 



so it will come where kind of thing thou desirest so soon thus so thou wilt 



to pass it, as do it 



tea' nonwa'ho'de°' ni'a' dewagado^'hwendjioiinik, miie' ne' 



as kind of thing the I I am in need of it that (it is) that 



personally 



onda'sagwa' tea' son'he' aasgo°' ne' o'haa'?" T'ho'ge' - 



thou shouldst take where thou art thou shouldst that it-flint?" At th;it 



a portion of it alive give it to me (time) 



wa'he^'hefi' ne' O'haa', "Naie'-khe°' sida' ne' akhesgil' 



he said that Flint, "That (it is— is it thou mean- that my arrow 



est it 



o'ha'?" Da'hai'hwa'sagwa' ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' wa'he"'hen', 



it tips it?" He replied that he said, 



"Oia'. Naie' .se' gida' ne' sia'dagonwa' wada', naie' 



"It (is) That (it indeed, I mean that in thy body it is con- that (it 



other. is) it tained, is) 



Jiasgo"'?" T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' wa'hci"'hen', "Ne't'ho' gwa' o' 



thou shouldst At that that Flint he said, "Thus just too 



give it to me?" (time) 



ne"iawe"'ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa't'hatchaga'wa' dagaiage"'nha' 



so it will come to At (time) that now he opened his mouth it came forth 



pass." 



ha'sagoiiwa' onefiia' tgaiei' ne' o'haa'. One"' ne' 



in his mouth it-stone it-exact that it-flint. Now that 



(rock) (is) 



T'hae°'hiawa'gi' wa'haiena' da'hadiiende"' de"'se' wa'he"'hen', 



he seized it he i)nlled on it and he said, 



"T'hone"' hofi' nonwe' e°gaia'gik." One"' ne' O'haa' 



"Here presumably the place one will break Now that Flint 



it oil." 



wa'he"'hen', "Itcya'k." T'hae°'hiawa'gi' wa'he"'hen' "Is hiia' 



he said, "Do thou break he said, "Thou, verily, 



it off." 



I 



