662 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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Ha'sa' gwa' wa'gondongo'da' one"' he' oia' ne't.'ho' gondidakhenoiidie' 



Just then seem- they (zoic) passed by home again it- there they (zoie) ran along 



ingly other severally 



(is) 



o'nhe'da', wa'goildongo'da'. One"' wa'hiatgat'hwa' naie' gwa' ne' 



it-porcu- they (zoic) passed by. Now, they (two) saw it that seem- that 



pinc(s), (it is) ingly 



onnatga'de' goiididienondie's, onnatga'de' de^'se' gai'sdowane"'. 



they (zoic) are they (zoic) fly about they (zoic) are and it-sound (is) great, 



numerous severally, numerous 



T'ho'ge' one"' ne' goksten'a' wa'a'hefi', "Nige"'he'" oi'hwane'hagwat 



At that now the she-the An- she said, "Exceedingly it-matter marvelous (is) 



(time) cientOne 



tea' nwa'awe°'ha'. One"' hiia' wa'gai'hwaiei'khe' wa'tgont'hwadjiia'k 



as so it has come Now verily it-matter (is) fulfilled they engendered ohwachira 



to pass. 



ne' T'hae-'hiawa'gi' haia'di'sa'i'." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' O'haa' 



the he finished their At that now the Flint 



bodies," (time) 



wa'he-hefi', "Ne't'ho' he"ge' tea' fhono-'saie"' ne' demgia- 



he said, "There hence I where there his lodge lies the one and 



will go I are 



de''hnonda'. E^'heia'hendo"' gaeii' nonwe" da'ha'hwa' 



brotherCs). I will ask him where the place thence he obtained it 



nonwa'ho'de"' 'on' wa'ha'sennia'da' tea' niio"' one"' 



kind of thing presumably he used it to make it where (as) so it is much now 



hoieiineiida'i'. Ha'deio'hiage' hoient'hwi', ha'tgondiio'da'ge' 



he has completed it. Every it-fruit is in number, he has planted it, Every they animals (are) 



in number 



o'ni' haia'di'sa'i'; dien'ha' gwa' e°'hagat'hoie°' ne' nonwa'ho'de"' 



also he formed their if likely he will tell it to nie the kind of thing 



bodies; 



e"kheia'hendo°' e"ge'sennia' o' ni'a', swa'djik hiia' hono°'sde' 



1 will ask him I will make it too the I per- too much verily he prizes it 



sonally, (because) 



ne' i'sowa' a's'hohgninonda'. E°ge'sennia' di' agwas naie' 



the much he should give it to us two. I will make it moreover just that 



(it is) 



s'ha'gada' tea' niio't ne' hoiefit'hwa'ho"'. Naie' di' 



even it is one as, where, so it is that he has planted them severally. That more- 



(it is) over 



gai'honnia'ha' one"' o' ni'a' e°ioiigniga'de'"ha'." T'ho'ge' 



it makes the matter now too the I per- thou and I will have an At that 



sonally abundance." (time) 



one"' ne' O'haa' wa'ha'dendia' wa'haiage°'nha'. Hiia' 



now the Flint he departed he went out. Not 



de'oi'hwis'he'i' one"' hwa'haio"' tea' t'hodasgwa'ha' ne' 



it-matter long (is) (time) there he arrived where there his bark shelter (is) the 



T'hae"'hiawa'gi', ne' de'hiade"'hnoiida'. Ganio' oiigie' 



the they two are brothers. As soon as indoors 



wa't'hasgwa'seii' one"' wa'he"'heii', "Naie' ne' ne"' genie"'de' 



he set his feet time he said, "That (it is) the here I come to seek it 



wa'goiino"'sowe"'nha', ge'he' asgat'hoie"' hot nonwa'ho'de"' 



I visit thy lodge, I desire thou shouldst tell me what kind of thing 



wa'se'seiinia'da' tea' niio"' niiodi'seage' saient'hwa'ho"' 



thou usest it to make it where so it is much so many it-kinds in thou hast planted 



number (are) them severally 



de°'se' ne' gondiio' tea' niiodi'seage' sia'disa'i'?" T'ho'ge' one"' 



and the they ani- where so manyit-kinds in thou didst finish At that now 



mals number (are) their bodies?" (time) 



