666 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY (eth. ann. 43 



Do gwa' nwa'onnis'he' one"' ne' goksten'a' daiewennitge°'nha' 



How like so it was long now the she, the Ancient she spol^e 



(it is) (time) One 



wa'a'hefi', "One"' gwa' o'ni' a'segwa'ha' ne' o'wa'ha', one"* 



she said, "Now like also thou shouldst go the it-meat, now 



(it is) after it 



O'haa' wa'ha'deiidia' 



Flint he departed 



ne't'ho' nhwa'he' tea' nonwe' diio'sade'. Ganio' ne't'ho' nonwe' 



there thither he where the place there it-cavern so soon as there the place, 



went exists. 



wa'haio"' one"' wa'ha'gwi'da' ne' ganeniaie"' ne' hodji'heda'gwi' 



he arrived now he removed it the it-rock lies the he closed it thereby 



tea' o'sade', one"' di' wa'haio'" de^'se' ne't'ho' ha'gonwa' wa'haio' 



where it-cavern now more- he entered it and there inside he killed it 



exists, over 



ne' gaio', de°'se' one"' di' donda'haiage°'nha', de°'se' one"' 



the it-game, and now more- thence he he came out, and now 



over 



sa'hadeiennonnia', sa'hadji'hede"' tea' o'sade'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



he made it good again, again he blocked it up where it-cavem At that now 



(is), (time) 



sa'ha'dendia', hoia'dage'de' ne' skeiinoftdo"'. One"' honsa'haio"' 



again he departed, he bore with the the deer. Now again he arrived 



forehead strap home 



its body 



wa'hefl'hen', "Ksoda'ha', one"' wa'gai'hwaiei'khe' tea' 



he said, "Oh, my grand- now it-matter is fulfilled where 



mother, 



nonwa'ho'de"' de'sado"'hwefidjionnik." Dondaiei'hwa'sagwa' 



kind of thing thou needest it." She replied 



ne' goksteii'a' wa'a'hen', "Ge"'he"' niawe"'ha'. Wadiesa'ge' 



the she, the Ancient she said, "Exceedingly, it is gratifying. It is easy 



One. 



hiia' wa'ongiado°'s ne' gaio'." Ne't'ho' niio't gaeii' gwa' 



verilv it became for us two the game." Thus so it is where (like 



(it is) 



n.wS'gai'hwis'he'. 



so it-matter (is) long. 



T'ho'ge' one"' wa'hatdoga' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' hiia' gwa' 



At that now he noticed it the not seern- 



(time) iDgly 



gatga' de'sgoiine's ne' goiidiio'. One"' di' he' ne't'ho' nhonsa'he' 



anywhere again they(z.) go the they (z.) are Now more- again there thither again he 



about usually animals. over went 



tea' nonwe' t'hono°'saie"' ne' hengwe', Hao"'hweiidjiawa'kho"' 



where the place there his lodge lies the he, a human, He-holds-earth-severally 



is, 



ni'ho'senno'de"'. Ganio' ne't'ho' wa'haio"' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' 



such his name kind of (is). Sosoonas there he entered the 



one"' wa'he"'hen', "Hiia' de'wageiino"'do°' hot noiiwa'ho'de"' 



now he said, " Not I know it what kind of thing 



'oil' nwa'awe"'ha', nwa'odiya'dawe"'ha', hiia' gatga' de'sgoiine's 



pre- so it came to pass, so it befell their(z.) bodies, not anywhere they (z.) again 



sum- go about 



ably customarily 



ne' gondiio' tea' niio"' one' gia'di'sa'i'." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' 



the they (z.) are where so it is now I their (z.) bodies At that now the 



animals much have completed." (time) 



(many) 



hengwe', Hao"'hweiidjiawa'kho"', wa'he"'heii', "Ageiino°'do"' 



he-human, He-holds-earth-severally, he said, "I know it 



