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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



wa'ga'hesgaeda'nha' gaia'di'ge', one"' dV wa'he^'hen', "Desaa'dat, 



it arrowed became fixed 



its body in, 



more- 

 over 



he said, 



"Do thou ran. 



ne't'ho' hwa'se' tea' diiagodasgwa'ha' ne' ksoda'ha'." T'ho'ge' 



there do thou go where there her bark shelter (is) the my grandmother." At that 



(time) 



one"' wa'dwaa'dat, agwas tea' ga'nhoga'henda' akda'a' ne't'ho' 



Now it ran, 



wa'gaia'dicnP'nha' ; 



its body fell; 



wa'ga'hesgaeda'nha' 



it-arrow became fixed 



"Desaa'dat, ne't'ho' 



" Do thou run, there 



ksoda'ha'," one"' o' 



Now too 



just 



where 



it-doorway (is) nearby there 



degeia'gi' 



buffalo 



wa'he°'hen', 



he said," 

 over 



nonwe' diiagodasgwa'ha' ne' 



the place there her bark shelter (is) the 



naie' wa'dwaa'dat, de^'se' ne't'ho' o' naie' 



wa'se' tea' 



do thou go where 



my t 

 mother," 



hwa'gaia'diene°'nha' 



thither its body fell 



sa'ha'agwa', o'gwai' 



again he shot, bear 



It ran, 



that 

 (is it) 



gano"'sakda'; 



beside the lodge; 



and 



there 



too 



that 

 (it is) 



t'ho'ge' one"' 



Now 



'o"'ke"' 



next in order 



At that 

 (time) 



wa'ga'nhioda'nha 



it-dart became fixed 



he' 



again 



ne 



the 



oia 



it oth- 

 er (is) 



gaia'di'ge 



in its body 



ne' ga'hesga', one"' di' wa'he°'hen', "Desaa'dat, ne't'ho' wa'se' 



the 



it-arrow. 



he said. 



"Do thou mn. 



there do thou go 



Now more- 

 over 



tea' nonwe' diiagono"'saie"' ne' ksoda'ha'." One"' wa'dwaa'dat 



where the place there her lodge hes the my grandmother. Now it ran 



ne't'ho' ga'nho'hwakda' ne't'ho' wa'gaia'diene°'nha'. T'ho'ge' 



there beside the door there its body fell. At that (time) 



"' '^"' oia' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' sa'ha'agwa' djo'eaga'k 



one 



Now 



he' 



again 



the 



it oth- 

 er is 



wa'ga'hnioda'nha' ne' 



it-dart became fixed the 



ga'hesga' ne' 



it-arrow the 



wa'he°'hen', "Desaa'dat; ne't'ho' wa'se 



he said, "Do thou run, there 



do thou 

 go 



again he shot 



gaia'di'ge', 



its body on, 



tea' nonwe' 



where the place 



one' 



Now 



raccoon 



"' dl' 



more- 

 over 



cliiagono"*- 



there her lodge 



saie"' ne' ksoda'ha';" X'ho'ge' one"' wa'dwaa'dat de°'se' ne't'ho' 



lies the my grandmother." .^t that now it ran and there 



.\t that now 



(time) 



gano°'sakda' wa'gaia'diene"'nha'. Ne't'ho'ge' one"' he' oia' 



beside the lodge its body fell. At that (time) Now again it oth- 



er (is) 



wa'ha'agwa' neda'he"'hwa' wa'gahesgaeda'nha' gaia'di'ge'. One"' 



he shot it wild turkey it-arrow become fixed its body on, Now 



di' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' wa'he"'hen', "Desaa'dat, ne't'lio' wa'se' 



more- the he said, " Do thou run, there do thou go 



over 



tea' nonwe' diiagono"'saie°' ne' ksoda'ha';" one"' di' wa'dwaa'dat 



where the place there her lodge lies 



the my grandmother." Now more- 

 over 



ne't'ho' ga'nho'hwakda' wa'gaia'diene"'nha'. T'ho'ge' one"' ne' 



there it-doorway beside its body fell. At that Now the 



(time) 



T'hae°'hiawa'gi' wa'he'"hen'. "One"' hoii' ne't'ho' ha'degaiei'." 



he said," 



Now, 



pre- 

 sum- 

 ably 



there 



it is quite enough." 



