674 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY Ieth. ann. 43 



one"' ne' O'haa' wa'hoi'hwane'hagwa' tea' nwa'awe'"ha', 



now the Flint he marveled at the matter where so it came to pass, 



one"' wa'he-'hen', "Do heiat'hoienni'ha' ne' T'hae-'hiawa'gi', 



now he said, "Goto, let me go to tell him the 



'a'so°' de'hono^'do"' tea' niio't tea' wa'gatgat'hwa'.' 



Not pre- yet he knows it where so it is where I saw it." 



sum- 

 ably 



One"' t'ho'ge' wa'ha'dendia', hono°'do°' tea' hagwadi' 



Now at that he started, he knows it where side of it 



(time) 



t'hone""saie°' ne' de'hiade'"hnonda', ne't'ho' nhagwa' nhwa'he'. 



there his lodge lies the his brother, there thitherwards thither he 



went. 



Wa'hoic'hwa', hiia' gatga' de'hoia'dattcheiinyon'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



He lost it, not anywhere he found his person. At that now 



(time) 



donda'ha'sawe"' wa't'hadawennie'. Hiitx' gatga' 



he began at the beginning he traveled about. Not anywhere 



de'hoia'dattchennyon' tea' niga'hwe'na'. Gaengwa' nwa'onnis'he' 



he found his person where so it-island (is) Somewhat so it lasted 



large. 



one"' sa'ha'dendia'. Ganio' hoiisa'haio"' one"' wa'he°'hen', 



now again he departed. So soon as there again he now he said, 



arrived 



"Ksoda'ha', oi'hwane'hagwat tea' nwa'awe°'ha' tea' wa'gatgat'hwa' 



" Oh, my grand- it-matter (is) marvelous where so it came to pass where I saw it 



mother, 



ne' wa'gia'daie'hwa' ne' goiidiio'. Wa'oiinis'he' wa'tgadawennie', 



the I lost their bodies the they are It was a long time I traveled about, 



animals. 



t'ho'ha' gagwegi' t'hondage'da' tea' niga'hwe'na' tea' ga'hwe'no' 



nearly it-whole I went over where so it-island where it-island floats 



it repeatedly is large 



one"' ha'sa' gwa' wa'kge"' ne' gaio'. Ganio' gwa' wa'gontdoga' 



now justthen seem- I saw it the it-an- Sosoonas seem- they (z.) noticed it 



ingly imals ingly 



tea' dage' gondadie' wa'gonde'gwa' de°'se' wa'gonde'skok. 



where I am at once they fled and they plunged into 



coming the water. 



T'ho'ge' one°' wa'gatgat'hwa' oia' e' detga'hwe'no' ne't'ho' di' 



At that now I saw it it- again there it-island there more- 



(time) other floats over 



nwha'gofine', ne't'ho' hagwadi' honsagonii'sogwa'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



thither they went, there side of it there again they landed. At that now 



(time) 



dondaga'dendia', wa'gea' e°'heiat'hoie"' ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' tea' 



thence I departed, I thought I will tell him the where 



nonwa'ho'de"' wa'gatgat'hwa'. Ne't'ho' nhwa'ge' tea' hagwa' 



kind of thing I saw it. There thither I went where direction of 



t'hodasgwa'ha' hiia' gatga' de's'hodasgwa'ha'. Wa'heia'di'sak 



there his bark not anywhere his bark lodge is, I sought for his 



lodge (is) person 



tea' niga'hwe'na' gagwegi' t'hoiidage'da'." One"' ne' goksten'a' 



where so it-island it-whole I went over it Now the she, the .\nci- 



(is) large repeatedly." ent One 



daiewennitge°'nha', wa'a'hen', "One"' hiia' liiya' ste"' fhaedniieil' 



she spoke in reply, she said, 



tea' nwa'awe°'ha'." One"' 



where so it came to pass." Now 



