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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



hwa'ga'he'g; naie' ne' 



it has arrived; that (it is) the 



tea' diiago'dendio"' 



where 



just she departed 

 thence 



ne' 



the 



sa'soda'ha' 



thy grandmother 



naie 



that 

 (it is) 



ne't'ho' t'he°'den' ne' 



there there he the 



ne 



the 



naie' 



that 

 (it is) 



ne' i' 



the I 



"Ne' 



"The 



there he 

 remained 



a'honwa'ha'nha', 



she should ask liis aid, 



da'ha'hat'he'da. 



he should cause it to 

 be Ught. 



' e°ionga'ha'nha 



one will ask my aid 



ho'tcia' one"' hodadeiennenda'i", ha'nigo"'ha' 



w he has prepared himself, he is erpecting 



her elder m 

 brother 



naie' di' 



that 

 (it is) 



Haweii 



He said 



raieik 



more- 

 over 



naie 



it will be right that 

 (will do) (it is) 



hiia', "Naie' tea 



verily, "That (it where 



a'he'sei'honde"", 



"That (it 

 is) 



as 



thou shouldst charge 

 him with a duty, 



ne°iawe"'ha' 



so it will come to pass 



de°yao"'hwendiiendo°k." Hawen' o'ni', 



it-earth will quake." He said also, 



one" 



time 



hwendo"' gwa' 



sometime 



seem- 

 ingly 



tehondaio°'dendia' ne' 



just she departed thence the 



tea' nonwe' e°'se'sek." 



where the place thou wilt be." 



s'hago'ge"' 



his younger sister 



Ne't'ho' di' 



Thus 



more- 

 over 



e°gekdo"'na' 



I wUl go to see it 



ne°iawe°'ha'; 



so it will come to 



naie 



that 

 (it is) 



Naie' 



That 

 (it is) 



ne' ha'sa' 



the just then 



e°ioianen'khe' 



it will result in good 



ne' e"'he'si'hno°k. 



the thou wilt go after him. 



Naie' di' tea' 



That 

 (it is) 



more- 

 over 



ne 



the 



saieiit'hwi' ne' tkwe^'da' niio'eiino'de"', 



thou hast planted the red (it is) so its rod (is) kind of. 



as 

 (where) 



naie' 



that 

 (it is) 



so thou wilt 

 do it. 



e-'sia'k 



thou wilt 

 sever it 



ige°' daiodonni'hadie' oda'eiinonni'a', naie' ne' degenik, 



sgada' di' naie 



one it is 



more- 

 over 



thence it is growing 

 (sprouting) 



e^'sa'gaagewa' 



thou wilt scrape off 

 the bark from it 



the 



that 

 (it is) 



e°wenno'"gwa'tchaik naie' 



it-medicine will be cooked that (it is) 



e'"sa'gaagewa' t'ho'ge' 



thou wilt scrape off at that (time) 



it has formed itself that 

 into rods, (it is) 



e'"senno'"gwa'tche'. 



thou wilt steep it as medicine. 



it will be two 

 in number, 



Ganio' 



So soon as 



ne 



the 



naie 



that 

 (it is) 



e°'sastga'. 



thou wilt vomit. 



odjisda'ge' 



on fire 

 the bark from it 



ha'de^'senna'sgondi' ne' one"' e°gaie°'gwaede°', e°'si'hen', 'Wa'ge', 



hence thou wUt keep (therein) the time it will set up smoke, thou wilt say, 'Hence I go- 



De'hado°'hweiidjiendo°'s. DeMiiadiia'nha' di'.' Naie' di' tea' 



One-' 



Now 



e'^sadi' 



thou wilt cast it 



Sgada' 



one it is 



t'ho'ge' 



at that 

 (timej 



He-shakes-earth habitually. 



tea' 



where 



Thou and I will meet 



so it will come to 

 pass 



ha'de°djiadaa'nha'. 



just there ye two will meet. 



nonwii'ho'de"' 



kind of thing 



dewa'seiino'" 



it is (the) middle 



more- 

 over.' 

 ni 



mge 



so it is far 



That 

 (it is) 



ne't'ho' 



there 



more- 

 over 



where 



so it is far 



T'ho'ge' one"' 



At that (time) now 



de'sado^'hwendjionnik, 



thou it requirest, 



e°'he'sat'hoie°' tea' 



thou wilt tell him where 



naie' ne' tea'tho' 



that (it is) the actually 



e°'hagwema' e'"hiai'hwa'sagwas, naie' hiia' ho's'hasde°'seowane'"." 



he will be able he will answer thee, that verily his power (is) great." 



(it is) 



One"' ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' sa'ha'deiidia'. 



Time the He-holds-sky again he departed. 



Honsa'haio"' one"' goiidadie' wa'haia'k 



Back again he arrived time at once he cut it 



niio'enno'de"', degeni' niga'ennage' de^'se' one 



so its rods are kind of, two it is so it-rods in num- and now 



ber (are) 



de°'se' wa'henno'"gwa'tche'. Ganio' wa'weiino°'gwa'tchaik 



and he steeped medicine. So soon as it-medicine (was) cooked 



ne' tgwe°'da' 



the red (it is) 



wa'ha'gaagewa' 



he scraped off of it the 

 bark 



