684 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



di' nonwe' ne^gaia'dagwenniioks ne' o^'hwendjia'ge' e°iagon'hek 



more- the place there it will be a chief matter the it-earth-on They will be 



over living 



ne' ongwe' e°ionnagat. Ste°' gwa' nonwa'ho'de"' ne' is 



the humans they will dwell Any- seem- king of thing the thou 



(be born) . thing ingly 



de°iesaia'dadoge°'da' e°ies6nno°'donnio°'s, ne't'ho' noilwe' ge^s 



on will direct himself to thee one will think repeatedly of thee, there the place custom- 



arily 



e°ieie°' tea' nonwe' e'"sadonwis'hendakhwak. Na'ye' * 



one will lay it where the place thou wilt be in the habit of resting thyself. That it is 



e^gai'honnya' diyot'goiit e°yoya'nek tea" de°'s'hei'hwa"sagwa's, 



will it— the matter it always will it (be) good where wilt thou —the matter take up for 



cause them (make answer), 



e^'sanakdo'dak ne" de'"sya'dowe"da'." 



wilt thou time have the wilt thou it consider. 



O'ne"' t'ho"ge' ne" T'hae'"hiawa"gi' wa'he""hen', "O'ne"' 



Now at that time the he said, "Now 



hi'ya' wa'wadeyennenda"nha'; ne"t'ho' nigai'hwagas'de' ne" 



of course it — matter has adjusted itself; there so far it matter endures the 



tea" ne''yonnis"he' t'ho'ne"' e''yo°'hwendjiya'dek (written: 



place so will it last this (here) will it — earth continue to be? 



e°yo°'hwendjyon'dye'). Na'ye' di" ne" e°yoiido°"hek n&" 



—will progress along) . That (thing) so the will one say, will one the 



then keep saying 



o'"hwendjiya"ge' e°yenage'nyonk, ne" S'hagwa"djia', ne" 



it— earth- on will one dwell severally as tribes the Our Eldest Brother, the 



o'ne°' Is' ge^s' e''yesat'ho'ya'. Na'ye' gai'honnya"ha' ne"t'ho' 



none thou custom- will one thee talk That it causes (the) matter there (thus) 



arily about. (thing) 



ne''yawe°"ha' na'ye' hi'ya' ne" Is' S'he"ge°'a' diyagodyee°"di' 



so it will come to that (thing) of the thou She thy youngest thence she the first (was) 



pass course Sister (is) 



he'da"ge' ha'deyagoskwa"saa'. 0'ne°' 'o'"'ge'" diyo"" hwendjiya'de'." 



earth — on there she stepped. Now next there it — earth extant (is) — other 



earth." 



O'ne"' di" wa'he'"'hen', "O'ne"' di" deMjidyadekha"sya'. 



Now, then, he it said. "Now then will thou— I again separate? 



Na'ye' di" e°yo'he""'nha' o'ne°' 'a"se' de°tchadawe'"'hat, 



That (thing) then will it to-morrow be. Now newly wilt thou again come over it 



thence. 



de-'se' e'"sa'dai'ha"da', de°"se' de°'se'hat'he"da' o"ni'." 



and shalt thou— it cause to be hot and thence shalt thou it cause also." 



to be hght 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' sa'hyadekha"sya'. 



At that time now again they two (masc.) separated. 



Ne" o'ne°' honsa'ha'yo"' ne" T'hae'"hiawa"gi' tea" 



The now there again he arrived the the place 



noii'we' t'hodasgwa"ha' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'he'"'hen', "O'ne"' 



where there his bark-roof at that time now he said, "Now 



overhung 



e°ge'sennya' ne'^ on'gwe' e°gaya'djik; e°yoilaagat' ne" t'ho'ne"* 



will I— it make the human will it be named; shall they dwell the this (here) 



being 



ga'liwe"no'." Ganyo" di" wa'hai'ho"kde'" o'ne"' wa'ha'sa'we"' 



it — island floats.'* As soon as then he ended his statement now he — it began 



I A slight change in the method of recording the text is used here to emphasize a slight dialectic 

 change in pronunciation of the words. Accents also are employed. 



