694 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



ne" i'sa'do°k o"gwa'i' na'ye' ne" na" ne" gaya'gwa"he' 



the thou it sayest Bear that it is the the that the grizzly bear 



e°gayii'djik." 



shall it be named." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne-' ne" De'hae-'hiawa'gi' wa'he°"hen', "Is' 



Then now the did he say, "Thou 



'o'"'ge'" ne"t'ho' he°tc'he' ne"t'ho' ne" e°yo'he''"nha'. 



in turn the there thither shalt the there the will it tomorrow be. 



again thou go 



E°'sne" 'o-^'ge"' ne" efhi'so'da'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' sa'ha'deii'dya' 



again he started 

 ( = went home) 



sa'ha'den'dya'. 



again he started walk- 

 ing (went home). 



Niyoi'hwagwa'^ha' o'ne°' honsa'ha'yo"' tea" non'we' 



So it-matter short very (is) now there again he arrived where the place 



t'hodino"'sa'ye°' o'ne"' di" wa'he'"'heii', "Ksoda"ha', na'ye' 



there they lodge have now then did he say, " Oh, my grandmother, that it is 



tea" nwa'awe'"'ha' ne" tea" on'gwe' age'sen'ni' de°"se' ne" 



where so it did come to pass the where human being have I made and the 



skefinon'do'" de°"se' ne" o'gwa'i' na'ye' di" ne" 



deer and the bear that it is then the 



De'hae°'hiawa'gi' wa'hena"do°'s, hiya" de'hoi'hwa'hni"di'. 



did him (them) show to, not any he it-matter confirmed. 



Hiya", ya'ge"', de'dwagyei"di'. Na'ye' di" tea" 



Not, it is said, any did I-it do correctly. The that then where 



niwak'nigo'"he"de'" tea" ni'yo°' o'ne°' gya'dis'a'i' 'a"so°' 



such it-niy mind in kind is where so many now I its-body have still (others) 



it numbers finished 



o"ni' e''sgya"don'nya' na'ye' ne" t'higade'nyo"'. Na'ye' 



also will again its body make that it is the just it-different (is) That it is 



severally. 



di" tea" ne''yawe°"ha'. Ne"t'ho' hagwa'di' he"gadennye"da' 



then where so will it come to pass. The there thither side hence will I-it send 



tea" hagwa" t'hot'hwe"no' ne" deyagyade'"hnoii'da'. 



where towards there he his island has afloat the two-he and I brothers are. 



Ne"t'ho' hagwa'di' he°gondekhwi"sak. Na'ye' hi'ya' e°gon'nek 



The there that side there will they (zoic.) hunt That it is in fact will they it eat 



for their food. 



tea" ni'yo°' o'ne°' hoyennenda"i' ne" deyagyade"'hnoiida'. 



where so they now he (them) has finished the two-he and I brothers are. 



many are 



Dyeii"hagwa' e'"hoi'hwa'het'ge'"s e°yagyadei'yo' geii'gwa'. 



If it so be will him it-matter ve.'! will he-I fight (kill only (as a 



each other) last resort) . 



Nii'ye' di" e°yo'he°"nha' ne"t'ho' he""dne' tea" t'hono'"sa'ye'" 



That it is then will it tomorrow the there hence will where there his lodge stands 



become you-I go 



ne" De'hae'"hiawa"gi'." Ogoiida'dye' dayei'hwa'sa'gwa' ne" 



the Right away thence she answered the 



goksteii"a' wa'a"hen', "Hot' noiiwa'ho"de°' ne°dniye'a' ne" 



she elder one (is) did she say, "What thing kind of so will thou-I it do the 



deMniya"hya'k tea" na'degya'de' tea" dega'liwe"no'?" 



will thou-I stream cross where so far two they where two it island afloat is?" 



apart are 



