700 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth.ann.43 



o"'hwendjiya'de' e°yenage'nyonk. Hiya'* ni"a' de'o'do"' 



it-earth extant (is) will they dwell in Not I any it able is 



different sites. humble 



awak'nigon'hiyo"khe'. Na'ye' di" e°yondo""hek ne" on'gwe' 



would it-my mind content. That it is then will they saying keep the human 



being 



ne' ' t'ho'ne"' e"yenage'ek ne' ' t'hoge°"ha' e°yont'ho'ya ' ne' ' 



the here this will they con- the here it is will they it tell the 



tinue to dwell about 



o'hyadji'wa'ge"'. Hiya'* di' ' son'ga ' t/honsayes'da ' ne' ' 



it-fruit sour (is). Not then any one thence again one- the 



it should use 



on'gwe' o"ni' ne'* gondi'yo'." 



human also the they game ani- • 



being mals are." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" De'hae'"hiawa"gi' da'hada'dya' wa'he°'hen", 



Then now the thence he spoke did he say, 



"Ksoda'ha", o'ne"" he°" 'on" swa"djik wa'sade'sena"da' 



"Oh, my grand- now maybe, perhaps too much didst thou thy vigor put 



mother, forth 



wa's'hegaen'nya' ne" sadei"tcha'. 0'ne°' di" 'on", ne"t'ho' 



dist thou-them do the thy grand-children. Now then, perhaps, the there 



damage to 



gen'gwa', o'ne^' hiya", 'on", t'hayoyanen"khe' ne" gagwe'gi' 



only, now not, perhaps, would it-in good result, the it entire (=aU) 



a'satgat/'hwa' tea" ni'yo"' o'ne"' agyent"hwi' de°"se' ne" 



shouldst thou it see where so it many now have I (them) planted and the 



gondi'yo'." Dayei'hwa'sa'gwa', wa'a"hen', "O'ne"', gwa" o"ni' 



they game animals Thence she replied, did she say, "Now, just also 



are." 



deMjiyagniya'^hya'k. Nti'ye' di" tea" ne°yawe"''ha'. Na'ye' ne" 



shall one-I-stream cross again. That it is then where so it will come to pass. That it is the 



was"he"' niwendage" o'ne"' he" de"t'ge'. T'ho'ne"' di" 



ten (it is) so many it days number now again hence will I come. Here this then (so) 



ne°yawe°"ha'. Nil'ye' ne" o'ne"' t'ho"ge' gagwe'gi' 



so will it come to pass. That it is the now at that time it-entire (=all) is 



e°wadeyennenda"nha'. Na'ye' ne" na'ye' ne" de°dm'yen'; na'ye' 



will it-itself adjust (=settle). That it is the that it is the sliall thou-I cast lots; that it is 



di" de°dniyenda"gwa' ne" t'ho'ne"" tea" niyodye'e"' ne" tea" 



so shall thou-I cast lots for what the here this where so it-it has done the where 



then (=all things) 



o°'hwendiiya'de'. Dyen"ha'gwa' e°gon'ne"ha' o'ne"' gagwe'gi' I" 



it-earth extant is. If so it be will I-thee overcome now it-entire (=all) is I 



de"tgenno'"'do°' ne" tea" ni'yo"' o'ne"' sayennenda"i'. 



will I-it rule, control the where so many they now thou hast completed 



number (them). 



Dyen"ha'gwa' hi'ya' ni'a' e"sgade"'ne"ha' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' hi'ya' 



If so it be of course I humble wilt thou-me overcome then now of course 



hiya" ste"" da'donsagon'nigon'ha'en' ne" o'hendo"' 



not anything any hence again I-thc mind would vex the it ahead is 



wa'wendadenyoii'dye' tea" noiiwa'ho"de"' sayo'da'dye'." 



hcncfi it-day(s) will come where thing kind of thou-it keep working at." 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hiawa"gi' wa'he""hen', "Ne"t'ho' gwa" 



At that time the Life God did he say, "The there (thus) just 



o"ni' ne"yawe°"ha' ne" tea" nisa'nigon'he"de"'," 



also so shall it come to pass the where such as thy mind has expressed." 



Na'ye' ne" tea" nwa'onnis"he' de'hni'yo"' na'ye' ne" na" 



That it is the where so it lasted ( =so long as) two they had that it is the the 



entered that 



