708 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY Ieth. ann.43 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'he°"hen', "E"gekdo""hna' t'hoge'"'ha, 



At that time now did he say, "Will I-it, to view, go that it is 



ne" o'ya' tga'hwe"no'. Doga"t, se", 'o°"ge°' ne"l'ho' 



the it other there it-island floats. Probably, indeed, in turn, the there 



hegon'ne's." O'ne"' hi'ya' wa'ha'den'dya' na'ye' ne" 



there they (zoic) Now in fact did he start that it is the 



go about." 



wa't'haya"hya'k, hi'ya'. Ne" o'ne°' hwa'ha'yo"' tea" noii'we' 



did he it-stream cross, in fact. The uow there did he arrive where the place 



ni'hono-'sa'ye"' ne" De'hae'"hiawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "Hiya"— khe°' 



there his lodge stands the did he say, "Not— is it 



de'satdo'gas ayodi'yoiik ne" t'ho'ne"' ne" I" gya'dis"a'i' ne" 



any thou it be- might they (zoic) the here this the I I-its-body have the 



come aware of have arrived finislied 



gondi'yo'? Sagya'daye"hwil'. Hiya" da'detgon'ne's tea" 



they (zoic) game Again, I their bodies miss. Not any there they (zoic) where 



animals (are)? go about 



noii'we' daga'deii'dya'. Gya'di'saki'ha'dye' di". Wa'ge'a' 



the place thence I started. I-their bodies, to find, am coming so then, Did I think 



do'ga't 'o'"'ge'" t'ho'ne"' ha'gwa' nidyone'non'." 



it may be in turn here this towards thence they have come" 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hiawa"gi' walie-'-hen', " 'a'sya'di"sak 



Then the did he say, shouldst thou their 



bodies seek 



gen'gwa'. Da'sadawen'nye' ne" tea" niga'hwe"na'. Tgagon'da', 



only. Shouldst thou travel the where so it-island (is). It is not doubted, 



about 



'on", e°tcyende"nha' ne" Is' sya'dis"a'i' d}'en"ha'gwa' ne"t'ho' 



per- Shalt again thou it the Thou thou its body if it so be the there 



haps, recognize completed 



gon'ne's ne" t'ho'ne°' ga'hwe"na"ge'." 



they (zoic) the here this it-island-on." 



go about 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" O'ha'a' wa'ha'den'dya', ne"t'ho' 



Then now the did he start, the there 



wa't'hadawen'nye'. Ne"t'ho' wa'ha'ge"' onnatga'de'nyo"' ne" 



did there he travel about. The there did he it see they (zoic) numerous are, the 



severally 



gondi'yo' nhwa'tgayo"dage'. Hiya" hi'ya' de'ha'ge"' ne" 



they (zoic) game every it-game animal in Not in fact any he it sees the 



animals (are) number. 



ha'o^'hwa' a'haya'dis"a'ik. Dyen"hagwa' o'ne°' wa's'hago'ge"' 



he himself might he-its body have If it so be now did he-them see 



finished. 



de'hniya"dage' ne" de'hnon'gwe', o'nen' di" wa'he°"hen', "Hot' 



two they two persons the two they two human now so did he say, "What 



in number beings are, then 



nonwa'ho"de"" di" nidjiyadye"ha' ne" t'ho'ne"' i"sne's?". 



kind of thing so here you two are doing the here this ' you two are 



then going about?" 



Wa'hni"hen', "Na'ye' gwa" o"m' ne" s'hofigniya'dis"a'i' 



Did they two say, "That it is just also the he-our two bodies completed 



na'ye' hi'ya', t'ho'ne"' s'hongyatga"wi'." T'ho"ge' ne" O'ha'ji' 



that it is as you here this he-us two left." Then the 



know, 



o'lie"' wa'hoi'hwane'ha'gwa' de°"se' wa'tchagoya'dowe'da"hen' 



now did him-it matter astonish and did he-them study repeatedly 



ne" tea" ni'yo't ne" tcft" de'hnon"he'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' alvda"a' 



the where so it is the where two they live. Then now aside 



elsewhere 



