710 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann.43 



nheyofme'nofr ne" gya'dis"a'i' (?gya'di'sa"i')." T'ho"ge' ne" 



there they have gone the I-their bodies At that time the 



have finished." 



De'hae'"hiawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "Ne"t'ho' gwa" o" ne°yawe'"'ha'." 



did he say, "The there just too so will it come to pass." 



( = thus) 



T'ho"ge' ne" O'ha'a' wa'he°"hen', "0'ne°' gwa" o"m' 



Then the did he say. "Now just also 



saga'den'dya'. Ganyo'' gwa" nhe°s'gyo°' o'ne°' gonda'dye' 



back I st;irt (^re- As soon as just there will I now at once, 



turn home). arrive 



e'*wagyo'de""ha'. Na'ye' di" eMwadyee°''da' e°'satgat*'hwa' 



will I set to work. That it is so will it the first be wilt thou it see 



then 



ne" o'ne°* he°"syo°^ e°wageyennenda"ik ne" 



the now there wilt thou will I-its organism have the human being." 



arrive finished 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' sa'ha'den'dya'. 



At that time now he started homeward. 



Na'ye' ne" o'ne"' honsa'ha'yo"' tea" non'we' t'hodino'"sa'ye'" 



That the now there again he where the place there their 



returned lodge stands 



o'ne°' wa'he°"hen', "Hatc'kwi'! Ksoda"ha', oi'hwane'ha'gwat 



Not did he say, "Behold! Oh, grand- it matter is astonishing 



mother, 



tea" nwa"awe°"ha'. Na'ye' ne" dewagya'hya'gi"hna'. 



where so it has come to pass. That it is the did I-it-streara cross. 



Na'ye' ne" gya'di'sakho""na" ne" I" gya'dis"a'i' (gya'di'sa"!') 



That the I-their bodies went to find the I I-(its) body 



finished 



ne" gofidi'yo'. Hiya" gat'ka' de'g'ge"'. Agwas', na'ye' 



the the game ani- Not anywhere any I (it) Verily, that it is 



mals are. saw. 



gen'gwa' wa'khe'ge"' ne" 'a"se' ne" on'gwe', s'haya"dada' 



only did I-one see the it now the human being, one his body (is) 



(is) 



hadji'na', djiyeya"da'da' o"ni' e"he"". Na'ye' wa'kheya'hen'don' 



be male (is), one her body (is) also she fe- That it is did I-one question 



male (is). 



ga'en' nidhonne'non'. Na'ye' wa'honwana"do'" ne" 



whence there they came. That it is did they-hiin point out the 



deyagyade^'Knofi'daa'. Na", ya'ge"', ne"t'ho' s'hagotga"wi'. 



two one-I-brothers are ( = my The it is said, the there he-them left, 



brother) . that, 



Wa'heya'hen'do"' ne" deyagyade°'hnon'daa' di" I" o"ni' 



Did I-hun ask the my brother so then, I also 



age'sen'nya' ne" on'gwe'. Wa'hagei'hwa'ni"de°' o'ne°'; na'ye' 



might I-it make the human being. Did he-me-the thing agree to, for now; that it is 



ne" wa'he'"'hen'. Se'sen'nya'. De''tchadeyennon'nya' 'o°"ge°'. 



the did ye say. Do thou it make. Thence wil«thou-thy skill summon, in turn. 



De°tchye'it tea" niyeya'do"de'" ne" on'gwe'.'" T'ho"ge' ne" 



Do thou it sight where so one's body kind the human being." Then the 



of (is) 



ho'so'da' wa'a"hefv, ''Na'ye', on", e°yoyanen"khe\ D6'ge°sne"t'ho' 



his grand- did she say, "That it is, per- will it good become. Truly the there 



mother haps, 



ne°"syea' tea" nonwa'ho"de''' wa'hie'''*has, ho's'hasde°'sa'ye°', 



so wilt thou- where thing kind of did he-him bid- he power has. 



it do to do, 



hi'ya'. Hiya", gi"s'he'", hi'ya' d'a'hano'"hwe"nha' 



as you Not, I believe, verily any would he-it like 



