712 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth.ann.43 



o'ne'*' i'^sowa' engyo'de°"ha' ne" gwa" sken'no"' awa'do"' 



now it much (is) have I labored the just peaceful {it is) might it 



become 



de°"se^ hagei'hwa'ni^'dani' ne" e"ge*sen'nya' ne" oii'gwe'." 



and he-me-the matter has the will I-it make the human being." 



approved, for me 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' he" wa'he'"'hen', "De°'heyadaa"da'na'. 



Then now again did he say, " Will I-him to meet go. 



Na'ye' di" ne" o'ne°' de°yagyadaa"nha' e^'heyat'ho'ye"' tea" 



That it is so then the now will he-I meet will 1-him tell where 



ni"a' e^gno'we"' ne" awadon"het ne" on'gwe' gya'dis"a'i'. 



I have I-it failed the should it come to life the human being I-bwty have 



humble to do finished. 



Tgagon'da' e^'hei'hwa'ne'ge"" di" ne" a'hon"het, na'ye' ne" 



It must be wil I-him, the matter ask so then the should he-it tiiat is the 



cause to live, 



s'ha'da'haye'a' ne" ha'o-'ha' (ha'o°"hwa') ne" hoyennenda"!'." 



alike he-it should do to the he himself the he-its organism has 



completed." 



O'ne"' di" wa'ha'den'dya'. 



Now so then did he start moving. 



Hiya" de'i'no°* he'hawe'non* o'ne**' ne"t*ho* wa'hadyen'^ha^gwa' 



Not anyitfar(is) thither he has gone now the there did it-him surprise 



o'ne°' wa'ho'ge"' o'ne°' da^'he' ne" de'hiade°'hnon'daa'. 



now did he-him see now thence he the my brother. 



was coming 



Ne" o'ne-' wa't'hiyadaa"nha' t'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" O'ha'a' 



The now did they two meet then now the 



wa'he"hen', "Degonyadaa"da'ne' ne" ne°"; na'ye' gai'hofinya"ha' 



did he it say, *' I-thee, to meet, come the this; that it is it-matter causes 



(=is the reason) 



na'ye' ne" ge"he' 'a'sgye'nawa's na'ye' ne" 'a'son"het ne" 



that it is the I-it desire shouldst thou me, aid that it is the shouldst thou the. 



it make to live 



gya'dis"a'i'; o'ne°' ne" na", hi'ya', ageyennenda"!' ne" oya"da' 



I-body finished; now the the, as you I-its organism have the it-body 



that, know, finished 



ne" on'gwe'." 



the human being." 



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



At that time now the did he say, "The there 



gwa" o" ne°yawe°'*ha\ Ga'en', di", non'we* tga'ye°' ne" 



just too so will it come to pass. Whence, so then, the place there it lies the 



i'sa'do^k sayefmenda"!'?" T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'hiya'den'dya'. 



thou-it, keep thou-its organism hast At that time now did they two start walking, 



saying finished?" 



Ganyo" wa'hni'yo^* ne" ganyadak'da' o'ne°' ne" O'ha'a' 



As soon as did they two arrive the it-lake-beside now the 



wa'he°"hen', "Ne°", hi'ya', heMa'gaa' (hiya") 'a"so°' 



did he say "Here it is, truly he lies supine not yet 



de'hon"he'. Na' gai'honnya"ha' ne" o'hnegak'da' iga'ye"" 



any he lives. The that it-matter causes the it-water beside it lies 



na'ye' ne" o'hnega'nos ne" ni" wa'ge'sennya"da'. Na'ye' 



that it is the it-freshwater the the Idid I-itsorganism tomabe.useit. That at is 



ne" wa'ge'a' ne" e°yoyende"dik ne" tea" de°gyatdi"he"k 



the did I it think the will it be easily recognized the wherein will they two differ in 



form 



ne" nonwa'ho"de°' we'dniseii'nya'." 



the tiling kind of did the two-it make." 



