716 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



ni'yo't deyo's'hwen'de' ne" o'^'hwendjiyagofi'wa', na'ye' gwa'* 



so it is it— valley is the it— earth in, that it is just 



o"ni' s'ha'tgondiya"dada' ne" onnadya'da"do^' ne'^t'ho' 



also the sume their bodies are the they (zoic) are lost the there 



hegonni"den' ha'gon'wa'." 



there they (zoic) inside." 



T'ho"ge' o'nS"' ne" O'ha'a' wa'he°"hen', "Ne"t'ho' he'dene'. 



Then now the did he say, "The there thither let us 



two go. 



Doga"t, se", 'o°"ge°', do'ge-s ne"t'ho' hegonni"den'." 



It certain is indeed in turn, it true is the there there they (soic) abide." 



not, 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'hiya'den'dya'. Niyoi'hwagwa"ha' o'ne°S 



Then now did they two start. So it matter short (is) Now 



ne"t'ho' hwa'hni'yo"' onondak'da' de""se' o'ne°' wa'hni'ge"' 



the there there did they two it— mountain beside and now did they two it see 



arrive 



ne"t'ho' gwa" ganenyaye^'gona'. 0'ne°' ne" 



the there just it rock Now the 



De'hae"'hiyawa"gi' wa'hada'diya wa'he°''hen', '^T^ho'ne"', 



did he speak did he say, *' Where this, 



hi'ya\ nofi'we* onnade's'honVe' ne" gondi'yo\" T*ho'*ge' 



of course, the place they (2oif) themselves the they game animals Then 



have caved are." 



o'n6°' donda*ha'ha'gwa' ne" onen'ya' de""se' ne°'' hagwa" 



now thence he-it took off the it-rock and this aside 



hwa'ho'di'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"" wa'hadyen"ha"gwa' 



thither lie-it cast. Then now did he become an aged 



onnadya'dat'gi's dagondiyage'"'nha', na'ye' ne" onnatga"de' 



they (iotc) ugly in body thence they (zoic) camo forth, that it is the they (zoic) many 



were 



ha'tgondiya"dage'. O'ne"' ne"t'ho' de'hniga"ha' ne" 



every their (zoic) bodies in Now the there they two looked on the 



number (are). 



dayodiyage"'i*ha'dye\ 0'ne°* gwa" goiidya'di'senofi'dye', 



thence they (zoic) kept coming out. Now just their (zoic) bodies dragged along, 



hiya" da'degondi'noiido'da* de°"se* wa*diyodi*ha'hen'dye' ne" 



Not it is any they (zoic) have legs and did they (zoic) differ among the 



themselves 



tc^" nigondiya'do"de°'s de'*"se' ne" tea" nigon'na's,— 



where so their (zoic) bodies shaped are and the where so they (zoic) large 



(are) 



o'dyS'k nigonna's'a'*, o'dya^k gondigowane"'s; na'ye' gwa''t*ho, 



it— some so they (zoic) small are, it— some they (zoic) large are; that it is just there 



oyen'det gondi'se'^he"' de°''se' degonde°'na*ga'wa'*henk. 



it plain is they (zoic) ill-tem- and they (zoic) snarled continually, 



pered are 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' wa'hen"hefi', "Hiya", hon" 



Then the did he say, not perliaps, 



nS" de'oya'ue' dagondiyes'da' ne" oii'gwe'; nenge'"'ha' 



the any it good is they (zoic) would the human beings this it is 



those commingle 



nigondiya'do"de°'s. Doga"t ne" 'o°"ke°' hiya" d'ayagon"hek 



so their (zoic) bodies shaped are. If it be the today not it is any one would live 



ne" ayago'ge"', na'ye' di", 'on", na" oya'ne' awe'ha'dye' na" 



the should it one see, that it is, so then, perhaps, the it good is it matters not the 



that those 



ne"t'ho' o"'hwendjiyagon'wa' dondagonnidefi'dak." 



the there it— earth in there should they (;oic) remain." 



