720 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



niwen'dage' o'ne°' deMni'yen". Na'ye' di" tea" nige°'* ne" na'ye' 



so it-many days now will we two-it bet. That it is so where so it far is the that it is 

 number then 



e"wadongo"da' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' he^sgii'soft'defi' ne" tea" 



will it pass then now hence will I the where 



ni'yon' 'a"so°' dwagno'we°k ne" tea" ni'yoii' agadei'hwa'de' ne" 



so they many still there do I-it lack the where so they I my duty remains the 



number finishing many are 



tea" ne^gadye'a' ne" t'ho'ne"' tea" o""hwendjiya'de'." 



where so will I-it work the here this where it-earth extant is. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" ho'so'da' wa'a"hen', "O'ne"' gwa" o"ni' 



Then now the his grand- did she say, "Now just also 



mother 



agadadeyennenda"i'. 0'ne°' di" hi'ya' de°te'nigon"hak na'ye' ne" 



I-myself hast fully prepared. Now then of course thence wilt thou expect that the 



(it) 



he-yagni'yo"' ke°"djik." O'ne"' t'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' 



thither will we two soon." Now then the 



arrive 



wa'he'"'hen", "Ne"t'ho' gwa" o" ne"yawe°"ha'. 0'ne°' di" 



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



saga'defi'dya' ( = saga'den'diya')." O'ne"' t'ho"ge' di" 



again I start (=go Now then so then 



home)." 



honsaiia'den'diya.' 



there again he started ( = went home). 



Ganyo" hoiisa'ha'yo"' ne" tea" fhodadasgwa'^ha' o'ne°' 



As soon as there again he re- the where there his roof is in place now 



turned home 



wS'Le^'^ien', "O'ne"' wa'ga'he"k na'ye' ne" ni"a' de°"se' ne" 



did he say, " Now it-time has arrived that it is the the I and the 



myself 



i'se' ne" gwaya'dis'a"ho°' hegagwe'gi', o'ne"' hi'ya', ganS'we"' 



thou the I-your bodies have finished without a single now, verily, it is a thing 



exception, menacing 



nwa'awe°"ha', o'ne°' wa'ongwadei'ho'k't'has. Na'ye' ne" 



so did it come to pass Now did it-our affairs bring to an end, for us. That it is the 



e°yo'he°"nha' o'ne"" de-'dye"' ne" goksten"a', ne" O'ha'a' 



will it-tomorrow be now thence will again the she-elder woman, the 



she come 



ho'soda'ha" na'ye' hi'ya', dayenye°"de' ne" tea" nonwa'ho"de'" 



his grand-mother, that it is, of course, thence she-it comes the where thing kind of 



seeking 



gwaya'dagweiiniyos'di*. Na'ye' hi'ya' e°"he* dyen"ha'*gwa' 



I- your- masters of it-made. That it is in fact she intends if it so be 



e°yontgwe'nya' na'ye' ne" e"yofikne"ha', e'^'he' hi'ya", hiya" 



will she-self make — a that it is the will she-me overcome, she of not 



winner intends, course, 



ste°" t'hoilsawadofi'nya' ne" desnon'gwe' de°"se' ne" gondi'yo' 



any- should again it grow (sprout) the you two human and the they (zoic.) 



thing beings gameanimfjs 



gofinon'he"gwi'. E^'^he' gagwe'gi' e°ye'hetge°'Ma\ O'ne"*, 



they. (20.) to live, use it. She intends it-entire ( = all) will she-it destroy. Now, 



ne't*ho'*ge', hi'ya', o'ne°* e"ganowe°"khe' ne" gagwe'gi' ste°" 



the there-at of com"se, now will it become distressful the it-all anything 



( = at that time) 



gwa'^ nonwa*ho"de°' hi'ya" ste""' t^honsesnon^ie'^gwik, o"ni' 



just thing kind of not anything after, again you two to live, also 



could use, 



ne" gondi'yo'. Na'ye' di" tea" ne°yawe""'ha' dyeii"ha"gwa' 



the they game animals. That it is then where so it will come to pass if it so be 



