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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



lETH. ANN. 43 



Now then the 



gwaya'di'sa"!', 



I-your bodies have 

 finished, 



aedwade'"ne"ha' 



should we win (overcome) 



Agwas' ne"t'ho' nwa'awe°"ha' na'ye' ne" ayen'a' ige"", 



Verily the thus so did it come to pass that it is the one would it is, 



think 



gonnon"he'. Na'ye' ne" wa'tgona'dat"ho°' ne" gaksagon'wa'. 



they izoic) alive are. That it is the did they run, severally, about the it-bowl in. 



O'ne"" di" ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' wa'he°'hen", "Hatc'gwi', 



did he say, "Behold, 



gagwe'gi' o'ne"' de'swadennon'de"' ne" 



it-all are now do you your orenda put forth the 



(that) 



na'ye ne" tgagon'da' di" aedjiyon"hok 



that it is the it-must needs be so then should you continue 



to live 



gagwe'gi'," o'ne"' di" gonda'dye' wa'hokson'di'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



it entire ( = all)," now then then at once did it-bowl cast. Then now 



dewe'da'ne', gai'sdowa'ne"' wa'diyodi'hene"da' gagwe'gi' ne" 



two they went to- it-noise loud (is) did they (zoic) utter cries, cry out it whole is the 



gether, 



gondiyo's'ho°"a' de'"'se' ne" tea" ni'yon' wadonnya"ha' ne" 



they (zoic) game animals and the where so many they grow the 



severally they are 



o'"hwendjiya"ge'. T'ho"ge' ne" hotcge'"'a' o'ne"' 



it-earth on. Then the his pits now 



wa'gondennon'de"' de'"'se' o'ne"' wa'gont'ha'dat, na'ye' ne" 



did they (zoic) sing and now did they fly upwards, that it is the 



he'tge-" niiwa"gon'ne', ne"t'ho' hwa'wa"do°', ne"t'ho' 



up high thither they went, the there thither did it disap- the there 



pear, 



wa'gai'sda'ha'dye'. O'ne"' ne" na" ne" De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' 



did it-noise over hang them Now the the that the 



on the way. 



de'"'se' ne" ho'so'da' o'ne"' dedjiya'e"' de'honnadennon'de' 



and the his grandmother now they both they-their orenda arm them- 



selves with 



de°"se' gwa" t'hi'iiofinadagen'ye', na'ye', de'hodi'hene't'lia', 



and just just they thcTusdves roll about, ^ that, it is they cry out repeatedly, 



o"ni' i'ha'do°k, "Ga'henda'dye'," o"ni' iyofi'do-k ne" na", 



also he keeps saying, " Let it-a field put forth," also she keeps saying the that one, 



"Hiya" de'o'yo'." 



"Not any it kills." ( = counts). 



Agwas' ne't'ho"djik nwa'gai'hwis"he' o'ne"' honnat'hon'de' 



Just there exactly (rightly) so did it-time endure now they it heard 



o'ne°' gwa" dondagai'sda'ha'dye', o'ne°' he'da"ge' 



now just thence it-noise comes overhead, now downward 



on the way, 



na'dofidayonenon'ha'dye'. 0'ne°' heyo'he" gai'sdowa'ne"' 



thence again they are on the way. Now to the limit it-noise loud (is) 



de'hodi'hene't'ha'. Dyen"ha'gwa' o'ne"' donsagonni'denda"nhsi' 



they keep crying out. Suddenly, now thence again they (.zoic) alighted 



ne"t'ho' gaksagon'wa', na'ye' ne" i'ha'do°k, "Ga'henda'dye'," 



the there it-bowl in, that, it is the he keeps saying, "It is 'a field' (i. e., perfect 



throw) count," 



iyon'do''k ne" na" goksten"a', "Degeni" de'we'." Wa'gai'hwis"he' 



she keeps the the she the old woman, "Two are Let two come It was a long time 



saying that ( = no count)." 



hiya" de'a'wet t'ha'tgondiye'a', gwa" t'higondidaklienon'dye's. 



not any it was just they (.zoic) got quiet, just only they (zoic) ran about, 



possible 



' I. e., in the excitement or frenzy ot mind seeking to compel the achievement of the Soul's desire or 

 craving. 



