734 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



0'ne°' di" I", 'o-^'ke"', de"tgade'nyen'de"" ne" dofidawatgenis'da' 



Now then in turo, thence will I-it, attempt the thence should it move hither 



again 



ne" tea" si'ge°' diyononda"haa'. Tgagon'da', 'on", 



tho where yonder there it— mountain It must be, per- 



it is stands. haps, 



de"dwatgwi"da' ne'' tea" diyononda"haa' ne" 'o'ne°* he^gadfi'dya' 



thence will it move the where there it— mountain the now hence will I speak 



hither stands 



dyen'^ia'gwa' do'ge°s I", ageyennenda"i' ne" tea" 



if it so be certain it is I I-it have finished the wheres 



o-'hwendjiya'de'. O'ne"' di", dediyatga'hade'ni'." 



it— earth extant (isj. Now, then, let us two turn our backs." 



T'ho'^ge* o'ne°' wa'hiyatga'hade'ni' ne" o'ne°' wa'hadweiino'- 



Then now did they two turn their backs the now did he his words 



'kde°' ne" wa'he°"hen', ''Si'ge°' diyononda^haa' ga'e' nonda'^se'. 



and the did he say, "Yonder there it— mountain hither thence do thou 



it is stands come. 



T'lid'He"' agni's'ho°"ne' nc"t'ho' e°'sadanendak'da'." 0'ne°', 



Here this our two backs at the there wilt thou thyself place Now, 



alongside." 



o"ni' wa'he°"hen', *'0'ne"' diyadonwi'sa'don"da'. Agwas', 



also, did he say, "Now let us two our breath hold. Verily, 



di", na'ye' e°wade'nyende"s'da' tea" is' ni'sonwi'se'is; na'ye' 



then, that will it-itself be guided by where thou sothy breath (is) long; that it i 



it is 



e°wadyea'da"gwa'. Na'ye' di" na" tea" ne^yawe'^'ha', na'ye' 



will it-itself do thereby. That it is then the where so will it come to that it is 



that pass, 



ne" I" e-gi'hen", 'o'lie"',' t'ho"ge' ha"sa' he-'satgafhwa'." 



the I will I-it say, Now, then-at not before hence wilt thou look." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' t.'ha'hiyadye'a' hofinadonwi'sa'don"di' 



Then now just they two kept stUl they two their breath were holding. 



Agwas', ne°" nwa'gai"hwis o'ne°' ne" Hadu"i' wa'hatdo'ga' 



Verily, this so it matter long was now the did he it notice 



ne" ste°" gwa" nonwa'ho"de°', ayen'a', wa'ao"sa' ne" 



the some- just thing kind of, one would did it-it the 



thing think, swipe 



ha's'ho"ne', o'ne"', di" wa't'ho'iioiiwaya'he°"ha' na'ye' ne" 



his back-on, now, so did he make haste that it is the 



then 



da'hatgae'"hagwa"da', na'ye' ne" wa'he'a', 'Do', gatgat"hwa' 



thence did he-hiraself turn, that it is the did he think, well, let me take a look 



hot' nonwa'ho"de°' ne" ne°" niyodye'e"'. Na'ye' di", swa"djik 



what thing kind of the this so it has been That is it so too much 



done. then ( = because) 



da'hennonk'da' da'hatgae'^'ha'gwa' ne"t'ho' wa't'hogo°'soye""da' 



did he bend forward thence did he-himself turn, the there did it-his face strike 



tea" ne"t'ho' ot'de' ne" yononda'iiaa'. T'ho"ge' ne" 



where the there it pro- the it-mountain stands. There-at the 



jects (then) 



De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' vva'he°"hen', "O'ne"' hi'ya' dedjidyatga'hade'ni'." 



did he say, " Now, in fact, let us two ourselves turn back." 



T'ho"go' o'ne°' don'sa'hiyatga'hade'ni'. 0'ne°' ne" na" 



Then now thence again they two turned back. Now the the 



that 



ne"t'ho' non'we' ot'de' ne" yononda"haa'. 



the there the place it pro- the it-mountain stands, 



jects 



