738 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



wesa'nigon'hayenda"nha' ne" tea" nwa'awe'"'ha' ne" 



didst thou-it understand the where so did it happen the 



ak'nigon"ha'." 



my mind." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'he'"hen", 



Then now the did he say, 



"E"gci'hwa'ni"da' ne" tea" iiisa'nigoii'he"de'" ne" tea" se"he' ne" 



"Will I-the matter confirm the where so thy mind is the where thou the 



( = agree to) desirest 



a's'heya'dage"nhe°k ne" ofi'gwe' nwa'eya'do"de'", na'ye' 



wouldst thou-their bodies the human such one's body is in form, that 



keep, aiding being it is 



gwa"t'ho' ne" gondi'yo'. Djiyoi"hwada' gwa" o"ni' ne" ge"he', 



just here the they game One subject (is) just also the I desire, 



animals are. 



hi'ya' gi"s'he°', ne" d'ayoyanen"khe na'ye' ne" a's'heyadoda"sya's, 



not it may be, the any it good would that the shouldst thou-them, show 



become it is thy self, to, 



doga"t o"ni' a'soda"sya' ne" sa's'hasde°"saa', swa'djik' 'on" ne" 



if it be also shouldst thou- the thy power, too much perhaps, the 



it show ( == because) , 



na" a's'he'da'den"gwe'" ne" ayesa'ge"' de''"se' ni'seyenno"de'". 



the shouldst thou-them malie- the should one and such as thy manner of 



that fearful thou see doing is. 



Na'ye' di", 'on", e°yoyanen"khe' ne" ga'eii' gwa" noii'we' 



That it is so then, perhaps, will it-good become the somewhere just the place 



na'si'deil'dak, hi'ya', hiy'a', ne" ste°" d'aesadawe'"da"de°' de°"se' 



there shouldst thou not, of course, the anything any would it-thee obstruct and 



abide, 



e°'sat'honde'sdji"hwe°k ne" o'ne"' is' Pyesat'ho'ya' ne" on'gwe'. 



wilt thou-it most clearly hear the now thou will one-thee tell of the human 



being. 



Hiya" ste°" hi'ya' de'sadawe""'das." 



Not anything of course any does it-thee obstruct." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" Hadu"i' wa'hatcennoii'nya' de°"se' 



Then now the was he plaesaed and 



o'ne'^' wa'he°"hen', ''Wa'gye'na' ne" tea" nisa'nigon'he/'de"'. 



now did he say, "I-it accept the where such thy mind (is) made up. 



O'ne"" di" e°gonyat'ho'ye°' ne" tea" ne°yawe°"ha'. Na'ye' 



Now so will I-thee tell the where so will it come to That 



then pass. it is 



di" na'ye' ni"a' wa'ga'gwa' ne"t'ho' non'we* e°ga'dyen\ 



so that I I-it choose the there the place will I myself 



then it is humble seat, 



ne"t'ho' hi'ya' e^gna'gek ne" tea" non'we' odo^'hweiidjiyat'gi's 



the then of course will I abide the where the place it lands rugged are 



ne" dega'ste°'he'nyo°\ ne" tea" noil'we' dega'ste°'he'dji's 



the it-rock cliffs are severally, the where the place it-rock (s) tall are 



de°"se' o"ni' deganede'dji's. Hiya" di", son'ga', d'ayonk'ge"'; 



and also it-mountains tall are. Not so some one, any one-me 



then, would see; 



ne"t'ho' e°gi'den'dak ne" tea" ne°yonnis"he' ne" 



the there will I continue the where so will it endure the 



to abide (tastj 



e"yo°'hwendjiya'dek ne" t'ho'ne"'. Do'ge°s, hi'ya', 'on", hiya" 



will it-earth continue extant the here this. True it is, of course, perhaps, not 



d'ayoyanen"khe' ne" d'ayagwadyes'da' ne" s*heya'di*sa"i' ne" 



any would it-good become the any should we mix the thou-one's body hast the 



together finished 



