742 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY Ieth. ann.43 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' hi'yfi' dawa'sa'we"' wa'hadi'yo"'; na'ye' 



Then now in fact thence it began did they arrive: that it is 



ne" wa'ha'yo"' ne" Ske-'hoak'se"' de""'se' wa'he°"hen', "I" 



the ■ did he arrive the Foi ( = Bad Skin) and did he say, "I 



e-gafc'honga'ya'k. E°gat,'hongawe""'dat." De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' 



will I volunteer. Will I be with the volunteers." 



wa'he°"hefi', "Hot' nonwa'ho"de°' di", ms"a', ne-'sye'a' ne" 



did he say, "What thing kind of so thou so wilt thou-it the 



then do 



o'ne"' he-dwa'yo"'? " O'ne"' ne" Ske°'hnak'se°' wa'he°"he°', 



now there will we arrive?" the Fox (^ Bad Skin) did he say, 



"Na'ye' ne" ni" ne" o'ne"' he'da"ge' e°gayenda"nha' ne" 



"That it is the the I the now on the ground willit alight the 



Ono°"wa' I" de°ge"gwa' de°"se' e''kdisgwa"da'." 



it head I will-it-I take up and will I make up lost time 



(in speed)." 



O'lie"^' t'ho''ge' niyoi'hwagwa'^ha* t'hi'hadide/nyo°' ne"t'ho' 



Now then so it was not long just they others are the there 



wa'hadi'yo"'. O'ne"' he" s'haya"dada' ne"t'ho' wa'ha'yo"' 



did they arrive. Now again one other person the there did he arrive 



na'ye' ne" Skwa'ye"' haya'dji'; 'o'ne"', 'o°"ke'", ne" na" 



that it is the Otter he is called; now, in turn, the the 



that 



wa'he°"hen', "I" o"ni' ne"t'ho' e°khongawe°"dat." T'ho"ge' 



did he say, "I also there there will I volunteer beside the Then 



others." 



ne" De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'he'"'hen', "Hot' nonwa'ho"de°' dl" 



the did he say, " What thing kind of so 



then 



nis' ne°'sye'a' ne" o'ne°' ne"t'ho' hPdwa'yo"'?" O'ne"" ne" 



the so wilt thou-it the now the then there will we arrive?" Now the 



thou do 



Skwa'ye"' da'hai'hwa'sa'gwa' de'"'se' wa'he""hen', "Ne" o'ne"' 



Otter did he reply and did he say, "The now 



de^t'hodisgwa'di'ha'dye' ne'' Ono^'Va' de°''se' ga'nyo' ne"t'ho' 



thence will he be comiDg at top speed the it-head and as soon as the there 



with 



e'"hayo""da' ne" ganyadak'da' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' I" 'o°"ke'" 



will he-it bring the it-lake-beside then now I in turn 



he-s'khawa' ne" Ono°"wa'. Ganonwagofiwa"s'ho'" ni" 



willagainl-it carry the it-head. It is in the depths of the water the I 



de°gadongo"da', hiya" d'onsayonkha"nha'." 



there will I pass along, not any again would one overtake me." 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'he°"heii', "Hiya", 



Then the did he say, "Not, 



lii'ya', d'agagwe'nya' no" tea" nidi'snii'hwayea"di'." 



indeed, any it could do it the where so you suggest doing it." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' he" o'ya' ne"t'ho' wa'ha'yo"'. Na'ye' ne" 



Then now again it other the then did he arrive. That it is the 



Nagaya"gi' o'ne"' ne"t'ho' wa't'hada"nha' de°"se' wa'he'"'hen', 



Beaver now the there did he stand there and 3 did he say, 



"I" o"ni' e"khoiigawe""dat." O'ne"' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' 



"I also will I volunteer beside the Now the 



others." 



wa'he'"'hen', "Hot' nonwa'ho"de'" di" nis"a' ne"'sye'a' ne" 



did he say, "What thing kind of so then the thou so wilt thou-it do the 



o'ne"*' ne^'tlio' he°dwa'yo"'?" Ogonda'dye' da'hai'hwa'sa'gwa' 



now the there there will we arrive?" Right away did he make reply 



