744 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. asn.43 



wa'goiia'so'gwa', ne" nhwa'tgayo"da<re'. Skwa'ye"' da'hadyee°"da' 



did they come ashore, the all it-game animals are. Otter he the first was 



wa'hanedo'dak de°"se' ne" tea" gancdage°'hiya'da' ne"t'ho' 



did he ascend the bank and the where it — top of the river— bank the there 



wa'ha'dye"' de""'se' o"m' wa'he°"hen', "T'ho'ne"', di", ni"a', 



did he seat himself and also did he say, "Here this, so then, I, 



e"getgo'dak de'"'se' agwas' e°wagadadeyennenda"ik dyen"ha'gwa' 



will I keep sitting and fully will I myself have prepared if it so be 



de"wado"'hwen'djiok ne" agye'nawa's." 



will it become necessary the should I— it aid." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" De'hae°'hiyawii"gi' wa'howe""'has ne" 



Then now the did he-him remark to the 



Odendonni"a', "Hau", gi"sa', o'ne°', di", diya'den'dya'." 



The Sapling, " Come, therefore, now so then let us two start." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'hiya'den'dya'. Ne" o'ne"' hwa'hni'yo"' ne" 



Then now did they two start. The now there did they two the 



arrive 



tea" tga"he' hiya" sofi'ga' de"djie'"s. T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" 



where there it-tree not (it is) someone any still one Then now the 



stands goes about. 



Odendonni"a' wa'he°"hen', "O'ne"' ni"a' e-gade'nieii'de-" ne" 



It, The .SapUng, did he say, "Now humble I will I-it attempt the 



e°gaa"t'he'"." O'ne"' di" wa'hade'nien'de°' ne" a'haa"t'he°' ne" 



will I-it climb." Now so then did he-it attempt the should he-it climb the 



tea" ga"he'. Dosge°"ha' gwa" nige°" nhe'hawe'nofi' o'ne"' 



wher^ it-tr^e stands. Near it is just so far it is thither he had gone now 



he'da"ge' na'donda'we', ne"t'ho' donda'haya'de''"nha' he'da"ge' 



downward thence did it come, the there thence did his body fall groimd-on 



ne"t'ho' donaa'hada"nha'. 0'ne°' di" wa'he'"'het-i', "Hiya"' 



the there there again did he stand. Now so then did he say, "Not, 



he"" 'on", d'akgwe'nya' ne" agaa"t'he'", swa"djik hiya" de'a'wet 



it seems per- any I able to do the should I-it climb, too (because) not any, it feas- 



haps, it, am much it is ibleis 



agaye'na' ne" ga'si'da"ge'." T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' 



could it-it grasp the my-feet-on." Then the 



wa'he°"hen', "Ne"t'ho', hi'ya', ni'yo't ne" odonni"a' ne" tea' 



did he say, "The there in fact so it is the it infantile is the where 



son"he'. O'lie"' dl" wa'gadoge°"ha' ne" tea" nonwa'ho"de'" 



thou art alive Now so then did it evident become the where thing 



( = thyh£e). 



'a"so"" diyodo"kda' ne" tea" ni'yo't ne" sayee°"da'. Na'ye' 



still it-it lacks the where so it is the thy flesh. That it is 



hi'ya' 'a"so'" dwagnowe""i' ne" sayee°"da'. Na'ye' hi'ya' 'a"so°'- 



of course still there have I failed the thy flesh. That it is indeed still 



dwagnowe°"i' ne" tea" ni'yo't ne" sa'si'da"ge'. Hiya", se", 



there have I failed the where so it is the thy feet-on. Not it is, in fact, 



to do 



de'ge'he"gwa' de°wado°'hwendjiyo'khe"— khe°", ho°", hwefi'do"' 



any I desired thought, will it necessary become — will it, perhaps, whensoever 



gwa" ne" a'saa"t'he'" ne" tea" odefldou'ni'. O'ne"' di" 



just the shouldst thou-it the where it-tree is growing. Now so then 



climb 



e-skdoge-'s'da' (for e°kdoge''s'da'). Na'ye' hi'ya', diyodo'kdas"i' 



will I-it amend. That it is of course there it-it has failed 



ne" hiya" da'de'sa'si'dada"gwen'." 



the not it is any, two thy feet arches have." 



