746 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



o'^ni', gagwe/gi* wa'tge°*hnagen''saa* de°"se' ne" tea'' gii'^he' 



also, it all did it— the skin strip off and the where it— three 



stands 



Agwas', gen'gwa' 



Verily, only 



dedjyoendasdat''hek, swa'djik' dagadya'da'sno'wat. 0'ne°' 



does yet it tree glisten too much thence I-my body hastened . Now 



( = because) 



di" sagyo°"da' ne" agegwa'ho°"na', na'ye' ne" 



so again I-it the I-it went to fetch, that it is the 



there brought back 



gae"'hage'^'hiya'da' tgaiio°'wa'ha"gwa'/' 



it-tree top there it-head was attracted." 



ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' wa^he^^^he"', 



Then now the did he say, 



''Na'ye' e°yont'hoya"t/hak ne" tea'* hagwa" wa's'hwadjiada'dye', 



"That it is will one it use for story- the where towards hence they ohwachira con- 



telling tinues on, 



ga"he' ne" tea" nwa'awe°"ha'. Na'ye' di" 



this it is it— tree the where so did it come to pass. That it is so 



stands then 



e^yeyas't'hak ne" ge°'hne"'s'gwa'." 



will one-it keep the it-cottonwood." 



naming 



o'ne°' gwa", wa'hiyatge°'ha' ne" O'ha'a' 



Then now now just did they two arrive the 



(from sleep) 



de°"se' ne" Iio'soda'ha". Gondadye" wa'ontgat"hwa' ne" 



and the his grandmother. At once did she-it look at the 



tea" tga"he'. Wa'e'ge"" ne" hiya" gwa" gat'ga' 



where there it tree Didshe-itsee the not just anywhere 



stands. 



de'sgano"Va"haa\ Gonda'dye' wa'diyago'liene'^da' de""se' 



any still it-bead rests up At once did she cry out and 



(there). 



wa'diyo'"s'hent"hwa', wa'a"hen', "O'ne"' ne" ne"" 



did she wuil, did she say, "Now the this 



wa'diyoukhi"gwe°' ne" Ono""wa'. Sadya'da'sno'wat di".'' 



did they — it — take, from us the it-head. Do thou make haste so 



then.'' 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'diyodi'hefi'e'da' na'ye' ne" gai'sdowa'ne"' 



Then now did they (an.) cry out that it is the it-noise loud (is) 



ne" nhwa'tgayo"dage'. O'ne"" di" ne" O'ha'a' 



the every it-g;ime animal in Now so the 



number. then 



o'ne"^' wa'ho'nigon'hayeuda"nha' ne" tea" o'ne°' nwa'awe""hri' 



now did he-it understand the where now so it came to pass 



de""se' w;i'lie°"hen', "O'ne"', hi'ya', ne"t'ho' nwa'awP"ha' 



and did he say, "Now intact the there so did it come to pass 



tehi-gado^k' hi'ya', ste°" gwa" niyawe°"se', swa"djik o'ne"" 



I kept saying of course, some- just so it is about to too much now 



thing hapiJen, (= because), 



naye"djik wade'sa"!' ne" I" ayoiigei'yo'. Gagwe'gi' 



everywhere one has made the I should one-me It-entire (is) 



kill. 



hi'ya', he"tge°' ga"haa' ne" ona"ga' de°"se' ne" o'ha'a' onen'ya' 



of course, up high one-it has the it-bornsQ and the it-flint- it-stone, 



put (stone) 



Hiya", di", ni" ste°" d'akgwe'nya' heyoi'hwas'twi' agye'nawa's. 



Not, so I some- any should I be able there it-matter least should I-it aid. 



then thing to do (is) 



