758 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



s'ha't'hadiie'a'. Gaiii'gwa' nwa'onni"s*he' hont'ha'hi'ne' o'ne°' 



alike they acted. Somewhere just so did it last (long) they traveled now 



wa'ga*he"g o'ue°' hodihe'n6'wane'''s, tea'* hodihe'nage'dofi'die' 



did it-time arrive now they bundles large have where they bundles severally bore 



severally, along by the forehead-strap 



ne" ono°"ha', Na'ie' di" tea" niio""' honnadaden'i' 



the it scalp. That it is so then where so many are they themselves are 



left 



wa'henni'hen","0'ne°' hofi", aedwada'gwennaie"' ne' oiigwahe'na'." 



*'Now perhaps, should we cacftf, or secrete the our bundles." 



T'ho'ge' honwagowanen' ne' De'hae'"hiyowe°'s wa'he°'hefi", 



Then their leader the The Sky Splitter did he say, 



"Doga't g\va' aedwage"' ne' gowane"' ono^'ha', t'ho'ge' naie' 



"If so it be, just might we it see the it large it scalp, then 



aedwago'hens'da', hiia" di" t'awahetge°"nha' tea' nonwa'ho'de"' 



might we-it to cover not so then any would it become where thing kind of 



(them), use, spoiled 



dwa'ha'wi'." Wa'henni'hen' ne' hodio'gwa', "Do'ge-s, hi'ia' 



do we it bear." They said, the his troup, "True it is, in fact 



ne"t'ho' naiawe'"'ha'." 



the there so might it come 

 to pass." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa't'honda"nha' ne" hen'gwe', s'ha'dewa'sen'no" 



Then now did they-him meet the he, a man, it middle is 



tea" nigaende'dji's ne"t'lio' ni'ha'hnen'ies. T'ho'ge' 



where so it-tree(s) tall are, the there so his heighth long is. Then 



severally 



ne" Gae°'hiakdon'dye' wa'he°hen", "One"' hi'ia' wa'gai'hwa'he"g 



the The Horizon did he say, "Now in fact it-time has come 



tea' ongwadei'hwi'sa"i' na'ie' ne' eMwa'ge"' ne' e°gowane°ks 



where we oiu'selves have agreed that is is the will we-it see the will it-large be 



ne" ono°"ha'. Na'ie' di" o'ne"' hi'ia' e°s'hedwa'io' nenge""'ha' 



the it scalp. That it is so then now in fact will we-him kill this it is 



hen'gwe' tea" wa'didwada"nha'. 0'ne°' di" e"yongwaienda"nha' 



he, a man where did we meet. Now so then will we-it tie possessed with 



ne" gowa'ne" ne" ono°"ha'." Wa'henni'heii", "Hau", gi'sa", 



the it large is the it scalp." They said, "Come, therefore, 



ne"t*ho' miawe°'ha'/' T'ho^'ge' o'ne''' wa^ionwadiya'dofidi' ; 



the there so let it come to pass." Then now did they-him attack; 



wa'honwa'agwa"hen' ne" ga'hesga', wa'honwa'sgwe'saie"'da'heii' 



did they-him shoot repeatedly the it-arrow ( = flint- did they-him strike repeatedly, with 



pointed), the hatchet 



o"ni' de""se' wa'honwaie°*da*'hen' ne" gadji''kwa' na'ie' ne" 



also and did they-him, strike repeatedly the it-war-club that it is the 



henne"he' ne" a'honwfi'io', de°"se' hiia" ste"" nonwa'ho"de"' 



they-it desired the might they-him kill, and not anything thing kind of 



de'hodigwe'nion', hiia'' ste""" nonwa'ho"de°' de'honwano'"hia"gf 



any they-it able to do, not anything thing kind of any they-him injured 



were, 



ne" hen'gwe*, hiia*' se" de'hona'go'was nonwa'ho"de^' ne" 



the he, the man, not in fact, any it-him affects thing kind of the 



hen'gwe'. T'ho"ge' ne" hen'gwe' wa'he-hen', "Hot" nonwa'ho"de'" 



he, the man. Then the he, the man he said, "What thing, kind of 



swe"he'? Swe"he'-khe°" e°skwa'yo'?" T'ho"ge' wa'henni'heii', 



do you want? Do you its, Do you will you-me kill?" Then they said, 



niyongwadyee°'ha'die' ne" ayaldiiyo' 



so, we have been doing on the way the might we-one kill 



