760 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



ne"t'ho' de°dwadongo"da'. " T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hio'we'"s 



the there shall we pass through. " Then the 



wa'he"'hen", "Do'ge°s hi'ya'. Hau", gi"sa'. Is' di" e'-'Vhent." 



he said, "It is true indeed. Come, therefore. Thou so shall thou take 



then the lead." 



T'ho"ge* o'ne'^' wa'ha'den'dya'; o'ne^' ganiada'ge^s'ho''', 



Then now he started; now it-lake-on along 



o'hnega'ge"s'ho°' gwa" nhwa"he'. T'ho'ge' ne" 6'dia'k 



it-water-on along just thither he Then the some of 



went. them 



o'hna'gen"s'ho'" wa'hon'dendia'. Na'ye' di" ne" one"' 



it-rear-in along they started. That it is so the now 



then 



vva't'hadiya"hia'k ne" ao°'hwendjiat'hefl"ge' wa'hadi'yo"' o'ne°* 



they crossed the stream the it-earth dry -on they arrived now 



wa't'hadida"nha'. O'ne"' di" wa'hontgat'hwa' tea" gae"'lua'de' 



they stood (still). Now so they looked at it where it-sky extant is 



then 



dewade'gwa"t'ha', ne"t'ho' hofl", nige"" na'dewade'gwa"t'ha' 



it-itsclf, raised up, the there perhaps, so far it is so it-itself, raises 



customarily, 



tea" nigaen"hes ne" o'hne"da'. Wa'hontgaf'hwa' tea" nofi'we' 



where so it-tree tall (is) the it-pine tree. They looked the place 



hesgayc'"'t'ha' deyo'sdaf'hek. Na" di" ne" o'ne", 



there again it strikes it smooth (is). The so the now 



that then 



donsawade^gwa^da' wa'hadi'ge"^ dagondiyage°"nha' onnatga^'de' 



hence again it-ilself raised they-it saw thence they (an.) came out they are many 



goiididie' djio"ha'. T'ho"ge' wa'he°'hen' ne" De'hae°'hio'we'"s, 



they are flying pigeons. Then he said the 



"Hot" nonwa'ho'de"' ne" ne°" neMwayea". T'ho'ne-' hi'ya' 



" What thing, kind of the this so will we, it, do." Here this in fact 



'on" odo'"hweiidjio"kda'. Oyeii'det hi'ya' o'ya' diao"'hweiidjiade' 



per- it-earth itself ends. It is plain indeed it other there it-earth extant is 



haps 



si" hagwadi' nwa'wadi' neiige°"ha' dewade'gwa"t'ha' tea" 



yon- towards its side this it is it-itself, raises customarily where 



der 



gae°'hia'de'. " T'ho"ge' na'ye' e" da'hawennitge°'nha' ne' 



it-sky is extant. *' Then that it is again he spoke the 



iiiia' hwendo"' de'hof'ha', wa'he°'hen", "Oiig\vadei'hwi'sa"i' 



not ever any he talks, he said, "We have agreed among 



ourselves, 



hi'ia' on'gwefi* awe'ha'dye' do' ne°yodye'e°k ne^'t^ho' gwa' 



indeed, we have said it matters not how so will it be the there just 



o'ni' de"dwadougo"da'. Ne"t'ho' di" hi'ya' 'a"so'" nidji'dyo"' 



also will we pass through it. The there so indeed still so again we 



then number 



oiigwadaden'i' gen'gwa' o'iie°' hwik's nidji'dio°^ O'ne''' di'"' 



we are left only now five so again we Now so 



number then 



wa^gai'hwa'he"g tea" nonwa'ho'de"' ofigwadei^hwf sa"i^ '* 



has it-time arrived where thing, kind of we have agreed among 



ourselves." 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hio'we'"s wa'he'"hen', "Hau", gi'sa". 



Then the he said, "Come, therefore. 



T'ho'ne"' hi'ya' o'ne°' dwa'yefi* ne" ongwahe'na' de°"se' 



Here this indeed now let us them the our bundles and 



lay down 



