762 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [Ein. ann. 43 



\va'didwadongo"da', ne"t'ho* gen'gwa' ni'dyo"* sayongwadaden"k, 



we have passed it, the there only so many we are again we are left, 



na'ye' gwa^t'ho' ne" ongwaya'do'go"', o'ne°'. Da'' o'ne"' di" 



that it is just hero the our bodies are bare now. There now so 



(—unarmed) then 



hi'ya', on", e°dwa'den'dya'. 0'ne°' hi'ya', oyefi'det 



of course, perhaps, must we start. Now indeed, it is plain 



t*hiyo"'hwendjiade*'ge' tea'' we'dwa'yo°' o'ne°'. Ogefii^'sdi' 



it-oarth others-in where we have arrived now. It is evident 



deyo'hat'hek ne" t'h5'nG°'. Na'ye' hi'ya' tea" ne" na" 



it light is the here this. That of course where the the 



it is that 



ni'yo't tea" dio^'hwendjiade' nonde'dwe', ne"t%o' ne" na" gen'gwa' 



so it is where there it-earth extant is thence we the there the the only 



came that 



na'deyo'hafhek tea" ni'yo't ge°'s ne' a'son'he' wasdlC'saa' ne"t'ho' 



so it light is where so it is usually the it might is it starlight (is) the there 



na'degyatdi"he'"tca" na'deyo"hat"hek ne" t'ho'ne°'yo"'liwendjia'de' 



so much they two differ where so much it light is the here this it-earth stands out. 



Da", o'ne"' di" dwa'den'dia', e°dwe'sak'ha' gain"gwa' non'we' 



Then, now so let us depart will we go to seek (it) where just the place 



then 



nofidayena'geek ne" on'gwe'. T'ho"ge' o'ne°' honna'den'dyon'. 



might these they the human Then now they departed, 



inhabited beings. 



Na'ye' ne" o'ne"" hont'ha'hi'ne' o'ne"" wa'hadi'ge°' ne" 



That it is the now they traveled now they-it saw the 



odefi'doiini' ha'degaeii'dage' de°"se' awc°'ha'hak'ho°' gagwe'gi' 



it-trees growing all kinds of trees and each full of flowers it all 



were 



ogeni"sdi' oya'ne', na'ye' ne" na" deio'hat'he'da'gwi' tea" 



it markedly is it good is, the the it is lighted where 



that by it 



ne"t'ho' non'we* dio^'hwendjia'de' de°"se' ne" gondi'yo', 



the there the place there it-earth stands out and the they (077.) game 



animals are, 



gondi'die's o"nr', gagwe'gi' goiidij^a'di'yo's. Hiya" gwa" 



they (071.) fly also, it-all (entire) they have fine bodies. Not just 



about 



o"ni' hwen'do"' de'honnatgat"hwi' tea" nige°" nit'honne'non'. 



also ever any they them saw where so far it is there they have come 



De'"'se' wa'hontgat"hwa' tea" odeiinu'gen'ni', oda'hyon'ni' 



And they saw where it grasses were growing, they bore fruit 



o'hondadekha"khwa' agwas' ne"t'ho' niga'de''s tea" niyawefmu"ges, 



strawberries verily the there so it is deep where so it grasses is tall, 



hiya" hwefi'do"' dc'hodi'ge"' tea" nige°" nit'honne'non' tea" 



not ever any they have seen where so far it is thence they have come where 



niyo'hyowa'ne°'s ne" oda'hyon'ni'. 



so it-fruit are large the it fruit is gi owing. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa's'hagodi'ge°' ne" on'gwe' ge°dyo'gowa'ne°' 



Then now they-him saw the human it-assembly large 



beings 



i'ye-^'s ga'henda"ge'. T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae-'hio'we-'s 



one went it-sward on. Then the 



about 



wa'he°hen", ''Hot" non\va'ho"de°' ne°dwaye'a' o'ne^' hi'ya' 



he said, "What thing, kind of must we-it, do now of course 



we'dwa'yo"' tea" non'we' ena'gee' ne" oil'gwe/; hiya" hi'ya" 



we have arrived where the place they inhabit the human beings; not in fact 



