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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



ETH. ANN. 43 



o'hen'do"' tea" nou'we' 



it foremost where the place 



e-'he-'heii", 'O'ne"' ne"t'ho' 



will he say now the there 



ne" aeswa'he'de^s'da' tea*' 



the should you wet where 



a'he's'heii'do"' ne" agwas' 



hira thou should ask the verily 



niyongwasdeis'di'. Dyefi^'ha'gwa' 



there we-it have in charge. If so it be 



ha'degayeT tca^' niwados'hi'ne* 



it is proper where such it is time of year 



niyo°" odonnya"ho°' tea'' o°4iwendjia"ge'." T'ho"ge' o'ne" 



so many they severally grow where it earth on." Then now 



they are 



dondayeda"nha' ne" goksten^a' de'^'^se' wa'e'nho4iwa'gwa' tea'' 



thence she arose the she, the elder and did she the door-flap move where 



woman 



non'we' hetcyono°'son'da' de""se' wa'a'hen" ''Hiya^-khe'^' 



the place there it-another lodge is attached and she said, Not-is it 



de'se"he' o'ne°' hon" wa'ga'he"g, o'ne°' a'hadihe/de^s'da' tea" 



any thou-it now perhaps it is time now should they-them wet where 



thinkst 



nonwa'ho''de°' odon'ni' tea" o°'hwendjiade'?" T'ho^ge' hawen*', 



thing kind of they grow where it-earth stands''" Then he said, 



"Na'ye' o" ni"a' ge"he' o'ne"' he°" 'on" wa'ga'he"g tea" 



"That it is too, I I-it think now it may be perhaps it is time where 



nonwa'ho"de'" wa'sga'hen'do"'." T'ho"ge' "'"°°' 



thing kind of didst thou-rae ask." Then 



dondayondo°"tga'. 0'ne°' he" wa'e'gwa' ne" ono'ya' 



thence again she withdrew. Now again did she-it get the it-huskCs) 



o'ne"' he" ne"t'tho' wa'e'yo"' tea" non'we' ganyada'e'. 



now again the there did she arrive where the place it-lake is. 



he" ne"t'ho' wa'ege'heii" ganyada'ge"s'ho'" ne" ono'ya'. 



again the there did she-then placed it-lake-on-along the it-husks. 



Wa'dyont'hwada'se"da' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' he" dayondega"da'. 



Did she-it go around then now again there she-it set fire to. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'a'hen", "O'ne"' he" wa'geyennenda"nha'. 



Then now she said, "Now again did I-its way of doing finished. 



O'ne"' dl" e°swa'den'dya' e^swa'he'de-'s'da'hna' tea" niyon" 



Now so will you start will you go to cause it to be wet where so many 



then they are 



odon'ni' tea" o°'hwendjia'de'. Na'ye' di" tea" ne°yawe°"ha\ 



they grow where it earth stands. that it is so then where so will it come to pass. 



E°swe" dJ" o'De"' ne" onkhinada'hen"se'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



Will you go so now the they us are visiting Then now 



together then 



wa'hon'den'dya'. Na'ye' dl" tea" nige°" hont'ha'hi'ne' o'ne"' 



did tbey start. That it is so where so far it is they traveled along now 



then 



ne" s'haya"dada' tea" ne"t'ho' hadina'gee' hawen", "O'ne"' 



the he, a person, is where the there they dwell he said, "Now 



di" e''swatgat'hwa' tea" nonwa'ho"de'" ongwadei'hon'da'. 



o'ne" 



now 



de""se' 



and 



O'ne"' 



Now 



thing, kind of 



our charge is. 



so will you-it see where 



then 



Na'ye' s^hongwili'hon'da' na'ye' ne" swado'^^'k Haweiini'yo' 



That it is he-us commissioned that it is the you-say He, the Disposer 



ne" e^yongwasdeis'dik tea" niga'i'hwes, tea" nigai'hwagas'de' 



the will we-it have charge of where so it is long, where so it matter endures 



tea" e'^yo^^iweiidjia'dek. Na'ye' de°yongwas'nyek tea" 



where will it-earth stand. That it is will we-it attend to where 



niyofi" hoyerlt'hwi' tea" o°'hwendjia'de'. E°yagwats*hadent'hak, 



so many he-it has planted where it-earth stands, 



they are 



Will we keep sending down the dew, 



