786 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 43 



gen'gwa' tea" niyoii" s'hagoi'hoa'da'. Dyen"ha'gwa' na'ye' 



only where so many he them has commis- If so it t)e that it is 



they are sioned. 



e°yetchino'"don'nyo°', na'ye' gaya'dagwenni'yo' ne" oye^'gwa'cnVe' 



will you-them think of, that it is it a chief thing is the it-tobacco native 



e°swadyea'dak'hwak. Na'ye' e°swadwennoiinya"t'hak ne" 



will vou-it, continue to make uso That it is will you-your word make with that the 



of. 



o'"hwendjia"ge' tcyon"he'. Ne"t'ho' ne" tca"t'ho' ni'yo't 



it-earth-on you live. The there the at this time so it is 



tea" hoi'hwi'sa"!' ne" hoyennenda"i' swa'do°k Haweiini'yo' 



where he has decreed the he-it completed you say lie. the Disposer." 



T'hae^'hiawa'gi'." T'ho"ge' o'nc-" donsa'hoiidekha"sya'. O'ne"' 



Then now there again they separated. Now 



di" sa'hoii'defi'dya' ne" Hadiweiinoda'dye's. 



so again they started home the They, the Thunderers, 



then 



T'ho"ge' o" na" wa'hon'den'dya' ne" De'hae'"hyo'we°s 



Then too the that they started the 



hodyo"gwa'. Wa'hontgat"hwa' tea" enagee"gwa' o'ne"' ne" 



his troop. They-it saw where they did inhabit now the 



na'ye' deteyot'hondaon'wes'tci"hwe°' liwen'do"' gwa" 'on" na" 



that it is again it is fully overgrown with bushes ever just per- the 



haps that 



diyena"gee"'gwa'. T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'henni'hen', "O'ne"' hi'ya' 



there they did dwell. Then now they said, " Now in fact 



'on" e''dwadadya'dagen"ha', eMwe'sak'ha' gain" non'we' 



per- will we ourselves help, will we go to find it where * the place 



haps 



hes'hadina'gee'." T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'hon'dendya' tgaa'gwitge°'s 



there again they dwell." Then now they started away at the sun rising 



hagwa' nhwa'hen'ne'. Hiya" de'i'no"' o'ne°' wa'hadi'ge"' ne"t'ho' 



towards there did they go. Not any it far is now they it saw the there 



gwa" ena'gee'. Wa'hadl'yo°' diyodyee°"di' gano°'sa'ye°', 



just they dwell. They arrived it the first is it-lodge lies, 



wa'henni'hen", "Cne"' sayagwa'yo"'." Wa'he°'hen" ne" 



they said, "Now again we return. " He said the 



hono°'saye°', "Gain" non'we' heswe"sg^va'. Hiya" ni'a" 



he lodge owns, "Where the place there you have been. Not I 



de'gwayende"i'." Wa'he°hen" ne" De'hae'"hyo'we''s Hiyfi-'-khe"" 



any I-you know." He said the Not is it 



hwen'do°' de'sat'hon'de' son'gaa' ayondo°*'hek houna'dendyon' 



ever any tliou-it lieard some one kept saying they have departed 



'a''se°' niwas'^he"* ni^hen'nadi', hofinadon'hon'ni' hodi'sge°'age"da' 



three so tens so many they they were young men they were warriors 



many numbered, 



ne" De'hae°'hyo'we''s de°''se' ne'' Gae°'hyakdon'dye' na'ye' ne" 



tlie and the that is it the 



hiyadeyo'sagwenni'yo' wa'hiennidyo'goii'nya' na'ye' honnidyo^gwa' 



they two were the war leaders they two a troop formed that it is their troop 



de'^'se' ha'dewatchof'hwas hagwa'di' nhe'honne'noii'." T'ho^ge' 



Ein<i there sun-setting towards there they went." Then 



ne" hono'^'sa'ye"' wa'he^heii", Hiya" ni'a'' de'gei'hwayende'i' 



the he the lodge owns he said. Not I any I-the matter know 



hwen'do°* gwa" ne"t4io' nayavve'^"ik. 



when just the there so it could have happened. If so 



