78S IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [Era. ann. 43 



t'ho"ge' ne" De'hae°'hyo'we"s wa'he"heii', "Na'ye' di" ne" 



then the he said, "That it is so then the 



e"swado'ge°s, o'lie"' ne" ne°" wa'agwa(Ie"sa'. 



o'ne°' 



now 



will you it learn, now the the this we have prepared 



ourselves. 



Wa'agvvat'hofi'gaya'k 'a"se"' niwas"he°' niyagyon'. Agwas' 



We have volunteered three so many it-tens so many we are. VerUy 



wa'agwa'ni"da' wa'dyagwayes'da' ne" ongwa'nigo""ha'. Agwas' 



we made it Arm we united them the our minds. Verily 



ne"t'ho' ni'yo't o'ne"' sga'da' gen'gwa' ongwanofi'wa'enda', 



the there so it is now one it is only we have on, 



Sga'da' o"ni' ag\vayee"'don'da', sga'da' o"ni' oflgwadon'he"sada', 



one it is also we have body, one it is also we have life, 



Sga'da' o"ni' eMyag\vatgwe°'sa'hi"nha'. O'ne"' di" wa'agwat'ga'k 



one it is also will we shed our blood. Now so then we it let go 



ne" akhino""kwa"s'ho°' de°"se' tea" agyon"he' wa'agwat'ga'k. 



the our kindred and where our lives we it give up. 



0'ne°' di" e"yagwa'den'dya', ha'dewatcho't'hwas hagwa'di' 



Now so there will we depart, to the sun-setting towards 



ne^yagwayeifda', ne"t'ho' agwe"he' nlie°yagwagwat"hwa' 



thither will we direct ourselves, the there we desire there will we touch 



tea" nhe'we's ne" gaa"gwa'. I' onkhongaya"gi' 



where there it goes the it sun I they-me have appointed 



de""'se' deyagyade"'hnon'daa' honwadigowane"' e"ge"k'. 



and my brother their chiefs will it be. 



Ongwadei'hwi'sa"i' awe'hfi'dye' hot' ne''yo"dik, do' ne"yodye'e''k, 



We have made an agreement it matters not how so will it be, how so will it be in form, 



ne"t'ho' gwa" o"ni' de°yagwadongo"da'. Ongwat'hongaya"gi' 



the there just also will we-it go through. We have volunteered 



na'ye' ongwai'hwa'ni'da"gwi' tea" nonwa'ho"de°' 



that it is we have agreed on the matter by it where thing, kind of 



ongwadei'hwi'sa"!'." T'ho"ge', o'ne"' honna'den'dyon', hiya" 



we have agreement made." Then now they departed, not 



hwen'do"' de's'hodi'yo"'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' t'ho'dadi' 



ever any they returned." Then now he spoke 



ne" De*hae°'hyo'we"s, wa*he°hen'', ''Do' hon" nigai'hwis' 



the he said, "How, perhaps, so it time long is 



ne"t'ho' nidiyawe""!'?" Wa'he"hen" ne" hoksten"a', "O'ne"' 



the there so there it happened?" He said the he, the old man, "Now 



'a"se°' nwa'ondiya'di"sa'." T'ho"ge' one"' ne" De'hae'"hyo'we°s 



three so many times have persons Then now the 



become old men." 



wa'he"hen", ''Son" non\va'ho"de°' ne" honwadigowa'ne"' 



he said, "Who thing, kind of the they their chiefs were 



tea" honna'den'dyon'?" T'ho"ge' ne" hoksteii"a' wa'he^'hefi", 



where they departed?" Then the he, the old man he said, 



"Dc'hae"'hyo'we"s de°"se' Gae°'hyakdon'dye', na'ye' agwas' 



" and that it is verily 



o'hen'do"" wa'hyfi'do"' ne" 'a'se°" niwas'he""' ni'hen'nadif'. " 



it leaders they two became the three so many it-lens so many they are.* 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"" hawen' ne" De'hae"'hyo'we''s, "I" ne" ne°'. 



Then now he said the "I the the this. 



0'ne°' ne" na" deyagyade^'hnon'daa' Gae°'hyakdo'ndye' 



Now the the that my brother 



de°"se' Daga'dye', ne"t'ho' niya'gyon sayagwa'yo"'. I" ne" 



and the there so many we are again we return. I the 



ne°" ne"t'ho' heyongwa'den'dyon' tea" non'we' diswanagee"gwa'. " 



the this the there there we started away where the place there you did dwell." 



