796 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth.ann.43 



So, each man carefully concealed his bundle of scalps in such wise 

 that he could find it, should he ever be given the opportunity of 

 repassing that point. 



Wlien the packs of scalps were carefully secreted then De'hae"'- 

 hyoVe^'s addressing himself to the last speaker, said, "Now, then, 

 it is thou who must lead us in passing this obstacle that seemingly 

 bars our path. For our way, indeed, leads directly into that farther 

 country; we must pass so quickly under the sky as it rises that we 

 shall not be caught by it when it falls back." 



Then the man who had been addressed, reassuring himself, selected 

 a favorable starting point for his dash under the rising sky. Care- 

 fully timing the rising and falling of the sky he dashed forward as 

 swiftly as possible. His friends watched him rush onward imtil he 

 had disappeared on the farther side of the obstacle. 



As the sky kept rising and falling the second man, making like dis- 

 positions, dashed forward, clearing the barrier as the first man had, 

 and disappeared on the other side. The third man and the fourth man 

 had like success in clearing this obstacle. The sky, however, did not 

 cease from rising and falling back onto its bed. 



It was now the turn of the fifth and last man to tempt the peril of 

 attempting to pass under the sky. His four companions anxiously 

 watched him making ready to clear the danger which they had 

 safely passed. 



The quartet did not see him start, but as the sky arose they saw 

 him running still far from the passage. But, just as he leaped, the 

 sky fell back, crushing him to death. He had miscalcidated the 

 time and distance he had to run, and his career ended in that place. 



Then De'hae°'hyo'we'"s said, "Let us be thankful that we 

 have been fortimate enough to pass this danger safely. We now 

 number only four. Only four of us have been spared to reach this 

 land. We are without our arms or other means of defense. We 

 laiow not whether we shall require them or not. So, now, verily, 

 I believe that we must at all events go forward. And, verily, it is 

 easily seen that we are now in a land which is quite different from 

 the other known to us. 



"We see that the light of this land is unequaled in its brightness; 

 it is verily true, that the daylight of the land whence we started is 

 such that it is like the light of a starlight night as compared with 

 that of this land. And now, then, let us depart hence. We will 

 seek to find other human beings, if such there be, who may have a 

 settlement here." 



Now, without further parleying they set forward. As they 

 traveled on they saw that the standing trees of all kinds were very 

 large, tall and fine looking, and that they severally were in full 

 bloom; and that these trees were of surpassing beauty. The trav- 



