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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



The lodges they severally possess are custouiariiy long. In the end of 

 the lodges there are spread out strips of rough bark whereon lie tlie 

 several mats (beds). There it is that, verily, all pass the night. 



Early in the morning the warriors are in the habit of going to 

 hunt and, as is their custom, they return every evening. 



In that place there lived two persons, both down-fended, and both 

 persons of worth. Verily, one of these persons was a woman-being, 

 a person of worth, and down-fended; besides her there was a man- 

 being, a person of woi'th, and down-fended. 



In the end of the lodge there was a doorway. On the one side of it the 

 woman-being abode, and on the other side of it the man-being abode. 



si'' hagwa'di' 



far side of it 



yonder 



hodino"'saien'do"", 



they lodge have 

 plurally. 



tea" ne^'tho' 



the there 



where 



honno'"hwe'stha\ 



they (m.) stay over 



tea"' 



the 



gae"'hia'de\ Gano"'se'djrs 



tea" 



It lodge long 

 plurally (are; 



Tea" heiotno"'so''kda' nc"tho' 



The there it lodge ends there 



ganakdage"hendo" 



it mat lay plurally. 



Ne"'tho' 



There 



ge-s 



eustom- the 

 arily where 



ge"'sowaienda'die'' 



it rough bark is 

 spread along 



hi'la' gagwe'gi*" 



verily, it all 



(entire) 



Na'ie' ne" 



That the 



(it is) 



hondowii'tha" 



Na'ie' ne" 



10 



11 



12 



13 



the 



he"'ge"diik ho'"dendion'gwas ne"' hodi'sge"'age"da'y 



early in the hence they depart the they (are) 



morning repeatedly (mat-bearers) 



ge"'s. 8hadi'io"k o"ga"ho"k ge"'s. 



custom- They returned evening after custom- 

 arily, home habitually evening arily. 



ne"'tho' de'hni"den", dehiia"dage" 



there they (m.) two they (m.) two 



abode, are persons, 



Na'ie' ne"' hi'ia' tcieia"dada 



de'hninoa'do"','^ 



That 

 (it is) 



de'hiia'dano'we"' 



That 



lit is) 



eia'diino'we"'. deienoii'do"'; 



erily 



e"'den", 



she 

 abides, 



hoii'gwe' 



he man- 

 being (is) 



Tea" 



hagwa'di' 



side of it 



ne"tho' 



there 



she is one 

 person 



"a"so"' n 



still. 



the 



he""defi', haia'dano'we"', 



he abides, he is a person of 



worth. 



ne"'tho' 



there 



heiotno"'.so"'kda' 



there it lodge ends 



de'hanoii'do'". 



he (is) 

 down-fended. 



ga'nhoga'hefi'da", 



it is doorway. 



ne"tho' 



there 



e"'den' 



the that one the 



that 



that 



agon gwe : 



the she man- 



being (is); 



hoii'gwe' he""defi'. 



he man- he abides, 



being (is) 



^traoii'di" 



agon gwe 



she man- 

 being (is) 



shaia"dadfi,. 



he one person 



(is) 



Sgaga'di'^ 



One side 

 on 



hagwa'di'' 



side of it 



« Down-fended. This compound appro.ximately describes a feature characteristic of a primitive- 

 Iroquoian custom, which required that certain children should be strictly hidden from the sight of 

 all persons .save a trustee until they reached the age of puberty. The better to guard the \vard 

 from access the down of the cat-tail flag was carefully scattered about the place of concealment, so 

 that no person could pass into the forbidden place without first disturbing the down and so indicat- 

 ing invasion of the guarded precinct: hence, it is proposed to apply a literal rendering of the Iro- 

 quoian term "down-fended " to a person so concealed. Persons so hidden were regarded as uncanny 

 and as endowed with an unusual measure of orenda, or magic potence. 



