148 IROQTTOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. anx.21 



The elder one said: '• What manner of thiu^ caused thee to remove it?" 

 The girl child replied, saying- "My father said: 'Do thou remove it. 

 It will belong to thee. 1, verily, am thy parent.' " The elder one said 

 nothing more. It continued thus that customaril}', as soon as another 

 ' day came, she would again climb to the place where the burial-case 

 laj'. So, now, verily, all those who were in the lodge paid no more 

 attention to her, merely watching her grow in size. Thus it contin- 

 ued that da_y after day, at all times, she continued to go to .see it [the 

 corpse]. They heard them conversing, it is .said, and they also heard, 

 it is told, what the two said. After a while she again came down 

 bringing with her a necklace which the dead man-being had had around 

 his neck, and which she had removed. She, it is reported, said: "Oh, 

 my grandmother! My father gave thi,s to me; that is the rea.son I 



gok'stefi'a': "Ho't nonwa'ho"de"' driioi'hwa''khe" tea"' waska''- 



1 she eldf r one: ■•What kind of thing it is reason of it the thou 



(is it) where didst 



tciaT' Daiei'hwa'sa'gwii" ne" eksiX'Ti' wiViVhen": "G'ni'ha" 



2 remove Slie it replied the she child she itsaid: " My father 



it?" __ 



wa-he"'hen"', 'Sgu"'tcia'. I's e"sa'we"k. I'' hi'ia' gon'ha'wa'.'" 



3 he it said, ■ Do thoii Thou thou it wilt I verily, f thy fparent cim.'" 



it remove. own. (it is), 



Hiia" ste"'' de'tciaga'we"' ne"' gok'stefi'a'. Ne"'tho' ni'io't 



4 Not any- again she it said the she elder one. Thus so it is 

 (it is) thing 



ge"'s gauio"' wa"o'he""'nha" o'ne"' he"' saiea"'the"" tea" nofi'we' 



5 custom- so .soon it day became no\v again again she the the place 



arily as climbed up where 



tga'ho"'sa"ha'. Da'". o'ne"' hi'ia" tea"' ni'hen'midi" ne"' 



Q there it ease up-lay. So. now, verily, the so they (m.) are the 



where many in number 



gano"'sgon'wa' henni"'den" hiia" de'shonnasdei'sdi', ne"'tho' 



t it lodge In they (m.) abide not they (m.) again pay there 



attention to it, 



gen'gwa' de'hadiga"ha' tea" gododi'ha'die'. Ne"tho' ni'io't 



8 only they (m.) their eyes the she continued to There so it is 



had on it where grow. 



diiot'gont heiontgat'hwsis o'he°"'senk. Honiiathon'de". iri'ke'", 



9 at all times thither she went to dav after dav. Thev (m.) it heard, it is said, 



.see it 



de'hodi'thfi", hoilnathon'de' o"ni', ifi'ke"', ne"' ste"" gwa" 



10 they (m.) eon- they (m.) it heard al.so, itisssiid, the any- seem- 



versed, thing ingly 



nonwa'ho"de"' de'hia'do"k. Diefi"hii" gwa"' o'ne"" he" 



11 kind of thing tlaeytwo(m.) Suddenly, seem- now again 



kei)l saying. ingly, 



dondaio"'kwe'ne""da' tcie'ha'wi" ne" ion'ni'dias'tha' ne" 



12 thence she again descended she it brouglit the one uses it as a the 



again necklace 



ho'dieiT'na' ne" hawe"'he'io"', na'ie' o""ke"' gogatcien'ha'die". 



13 he had had it the he is dead, that this time, she came, having 

 around his neck (it is) removed it. 



Wa'ti'hen", ia'ke"': "Gso'da'ha', g'ni'ha" wa'ha'gwe"' nen'ge"'; 



Slieitsaid, itissaid: "My grandmother, my father he it gave to me this(itis); 



na'ie' gtli'honnia"ha" w;i'kga"tcia'." O'ne",' ia'ke"", tea" 



15 that it it causes I it removed." Now, itissaid, the 



(it is) where 



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