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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



•'Such, in kind, is the tree that stands beside the lodge. Just there 

 is the lodge of the chief whom thou art to raarrj', and whom his people 

 call He-holds -the-earth. When thou enterest the lodge, thou wilt 

 look and see there in the middle of the lodge a mat spread, and there, 

 on the mat, the chief lying down. Now, at that time, thou shalt la_y 

 thv basket down at his feet, and, moreover, thou shalt say: 'Thou and 

 I marrv.' He will say nothing. When it becomes night, he who 

 is lying down will spread for thee a skin robe at the foot of his mat. 

 There thou wilt stay over night. As soon as it is day again, he 

 will saj': 'Do thou arise; do thou work. Customarily one who lives 

 in the lodge of her spouse works.' Then, verily, thou must work. 

 He will lay down a string of corn ears and, moreover, he will say: 

 'Thou must soak the corn and thou must make mush.' At that time 



■ Ne"tho' 



Thus 



nigaendo"de"' 



so it tree (is") 

 kind of 



gwa"' ni^hono^'sS'le"' ne" 



tea" gano"'stik'da' ga"he". 



?e 



rls. 



e"djinia'khe', 



Ne"tho 



There 

 There side stands. 



ha'sennowa'ne"' 



seem- there his lodge tlie lie ehief 



ingly stands (is) 



Hao"'hwendjiawa"gi' honwana'do""khwa ne" haongwe''da". 



ne 



the 



marry, 



He-it-earth-holds 



o'ne"' ne"'tho' 



now there 



ha'deijrano^s'he'" 



the 



he"''sio"' ne" 



e"sge'^"nha" 



thou it wilt 



the 



gano sgon wa 



it lodKe in 



his people 



e"satgat'hwa' 



thou it wilt see 



Ne" 



The 



ne''tho' 



there 



ne"tho' 



there 



ganakdiVge' he^da'gif 



it mat on he lies 



ganak'do"', 



it mat (bed) 

 is spread, 



ha'sefinowa'ne" 



he ehief. 



na le 



that 



(it is) 



tea" 



ne 



the 



o ne 



now 



ne"tho' 



there 



e"sat'a"sa'ien* tea" nofi'we' 



e"'si'hen" 



thou it wilt 



df: 



more- 



Wa'onginia'khe'. 



■ Thou I marry 



plaee 



Hiia" 



Tho"ge 



.it that 

 time 



ha"de'ha'si"dage''heii' 



feet 



ste"" 



Ne" o'ne"' 



The now 



y'gak 



tCil 



na le 



it will be- that the the 

 ■ome night litis) where 



tea" non'we' ha'de'ha'.siVlade'nio"'. 



the (he 



where place 



Ganio" e"io'he""nha' 



.So soon it will he day 



Not auy- 



(it is) thing 



he"da'ga" ne"tho 



he lies there 



Ne"tho' 



There, 



di" 



e^'he^'hen' 



he it will say: 



here) his tv 

 are lying, 



tha"he""hen". 



he it will say. 



e"'hie'"so'was 



he will .spread for 

 thee a mat (bark) 



e°.sef5no"''hwet. 



thou wilt stay 

 over night. 



' Satge""ha'. 



'Po thou arise. 



Saio'de°"ha'. 



Do thon work. 



o'ne"' hi'ia' 



now, verily 



Goio"de' g 



she works c 



ton 



e°saio'de'"'ha'. 



thou wilt work. 



:"'s tea" 



s- the 



irily where 



One°"ha' 



It corn 



dl": 



more- 



■ E°sene"'hanawe""da", 



• Thou it corn wilt soak. 



"^"sdjisgon'niiV.' 



e'hn6"'hwas'he"' 



she abides with her 

 husband's family.' 



e'"ha'ste"'.sa'ief5\ 



he a string of it will 

 lay down, 



Tho''ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



Tho"ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



e""he"'hen" 



he it will say, 



odji.sdiVge' 



it lire on 



