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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



At that tiiiR' all those who dwelt there undid their lodoe.s l)y 

 removing the roofs from all .severall}'. Then, verily, when it heeame 

 night, as soon as the darkness became settled, they heard the sounds 

 made by the raining of corn, which fell in the lodges. Then they 

 went to sleep. When it became day, they looked and saw that in the 

 loclges corn lay piled up, (juite tilling them. Now, moreover, their 

 chief said: '"Do j-e severally' repair your lodges. And, moreover, ye 

 must care for it and greatly esteem it; the thing has visited our village 

 which He-who-has-the-standing-tree-called-Tooth has given you to 

 share with him." 



In a short time they were surprised, seemingly, that the maiden 

 was nowhere to be found. She had again departed. They knew that 

 she had again gone to the place where stood the lodge of the chief 



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Tho"ge 



At tliat 



tea" 



thf 

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O'ne" 



o'ne"" ne" hadina'gee" gagwe'gi' wa'hadiga"tcia'*ho"' 



nnw thf theyCm.iare it all they I m.) them undid 



dwelling " plurally 



wa'hon,sgwii'hefigw;i''ho"" gagwe'gi'. 



they I III. ) liark roofs removed it all. 



plurally 



hi'ia' ne" o'ne"' w;Vo"gak, ganio" Wirdwa'sondfiiendiV'nha' 



hodino"".saieri'do"". 



o ne 



now 



verily the now 



honnathoii'de' o' 



they (m.) it heard 



one""ha" ne" tea" 



it became 



wa'o'ka'e'hii 



gano"sgoriwri''sho" 



itlodKeinalons; 



it night l)ecame settled 



tea" wtVo'staifi'dr 



"^"\se""nh;'i'. 



it fell. 



O'ne'" 



wa'hofiniV'gak. Ne'' o'ne'" wa'o'he""nha' wa'hontgat'hwa", wii'ha- 



tliev (m.) slept. The now itday became thev (m.) it looked thev 



" . at (m.') 



di'ge"' tea" gano''sgofiwa''sho"' dega'^hen* gage"he''' ne" one"'"ha\ 



saw it the it lodge in along it is full it is heaped the iteorn. 



where 



O'ne"' di" ne" honwa'sen'no"" wa"ht"'^"'hen": "O'ne"" sasni'son- 



Now more- the their (m.) chief he it said: " .N'ow again do ye them 



over repair 



nia"heii' (saswa'sonnia''hen") tea" swano"'saien'do"". Na'ie' di" 



(again do ye them the ye ([il. ) lodges have That more- 



plurally plurally repair) where plurally (it is) over 



ne" e"swadeiennori'niii", e"swano'\sdek', hi'ia" tea" nonwa''ho"de"'' 



the ye it good care ye will continue to verily. the kind of thing 



will give, e.steem it greatly, where 



wa'ongwanadowe""nha" ne" tea" wa'etchinoii'da" 



it has found i visited ) our 



ne 



illage 



Hodil"he'." 



He has stand- 

 ing tree." 



Niioi'hwagwa'hii' 



.Tust it is short matter 



where 



it has shared 

 with you 



o'ne"' wa'hoiidien'ha" gwa" hiia 



Ono"dja' 



It tooth 



ga'tkiV 



anywhere 



de"tcie""s 



she goes 

 about 



ia'ke"^', tea' 



it is the 



said, where 



ne 



■ksa'go'na". 



he tisl maiden. 



Tciago'dt'fi'dioiT. 



Again she hail 

 departed. 



Honnefino'*"do"', 



They (m.) it knew, 



ne"tho' hetciagawe'noii' tea" noiTwe' 



the the place 



th 



