17U 



IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. '21 



perhiips. that m}' body is in tliis condition. And the thoughts of 

 mv mind are not at all pleanant. One would think that there can be 

 no doubt that, seeming'l}% something- i.s about to happen, because my 

 life is so exceedingly unpleasant." Again he said nothing. When it 

 became night, then, verily, they laid their bodies down and they slept. 

 So now, verily, he there repeatedly considered the matter. Now, in 

 so far as the maiden was concerned, she still did not understand what 

 was about to take place from the changed condition of her body. Some- 

 time afterward the chief spoke to her, saying: "As a matter of fact, 

 a man-being (or rather woman-being) will arrive, and she is a man- 

 being child, and thou must care for her. She will grow in size 

 rapidlj% and her name is Zephyrs."" The maiden said nothing, for 

 the reason that she did not understand what her spouse told her. 



tho'ne"" ni'io't ne"' gia'di''ge', na'ie" ne" g"nigo'"hii"ge" hi'ia" 



hiTf Ml it is tlie mv body on, that the mv minil on nut 



(it is) litis) 



skefi'no"" de'genno"'dori'nio"k ^ (xrii'hwado'ge"' aieiTii' ste""' gwti" 



ni flunking repeatedly? It matter certain (is) it .seems .some- seem- 



peaeeful 



(it is) 



niiawe" 



'se", swiVd^ik' de°'gi'' 



hii: 



de'awentga'de' 



it is plea-iant 



tea" 



go'n'he'." Hiia" he" ste"" de'ha'weiT 



again any- he it lias said. 



Ne' 



The 



I am living." Not 



(it is) thing 



o'ne"' hi'ia' wii'hondia'dage'"hen\ wiX'honntV'gak 



now verily they (m. ) laid their several they (m.) went to 



bodies down. sleep. 



hi'ia" ne"'tho* henno"'don'nio"k. O'ne"' ne 



verily there he i.s thinking repeatedly 



o ne 



now 



where 



wit'o^'oak 



Da'. 



night 



o'ne" 



that 



eksil'go'na' liiia''' 



she maiden not 



de"aiago'nigo"*haienda"'nhri" ho't nonwa''ho"'de 



she it comes to understand what kind ot thing 



tea' 



where other 



ni'io't o'ne' 



ni'io't ei:i\li"ge'. 



so it is herbodvon. 



CxaiiTf 



niiawe se 



so it is about to 

 happen 



nwtVonni'she' ne''tho' 



.so it laste<l there 



iia'sennowa'nt^' 



he chief ( is) 



da'htidu'ilia", w;Vlu''"'b(" 



thenee he spoke, he it .said: 



'■E"ie'io"" se' 



on Efwe 



•She 



ill 



arrive ter of fact being, 



snie"nha'. Gode'sno'we' 



care well for She grows rapidly 



her. 



ste"'' de'aga'wen" ne" 



thing 



tea'' hiia"' de'ago'nigo"'hiiienda"i' 



the not .she it under-stood 



ek.sa'ii'', na'ie' ne'' na'ie' de"she'- 



she child that the that wilt thou 



(i.s), (itisi (ilisi 



di'', Gaende"so""k eia'dji'." lliia" 



more It-wind-goes-i>Iural]y she is Not 



over, (Gusts-oi-wind ( " named." (it is) 



eksa'go'na' na'ie' ne" daioi'hwa"khe' 



she maiden that the thence it is 



(is) (it is) reason 



'' nonwa'ho"de'" geii'da' 



kind of thing it means 



"This name Zephyrs merely approximates the meaning of the original, which signifies t 

 springtide zephyrs that sometimes take the form ol small whirlwinds or eddies of warm air 



