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lEOQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. 



Now, verily, all came to yi.sit him. They questioned him repeat- 

 edh', seeking to divine his AVord, what thing, seemingly, was needful 

 for him, what kind of thing, seemingly, he expected through a dream. 

 Thus, daj^ after day, it continued that they sought to find his Word. 

 After a time the female man-being child was of fair size. She was 

 then able to run about from place to place. But it thus continued that 

 they kept on seeking to divine his Word. After a while, seemingl3', 

 one of the persons succeeded in finding his Word, and he said: "Now, 

 perhaps, I myself have divined the Word of him, the ordure, our 

 chief." He who is called Aurora Borealis said this. And when he 

 told the chief what manner of thing his soul craved, the chief was 

 very pleased. And when he divined his Word, he said: " Is it not this 

 that thy dream is saying, namely, that it is direful, if it so be that no 

 person should divine thy Word, and that it will become still more 



O'ne"' hi'ia' 



Xow verily 



hofiwawr' fin i ''salvs 



ek to 



gwa 



jion'niks, ste""' 



for him, any- seem- 



thihg ingly 



ni'io't honwawenni"'saks 



so it is 



gagwe'gi' hadigwa'thwas. 



it all they (m.) visit 



severally. 



ste"*' gwa" nonwaiio"de"' 



any- seem- kind of thing it is 



thing ingly 



nonwa'ho"'de"' hotgaie""'di". 



kind of thing 



Honwa'hen'do"k 



They him qnestion 



de'hodo"'hwend- 



it is necessary 



Ne"'tho' 



Tliere 



gamgwa 



somewhat 



edak'he's. 



they seek his Word 

 repeatedly 



niia'ga' ne" 



so she is the 



large 



Ne"'tho 



There 



o'he""senk. 



day after day. 



DieiT'ha' 



After a while, 



eksa 



O'nc' 



seem- 

 ingly, 



ha'deffiiie'i' 



ic^tho' 



there 



Dien"ht'i' gwa" o'nc" 



After a while seem- now 



ingly, 



W!rhe"'hen": "O'ne"' 



he it said: " Now 



ni'io't hegagonda"gwi" honwawenni''.saks. 



so it is hence it is unceasing they hi.s word seek 



to divine. 



shaiii"dat o'nt^"' Wii"honwawennowe""nha', 



he nerson now he his word diviiieil. 



hofi" 



prob- 1 1' 



shedwa'seii'no"'." Hodonni";!' 



he our chief (is)." He Aurora Boreali: 



wa'he"dawennowe""nh;i 



I his, ordure's, Word have fouucl 

 ally 



honwana"do"''khwrr r 



they (II 



na" wa'he"'- 



thnt he it 



tea" 



till 



Na'ie' 



That the 



(it is) 



nonwa'ho"de"' 



kind of thing 



o ne 



now 



wa"honwatho'ie"' ne" 



he him told the 



ha'sennowa ne" 



he chief (is) 



wadiidjis'tha' ne" hothwa'i' wa'hatcen- 



here 



non'nia". Na'ie' ne" 



pleased. That the 



(it is) 



'■ Na'ie'-khe""' iwa'do"' 



"That is it it it says 



o ne 



now 



wa"hofiwawennowe""nh;'i 



he his Word divineil 



wiVhe"''hen" 



he it said: 



' sada'a'shwa" na'ie" gano'we"", na'ie' 



thy dream (Inek) that it direful (is), that 



lit is) (it is) 



e°ganowe°"khe', na'ie' gi"she"' ne" hiiii" thaiesawennowe°"Dha'. 



it direful will become that it niav be the not thev thy Word should divine 



it is) (.that) utis) 



