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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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At that time she asked, saying: "■ Who. moreover, killed your mother, 

 now dead r' Now, he who did it replied, saying: "This one here." 

 Verily, he told a falsehood. Now, the elder woman-being seized the 

 other one l)y the arm and cast his l)ody far beyond, where he fell 

 among grasses. Now, she there attended to the other one. It is said 

 that they grew rapidly in size. After a while, .seemingly, he was in 

 the habit of going out, and there running about from plaee to place. 

 In like manner they two grew very rapidly. 



Now the child who lived out of doors kept saving: "Do thou 

 tell thy grandmother, who, verily, is grandmother to us two, that 

 she should make me a bow, and also an arrow." Now, verily, he 

 told her what manner of thing the other person desired. The onl3' 



ne'' da'hadiee""da' 



tlu' there he did it 



1 (first) 

 was the 



nr-fi'do"' wa'a'hen": 



2 .*e it said: 



etchino"ha -ge""ha'? ' 



8 she your two mother — it 



wa'hennagat'. 



he was born. 



Tho^'ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



wa ei nwa- 



she asl^ed ques- 

 tions repeat- 



" Son'' 



■■ Who 



nonwa'ho''d(?''" 



liind of person. 



df wa'shago'io' 



more- he her killed 



Da'he"'hen'' 



Thence he it said 



ne"tho' 



there 



•• Nefi'ge"'." 



-This (one) 

 it is." 



da'honentcha" 



Wa'hennoie'"'dii' 



He told a falsehood 



ne" shiiia'dada 



the he one per- 



hi'iiV. 



verilv. 



O'ne"' 



Now 



the 



gon wa 



among 



hwahendaga"nha\ 



voiider 

 "(fan 



O'ne"' 



ia'hoia'don'di 



hence she cast his 

 body, 



ne"tho 



there 



ni'hoie'e"": 



so he it did: 



u'ok'sten'a' 



awennu ga- 

 it grass (weeds) 



de'ho'snie' 



she him cared 



shaia 'dada". Agwa's, 



ia'ke"\ 



itissaid. 



de'hodisno'we', 



they two grew rap- 

 idly. 



DieiT'hiV gwiV 



o'ne"' he"haia'ge"'s, ne"tho' hadak'he's. 



now hence he goes there heranabtmt 



out of doors, habitually. 



deiade"'hnon'da'. Sbade'io't hoiTnadisno'we'. 



they two are brothers. It two is they (m.J grew 



i'ha'do"k i 



Hiie'"noie""h!i 



They two played 

 together 



O'ne"' 



10 Now he it kept the 



saying 



hana'gee' : ' ' Sheiatho'ie" ' 



1 1 he dwells: "Do thou he 



haksaTi 



he child 



na le 



that 

 (it is) 



sa'soda'hii 



asde" hagwa" 



oward, 

 ideof it 



hi'ia' 



shedi"soda'ha' 



12 she our two grand- 

 mother is 



tell 



ne"' 



doors 



na'ie' 



that 



13 



o"ni'." O'ne"' hi'ifi" 



aionge sen nie 



she me should 

 it make for 



wa'shagotho'ie' 



lie lier it told 



it is) 



a'eii'na' 



it bow 



ga'hes'ga' 



it arrow 



tea"' 



U 



de'liodo"'iiwefidjiori'niks ne 



shaitV'dada'. 



he one person is. 



nonwa'ho"de"" ne"' 



kind of thing the 



Na'ie" ne"' daiona"- 



That the there 



(it is) she 



