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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. AX-^. 'Jl 



there, he said: "Thou art working for thyself, art tliou. in thy workT" 

 lie replied, saying: "'I am working. 1 desire to assist thee, for that 

 it will take a long time for the man-beings to become numerous, since 

 thou hast made only two.'' At that time Sapling said: "Verily, as 

 a matter of fact, the two man-beings that I have completed are suffi- 

 cient. And, in so far as thou art concerned, thou art not able to make 

 a human man-being. Look! Verily, that which thou believest to 

 be a man-being is not a true one. " He saw standing there a long tile 

 of things which were not man-l)eings. There sat the beast with the 

 face of a man-beint>% a monkej-;" there next to him sat the ape:" and 

 there sat the great horned owl. And there were other things also 

 seated there. Then they all changed, and the reason of it is that 

 they were not man-beings. Sapling said, when he overmatt^hed their 



hen": 



stiid: 



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' ' Sadadio'de"''se'-khe"", 



art thou , 



tea" saio"de' 'i ' 



wti'he"'hen" 



he it snid: 



e"iofini'she' 



it will last 

 (long) 



where 



Ge'he' 



Da'hai'hwa'sa'gwii' 



He replied 



"Wagio"de'. 



" I am working. T it desirt 



e"*honnatga'de"' "hfi' tea" 



e gome nawsi i 



I thee will aid, 



gen gwa 



only 



ne 



the 



on gwe'. 



human 

 beings." 



hi'ia' 



it- verily 



' Tho"ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



hii'degaieT 



just it issufli- 



wa'he"'hen" ne 



he it s 



the 



degni'' 



two they 

 (are) 



Odeiidoiini'' 



It Sapling: 



tea'' 



hi'ia' 



verily 



Hiia>' 



Not 

 (it is) 



Satgat'hwa 



Do thou Inoli, 



ne 



this 

 here 



hiia' 



ne 



degni"' 



le two they 



ere (are) 



thassrwe'nitx' 



wiut!Jfe".sa' 



thi 



the 



hi': 



■ily 



de'tgaie'i" 



it is correct 



tea" 



hatgat'hwa' 



looked 



tea" deiodine"'he's 



on gwe 



human 

 being n 



se'he" ofi'gwe'. 



thou dost human 



think being." 



swa'djik' 



because 

 (too much) 



wa"tci"sa' 



thou two com- 

 pletedst them 



"Ne"tho' 



"There 



ofi'gwe". 



human 

 beings. 



a'se'.sefi'nia". 



thou it shouldst 



on gwe 



human 

 being 



ne" s'a'io' 



where 



de"gen'. 



[e"tho' 



there 



gonni"den" 



they (z.) abide 



10 the 



ge""no""'hsi 



it ape. 



it is 

 (are). 



ofi'gwe' 



human 

 being 



Na'ie' 



Ne"tho' 



There 



hatgo'dii' ne" gadji'k'daks 



he sits the it eats lice 



( — monkey ) 



ne"tho' gwiv'tho 



there ne.xt in ])Iaei 



gago"'sonda''gwi'), 



it has the face of I. 



Wil'- 



hiia" 



not 

 (it is) 



(na'ie' 



(that 



litis;, 



ne" 



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That 



(it is I 



Thig'ondiia'dade'nio"' 



o"ni" ne"tho' hatyo'da" 



o''nr. Ne"tho* wsvdwatde'ni" 



degens'ge'. 



horned owl. 



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na le 



that 



(it is) 



ofi'gwe" 



human 

 being 



daioi'hwiv'khe" tea" 



it is reason of it 



de"gen'. 



jt is. 



ne"tho' 



there 



Wa'he"'hefi'' 



He it said 



ne 



the 



nwa awe 



so it came 

 to pass 



Odefidonni"a 



It Sapling 



hii' tea" hiia' 



not 

 (ills) 



o'ne"' 



now 



"The monkey and the ape were probably quite luiknown to the Iroquois, 



