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IKOQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. 



afterward she remembered that seemitigl}' she still held [in her hands] 

 earth. Now she opened her hands, and, moreover, she scattered the 

 earth over Turtle. As soon as she did this, then it seems that this 

 earth grew in size. So now she did thus, scattering the earth very 

 man}' times [much]. In a .short time the earth had become of a con- 

 siderable size. Now she herself became aware that it was she herself, 

 alone seemingly, who was forming this earth here present. So now, 

 verily, it was her custom to travel about from place to place contin- 

 uallv- She knew, verily, that when she traveled to and fro the earth 

 increased in size. So now it was not long, verily, before the various 

 kinds of shrubs grew up and also every kind of grass and leeds. In 

 a short time she saw there entwined a vine of the wild potato. Tiiere 

 out of doors the woman-being stood up and said: "Now, seemingly, 

 will be present the orb of light [the sun], which shall be called the 



Gain'gwa' 



1 Somewhat 



11 



na'ion'nishe't 



so long it lasted 



o ne 



now 



wii"agoshaa"'t 



.she it remembered 



oe"da\ 



it earth. 



O'ne"' 



Now 



wa*'o"^tcagwai'''si\ 



whe her hand opened. 



o ne 



now 



o'diondo'gwiit ne" 



she it scattered the 



ga no wage 



it turtle on. 



Ganio' 



So soon as 



-kho- 



and 



•ho- 



held. 



di'q 



gwa" 



seem- 

 ingly 



ne''*ho' 



there 



na e le agwas 



gwa 



we so 



much 

 (it is) 



o'ne"' 

 he" 



where 



Da', 



nae 



verily, 



ne""ho" 



thus 



oVado'diak 



it grew 



nen'gen" 



this it is 



o'diondo'gwat 



she it scattered 



the 



oe"'da\ 



it earth. 



oe"da\ 



it earth. 



Da'. 



(just) 



o'ne" 



now 



13 



14 



D{i'djia"shon 



irth. In a very short 



time only 



niioefi'dja" o'wa'do"'. 0'ne°* wa'eiini'naMog 



so it earth is it became. Now she it noticed 



large 



gaon'hon*' gwa"shofi ie'cioiTni's neiTgen' ne'' ioeii'dja'de' 



she herself seemingly she it makes this it is the it earth is 



only present. 



na'e' gen's deiagodawefi'nie' diiawe"''o"'. CTono"''do°' 



verily, ens- she is traveling about without ceasing. She it knew 



tomarily 



na'e' o'wado'diak ganio"' deiagodawefi'nie". Da', 



verily, it grew so soon as she would travel about. Sn. 



gain gwa 



somewhat 



o ne 



now. 



o lie 



10 



di'q 



de'aonni'she'on' 



it did not last long 



o ne 



now, 



na e 



verily. 



o'skawa'shoiT'o"* 



o wenna 



they (z.) 



do'diak, 



grew up. 



ne"'-kho' 



that and 



ne" ha'deio'eo"dage'. Da'djia''shon'' o'ne"" 



-,9 waege 



■^ she it saw 



owada.se" ne" onen'no"'da'-on'we* o'o"".sa\ O'ne"', ne" 



it is entwined the it wild potato (native) it vine. Now, the 



iagon'gwe' ne"'ho' a'sde' o'die'da't, o'ne"'-kho' wa'a'ge"': "O'ne"' 



she man-being there out of she stood up. Now -and she it said: "Now, 



(is) doors 



gwa" e"gaa'gwa';Vk ne" endek'ha' e"gaiaso'ong." Doge"'s sede"- 



seem- it luminary will the day pertain- it will be called." U is true early in 



ingly, be present, ing to 



