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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH, ANN. 21 



next ill turn shall, verily, be called a bear. Now, also, another thing", 

 next in order, let him stand here, and that next in order of time shall 

 be called a buflfalo. So that, verily, is just the number of [game 

 animals] which are large in size. As soon, verih% as man-beings .shall 

 dwell here, those, verily, shall be the names of the different animals; 

 when the man-beings dwell [here], then they shall give names to all 

 the other animals." 



So, verily, now, he, the youth, said: "I desire that there shall be a 

 hollow here [in the ground], and that it shall be full of oil.'" Verily, 

 it thus came to pass. Now, moreover, he said: '' Hither let him 

 [anthropic], the Ituffalo, come." In just a short time it then stood 

 there. Now he said: " Therein do thou plunge thyself." Thus, truly, 

 did it come to pass. On the farther side it landed from the oil pool, 

 having become as fat as it is possible for it to be. So now again he 



o'ia -kho" 



it and 



ne'kho' 



here 



de"ga'dat, 



it will .stflnd 



ne 



thnt 



ne wa 



lU'Xt in 



nia gwai 



bear 



ne'kho' 



here 



Da'. 



11 



13 



(' gaiaso oiig II 



it will hv t 



oil led 



e" de^'ha'da't, 



ie he (m.) will 



stand up, 



na'e' ne"ho 



verily there 



O'ne" 



de'giiri'go"' 



buffalo 



wadigo'wane"'s. Ganio" 



na e 



verilv 



niweii'nandr 



e lena ge I 



thcv will 



ne'kho' 



here 



kho" iie'wa' 



and next in 



order 



e"gaiaso'ong. 



it will bo 

 named. 



ga'nio' ne" 



it game the 



ne'' ofi'gwe', 



the man-being, 



da'. 



ne 



that 



na e 



verily 



Cwadiia'shoiT; ne"' no' no" 



they (z.)"'vvill be 

 named severally; 



that 



on gwe 



man- 

 being 



Da,' 



So, 



dase"a' : 



vouth: 



o ne 



now 



gagwe go 



it all 



na'e'shoiT 



verily just 



e"adi'sen'no"" 



they (m.) them 

 names will give 



"ho' 



there 



lie 



o ne 



('''"adina"'geg ne" 



they im.i will the 



he dwelling 



hri'deganio"'dage'." 



every it animal in 

 number (is)." 



efi"' ne" haksa'- 



t said the he 



' ' Dewagadoendjon'ni' 



"It it eauses me to desire 



ne'kho" 



here 



daio'dada'gwen'oiig, 



it hollow place should he, 



that 



10 



'ho' 



e"gana"hofi'g. 



it will be full of it." 



Ne'"ho' 



Thus 



do'ge"s 



it is true 



na 



O'ne"' di'q 



waen : 



he it said 



1'2 



she 



"Ga'o" it'het ne" 



"Hither let him the 

 (anthr.) come 



"ho' o'tga'da't. O'ne' 



■re it stood up. Now" 



ho"sade"'.sgo' 



thither do thou 

 plunge thyself." 



sgo'go" he'' 



■*-^ landed where 



Ne'"ho' 



Thus 



do'ge"s 



it is true 



niiogwenion 



so it is possible 



o sen , 



it fat (is) 



na a we . 



so it came to 

 pass. 



Da', 



degiiifgo"'.' 



buffalo." 



" waen"': 



he it said : 



Ho'gwa' 



That side 



a e 



again 



a we . 



so it came 

 to pass. 



DtX'djia'- 



In a .short 

 time just 



"Ne"'ho' 



"There 



ho'wade'- 



thither it 



waeii'': 



he it said: 



