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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 21 



niiin-beings f •'As for iiir. I shall not flee from him." it said. He 

 isaid: '■ Witli what, aiul in what manner, moreover, wilt thou just do 

 itf •■ I will ju.st hite them repeatedly." it replied. So now lie. tlic 

 youtli. said: "'rhus, just .so, and only so, .shall it he with tliec." and 

 now, moreover, he removed severally its upper teetli. Tlun lie said: 

 "Now the bodies of all those things whieli liavf liorns, tl:e liullaio. 

 and the elk. etc., inherit the efl'eet of this ehange." That is thi- reason 

 that they [anthropic] ha\e no upper teeth. All these several small 

 things, tlie raccoon, woodehuek [or badger], porcupine, and also the 

 skunk, all cast their bodies therein: tiierein they [zoic] jilunged them- 

 selves. So only that is the numl)er of tlu)s(> who were reccixcd. So 

 next in order are those (z.) who were not accepted. 1 say that 

 these, the Fisher, the Otter, and the Mink, and the Weasel [were 



'"Ne"' ne"' 



■■That the 



na""o'te'""'eri 



Da'. 



the-'^'e- 



nut it is 



thagade"'go". 



I sliniiM flee," 



o ge 



it sftid. 



Waei 



••A' 



■ Wluu 



di'(|-shon' 



more- only 



'cieT' "E"khegai''-shon'." o"ge"". 



lou wilt "I them will bite (inly." it it said. 



ne lo den ong 



si> it shall eontinii 

 to be," 



O'ne"- 



haksa'dase'Tr: 



he yonth: 



o'ne"" di'( 



he'tgen'-gwa', 



upper side. 



wa'odiiiVdadiio'wii 



th 



kh 



ne 



le it siiid: 



legiia''go" 



buffalo. 



Nefi'da" gw:r 



■This seem- 



ingly 



wat>no"djodagwa'ofi' 



he it.s teeth removetl 

 l»lnrally 



gagwe'go"" 



■ihoiT. 



just 



kho- 



djonae""'da". 



z.) bodies shared the 

 the ehange 



ne'' deiodino"''geont." Ne" 



the they (z.) have horns." That 



gaii'on'ni" the""'e 



deadi- 



no""'djot ne'' 



have teeth the 



sa'-shoiT'o"". 



severally. 



se'nofr. 



skunk. 



he'tgeiT'-gW!!". Cragwe'go"' nen'gen" 



djo'ii'ga". tht>"'doo"', ga'he''diV. ne"kho' 



ne"'"ho' o'weiinade's'gok. 



there they (z.l plunged. 



iioi'iwandi'gwe"'. 



they (in.) were 

 aeeepted. 



Da', ne"' ne'wa' ne 



gagwe go"' 



"it all" 



Da', no 



wo,.,l,-huok 

 (badger^?), 



ne'"ho' 



shofi' 



only 



o'wennadiirdo*'iak. 



ast their bodies* 



ni ion' 



so tbev 



deawaiidi'gwe" 



they were aeeepted 



•aiauii lie ge 



t»her. 



odawen'dc 



otter. 



kho- 



and 



Ne" ne'' 



That the 



(it is) 



djio'da'ga", kho" 



mink, and 



