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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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[from the tire] and also put the wild potatoes in a howl of hark, and 

 there was just one bowlful. So now, next in order, she rummaged 

 among' her belongings in a bag- which she pulled out, and now, verih% 

 she there took out corn. So now she parched it for herself. Now, 

 moreover, it popped. There was quite a pile of the popped corn. 

 Now, verily, she took out a mortar of small size. Moi'eover, she 

 struck repeated blows on the mortar, and the mortar grew in size, 

 and it grew to a size that was just right. Now she took out the 

 upper mortar" [pestle] from her bag. Now again she struck it 

 repeated blows and it, too, increased in size. So now she pounded 

 the corn, making meal. So now again she .searched in her bag. She 

 took thence again a small pot. and she, too, again did in like manner, 

 striking repeated blows upon it. and it. too, increased in size. Now 



wa'ena"'djoda'go' ne" kho' 



1 she pot removeii tlial and 



gadjie""ge' wa'c'e"" ne" oneii- 



it bowl in she it plaoetl tlio it 



no"''da", sgaksat'-shoiT o'wa'do"'. Da', o'ne" 



2 potatoes. 



ga'on'ho"' ne'wa' 



she herself next in 



o'diagoda'no""'dai' ne' 



5 she rummaged her 



belongings 



na'e' ne"''ho" 



4 verily there 



WiVoiide'^son". 



gaia 



it bag 



wu"eda''go" 



she it took out of 



O'ne"- 



Now 



di'q 



more- 



WiVondir-fi'tho" 



she it |inlle<l forth. 



o'wa'dadofi'go'. 



it popped (burst). 



O'ne- 



gain'gwa' niio'so'djes. O'ne"' 



^ somewhat so it pile is Now 



high. 



niwa"'a' ne*' ga"niga''da', 



T so it small the it mortar, 



in size is 



na'e' a'e" WEi'eda"go" ne" 



verily, onee she it took out the 



O'ne'" di'ii ne"ho' wa"eie"'da'nofi\ 



Now more- there 



she it struck 

 repeatedly. 



ne"' ne" ga"nig-a"da' oVado'diilk, ho"gowa''he't. agwa's ne"ho"tci' 



o that the it mortar it grew, it became larger, very just right 



in size " lexactlyi 



na"'wa°"'he't. O'ne"' he'tgen'ofi" ne" ga"niga"da' wa"eda"go' 



9 so it became Now 



in size. 



ne 



10 the 



goia gon' 



her bag in. 



ho"gowa''he"t. 



11 



cion ni 



12 made. 



Da', 



O'ne- 



Now 



Da', o 



o ne 



now 



upper (one) the it mortar 



a'e' wa"eie""da'norr, o'ne" 



she it took 

 out 



lia'c'i-wa' 



i-e she it struck 



lin repeatedly. 



ne"ho' wiVe'the't, 



there she it pounded. 



othe"'sha 



it meal 



wa e - 



she it 



ne 



hwiVeie" 



she it did 



goia gon 



her bag in. 



Ne"'ho' wa"eda"'go' 



13 There she it took out 



ne'"ho' a'e" na"'e'ie' wa'eie'"da'non" 



14 there once so she it she it struck 



more did repeatedly, 



niwa''a' gana""'dja", ne"'-kho' ne" 



it pot. that and the 



ho"gowa''he"t-kho' 



it became large and 



I This term goes back to the time when upper and lower grinder had the s 



