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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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So -some time ufterwunl she. the Ancient-bodied, siiid repeatedly : 

 "And there shall be mountains, seemingly, over the surface of the 

 earth here present." And now, verily, it did thus come to pass. 

 "And. too, there shall be rivers on the surface of the earth." again 

 she .said. Now, of course, truly it did thus come to pass. 



Now the youth said: "Now 1 think that thou and I should return 

 home; that thou and I should go to that place which my mother has 

 made ready for us; that there thou and T should remain forever.'' 

 "So be it," she. the Ancient-bodied, said. 



So then it was true that his grandmother and he departed. .So then, 

 verily, they two went up on high. So this is the end of the legend. 



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