2.^)8 IROQUOIAN ('OSMOLOG"V 



But in the time preceding the hirth of the girl ehild this self.siune 

 lUiin-beiiig at times heard his kinsfolk in conversation say that his sister 

 was about to give birth to a child. Now the man-being spent his time 

 in meditating on this event, and after awhile he began to be ill. And, 

 moreover, when the moment of his death had arrived, his mother sat 

 beside his bed, gazing at him in his illness. She knew not what it 

 was; moreover, never before had she seen anj'one ill, because, in 

 truth, no one had ever died in the i)]ace where these man-beings lived. 

 So then, when his breathing had nearly ended, he then told his mother, 

 saying to her: '"Now, very soon shall I die." To that, also, his 

 mother replied, saying: '* What thing is that, the thing that thou 

 sayest? What is about to happen F" When he answered, he said: 

 ''My breathing will cease; besides that, my flesh will become cold, 



No'k' o^hen'to" ne' dji' niio're' ne' neii' sha'ennak'erate' 



1 But before, in tlie where so it is the now when she is Ijorn 



front of it distant 



ne' eksa^'a' ke""i'ke"' rofi'kwe' rothon'te" e'"s ne' nionkwe'ta' 



- the she this it is he man- he heard it enstoni- the li1s iie(*t)le 



child (is) lieing (is) arily (reUitives) 



ne' iakothro'ri' ne' dji' iakoksataienta'sere' ne' iate"no'se"''ha'. 



3 the they (indef.) are the where she child is about the they two brother and 



telling it to have sister are. 



Neil' ne" renno"'ton'uio"'. Ha'kare' neii' tofita'sawe"' neii' 



4 Now that it he was thinking After a time now tlience it began now 



(is) about it. 



wsi'hono"'hwak'te"". Ne' o'ui* ne' ciiaka'iiewe' ne' e'"re"'he'ie' 



5 it caused him to be ill. The also tlic there it brought it the will he die 



(it was time for it) 



, ne' ro'niste"'*ha' raonak'takta' e'' ie'tei"o"\ teiekan'ere' ne' 



the his mother his mat beside there she abode, she it looked at the 



- dji' rono""hwak'tani". la" teieiente'rl; ia" o'ni" uoiiweii'to" 



' where it causes him to be ill. Not she knows it: not also ever 



teiakotka"tho" ne' aiakono"'hwak'te"\ a'se'ke"" ia" se" 



^ she has looked at it the it would cause one to l)e ill, because iiot as a mat- 



ter of fact 



,, noiiweii'to" o"''krr teiakawe"'he'io"' ne' dji' ratintlk'ere'. Ne' 



the wliere Ihev ( ni. 1 dwell. The 



ka'ti' ne' neii' o"'hwiV'djok ia'te"'hatoiiri"seratkoii'te"' nen' 



so then the now very soon thither his breath will remain away now 



wa'shakawe"'"ha*se' ne' ro"nistt"''"'"ha', \va"hefi'ro"': * "NeiT 



he her addres.sed the his mother, lie it said: "Now 



ne' ro"niste"'"ha" wa'i'ro" 



the his mother she it said 



10 



11 



-, o"inva"djok e"ki"heiii 



'-- very soon I shall die 



"O*' ne' na"ho'te"' ne' dji' lui'ho'te"' .sa'to"V O" ne'' 



13 "What the kind of thing the wliere kind of thing thou it art What that 



(is it) (is it) saying? (is it) 



.., ne''ia'weiine'r' Ne' o'ni" ne' toiita'hata'ti' wa'heii'ro"': 



so it will take place?" The also tlie thence he replied he it said; 



"£"wa"tka'we" ne' dji' katoiirie"'se\ tii'hno""' e"kawis'to'te' 



15 "It will cease, the where I breathe, am besides it will make it 



will leave it breathing cold 



