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IROQCOIAN COSMOLOGY 



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forth hor best skill in uiaUiiio- it. and that she shall mix berries with 

 the l)read. whieh thou wilt bear with the forehead strap on thy baek, 

 when thou g-oest to the place where he dwells to whom thou slialt be 

 married."' 



Then it was that her mother made bread of corn softened b}' 

 boi liny, and she mixed berries with the corn bread. So then, when it 

 was eooked, she plaeed it in a burden basket, and it tilled it very full. 



It was then, at this time, that the young woman-being- said: "1 

 believe I will go and tell it to my father." It was then that she again 

 climbed up to the place where the dead man-being lay. Then those 

 who were in the lodge heard her say: '" Father, my mother has finished 

 the bread." But that he made any reply to this, no one heard. So 

 then it was in this manner that she conversed there with her dead 

 father. Sometimes she would say: "'So be it;. I will." At other times 



nawe"" to"" 



by boiling 



c"kana'no"' 



it it hill HU 



then'tero"" 



there he abides 



E'tho'ne" 



.\t that time 



nawe"''to"'. 



by boiling. 



sha'ka'ri" ( 



when it was th 

 eooked 



wa'ka'na'ne' 



it tilled it. 



( Jkane""sto''hare" 



it corn wH-shed 



e"ieiui tarofi ni . 



she bread shall make. 



ne' ie""satke"tate' ne' 



the thither thou .Shalt bear the 



it on thy baek by the 



lorehead-stnip 



ne' e"seni'niake".'" 



the thou he shall marry.'" 



neiT ne' o'niste""h!V 



now the its I hen mother 



nen 



now 



iontke''tats a't'here' 



one bears it on it basket 

 the baek by the 

 forehead strap 



ie"''.se' dji' non'we' 



thither where the place 



thou 

 Shalt go 



wa ena taron iii 



she it bread made 



•ha- 



wa 



she it pi 



tewa'hiaies'to"'. > 



one it ha« mi.xeii T 



with fruit. 



ke'ta" iontke'tats'tha" 



ka'tr n 



so then ll 



trthenl'ko"". 



it basket in. 



E"tho'n 



.\t that tin 



eia tase a" 



she new-bodied 

 one (is) 



wa 1 ro ' 



she it said; 



■Ie"'shi"hro'ri" ki"' 



•■There I shall I think, 



rake"ni"ha". 



he is my father.' 



tka"here' 



there it lies 



the 



kano"''siiko"" 



it lodge in 



wiVena tan'sii 



she it bread has 

 finished 



ne" o""kiV 



that anyone 

 one 



sewatie're" 



sometimes 



E'tho'ne' 



.\t that time 



rawe^'he'Io"" 



he is dead. 



ie'tero"" 



they abide 



isteiT'a'.' 



my mother.' 



nen' ioiisaierat'he"' 



where 



non we 



place 



Ne' 



iakothon'te' 



thev it heard 



teiakothotite"o" 



ime it has heard.* 



<i.ii' 



where 



No'k- 



.\nd 



E" 



Thus 



'ro"': "Rake"ni" 



said; ■■ He mv father 



lis) 

 aoiita'hota'tike' ia 



he should have replied ui 



nen 



now 



ka'tr 



SO then 



ni'io't tuako"'thare\ 



wa 1 ro : 



she it said: 



lo-'. 



" Yes," 



sewatie re' 



sometimes 



sou is 

 stands) 



nen' 



now 



just she was 

 talking. 



tiiiakoie'sho"' 



there she would 

 laugh. 



