266 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. anx. 21 



the back of the young woman-being, to be borue by means of the fore- 

 head strap, and then the 3'oung woman-being went forth from the 

 lodge and started on her journey, the path extending away toward the 

 sunrising; and thither did she wend her way. 



So it was surprising to her what a short distance the sun had raised 

 itself when she arrived at the place where her father had told her 

 there was a river, where a floating log served as a crossing, and at 

 which place it was the custom for wayfarers to remain over night, as 

 it was just one da^-'s journey away. So the j'oung woman-being now 

 concluded, therefore, that she had lost her way, thinking that she had 

 taken a wrong path. She then retraced her steps. Only a very short 

 distance again had the sun gone when she returned to the place 

 whence she had started, and she said: "I do not know but that I 

 have lost my way. So I will question my father about it again. " She 



12 



kana'tarana'no"' ne'ne' eia'tase' wa'ontat'therake''tate" nefi' 



it full of bread (is) the that she new- she her caused to bear it on her now 



bodied (is) back by the forehead strap 



tirhno""' ia'eia'ke"''ne' neiT wa''o"'ten'ti' dji' tkara'kwi'neke"'s 



and hence she went now she started where there it sun Iiabitually 



forth comes out 



iiiiotha'haiera'to"' e" niiti''ha'e"\ 



so it itself road faces there just thither 



Ne' ka'ti' ne' ione'hra'kwa't niiore"a" iotera'kwakarata'to"' 



■i The so then the it is wonderful so it is little it snn had raised itself 



distant 



iio'k' e"' ia'ha'on'we' dji' non'we' ne' ro'ni'*hrr ne' ra'we"' 



5 and there there she arrived where the place the he her father the he it has 



(is) said 



tk!i'hio"'hata'tie' wa"ta karon'to" ne' dji' teieia'hiak'thiV. E'' 



^ tliere it river extends maple it tree floats the where they use it to cross There 



along the stream. 



t''"'s noii'we" ia"onnon'wete\ a'se'ke"" sewe'hni"sera' dji' 



* riistoiri- itie place there one would stay because one day where 



arily overnight, 



niwathiVhinofi'tserese'. NeiT ka'ti' ne' eia'tase' wa'e""re' 



'^ so it journev is long. Now. so then the she new- she it thought 



bodied one (is) 



ori'hwi'io' wa'eia'ta"to"'ne\ " wa'e""re" to'ka' noii'wa" wa'tekha'- 



9 it is true she her way has lost, she it thought perhaps Iliis time I it path 



matter 



hane'ni'ke". E'tho'ne' ka'ti' neii' saio""kete\ Nakwa" on'wa' 



1(^' mistook. At that time so then now she started The very this time 



back. 



ke""' o'k niio're' niioteril'lcwa'ten'tio"' no'k" io"*sa'ionwe' 



11 here only so it is so it sun had moved but there again she 



distant arrived 



dji' tiiako'ten'tio"' tii'hno""' wfri'i-o"': "'To'ka' nofi'wa' 



where thence she started and she it said: "Perliaps, this time 



wa'ki:i"ta''to""ne'.'' E"sheri'hwanon'to"'se' ka'ti" ne' rake"ni'"ha' 



13 I my way have I him will again ask so then the he my father 



mistaken. (is). 



nLiteraily, she lost her body. ^Literally, I lost my body. 



