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illness^ Then he answered them, sayinii': "I am thiTikino- that. \Hn-- 

 haps, I should recover from ni}' illne.ss if ye would uproot the tree 

 standing in my doorA'ard [on ni}- shade], and if there beside the place 

 from which ye uproot the tree I should lay myself in a position 

 recumbent." 



So thereupon his people uprooted the tree that stood in his door- 

 yard. This tree belonged to the species Mild cherrj' [dogwood; in Tus- 

 carora, ]S'akwenne"'ienthu(;], and was constantly adorned with Ijlossoms 

 that gave light to the people dwelling there; for the.se flowers were 

 white, and it was becau.se of this that the blassoms gave light, and, 

 therefore, they were the light orb [sun] of the people dwelling there. 



So when they had uprooted the tree, he said to his spouse : " ' Do 

 thou spread for me something there beside the place where stood tlie 

 tree." Thereupon she. in fact, spread something for him there, and 



wefi'tii'neT' Ta', e'tho'ne". ia'ke"'. 



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thota'tr 



lie replied 



I'ke're' 



• ; it think 



)"''te' aonsakieVen'tii'ne" to'ktV aesewaroii- 



... totti'ko 



ll|.rn..t 



akwatenno'sei'a'ke' i'ke"' ke'r'"hite", ta'hno"'' e'' 



my ynrfi in it is it tree stands, and there 



ie"katia'tion'nite" ak'ta" dji' non'we' ne"sewarontota'ko".'' 



there I my body supine near iv here the jilaee ye it tree will tiproiit." 



will lay beside it 



Ta'. e'tho'ne' ne' raonkwe'tii' wa''hatirontota'ko" ne' ke'r'"hite' 



at that 

 time 



the 



liis iK'ople 



the 



it tree uprooted 



till 



stands 



<; the «1 



tiio'tk 



dji' raotenno'sera'ke", o'ra'to'"" na'karofito'te"' ne' ke'r''hite' 



w here ]iis yard in. it wild suell it kind of tlie it tree 



eherry tree (is) stands 



teio'swathe'trr'ko"* ne' dji' 



he where 



lotci'tconte 



always, it bears flower 



continuously as part of itself 



o" ratiuiilc'ere': 



there thev dwell: 



a se ke 



because 



kenra 



nikatcitco'te" 



ne 



;iori''hwa' teio'swat'he' ne' aotci'tca ne' dji' kenra'ke"" ni'io"t. 



raotira"'kwa' ne' e"' non'we" ni'hatiniik'ere'. 



their it sun (is) the there place just there they 



ka'tr 



so then 



th. 



neiT ci'hotirontota'kwc'" 



now they had U|.n)oted the tree 



wa'shakawe"'*ha'se' 



he her it .said to 



ne' ro'ne': "E" i!Vtakitskar"ha'se' ak'ta ne' dii' ke'r'vbitsX'- 

 1 ti '' 



^- the his ■There thither do thou me near be- the where it tree 



sjtouse: spread a mat for side it 



kwe'."' E'tho'ne' to'ke"ske' e" ia'horiwe"tskar"h:x'se'. ta'hno"" 



stood.' 



.\t that time 



it is true there there she spread a mat for him. 



and ■ 



a Several different kinds of trees and plants are named by various narrators as the tree or plnnt thus 

 uprooted. Here the narrator intended the dogwood, although he gave the name for wild eherry. 



