HEWITT] MOHAWK VKKSIOX 288 



he thou lav down on wliat she had sprrad for lihii. And sn. wlicu 

 he liiy there, he said to his spouse: "'Here .sit thou, beside my bod}'." 

 Now at that time she did sit beside his bod}- as he hiy there. He then 

 .said to her: "Do thou hang thy legs down into the aby.ss." Foi- 

 where they had upi'ooted the tree there came to be a deep hole, wiiich 

 extended through to the nether world, and the earth was upturned 

 about it. 



That, then, it is true, came to pass, that while he lay there his 

 ■iuti'ering was mitigated. All his people were assembled there, and 

 moreover, they had their eve-; tixed on him as he lay there ill, mar- 

 veling at this thing that had befallen him himself; for the people 

 dwelling here did not know what it is to be ill. So then, when he 

 had. seemingly, recovered from his illness, he turned him.self over, 



e'tho'ne' e"' ia'ha'rate' dji' nofi'we* wa'honwe"tskar"hii*se'. 



at that timt- tlii-n- tliert- he liiv « lien- thu place she liim mat spread for. 



down 



Ne' ka'ti" wa'iii" ne' dji' neii' e'' rfiia'tion'ni" wa'shakawe"'- 



The so then verily Ihe uluTe now there his body was he her it said to 



e.xteitded 



'ha"se" ne' ro'ne": " Ke"" sa'tie"' kia't-ak'ta'." E'tho'ne' neii' 



the his ■■ Here do thon beside my At that time now 



spouse: sit body." 



to'ke"ske' e'' wa'on'tie"" ne' dji' raia'tilk'ta" ne' dji' 



it is trne there she set herself the where his body the » here 



beside 



raia"tion'ni\ Neii' wa'hen'ro"": " I{i'tesatchi'no"'te' o'shon'wiiko"'," 



hislioilywas N.iw he ii said: 'Thither do thou bans; itln.lein." 



exten<hil. thy legs 



a'se'kt^""' io'shonwe"o"", ioto"'hwendjiate'tha'ro"" ne' dji' nika'- 



beenuse it became a hole, it tore up the earth the where so it is 



tens ne' e"' tiio"'hwendjia'te'. 



thiek 111.- t 



Ne' ka'ti" wiV'hf ne' dji' nen' e" raia'tiofi'iii" neiT toii- 



The .so then verilv the where now there his liodv was now thenpe it 



extended 



tok'te"" ne' dji' ni'horo'"hia'ke"'. Akwe'ko'" ne' raonkwe'ta' 



diminished tlie where so he is suffering. It all the his people 



e" iakotkerini''s<)"' ne' o'ni" te'honwakan'ere" ne' dji' jii'io"t 



there they are as,senibled the also they watched him the where soitis 



dji' rono"'hw!lk'tanr rotiri'hwane'hrako"o"' ne' dji' niioteri- 



where be is ill thev marveled at the matter the where such it 



matter 



'hwiitie're"' ne' rao"'ha'ke', a'se'ke"" ia" te'hatiiente'ri' ne' 



Inid taken the himself to, because not thev knew it the 



pl'U-e 



e'tho" thatinak'ere" o"' ne' na'ho'te"" ne' aiakoiio"'hwak'te"". 



there there thev dwell what the such kind the one should become ill. 



it is of thing 



Ne' kii'ti" ne' dji' nen' tVuio" sa'hfue'weiTta'ne" ne' dji' 



The M> then the where now seem- a^ain he recoverecl the where 



ingly his health 



roiio""liwak't!inr. e"tho'ne" nen' wa'hatkar'hat'ho" tii'lmo"" 



.\l that time now h.- turned over and he 



