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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



It was then that they made use of this mud. They coated the edge 

 of the carapace of the Great Turtle with the mud. Now it was that 

 other muskrats. in their turns, dived into the water to fetch nuid. They 

 floated to the surface dead. In this way they worked until they 

 had made a circuit of the carapace of the Great Turtle, placino- mud 

 thereon, until the two portions of the work came together. There- 

 upon Loon said: '' Now there is enough. Now it will suffice." 

 Thereupon the muskrats ceased from diving to fetch up mud. 



Now, verily, this man-being sat on the carapace of the Great Turtle. 

 After the lapse of sufficient time, she went to sleep. After a while 

 .she awoke. Now then, the carapace of the Great Turtle wa.s covered 

 with mud. Then, moreover, the earth whereon she sat had become 

 enlarged in size. At that time she looked and saw that willows had 

 grown up to bushes along the edge of the water. Then also, when 



E'tho'ne' neii' ne" wii'honts'te' thi'ke"' onawats'ta". 



Wa'ha- 



They 



tinawatsta"r"ho' 



;d (sn 

 ver it 



o'k- 



kanowakta'tie" ne' Rania'te""kowa'. NeiT 



o la 



otlier 



it it carapace along 

 edge of 



Ano'kie"" 



MiLskriit 



.Sa"hatiivta'kera'kwe* e"'8 



A,icain his body would float custom- 



the he Great Turtle. Xow cus- 



tomarily 



sa'ha'thoii'ro' wtx*hanawatstako'"ha\ 



again he dove lie mud went to bring, 



into the water 



E'' thi'hatl'icre' 



riiere so they it did 



rawe"'heio'"ha'tie". 



he came up dead. 



dji' niio're" wa'thoiite'nowata'se' ne' 



Rauia'te""kowa" wsliia- 



he Great Turtle they 



tinawatsta'i""ho', ia'tonsakiate'ra'ne'. 



it mud daubed 



wa'heii'ro"': 



he it said: 



there again they two 

 joined. 



••Neil' e'tho'. 



•■ Now cnon.gh. 



E'tho'ne' 



At that time 



ne' TconniatareiTtt 



the Loon 



Nei 



Nov 



e"kakwe'ni'.'' NeiT o'lii' 



dji' ron"thoiTron'nio"'s 



where they dove into the ^vater 

 plurally 



ne' ano"kie""hokoir'rr wa'hon"tlva"we" 



the muskrats plurally they stopped work 



ratinawa'tstako"he's. 



they mud ^vent to bring up. 



Neil' Wii''hr ke^'i'ke"' iakofi'kwe' 



Xow verilv this it is she man-being there she sat he 



(is) 



te"'kowa' ranowa'ke". Akwsi"' he"tho' dji' na"kari''hwese' 



Great Turtle his carapace on. Very enough where .so it was a long 



ietskwa'"herc" Rania'- 



neii 



ka'ti" 



so then 



wa'ako'ta'we". 



she fell asleep. 



No'k' 



And 



saie'ie'. Neii' 



again she Now 



Rania'- 



ka'ti" o'"hwen'djia' iote'r'ho'ro"' no' ka'nowa'ke 



so then it earth it covered itself llu- it carapace on the He 



te""kowa', nen' tii'hno""' iote'hia'ro"" dji' niwato"'hwen'djia" ne' 



Great Turtle, now and it has grown where so it earth (is) large the 



dji' ie'tero"". E'tho'ne" neiT wa'ontiva'tho' o'se' iotkwiron'ni' 



vhere she sits. 



shi' it looked at 



it shrubs grew to 



