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IROy(i(1IAN' COSMOLOC4Y 



[ETH. ANN. '21 



[Sapling]."" Verily, as far as Iw customarily ran, so far the earth grew 

 anew, and, besides that, maple saplings customarily would produce them- 

 selves. So then, it was his custom to do thus. On whatever side in 

 turn he would run along the shore of the lake, just as far as he would 

 run. just so far would this come to pass: new earth would form itself, 

 and also maple saplings formed themselves into trees. He also said, 

 customarily, as he ran along: "Let the earth increase in size" and: 

 '•]\Iaple Sapling will people habitually call me." Thus it was, bj' 

 means of this kind, that the eartli became enlarged to the size it now 

 has when we look at the size of this world. 



So then, at this time, in turn, he formed severally the \arious 

 bodies of the animals. Therefore, Sapling customarily would take 

 up a handful of earth, and would cast it upward. Customarily, manj' 

 hundreds of living things, as man}^ as the handfuls he threw up, 



'• Wa-'tiV 



"Maple 



Oterontoi5ni"ii' 



it itself 



niia'hatak'he' 



so thither he ran 



ioii'kiats." 



they me name 

 habitually." 



e 



there 



•u.stom- 



lit i 



nefi' ta'hi 



Wii*'ta" 



mai.le 



distant 



oterontonni''{X" 



J\e' 



The 



a se 



it new 



ka'tf ue' dji' e"'s 



so then the where mis- 

 tomarily 



onto"'hwendjion'nr, 



it itself earth made. 



(IS) 



kfi'tl" 



so then SI 



tarakta'ti 



ii"haier'"ha" dji' 



so it lie does when' 



dji' niio'i'e" 



where so it is 



s oiiteroiitoii'ni". 



t sapling (it itself eustom- it itself made into 

 made small tree) arily tree. 



o'k' nonka'ti' e"'s niia'hatak'he" 



only the side eustom- so thither he ran 



of it 



niiaiiatak'h( 



so thitlier he ran 



E'tho" 



kania- 



it lake 



he'"s 



a'se' of5to°'hwendjion'ni" 



it new it itself earth found, 



ho'ni" ne' 



arily 



wii"ta' 



maple 



Ne' 



The 



ne' 



the 



Ta', 



So, 

 dji' 



e^'s o'nf raton'ne" ne' nen' ratak'he': 



'hweii'djiii 



it earth." 



e'tho' 



thus 



ni'io't 



so it is 



nitioiera'to"' ne' dji' 



dji' 



where 



tewakan'ere' 



we it see 



naawe , ne' 



so it the 



happened, 



onterontonui"'a'. 



it made itself into 

 small tree. 



■'lote'hisiroii'tie' 



" Let it increase in 



" Oterofitonni"'ri' ioii'kiats." 



It Saplinj,' f>ne me calls 



habitually." 



io"'hwendjiiowa'irha''o"" ne' 



it earth became large the 



e' dji' niwato'"hwen'djia*. 



le where .so it earth large (is). 



Ta', e"tho'ne" 



non wa 



this time 



koiitirio'o'ko"" wa'shakotiitVtonni- 



they animals 



a'nio"'. Ne' 



made The 



plurally. 



wa tha'tca'na'kwe 



he it handful picked up 



tekon'nia'we' a'e're" 



they hundreds in all 



(are) direction 



ka'ti" 



so then 



Oterontorini"a' 



It Sapling 



he their bodies 



'hwen'djia" 



it earth 



iio'k' 



and 



arily 



c'neke"' e"'s iti'ho'tf. E'so" e"'s 



high up custom- there he it Many citstom- 



■rew. arily 



dji' ni'ko'"' iii'ho'- 



i\ here so it thither 



custom- 

 arily 



wa'koutitienon'tie' 



they went flying 



