306 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [kth. ann.21 



place still tsee the different kinds of animals. Thereupon he traveled 

 about over the face of the earth seeking for them. He also thought, 

 forsooth: " This is an astonishing matter; where, perhaps, have they 

 gone — they, the animals whose l)odies I have made^ "' 80 then, while 

 he went from place to place, and while he was looking for the animals, 

 he was startled. Near him a leaf made a noise, and looking thither 

 he was surprised to see a mouse peering up there among the leaves. 

 The mouse that he saw is called the Deer-mouse, and, of course, he had 

 intended to shoot it, but the Deer-mouse spoke to him, saying: "'Do 

 thou not kill me. I will tell thee then where have gone those things 

 thou art seeking, the animals." So then in truth he resolved not to 

 kill it, and then he spoke and said: "Whither then have the animals 

 gone?" Thereupon the Deer-mouse said: "In that direction there is 



kiin'eka' thaonsa''ha'ke'" ne' kofitirio'o'ko"'. NeiT Wii"hi' 



1 anywhere again he them could the they (z.) animals Now verily 



.see (are). 



wii'thatawen'rie' wa'shakoiii''ti'sake\ Ne' o'nf i're're': "Hii'nio" 



■^ he traveled he their bodies .sought The also he "Forsooth, 



to find. thought: 



iori'hwane'hra'kwa't. ka" o""te' niieione'noii ne' kheia"tis"o"' 



*J it it matter astonishing is, where perhaps just there they 



it is have gone 



ne' kofitirio'o'ko"'?" Ne' kii'ti' wa"hi' ne' dji' te'hotawenrie- 



•i the they (z.) animals The so then verily the where he went about 



(are)?" 



ha'tie'se' ne' dji' shaia'ti'saks ne' kofiti'rio" wa'hatie're"" o'k'. 



b traveling the where again he their the they animals he was surprised just, 

 bodies seeks to Hurt (are) 



Ke""' nofi'we' e" wa'onera''tak'are' e" ia'hatkat'ho' wiX'ha- 



t! Here the place there it leaf made a sound there there he looked he was 



tie're"' o'k" tcino'we"' e'' tontke'to'te"^' onera"toko'". Tso- 



surprised just mouse there it peeped up it leaf among. Deer- 



tshot'ho"' konwa'iats ne' tcino'we"' wa'ha'ke"'. No'k' wa"hi' 



8 mouse they it eall the mouse he it saw. ,\nd verily 



na" rawerofi'ne' e"'ha'ia"ke' no'k' ki"' tonta'ti" ne' tcino'we"' 



y that he had intended he it will shoot and. I be- thence it the mouse 



one lieve. spoke (to 



him) 



)'ni' wa'keii'ro"': "To"sa' takeri'io'. E"ko"'hro'rr ka'ti' 



also it it said: " Do not thou me kill. I thee will tell so then 



1" the 



kii" noii'we' niieione'noii ne' tciil'ti'saks ne' kofitirio'o'ko"'." 



11 where Iheplace there they the thou their bodies the they animals (are)." 



have gone seekest to find 



To'ke"ske' ka'ti' wa're're' iti" thakri'io', neiT tii'hno"" ta'hata'ti' 



It is true so then he it thought not I it should kill, now and bespoke 



wa'hen'ro"': "Ka" ka'ti' niieione'non ne' konti'rio'?" E'tho'ne' 



he it said: "Where so then just there they the tbey animals .\t tluit 



it is have gone are?" time 



m'-n' wa'kefi'ro"' ne' Tsotshot'ho"' tcino'we"': " E" noiTwe' 



now it it said the Deer Mouse mouse: "There place 



