MOHAWK VERSION 



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Sapling- kept saying: '* Do ye two not again immure them." Never- 

 theless, Tawi'skaro"' and hi.s grandmother just placed thereon other 

 stones. So then the kinds of animals that we know are only those 

 that came out again. 



So then it came to pass that Sapling, as he traveled from place to 

 place, went, after a while, along the shore of the lake. There, not far 

 away, he saw Tawi'skaro"', making for himself a bridge of stone [ice] 

 across the lake, which already extended far out on the water. There- 

 upon Sapling went to the place where he went on working. So then, 

 when he arrived there, he said: "Tawi'skaro"", what is this that thou 

 art doing for thyself ^ " He replied, saying: "I am making a pathway 

 for myself." And then, pointing in the direction toward which he was 

 building the bridge, he added: '" In that direction there is a land where 

 dwell great animals of fierce dispositions. As soon as I complete my 



Ne'ne' 



The that 



Se""'ha' 



More 



ro'sot'hil' 



Oterontonni"'a' 



It Sapling 



ra'to"': 



he it says 



To"s;i' 



sasenin^ho'to"'." 



again you two it close." 



o'k' 



only 



Ne' 



The 



tontanitstenra're"' 



they two rock laid on it 



ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



koiiti'rio' 



they animals 

 (are) 



Ta', ne' 



So, the 



ha'tie'se' 



about 



no'k" 



Flint and 



(Ice, Crystal) 



ka'ti' ne' dji' non'wa' niiono"'hweridjia'ke' 



so then the whore this time so they lands (kinds) in 



number are 



tewaieiite'ri' e" ni'ko"' ne' tciiotiiaken"o"'. 



we them know thus so they the again they emerged. 



ne 



the 



ne 



the 



ka'tf 



so then 



a'kare' 



wifhr 



verily 



nen' 



now 



ne 



the 



Oterofitofini-'a' 



It Sapling 



dji' 



where 



kaniatarak'ta' 



it lake beside 



niia'ha're'. 



Th. 



te'hotawenrie'- 



he traveled 



E"' wa'hotka"" 



he him saw 



tho" ne' Tawi'skaro"" tha'onen'a' ( 



the Flint already far 



(Ice, Crystal) 



wa'hotaskonnia'ta'kwe"''ha'tie'. " E'tho'ne' 



L making of it At that time 



kaniatariVke"sho' 



it lake on along 



iself. 



ne 



the 



otsteii'ra' 



it rock 

 (ice) 



Oterontonni"a' e" 



niiiX'ha're' 



dji' 



where 



non we 



place 



ia'hii'rawe' 



there he arrived 



WiVhoio'tiVtie'. 



he working went ahead. 



Ne' 



It Sapling 



kil'tf II 

 so then t 



wa'heii'ro"" 



he it said: 



''Tawi'skaro"", o' 



ni'.satie''r"ha"r 



thou art doing*.'" 



Ta'hari'hwa'sera'ko" 



Thence he replied 



wa'hefi'ro"": 



he it said : 



what 

 (is it) 



there 8 



dji' 

 where 9 



ne' 



tho 10 



'hit' tic"."" 

 'hen'ro"': 



it said: 



liX'hii'tca'te"" 



Thither he pointed 



dji' 



"E" 



"There 



non we 



the place 



'Wakatha'honni- 



' I road am making for 

 myself." 



non'ka'tr na'hoiera"to"'ha'tie' wa- 



side of it thither he his way was ho 



making 



tiio"'hwendjia'te" kofitirio"towa'n6°'se' 



there it earth (is) they animals large (are) 



present 



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aThis incident shows definitely that Flint, or rather Ice-coated or Crystal, is the Winter power. 

 There is here a substitution of rock for ice, just as there has been in the name of this important 

 nature force. 



