MOHAWK VERSION 



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are accustomed to call the bluehhds. Sapling then said to the Blue- 

 bird: "Thou shalt kill a cricket. Thou shalt remove one hind leg 

 from it, and thou shalt hold it in thy mouth, and thou shalt go thither 

 to the very place where Tawi'skaro"' is working. Hard by the place 

 wher<> he is working thou shalt alight, and thou shalt cry out." The 

 l)ii-d replied, stiying: '"Yo" [very well]." 



Thereupon it verily did seek for a cricket. After a while it found 

 one, and killed it, too. Then it pulled out one of its hind legs and put 

 it into its mouth to hold, and then it flew, winging its way to the place 

 where Tawi'skaro"' was at work making himself a bridge. There it 

 alighted hard by him at his task. Of course it then shouted, saying: 

 "Kwe', kwe*, kwe', kwe', kwe'."" Thereupon Tawi'skaro"' upraised 



Ne' dji' na'ho'te"" kofiwa'iats 



The where such kind of one it i^alls 



thing 



Neil' lie' Oteroiitoiini'Ti'' 



Now the It Sapling 



the 



tci'ten"a* 



bird 



Swiwi'ko'wa' 



(Jreat Bluebird. 



ko'wii': 



Bluebird: 



e"''ska' 



one 



noii'we' 



plaee 



e" ie 



there 



wa're""ha'se' 



he it her said to 



ta'hno"" 



and 



"Tarak'tarak e"'seri'io 



"Cricket thou it wilt 



kill 



ne' e"'sate''nhon'ta'' no'k' he" 



the thou it shalt hold in and there 



thy mouth 



ne' Tawi'skaro"' wii'hoio'ta'tie' akta"a' 



the Flint he goes on work- near by 



!ie' Swiwi'- 



he Great 



e"snitshota'ko' 



Flint 

 (Ice, Crystal) 



"seiinitskwa're"', 



there thou shalt sit. 



no'k' 



and 



■lo"." 



'So be it." 



ing 



te"sa'hen're'te'." 



thou shalt shout." 



tci'teii'Tr wa'ken'ro"': 



bird it it said: 



E'tho'ne' nen' to'ke"ske' 



At that now truly 



A'kare' nen' 



wa'oia'tatseii'ri" 



it its body fotind 



wiVola'ti'sake' r 



it its body sought tl 



tii'hno"'' wa'oie'na' 



and it it seized 



i6""se' dji' 



there thou where 

 shalt go 



dji' roio"te' 



where he is 



working 



Tofita'ti' ne' 



It spoke in the 



reply 



tarak'tarak. 



erieket. 



ne 



the 



E'tho'ne' nen' 



wa o no . 



it it killed. 



e'tho'ne" 



at that 

 time 



niiiVka'tie 



there it went 

 flying 



E" ia'hefinitskwa're" 



There there it alighted 



WiVtiio'hefi're'te' 



it uttered a cry 



e"te'nhon'tii'. 



it it put into its 



wa'o'nitshota'ko' 



it its thigh took off 



Nen' tii'hno"" 



Now and 



e"*'ska'. 



one. 



wa'tka'te' 



it flew, 



) ni ne 



aLso the 



tii'hno"" 



thi 



dji' non'we* ne' Tawi'skaro"' wa'hotaskonnio"ni'ha'tie'. 



where the place the Flint he it bridge kept on building 



(Ice. Crystal) for himself. 



ak'tiV dji' roio"te\ nen' wa"hi' 



near by where he was now verily 

 working, 



wtl'ken'ro"': "Kwe"," kwe", kwe", kwe", 



it (z.) it said: "Kwe", kwe", kwe", kwe". 



1 This is approximately the death cry or halloo of the Iroquois. 



li The bluebird is here mentioned as it is among the first of the migratory birds to return in the 

 spring, which is a token that the spring of the year has come, and that the power of the Winter 

 power is broken. 



