312 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ann. 21 



hi.s head and looked and saw a bird sitting there. He believed from 

 what he saw that it held in its mouth the thigh of a man-being, and 

 also that its mouth was wholly covered with blood. It was then that 

 Tawi'skaro"' sprang up at once and fled. As fast as he ran the bridge 

 which he was making was dissipated. " 



Now then, verily, the father of Sapling had given him sweet corn, and 

 now he roasted this corn. A great odor, a sweet odor, was difl'used. 

 So when the grandmother of Tawi'skaro"' smelt it, she said: "'What 

 other thing again is Sapling roasting for himself f' She addressed 

 Tawi'skaro"' saying: " Well, let us two go to see it, where he has 

 his fire built." Now, of course, they two had at once uprisen, and they 



kwe"." E'tho'ne' neii' wa'henno'"kets'ko' ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



1 kwe"." At that now ho his head raised the Flint 



time (Ice, Crystal) 



tii'hno""' wa*hatka'''tho' wa'ha'ke"" tci''ten"a' e"' ke°tskwa"hei'e'. 



Si and he looked he it saw bird there it sat. 



VVa"re're' dji' ni'io't dji' wa'hatkat'ho' on'kwe"-ke'""ha' 



3 He thought where .so it is where he it looked at man- it had 



being been 



io'hnitsa"nhon'te" neiT tii'hno""' ne' dji' ka'saka'ronte' 



4 it thigh in its mouth now and the where its mouth 



held. 



onekwe"'sos'ko"". E'tho'ne' ne' Tawi'skaro"' tonta'hate"sta'tci' 



5 it is wholly blood. ,Vt that the Flint 



time (Ice, Crystal) 



no'k" hilia'takonta'tie' shote'kwe"'. Dji' niio'sno're" ne' dji' 



t) and his body did not again he fled. Where so it is rapid the where 



stop 



ratak'he' e" nitcio'sno're' tcioteri'sion'ha'tie' ne' hotaskonni- 



7 he ran Ihus so again it is again it disappeared 



rapid (came to pieces) 



ofini'hatie'nc". 



8 for himself. 



Ne' ka'ti' wa''hi' ne' Oterontofini''iV ro'ni"ha" tho'wi" ne' 



9 The so then verily the It Sapling his father he him the 



gave 



tekoiiterofi'weks o'ne°'ste' ne' kii'ti' wa'hatene"'ston'te"'. 



lU white ( shriveled) corn the so then he corn roa.sted. 



Ka'serowa'ne"' ka'sera'ko"" o"te'se'rare"'. Ne' ka'ti' ne' 



11 It odor (is) great it odor (is) pleasant it odor took on. The sothen the 



Tawi'skaro"' ro'sot'ha' wii'akos'ho' tii'hno""' wii'i'ro"': ■•()'' hfi're' 



12 Flint hisgrand- she it smelled and sheitsaid: "What again 

 (Ice, Crystal) mother (is it) 



nii'ho'te"" ne' Oteroiitonni"':!" rotes'koiite" T" Wa'honwe""'ha'se' 



13 such kind of the It Sapling he it roasts for She said it t^» him 



thing himself?" 



ne' Tawi'.skai'o"' wa'i'ro"': "To', tiatke""se'ra' ne' dji' 



14 the Flint sheitsaid: "Well. let us two go to the where 



see it 



thotekil'to"'."" Neil' se" o'k' wa"hi" toiitatite°stii'tci" no'k' 



J-^ there he has Now so it is just verily they two quickly and 



«That is, so fast as winter recedes, so rapidly the ice on rivers and lakes disappear^. 



