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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



roast; ))iit it was just possible for it to exude only a small amount of 

 fatness again, as it is now when one roasts ears for himself. It is 

 barely visible, so little does the fatness exude. 



Now the grandmother of Sapling fetched ripened corn that Sap- 

 ling had planted, and she shelled it. Then she poured it into a 

 mortar. And now she took the pestle and with it pounded the corn, 

 and she made haste in her pounding, and she said: "Verily, thou 

 wouldst have mankind exceedingly well provided. Verily, they shall 

 customarily be much wearied in getting l)read to eat. In this manner 

 then shall they customarily do with the mortar and also the pestle." 

 She herself had finished them. Whereupon Sapling rebuked her for 

 what she had done. He, in regard to this matter, said: "That which 

 thou hast done is not good." 



Then, verily, while Sapling was traveling, he was surprised to find 



sa'hate'skoii'te"" a're' akwii"' e" ho'k" thonsakakwe'ni" osthoiT'ha' 



again very thus just as much as it was it is small 



possible 



thonsawenieno'te"' (ne' non'wa" dji' ni'io't ne' 



again it oil put forth (the tliis time where so it is the 



o'k" 



aionte'skon'te"' akwa"' ne' o'k" ne' wa'he'ne'ne" taweniano'te"'). 



'ry the jnst the it is visible, 



ine would roast it 

 for one's self 



irtho'ne' 



At that time 



ne' ro'sot'ha' 



Oterontonni"'a' roient'he"'. 



It Sapliiis he it has planted. 



ia'e'ko' ne' iotene"'stIs"o''" ne' 



thence she it the it corn has ma- the 



got tared 



wa'ene""staron'ko\ E'tho'ne' kani- 



she it shelled. At that time it mortar 



ka^'tako"" iaon'wero"" 



in thithersheit ponrt 



wa'tiako'steri"he"" n 



she made haste th 



Neil' wa''i 



sV.w verily there she got the 



pestle 



dji' wa'e'the'te' ta'hno' 



where she it pounded and 



iiVe'sisii'tota'ko' wa'et'he'te' 



she it pounded 



"Akwa" i"se're" to'-ke"*' ne"tiakokwatsto""hake' ne' 



■Very thou de- how is it so they will be living at ease the 



Akwa-' 



Very 



he"'s 



aiero"'hia'ke"'tcr ne' 



dji' 



where 



e"iena'tarake* 



one bread will eat. 



wa 1 ro 



she it said: 



on'kwe'. 



man-be ing-.s. 

 humans) 



. E" 



Thus 



ne"ieier"hake'' ne' ka"nika"tii" no'k" ho'ni" 



it mortar and also 



Akao""ha" 



she herself 



ne' iakos"o" 



wa'shakori'hwas'te"' 



he her matter it rebuked in 



Ta'. 



So. 



dji' 



s'tho'ne" 



at that 



na e lere . 



.so she it did 



a'si'sa'." 



the itpe.stle." 



Oterontonni"a' 



It Sapling 



wa'hen'ro" 



he it said: 



■ la" 



■ Not 



ra"hr 

 Ne' 



teioia'nere 



it is good 



dji' 



where 



ka'ti' 



so then 



wa''hi 



verily 



na siere . 



so thou it didst 

 do." 



Otd'ontofini'Tr 



It Sapling 



dji' te'hotawen'rie' 



where he travels 



