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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



place whore lay the sun. The tree.s stood together, and on their tops 

 lay the sun. So then Sapling said: "Thou. Beaver, do thou cut down 

 the tree; and thou, Spider, shalt climl) the tree, and at the top of the 

 tree thou shalt fasten thy cord. Then thou shalt descend, hanging bj' 

 thy cord, until thou reachest the ground." And he said to Hare: "'As 

 soon as the tree falls, thou must seize the sun. Thou art assuredly' 

 an adept at skulking through the underbrush. No matter how ditfi- 

 cult the ground be, thou art able of course to flee by stealth, if at this 

 time it so be that one pursue thee from place to place." He said: "But 

 thou. Otter, shalt care for the canoe. If it be so that we all get aboard 

 the canoe, thou shalt turn back the canoe at once." 



ciia'hati'ra'r"ho" 



there they arrived 



ne' dji' tkawe'note" dji' non'we' ieka'ie" 



ne' kara"kw;r. E"ska'''ne" ne' dji' ke^r'^ii'to"' karen'haken'iate' 



the it sun. One (place) in the w 



e" ieka"here' 



there it it lies upon 



wa'heii'ro"': 



he it said: 



Takwa'a"sa'r 



Spider 



e"tesne'renke' 



thou shalt it tie th 



taniien'to"' ne' 



to it the 



e"'se'sei'a'ta'ne'." 



again thou it wilt reach" 



kara"kwa\ 



it sun. 



ere it tree stand 

 plurally 



E'tho'ne' ne' 



At that time the 



Oterofitonni"'a'' 



It Sapling 



I'se' 



•Thou 



ne 



the 



Tsoni'to' e"''seron'tiake", no'k' ni'se' 



but the 



thou 



karen'haken'iate' e" 



it tree top of there 



eaver thou it tree .shalt cut 



down, 



e^'serafhe"' ne' karonta'ke 



thou shalt climb it the it tree on 



ne 



sa se rue . 



thy cord. 



E'tho'ne' 



At that time 



sa'se'riie'ke' 



thy Corel on 



dji' 



where 



Mo'k- 



And 



w:i'hawe"''ha'se" 



he him .said to 



te"tesats'ne"'te' e"tesatia'- 



thence thou shalt thou thy body 

 descend shalt fasten 



niio're' o"'hwendjia'ke' 



so it is far it ground on 



ne' Ta'ho'^tane'ke"' 



the Hare 



wa'hen'ro" 



he it said: 



Kawefini'io' nefi' e"karontie'no""ne'' 



"So soon as now it tree shall fall 



'se' te"'se"kwe' 



thou thou it .shalt 

 it is pick up 



Seweien'te't wa"hf ne' e"'satkwaton"hwe' ne' 



tlinii shalt flee in zigzag lines the 



ne' kara"kwa'. 



the itsun. Thou art skillful veril; 



o'skawakon"sho"'. Iawero"'hti'tie"' 



it bushes among. It matters not 



ki" wa"hi 



I be- veril V 



lievc, 



nia'ni't sakwe'niofi 



to' nii'teiao"'hwendjianon- 



how so it land forbidding (is) 



ne' e"".satkw^aton"hwe' ne' 



the thoushaltfleein zigzaglines the 



to'ka' noiTwii'-ke"" tviesti'sere"so"'. No'k' 



if this time is it one thee would And 



pursue about. 



we'iii' ni'se' e"'sate'niko"'ra'ro'". To'ka wa"h 



the thou it wilt attend to. If veril 



tlKlU 



e°tciakwati'tiX' iokoiitti'tie' e''*satta'kwa'te" ne' ka'honwe'ia'." 



a^ain we shall at once (it thou it wilt turn the it boat." 



embark follows) 



ne' Tawi'ne' ka'hoii- 



the otter it boat 



nefi' akwe'ko"' 



now it all 



