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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 21 



tliiiikini;- of what perhaps niioht now happen. It was therefore not 

 long before the woman awoke. Then she sat up. At once she touched 

 the breast of the man lying- at her side, just where he had placed her 

 rib. and, of course, that tickled him. Thereupon he awoke. Then, 

 of course, that matter was started — that matter which concerns man- 

 kind in their living; and the^v also started that matter for which in 

 their kind their bodies are provided — that matter for which reason 

 he is a male human being and she a female human being. 



Then Tawi'skaro"' also formed a human being, but he was not able to 

 imitate Sapling, as the form of the human being he poorly made showed. 

 Tawi'skaro"' addressed Sapling, saying: "* Do thou look, I also am al)le, 

 myself, to form a human being. " So when Sapling looked at that which 



'0-' ci' 



ke"" 



is it 



iakoii'kwe' 



nen 



now 



ne ne la we 



the so it will 



happen?" 



wa'e'ie". E'tho'ne' 



la-' 



Not 



ka'ti' 



so then 



tekari"hwes 



wa'ontkets'ko'. 



she sat up. 



Nakwa 



The 



o'k- 



just 



^iieia'takoiita'tie" ne' raiation'ni 



niia eiere 



dji' 



non we 



here place 



le' ron'kwe' e" ke""' 



lay the he man-being there where 



ed" (man) 



ni'hote'karota'kwe"' rana'a'ta'ke' 



there he rib has removefi his flank on 



wa'thonwanis'teka'te" 



she him tickled 



wa"hi' 



verily. 



•hf 



e°teri"hwa'ten'tr 



it matter started 



dji' 

 where 



E'tho'ne' nen 



At that now 



time 



niiakoteri"hwate 



just one it duty has 



wa'ha'ie". 



he awoke. 



iako'n'he' 



no'k' 



and 



ho'nf nen' 



na'ho'te"' niia'taienta"kwe"" 



such kind of 

 thing 



ron'kwe" 



just their bodies it are 

 designed for 



i'ke"' no'k' ho'ni 



,\here 



wfiiiiateri'hwa'ten'tiirte 



they matter started 



na'ho'te"' kari'hon'ni' 



Nen' 



man- 

 beings 



' dji' 



where 



ne' 



Tawi'skaro"' ka'ti' o'ni" 



ne' dji' 



the where 



wa'ron'ni" 



he it made 



iofi'kwe' i'ke"' 



she man-being it is. 

 (woman) 



ne' ofikwe': 



te'hokwe'nio"" 



he is able to do it 



the 



ne"' niionkweto'te"' 



that just kind of man- 



one being 



wa'hawe°"ha'.se' ne 



he him spoke to the 



a'hona'ke'rani" n 



he him should tl 



imitate 



ne' wa'ha's'ii", 



the he it finished, 



Oterontonni"'a' : 



It Sapling: 



Oterontofini'Ti' 



It Sapling 



^W 



a'se'ke"" 



because t] 



"Satkafho" 



ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



Flint 

 (Ice, Crystal) 



wakkwe'nio"' 



I it am able to do 



se 



o ni 



m 



i'kwe' 



p"kon'i 



Ne' 



The 



ka'ti" 



