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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



Now, moreover, Sapling and also Tawi'skaro"' dwelt together in one 

 lodge, each occupying one side of the fire opposite to that of the other. 

 It was then, verily, usual when they two had returned to al)ide in the lodge, 

 that Tawi'skaro"" kept questioning Sapling, asking him what ol)ject he 

 feared, and what would most quickly kill him. Sapling replied: "A 

 weed that grows in the swampy places, a sedge called ' it-cuts-a-person," 

 is one thing. I think, when I do think of it, that that weed struck 

 against my body by someone would cut it. I do believe that it would 

 cut through my body." Then Tawi'skaro"" replied, saying: "Is there 

 no other object which gives thee fear?" Sapling, answering, said: "I 

 usually think that the spike of a cattail Hag would kill me if one should 

 strike me on the body with it." (These two things that Sapling spoke of, 

 his father had told him to say, when he had been at his father's lodge.) 



Nen' 



Now 



tahno"" 



and 



the 



Oterofitonni''!! 



It Sapling 



no'k 



anrl 



skano'"sa"ne' 



one it liouse in 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tr 



so then 



ni'tero" , 



there they 

 two abide, 



wa"hi' i 



verily en 



te'hotitcie""honte" 



nen 



now 



ho'ni' ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



also the Flint 



(lee. Crystal) 



(te'hotitcie"'harets'to"'). 



{they fire have between them.) 



ieshoti'ie"' kano"".sako'" 



it house in 



sni'tero"' nen' e"'s 



again they now custom- 

 two abide arily 



ne' Oterontonni"a', 



the It Sapling, 



wa"hr' ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



verily 



the 



Flii 



ratsa'ni'.se 



ne ne 



the that 



Ice, Crystal i 



ra'to"': '"O" he"'s na'ho'te"' ne' 



he it says: "What custom- kind of the 



(is it) arily thing 



a'ho'rio'." Wa'hen'i 



rori'hwanonton'ni' 



he him questions asks 



10 sno re 



it is quick 



Oterontonni"a': 



It Sapling: 



' O'.sa'kerita'ke' 



" It marsh land on 



it him w< 

 kill." 



ioton'ni' 



it grows 



iild 



He it said 



)''hoiite' 



it weed 



iako'hre'na' 



i'ke're' 



I believe. 



aonk''hrene', 



it me would 

 cut, 



Tonta'hen'ro"' 



He spoke in reply th 



te'shetsha'ni'se'? ' 



thou it dost fear?" 



konwa'iats e"'s. 



they it call custom- 

 usually arily. 



tii'hno""' 



Thoi'ke"' 



That it is 



i'ke' 



I thii 



o''honte' 



kia'ta'ke' 



my body on 



it one cuts, 

 (a sedge) 



aie'ie"'te' 



ia'taoiitiak'te' 



it wcnilrt break 



kia'tti'ke'." 



my body on." 



ne' Tawi'skaro"' : 



the Flint: 



(Ice, Crystal) 



Tofita'hata'ti' 



■Not 



othe'no"" 



anything 



Oteroiitonni"a" 



It Sapling 



wa'hen'ro" 



he it said: 



"Ono'ta' 



"It flag 

 (cattail) 



aiofikie""te' 



na'ho'te"' 



such kind of 

 thing 



otcawe""sa' 



its spike 



kiattl'ke''. 



my body on.' 



wa'heii'ro"' 



he it said 



i'ke're' 



I think 



aonkeri'io' ne'ne' 



(Ke"'i'ke"" 



(This it is 



teiori"hwake' ne' 



that 

 dji' 



Ote ronton ni"':! 



It Sapling 



ro'ni"ha' 



his father 



ro'hro'ri' 



