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TROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 21 



that thou did.st indeed complete thi.s earth: if thou wilt only wpeak, 

 telling' that mountain range to move itself hither." He added: 

 "Now do it then." Thereupon the other person said: "Thus 

 it will, I think, come to pass." Then he called out, saying: "Come 

 thou, yon mountain range, move thyself hither. Do thou stand 

 beside my body." But the mountain range remained there; the 

 mountain was still there unchanged. It did not move thence. Sap- 

 ling spoke and said: "There, that is exactly what I have been say- 

 ing, that thou hast not established this earth." The other person 

 again replied, saying: "Well then, let it become evident, if it be 

 true, that thou hast established the earth. Come then, do thou move 

 that rock mountain hither." Sapling replied and said: "Thus then 

 will I do." Thereupon he called out to the range of mountains. 

 He said: "Come, move thyself hither." Then, verily, it moved itself 



to'ke°ske\ 



trulv. 



tl 



onte'sata'tf 



licm Shalt speak 



AVa'hen'ro"': 



He it said: 



wa^heiTro"": 



he it said: 



ki-'. 



wa"hi' i'se' so'"hwendjis"o"'. 



verily thou 



■ Ka ro 



;• hither 



"NeiT 



"Now 



"E", 1 



•■Thus, 



aofitont'kwi'te' ne' 



it itself should move the 



ka'tr. 



so then.' 



E'tho'ne" 



.\t that time 



thoi'ke"' 



that it is 



wa'*hi' 



verilv 



Ne' 



ionontata'tie'." 



it mountain ex- 

 tends along." 



ne' shfiia'ta' 



the he other per- 

 son (one he 

 body.) 



ne la we ne . 



so it will come to 



E'tho'ne' 



.\t that time 



the 



nen 



now 



ia'hata'tf wa'hefi'ro'": 



thither he he it said: 



spoke 



kilsat'kwi'te". Kia'tak'ta' 



Hau"', 



■' Come. 



thoi'ke"" 



thatit is 



nisenon'tate" 



e" te'sta'ne'." 



there do thou stand." 



va ro 



there thou art a hither 



standing mountain 



No'k' e'' tiionon'tate' 



and there tliere it moun- 

 tain stood 



ka'ro" tetiotkwi'to"'. 



hither it itself has moved. 



kato'ke"' ne' ni'io't ne' e'' tiionon'tiite'. la"' 



7 luiehanged the so it is the there there it moun- -N'ot 



tain stood. 



Neil' wa"hr ne' Oterontonni'Ti' ta'hata'ti' wa'hen'ro"": "Ta', 



8 Now verily the It Sapling thenee he he it .said. "So, 



spoke 



ne' wa"hr cika'to"', ' Ia"te"" .se"' wa"hi' i'se' teso"'hwendjis"o"\" 



9 the verilv wherelhave Not at all in- verily thou I hou earth hast finished ." 



.said. deed (it is) 



shfiia'ta' tonta'hata'ti' wii'heii'ro"': "To', ka'ti' kato'ke"'ne' 



N( 



10 The he other person again he replied 



(one he body) 



to'ke"ske'-ke"' ne' 



11 truly is it the 



he it said: 



■ Well, 



theTt 



let it be shown 



i'se' so"''hwendjis''o"'. I'se' 



Ihou thou earth hast finished. Thou 



kas'kwi'te' thoi'ke" 



12 hither do thou it that it is 

 move 



ni''a' wa'heii'ro"' 



i;3 he it said: 



1-i 



iii'hata'tr ne' dji' 



thither he 

 spoke 



tetiiotsten're 



there it has set 

 roek{s) up." 



" E" ka'tr 



"Thus .so then 



tetiionontiita'tie', 



there it mountain 

 extends along, 



Tonta'hata'ti' 



He spoke again 



ne"'kiere\" 



so I it shall do." 



wa'hefi'ro"': 



he it said: 



kia"asa' ka'ro' 



eome hither 



ne' Oteronton- 



the It Sapling 



E'tho'ne' nen' 



At that time now 



" Hau". ka'ro' 



"Come, hither 



