ONONDAGA TEXT AND INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION 



Ne't'ho' nonwe' nenge'"ha' hodigwe^'ha' tea' ni'hadi'hwadjia' 



There place (where) this, these they are a group wherein so their ohwachira (is) 



(as) large 



naie' ne't'ho' niio't ne' diiotgont ni'hennadi'ha' de°'se'hiia' songa' 



that thus so it is that continuatly, so they (are) in small and not anyone 



always, number 



de'hodiie"' ne' a'ho's'hasde°'s'haiendak, diiotgont di' ne't'ho' 



they have that he should possess occult potency, always, con- moreover thus 



tinually 



niio't ne' aieiaa' wa'honnide'"t'he'. Na' gai'hoiinia'ha' one"' 



so it is that it would seem they are stricken with That it causes the matter now 



poverty. 



wa'heii' e°gade'nieiide°' ne't'ho' ne°giea' tea' iiondo^k ge°s 



he resolved I will attempt thus so I will do it wherein one says custom- 



arily 



diefi'ha'gwa' deienoado"' go's'hasde°'s'haie°' de'''se' hiia' ste"" 



if (so it be) one (is) down-warded one possesses occult potency and not anything 



de'agonowe°k; agwas ge°s godia'datgo"'. 



one ever fails to do; indeed, customarily one's body (is) otkon. 



Ne' hao^'hwa'a' De'hae-'hiondie'so-'k (T'hae'"hiondie'so""k), 



That (it is) he himself (it is) He Tosses Skies About 



hoksten'a' tea' ni'hadi'hwadjia' naie' ne' degeni' hnino'se" 



he, the Ancient wherein so their ohwachira (is) that (it that two (in num- he uncle to them 

 One (as) large is) ber) two; 



s'haia'dada' ne' de'hniksa'a' heiigwe', tcieia'dada' ne' na' 



he, one person that they, two children he, a human (is), she, one person that the 



(that) 



agongwe'. 



she, a human (is). 



Naie' ne' ne't'ho' nwct'awe"'ha' tea' heiigwe' ne' holvsten'a' 



That (it is) that thus so it liappcned wherein he. a human that he. the .\ncient 



(as) (is) One 



wa'he^'hen', "Naie' hiia' tea' niio't tea' oi'hwadadie' naie' di' 



he said, "That (it is) verily as so it is as it is a custom (it is a that more- 



(wherein) (wherein) standing usage) (it is) over 



nenge"' de'sniksa'a', i' gnino"se° naie' di' wa'gnii'hwis'a's, 



this (it is) ye, two, children, I I your two uncle that (it more- I decree the matter to 



(am) is) over you both 



naie' nenge°'ha' e°gniia'da'se'da' tea' ne°iounis'he' nenge"' 



that (it this (it is) I will conceal the bodies (wherein) so it will be long this (it is) 



is) of you both as (in time) 



de^'sniksa'aks. Hiia' hwendo"' t'hayetchiige"' ne' ofigwe' tea' 



ye both will be chil- Not ever (when) one should see you two that a human (where- 



dren. in) as 



nige°' e^tcyadodiaga', t'ho'ge' ha'sa' one"' e°tciadawefinie' 



so it is far ye two will grow to at that (time) just then, now ye two will mingle 



maturity, only then, 



oiigwe'ne'." 



among humans." 



T'ho'ge' one"' wa's'hagodiia'da'se'da', i'hado^k ne' hoksten'a', 



At that (time) now he concealed their bodies, he said that he. the Ancient 



One, 



"Naye' ne' gana'do°'gwi' ne' deyenoado"' tea' nonwe' wa'gyatga'k. 



(it tl 

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"That (it that one designates it by that one is down-ward- where- place I leave you two. 

 is) it ed in (where) 



