HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 621 



e°'se°'nigo"'ha'ni'da'. 'A'gwi' r'"'sawenna'da'. DieiVha'gwa' 



thou must have fortitude. Do not thou give up, do not If, it so be 



tliou surrender. 



6"'sgwenia' hiia' t'he'sawennu'da' t'ho'ge' one"' de°'sadongo'da'. 



thou wilt be able not thou wilt utter a word at that now thou wUt pass through 



to do it time it. 



Degeni' wadon't'ha'. Naie' e' ganowe"', naie' ne' e^'he^'hrM't', 



Two it forms it. That it again it is very that (it that he will say, 



is grave; is) 



'Ongei'seii'dakse'"ha'. Agwas eii' tea' agefmo'"do°' 



I have dreamed. Very I thought where I knew it 



wa'hadiendodagwa' ne' agada'he' ne' awe^'hai'. Agwas en' tea' 



they pulled up the standing that I have a stand- that its flowers are Very I where 



tree ing tree dead. thought 



agenno°'do°' ne't'ho' wa'agiadie"' tea odo'"hwendjiia'gi' tea' 



I knew it there we two sat down where (it) earth is broken off where 



noiiwe' hodiendodagwen'. 



place they pulled up the 



standing tree. 



ha'deiago'si'de'^'donnj'o'^'lv 



hence her feet hung severally 



c''goniat'hoie'" 'a'gwi' 



I will tell thee do not 



ne°iawe'"ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' dofidaio""gwe'ne'"da'. 



so it will come At that now thence she descended, 



to pass." (time) 



Naie' ne' one"' hons;Iicio°' tea' nofiwe' he°'den' ne' 



Tliat (it that (time) there she entered where place he abides that 



is) 



de'hiade°'hnonda' one"' wa'a'hen', "One"' ne' ui' wa'ga'he'g 



her brother now she said, "Now that the it has arrived 



I (it is time) 



one"' e°ga'dendia'. Ne't'ho 'he"ge' tea' nonwe' t'hode°'nioda' ne' 



now I will depart. There I will go where place there he gives a feast that 



Hoda'he'." T'ho'ge' nenge"' ne' hefigwe' wa'he^'hefi', "Ne't'ho' 



He has a .'^tand- At that this (it is) that he. a human he said, "Thus, 



ing Tree," (time) (There,) 



gwa' o'nl' ha'degaiei', naie' gi's'he"' ne' e°'sa'deiidia' ne' t'hone"' 



just also it is correct, that (it I bcUeve, that thou wilt depart that here 



is), 



o°'hwendjiade'. Naie' di' tea' ne°iawe°'ha' ne' hwendo"' gwa' 



(it) earth is present. That (it more- where so it will come to that whenever just 



is) over pass 



e'"sga'ha'nha' e^'si'heii' ge^s, 'De'hado°'hwendjiendo'"s.' Naie' 



thou wilt remember thou wilt say custom- He, The Earthquake. That (it 



me arily is) 



di' ne' tea' ne°iawen'ha' gagwegi' na' ge°s e°ioiitdoga' ne' 



more- the where so it will come to all the custom- one will be the 



over that pass that arily aware of it 



one"' I' e-'sga'ha'nha'." 



time I thou wilt remember me." 



T'ho'ge' one°' wa'c'^'dendia'. Hwa'eio^' tea' nonwe' hono°'saie°' 



At that now she departed. There she where place his lodge stands 



(time) arrived 



ne' hode'^'nioda', de°'se' one°' wa'ontgat'hwa' awe^'ha'hagi* ne' 



that he is giving a feast and now she looked, saw, it is full of flowers that 



hoda'he', de°*se' one"' wa'ontgat'hwa' gendio'gowane^' goia'daie'i'. 



his standing and now she saw (it; large body of they are assembled. 



tree, people 



