HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 623 



ne' hono°'saie"' wa'tie^'hefi', "Naie' di' one"' e°goniat'hoie"' naie' 



that he has a lodge he said, "That more- now I will tell thee that 



(it is), over, (it is) 



ne' ge'he' e'''sekhonnia', nilie' di' e"'s- 



that I desire t hou wilt prepare food, that (it more- thou 



is) over 



kdjisgonnie"' ne' o'heia'da', naie' di' ne' one"' e°sakhwais de°- 



make mu:?h for me that (it) chestnut, that more- that now (it) food will he thou 



(it is) over cooked for thee 



diadont ne' one"' e°diadekhonnia'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'a'hen', 



and I will eat that now thou and I will feed At that now she said 



together ourselves." (time) 



"Gaeii' di'?" T'ho'ge' wa'he"'he"', "Si'hagwa' ga'nhoga'henda' 



"Where, more- At that he said, " Yonder- wards (it) is a doorway 



over?" (time) 



ne't'ho' igaie°' gagwegf tea' niio'^' e'^'sesda'." T'ho'ge' 



there it lies all where so it is thou wilt use At that 



much it." (time) 



one°* hwa'eio"' tea' nonwe' ni'hona'do"', one'^' di' wa'egwa' 



now hence she where place just he indicated it, now more- she got it 



entered over 



ne' gaiia'djia' de"'se' wa'ena'djia'haen', one"' di' wa'e'hnegaen\ 



that (it) pot and she hung the pot, now more- she put water into it. 



over 



Naie' di' ne' one"' wa'o'hnegadai'he"'ha', t'ho'ge' one"' 



That more- that now (it) water became hot, at that now 



(it is) over (time) 



ne' o'heia'da' hwa'egwa', one"' wa'egeda' ne't'ho' wa'a'gok 



that (it) chestnut hence she got it now she scraped it there she put it 



in it. 



ot'he'tcha' onni'. Ne't'ho'ge' one"' dawa'sawe"' wa'wa'dadofigwa', 



(it) meal she made it. At that (time) now it began it spluttered. 



eia'di'ge's'ho"' wa'owa'nendak ne' odjisgwa'. Wa'e'skonda'nha' 



along on her body it adhered that (it) mush. She was burned (scalded) 



de°'se' goda'nigo°'ha'ni'di'. Naie' di' ne' one"' wa'agodjisgwais 



and she hardened her mind. That (it is) more- that now (it) mush was cooked 



over for her 



t'ho'ge' one"' wa'ena'djianiiofidagwa' de"'se" wa'a'hen', "One"' 



at that now she uniiung the pot and she said. " Now 



(time) 



ongekhwais." T'ho'ge' ne' hono°'saie°' wa'he'"hen', "Hot 



(it) food is cooked At that (time) that he has the lodge he said, " What 



for me." 



nonwa'ho'de"' diioi'wa' t'hoge°'ha' niiot owa' sia'di'ge'?" T'ho'ge* 



kind of thing it is the reason this (it is) so it is it adheres on thy body?" At that 



to it (time) 



ne' eksa'gona' wa'a'heii', "Naie' hiia' ne't'ho' nwa'gaiea' ne' 



that she, the maid she said, "That (it is) verily thus so it did it that 



agekhofini'na'." T'ho'ge' ne' hono°'saie"' wa'he"'hen', "Naie' 



1 was preparing food." .\t that (time) that he has the lodge he said, "That (it is) 



hiia' e"wado°' e"'swadagewa' ne' agetchene"' naie' ae'saganeiit." 



verily it will be it will again be that my slave (s) that (it is) they should 



possible wiped off Uck thee." 



T'ho'ge' one'" ne' Awe°'ha'i' wa'a'hen', "Ne't'ho' gwa' o' 



.\t that Now that Sere (Ripe) Flower she said, "Thus just, even, too 



(time) 



niiawe°'ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'he"'hno°k. Wa'ontgat'hwa' 



so let it come to pass." .\t that (time) now he called them. She saw 



deyodeno^'hiani'di' degigowane"'s. T'ho'ge' one"' wa'agoganent, 



it is terrible they two are large. -\t that (time) now they licked her. 



