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ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 



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ne 



thai 



next in turn 



Ila'howe"' wa'he-'hen', "Is o-'ke"' e^'swade'iiiende" 



Loon he said, "Thou next in turn ye will attempt it 



swagwenio"' ganofiwagofiwa' de'swadaweniek. Doga't 'i 



ye are able to do it in the deptlis (of water) ye continue to travel about. If 



ae'swatchefmi' hot naesvvaiea' ne' aiagoia'dagadat." 



ye would find it how so ye should do it that 



T'ho'ge' one"' wa'honde'niende"'. 



At that (time) now they attempted to do it. 



wa'he'"hen', "I' c°gegwa'ha' ne' 



he said, "I I will be able to go for it that 



Naie' di' tea' ne°ia\ve"'ha' 



I will be able to thence I will 

 do it bring it 



se'-khe"' e'hawi' se' hiia' 



for-is it (not) 



Hano'gie' 



Muskrat 



That more- (where) so it will come to 

 (it is) over as pass. 



e°iongwadaa's'hwiio'khe'; 



it will render our luck good (pro- 

 pitious); 



ne' ga's'hasde^'sa'." T'ho'ge' 



that it-potence (magic At that (time) 



power) '" 



wek. 



• the 

 water) . 



hawe^^heya'stci'hwe'^'. 



he had already died. 



"One"" snikdo"' hot 



" Now do ye examine it what 



deVhon'he'." T'ho'ge' 



he is again aUve." .\t that (time) 



it should support her body." 



Naie' di' ne' 



That (it is) moreover that 



o'he'da' ganonwagofivva'. 



it-earth in the depths (of the water) . 



Diefi'ha'gwa' e°kgwenia' de°tkhawi' 



If it so be I will be able 



she bears it 

 with her 



actu- 

 ally 



verily 



naie 



that (it is) 



one 



now 



Wa'gai'hwis'he'. 



It was a long matter. 



One"' 



Now 



ne 



that 



gwa. 



just 



Hano'gie' 



Muskrat 



wa'ha'don- 



hc dove (into 



sa'hadia'da'gaa'gwa' 



again his body floated 



T'ho'ge' ne' 



At that (time) that 



nonwa'ho'de"' 



kind of thing 



ne' Nagaia'gi' 



that Beaver 



Ha'howe"' 



Loon 



nwa'awe°'ha' 



so it came to pass 



wa'he°'hen 



he said, 



wa'he°'hen', 



he ^aid, 



tea' hiia' 



where 



, "!' 



"I 



he^'niogae^'hwa' 



o' hiia' 'on' gat'hongaia'k." 



too verily presumably I will volunteer." 



Hano'gie' dedjiae"' 



Muskrat both he held pawful 



de°'se' ha'sagonwa' tea' nheionowe°'i' 



and in his mouth where it is as much as 



possible 



T'ho'ge' ne' Nag;Iia'gi' one"' wa'he'-'hen 



At that (time) that Beaver now he said, 



ne°dwaiea' naie' ne' ne°' o'he'da 



So we will do it that that this it-earth 



One"' di' wa'hakdo"' 



Now, moreover he examined it 



ne' 



that 



dega'hen' ne' 



it is full that 



not 



gwa' 

 Just 

 ne' 



that 



o'he'da' 



it-earth 



o'he'da'. 



it-earth. 



that 

 (it is) 



da'gaa'gwa'?" T'ho'ge' one"' ne' Ha'howe"' 



has floated?" A-t that (time) now that Loon 



one"' songa' hat'hoiigaia'k naie' nenge"'ha' 



now some one let him volunteer that (it is) this (it is) 



'Hot nonwa'ho'de"' 



* What kind of thing 



ha'hawi' nenge°'ha' sa'hayia'- 



he bears it this (it is) again his body 



wa'he°'neii', "Hau', 



he said, "Well, 



de°'ha'gwa'da' ne' 



he will hold it up that 



o'he'da' tca'e^wado"' ne't'ho' e°iet'hi'den' ne' agongwe'." 



it-earth where it will become there we will place her that she, a human (is) .' 



T'ho'ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



ne' Nagaia'gi' wa'he"'hen', "!' tgadiee°'da' agade'niende"'." 



that Beaver he said, "I I will be the first I should attempt it." 



T'ho'ge' one"' tea' niio"' ha'hawi' ne' Hano'gie' one"' wa'hondeiefi- 



Atthat now 



(time) 



nonnia' ne' 



according to that 

 their skill 



Nagaia'gi'. 



Beaver. 



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as so it is he bears it 

 (where) much 



o'he'da', naie' ne' 



it-earth, that (it is) that 



Niioi'hwagwa'iia' 



So it-matter (is) short 

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