iiKwiTT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 635 



one"' wa'hoflwatgat'hwa' wa'ego"' dji'tgwa' niio't ne' ho'sennia'dl'. 



now she looked at him she saw (it) yellow so it is that he is dressed with it 



T'ho'gc' one"' wa'a'hpfr, "Hiia' t'hofKlagoi-mo"'do'". E°skheiat'hoie°' 



At that now she said, "Not I will will it. I will first tell her 



(time) 



di' hiae' ne' agno'ha', naie' e^dipfino-'do"'." T'ho'ge' 



more- first that my mother, that (it is) she will will it." At that 



over (time) 



one"' saio^'dendia'. Ne' one"' honsaieio'" wa'a'hen', "Wa'hege"' 



now again she departed. That time there acain she she said, "I saw him 



arrived 



ne' hengwe' si' nonwe' t'hada'. Hada'hendo°k aiongniniakhe'." 



that he, a human, yon- the place there he is He is asting it he and I should marry." 



der standing. 



T'ho'ge' ne' goksten'a' wa'a'hen', "Hot nonwa'ho'de"' di' wa'si'hefi'?' 



At that that she, the she said, "What kind of thing more- thou didst say'" 



(time) Ancient One over 



Wa'gi'hen', gwa' o'ni' "Gno'ha' eMieno-'do"'." T'ho'ge' 



I said, just also, "My mother she will will it." At that (tiiue 



ne' Goksten'a', wa'a'hen V'Naie' gwa' o'ni' da'si'hwaieit tea' nwa'siea'." 



that she, the Ancient she said, "That just also thou didst fulfill (where) so thou didst 

 One (it is) the matter as do it. 



Hot nonwa'ho'de'^' di' ni'haia'do'de°' de"'se' hot noilwa'ho'den"' di' 



What kind of thing more- such kind of body and what kind of thing more- 



over (is) his over 



ni'hone'no'de"' ne' wa'hesge"'?" Wa'a'heil' ne' eksa'da'se'a', 



such is his kind of that thou sawest him?" She said that she, the maiden, 



raiment 



"Hoia'daye-'sdi' de"'se' odji'tgwa' ni'hane'no'de"'." T'ho'ge' ne' 



" His body is fine-looking and it-yellow (is) so his raiment (is) kind of." At that that 



(time) 



Goksten'a' wa'a'hen', "Hiia' gwa' o' t'hagei'hwa'hni'da'. Ne't'ho' 



she, the -\ncient she said, "Not just too I will consent to it (confirm There 



One it). 



honsa'se', e°'si'hen' di' 'Hiia' de'agogaie"'!'.' " T'ho'ge' ne' 



thence again thou wilt say more- 'Not she consented to it'." At that (time) that 



do thou go, over, 



eksa'da'se'a' ne't'ho' honsaie"'. Ne' one"' honsaieio"' tea' nonwe' 



she, the maiden there thence again That time thence again she where the place 



she went. arrived 



t'hada' wa'a'hen', "Hiia' de'agogaie°'i'." T'ho'ge' one"' dofisa'- 



there he is she said, "Not she consented to it." .\t that (time) now he again 



standing 



hatga'hadeni', de^'se' wa'lie^'hgfi', "Hiia' gwa' o' naie' ste"' 



turned about, and he said, "Not just too that (it is) any- 



thing 



dewak'mgo°'he'de°'." One"' wa'ontgat'hwa' donsa'hatdeni', hiia' 



I have kind of mind (about it)." Now she saw he again transformed not 



himself 



na' ongwe' de'ge"', ske^'lmakse"' sawado"'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



the a human being it is, Fos again it became. At that (time) now 



(that) 



saio°'dendia'. Doga'a' niwendage' one"' he' don'saiondaweilnye'sa', 



again she went home. Few (it is) so many days in now again again she went to travel about 



number 



gokdoiiniondie's tea' nige"' niyot'linego'kdadie'. Wa'ondyen'ha'gwa' 



she went examining where so it is it-water-ends-along. She was surprised 



severally far 



ne't'ho' gwa' hatgoda' ne' heiigwe', one"' ne' na' wa'he"'hen', 



there just he sat that he, a human, now that the that he said, 



"Aiena' sa'dongwe'di'saks. A'sat'hondat-khe"' ne' 



"It seems thou art looking for a person. Thou shouldst consent— wouldst thou that 



