HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AM) TRANSLATION 637 



Naie' di' tea' nonwe' hwa'eiendagwu" wa'ont'he'nonnia'. Agwas 



That more- where the place there she Kot the wood she made herself a bundle Very 



(it is) over (fuel) of it. (Just as 



one"' \va'o°t'he'nis'a' one"' gwa' wa'haio"' ne' hefigwe' 



now she finished her bundle now just he arrived that he, (is) a 



human, 



wa'he-'hen' di', "A'sat'hoiidat-khe"' ne' F age-k aiongniniakhe'?'' 



he said more- "Thou shouldst con- wouldst that I it would be thou and I should 



over, sent to it thou marry?" 



T'ho'ge' one"' wa'hoiiwatgat'hwa' tea' ne't'ho' niio't ne' 



At that now she looked at him where thus (there) so it is that 



(time) 



hodia'datgi' de°'se' ne' ho'ha' ono'sga'hedji's deiot'hwa- 



his body is filthy and that he has it as it (is) long-pointed it goes all 



(ugly) a cover scallops fringed 



da'se'di'. T'ho'ge' one"' wa'a'hen', "Hiia' ni' t'hofi- 



about it. At that now she said, "Not, the (I) I will 



(time) 



dagenno^'do".' E^kheiafhoie"' ne' agno'ha', naie' e°dienno""do°'." 



will it. I will tell her that my mother, that She will will it." 



(it is) 



T'ho'ge' one"' saioht'he'nage'dat, de°'se' one"' saio^'dendia'. Ne' 



At that Now again she put the bundle on and now again she departed. That 



(time) her back bearing by the 



forehead strap" 



one"' honsaieio"' wa'a'hen', "Wa'hege"' ne' hefigwe' si noiiwe' t'hada'. 



time there she again *she said, " I saw him that he, a human yon- the places there he is 



arrived der standing. 



Doge^s hodia'datgi' de°'se' dega'hwa'sowane"'s ne' ho'sennia'di' 



Truly his body (is) and it has wide-edged seams that he is dressed 



filthy (iigly) with it 



de°'se' ne' ho'ha' ono'sga'hedji's deiot'hwada'se'di', i'hado°k 



and that he has it its scallops (are) long it goes all about it, he says 



as a cover 



aiongniniakhe'." T'ho'-ge' ne' goksten'a' wa'a'hen', "Hot 



he and I should marry." .\t that that she, the ,\n- she said, "What 



(time) eient One 



nonwa'ho'de"' wa'si'hen'?" T'ho'ge' ne' eksa'da'se'a' wa'a'hen', 



kind of thing thou didst say?" At that that she, the maiden she said, 



(time) 



"Wa'gi'hen', gno'ha' naie' e°dienno'"do"''." T'ho'ge' ne' Goksten'a' 



"I said, mvmother that she will it will." .\t that that she, the An- 



(it is) (time) cient One 



wa'a'hen', "Goii'hawa', wa'sii'hwagwenia' hiia'. Naie' hiia' 



she said, "My offspring, thou didst accomplish verily. That verily 



the matter (it is) 



t'hoge°'ha' hengwe' naie' ne' tca't'iio' liiya' de'hoge°'he"'. One"' 



that (it is) he, the that that so it is not he is ordinary person Now 



human (it) is) (has power). 



di' wa'gei'hwa'hni'da'. One"' di' wa'hedji'hno"k." T'ho'ge' one"' 



more I accept, confirm, the Now, more- go thou and fetch him." At that now 



over matter. over (time) 



ne't'ho' nhonsaie"' tea' nonwe' t'hada'. Naie' di' ne' one"' 



there thither again where the place there he is That more- that now 



she goes standing. (it is) over 



honsaieio"' wa'a'hen', "Wa'ei'hwa'hni'da' ne' agno'ha'. One"' di' 



there again she she said, "She confirmed, acceiitcil ihat my mother. Now more 



arrived the matter over 



gon'hno°kse', one"' di' ne't'ho' lie"'sc' tea' nonwe' diiagni'den'." 



I come to fetch thee, Now more- there thou wilt where the place she and I abide." 



over go 



