HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 639 



eia'di'ge' ne't'ho' wa'ha'hen', wa't'haiinegefi' iic' ga'hesga'. T'ho'ge' 



on her body there he laid it on it, lie laid tlie two that it-arrow, At that 



together (time) 



one"' wa'he"'hen', "Ne't'ho' iie"io'dik tea' niwa'sondis. 'A'gwi' 



Now he said, "Thus so it will bo as so it-night (is) Do not 



long. 



he°tcga'tcia' tea' nige"' F de°tge', one"' I' e"kga'tcia'." T'ho'ge' 



thou again re- where so it is II will come, time I I will remove it." At that 



move it distant (time) 



one"' sa'ha'dendia'. Naie' di ne' one"' \va'o'he°'nha' eni'ge'djik 



now again he departed. That more- that time it became day early in the 



(it is) over niornintl 



one"' he' sa'haio°' de^'se' one"' sa'ha'hagwa' ne' ga'hesga', 



now again again ho ar- and none again he tooli it oti that it-arrow, 



rived 



one"' di' sa'ha'dendia'. 



now, more- again he departed, 

 over 



T'ho'ge' one"' ne' eksa'da'se'a' one"' wa'oiitdoga' tea' one"' 



At that now that she, the maiden now she noticed it where now 



(time) 



g\va' oia ' niio't tea' agon'he'. One"' ne' na' ne' Gokstefi'a' 



just it other so it is where she is alive. Xow that the that she. the An- 



(is) (that) cient One 



wa'a'hen', "Wa'ongiadaa's'hwiyo'khe'. Naie' hiia' 



she said, "We have good fortune. That verily 



(it is) 



ensaksa'dayenda'nha'." Hiia' de'oi'hwis'he'i' one"' isowa' one"' 



thou wild bear a child." Not it-matter is long time much now 



(it is) 



goia'daiendet tea' goksa'diiienda'se'. One"' got'honde' t'hodit'ha' 



her body (is) where she is going to bear a child. Now she heard it they talked 



noticeable together there 



eia'dagonwa', i'hado°k, "Hot nofiwa'ho'de"' ne^'sadiea' ne' 



in her body, he said, "What kind of thing so thou wilt do that 



with thyself 



one"' de°'sadawennie' ne' t'hone"' tea' nofiwe' ne"diennagaat?" 



time thou wilt travel that here where the place thou and I will be 



born (inhabit)'.'" 



T'ho'ge' nenge"'ha' s'haia'dada' wa'he"'hen', "Ongwe' 



At that this (it is) he, one person he said, "Man, 



(time) Humans, 



e"kheiennagaasda', gofidiio' o'ni', naie' o'ni' e"kheiennagaasda' 



I will cause them to dwell, they, ani- also, that also I will cause them tol 



mals, (it is) (inhabitat) be born 



de^'se' e°ge'sennia' ne' e°iagon'he'gwik ne' oiigwe' de°'se' ne' 



and I will make it that one will live habit- that man, and that 



ually by it humans, 



goiidiio' e"gonnon'he'gwik tea' o°'h\vendjiade' de°'se' tea' niio"' 



they, ani- thev will live habitu- where it-earth (is) present and where so it i s 



riials ' ally by it much 



e°iodonnik e°ganiiont'hak, naie' e°iago'nigo°'hiiosda'gwik ne' 



it will be it will bear habitually, that it will make one's mind that 



grown up (it is) contented by it 



ongwe' e°ionnagaat tea' o"'hwendjiade'." T'ho'ge' one"' 



man, they will (inliabit) where it-earth (is) present. " At that now 



humans, be born (time) 



got'honde' wa'he"'hen', "One"' di' e"goma'hetido"' hot 



she heard it he said, "Now, more- I will ask thee what 



over, 



nofiwa'ho'de"' ni.s ne"'sadiea' ne' one"' e°diennagaat?" T'ho'ge' 



kind of thing the so thou wilt do that time thou and I will be born .\tthat 



thou with thyself (inhabit;?" (time) 



