BEmiTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 643 



e''djioritge"'ha'." T'ho'ge' no' O'haa' 'da'hai'hwa'hegwa' 



again she will arise." At that that Flint he insisted on it 



(time) 



\va 'he°'hen ', "Tgagonda' se' e''sgat'h()ye°' naye e°wak'nigo'"hiyo'khe' 



he said, "At all events really thou wilt tell me that it will satisfy my mind 



(it is) 



ne' I' e°khege°'." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' Goksteii'a' wa'ena' hiya' hon' 



that I I will see her." At that now that she, the Ancient she thought not pre- 



(time) One sum- 



ably 



ste°' de'odiee"' doge"s ne't'ho' nayawe'"ha' a's'hagoge"' ne' 



any- it it done it is true thus so it would come to he should see her that 



thing pass 



hono'ha'; t'ho'ge' one"' wa'honwana'do°s. Naye' di' ne' one"' 



his mother; at that now she showed it to him. That besides that time 



time (it is) 



wa'hatgat'hwa' tea' edaga' t'ho'ge' \va'he°'hen', "Sa'satge-'ha' 



he saw it wherein she lay at that he said, "Do thou arise 



time 



nenge"' sidaga'. Hot nofiwa'ho'de"' diyoi'hwa' t'hone"' 



this (it is) thou art What kind of thing it is reason here 



bing. 



senda'wi'?" Hiya' ste"" nofiwa'ho'de"' de'agodoya'heii', t'ho'ge' 



thou art asleep?" Not any- kind of thing she moved herself at that 



thing time 



ne' O'haa' w-a'he°'hen' "Hot nonwa'ho'de"' ne"d\vayea' nenge"' 



that Flint he said, " What kind of thing so we will do this (it is) 



goda'wf?" T'ho'ge' ne' ho'soda' wa'a'heii', "Ne't'ho' gengwa' 



she is asleep?" At that time that his grand- she said, "Thus only 



mother 



ne°yo'dik, ge"'djik se' naye' e"djiontge°'ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' 



so it will con- by and by really that (it she will again arise." At that now 



tinuc to be, is) time 



ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' wa'he"'heii', "Naye' ne' 



that He-Holds-the-Sky be said, "Tliat that the 1 thus 



(it is) personally 



niwak'nigo°'he'de"' awe'hadie' goda'vvik tea' nige"' he"ga'he'g 



so is my mind formed it matters not let her continue wherein so it is it will arrive 



to sleep distant (be time) 



c"djiontge"'ha'." T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' \va'he"'hefl', "E"genno"'a' 



she again will arise." At that that Flint he said, "I will wait 



(time) 



gwa' o^nf da'dji'hwa^* dyen'ha'gwa' e°\vak'nigo''*ga'he°'ha' 



just, also, a short while, if it so be I will tire of waiting (become 



anxious in mindj 



onsa3'ontge°'ha* one"' gwa^ o'ni' awe'hadie' e^yagoda'wik 



again I should see her now^ just, also it matters not she will continue 



lo sleep 



diiotgont." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' T'hae"'hia\va'gi' wa'he"'hen', 



always." At that now that He-Holds-the-Sky he said, 



(time) 



"One"' gwa' o' ni'a' e"gadawefiye'sa', de"ge"'nigo°'hawenya'da'," 



"Now just too I per- I will go to travel, I will divert my mind thereby." 



sonally 



one"' di' w^'hayage^nha' wa't'hadawenye'sa'. 



now besides he went out he went to travel. 



Naye' ne' Gok.sten'a' deyagodi'ha'di' tea' ni'honwadinowe"khwa' 



That that she, the Ancient She prefers one over wherein so she loves them 



(it is) One the other 



ne' hon\vanade's'ho'"a'. Ne' O'haa' naye' hcyo'he' i'sowa' 



that her grandchildren. That Flint that to the utmost much (it 



(it is) is) 



