nEWFTT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 645 



one"' ne' T'hae^'hiawa'gi' \va'he°4ien\ ''Ksoda'ha', 



now that Ile-llolds-the-Sky he said, "O, my grandmother, 



a'sat*hondat-khe°' V o*nV a'sge'sennie"' ne' a'enna' de°'se' 



wouldst thou consent to it I also thou shouldst make that a bow and 



it for me 



ne' ga'he'sga"?" Wa'a'hen' ne' hosoda'ha', ''Ne't'ho* ha'degayei' 



lliat an arrow?" She said that his grandmother, "That it is quite sufficient 



sgada' gengwa' e^'siiiyendak." T'ho'ge' ne' T*hae°'hiawa*gi' 



one, it is, only ye two will have it." At that (time) that He-Holds-the-Sky 



liiya' ste"' de's'hawen'. 



not anything again he said. 



Doga'a' niwefidage' one^' ne' O'liiia' one°* wa'ho'hae"' no' 



Few so many days in now that Flint now he fastened to tho that 



number end of it 



hohesga' ne' o'haa\ Nilye' ne' one°* wa'hayennenda'nha' one"' 



his arrow that a flint. That it is that none he finished it now 



wa'he"'hen', "One"' e"skheye*da' ne' et'hino'ha' one"' hiya' 



he said, "Now I will again awaten that our mother now verily 



gai'hwds tchiyagodaVi^" Ne't'ho'ge' one"' ne't'ho' nhwa'he' 



it (is) a long she has been sleeping At that (time) now there thither he went 



time (matter) already." 



tea' nonwe' diyedaga' de"'se' one"' wa'he"'hen', "One"', 



wherein place there she is lying and now he said, "Now 



sa'satge"'ha'. Doga't hiya' honsa'satge"'ha' naye' gwa' o'nf 



do thou get up again. If not again thou wilt arise that (it is) just also 



akhesga' de^gon'hwa'esda'." One"' dV wa's'hagaoya'hen' 



my arrow I will pierce thee with it." Now besides he shook her 



wa'gai'hwds'he', one"' di' wa'tchago'hwa'esda' ne' ho'hesga', 



it was a long time, now besides he pierced her through that his arrow, 



hiya' e' de'djyagoye'. T'ho'ge' one"' 'o"'ge"' wa's'hago'ho"'gia'k 



not again did she again At that (time) now next he cut her head off 



awaken. 



ne' ho'hesga' wa'hasda', ne"' hagwadi' wa'ha^^e"' ne' ono"'wa'. 



that his arrow he used it, this side of it he laid it that (it) head, 



Ne't'ho' niwat'hawi one"' wa'hatdoga' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' 



There it was bearing itself now he noticed it that He-Holds-the-Sky 



(it was the time) 



de°'se' wa'he"'hen', " One"' hiya' \va'sei'hwa'do"'da' ne' 



and he said, "Now verily thou hast destroyed it that 



et'hino'ha', naye' diiago'hendo"* ne' t'hone"' o"'hwendjia'ge' 



our mother, that thence she came ahead that here on earth 



gonagadi', nilie' gwa't'ho' saie'hent ne' t'hone"' o°'hwendjia'ge' 



she settled her- that (it is) she a^ain went that here on earth 



self, ahead 



sayo"'dendia' ne't'ho' nho"'saye"' tea' nonwe' dyago'dendion'. 



again she departed there thither again wherein place thence she departed. 



she goes 



Naye' di' naye' ne' o'heildo"' wa'wendadeniondie' ne't'ho' 



That (it is) besides that (it is) that ahead (in future) thither days severally appear thus 



ne"iago'sefmo'de"k Ga'hende'so"k. Naye' di' ne't'ho' ne"io'dik 



so will her name be kind of She is the Leader, That besides thus so it will con- 



the Head One. tinue to bo 



ne' t'hone"' o"'hwendjiade' tea' nwa'awe"'ha\ naie' ne' he'tge"' 



that here (it) earth is present as so it came to pass, that (it is) that above 



daio-'da' t'hone"" wa'egwat'hwa' ne't'ho' gwa't'ho' nho-'saic"' 



thence she here she made a trip there in turn she goes 



did come 



tea' nonwe' diiago'dendion'." 



wherein place thence she departed." 



