HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 649 



wa'a'hen', "Naie, hiia' diioi'hwa' ne't'ho' niio't, hiia' 



she said, "That (it is) TerOy it is the reason that so it is. not 



de'Dngwaie"', gefigwa' okh\vag;Tio°'s'ho'"a' getcheunio"'s." 



we have it, only it is old food(s) scvemlly I find it habitually." 



T'ho'ge' one°' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gl' wa'he-'hefi', "Ksoda'ha', 



At thi^t now that he said, "O. my 



(time) grandmother, 



e°'seimo°'do''k one^' dV e^tga'sawe"' e°wagio'de"*ha\'' One"' 



thou wilt know it now moreover I will begin it I will labor (work)." Now 



ne' ho'soda' wa'a'heii', *'Niiie' gwa' o' hiia' naie' e"dwadiee°'da' 



that his grand- she said, "That (it is) just too verily that it will be the first thing 



mother (it is) 



e^'sadade'seilnie"' gaen' nonwe' ne^'si'dendak ne' one"' e^tca'sawe"'." 



thou wilt make for thyself where place there thou wilt that now thou wilt begin it." 



abide (time) 



T'hae°*hiawa'gi' da'hai'hwa'sagwa' wa'he°'hen', ''Doge°s hiia' 



he replied he said, "It is true, verily 



'on' ne't'ho' ne°yawe°'ha'." 



presura- thus so it will come to pass." 



ably 



T'ho'ge' one"' wa'haiage°'nha'. En' hagwadi' ot'hwe'nade'gwi' 



At that (time) now he went out. Else- side of it (it) island ends itself 



where 



ne't'ho' nhwa'he', ne't'ho' noiiwe' wa'hadasgwa'han'. One"' di' 



there there he went, there place he made himself a bark shelter. Now more- 



over 



da'ha'sawe"' wa'hoio'de'"ha' de°'se' wa'ha'sennia' ne' awennu'ga'. 



he began it he worked and he made it that (it) plant(s) 



(grasses). 



Naie' dawadiee'"da' ne' oa'we°'sa.', hono°'sakda' ne't'ho" 



That it was the first thing that sunflower, beside his lodge there 



(it is) 



wa'ha'niode"', wa'he^'hen' di', "Naie' e°iode'niende°sdik tea' 



he caused it to stand, he said, moreover, "That it will he a measure wherein 



(it is) (type) for it 



hagwadi' wa'ga'hwadjiadadie' ne' one"' ge^'djik e°ionnagat ne' 



side of it (its) ohwachira goes on to persist that time by and by they will inhabit that 



(direction) 



oiigwe' ne' t'hone"' o^'hwefidjiade'." 



humans that here (it) earth is present." 



T'ho'ge' one"' ne' oia' e' sa'ha'sefmia' naie' ne' otkwe°'da' 



At that time now that other again he again made it that (it is) that red in color 



it is 



niyo'enno'de"" de°'se, wa'he°'hen', "T'hone"' wa'gient'hwa' naie' 



so its rods kind of (are) and he said, "llcre I planted it that it is 



di' e"diioksten'aks tea' niio°' e°wadonnia' tea' o^'hwendjiade'." 



more- it will be the most wherein so it is it will produce wherein (it) earth is present." 



over ancient much itself (grow) 



(many) 



T'ho'ge' one"' oia' sa'ha'sennia'. O'hondadekha'gwa' 



At that (time) now other he again made it. Strawberry 



awennu'ga', de°'se' wa'he°'hen', "Ne't'ho' di' one"' wa'gient'hwa' 



it plant is and ho said, "There more- now I planted it 



over 



tea' o°'hwendjiade' niyo'he'dage"'hiada' ne't'ho' e"ganiyont'hak 



wherein (it) earth is present there (it) ground terminates there it will continually 



put forth fruit 



ne' o'hia' e"gaiadjik." 



that fruit berry it will be called." 

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