UEWiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 653 



niiie' orlda'sagwa' tea' niio't tea' son'he' niiie' donda'sgwe"'?" 



thiit thence thou where so it is where thou are that thou shouldst give it 



(it is) sllouldst take it (a alive (it is) me?" 



part of it) 



T'ho'ge' e-'he-'hen', 'Hot iionwa'ho'de"' sida'?' E°'si'hefi', 'Naie' 



At that he will say, 'What l<ind ol thing thou Thou wilt say, 'That 



(time) meanest?' (it is) 



hiia' gida' ne' o'haa'.' T'ho'ge' one"' e-'he-'heii' ne' tca't'ho', 



verily, I mean that it flint.' At that (time) now he will say that next in ordor, 



'Naie'-khe"' sida' ne' akhesga' o'ha'?' E"'si'hen', 'Naie' gida' 



'That (it is)— is it thou that my arrow it tips it?' Thou wilt say, 'That I mean 



meanst (it is) 



ne' sia'dagonwa' wada'." T'ho'ge' one"' e"'he°'hen', 'Doge°s 



that in thy body it is contain- At that now he will say, 'Truly 



ed.' (time) 



ne't'ho' ne-iawe^'ha'.' Naie' di' d5°sga'ha'k ne' ha'sagonwa' 



thus so it will come to That more- thou wilt see it that in his. mouth 



pass.' (it is) over 



de°tgayage°'nha'. Ganio' one"' e^'satgat'hwa' e°'syena', 



thence it will come out. so soon as now thou wilt see it thou wilt grasp 



it, 



6"tchadiyende°' tea' e"'sea' ne't'ho' hon' tea' niion's ne' ga'hesga'ge' 



thou wilt pull it where thou there pre- where so it is that on the arrow 



wilt think sum- long 



ably 



o'ha' ne't'ho' ne'-yondjik, one"' t'ho'ge' e"'si'hen', 'T'hone"' idjia'k.' 



it tips it thus so it will be long. Now at that thou wilt say, 'Here do thou 



(time) _ break it oti.' 



Dien'ha'gwa' e°'he'"hen', 'Is gwa' o'ni' idjia'k,' 'a'gwi' 



If it so be, he will say, 'Thou just also do thou break do not 



it oil, 



e°sagaie'"ha' ne' Is a'sia'k. Tgagonda' hao^'hwa' e"'haia'k. 



thou wiJt consent that thou thou shouldst It is essential be himself he will break 



to it break it oil. (indispensable) it off. 



T'ho'ge' one"' e°'siena' niiie' gengwa' e°wado'" 



.\tthat now thou wilt that only it will ho 



(time) take it (it is) possible 



e^sadei'hwa'dendia's e^'saio'de^'ha'. Niiie' hiia' t'ha'hagwenia' 



Thou wilt he successful (it- thou wilt work. That (it not he should be able to 



matter will move for thee) is) do it 



a'hiahetge^'de"' tea' nonwa'ho'de"' e"'se'sennia' de"'se' hiia' 



he should spoil it for thee where kind of thing thou wilt make it and not 



t'ha'hagwenia' hao^'hwa' o'ni' ne't'ho' na'haiea' tea' nonwa'ho'de"' 



he should be able to he, himself also thus so he would where kind of thing 



do it do it 



e°'saio'de°'ha'. Ne't'ho' ne' na' e°'hade'niende°' ne't'ho' na'haiea' 



thou wilt work at it. There that the he will attempt it thus so he should 



that do it 



de°'se' onda'henno°'do°'. Hiia' gwa' o'ni' t'hoiisa'hagwenia' ne' 



and he should control it (should Not just also again he should be able that 



will it). to do it 



one"' Is e"s'hawa'k tea' niio't tea' hon'he'." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' 



time thou thou wilt where so it is where he is alive." At that now that 



hold it (time) 



T'hae"'hia\va'gi' one'"' sa'ha'dendia' ne't'lio' honsa'haio"' tea' 



now again he departed there there again he where 



arrived 



nonwe' t'hodasgwa'ha'. 



the place there he has his bark 

 shelter. 



One"' he' sa'hoio'de°'ha' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi'. Wa'he"'hen', 



Now again again he worked that He said, 



