HEWITT] ONOXDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 655 



sawe"' tea' son'he'. Is dl' e"'sia'k, is o'ni', de^tcgo"', 



thou where thou art Tliou more- thou wilt thou also thou wilt 



owiie^^t it aUve. over break it oil, give it to iiie, 



fho'ge' one"' ha'sa' oi'hwa'ge' e"wado"'." T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' 



at that now just then it-matler-on, it will become" At that that Flint 



(time) it is obligatory, (time) 



doge°s wa'haia'k de-'sc' da'hao°', \va'lie"'hen', "One"' 



triiJy he broke it otT and he gave it he said, ' ' Now 



to him, 



neVho' nwa^awe°'ha' tea' nonwa'ho'de"^' de'sado°*hwendjionink/' 



thus so it has eome as, where, kind of thing thou art in need of it." 



to pass 



Ne't'ho'ge' one"' ne' T'hac>"'hiawa'gi' wa'he-'hen', "One"' 



At that (time) now that he said, "Now 



wa'giena', one"' df o' ni' e"tgonyo"' nonwa'hoide"' 



I take it, now moreover too the I I will give thee kind of thing 



sada'hendo°k;" ne't'ho'ge' one"' wa'hane°'hodagwa' ne' 



thou art requesting;" at that (time) now he plucked oli a grain of corn that 



hode'djie°'henda' degeni', de°'se' wa'he"'hen', 'Sgada' is 



he is roasting ears of corn two, and he said, " One (it is) thou 



e^'sek, sgada' ne' ethi'soda'." One"' wa'haiena' de"'se' 



thou wilt one (it is) that our grandmother." N'ow, he took (them) and 



eat it, 



sa'ha'dendia'. Honsa'haio"' tea' nonwe' t'ho'dendio"' wa'he^'hen,' 



again he departed. There again he where the place thence he departed he said, 



arrived 



"Ksoda'ha', hiya' t'ha'deioiei'i' agoniat'hoye"'; one"' ne't'ho' 



"Oh, my grand not it was enough (time) I should (have) told thee; Now there 



mother, 



hesge'sgwa' tea' t'Iiono"'saie"' ne' deiagiade"'hnonda'. One"' 



again 1 have been where there his lodge is that one and 1 are brothers. Now, 



dl' khawi' tea' nigakho'de"' ne' hokhonni' tea' wa'kgwat'hwa'," 



more- I bear it as such it food is that he has prepared where there I have paid a 



over, (where) kind of food visit," 



de"'se' one"' sgada' ne' one"'ha' das'hagao"' wa'he"'hen', 



and now one (grain of) that it-com he gave it to her he said, 



"Niiie', iage"', nis e"'sek, sgada' o' ni'a' e"gek." 



"That (it is), one says, the thou thou wilt eat it, one, too, the I personally I will 



eat it." 



T'ho'ge' ne' goksteii'a' one"' wa'eiena', gondadie' wa'ek, 



At that that she, the Ancient now she took it, at once she ate it, 



(time) One 



wa'a'hen', "I'sek o' nis'a' goiidadie', oga'wi' ne' ne"'." 



she said, "Do thou too, the thou at once, it tastes good that this." 



eat it, personally 



T'ho'ge' ne' O'haii,' ne' o' na' wa'liek, one"' 



At that that Fhnt that, too, the that he ate it. Now 



(time) 



dl' ne' gokstM'a' wa'a'hen', "We'saga'wha'-khe"'?" 



moreover that she, the Ancient One she said, "It tasted good to thee— did it?" 



Ua'hai'hwa'sagwa' wa'he"'hen', "Wa'o'sahesda' tea' oga'wi'," 



He replied he said, " It is exceeding where it has a 



pleasant taste." 



naie' o' naie' wa'a'hen' ne' ho'soda'. One"' wa'a'hen', 



that too that (it is) she said that his gi-andmother. Now she said, 



(it is) 



"E"sgat'hoie"' 'o"'ke"' one"' he' e"'satdoga' e"'s'hadadekhonnie"', 



"Thou wilt teU next in turn time again thou wilt notice it he will prepare food for himself 



one"' tgagonda ne't'ho' he"ge'."' T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' 



time it must be there thither 1 will go." At that (time) that Flint 



wa'he"'h6n', "Ne't'ho' gwa" o" ne"iawe"'ha'." 



he said, "Thus then too so it will come to pass." 



