HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 659 



T'hae°'hiawa'gi' da'hai'hwa'siigwa' wa'he°'heii', "I' hiia' ne't'ho' 



he replit'd he said, "I verily thus 



niwagice"' ha'sa' dwaga'sawa'." Daiondadia' wa'a'hen' 



so I have (lone it just now I have begun it." She spoke she said 



ne' ho'soda', "Awado"' di'-khe"' ne' a'sgninonda', 



that his grandmother, "Would it he more- would that thou shouldst share 



possible over, it it with us two, 



aiagiadekhonnia'?" Da'hawennitge°'nha' ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' 



one and I should eat it?" lie spoke that 



wa'he°'hen', "E°wado°'. Hiia' gwa' o'ni' t'hawado"' ne' 



he said, "It will be possible, Not just also it would be possible that 



si' noiiwe' ne' sgada' ne' djiodi'seada' tea' niio"' one"' 



yonder the place that one it is that one it-specie(is) where so it is many now 



agie"' ne' iyeks." T'ho'ge' one"' \va'hane°'hodagwa' tea' 



I have it that one eats At that (time) now he shelled oil a grain of corn where 



customarily." 



hode'djie°'heiida, sgada's'ho"' da's'hagao"', one"' di' ne' na' 



he is roasting corn-ears one it is each he gave it them. now more- that the 



over that 



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



they two ate it. At that (time) now that he said, 



"IIed\vaiage""nha'." One"' di' wa'hadiirige°'nha'. T'ho'ge' 



"Let us go out." Now moreover they went out. At that (time) 



one"' ne't'ho' wa't'hadida'sefi de"'se' ne' T'hae""hiawa'gr ong"' 



now there they severally came to stand and now 



wa'he'"hen', "Nenge'"ha' dwagadiee^'di' agient'hwi' naie' 



he said, "This (it is) I was the first I planted it that (it is) 



ne' oa'wc°'sa' gaiadji'," one"' di wa'hondongo'da' Hiia' 



that it-sunflower it is called," now more-over they passed on. Not 



de'ino"' nhe'honnenon one"' he' wa'he"'hen', "Niiie' nenge"'hii' 



it is far they had gone now again he said, "That (it is) this (it is) 



agient'hwi' naie' ne' tlvwe"'da' niio'eiino'de" gaiadji'." 



I planted it that (it is) that (it is) red so it-rod kind of (is) it is called." 



T'ho'ge' one"' he' wa'hondongo'da'. Hiia' de'ino°' 



At that (time) now again they passed on, Not is is far 



nhe'honnenon one"' sa'he^'heii', "Nenge°'ha' agient'hwi' 



they had gone now again he said, "This (it is) I have planted it 



o'hondadelvha'gwa' gaiadji'," one"' di' wa'haniioiidagwa' ne' 



it strawberry it is called." now moreover he plucked it that 



o'hia' sgadix's'ho"' da's'hagao"'. One"' he' wa'hondongo'da'. 



it-fruit one it is each he gave it to one. Now again they passed on. 



One"' he' hiia' de'ino"' nhe'hoiinenofi one"' wa'he°'hen', 



Now again not (it is) far there they had gone now he said, 



"Neiige"' agieiit'hwi' na'djio'gwa' gtliadji'," one°' t'ho'ge' 



"This (it is) I have planted it red raspberry it is called," now at that time 



wa'haniiondtlgwa' ne' o'hia', sgada's'ho"' da's'hagao"'. One"' 



he plucked it that it-fruit, one it is each he gave it to one. Now 



he' wa'hondongo'da'. One"' he' wa'he^'hen', "Ne"' 



again they pa.ssed on. Now again he said, "This 



o'hnioda' s'ha'hies gaiadji'," one"' di' he' sgada's'ho"' 



it stands (as it-fruit-long it is called," now moreover again one it is each 



a plant) (mulberry) 



wa'haniioiidagwa' de"'se' da's'hagao"'. T'ho'ge' one"' 



he plucked it and he gave it to one. At that (time) now 



wa'he"'heii', "Djidwakda' one"'." Da one"' di' sa'honkda', 



he said, "Let us go back again now." So, now, moreover again they 



went bufk. 



