HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 663 



ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' da'hai'hwa'siigwa' wa'he^'hen', "Nfiie' 



the ho replied he said, "That 



(it is) 



hiia' nenge"' o°'hwendjiade' on'ho' de"'se' e^ge^'heia', ne't'ho, 



verily this (it is) it-earth (is) present it is alive aud it will die, there 



di' dewage'kwe"' ne' o'he'da', nfiie' age'sefmia'di' tea' niio°' 



more- I took it up the it-earth that (it is) I used it to niake it as so it is 



over (ground) much 



agient'hwi' de°"se' gia'di'saT, naie' di' gai'honnia'ha' gonnon'he' 



I have planted and I niade their (hat more- it makes the matter thev (zoie) are 



bodies, (it is) over ahvc 



de°'se' e°goimi'heia', o'he'da' di' e^swadp"'. Ne't'ho' dl' o' 



and they (toic) will die, it-earth more- again it will These more- too 



(ground) over become, over 



nfi' niio't ne' gondiio', naie', o' na' o'he'da' dewage'kwe"', 



the so it is the they (zoic) that (it is) too the it-carth I have taken it up, 



that animals are, that 



naie' age'sennia'di', naie' di' gai'honnia'ha' gagwegi' gonnon'henio"' 



that (it I used it to make it that (it more- it makes the it-all (whole) they (zoic) are 



is) is) over mat Icr severally alive 



de""se' e^gonni'heia', o'he'da' e-swado"'." T'ho'ge' 



and they (zoic) will die, it-earth again it will become." At that (time) 



one"' ne' O'haii' wa'ho'nigo°'haienda'nha', wa'he"'hen', "Ne't'ho' 



now the Flint he understood it, he said, "Thus, 



gwa' o' niio°' agia'dine'," One"' ne' T'hae^'hiawa'gi' 



seem- too, so it is much it brings my body." Now the 



ingly, 



wa'he°'hen', "!' 'o-'ke"' e°gonia'heiido°' hot nonwa'ho'de"' di' 



be said, "I next in order I will ask thee what kind of thing more- 



over 



nis aesaio'?" T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' wa'he°'heii', "Naie' ne' ni' 



the it should kill At that the Fhnt he said, "That (it is) the the 



thou thee?" (time) I 



ao'"hwa'a' kdagwas ne' o'haa' oneiiia' de°'se' ne' ona'ga'. 



it-alone (is) I fear it the flint it-rock and the it-horn. 



Naie' se' ne' e°gagwenia' e°wageio' neiige"' degeni' 



That (it indeed the it will be able it will kill me this (it is) two (it is) 



is) to do it 



wa'goniat'hoye"'." One"' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' wa'he°'hen', 



I have told thee." Now the he said, 



"Ne't'ho' gengwa' ne' ni' niio"' agei'hwaie"' ne' wa'gea' 



"Thus only the the I so it is I have matter I the I desired it 



much 



agoni'hwanendo"'." One°' ne' O'haa' sa'ha'deiidia'. 



I should ask thee." Now the Flint again he deported. 



Ganio' honsa'haio"" tea' nonwe' det'hnino'^'saie'" one"' 



So soon as there again he arrived where the place there their two lodge now 



stands 



wa'he^'hen', "Ksoda'ha', one"' ne't'ho' n\va'awe°'ha' tea' 



he said. " Oh my grandfather, now thus so it came to pass where 



ni\vak'nigo°'he'de°^ One"' e^kdoge^s tea' uonwa'ho'de'" 



so my mind (is) kind of, form of. Now it has come to mo where kind of thing 



ha'sennia't'ha' ne' hoient'hwa'ho"" de'^'se' ne' gondiio'; naie', 



he used it to make it the he planted it severally and the they (z) are that (it 



animals; is), 



iage°', o'he'da' ha'sennia't'ha'." T'ho'ge' ne' ho'soda' wa'a'hen', 



one says, it-earth he uses it to make it." .\t that the his grand- she said. 



(time) mother 



"Hot nonwa'ho'de"' wa'seii' tea' nonwa'ho'de"' wa'hiat'hoie"' 



"Wliat kind of thing thou didst where kind of thing he told thee 



think 



