HEwiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 667 



tea' nofiwe' hegonni'den'. Godi'nhodo"' tca't'ho' o^'hwefidjiagonwa' 



where the place there they (z.) abide. They (z.) are sliut up actually it-earth-in 



o'sade'. Naie' ne' dedjiade^'linonda' O'haa' naie' 



it-eivern. That the ye two (he and thou) are Flmt, that 



(it is) brothers (it is) 



wa't'hiaeiennio"'. E°goiuat'hoie°' tea' nonwe' tgonni'den' ne' 



he h!»s juggled thee. I will tell thee where the place there they (z.) the 



abide 



goiidiio'. Tea' nofiwe' t'honadasgwa'ha' ne' sJi'soda'ha' ne't'ho' 



they (z.) are Where the place there their bark shelter is the thy grandmother there 



anmials. 



si' hagwadi' ha'deiodoge°'di' diiononda'hiia' ne't'ho' ha'goiiwa' 



farther side of it it is directly oppo.=!ite, it-mountain stands there inside 



ahead, straight away, 



hode's'hofiionni', ne't'ho' di' gonni'den' t'hodji'heda' tea' nonwe' 



he has made himself a there more- they (z.) abide he has closed it where the place 



cavern, over up 



diiodiio'"da'gwi', onenia' t'ho'ha' tea' nofiwe' o's'hofiwe'. Naie' 



there they entered it-roclv he has where the place it-hollow is. That 



thereby, placed it (it is) 



over it 



di' tea' ne°'siea' naie' enioianefikhe' ne' e^'he'se^'nigo^'hae"' ne' 



more- where so thou wilt that it will become good the thou wilt watch him the 



over do it (it is) 



O'haa'. Naie' ne' oia' eHciio'he-'nha' ne't'ho' nhe°'se'. 'A'gwi' 



Flint. That the it-other it will again be day there thither thou Do not 



(it is) wilt go. (that) 



e°'hatdoga'. Dosge°'ha' nige-' ne't'ho' e°'sada'se'da'. 'A'gwi' 



he will notice, be Close by so it is there thou wilt hide thyself. Do not 



aware ol, it. distant (that) 



e^'hiage-'. T'ho'ge' tca't'ho' one°' he' e-s'ha'wa'hagwa'ha' ne' 



he will see thee. At that actually time again again he will go after meat the 



(time) 



gaio', de°'hesga'ha'k di' tea' ne°'haiea' ne' one"* e'^'hago^hengwa' 



it-game, thou will have thine more- where so he will do it the time he will uncover it 



eyes on him over 



tea' o'sade'. De°sga*ha^k ne' one°' he°'haio°' o'sadagonwa'; 



where it-cavern is. Thou will have fixed the time thither he it-cavern in; 



thine eyes on it will enter 



de°'hesga"ha'k o'ni' one°' de^t'haiage^'lma' de°'se' eVhago'henk 



thou wilt have thine Also time thence ho wiU come and be will again cover 



eyes on him forth it 



tea' oiade' de°'se' e°'hatge'dat ne' gaio' oia'da'. Ganio' one°' 



where it-cave and he will bear it with the it-game its body. So soon as now 



(hole) is the forehead strap 



e'^'sea' one"' hon' hes'hoio"* tea' t'honadasgwa'ha' one"' is 'o"'ke°' 



thou wilt time presum- there he has where there their hark shelter time thou next 

 think ably returned stands 



i5"tcgo'hengwa' tea' nofiwe' o'sade', t'ho'ge' di' one"' he"'sio"^ 



again thou wilt uncover where the place it-cave is, at that more- time there thou 



it (time) over wilt enter 



de"tcheia'ditge"k ne' gondiio'." One"' ne' T'hae"'hiawa'gi' 



thence thou wilt drive their the they (z.) are Now the 



bodies out animals." 



sa'ha'deildia'. 



again he departed. 



Naie' ne' one"' hwa'ga'he'g tea' nonwe' ni'hona'do"' ne' 



That (it is) the time there it arrived where the place there^he had indi- the 



cated 



Hao-'hwendjiawa'kho"" t'ho'ge' one"' ne' De'hae""hiawa'kho°' 



He-holds-eartb-severally at that (time) now the Life God 



