HEWITT] 



ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 



669 



wa'he°'hen', "T ne 



he said, "I the 



tea' 



where 



hiia' 



not 



ne" 



this 

 (it is) 



de'swen'da'deii'i 



ye wild are. 



gwaia'di'sa'i'. 



I formed your hodics. 



Naie' 



That (it is) 



Hiia' hiia' de'oianefi'hwi' 



Not verily it turned out well 



gai'honnia'ha' ne't'ho' 



it matter makes (it causes it) thus 



nwe'swaya'dawe°'ha' 



so it befell your persons 



dV wa'gwai'hwis'a's 



I ordain for you 



wa gagwenia 



it was able to do it 



tea' ne"io'dik 



where 



so it will continue 

 to be 



more- 

 over, 



S°ga'hawi'da' tca^ we'swa'hwadjiadadie' 



it will bear it where 



(its course will be) 



t'hone"' e^io'^'hwendjiadek 



wa'etchi'nhodo^'. One°' 



one has shut you up. Now, 



no' o'hendo"* hagwa' 



the for head 



hence your fpl.) ohwachira will 

 continue to be 



-wards 

 (direction) 



tea' iie°yorinis*he' ne' 



where so it will endure the 



e°swe'"da'den'ik 



here 



it-earth will continue to be present 



ye shall continue 

 to be wild 



di' 



moreover 



agwas di' 'o°'ke°' 



just moreover next in order 



ha'sa' e^^yetchige"'. 



jast then one will see you (pi.). 



swae'"hiage°'sa' e^genk 



your stri\ing it will be 



wa'tgoiidogwa' wa'goiide'gwa' 



they dispersed they fled. 



ge°s e°iee'"hiage'"-dji'hwa' 



customarily one will be thoroughly fatigued 



E''swadadwennivoks de°'se' 



Ye wiU continue to be free 



tea' e°djio'n'hek." 



where ye will keep alive." 



One"' dr 



Now, moreover 



skennondo"', de'"se' 



deer, and 



wa'ga'hesgaeda'nha' 



it-arrow became fixed 



and 



T'ho'ge' 



At that (time) 



wa'ha'agwa' 



he shot 



gaia'di'ge', one" 



in its body, now 



one" 



time 



is 



ye 



one"' 



now 



ne' 



the 



' dr 



more- 

 over 



wa'he^'hen', "Desaa'dat, ne't'ho' wa'se' tea' diiagode'nhoga'hendt 



he said, "Do thou run, there do thou go where 



ne' goksteii'a' aksoda'ha'." One"' hiia' 



the 



she, the Ancient 

 One 



my grandmother." 



Now 



verily 



there her doorway (is) 



wa'dwaa'dat, agwas 



it ran, just 



ne't'ho' tea' 



there where 



tt-a'gaia'diene°'nha' 



its body fell 



ne' goksteii'a', 



the she, the Ancient one. 



ga'nhoga'heiida', asde' 



it-doorway (is), out of doors 



o'gai'i', wa'diaun'honniagae'hji'. 



it is loud, it-earth resounded. 



hagwadi', ne't'ho' 



side of it, there 



Got'honde' 



She heard it 



dondaiede^sda' 



she stood up suddenly 



nwa'a\ve°'ha?" 



kind of thing this so it has come to pass?" 



de°'se' wa'oiitgat'hwa', one"' ne't'ho' 



and she saw it, now there 



skennondo°'-ge°'ha', agwas 



it lay deer it used to be, just 



e°' di' wa'a'hen', 



iw moreover she said. 



ge°daga' 



it has visited our (two) lodge 



wa'hatgat'hwa' de"'se' 



he looked and 



ho'hesga'. Hiia' ste"' 



his arrow (it is) . Not any thing 



de"'se' wa'a'heii', "Hot 



and she said, " What 



One"' asde' wa'dieda'nha' 



Nofv out of doors, she stood 



wa'oiidyeii'ha gwa' ne't'ho' 



she was surprised seemingly there 



ga'liesgaeda' ga's'hwa'ge', 



it-arrow protrudes in its side, 



"O'liaa'j satgat'hwa' niioi'hwane'liagwat 



" FUnt, do thou look so it-matter (is) marvelous 



ne' gilio'." T'ho'ge' ne' O'haa' 



the game." At that (time) the Flint 



sa'haiende'nha' ne' de'hiade'^'hnofida^ 



be ro-knew it (recognized it) the his brother 



de'hawe"', de"'se' one"' dr honsa'haio"* 



he said. 



and 



more- 

 over 



gano°'sgonwa', s'hoiiwa'hnondadie' 



it-lodge-in, she followed 



gwa't'ho' di' ne' 



closely moreover the 



he again reenter- 

 ed it 



ho'sc^da'. 



his grand- 

 mother. 



One"' he' ne' T'hae'"hiawa'gi' 



Now again the 



saMia'agwa' de°'se' djogaaga'k 



again he shot and elk 



