HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 671 



One"' di' wa'ha'defidia' ne't'ho' nhwa'he' tea' noiiwe' t'hodino"'saie'" 



Now, more- be started there be went where the place their lodge lies 



over 



ne' ho'soda'. Ganio' wa'haio"' one"' ne' ho'soda' wa'a'hen', 



the bis grand- So soon as he entered Now the his grand- she said, 



mother, mother 



"Oi'hwane'hagwat tea' nwa'awe°'ha'. Naie' ne' detciade°'hnondaa 



" It matter (is) marvelous where so it came to pass. That the thy brother 



(it is) 



hodoat'ho'"na' ne' gaio'. Satgat'hwa' nigaia'do'de"' ne' 



he has been to hunt the game. Do thou look such its body is the 



kind of 



haiohadiena'." Tho'ge' ne' T'hae^'hiawa'gf wa'hatgat'hwa' 



he brought it back At that the be looked at it 



killed." (time) 



wa'he°'hcfi', "Naie' hiia' ne' ga'nhe'da' gaiadji'. Nuie' hiia' 



he said, "That verily the porcupine it is called. That verily 



(it is) (it is) 



ne't'ho' noiiwe' he'he'sgwa' ne' O'haa' tea' noiiwe' ne' hiia' 



there the place he has been the Flint where the place the not 



ste°' de'tgonne's ne' gaio'. Ne"' ne' I' agadoat'ho°'na'. Doge"s 



any- there they (z) the game. Here, the I I have been away Truly 



thing go about This, to hunt. 



ni'a' gaio'danagee' tea' nonwe' hege'sgwa'." One"' he' 



The I (it) game (is) where the place there I have Now, again 



person- plentiful been." 



ally 



doiida'haweiinitge°'nha' wa'he^'heri', "One"' di' de°ge'snie'nha' ne' 



thence again he spoke, he said," Now, more- I will dress the 



over 



gaio' tea' niio°' wa'gia'diene°'da'." T'ho'ge' one"' horisa'haiage°'nha' 



game where so it is I felled their bodies." At that Now hence again he went out 



much time 



de°'se' one"' da'ha'sawe"' wa'haie'"seiigwa', wa'has'a'da', 



and now he began it be skinned it severally, he exhausted them 



one"' 'o"'ke"' wa't'ha'wa'ha'hi'da', wa'has'a'da', one"' 'o"'ke"' 



Now next be quartered the meat, he exhausted it, now next 



wa'ha'wa'haniiofide"' agwas deiono"'sada'se'di' ga'wa'haniioiido"'. 



he hung up (the) meat severally just it encircled the lodge it-meat hung severally. 



T'ho'ge' one"' ne' gane'hwa' one"' wa'haio"'da' gano"'sgonwa', 



.\t that now the it-hide(s) now he brought them in it lodge-in, 



wa'hadagwai'sioiigwa'ho"' ne' gane'hwa's'ho°'a', 



he spread them out severally the it-skin-s, 



wa'hanefidakda' ge°s ge"'sa'ge', wa't'hat'hwada'se' tea' nigano"'sa'. 



he attached it cus- side of he encircled it where so it lodge 



tom- lodge on (is) large. 



arily 



T'ho'ge' sgada' ne't'ho' wa'he"'sowe°' tea' nonwe' gotnakdo"' 



At that one there he spread it where the place her mat is 



(time) (it is) 



ne' ho'soda' ne' o' sgada' ne't'ho' wa'haie"'. One"' ne' 



the his grand- the too one there he laid it. Now the 



mother (it is) 



T'hae"'hiawa'gi' wa'he°'hefi', " Ksoda'ha', one"' hiia' wa'gai'hwaiei'khe' 



he said, *' Oh, my grand- Now verily it-matter is fulfilled 



mother, 



oi'hwagwegi' tea' noiiwa'ho'dc"' agei'hwi'sa'i', goiii'hwis'eiini'. 



it-matter whole where kind of thing I have promised, I promised thee. 



