HEWiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 673 



e'"swada\vet'hak: tea' nige"' ua'de^giadek nenge"'ha' o°'hwendjiade'." 



ye will intervene where so it is as much they two this (.it is) it-earth (is) present." 



far will be apart 



One"' di' ne' T'hae-'hiawa'gi' one"" wa'ha'dendia' ne't'ho' nhwa'he' 



now more- the now he started there he went 



over 



tea' de\va'senno"'s'ho'" nwa'haiea'da' tea' ga'hwe'no'. T'ho'ge' 



where it is middle along thither he steered where it-island floats. At that (time) 



one"' ho'hnondadie' ne' o'hneganos, de"'se' ne' one"' hwa'haio"" 



now it followed him the it water fresh, and the lime there he arrived 



en'-hagwa' nwa'ga'hwe'nadi' one"' wa'he^'heu', "One"' hiia' 



opposili^wards there it-islaod side of now he said, "Now verily 



wa'gciennenda'nha'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'tgonnotga'k ne' o'hneganos 



I have finished its fabrication." At that now they (z.) passed through the it-water fresh 



(time) 



tea' ga'hwe'no', one"' ne't'ho' niwat'hawi' wa'he'"hen' ne' 



where it-island floats, now there it bears itself he said the 



(it is time) 



T'hae^'hiawa'gi', "One"' hiia' vva'diagiadekha' ne' deiagiade"'- 



"Now verily one and I have a bond- the one and I are 



mark between us , 



hnonda'," de°'se' one"' di' sa'ha'dendia'. Niioi'hwagwa'ha' 



brothers," and now moreover again he departed. It-matter (is) short 



one"' honsa'haio"' tea' t'hodasgwa'ha'. 



now there again he where there his bark- 



arrived shelter (is). 



Gaeii' gwa' nwa'ofiishe' one"' ne' O'haa' wa'he"'hen', 



Where seem- so it lasted now the Flint he said, 



iogly 



"Ksoda'ha' one"' hiia' niio"'ha' tcyoiigni'wa'haie"'. One"' 



*'0h, my grand- now verily it is little still one and I have meat Now, 



mother 



dl' oia' e°sgadoat'ha', ha'degaiei' di' oia' a'se' 



more- it oth- again I will go it is enough more- it-oth- new 



over er (is) to hunt, over er (is) (it is) 



e"djiongni'wa'haiendaIc ne' one"' he"watc'a'da' ne' niio"' ne' 



again thou and I will have meat the time it will be exhausted the so it is the 



T'hae"'hiawa'gi' s'hongninonde"'." 



he shared it with 

 us two." 



wa'haiage°'nha', one* wa'hadoat'ha'. 



he weat out, now he went to hunt. 



De'hodawenie'hadie's hiia* de'awet a'hage°* ne* gaio'. 



He went traveling about not it could be he should the game. 



see it 



Wa*onnis*he* en* ge°s is*he' tea' niga'hwe'na' one°* gwa' 



It was a long time else- custom- again where so it-island now seem, 



where arily he goes (is) large ingly 



wa'hage°'. Ganio' gwa' wa'hoge"' gondadie' wa'gonde'gwa' 



he saw it. Sosoonas seem- it saw him, at once they (z.) fled 



ingly 



ge°s. De*haga'ha' ge°s wa'gonde'skok. One"" t^ho'ge' ha'sa' 



Castom- He had his custom- they (z.) plunged Now at that just then 



arily. eyes on it arily into the water. (time) 



wa'hatdoga' oia' o'nf tga'hwe'no' ne't'ho* nhagwa* nhwa'gonne" 



he noticed it it oth- also there it island there -wards thither they 



er (is) floats (z.) went. 



ha'de*haga*ha' one°* hwa'gofia'sogwa'. Ne't*ho* niga*hawi' 



hence he had his time there they landed. There so it bare 



eyes on them it (time) 



