HEwirrl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 675 



wa'he"'hen', "Diiogondo"' o' iiiTi' one"' c"tga'sawe"' e°ge'sennia'. 



he said, "It must needs be too the I now I will begin I will make it. 



person- 

 ally 



E"kg\venia' se' o' ni'a' ne't'ho' nc°giea' tea' niio°' ho'senni' 



I will be able indeed too the I thus so I will do it where so it is be has ma<le 



person- many them 



ally 



ne' T'hae-'hiawa'gi'." Oue"' di' wa'he"'hen', "Naie' 'on' hiae' 



the Now more- he said, "That pre- in the 



over (it is) sum- first 



ably plaee 



e°tgadiee°'(ia' ne' nigondiio'da's'a'." T'ho'ge' one", 



I will first do the just they— are small At that now 



animals." (time) 



wa'ha'sennia' hanawe"'. Wa'haiennenda'nha' one"' di' wa'he°'hefr^ 



he made it butterfly. He fiiiLshe<l its nature now more- he said, 



over 



"One"' wa'gwaia'dis^a\ One°* di' de^swadawennie' tea' 



" Now I completed your bodies. Now more- ye will range about where 



over 



o°'hwendjiade'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'tgoiidide"'. Ha'sa' gwa' 



it-earth is present.*' At that Now they (z.) flew. Just then, seem- 



(time) ingly 



deiodide"' one"' ne't'ho' gondidienondie' ne' djio'ha ne' 



they flew now there they (z.) flew along the pigeons the 



T'hae°'hiawa'gi' haia'disa'i'. T'ho'gc' nc' O'haa' wa'he-'hen', 



he formed their At that the Flint he said, 



bodies. (time) 



"Naie' hiia' t'hoge"' djio'ha haiast'ha' ne' deiagiade°'hnonda' 



"That verily that (it is) pigeon he calls them the one and I are brothers 



(it is) 



naie' di' o' ni'a' e'^ge'seiinia' ne't'ho' ne°gaia'do'de"l>:." 



that more- too the I I will make it thus so its body kind of will be." 



it is over person- 



ally 



One"' di' wa'ha'sawe"' wa'haia'doiinia'. Ne' one"" 



Now more- he began it he made (their) bodies. The time 



over 



wa'haiennenda'nha' one"' wa'he°'hefi', "One"' wa'gwaia'dis'a'. 



he completed their natures time he said, "Now I have made your bodies. 



One"' di' de°'swadawennie' tea' o"'hwendjiade'." 



Now more- ye will range about] where it-earth is present." 



over 



Wa'haiennenda'nha' one"' wa'hatdoga' tea' aiefia' ogo^'nhoda' 



He completed their nature time he noticed it where it would it is furry, cov- 



seem ered with fur, 



de°'se' degano'djioda', t'ho'ge' one"' wa'tgondide"'. 



and it is fixed with teeth, at that now they flew. 



(time) 



One"' he' oia' wa'he°'hen' ne' O'haa', "Naie' 'on' hiae' 



Now again it-other he said the FUnt, "That (it is) pre- in the 



sum- first 

 ably place 



e°ge'sennia' ne' de°io'hat'he'da'g\vik tea' niio't ne' T'hae°'hiawa'gi' 



I will make it the it will cause it to be light where so it is the 



thereby 



hono-'sakda' o'hnioda' ne' oa'we-'sa' haiast'ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' 



his lodge beside it grows the sunflower he calls it." At that (time) now 



wa'ha'sennia'. Agwas hono°'sakda' ne't'ho' noiiwe' wa'he"'hen', 



he made it. Just his lodge beside there the place he said, 



"T'hone"' e°io'hniodak wa'gient'hwa' naie' de°io'hat'he'da'gwik 



"Uere it will I planted it that (it is) it will cause it to be light by it 



