HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 685 



wa'ha'sen'nya', na'ye' iie" wa'hoya'dofi'nya' ne" oii'gwe'; 



he — it made that ttiitig the he — his— body made the human being; 



o'he"da' wa't'ha"o;\va' de°"se' wa'he-"'heia', "Nenge""ha' 



it— ground he— it took up and he — it said, "This it is 



(soil) 



wa'tge"gwa' ne" o'he"da' na'ye' ne" on"he'-on'weS ne"t'ho' 



I— it up — take the it— ground that the it is living— really, thus (thenO 



(soil) (thing) 



o"ai' ni'yo't ne" o°'hwendjiya'de' t'ho'ne"', na'ye' ne" na'ye' 



also so it is the it — earth stands forth this here, that thing the that thing 



hi'ya' e°yon"hek ne" oytf'da, ne" na'ye' nonwa'ho"de°' 



of course shall it continu- the its body the that thing kind of thing 



ing alive 



e°ge'sennya"da'." 



will I— it make with." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'ha'sen'nya' ne" oyee°"da' ne" oii'gwe'. 



At that time now did he it make the it flesh the human being. 



Ganyo" wa'hayennenda"nha" o'ne"' wa't'haya'dowe'da"hen' 



As soon as did he-it finish now did he-it take counsul over it 



de'"'se' o'ne°' wa'he°"hen', "Na'ye' hi'ya' 'on" e°yoyanen'k'he' 



and now did he-it say. "That (it Ls) of course perhaps will it result in good 



na'ye' ne"t'ho" ne''yo"dik tea" e"'hadon"het tea" ne" ni"a' ni'yo't 



that (it is) thus (there) so it will be wherein will he become alive wherein the ^so it is' 



tea" gon"he'." 0'ne°' ne't'ho"-ge' o'ne"' na'ye' da'haii'gwa' 



wherein I live, am living." Now there (time) at that now that (it is) thence he-it too"K 



ne" hodon'he"sa' de°"se' ne"t'ho' haya'dagon'wa' ne" hen'gwe' 



the his own life and there (it is) his body in the he human 



being (is) 



wa'hon'dak, na'ye' di" o"m' ne" ho'nigo"'da"sa' na'ye' o"ni' 



did he-it insert that then also the his thinking mind that (it is) also 



(so then) 



da'haa'gwa' de°"se' ne"t'ho' hono°'wagon'wa' wa'hon'dak, 



thence he-it took and therein his head in did he-it put in, 



na'ye' di" o"ni' ne" hotkwe°"sa' na'ye' da'haa'gwa' de°"se' 



that (it is) then also the his blood that it is thence did he-it take and 



(so then) 



ne"t'ho' hayee°'dagon'wa' wa'hon'dak, na'ye' di" o"ni' tea" 



therein his flesh in did he-it introduce, that it is so, so also wherein 



then, then, 



ni'yo't tea" de'hatga'don'nyo°'k na'ye' da'haa'gwa' de°"se' 



so it is wherein two his eyes turns in succession that it is thence he-it took and 



(his sight) 



ne"t'ho' hono'"wa"ge' wa'hon'dak, na'ye' di" o"ni' tea" 



there he head-on (in) did he-it install, that it is then also the 



whereby 



hadadya"t'ha' na'ye' da'haa'gwa' de'"'se' na'ye' ne"t'ho' 



he self to talk causes that it is then he-it took and that it is therein 



ha'sagon'wa' ne" hen'gwe' wa'hon'dak. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' o" 



his mouth-in the he human did he-it install. At that time now too 



being (is) 



na'ye' ne" wa'hadonwi'seii'dak ne" haya'dagoii'wa' ne" hen'gwe'. 



that it is the did he-his breath install the his body in the he human 



being (is). 



O'ne"' ha"sa' wa'hadon"het ne" hen'gwe', ne" oyee'"'da'. 



Now just then did he come to life the he human being the it-flesh 



(not before) (is), 



de°"se' da'hatge'"'ha' o"ni', de°"se' wa't'hada"nha' ne" tea" 



and thence he arose also, and did he stand the the where 



©"'hewendjiya'de'. 



it-earth extant is. 



