HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 687 



sonde'"'nha' t'ho"ge' o'ne"" e'"sadou\\'is"hen' tea" ne°yoiinis"he' 



it -night faU at that time now shalt thou rest thy-self where so will it last 



de''3'o'gas'dik; ne"t'ho' o" na'ye' ne''yawe°"ha' ne" gondi'yo' 



will it dark be kept; there (thiis) too that it is so will it come to pass, the they game are 



na'ye' ne" e''gondon\vis'hen"hak. 



that it is the will they themselves rest successively. 



O'ne"' \va'geyermenda"nha' ne" he°yoi'hwada'dye', ne"t'ho' 



Now have I-it finished the hence will it-matter continue on. there thus 



ne°yo"dik tea" ne"yonnis"he' e°yo°'h\vendjiyon'dye'." 



so will it continue to be whore so will it endure Oast), will it-earth keep going on." 



T'ho"ge' ne" O'ha'a' de°"se' ne" ho'so'da' o'lie"' hi'ya' 



At that time the Winter God and tlie his grandmother now verily 



wa'hyatdo'ga' tea" nwa'awe'"'ha' ne" tea" wa'dyo'hat'he""ha'. 



did they two become where so did it come to pass where did it become light, 



aware 



O'ne"' hi'ya' o"ni' wa'hni'ge"' dawadawe°"hat, o"ni' ne" 



Xow verily also did they two it see thence did it come over (did rise), also the 



wa'tga'hat'he"da' tea" o°'hweiidjiya'de'. T'ho"ge' ne" O'ha'a' 



did it-it to be light canoe where it-earth extant is. At that time the Winter God 



\va'he°"hen', ''O'ne"' ogonda'dye' ne^t'ho' he^'ge' tea" nofi'we' 



did he say, "Now straightway fortliwith thither, there, hence I will go where the place 



t'hono'"sa'ye'" ne" De'hae°'hia\va"gi"' de°"se' ne" o'ne"' 



there his lodge the and the now 



ne"t'ho' he'hoyo'"s"i' hawen", "Is' o'"'ge-" ne"t'ho' he-'tc'he'. 



there these he arrived he said "Thou in thy turn there there wilt thou 



again go. 



O'ne"' di" hwa'ga'he'g' swa"djik 6ii", o'ne"' oi'hwane'ha'gwat 



Now then, here did it arrive too much it seems. Now it matter of wonder (is) 



so then, (it is time) (because) 



tea" nwa'awe°"ha'. Oi'hwase" we'dyatgaf'hwa'. vSte"" gwa" 



Where so did it happen. It matter new (is) did wo two, thou-I, see. Something just 



nomva'ho"de°' ni'hadye"ha' ne" deyagyade°'hnon'da'. O'ne"' 



kind of thing so he is doing they two we, he-I, are brothers. Now 



di" I"a' wa'gekdo'"'hna'." O'ne"' wa'ha'den'dya'. 



sothen I thither I-it, to view go. " Now did he start. 



O'ne"' di" ne"t'ho' hwa'ha'yo"' ganyadak'da' de""se' 



Now so then there there did he arrive it-lake beside and 



wa'hatgat/'hwa' o'ne°' ostwi'iia' gwa" hedjiyo'ge^'t tea" nige°'* 



did he look now it small very (is) just thither still it where soitdistant 



visible (is) (is) 



tga'hwe"no'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' di" wa'he""hen' ne" O'hil'a', 



there it-island floats. At that time now sothen did he say the Winter God 



E"gat'hofiyon'nya hi'ya' 'on", o'ne"' ha"aa' e°wa'do°, de"giya'- 



" Will I it-canoeforsaltmake verily perhaps, now not before willitbepossible will I it 



'hya'k." O'ne"' wa't'hatga'doii'nyo°k. Ne"t'ho' gwa" ga"he' 



stream cross." Now did he his-eyes cast about. There just it-tree stands 



ne" ganadjie"gwa'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'hane"ha' de'"'se' 



the it-bu-ch. At that time now did he hark peel off and 



wa'hat'hofiyon'nya'. Ganyo" wa'hayennenda"nha' o'ne"' hi'ya' 



did he self canoe make for. As soon as did he it complete now in fact 



wa'hadi'dak de'"'se' wa't'haya"hya'k. 



did he self embark and did he stream cross. 



Ne" o'ne°' wa'ha'honwa'di"nha' o'ne"' hi'ya' wa'hadida"gwa'. 



The now did his canoe arrive at the now in fact did he self take out. 



landing place 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' hi'ya' wa'ho'ge"' ne" hefi'gwe', hiya" 



At that time now in fact did he-him see the he human being (is), not 



