HEwiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION G99 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa,'hadiyage""iiha'. Ne"t'ho' dosge'"'ha' 



Then now did they go out (of doors). The there near very 



wa'hadl'ge"' o'hondo'da' na'ye' ne" oda'hyon'ni' owanoiiwc.""d:i' 



did they-it see it-bush stands that the it-fruit self it-sugar (sap substance) 



has made 



ostwi"ha', diyos'hesdodon'nyo"' ni'yo't. O'ne"^' ne" 



it little (is), just it drops of sweetness so it is. Now the 



bears (all over) 



De'hae°'hiaw'a'gi' wa'he'"'hcn', "Neiige°"ha' ga"he' swa'hyofi'na' 



did he say, "This it is it-tree again it-fruit hirgi'^ 



stands (is) (apple) 



gaya'dji^ Sgada^s'ho"' eMwaniyoiida'gwa' na'ye' o'ne"' 



it is called. One apiece will we it pluck that it is now 



e°dwa"hyak." 



wUl we fruit eat." 



O'ne"' hi'ya' wa'hadiniyoada'gwa' de^^se' o'ne"' wa'hon'- 



Now in fact did they (them) pluck and now did they fruit cat. 



hyak (?\va'hon"hyak). O'ne"' ne" 



Now the she elder one did she say, 



"A'sat'hofi'dat— khe°" 'a"so°' onsagniyonda'gwa' na'ye' ne" 



'* Wouldst thou it listen— still more should again I-one pluck that it is tlio 



wouldst thou 



honsayagni"hwa'?" T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae"'hiawa"gi' wa'he'"'hefi', 



hence again we two it At that time the did he say, 



take back?" 



''Hiya" hi'ya' de'oi'hwa"ge' tea" ne"t'ho' nayawe°"ha' tea" 



"Not in fact any it-matter where the here so it should h.appen where 



(rule) (is) 



nige"" a'o°'hwa' e°wa'se°"nha', t'ho"ge' o'ne°' hiya" ste°" 



SO it d US- it itself will it drop off, at that time now not anything 



tant is 



de 'odye'e°* ne" de^'se'gwa'. Ne' 't^ho' o' ' na' ' ni'yo't ne' ' 



any it is done the wilt thou it The there too the so it is the 



take up. that 



gondi'yo', . ne"t'ho' ni'ge°' o'ne°' ha"sa' de°gondi"gwa\" 



they (zoic.) the there so it far is now then but shall they it take up." 



game animals (are), not before 



T*ho"ge' ne' ' goksten'^a' donsayontgiT'hade'ni \ na'ye ' ne" 



Then the she elder one thence again she herself that it is the 



Inert Earth turned around, 



honsaye'yo° ' de°' 'se ' odjisdak'da ' wa'dyo 'nyoga"gwa ' ne' * 



hence again she and it-fire beside did she (a) handful the 



entered indoors take up 



o'ge""ha', o^'nyogae°'ha'\vi' dondayeyage""nha' de°"se' ne"t'ho' 



it-ashes, she (the) handful went thence she came forth and the there 



bearing 



wa'dyeda"nha' ne" tea" ga"he' akda"a' t'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" 



did she take her stand the where il-treo nearby then now the 



stands 



o'ge"'*ha' ne"t*ho' wa'ago'di' ne" tea" odahyon'ni^, agwas' 



it ashes the there did she (them) the where it-its fruit has made, very 



CitSt 



gwa'^ da\va'3onde°"nha' gwa" diiga'he°"nha', gwa" t'hige"'* 



just thence did it-blackness fell just thence it full was, just there it is 



(is plain) 



a'nen', "Agwas' sano°s'de'. 



did it-ashes soil it, then now did she say, "Very much thou it prizes! . 



Na'ye ^ — khe°* gen'gwa' e°yago'nigoniii'yo'khe' ne" t*ho'n^"* 



That it is— is it is just will it -their mind(s)comfurt the here this 



