BEOTTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 701 



ne" O'ha'a' de'hoya'dowe'da"henk ne" hen'gwe' ne" 'a"sc' 



the he-him kept studying the he human being the it new (is) 



hodon'he'di'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wahe'"'hen', "Hot' nonwa'ho"de"' 



he came to life. At that time now did he say, "What thing kind of 



nisaye'e"* ne" tea" (wa')se'sen'nya' nenge^'*ha' heii'gwe'; swa'Mjik' 



so thou-it the where did thou-it make this it is he human too much (for) 



worked being (is), 



de°'gi"he'" ayen'a' hon'hi'yo' de°"se' ayefi'a' hoya'da'hni'i' hi'ya'?" 



plainly one would his life fine (is) and one would his body strong (is) as you 



suppose suppose know?" 



T'ho"ge'ne"De'hae°'hiawa"gi' da'haweiinitge""nha' wa'he""hen', 



At that time the thence his voice came forth did he say, 



"Odonni"a' ne" tea" o°'hwendjiya'de' de""se' ododi'ha'dyc' 



"It infantile is the where it-earth extant (is) and it growing keeps on 



de''"se' o's'hasde°'sa'ye'" na'ye' ne" wadennoda"gwa'. Ne"t'ho' 



and it power possesses that it is the it orenda puts forth by. The there 



di" ni'yo't tea" ni'yon' odon'ni' odonni"a' de°"se' onnadodi'ha'dye' 



so so it is where so many it itself has it infantile (is) and they growing keep on 



then it numbers made 



( = grown) 



de^'se' odi's'hasde'"sa'ye°' na'ye' ne" gondefmoda"gwa' o"ni'. 



and they power possess that it is the they orenda put forth by also. 



Ne"t'ho' o" ni'yo't na" ne" goiidi'yo', odonni"a' de""'se' gonnon"he' 



The there too so it is the the they are game it (=they) and they alive are 



that animals infantile are 



onnadodi'ha'dye' de°"se' odi's'hasde-'sa'ye"' na'ye' ne" 



they (anim.) growing keep and they (zoic) power have that it is the 



gondennoda"gwa'. 



they ianim.) own orenda 

 put forth by. 



Ne"t'ho' di" ni'yo't ne" diyodyee°"di' ne" on'gwe' ne" 



The there so then so it is the there it first was the human being the 



t'ho'ne"' o°'hwendjiya'de' deyagoda"i' ne" tea" agon"he'. 



here this it-earth extant (is) one stops (on the way) the where one alive is. 



Ne"t'ho' ni'yo't agodonni"a' de°"se' agododi'ha'dye' de°"se' 



The there so it is one infantile (is) and one growing keeps and 



go's'hasde°'sa'ye° na'ye' ne" yondennoda"gwa'." 



one power possesses that it is the one orenda put forths by." 



T'ho"ge' ne" O'ha'a' wa"he°"hen', "0'ne°' gwa" o"ni' 



At that time the did he say, " Now just also 



oi'hwagwe'gi' e''g'nigon'hayenda"nha'." T'ho"ge' o'ne" di" 



it-matter entire (is) did I mind acquire (=understand)." At that time now then 



he" da'hawennitge°"nha"nha' wa'he°"hen', "O'ne"' di" hi'ya' 



again, thence his word came forth did he say, " Nfow then of course 



once 

 more, 



'on" heMjiyagya'den'dya' ne" ct'hi'so'da'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



perhaps hence will one-1 start the she our grandmother is." .\t that time now 



( = return home) 



hi'ya' sa'hiya'den'dya'. 



of course again they two departed. 



Na'ye' di" ne" o'ne"' honsa'hni'yo"' ne" ganyadak'da' o'ne"' 



That it is then the now there again they two the it-lake beside now 



arrived 



ne" na" hiya" gat'ka' de'swa'sgo"hwi'. O'ne"' ne" goksten"a' 



the the that not an>-where any yet it-bridge floats." Now the she the elder oni! 



wa'a"hen', "Hot' noiiwa'ho"de"' neMjidniye'a' ne" 



did she say, " What thing kind of will again we two do the 



