HzwiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 705 



ayen'a' gwa" t'lii'hada"ne's ne" tea" de'hodawen'nye'. Na'ye' 



one may just there just he stands the where ho strolls about. That it is 



think (and) goes 



di" on", e^yoyanen'khe' ne" 'a"so°' sga'da' o'ya' e''sge'sen'nya' 



then, per- will it-good become the still one-it it other will again I-it 



haps, (other) stands 



ne" on'gwe', na'ye' di" de''yogo""dak." 



the human being, that it is so will they two be mated 



then compiementarilj', " 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'ha"sen'nya'. Na'ye' o" na'ye' ne" 



At that time now did he it make. That it is too that it is the 



o'he"da' na'ye' hi'ya' wa'ha'sennya'Ma' ne" oyee'"'da'. Na'ye' 



it-earth that it is of course did be it to make use the it-flesh. That it is 



ne" o'ne°' \va'hayennenda"nha' o'ne"' wa'he°"hen', "Na'ye' 



the now did he it finish now did he say, "That it is, 



'on", e"yoyanen'k'he' na'ye' ne" s'ha'de'^gye'a'. Na'ye' o" 



perhaps, will it good become that it is the ahke will I-them That it is too 



two, do to. 



na'ye"'ne"t'ho' ne°yo"dik tea" ne" Ni" ni'yo't agadoya"henk 



that it is the there so will it wherein the I so it is I am in action 



continue to be 



(?agadoya"hen'). T'ho"ge' o'ne"' da'haa'gwa' ne" 



(I have made motions). There at, then now thence he-it the 



took from 



hodon'he"saa' de°"se' ne"t'ho' wa'hon'dak ne" eya'dagon'wa' 



his own life and the there did he-it put in the her body in 



ne" ha"sa' ho'sen'ni', o"m' ne" ho'nigon'da"saa' na'ye' 



the not long before he-it has made, also the his mind that it is 



o"ni' da'haii'gwa' na'ye' wa'hon'dak ne" gono^'wagon'wa' 



also thence he-it that (it is) did he-it put in the her (on(/irop,) head in 



took from 



ne" ha"sa' s'hagoya'don'ni', o"ni' ne" hotkwc°"sa' na'ye' 



the not long he-her body has made, also the his blood that it is 



before 



o" da'haa'gwa' de°"se' ne"t'ho' wa'hon'dak ne" eyee°'dagon'wfi' 



too thence he-it and the there did he it put in the her body in 



took from 



ne" ha"sa' s'hagoya'don'ni'. T'ho"ge' ne" tea" 



the not long before he-her body has made. Then, at that time the where 



de'hotga'donnyo'"'hwi' de'"'se' ne" tea" hadadya"t'ha' na'ye' 



he was looking about and the where his power of speech, that it is 



dedji^^a'e"' da'haa'gwa' de°"se' ne^t^ho' wa'hon'dak 



they two thence he-them and the there did he-it put in 



( = both) took from 



gono°Vagon'wa' ne" tea" gono°Vaen'da'. T'ho'^ge* o'ne"' 



her head in the where her head is attached. Then now 



wa'hadonwi'sen'dak eya'dagon'wa'. O'ne^' di" hi'ya' 



did he his breath insert her body in. Now so then of course 



wa'ondon"het. Wa'he°"hen' ne" De'hae°'hiawa"gi', "Hatc'kwi'! 



did she alive become. Did be say the "Behold! 



desda"nha* ne" tea" o'**hwendjiya'de\" Ganyo" wa'diyeda"nha' 



do thou stand up the where it-earth extant is." As soon as did she stand up 



o'ne"' wa'he°"hen', "I" wa'gonya'dis"a'. I" o"ni' 



now did he say, "I did I-thy body complete. I also 



ageyennenda"i' tea" ni'yo"' ga"hwa' ne" tea" o°'hwendjiya'de' 



I-its organism where so many it it-it the where it-earth extant is 



completed numbers contains 



ne" tcfi" noii'we' wa'tcda"nha' ne" 'o°"ge'". O'ne"' di" 



the where the place dost thou stand the to-day. Now so 



