HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 700 



nhonsa"he'. Na'ye' ne" o'ne"' honsa'h;Tyo°' tea" non'we' 



thither he went. That it is the now there he returned where the place 



t'he-'den' ne" De'hae""hiawa"gi' o'ne°' wa'he'"'h6n', 



there he abode the now did he say, 



"Wa'gya'daye"hwa' heyotgonda"gwi' ne" gondi'yo' ne" 



" Did I-its body miss thither it goes without re- the they (2oit) game the 



course animals are 



gya'dis"a'i'. Hiya" ste°" de'g'ge"' ne" gya'di'saki'ha'dye'. 



did I-its body finish. Not anything any I-it see the I-(its) body, to seek, am 



going along. 



Na'ye' gen'gwa* wa'g'ge"' ne'' de*hniya"dage* ne" de'hnon'gwe', 



That it is only did I it see the two they two bodies the two they two hu- 



are man beings are 



— s'haya"dada' hadji'na' de°"se' djyeya"dada' e"he"'. 



—one he-body (is) he male (is) and one she body (is) she female 



(is). 



Wa'tkheya'hen'do"' ga'en' non'we' nit'hne'non'?" Wa'hni"hen', 



Didl-themask whence the place there they two came?" Did they two sjiy, 



"S'hongniya'di'sa"i' na'ye' t'ho'ne"' s'hongyatga"\v-i'." Wa'ge'a' 



"He-our two bodies finished that it is here this he-us two left." Did I think 



di" I", 'o°"ge°', o"ni' age'sefi'ni' ne"t'ho' nayo"dik tea" 



SO I, in turn, also did I-it make the there so should it be where 



then 



ni'yo't ne" tea" de'hnon"he' ne" wa'gatgaf'hwa'. Hiya" hi'ya' 



so it is the where two they two live the did I-it see. Not in fact. 



'on", ste"" de'sa'nigon'he"de°' ne" age'sen'nya'?" T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



per- any- any thy mind be moved the should I-it make?" Then now 



haps, thing 



ne" De'hae°'hiawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "Se'seii'nya' di", ganyo" 



the did he say, " Do thou it make then, as soon as 



de°tchadeyennon'nya' o°"ge°', de°"se' de^tchye'it tea" 



thence wilt thou exert thy in turn, and shalt thou it cause where 



utmost ability to fit 



niyeya'do"de°' ne" oii'gwe', Dyen"ha'gwa' de°tchye'it o'ne"' 



so one's body's shape the human being, If it so be shalt thou it now 



cause to fit 



hi'ya' e^wa'do"' e°yonnagat' ne" on'gwe' tea" non'we' 



in fact will it be possible will they inhabit the human beings where the place 



di'sat'h\ve"no'. 



there thy own island 

 floats. 



Na'ye' di" ne" dyen"ha'gwa' e^yonnagat' ne"t'ho' di" tea" 



That it is then the if it so be will they the there so where 



inhabit then 



dewa'sen'no°'-s'hon" e°'hadongo'da"gwak ne" S'hedwa"djiya' ne" 



two it between-along will he pass habitually the Uc, our Elder the 



Brother 



E-dek'ha' Gaa"gwa'." 



Daylight-be- It " Light Orb." 

 longing to 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" O'ha'a' o'ne°' wa'ho'nigon'hiyo"khe'. 



At that time now the now did it-his mind satisfy, 



de°"se' o'ne"' di" wa'he-'heii', "T'ho'ne"' di" ne°yawe'"'ha'. 



and now then did he say, *" Ufre this so so will it come to pass. 



then 



E°yo'he°"nha' ne"t'ho' hria"se'. A'sekdo-"hna' de°"se' 



To-morrow the there thither thou Shouldst thou-it and 



sliouldst go. to view, go 



Ssgye'nawa's, na'ye' ne" oiisedniya'di'sak, ga'en' gwa" 



should thou-we aid, that it is the should again we two- where just 



their bodies seek, 



