BTwiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 713 



T'ho"ge' o'ne-' ne" De'hae'"hiawa"gi' wa'he""hen', "Sga'da' 



At that time now the did he say, " One it is 



gwa" o"ni' e^gonye'riawa's ne" tea" e"gon"het. Dyen"ha'gwa' 



just also will I-thee aid the wherein will I-it cause If so it be 



to live. 



6'"se'a' 'a"so°' o'ya' e°tce'sen'nya', is' na" e°sgwe'nya'. 



wilt thou still it over wilt again thou-it make, thou the that wilt thou be able 



-it wish to do. 



Ne"t'ho' geft'gwa' e°'sa'gwa' ga'efi' gv/a" nofl'we' tea" 



There, thus, only wilt thou whence just the place where 



choose 



ni'haya"da', na'ye' ha'de°'syes'da' o'ne°' e°sgwe'nya' 



there his body is that it is together wilt thou it mix now wilt thou-it be 



present, able to do 



6°wadon"het." 



will it come to life. 



Ne"t'ho'ge' o'ne"" ne" De'hae"'hiawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', 



At that time now the did he say, 



** Na'ye' di", 'on", e°wa'do°' ne" de^tgyes'da' na'ye' ne" 



"That it is so then, perhaps, will it the will I-it add to that it is the 



6'"ha"hwa'k di" ne" tea" ni'yo't ne" tea" 



will he-it hold so then the where so it is the where 



agadoya"hen'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"" ne" De'hae°'hiawa"gi' 



I-self move successively." Then now the 



da'haa'gwa' ne" hodon'he'^saa' de°"se' wa'hon'dak ne" 



thence he-it took- the his own life and did he-it put-in the 



from 



haya'dagon'wa' ; o"ni' ne" ho'nigon"da"saa^ ne" t'ho* 



his body in; also the his mind the there 



da^haa'gwa' de°"se' wa'hon'dak ne" hono°'wagofi'wa'; 



thence he-it took- and did he-it put-in the his head-in; 



from 



o"ni' ne" hotkwe°'*sa' na" da'haa'gwa' de°"se' 



also the his blood the that thence he-it took and 



ne"t*ho' hwa'hon'dak ne" hayee°'dagon'wa' (hayee°"ge'); 



there there did he-it put in the his flesh-in (his flesh-on); 



o"ni' ne" tea" de'hatga'doii'nyo""s, o"ni ne" tea" 



also the where two he looks about repeatedly, also the where 



hadadya"t'ha' dedjiya'e"' da'haa'gwa' de°"se' ne"t'ho' 



he-it-to speak causes both thence he-it took-from and there 



hwa'hon'dak ne" hono°'a"ge' (?hono°'wagon'wa'); t'ho^ge' 



there did he-it the his head on (his head in); then 



introduce 



o'ne'*' wa'hadonwi'sen'dak ne" haya'dagon'wa', o'ne°' o"ni' 



now did he his own breath put in the his body in, now also 



wa'hadon"het; o'ne°' o"ni' wa'he°"hen', "Desda"nha'." 



did he alive become; now also did he say, "Do thou stand up." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne-' wa't'hada"nha'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" 



Then now did he stand up. Then now the 



De'hae'"hiawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "O'ne"', hi'ya', wa'gai'hwayei'k'he' 



did he say, " Now, of course, it-matter is fulfilled 



ne"t'ho' nwa'gye'a' ne" tea" nonwa'ho"de'" 



the there so did I-it work the there thing kind of 



de'sado'"hwendjion'nik ne" agonye'nawa's. Hot' nonwa'ho"de°' 



dost thou it need the should I-thee aid. What thing kind of 



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