HEOTTTl ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 727 



Dyefi"ha'gwa' o'ne"' t'ha'tgofidiye'a'. Gagwe'gi' o'son'da' 



Suddenly now just they (zoic) got quiet. It-entire ( = all) it-black were 



n\va'a\ve°"ha'. 



so did it come to pass. 



T'ho'ge' ne" De'hae'"hij-awa"gi' \va'he'"'hen', "Wa'khenda'efi' 



Then the did he say, "Have I-'a field' set 



there (=a fuU eoimt) 



hi'ya'. O'lie"' di" ksoda'ha" \va'gonwennongo"da'. O'ne"' 



as you know. Now so then my grandmother did I-thy 'word' test through. Now 



hi'ya' gai'hwis' na'ye' tchi'-sae"'hiage°"di' ne" ste°" gwa" 



in fact it is a long time that, it is thee-it kept causing, anxiety the anything just 



ua'sye'a' ne" dasge'nyo"saa' tea" ni'yofi' ageyennefida"i'. 



so thou it the thence thou-my hands, where so many I-them have completed, 



mighlst do;to wouldst strip from they are 



O'ne"' di" wa'sya'denda"nha' oi'hwagwe'gi'. Na'ye' o'ne"' 



Now then thy person is removed from it-matter entire. That it is now 



wa'ei'h\vagw'enniyo"khe' (\va'ei'hwagwe'niyo"khe') ne" 'a"se' 



hence they-the matter have gained the it new is 



control of it 



godon'he'di' ne" t'ho'ne"' o°'hwendjiya'de'. Na'ye' di" tea" 



they have come the here this it-earth extant is. That it is then where 



to life 



ne°yawe'"'ha' ne" o'hen'do"' hagwa," tea" wa'e'hwadjiada'dye' 



so will it come to the it ahead (is) towards where thither their ohwachira con- 



pass ( = the futiure) Imueson 



ne" on'gwe' nwa'eya'do"de°'. Dyen"ha'gvva' hweii'do"' gwa" 



the human being so their body kind of (is). It it may be whenever just 



is' e^yesat'ho'ya' na'ye' di" tea" ne°'sa'senno"de°k ne" 



thee will over tell of that, it is so then where so will thy name be that 



e''yondo°"hek, 'Eya'dage'"'dji'.' Na'ye' hi'ya', diyoi"hwa' ne"t'ho' 



will one keep saying, "She The Ancient That, it is, of a it is the reason the there 



Bodied." truth, (thus) 



ne''yawe°"ha' tea" o'ne°' gagwe'gi' wa'di'sa'nyo"saa', na'ye' 



so will it come to pass where now it entire ( = all) did it-thy hands strip of that, it is 



ne" ha"sa' 'a"se' gagwe'gi' odonnyas"i' tea" ©""hwendjiya'de', 



the just now it new (is) it-entire it has grown where it earth extant (is), 



o"m' tea" ni'yon' odoii'ni', o"ni' ne" gondi'yo', o"ni' ne" 



also where so many they have grown, also the they (zo.) game also the 



they are animals are, 



on'gwe' nwa'eya'do"de'". O'ne"' di" ms"a' ne"t'ho' 



human such their bodies are shaped. Now then thou the there 



beings ("""s) 



ne°yawe°"ha' ne" at'hoya"sa' e°wa'do°', na'ye' e°yont'hoya"t'hak 



so will it come to the it-a tate will it become, that, it is will they-it to tell stories, 



pass tise 



ne" t'hS'ne"' o°'hwendjiya'de' e^yenage'ek ne" oii'gwe' 



the here this it-earth extant (is) will they keep the human 



dwelling bemgs 



nwa'eya"do"dP'." 



such their bodies are shaped." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'he-"he!i' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi', "O'ne"' 



Then now did he say the "Now 



di" is' ne" 'a"se' diyodyee°"di' gonya'di'sa"i', na'ye' ne" 



then thou the it new (is) it the flrst is I-thy body finished, that, it is the 



'r'so-' odonni'a" ne" tea" son"he', na'ye' ne" di" nis' tea'' 



still it-infant (is) the where thv life, that it is, the then the where 



thou 



ne°'sa'seflno"de°k, na'ye' ne" e°yondo°"hek, "Odendonni"a'." 



so will thy name be that, it is the will they keep saying, "It— The SapUng." 



