HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 741 



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



Then now tbe did he say, "Now 



hi'ya' wa'seyennenda"nha' ne" tea" nisa'iiigon'he"de°' ne" 



in fact didst thou-it complete the where such thy-mind is formed the 



tea" ne°sanakdo"de"k ne" tea" o"'hwendjiy5'de'. Da, ne"t'ho'." 



where so will thy position be the where it-earth estant. So, the there." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"', donsa'hiyadekha"sya'. 



Then now hence again did they two 



separate. 



0'ne°' ne" De'hae""hiyavva"gi' sa'ha'den'dya'. Ne" o'ne"' 



Now the again he started home. The now 



hon'sa'ha'yo"' ne" tea" t'hodadasgwa'iiaa' o'ne°' wa'he°"hen', 



there again he arrived the where there he has an upbuilt roof now did he say, 



na'ye' wa'honwat"ho'ye°' ne" Odendonni"a', "O'ne"' sa'gyo"'. 



that it is did he-him tell the It. The Sapling, "Now I have 



returned. 



0'ne°' oi'hwagwe'gi' wa'wadeyeiinenda"nha' ne" tea" ne°yawe°"ha'. 



Now it-matter entire did it-itself complete the where so will it come 



to pass. 



Da', o'ne°' di" ne"t'ho' he°'dne' tea" nofl'we' agei'hwi'sa"i'." 



So, now so the there there will where the place I-it promised." 



then we two go 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" Odeii'dofini'a' wa'he°"hen', "O'ne"', o" 



Then now the It, The Saphng, did he say, "Now too 



ni"a' ageyefiuenda"i' ne" tea" ni'yoii' sai'hwi'sa"i' ne" tea" 



I I-it have completed the where so many thou them ordered the where 



humble it numbers 



ne-'gadye'a' ne" ni"a'. Na'ye' di" o'ne°' k'nigon"haa' ne" tea" 



SO will I do in the I. That it is so now I am watchful the where 



work humble then 



ise°" Ga'nyo' de°t'ge' o'ne°' e°dwa'de°dya' (eMwa'den'diti')- 



thou As soon as I return now will we start. 



hast 



said, 



0'ne°' di" o" ni"a' agade'sa"i'." 



Now so too I I-myself have made 



then humble ready." 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae""hiya\va"gi' wa'he°"hen', 



Then the did he say, 



"Diyat'hoflyon'nya' gwa" o"ni', na'ye' di" e°d\va'hofi'yok, 



" Let us two-ourselves make just also, that it is so will we embark in it, 



then 



tgagon'da' hi'ya' ne" soii'ga' e°'ha'hoiigavve°"dat." 



itmustneedsbe, in fact the someone will he be a volunteer with 



others." , 



O'ne"' t'ho"ge' wa'hiyat'honyon'nya'. Niyoi'hwagwa'ha' 



Now then did they-lor themselves make a So it'a short time was 



Oiiuoe. 



o'ne°' wa'liiyat'hoiiwi"sa'. O'ne"' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' 



now did they the canoe finish. Now the 



wa'he°"hen', "Hau", ga'e' noiida"swe', ne" tea" ni'yon' ne" 



did he say, "Come, hither thence do you the where so many it is the 



come, 



he"he', ge°s' hi'ya' ste°" d'awagno'we"', dyefi"ha'gwa' 



he desires, custom- not anything any would I-it fail if so it be, 



arily, to do, 



ayongya'dJi"nha'." 



one-me would appeal to." 



