HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 745 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' \va'he'"'hen', "Da'saa'si"dadat." O'ne"' 



Then now did he say, "Do thou-thy best present." Now 



ne" Odendonni"a' wa'haa'si'Vladat, o'ne"' t'ho"ge' ne" 



the It, The Sapling, did he-his feet hold out, Now then the 



De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'haye'na' ha'si'da"ge' de°"se' o'ne°' 



did he-it seize his foot-on and now 



ha'gon'wa' nh\va'ha"hwa' no" tea" de'ha'si'da"he'" non'we', 



inwards there did he-it bear the where two his foot middle the place, 



t'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'he'"'hefl', "O'ne"' wa'geyeiinenda"nha' 



then [now did he say, "Now did-I-its fabric furnish 



ne" tea" ni'yon' ne" dwagado'kda"i' ne" tea" agc'sen'iii'. 



the where so much it the did I-it-left un- the where I-it-made. 



is finished 



0'ne°' di" ogonda'dye' donsasda"nha'. HaTi" sa'sno'we"' 



Now so right away again do thou stand up. Come, do thou hasten 



then 



saa"t'he°'. 0'ne°' hi'ya' ge''"djik gwa"t'ho' o'ne"' 



do thou it climb. Now in fact by and by just there now 



( = next) 



de'"hiyatge°"ha'. Hiya", gi's"he°', d'a'dayongniye'is ne" 



will they two arise. Not, I believe, any, should it — us suffice the 



for ( = no lime for) 



tea" nonwa'ho"de°' nidyadyea"ne'." 



where thing, kind of so thou-I-it. are about 



to do." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" Odendonni"a' wa't'ho'nonwaya'he°"lia' 



Then now the did he — hasten 



de°"se' o'ne"' wa'ha;i"t'he'". Agwas' skenno°"djik o'sno'we' 



and now did he-it climb. Extrenely peaceful — most it-swift 



he"tge°' nh\va"he'. Hwa'ha'yo"' ne" tea" gae^'hage^'hrni'da' 



up high thither did he There he arrived the where it-three-top (is) 



go. 



o'ne"' hi'ya' wa't'ho'nonwaya'he°"ha' o'ne"' wa'haniyofida'gwa' 



now, in fact did he make haste now did he it-unfasten 



ne" Ono'"'wa' de""se' wa'ha'ha'gwa'. Ogonda'dye' 



the it-head and did he-it, remove. Right away 



donda'ha'gwe'ne°"da', na'ye' s'banente'hagtl'di' ha'ha'wi' ne'* 



thence did he come back, that, it is his arm on one side he-it bore the 



Ono""wa'. Agwas', gwa" da'hadagwa'i'sya' na'ye' ne" 



it-head. Verily, just thence he came straight that it is the 



down 



o'snowa'dye'. Niyoi'hwagwa'ha" o'ne°' lie'da"ge' 



it-swift was in It was a short time now ground-on 



moving. 



ha'donsa'hada"nha'. T'ho"ge' ne" Odendonni"a' wa'he°"hen', 



there again did he stand. Then the did he say, 



"Nige-'iie"' sen"ge' da'tgadongo"da'. Na'ye' hi'ya', 



"It is extreme hardly any I-it did pass through. That it is, in fact, 



agwas' dago"saa' ne" tea" nigaeii'des, dakdagwai"sya 



verily thence did I- the where so it-tree long is, thence did I come 



it strip straight 



gen'gwa'. Ne"t'ho' di" nwa"awe°"ha', na'ye' ne" ga'si'da"ge' 



only. The there so so did it come to pass, that, it is the my foot-on 



then 



dawa'sa'we"", gnoiidi'ge"s'ho'" gya'di'ge"s'ho'" gwa"t'ho' 



there did it begin, my legs on-along, my body-on-along just there 



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