HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 749 



ne" swa'ha'wi' ne" ono'"'wa'." Hiya" de't'ho'dadi' ne" na". 



the you (pi.) it iire the it-head." Not thence did he reply the the 



bearing that. 



O'ne-' t'ho"ge' wa'a"hen', "Nagaya"gi', dagiden'a', donda'sak'da't, 



Now then did she say, "Beaver, do thou-me pity, thence do thou it turn 



baclc, 



is', hi'j^a', de'sefiiiidenwa"di'." Hiya" ste°" de'ha'wefl' ne" na". 



thou of course, thou-it art steering." Not anything any he replied the the that. 



0'ne°' t'ho"ge' wa'a"hen', "Skwa'j^e-', is' de°" a'sgiden'a'. 



Now then did she say, " "Otter thou then, shouldst thou- 



me pity. 



Donda'sak'da't." Hiya" ste"" de'ha'wen'. 0'ne°' lii'ya' t'ho"ge' 



Thonce do thou it turn Not anything any he replied. Now in fact then 



back." 



wa'a"hen', "Ano"kye'", dagiden'a', donda'sak'da't;" t'ho"ge' 



did he say, "Muskrat, do thou me pity, thence do thou it turn back," then 



da'hai'hwa'sa'gwa' ' wa'he""heu', "Niyo"." T'ho"ge' ne" 



did he reply did he say, "so be it." Then the 



De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "0'ne°' hi'ya' is' 



did he say, "Now indeed. thou 



we'sadei'h\vayen"ha's; o'ne"' hi'ya' sa'sadei'hwat'\va"da' ne" tea" 



has thee, guilt come upon; now indeed, didst thou the mattermiss the where 



( = make an error) 



da'sada'dya'. O'ne"' di" nis' gwa"t'ho' e°tcadida"gvva'. Hiya" 



thou didst reply. Now so then the just there wilt again thou be back. Not 



thou 



di", nis"a' d'aesai'hwagwe'nyonk ne" ste"" na'sadj^e'a' ne" tea" 



so thou, any shouldst thou-to do, be able the anything so thou-it the where 



then, wouldst do 



o^'hweiidjiya'de'. Diyot'gont nis"a' o'hnegakdofi'dye' e'"se"sek." 



it-earth extant is. It always thou it-waterside along wilt thou continue 



going around." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' sa'honwaya'dada"wga' ne" Ano"kye'". 



Then now again did hc-his body unload the Muskrat. 



T'ho"he' ne" Skwa'ye"' wa'ho'da'deu"ha' ne" tea" 



Then the Otter he was frightened the where 



nwa'awe'"'ha' de""'se' o'ne°' wa'he""hen', "O'ne"' o" ni"a' 



so it came to pass and now did he say, ' 'Now too I 



e°sgadida"gwa' 0'ne°' ne" De'hae'"hiyawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', "Is' 



will again I-myself Now the did he say, 



debark." 



hi'ya' e°'senno°"don'. Hiya" se" hi'ya' 



nis 



de'esa'hongaya"gi'. Diyot'gont, di" nis"a' e'"se'"da'deii"ik de""se' 



any, one-thee, a volunteer, has Always, so the thou wilt thou be and 



made. then, afraid 



diyot'gont e°sada'se"dik, na'ye' ne" ganonwagoii'wa' 



always wilt thou thyself keep hiding, that it is the it-water-depths in 



de""sadawenye"t'hak." 0'ne°' di" wa'hadida"gwa'. 



there, wilt thou-it make thy habitat." Now so then did he himself disembark. 



Ne"t'ho' ne" na" h\va'honna"do'"s ne" eya'dage""dji', ne"t'ho' 



The there the the there it-them disappeared to the she the ancient bodied, the there 

 that 



dedyago'hene't'ha' de°"se' ne"t'ho' deyo°'s'hent'hwa"he's. 



there, hither she keeps crying out and the there she goes about weeping. 



Na'ye' di" ne" o'ne°' sa'hadi'honwa'di"nha' ne" tea" nofi'we' 



That it is so the now again their canoe came to land the where the place 



then 



t'hoiina'deii'dyo"' o'ne"' ne" De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' wa'he°"hen', 



there they started from now the did he say. 



