HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 759 



ne" ofi'gwe', ganyo" gwa" son" e°yakhi'ge°'." T'ho"ge' 



the human being, any just who will we-one see." The 



ne" hen'gwe' wa'he°"hen', "Hiia" de'oia'ne' nisvva'nigo°'he"de°'. 



the he, the man he said, "Not any it-good is such your kind of mind. 



£°swenm"he°' di" o'dc"^'. Hiya" ne" ne°" t'hawa'do°' 



You must stop it so then now. Not the the this any 



'a'sg^va'io'. Na'ye' gai'honnya"ha' degwadaa'da"ne'. 



could you-me kill. That is is it-it-matter-causes ( = is the reason) I-you-to-meet, came. 



Degwaga'ha'dye' tea" noiide'swe' ne" i'sowa" wa'etchiya'weii't'hwa' 



l-you, kept my eyes on, where thence you were the it much did you-them slaughter 



coming it is 



ne" on'gwe'. Na'j'e' di" gai'honnia"ha' wa'did\vadaa"nha' 



the human beings. That it is so then it-it matter causes ( = is we have met 



the reason) 



tea" o'ne°' ne"t'ho' ni'yo"' tea" seswadei'hwat'wa"da'. Do'ga't 



where now the there so many where again you wrongs conunitted. If it be 



di" hiia" da'es\venni"he"" e-swe^'heya' o" nis'a'." T'ho"ge' 



so then not any you cease from it you will die too humble There 



you." 



ne" De'hae°'hyo'we°'s wa'he°'heii", "E°yagwadongo"da' 



the he said, " We will pass on 



ogonda'dye'. Ongwat'hongaya"gi^ ne^'t'ho' he'^yagwa'yo'" tea'' 



without stopping. We have volunteered the there there we will arrive where 



nofiwe* ha'dewatcho't'hwa's/' T*ho"ge^ \va'he"hen" ne'' hen'gwe^ 



the place there it (the Sun) set5." There he said the he, the man, 



"Djia'dendia'. 0'ne°' wa'gwat'hoye"' tea" ne"'swa'nigo'"he'de°k 



" Do you depart. Now I-you have told where so shall your minds be 



ne" o'ne°' he" e°djiswat'ha'hi'ne'." T'ho"ge' nei5ge°'ha' 



the now again shall you be traveling." Then this it is 



hennon'gwe' o'ne°' hiya" de's'honwa'ge"' gain" nhwa'he" 



they, the men now not any they-him saw where thither he 



went 



ne" heil'gwe'. 



the he, the man. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'hon'den'dia' wa'hondongo"da' ne" ne"t'ho'. 



Then now they departed they passed on the the there. 



Gai'hwis' hont'ha'hi'ne' o'ue°' wa'hondyen"ha' gwa" ne"t'ho' 



It-matter (time) they were traveling now they were surprised just the there 



long 



ganiada'c', de''"se' wa'hadi'ge"' ganiadaeowane"'. T'ho"ge' ne" 



it-lake is extant, and they-it-saw it-lake large (is). Then the 



De'hae-'hio'we's wa'he°'hen', "Hot" non\va'ho"de°' neMwaye'a' 



he said, " What thing, kind of so must we, it do 



tea" c"dwadoDgo'da' nenge°"ha' ganiada'e'?" T'ho"ge' ne" 



where shall we pass on this it is it-lake extant is? " Then the 



hen'gwe', s'haya"dada.' tea" ni'heii'nadi' ne" hiia" 



he, the man he, one person, is where so they are many the not 



de'hof'ha' na'ye' nenge''"ha' da'hawennitge°"nha' wa'he"'hen", 



any he talks that it is this it is did his word come forth he said, 



"Ong\vadei'hwi'sa"i' hi'ya' awe'ha'die' hot" ne°io"dik ne"t'ho, 



*' We have an agreement in fact it matters not how so will it be the there 



made 



gwa" o"ni' de°dwadongo"da'. O'ne"' di" wa'gai'hwa'he"g 



just also shall we pass through. Now so the time has come 



then 



tea" nonwa'ho"de°' ongwat'hongaia"gi'. Tgagoii'da' hi'ya' 



where thing, kind of we have volunteered. It is needful in fact 



