UEwiTTl ONONDAGA TEXT ANP TRANSLATION 763 



o'ne°' ste°" gwa" nornva*ho"de"^ de'djidwa'hwa* ne" aedwas'da\ 



now anything just thing kind of any yet we hold the might we movt- 



doga't ste"" nomva'ho^'de"' e"'henrie'a' nc'^yoi'ikhiye'a' ne" tiio'ne"' 



if so it be anything thing kind of will they wish so will they — us treat the here this 



to do 



hadina'gee'? " T'ho"ge' ne" Gae°'hiakdon'die' da'hawennitge'"'iiha' 



they inhabit?" Then the The Horizon thence he replied 



wa'txe^'hen", "Oiigwat'hongaya"gi', ongwadei'hwi'sa"i' hiya" tea" 



be said, ** We have volunteered, we have agreed of course where 



ongwatga"wi' tea" et'hino'"gwa"s'ho°' de''"se' tea" diyon"hp'. 



we have given Up where they are our kin and where our lives. 



Do'ga't di" o'iie°' eMwe'^'he'ia' hiya" ste"" daedwaye'a'. 



If it so be so then now will we die not anj-tbing should we do 



(against it) 



T'ho'ne"' gen'gwa' e°dwai'hwa"do"'." T'ho"ge' De'hae'"hio'we"'s 



Here this only will we perish." Then 



wa'he""hen", "Do'ge''s hi'ya'. Hau", gi'sa", o'ne°' dwa'den'dya'." 



he said, "True it is indeed. Come, therefore, now let us depart.'* 



T'ho'ge' o'tie"' ne"t'ho' nhwa'hefi'nc'. Niyoi'hwagwa"ha' o'lie"' 



Then now the there thither they went. So, in a short time now 



ne'^t'ho' hwa^hadi'yo"' tea" non'we^ nitiiefi'ne's nc" 



the there they arrived where the place there they are the 



going about 



ge''d3-o"gowa'ne°'. 0'ne°' iie"t'ho' akda"a' wa't'liadi(la"sen', 



it-groups of people large. Now the there nearby they did stand, 



t'ho"ge' o'ne°' vva'hontgaf'hwa' wa'hadi'ge"' o'ne"' 



then now they looked they saw it now 



hoiinadadeyennenda"]', o'ne"' hadi'da' ga'henda"ge', o'ne°^ 



they were ready, now they stood it-field on, now 



hon'nonye°"ne' de°'hofisdji'gwa'e'gwa'. T'ho"ge' di", o'n6°' 



they are about to play will they play at lacross ball. Then so then now 



da'hon'sa'we"' wa'lion'non'ye"'. Na'ye' ne" ge°dyo"gwa' ne" 



they began they played. That it is the body of people the 



hadik'do"k, de'hodi'henet"ha' gai'sdowa'ne"' honnadon'ha"haa'. 



they were looking on they were shouting it-noise was great they were happy. 



T'ho"ge' ne" hoii'noilye°"ha' s'haya"dada' hoyenno'ga't 



Then the they played one person his way was rude 



(gwa" dit'hoye°"di'). T'ho"ge' ne" hen'gwe' s'haya"dada' 



just first he strucli blows). Then the he, a man one person 



nenge'"'ha' ne" ge"dyo"gwa' wa'he°hen" "Sefini"he'", swa'djik' 



thus it is the assembly he said, " Do thou stop it, too much 



sayenno'ga't; hiya" na'ye' ne"t'ho' de'eye"ha' ne" godon'ha"haa'." 



thy way Ls rude; not that it is the there any, one does the one is happy." 



(thus) 



T'ho"ge' ne" nenge°'ha' hon'nonye°"ha' o'ne"' he" 



Then the thus it is they are playing now again 



sa'hon'non'ye"'. 'A"so'" he" ne"t'ho' do°'sa'haye'a' ne" 



they play again. Still again the there thus again did he act the 



hoyenno'ga't. T'ho"ge' ne" hen'gwe' ne"t'ho' nhwa"he' o'ne"' 



he, the rude one. Then the he, the man the there tliither he went now 



wa'he°hen", "Gonya'his'danik, hi'ya', age"", 'a'kwi" ne"t'ho' 



he said, "I still have cautioned, in fact I said, Do not the there 



ne"tcye'a'. Hiya" di" de'sagaye""!'. O'ne"' di" nis" 



so again shall Not so then any thou wert Now so then the 



thou do. willing. thou 



e°sadonwis'he"'." T'iuV'ge' wa'hoyeiia" ha'se'da"ge' de""se' 



shall thou have a rest." Then lu-liiiii seized his nape of the neck and 



