HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 767 



de"'hadida"iiha' ne" o'ne°' e-"hadi'yo°'. Da", o'ne"" di" Is', 



will Ihey stop the now will they arrive. There, now so thou, 



then 



gado'ge"' «°swe"'den'dak." T'ho^ge' ne" gono°'saye°' 



it certain will you remain together." Then the she lodge owns 



gokste""a', wa'a'hen", "Ne"t'ho' ne°yawe''"ha'. De°ya'gwik 



she. the old she said, ''The there so will it happen. Will we be 



woman, together 



lie" kheyade's'ho'"'a'." T'ho"ge' o'lie"' ne" hen'gwe' hawen" 



the my grandchildren" Then now the he, the man he said, 



"O'ne"' di" ni" e''sgyage'"'nha'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



"Sow so then I will I go out." Then now 



hes'hoyage""!'. 0'ne°' gawen" ne" gono^'sa'ye"", "Agon"hwa'a' 



he did go forth. Now she said the she, the lodge owns, "I am all alone 



ne" ne°" gno°'sano'°'hna'. Honna'defi'dyoii' ne" hadidjina"s'ho'". 



the the this I-lodge am guarding. They had departed the they are males. 



Ge°'dji'k gwa"t'ho' de°t'hen'ne'. "T'ho'ne"' na" iga'ye"' ne" 



Soon very just there (next) thence will they Here this the it lies the 



come (back).'' that 



swa"en'na', one"" di" na'ye' eMjiswas'da'" T'ho"ge' ne" 



your bows now so then that it is will agiiin you them use." Then the 



De*hae°'hyo'we'^'s hodyo^'gwa' wa'hoiltga't'hwa' ne" gokste'n'a' 



his troop did they saw the she, the old 



woman 



goyo"de', e"hwa' ondadye"'sennya"ha'. Ne"t'ho' di" ne" 



she is working, she-it held she-for herself a robe is making. The there so then the 



na'ye' wa'hodi'nigo°'hayenda"nha' ne" on'gwe' onofikhwe"a' 



that it is they it understood the human being it hair 



na'ye' ondye'''sennya"t'ha', de""se' wa'hadl'ge°' dji^'h^' niyaga"a', 



that it is she-it, a robe, to make for and tliey-it saw dog so its size 



herself, uses, small is, 



he'is'a' nwa'gaya'do"de"" ne"t'ho' ge°"den' ganakda"ge'. 



Cur small such its body is in shape the there it abode it-couch on. 



Gaiiigwa' nwa'onni'^s'he' o'ne°' dondayeda"nha' ne" gokste°"a' 



Some just so long it lasted now thence she stood up the she, the old 



woman 



si" ha'e'ye"' ne" nonwa'ho"de°' goyo"de'. T'ho"ge' ne" 



yon- there she the thing, kind of she is working. Then the 



der entered 



dji"ha' wa'dyo'nonwaya'he'°"ha' sagaga"tcya' ne" niyo°" 



dog it made haste again took it-it apart the so much it 



is 



godye"'senni"hna' ns' gokste°"a'. Agwas' o'ne°' t'ho"ha' 



She-herself-mantle had the she, the old Verily now nearly 



made, for woman. 



honsayo's'a"di'hna' onsayoga'tcyon"hna' ne" o'ne"" saye'yo"' 



it would have completed it again it would have taken it the now again she 



apart returned 



■ sayon'dye"" ne" gokste°"a'. 0'ne°' he" donsaye"gwa' tea" 



agam she sat down the she. the old Now again again she-it took up where 



woman. 



goyo'den"sa', o'ne°' he" doiidayo°'sa'\ve°' saye'se'nya'. T'ho"ge' 



her work, now again over again she began it again she-it made. Then 



o'ne°' sa'hadi'yo"'. S'hadi'he'nodoiinyondye'. Na'ye' di" ne" 



now again they returned. again they return hearing burdens That it is so the 



severally. then 



wa'henni'hen", "O'ne"' sayagwa'yo"'. Wa'oiigwadaa'swiyo"khe' 



they said, Now again we have rettu-ncd. We have had good fortune 



tea" nige"" wa'agwagae°'ha'gwa' tea" wa'agwa'weiit'hwa' ne" 



Where so far il is (a«) we a circuit made where we-them slaughtered the 



