HEWITT! ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 769 



wa'dyo°'ge'"he"dak, ne"t'ho' wa'e'ye"' hS'gon'wa' ne" one""ha' 



did she-thc ashes separate, the there did she them lay under the it corn 



de°"se' ne" o'nyo°"sa' otcgeu"a'. O'ne"" hi'ya' 



and the it-squash beechnuts. Now indeed 



dondayego"henk. Nij'oi'hwagwa'ha" o'ne"' wa'hontga't'hwa' 



thcuce did she-them cover So it-tiiue short is now they saw 



o'ne"' wa'tgahe'dot'ga'k, wa'wadoil'nya'. Hiya" de'oi'hwis'he"i' 



now it sprout out of the soil, did it grow. Not any it-time long 



o'ne"' wa'ga'hwe°"dae°', de°"se' o'hnyo'"'sa', o'ne°' o" na" 



now did it- ear of corn sprouted and it squash now too the 



out, (hniozlsa that 



wa'ganiyon'de"'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' sa'hadi'yo"' ne" 



did ii-squash put on. Then now again they returned the 



honnadowatho'"'hnti', skennondo"" hadiyoha'dye'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



thcy-to hunt went, deer tliey-it killed on the way. Then now 



wa'hadij-eii"saa' de''"se' wa't'hadiyii'da'hi"da'. Ganyo" 



did they-it skin and did they its body break. As soon as 



wa'hondyenno"kde'" o'ne°' ne" gokste'°'a' wa'ekhon'nya'. 



did they their task complete now the she, the old woman did she-it cook. 



Wa'e'gwa' ne" one""ha'se' de°"se' o'hnyo-'sa'on'we'. T'ho"ge' 



Did she-it get the new corn and it-squash native. Then 



o'ne"' dl" wa'ena'djio'de"". Na" ne" o'ne"' wa'gakhwa'ik o'ne"' 



now so did she a pot set on. The the now did it food get done now 



then that 



wa'hondekhon'nya' ne" De'hae°'hyo'we'"s hodyo"gwa'. Na'ye' 



did they eat the his troop. That, it is 



dl" tea" nwa'awe""ha'. O'ne"' gwa" wa'a'heii" ne" gokste°"a', 



SO where so did it come to pass. Now just did she say the she, the old 



then woman, 



"O'ne"' hi'ya', 'on' he", ofise'swadowat'ha'." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' 



"Now, of course, perhaps again, should ag:iin you go to hunt." Then now 



ganakdagon'wa' tea" godenak'do"' ne"t'ho' wa'e'gwa' ono'ya' 



it-couch under where her couch stands, the there did she-it get it husks 



de°"se' o'ne°' di" wa'e'nho'hwa'gwa', ayen'a', ne"t'ho' ni'yo't 



and now so did she door-tlap move aside, would one the there so it is 



then think, 



hedjyono°'son'da' ne"t'ho' gwa" ganya'dae' deyot'hwe'non'ni'. 



there another it-lodge is the there just it-lake exists it round is. 



attached 



Ne"t'ho' wa'dyont'hwada'se"da' ne" ono'ya' wa'ege'hen". 



The there did she-it surround (with) the husks did she-them pile 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' dayedjlsdo'de"', wa'dyo'do°'gwa"gwa', na'ye' di" 



Then now there did she set fire to it, did it-its flames raise, that it is so 



then 



ne" ^agwegi'' wa'tga*hnega''gwa\ T*ho*'ge' o'ne°' gawen'', 



the it-entire (all) did it-the water talie up. Then now she said 



''O'ne"' sageyenneiida^nha', o'ne°' di" djya'den'dya*. Na'ye' 



now again I-its way have now so do you depart. That it is 



completed, then 



di" tea" ne°yawe°"ha' e°swa'nigo"'ha"k, 'a"kwi' sofi'ga' 



so where so will it come to pass will you be careful. do not some one 



then 



e°yetchiyasne'a'gwa' tea" nige"" he^swagwafhwa'." T'ho"ge' 



will you hit by mistake where so far it is there you will a circuit Then 



make." 



o'ne°' hoiina'defi'dyoc'. Ne"t'ho' di" ni'yo't tea" nwa'onni"s'he' 



now they departed. The there so so it is where so, did it last iong 



then 



