HEWITT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 773 



nii'ye' g\va"t'ho' tea" ge"'hyo"'hwaden'yo'" gagwe'gi' tea" 



that it is just there ( = next) where it-river-st:inds, m:my places it-all is where 



niyofi" ga'hnegaeii'nj'o"" tea" o^'hwendjia'de', na'ye' ne" 



so many it-water holds, many places where it-earth stands, that it is the 



they are 



diyot'gont o'hnega'se" e°genk', nfi'ye' gwa"t'ho' ne" 



always it-water fresh will it be, that it is just there the 



djyoii'he"g\vi', na'ye' e^yagwats'hadent'hak, na'ye' gai'hoiinya"ha' 



you-it live upon, that it is will we the dew keep sending that it is it-it causes 



down, 



gagwe'gi' e°goniion"hek tea" niyon' Hoyenneiida"i'. Is' o"ni' ne" 



it-all will they (an.) where so many lle-them-flnished. You also the 



keep on hving they are 



djyon'gwe' skenno"' e''s\venno°'doiinyo°"hek." 



you human peacefully will you keep on thinking." 



beings 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" De'hae°'hyo'we"s hodyo"gwa' o'ne"" 



Then now the his troop now 



wa'hontgat'hwa' na'ye' gwa" o'ya' ne" he'da"ge' 



did they-it see that it is just it other the below 



diyao^'hwendjia'de'. Tiio"ge' o'ne"' dawa'sa'we"" wa'o'ga'e'hil' 



there it-earth stands. Then now thence it began it a noise made 



o'gai"i' tea" ni'yo't dagawennoda'dye', de°"se' o'ne°' o"ni' 



it loud is where so it is thence it comes thundering, and now also 



dawa'sa'we"' wa'dwenni'hwa"so"" de°"se' o'ne"' o" na'ye' 



there it began it lightened repeatedly and now that it is 



o'ne°' o" na" dawa'sa'we"' wa'o'sdaen'di' he'da"ge' wa'gon'ne' 



now too the there it began did it rain below did (they), it go 



that 



tea" diyo°'hwendjia'de'. O'nc"' hont'ha'hi'ne' o'ne°' wa'hadl'ge"" 



where there it-earth stands. Now they were on the way now they-it saw 



os'haisda'go'na agwas' deyona'gae'da'. 0'ne°' di" wa'henni'hen", 



it serpent large verily, two it hours has. Now so did they say, 



then 



"Tcyatgat'hwa', na'ye' hi'ya' si'gg"' i'we' na'ye' ne" tca"t'ho' 



"Do you look, that it is in fact yonder it goes that it is the ,at this time 



it is 



hiya" t'hayoyanen"khe' dayo°'hwcndjiot'ga'k. Gendyo'gowa'ne"' 



not any it-good would become thence it-earth should leave. it-assembly large 



na'ye' ayagode'"hni'sei'kda"gwe"' ne" djyon'gwe'. Na'ye' di" 



that it is would it-their-days to end. the you, human That it is so 



cause beings. then 



s'hongwai'hon'da' ne" hiya" hweii'do"' t'ha'dayo°'hwendjiot'ga'k." 



he-US has commissioned the not ever any, should it-earth, leave the." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"" wa'iienni'hefi", "O'ne"' di" de°swaga'lia"k 



Then now they said Now so shall you see 



then 



tea" ne°yawe'"'ha' ne" o'ne"' e^yagwfi'yo'." T'ho"ge' 



where so will it come to pass the now will we-it kill. Then 



ne" De'liae°'hyo'we''s hodyo"gwa' wa'hoiitgat"hwa' 



the his troop did they-it see 



o'ne°' o°'hwendjiagon'wa' ne"t'ho' i'we' gagowa'ne" os'hais'da' 



Now it-earth-in the there it moves it-large is it serpent is 



agwas' deyona'gae'da'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' da'hoii'sti'we'" 



verily two it-horns bears. Then now there they began 



wa'hadi"se'k o'ne"' o"ni' ogenis'di' o'gai"i' tea" gaweiinoda'dye'. 



did they-it pursue Now also it-noticeable it loud is where it thundered along. 



