HEWITT] ONONnAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 777 



"D5'ge°s hi'ya' on" ne"t'ho' ne°3'awe°"ha', e°dwe"." 



"True it is indccl perhaps the there so will it come to pass, will we go 



togethoi-." 



T'ho"ge' o'ne-' wa'hon'den'dya'. Hiya" de'i'no"" o'lie"' 



Then now they departed. Not any it far is now 



wa'henni'heii", "T'ho'ne"' ne" ne°" agwa'do-'k gen"den' ne" 



they said, "There this the the this we say it abides (therein) the 



ot'go"'. 0'ae°' di" de"svvaga'ha"k, e°yagwaya'dit'ge°k 



it-daimon. Now so then will you-it eye, will wc-it drive out 



si" ■ hagwa'di' deMiswada"nha'." T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" 



yonder towards there will you take your stand." Then now the 



De'hae°'hyo'we°s hodyo"gwa' donda'hondon"tga'. T'ho'ge' 



his troop thence they withdrew. Then 



s'haya"dada' o'ne°' wa'haenda'e"sefi'. Dagayage°"nha' 



he, one person is, now did he-it-tree strike repeatedly. Thence it came out 



wa'hadi'ge"' hai"se°'. Gonda'dye' gwa"t'ho' da'hadatna'goii'nya'. 



they-it saw Red Squirrel. At once just there (next) did he make himself angry. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' wa'hadiye°'da', o'gai"!' o"ni' wa'tgae\vaivve°"sen'. 



Then now they-it hit ( = shot). it-loud is also it lightened repeatedly. 



Hiya" de'a'wet a'hadi"ha'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' da'ha'gwe'ne°"da' 



Not any it succeeds could they Then now thence he rushed down 



hit it. 



ne" hai"se'" de°"se' o'ya' detga"hi' ne"t'ho' ho^'sa'haa't'he"'. 



the Red Squirrel and it other there it tree the there there again he it climbed 



stands 



Da'dji^hwa' gen'gwa^ o'ne°' ne" na'' wa't'hadiyenda'hr'da'. 



Soon very only now the the that did they-the tree smash. 



T'ho"ge' donda'ha'gwe'ne''"da' ne" hai"se'" ne"t'ho' he" 



Then back did he rush down the Red Squirrel the there again 



gwa"t'ho' ho°'sa'haa"t'he'" tea" non'we' t'hode's'hon'we' 



just there there again he-it climbed where the place there he his hollow is 



ho°'sa'hri'yo°' ne"t'ho'. T'ho"ge' o'ne"' wa'honnI"he'". 



there again he entered the there. Then now they censed. 



Wa'hennrhen", '*0'ne°' hi'ya' we'swatgat^hwa' agwa'do°k 



They said, now indeed did you-it see we have been 



saying 



ot'go°\ 0'ne°' onnis'T tchi^yongwano'we°k ayagwa'yo'." 



it-daimon. Now it is a long time we, keep failing, could we-it kill." 



Wa'he°hen" ne" De'hae°'hyo'we°s, "I" 'Vge"' e-'yagwade'nyen'de'" 



He said the "I, we.i in turn, will we-it attempt 



ayagwa'yo' ne" ot/go°\" Wa'hefinrhen"," Hiya'' t'hayoyancn^'ha' 



would we it kill the it-daimon'" They said, "Not any it good would become 



swa'djik ot'go"' ne" nenge°"ha'." Wa'he°hen" ne" De'hae°'hyo'we"s, 



too much it-daimon is the this it is." He said the 



"£°yagwagwe'nya' se" ni"." T'ho"ge' wa'heiini'hen", 



"Will we be able to do it in fact the we." Then they said, 



'*E°gwaya'dagen''ha' dyen^'ha'gwa' hiya'' t'haeswagwe'nya'." 



"Will we-you assist if so it be not any would you be able." 



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



Then now he, a person, the liis troop 



ne"t'ho' nhwa"he' tea" non'we' tga"he' tea" ode's'hon'we' 



the there there he went where the place there it tree where it has its hollow. 



stands 



Ganyo" wa'ha'yo"' o'ne°' wa'haenda'e"sen'. Gondadye" 



As soon as he arrived there now did he-the tree strike At once 



repeatedly. 



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