HEmTT) ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 781 



onkhinada'hen"se'." Tiio"ge' o'liP' wa'ofit'ho'ya' o'ya' 



one-onr village its visiting." Then now she-It told it other 



wa'a'hefr, "O'ne"' e°g\vat'ho'ye"' I" ne" ne°" ne" swa'do°k 



she saiil, "NovT will I-you tell I the this is the you say 



A'so"'lick'haa' We"'hni"(la'. Na'ye' ne" nl" hagei'lioiida' iic" 



nocturnal ( = the it orb is. That it is the the I he-me has com- the 



moon). missione'i 



s\va'do°k T'hae°'hyawa"gi', iia" ne" 'o°'ke"" Hawenni'yo', 



you say the fate the present time He, the Disposer, 



Na'ye' hagei'honda"gwi' ne" o'ne°' e''yo"gak tea" 



that it is he-me has commissioned, the now will it become night where 



for it 



o-'hwefidjia'de' I" ne" na" e°sge'hat'he"da' de°"se' 



it-e:irth stands I the the that will again I-it cause to and 



be light 



e°ga'dai'ha"da' tea" o°'hwendjia'de' ne" hiya" swa"djik 



will I-it cause to be hot where it-earth stands the not too much 



t'hagaua'nos'da', na" gai'hofinya"ha' gagwe'gi' skeii'no"" 



any it-it, cause, to, be the that it causes it all peaceful 



cold, 



t'he''gondodia'ga' tea" niyon" wadonnya"ha' tea" o^'hwendjia'de' 



thence will they (an.) grow where so many they grow where it-earth stands 



they are 



de°"se' o"ni' ne" tcyon'gwe' tcyon'he"gwi' ne" he'da"ge" 



and also the you, human beings, you-them live on the below 



diyo°^hwendjia'de' swana'gee'. Ne"t*ho* nigai"hwis hagei'hon'da' 



there it-earth stands you inhabit. The there so it time long is he-me commissioned 



tea" ne°yonnis"he' e-yo^'hwendjia'dek. Ne"t'ho' ni'yo't 



where so will it endure will it-eartli stand. The there so it is 



gagwe'gi' tea" ni'yon' s'hongwai'hon'da' ne"t'ho' nigagas'de' 



it all where so many he-us, has commissioned the there so it endures 



they are long 



tea" nigai'hwagas'de' tea" o^'hwendjia'de', na'ye' di" 



where so it matter long endures where it-earth stands that it is so then 



e''gwat'ho'ye'" e°swenno°"do"k ne" tcyon'gwe' o^'hwendjia'ge' 



will I-you tell will you-it know the you-emmans it-earth on 



swana'gee' na'ye' nenge°"ha' henni"den' na'ye' hi'yji' ne" 



you dwell that it is this it is they abide that it is indeed the 



swa'do^k Hadiwefinodadye's, na'ye' di" e''swenno°"do°k tea" 



you say They, the Thunderers that it is so then will you-it know where 



ni'hoyee"' ne" hoyennenda"i' ne" swa'do^k Haweiini'yo'. Na'ye' 



so he-it has the he-it has prepared the you say He, the Disposer. That it is 



made 



hoi'hwi'sa"i' gado'ge"' tea" hagwa'di' e°t'heiine'dak'hwak, na'ye' 



he-it ordered it certain where, towards will there they keep coming, that it is 



ne" ha'dewatchot"hwas tgaa'gwit'ge°'s hagwadi' niye°'henne"sek. 



the there it sats ( = the west) there it (sun) rises towards thither will they keep 



going. 



Na'ye' di" e°swade'nyende°s'hen'dak ne" o^'hwefidjia'ge' 



That it is so then will you yourselves guide, by that the it-earth on 



tcyon"he' hwen'do"' gwa" ne"t'ho' nhe"yawe°"ha' e°swadyen"ha'gwa' 



you live ever just the there there will it come to will you be surprised 



pass 



