HEWITT] ONONDAGA TEXT AND TRANSLATION 789 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°- ne" hokstefi"a' \va'he"hen", "Hiya" hon' Is' 



Then now the he, the old man he said, "Not perhaps thou 



de"ge'", swa'djik' o'ne"' onms"i' ne"t'ho' nidiyawe""!'; swa"djik 



any it is, because now it is a long the there so there it because 



(too much) time thus came to pass: 



aygfl'a' ha"sa', 'oil" nis' ha'deswayenda'T." T'ho"ge' ne" 



it seems just now perhaps, the at you are in middle age. " Then the 



thou 



De'hae'"hyo'we°s wa'he-hen", "I" se" s'ha'agwaya"dada' tea" 



he said, "I in fact same our bodies are the where 



honna'den'dj^on'. O'ne"" di" sayagwa'yo"'. " T'ho"ge' ne" 



they departed. Now .so then we have returned." Then the 



hoksteu"a' wa'he°hen', "Do' di" swat'ho'ya' son" nonwa'ho"de'" 



he, the old man he said, "How so then you-it tell who person, kind of 



honwagowane°"hna' ne't'ho"ge' o'tte"" tce'swa'den'dya'?" 



he-their chief was at that time now when you departed?" 



T'ho"ge' ne" De'hae'"hyo'we''s \va'he°hen", "Daga'hedofi'dye', 



Then the he said, " 



na'ye' hofnvagowa'ne"' ne't'ho"ge' tea" agwa"den'dya'." 



that it is he-their chief was at that time where we departed." 



O'ne"' ne" lioksten"a' wa'he''hen', "Na'ye' gwa" o"nI' do'ge-s. 



Now the he, the old man he said, "That it is just also true it is. 



Na'ye' ne" tca"tiio' ksoda'ha"-ge°"ha'. Na'ye' gai'honiiya"ha' 



That, it is the at that time my grandfather was. That it is it is the reason 



oi'hwagwe'gi' gei'hwayende'i'. O'ne"' di" wa'gei'hwagweiinh^o'sda', 



it-matter com- I-the matter know. Now so then I accept the report, 



plete 



Is' o'ne"" se'swa'yo"'. O'ne"' di" e-'hodo'ge-s ne" 



(thou) now you returned. Now so then will it-him a truth the 



you become 



s'hagwagowa'ne"'. T'ho'ne"' di" e^swe^'deii'dak. O'ne"' 



he-our chief. Here this so then will you remain. Now 



he°gadei'hwanye"da'. " T'ho"ge' o'ne"" he'hodoge""se' ne" 



hence will I send the report. " Then now there he received the the 



report 



ha'sennowa'ne""' nenge''"ha' nigai'ho"de"". O'ne"^' 



he, the chief \ this it is, such it-report kind of. Now 



wa't'hadei'hogwa"da', ongwe'dagwe'gi' e"'yontgenni"sa'. Na'ye' 



did he spread the report, all the people will they assemble. That it is 



di" ne" o'ne">' wa'o'he""'nlia' o'ne"" wa'agoya'daye'ik. T'ho"ge' 



so the now it was to-morrow now they assembled. Then 



then 



one"" ne"t'ho' nhwa'hefi'ne' ne" De'hae""hyo'vve"'s de°'se' 



now the there thither they went the and 



hodyo"gwa', iic"t'ho wa'hadl'yo"". Gendyo'gowa'nc""' o"ni' 



his company there they arrived. It assembly large was also 



wa'hodiya'dayc'ik. T'ho"ge' o'ne"" ne" ha'sennowa'ne""' 



they did assemble. Then now the be, the chief 



da'ha'sa'we""' ne" o'ne"" wa't'hada"nha' na'ye' \va'hawennitge"'"da' 



he began the now he stood up that it is he uttered the words 



tea" niyoi'hwane'hti'gwat tea" nigai'ho"de"" ne" wa'hodido'ge"s. 



where so it-report was wonderful where such it-report was the it-they learned. 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"" wa'he"'hen", "O'ne"" di" wa'dyagwfii'hwa'es'da' 



Then now he said "Now so then we matter choose 



nonwa'ho"de°' nwa'awe"'"ha' tea" nige""" we'swagwaf'hwa'. 



thing, kind of so it came to pass where so far it is you a tour made. 



O'ne"" di" gagwe'gi' e'"yagwai'hwa'hen'ga'. " T'ho"ge' o'ne"' ne" 



Now so then it all will we the report hear." Then now the 



