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SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS [BTH.ANN.32r 



O'ng"' 



Now 

 (then) 



ne 



the 



lien6°"s'ho°', 



servants-several, 



hau 



hJlksa"gowa 



he(a7i.)-child- 

 greal (is) 



' o'n6 



daas'nye't 



thence-he-it- 

 spoke 



djidja'go" 



be ye brave, 



ware" 



did-he-it- 

 say, 



djidja'go", 



be ye brave. 



, "Ages'- 



"My- 



djidja'go"." 



be ye brave." 



Ne"s'hon ha'do"'. 



That-just he-it-kept 



saying. 



Agwas' da'dji'a' o'Dg"' a'e' 



Very not-long time no^ 



(soon) (the 



again, 

 once 

 more. 



wanigS'dfi'yon' 



diil-they-lwo-it- 

 watch (= examine) 



ne 



that 



ne" 



the 



o'ng°' a'e' sawa"get ne" 



now again, again-it-went- the 



(then) once more, backward 



hon'gak. 0'ne°' na'e' ne' 



verily the 



wild geese. 



hon'we' 



yonder, 

 far away 



kho' 



and 



6°o°s"a't 



)n wa , 



it (n.)-canoe, 



eksa"gowa 



she (anO-ohild- 

 great (is) 



deya'di 



Now 

 (then) 



t'hayas"he°' ne' 



there-he-lies the 



(=lies supine) 



ne" t'hahnegi"M' agwas' 



the thence-he (ow,)-water- very 



drinks (is drinking) 



ohne'ga' he-ganyo'dae'. 



odi'gawe' 



they (r.)-paddled 

 = are paddling 



wa'ontkaf'ho 



did-she-look (=see) 



na e 



verily 



ne"ho' 



there 



two-they-are 

 one (= her husband) 



ne"ho' 



there 



a yen 



would- 

 one-think 



t'hayoskw§""da', 



there-he (an. )-prone lies, 



o'ne°' t'ho'ha' 



ne 



the 



it (7i.)-water 



Da' 



ne 



that 



diq' 



agwas 



very 



ne"ho' 



there 



wa'owenon'ondie' 



thither it (n.)-goes 



ne" 



the 



kho" 



and 



ne" 



the 



gahon'wS' 



it (n.)-canoe 



he'onwe' 



ne 



the 



hatkwisdas'defi' 



his-stomaeh-enor- 

 muus (is) 



nit'hosga"w§'" ; 



so-there-his-mouth- 

 holds open; 



diiui"wS,' 



there-it-re; 

 (is) 



agwas 



very 



ha'so'wangfl 



his (am.)-mouth- 

 large (is) 



ne 



that 



ne' 



the 



hanekdje'"do'wanen 



his (an.)-paimch large (is) 



ne 



that 



weso"dji' 



much-too 



ho'wadi'yo"' 



ne" 



the 



ga a°gwa' 



he't'gg"' 



high up 



t'haya'da'de', ho'dfi,"o'" 



ohne'ganos, 



it (n.)-water, 



na e' 



verily 



ne' 



the 



ohne'ganos. 



it (n.)-water. 



0'n6°' nSn's'hon 



Now near-just fly 



(then) 



gahon'wS,' odi'gawe' 



it (n.)-canoe they (2.)-paddle 

 (=are paddling) 



Ganio" o'nS°' doskgn'o" 



Just as now near (it is) 



dehni-ga'we' ne' 



they (2)-paddle, 

 are paddling 



det'hosga"we°', ne"ho' 



there-he-mnuth-holds there 



open, 



na'e' ne" hon'gak heniyogwe'nyofi. 



verily the ' wild geese as-so much it is able 



(just as much as they areable) 



nit'hayas"h?'" ne" S'hagowe'not'hX', 



as there-he-supine- 



da' 



o nc" 



ne' 



the 



haksa' 'gowa 



he (an.')-ohild- 

 great (is) 



o't'hayo'"gwjiga'dat ne" 



did-he-it-bend (= bend the bow) that 



ne' 



the 



