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SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS 



ne" iljo'a'ga' iyos'. 



the raccoon robe. 



Dyaw6°''o" na'e'-s'hoii nc" (iegiksa"gowa' 



All the time just only the two they children 



large (are) 



sken'no"' gagwe'go" h6''nSnno°don'iiio". 



contentedly it-all they were thinking. 



Da' o'ne"', gi"o"', ne"lio' o'gas'nye't o 



So now it is there it spoke 



(then), said. 



odikhon'iil, 



they ate, 



agwas' 



very 



wa a ge°' 



did it say 



ne" 



;the 



dyego'wang", 



she, the elder one 

 (is), 



ne' yen6nwas"h6'". 



" EMiyenda'gwa' na'e', yeyenda'gwas ge''s' ne" 



"Thou-will I woodget truly, one gets wood usually the 



Hau" 



Come, 



Da' 



So 



ne"ho' 



there 



ne 



that 



diq' o'ne° 



na e' 



truly 



" dya'deii'dr. 



let us two start.' 



ho'gniya'ge°'t 



he" 



there 



odino'''sot 



wa"gne' he^'ouwe' tgahada'ye"', ue"ho' ho'gwa, gi"o°' 



o'gni'ge"' tga'it 



there where there it forest (is), 



o'lie". 



it dry (is). 



aside. 



Ne" 



That 

 (it is) 



ne 



the 



dye'gowane" ganenyaga°'e''nt (ganefiya'gan) 



she elder one (is) it stone while (is) 



deyot'hwe'non'ni ne" ne"ho' 



it round (is) that there 



(it is) 



na'e' w&'ot'kae' ne"kho' 



wa e yen 



did she it 

 strike 



he" 



there 



ga'it 



ne 



truly 



gi"^ 



it is 

 said, 



gis''iit 



it exhaust 



tcoyeudasodjot's^hon, 



only it wood pile lelt (is). 



ye a 



she-it 

 held 



gagwe'go° 



it whole (is) 



Da' o'n6°', 



ne"ho' o'gyat'he'nonnf o'gis'hayen'don' ne" ne" 



there did they two pack make did t hey t wo cord fas- that the 



ho'- 



didit- 



ne' 



the 



sgaondat'-geno°'; da' o'ng"' diq' o'gyatge"dat ne" 



one it tree number(s)-was; so 



dega'he'nftge' 



two it pack 

 number 



Da' o'n6° 



So now 



ne"ho' 



there 



o'ne"' diq' sagya'den'dl'. 



honsagni'yo"' 



he"'onwe' 



there where 



more- did they two it bear the 

 over by forehead-band 



tyodino°'sot o'ne°' 



he" 



where 



ga' 'hogain 



it-door (is) 



ne"ho' honsagi'yo"' o'ne" 



ne"ho' 



there 



o'tgyadekha"sI' he" ga"hogain, o'ne"', gi"o'", dagyadyeii't'ho' 



did they two separate where it-door (is), now it is said, thither they two it draw 



(then), 



ne" gas"ha' dedja'o°-gwa na'gano°'sadI o'dwat'hwada'se' ne" 



the it-pack- both-sides there it lodge side(s) did it around go the 



strap 



gano°'sot ne" oj^gn'dS,'. 



it-fodge stand the it-wood. 



