ONONDAGA VERSION 



145 



mother! thus shnlt thou do on uiy eyes: Thou must lay l)oth th\' 

 hands on both sides. And, moreover, thou must keep thy eyes fixed 

 thereon when thou thinkest that now he is [I am] nearly dead. So 

 soon as thou seest that my breathing- is l)eing made to become less, 

 then, and not till then, must thou think that now it is that he is about 

 to die. And then, moreover, thou wilt place thy two hands on both 

 my eyes. Now, I shall tell thee another thing. Ye must u)ake a 

 burial-case. When ye finish the task of making it, then, moreover, 

 ye must place my bodj' therein, and, moreover, 3^6 must lay it up in a 

 high place." 



Now, verily, she, the ancient one, had her e^'es fixed on him. So 

 soon as she believed that now he was about to die, she placed both her 

 hands on his eyes. Just so soon as she did this she began to weep. 

 Moreover, all those who abode in the lodge were also affected in 

 the same waj-; they all wept. Sometime after he had died they set 



hi''ge'. De"'se"'nia"hen' dedjao""gwi'. Ne"tho' di"' ne''ska'ha"k 



eyes on. Thou thy two hands on both sides. There besides there it thy eyes 



on (them) wilt lay will be on 



ne"' o'ne"' e"'.se'a' o'ne"' tho''ha' e"gi'he'ia'. Ganio" e"satgat'- 



the now thou wilt now almost I will die. So soon as thou it wilt 



decide 



hwa' tea" gadoii'ie's dt''>''dio.sthwa'di'hii'die' o'ne"' ha"sa' e"'se'a' 



see the I am breath- it will continue to grow less now just then thou wilt 



where ing decide 



o'ne"'-khe"" tho"ha' e"'he"'he'ia\ O'ne"' di"' kga'hi"'ge' de"'- 



now is it nearly he will die. Now besides my eyes on thou 



se""nia''hen" dedjao""gwr. O'ne"' o'ia" e"goniatho'ie"'. Na'ie' 



thy two hands on on both sides. Now - it is will I thee tell it. That 



(them) wilt lay other (it is) 



ne" e"swa'son'nia' nc" ga'ho""sa". Ne'' o'ne"' e"'swadienno"kde"' 



the will ye it make the it case The now will ye task finish 



(burial-case). 



di"' e""sgwaia'doii'dak, he'tke"'' di"' e"swa"hen\" 



ye my body will incase, up high be- ye it will up-lay." 



ne"'tho' 



there 



O'ne- 



■ides 



ne"' 



o ne 



now. 



gok'steii'a' 



she elder 

 one (is) 



hi 'a' 



verilv. 



wa'dio"'nia"hen" ne" 



ne"tho' 



there. 



tho'iia' 



nearly 



haga'hi"'ge'. 



his eyps on. 



hi'ia" de'hoga"ha'. Ganio" 



So soon 



verily, she(z. ) had her 



eyes on him. 



a'he"'he'ia", 



he would die. 



tho"o-e' 



nwa eie a one 



so she it did now 



wivdio"'shent'hw!i". 



she wept. 



gano"sgoii'wa' e"den" ne"'tho' 



it lodge in they (in- there 



def . ) abode 



a"ho"" gagwe'gi'. Gaiii'gwa" 



wept it all. Some 



(time) 



Agwa's 



Very 



Gagwe'gi' 



It all 



nwa'awe""ha\ 



so it came to pass, 



o ne 



now 



ne"tho' 



thus 



ganio 



so soon 

 as 



di"' tea" niio"" 



be- the so it (is) 



sides where many 



wti''dio"'shentiiw- 



they (uidef.) plurally 



nwtVofini'she" hawe"'he'io"" o'ne"' 



so It lasted he is dead now 



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