HEWITT] ONONDAGA VERSION 153 



there will be a kettle of water set on the tire. As soon as it boils 

 so that it is terrifying, thou must dissolve the meal therein. It must 

 be boiling when thou makest the mush. He himself will speak, 

 saying: 'Do thou undress th\-self.' Moreover, thou must there 

 undress thyself. Thou must be in thy bare skin. Nowhere wilt thou 

 have an}' garment on thy body. Now, the mush will be boiling, and 

 the mush will be hot. Verily, on thj' bod}' will fall in places the 

 spattering mush. He will .say: "Thou must not shrink back from 

 it;' moreover, he will have his ej'es fixed on thee there. Do not 

 shrink back from it. So soon as it is cooked, thou shalt speak, 

 saj'ing: 'Now, verily, it is cooked; the mush is done.' He will arise, 

 and, moreover, he will remove the kettle, and set it aside. Then, 

 he will say: "Do thou seat thyself on this side.' Now then, he 

 will say: 'My slaves, ye dogs, do ye two come hither.' They two are 



o'hne'ganos e'^gana'djio'dak. Ganio"' e"diowiia'he"''ha' ne"'tho' 



it water it kettle will sit. Sosoon it will iip-boil there 



(fresh) as 



tea" deiodeno'"hiani"dr o'ne"' ne"tho' ne" othe"tcha' 



the it is terrifying now there the it meal 



where " (flour) 



he""sok. De"diowiia'he'"'sek ne"' o'ne"' e"sdjTsgon'nia". Ha'o"'- 



there thou it It will be up-boiling: the now thou iniish wilt He him- 



hwa' e"thada'dia' f'^'he^'hen": ' Sadadia'dawi'da"sia'.' Ne"tho' 



he will speak he it will say: ' Do thou thyself disrobe.' There "i 



di'' e"sadadi:i'dawi'dii"sia'. Sa'nesda'go"ks e"gen'k. Hiia"' gat'ka' 



more- thou thyself wilt disrobe. Thou thy bare skin it will be. Xot any- O 



over, wilt be in where 



da'de"djisadia"dawi''dik. O'ne"" ne"' odjis'gwa" e"diowiiti'he""sek, 



thou wilt be robed. Now the it mush it will be up-boiling, D 



o'dai"hen' e"ge'"ks ne"' odjis'gwa". Sia"di''ge' hi'ia' he"gaa"- 



it is hoi it will be the it mush. Thy body on of course it will be- * 



come at- 



sen' tea" e"watdjisgwadon'gwa . E"'he"'hen": 'Hiia" thondasa- 



tached the it itself mush will splatter. He it will say: *Not thou o 



to it where (it is) shouldst 



do""tka'.' Ne"'tho' di" de"iesaga"ha'k. 'A"gwi' thonda'sado'"'tka'. 



flinch from There. more- he his two eyes will Do not thou shouldst flinch " 



it.' over, have on thee. do it from it. 



Ganio"' e"ga'ik o'ne"' de"tcada'dia' e''si"hen": 'O'ne"' hi'ia' 



Sosoon it will be now thou wilt speak thou wilt 'Now, verily. 



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wa'ga'ik, wa'gadjis'gwaik.' De"thatge""ha', o'ne"' di" e"'hana'- 



it is cooked, it mush is cooked.' Thence he will now more- he will 11 



up-rise, over remove 



djioda'gwa', .si" hagwa'di' e"'ha'ie"'. Tho''ge' o'ne"' e"'he°'- 



the .set kettle, yonder side of it he it will set .\t that now he it will 1^ 



far down. itime) 



hen"': '' Sadieii" ne""' hiigwa'di'." Tho"ge' o'ne"' e"'he"'hen"': 



say: "Do thou sit here side of it." At that now he it will say: lo 



(time) 



' Agetchene"''sho"*. dji"ha', ga'e" donde'sne'.' Agwa's degni- 



• My slaves several, dogs, hither do ye two Very they (z.) 14: 



