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ONONDAGA VERSION 



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direful i And yet, moreover, it is not certain that this is what tliy 

 soul craves; that its eyes maj' have seen thy standing- tree, Tooth as 

 to kind, pulled up, in order that the earth he torn open, and that 

 there be an ab^-ss that i^ierces the earth, and, moreover, that there 

 beside the abj'ss one shall lay thee, and at th}' head thy spouse shall 

 be seated with her legs hanging down into the abyss." At that time 

 the chief said: "Ku"." I am thankful! Now, verily, the whole matter 

 has been fulfilled by thy divining my Word." 



During this time [the duration of the dream feast], a large body of 

 man-beings,^ paid a visit there. He, the Deer, paid a visit there. He, 

 the Great-horned Deer [the Buck], paid a visit there. He, the Spotted 

 Fawn, paid a visit, and was there seeking to divine the Word of the 



hiia" de'oi'hwado'ge"' na'ie' wadadjis'tha' ne"' 



not it matter certain (is) that it it craves the 



(it is) (it is) 



daioga'ha"ik ne'' tea" agaendoda'gwe"k ne" 



its two eyes should the the one should uproot the 



have fa'llen on it where standing tree 



ono"dJ!V nw{i'gaendo"de"\ na'ie' diioi"hwa' 



it tootli such it tree (is) kind of. that thence it is 



(it is) reason 



awado"'hwendjiadet'ha" riio'sade""h{i' ha'daiao"'hwendjiongo"da". 



it itself earth should cause to gape it cave should just it earth should transpierce, 



come to he 



hegagwe'gi' ne" tea"' wa'sgwawennowe''"'nha"."" 



entirely (it all) the the ye my Word have divined." 

 where 



Na'ie' ne" gendio'gowa'ne"' hodigwat'hwi' tea" nwa'oiini'she'. 



That the it body of persons they (m.) visited the so long it lasted, 



it is large (is) 



Skennondo"" 



Deer 



WiVhagwafhwa'. 



he visited 

 (there). 



honwawenni''saks 



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where 



hagwat'hwiV. Ona'gaendo"^go'n[i' Skennondo"'' 



he visited It has great horns Deer 



(there). 



Tcisdivthien'iifr wit'hagwat'hwa", ne''tho' 



Spotted Fawn he visited IhiTe 



(there) 



ne*' ha'sennowa'ne"'. O'gwfii'' o*'nr wiVha- 



the He chief Bear also lit- 



(is). 



a This is an exclamation expressing gratification at having one's dream or vision divined and 

 satisfied. 



'' The relator of this version stated that there was a reputed connection between the visits of these 

 different personages and the presence of their kinds in the new world beneath the sky land, but he 

 had forgotten it. 



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