HEWITT] ONONDAGA VERSION 193 



finished perfect meal. He said: "Thus it shall c-ontiniie to be; 

 thus shall be the manner of preparing meal among the man-beings 

 who are about to dwell here on the earth." At that time she, his 

 gi-andmother, came forward and heard what he was saying. She 

 arrived there, and said: "Sapling, thou desirest that the man-beings 

 shall be exceedingly happy." She went forward, and, taking off the 

 pot from the fire, put ashes into the hot water. Now, moreover, she 

 took the ear of corn, shelled it, and put the corn into the hot water. 

 She said: "This, moreover, shall be their manner of doing, the method 

 of the man-beings." At that time the Sapling said: "Thou shouldst 

 not do thus." His grandmother did not obey him. Thence, it is said, 

 originated the evil that causes persons customarily to speak ill when 



da"gwa' sga'da' da'ha''se""dsV gaiennenda"!' gathe'tchi'sa"!' 



one it is he it brought down it is finished one it meal has finished 1 



wawa'do"'. Wa"he°'hen": " Ne"tho' ne°io"dik, ne"tho' 



it became. He it said: " There so it will con- thus 2 



tinue to be, 



ne"gaienno"de''k ne" e"iethe'tchon'nisV ne" oii'gwe' ne" 



the one it meal will make the man-being(s) the 3 



tho'ne"" oiinagiifhe' o'"hwendjia"ge'." Tho"ge' o'ne"' dawa'den'- 



here they (indef.) are it earth on." At that now thence she 4 



about to dwell (time) started 



di;V, da' we' ne" ho'soda'ha" gothon'de' ne" na'ie' i'ha'do"k. 



forward, thence the his grandmother she it heard the that heitkeptsay- 5 



she (z.) came (it is) ing. 



Ne^'tho' wa'ga'io"' w^'ge^'hen": " Odeiidonni"a' se'he" 



There she (z.) arrived she(z.) it said: " It Sapling thou it Q 



intendes. 



e"iagotceiinon'nik ne"' oii'gwe' na'ie' ne" heiawengo"di'.*' 



they (indet.) will con- the man-being(e) that the it is exceeding." 7 



tinue to be happy (it is) 



Wa wa'den'dia' wa'gana'djioda'gwil' ne" odjisda"ge" gansVdjiot 



She (z.) started she (z.) it kettle took up the it fire on it kettle 8 



forward stands 



o'ge""ha' wa"ok tea" io'hnegadai"hefi'. O'ne"" di" one""hii" 



it ashes she (z.) it im- the it water (is) hot. Now more- it coni 9 



merged in where over 



wa"tga"gwa' wagane'"hogen'ia' ne"tho' o" hwa"ok tea" 



she (z.) it took up .she (z.) it corn shelled there too thence she (z.) the 10 



it immersed where 



noii'we' o'hnegadai"hen'. Wa"ge°'hen": "Tho'ne"' di" ne''ieie'- 



the place it water is hot. She (z.) it said: "This way more- so they (in- 11 



over, def. ) it wil] 



'hak ne"ieiefino"de°k ne" on'gwe'." Tho"ge' o'ne"' ne" 



ic man-being(s)." At that now the 12 



(time) 



Odendonni"a' wa'he°'hen": " 'A"gwi' ne"tho' nifsie'il'." Hiiii'' 



ItSapling he it said: " Do it not thus so thou it Not 13 



shouldst do." (It is) 



de'agogaie""!' ne" ho'soda'hii". Tbo"ge', ia'ke"', nidio'nhi"!' 



she it consented to the his grandmother. At that it is said. there it went 14 



(time), wrong 



na'ie" ne" wa'he'tge"" ge"'s de'hodi'tha' tea" niga'ha'wi' ne" 



that the it is evil custom- they are talking the there it bears the 15 



(it is) arily where it (the time) 



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