ONONDAGA VERSION 



209 



Now, Sapliiiy tnivoli'd over the visible earth. There wa.s in one 

 place a river course, and he stood beside the river. There he went to 

 work and he formed the bod}' of a human man-being." He completed 

 his bod}' and then he blew into his mouth. Thereupon, the human 

 man-being- became alive. Sapling said: ''Thou thj'self ownest all 

 this that is made." So, now, verily, he repeatedh' looked around, 

 and there was there a grove whose fruit was large, and there, moi'e- 

 over, the sound of the birds talking together wa.s great. So, now 

 came another thing. Thus, in his condition he watched him, and 

 he thought that, perhaps, he was lonesome. Now, veril}', he again 

 went to work, and he made another human man-being. Next in time 

 he made a human woman-being. He completed her body, and then he 

 blew into her mouth, and then she, too, became alive. He said, 

 addressing the male man-being: '* Now, this woman-being and thou 



O'ne"" de'hodawefiie" tea" o"'hwendiia'de' ne'' Odendoiini'Ti". 



Now he traveled t}ie it earth is present the It Sapling, 



wliere 



Ge"'hio"iiwada'die' ne"tho' ge"'hio'"hwak'da wa'thada 'nha'. Ne^'tho* 



it river beside 



he came to stand. 



W!Vhoio'de'"'ha' 



he went to work 



wil'hoia'don'niii' 



he his body made 



o'ne"' wu"haen''dat 



ne 



the 



do'n'het 



beeame 

 alive 



nefi'ge'" 



this one 



he blew 

 vind uttered 



ne" ofi'gwe 



the human 



being. 



niiodie'e"'." 



so it is done." 



ha'sagon'wa 



his mouth in. 



Odendonni"a' 



It Sapling 



on gwe .'^ 



human 

 being. 



Tho"'ge* 



At that 

 (time I 



wiVhe^'heii" 



Wa'hoia-di''sa" 



wa'hu 



he 



sa we 



tea"' 



Da'. 



ihe 



o ne 



now 



ne"tho' o'hon'da'ie"" ne" swa'hio'na'. 



there it brush (shrubs) the it fruit (are) 



are (lie! large. 



gondiio'sho""a' odit'ha". Da', o'ne"" 



they (z.) animals they (z.) So, now 



.siaaU\birds) are talking. 



tea" de"hoga"ha' wa'he'a' 



the he him had his he it thought 



where eyes fixed on 



sa'hoio*de""ha' o'ne"" he" 



now again 



■ hi'ia' 



verily 



ne"tho' 



there 



he" 



again 



hagwa'da's 



la . 



it anothei 



1 thing! . 



hofi"'. 



I's 



'•Thou thou it 

 ownest 



de'hotga''don'nio"'k 



he is looking repeatedly 

 about 



di" gai'sdowa'ne"' 



more- it sound (isi 



over large 



Ne"tho" ni'io"t 



There so it is 



O'ne" 



hi'ia' 



o la 



Agon'gwe' o""ke' 



She human next in 



being time 



wa'haefi"dat ne" 



he blew the 



ne 



other 



sa'ha'son'nia'. 



again he it made. 



sa'ha'soii'nia" 



again he it made 



being. 



o'ne' 



e sagon wa 



her mouth in, 



o ne 



now 



Wa'shagoiadi"'sa 



He her bodv eom- now 



pleted 



o" na" wa'oiido'n'het. 



too that one she liecame alive. 



Wa"he""h(''n" 



He it said. 



wa"honw6""has 



he it said to him 



ne" hadji'na' 



"Na'ie' 



■■That 



(it is) 



no 



« From this paragraph to the end of this version there i.s more or less admixture of trans-Atlantic ideas. 

 6 Here ofi'gwe' denotes a human being. See footnote on page 141. 



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