ONONDAGA VERSION 



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that lu' had ju>;t then grown to the size which a man-being custom- 

 arily has when he reaches the youth of man-beings, as manifested l)y 

 the change of voice at the age of puberty. 



Moreover, it is so that continuously the orenda immanent in his 

 body — the orenda with which he suffuses his person, the orenda which 

 be projects or exhibits, through which he is possessed of force and 

 potency — is ever full, undiminished, and all-sufficient; and, in the next 

 place, nothing that is otkon ■' or deadly, nor, in the next place, even the 

 Great Destroyer, otkon in itself and faceless, has any effect on 

 him, he being perfectly immune to its oi-enda; and, in the next place, 

 there is nothing that can bar his way or veil his faculties. 



Moreover, it is verily thus with all the things that are contained in 

 the earth here present, that the}- severally retransform or exchange 

 their bodies. It is thus with all the things [zoic] that sprout and grow, 

 and, in the next place, with all things [actively zoic] that produce 



tea"' hongwe'da'se"a' sawa'do"', 



where he man-being new again it is be- 



na le 



that 



ne 



the 



nithodo'dr ne" tea'' ni'lo't g( 



5o there he 1ms the where so it is en: 



grown a 



dc'nio"' ne"' hongwe'da'se'Ti' ne' 



changed th 



aien a 



one would 

 think, 



ha"sa' 



just then 



ha"sa' 



just then 



ne"tho" 



thus 

 (there J 



de'hodwenna 



his voice has 



oil gwe". 



man-being. 



tea"' 



where 



Ke"'tho- na'ie' di" 



Thus that more- 



lit is) over 



ni'hoia'daen'nae' 



so his body has orenda 



ni'io't 



so it is 



tea" 



tgaie'i' diiotgofit ne" 



always the 



tea"' 



hadennoda"gwa', ne''tho" gwa"'- 



there next to 



tho" hadennonda''gwa' ne"' tcii"' 



ha'qhwii' 



he it holds 



ne"'tho* 



then- 



ne"'tho" 



there 



gwa"'tho' 



next to it 



gwa"'tho' 



next to it 



ne"' hiiii'' ste"* 



nonwa'ho"'de" 



any- kind of thing 



i thing 



O"sondoa'go'na" 



ga"shasde°'sa', 



icy (power, 

 Force) 



o'tgo"'," 



It Great Destroyer 



( monstrous), 



O'ni'dat'go"" Hiia" 



otkon in itself not 



De'gago" "sonde", de'hona'go'wiis, ne"'tho' gwa"tho' 



It has u face, i not) it affects f wears there next to it 



nonwa'ho"'de"' 



kind of thing 



(not) it affects (wears 

 on) him, ' 



de"hodawe""das. Ne"'tho' 



it him bars (shuts) out. Thus, 



hi'ia' di"' 



hiia" 



not 



(it is) 



ni'io"t 



.so it is 



ste"" 



tea"' 



where 10 



niioiT ga'qhwii' 



soitismuch it it holds 

 (many) 



gagwe'gi' ne"tho" 



it all thus 



ne 



tea" o""hwefidjia'de'' 



where it earth is present 



de wadia"dade' n io" ' 



ni'io't 



so it is 



ne" wadonnia"ha', 



ne"tho' 



there 



s ils body 11 



ively, 



gwa"tho' 



next to it 12 



" See footnote on page 197. 



