A SENECA VERSION 



There were, it seems, so it is said, niiin-))eiiigs dwelling on the other 

 side of the sky. So. just in the center of their villago the lodge of the 

 chief stood, wherein li\-ed his faniily, consisting- of his spouse and one 

 child, a girl, that they two had. 



He was surprised that then he began to become lonesome. Now, 

 furthermore, he, the Ancient, was verj^ lean, his bones having become 

 dried; and the cause of this condition was that he was displeased that 

 they two had the child, and one would think, judging from the cir- 

 cumstances, that he was jealous. 



So now this condition of things continuetl until the time that he, 

 the Ancient, indicated that they, the people, should seek to divine his 

 Word; that is, that they should have a dream feast for the purpose of 

 ascertaining the secret yearning of his soul [produced by its own 



Ne"' gwa', gi"o" 



That, it seems, itissaic 



hadi'nonge" ne"' sgiioiTiadr' ne" hen'nofi'- 



gwe". I>a'. sha'degano'ndae"' ne"'ho" ni'hono"'so't ne"' ha'sen- 



jnst in the center of 



the vilhige stai 



ne''ho' hawadjiii'ie"', ne" ne'io' 



there liis ohwaehiralies. the his 



sga't hodiksiVda'ie"', 



one it they ehild have, 



is 



Waiidiensr wa".shon ' 



le () 



Slle 



female (is'i 



o'ne"" 



iio«- 



ho"wa".siiwe"" 



it hegan 



kho' 



and 



haufwefidir's. 



O'ne"" di'tj we'so" ho'nen'iatheii" 



Hage""tci; ne" gai'ionni. 



He Ancient One; tlmt it it causes 



the""e"" deo'iiigoiT'Iio' he" odik.s:Vda'ie"*. ait' 



not (it is: his mind happy is (because) they child liave, one w 



non 



perhaps. 



heniio"derr ne" ne' 



state 



Da'. o'ne' 



hosheie'o"'. 



he is jealous. 



niio'deiTandie" 



niio we o ne 



vhere 



wa"onwande"" ni: 



he pointed it out 



ne'ho"'sliof 



iinlv lliM- 



to he distant 



Hage""'tci lie" ne" a"au"wa"vvenni"sak. Da' 



he .-Viicient 



the 



Ihiit they should seek to divine Sn. 



One his word. 



o'ne"" gagwe'go"" ne"' hennongwe"shon"o"' ne'ho"'shon" hodii- 



now it nil the tliei- im.t nuin-beinK only thus they (ni.i 



individully (are) habitually 



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