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6 O-nen te-e 6-yah nen ton-tah-yah-quah-wen-ne-ken-hah. Ni- 

 ya-te-ah-gwen-han nen an-hah-tye-nen-ha nen na-hon-yah-na na-ya- 

 ti-nat nen ne-yo-sah-tah-ken-yah-tah nen ji-gah-hak nen ta-hon-nah- 

 gah-en-tah-kwi-nah na-che-ne-yo-sno-we nen 6-yah en-sah-tya-tah- 

 nya-tah, ah-sen. Nate-ho, ho-ne-yah-quah-ya-ah, nen ah-sen, 

 ne-yah-quah-tah-te-ken. 



7 O-nen te-e 6-yah nen ton-tah-yah-quah-wen-ne-ken-hah. Ni- 

 ya-te-ah-gwen-hah sah-gon-nea-tah-chut-hus nen gah-nye-gah-you- 

 ne-te-ah nen jah-nea-gah-nah-sis-ah nen nate-ho wah-ah-quah-sens- 

 tah nate-ho te-ah-sah-wa nen ton-gah-ge-san-e-his-an skah-gen-nen 

 one-ge-ne-ha-yat nen wah-o-yan-quah-ya-ton o-nen te nen yah-gah- 

 ken taTgah-nah-squaw-yo-an-ne. Nate-ho, ho-ne-yah-quah-ya-ah, 

 nen ah-sen, ne-yah-quah-tak-te-ken. 



Tah o-nen, sah-gon-yan-nen-tah-ah. Tah o-nen te-e ton-tah-ken 

 yut-has. , '. *" ; 



The Onondaga book of the younger brothers as translated into 



English 



1 Now — now this day — now I come to your door where you 

 are mourning in great darkness, prostrate with grief. For this 

 reason we have come here to mourn with you. I will enter your 

 door, and come before the ashes, and mourn with you there; and I 

 will speak these words to comfort you. 



Now our uncle has passed away, he who used to work for all, 

 that they might see the brighter days to come, — for the whole body 

 of warriors, and also for the whole body of women, and also for the 

 children that were running around, and also for the little ones 

 creeping on the ground, and also those that are tied to the cradle 

 boards : for all these he used to work that they might see the bright 

 days to come. This we say and do, we three brothers. 



Now the ancient lawgivers have declared — our uncles that are 

 gone, and also our elder brothers — they have said : It is worth 

 20 — it was valued at 20 — and this was the price of the one who is 

 dead. And we put our words on it [i. e. the wampum] and they 

 recall his name — the one that is dead. This we say and do, we 

 three brothers. 



Now there is another thing we say, we younger brothers. He 

 who has worked for us has gone afar off; and he will also in time 



