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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 
  ta-gah-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. 
  Tali 
  o-nen 
  te-e 
  ton-tah-ken 
  

   yut-has. 
  

  

  "I 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  