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138. The Legend of Doäʻdaneʹgĕⁿʼ and Hotkwisdadegĕⁿʼʹă

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DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻ,now,giʼʹoⁿʻ,it is saidneʻʹthehaksăʼʹgōwāhe you (is)neʼʹhoʻtherewāʹeʼthither he wenthoñ­weʻʹgwāyonder-wardgāoʼʹkhoʻhither anddaātgăʻʹdĕⁿʼthence he turned facingdeogāʹneʼʹsʻhoñtwo he him eyed-justneʻʹthehonoʼʹsĕⁿ.his uncle.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnowneʻʹthehagĕⁿʹdjĭhe old one (is)deagāʹneʼtwo he eyed (it)neʼʹhoʻthereitʹʻhadthere he stoodadeyĕñnoñniʼʹgeʻ.“Attention” at.DyĕñgwăʻʹsʻhoñSuddenly justneʻʹthehagĕⁿʹdjĭhe old one (is)oʹnĕⁿʻnowgiʼʹoⁿʻ,it is said,waiʹĕñʼ,did he it say,“Hauʼʹ“Comegāʹtcĭ,hither do thou come,gāʹoʼhithernăʼnondāʹseʻ,again hither do thou come,oʹnĕⁿʻnownāʹeʻindeeddondagadoʼkʹ­tʻhăsthere it me failed (= I am not satisfied)ʼaʹsoⁿ.”yet.”
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GaʹnioʼJust as soon asoʼʹhāyoⁿʼdid he arriveneʻʹthehaksăʼʹgōwāhe youth (is)oʹnĕⁿʻnowneʻʹthehonoʼʹsĕⁿhis uncleneʻʹtheoäʼoⁿʻʹsăʼit sun-flowerōʹnoⁿʼit-oilneʻʹthehasʼoʻdāʼʹgeʻhis hand onwäoñʹtʻhoʼdid he it pourwaānoʻʹ­gāʼ-khoʻdid he it anoint-andgagweʹgoⁿit entireneʻʹthehagoⁿsăʼʹgeʻhis face onneʻʹthehaksăʼʹgōwāhe youth (is)waādyĕñnoñʹnĭʼ.did he it do with care.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnow,giʼʹoⁿʻ,it is saidwaiʹĕñʼ,did he it say,“Hauʼʹ“Comeoʹnĕⁿʻnowhoñʹweʻyonderhoñsāʹseʻagain thither do thou gogāʹoʼhitherdiqʹtoodĕⁿtchatkăʻʹdĕⁿʼ.”wilt thou turn facing.”OʹnĕⁿʻNowneʻʹthehaksăʼʹgōwāhe youth (is)neʼʹhoʻtherewāʹeʼthither did he gogāʹoʼhitherdiqʹtoodaātgăʻʹdĕⁿʼ.did he face.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnowwaiʻʹcertainlyneʻʹthehagĕⁿʹdjĭhe old one (is)deogāʹneʼtwo he him eyedagwasʹverywaiʻʹcertainlywaādyĕñnõñʹnĭʼ.did he do it with care.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻ,now,giʼʹoⁿʻ,it is said,waāsʹnyeʼtdid he speakoʹnĕⁿʻnowwaiʹĕñʼ,did he it say,“Neʼʹ“That (it is)neʻʹtheheʻʹwhereinniseksāʼʹgōwāso thou youthful (are)deʼgatkăʼʹhoʻnot in any placenoñʹperhapsdeʼtʻhĕⁿʹʼdĕñʼ (or deʼtʻhĕⁿʼʹdyoⁿʼ)not he does abideneʼʹhoʻthereneʻʹthehaksăʼʹgōwāhe youthfulgĕñʹoñk.it was.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnowgāʹtcĭhither do thou comediqʹ.too.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnowhoñʹweʻyonderhoñsăsăʹdyĕⁿ(-dyĕñʻ).thither again do thou sit.DāʹSoneʼʹthatdiqʹtoonäⁿndăʻʹthisnăʻⁿʹotkind of thingĕⁿsyasōʹoñkwilt thou be calledneʼʹthatneʻʹtheDooäʼdaneʹgĕⁿʼ.Dooäʼdaneʹgĕⁿʼ.[771]GagweʹgoⁿIt entire (is)heʻʹasnīʹyoñso art manyyenagēʹnioⁿʼthey dwell severally (peoples)weĕⁿʹsʻhoñfor justwăʼotʹkāeʻdid it noise makehāoⁿʹʻhoⁿʼhe himselfhadjinoⁿʼdīʹyūhe hunter fine (is)neʻʹthehăʼdeganyoʼʹdăge.all game in
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number.SăsĕñnăoñʹgăʼtThy name (is) famoussĕⁿʼʹĕⁿ.because.DāʹSooʹnĕⁿʻnowhoñʹweʻyondersāʹdyĕñ.”thou thyself seat.”

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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911, Project Gutenberg eBook #64176

137.The Legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña 138. The Legend of Doäʻdaneʹgĕⁿʼ and Hotkwisdadegĕⁿʼʹă (continued 1)