English Translation

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p. 101 —

'Éki	š'áknįwį́ra	mą́xi	wąkréki	k'ox
[And]	the parents	sky	up	noise

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hužè,	'aį́reną.	Č'įók'isákreki	k'inįpkí.	Č'axšepra
it came,	[it is said.]	To the center of the lodge	it often came.	Eagle

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sąčą́xčį́žą*	wa'ųą́kše,	'aį́reną.	Te'é	Hą́pamąnį́ra
a very great one	they did,	they said.	This	Walks in the Day

*for sąjąxjįžą.

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p. 102 —

xeterá	herežé,	'aį́reną.	'é	wą́kač'ókinį	rehiáwiną	č'oníra	herežé,
the great	it is,	[it is said].	[He]	the leader	[sent to us]	the first	he was,

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'aį́reną.	'Éki	hinųprá	horá	č'ąt'į́
[it is said.]	And	the second one	the voice	heard

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'ųžé,	'aį́reną.	Nąk'í	sakréčą	hip'á
it was,	[it is said.]	[Having sat ?]	on a tree*	that far†

*the translation has, "from a tree".
†the translation has, "halfway".

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p. 103 —

homąščára	hanį́	hužé,	'aį́reną.	Č'įók'isákreki
power	bringing	he came,	[it is said.]	In the center of the lodge

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k'inįpšé,	'aį́reną.	Zikskáxč'įžą	že.	Že'é
he lay flat and spread out,	[it is said.]	A [very] white squirrel	[.]	That one

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wą́kač'ókinį	rehiáwira	hinųprá	herežé,	'aį́reną.
the leader	[sent to us]	the second	[he was,]	[it is said.]

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'Éki	žiké	hitanį́ra	skaxčį́že,	'aį́reną.
And	[again]	the third	it was pure white	it is said.

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p. 104 —

Hačará	k'arap'įeskeže,	'aį́reną.	Č'įókisakreki	kinįpšé,
It looked	it was pretty,	[it is said.]	The center of the lodge	it filled,

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'aį́reną.	Wišuksíkra	hitanį́ra	'éki
it was said.	Weasel	the third	and

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žiké	raprá	hičoprá	herežé,	'aį́reną.
[again]	the beaver	the fourth	it was,	[it is said.]

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'Éki	waį́hakrá	'aį́reną.	Tošą́nąkra	wiaǧép'huréki
[And]	snow top	[they say.]	Otter	where the sun rises

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p. 105 —

móp'aséža	čekí	éča	hužé,	'aį́reną.
from the corner of the earth	youngest	there	he came,	[it is said.]

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Skaxč'į́	tošánakra	wirúk'ąnąrá	wa'ųą́kše,	'aį́reną.
Pure white	otter	the leader	he was,	[it is said.]

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Že'é	wą́kač'ókinì	rekšáwiną	hįwániąčą́re.	'é
[These]	leaders	[they would be going]	we had them.	They

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p. 106 —

heréreže,	'aį́reną.	Č'ekéč'a	nį'ąp'ireže,	'aį́reną.
it is,	it is said.	From the beginning	they were alive,	[they say.]

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'éki	mąxínakréki	k'eráč'orá	mąxískara	horok'í
And	[where the clouds lie]	the blue sky	the white clouds	together

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hap'orokšé,	'aį́reną.	Že'é	'é	mąrá
rolled up,	[it is said.]	That	it	the arrow

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p. 107 —

'aį́reną.	Mąk'ą́nį	mąrá,	že'é	nąčké
[it is said.]	The medicine men	the arrow,	that one	heart

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k'ųhá	wą́kakik'ąnąkirawíže,	'aį́reną.	'Éki	mąrá	č'ąt'į́
under	the one that they put there,	[it is said].	And	the arrows	apparently

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wahékš'anaháwire.*	Worákra	hiwahawiránaka	hi'ųkšáwi	žeskéže,
we were giving to them.	The story	we show it and	we will do it	[in this way,]

*an initial /y/ was crossed out and /w/ written above it.

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p. 108 —

'aį́reną.

[it is said.]

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Source:

Amelia Susman, Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, January, 1939) Book 8:101-108.