Hōcąk Text — The Fate of Native America: a Prophecy
by Stella (Blowsnake) Stacey, a.k.a. Mountain Wolf Woman
transcribed and translated by Sheila Shigley
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| Stella Stacy (Mountain Wolf Woman) |
| hapaxlegomena: ḗašge, "those"; ḗgišga (< ēgi šge), "in an excessive number" (exhibiting a metaphony from /-e/ to /-a/).; ją̄̀néšge, "even" (cf. Jasper Blowsnake, janeréšge, "even").
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| expression of unknown meaning: wą́gawigáraikjį (⬇︎), "?".
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| rare words: hįgicgís, "to cut," the first time this word has been found unmodified.
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| First Line | Tape OT 7694_atm_MDPI_40000001139890_01_access.mp4 |
| Second Line | Transcription |
| Third Line | Translation |
Nota Bene: the positions indicated for versions of the audio may vary from one reader to another, so they may require a quantity added or subtracted from the values presented here.
| APS 00:22.9 = OT 02:32.4 | 02:45.2 | |||||
| Mą́įxeteją̄̀ne, | wažą́r̨a haną̄̀c | mą̄́ną̄́gre, | ē, | wą̄́ganąšéirawìn'. | Wą́ganašéirawíną, | gā́žḕsgéną, |
| These Mąįxete, | everything | on this earth, | they | they take from us. | They take away from us, | it is like this, |
| 02:59.9 | ||||||||
| wą́kjḕga, | Wṓráka, | ē, | gā́žēsgén'. | Giži, | hahí | haną́c, | jā́gúra | haną́c, |
| that man, | The Storyteller, | he said, | it is like this. | So, | eventually | everything, | possible | everything, |
| 03:10 | ||||||||
| Mą́įxeteją̄̀na | ē | hanı̨́kjenen'. | Mą́ną́gra | haną́cixjį | ē | hahí | ē | cā́p-íkjąnąhén'. |
| that White Man | he | he will own. | The land, | absolutely all of it, | they | eventually | they | they will possess it. |
| 03:16.2 | 03:22.8 | ||||
| Rahí, | kḗnįgé, | hįyą́mą́x[šge] | hįruxúruknįkjąną́win'. | Egi | nįgé, |
| You’ll arrive | at the point where | to pick anything up | you won’t so much as be able. | And | anywhere, |
| 03:30 | ||||||
| hı̨́yúšákjanáwišge, | hįwigáwiànąga, | "Hą̄," | [wą́gawigáraikjį], | ḗja | hı̨́yúšàną̄̀n'. | Kē |
| should we want to stop | they tell us, | "Alright," | [...], | there | we can stop. | Not |
| 03:32.6 | ||||||
| ną́ksíkrašge | hižı̨́gicgís* | hįruxúruknįn'. | Hı̨́wigáwigišąną, | "Hą̄," | àiregiži, | ną́ksíkra |
| stick of wood | to cut one | we can't. | Only if they say to us, | "Alright," | if they say so, | stick of wood |
* < hižą hįgicgis.
| 03:38.7 | 03:43.4 | ||||||||
| giži | hįgicgís | hįruxúrukšąną. | Hahí | hožeją́įja, | mḗžḕsge, | kjąnąhéną. | Nąga | ḗgi, | kīzáireną, |
| only then | to cut | we can. | Get to the point | in the end, | that way, | it will be. | And | then, | they are fighting, |
| 03:50.3 | ||||||
| áirekją́nen'. | Kīzáireną, | áiregi, | hahí, | Mą́įxeteją̄̀ne | ē | kīkīzairegiži. |
| they will say. | They are fighting, | they will say, | it will come to pass that | those Mąįxete | they | they are fighting each other. |
| 03:59.5 | ||||||
| Wī’ų́ra, | kīgúciregi, | waža | šīšik | hožú | hirasá | hikīgúcireánąga.* |
| The ammunition, | when they shoot each other, | something | bad | there will be in there | as well | when they shoot each other. |
* -ánąga, which normally functions as a conjunction, here seems to carry the sense of "when".
| 04:07.7 | 04:13.8 | |||||||
| Cā́c | ją̄̀néšge, | wažą́ | šīšik | ho’éire | gā́žḕsgen'. | Ḕja | howájišge | wą́gowažákjąną́win'. |
| The winds | even | something | terrible | they will be spreading | in this way. | From that | to become | we will be sick. |
| 04:17.5 | 04:24.7 | ||||||||
| Ḕgi | nį̄́ną̄̀krešge, | nį̄́šą́nąkną̄̀krešge, | tḗną̄̀krešge, | kē | ēja | nį̄́ | hįracgą́ | hįruxúruknįn', | wažą |
| And | even the rivers, | even the streams, | even the lakes, | not | [there] | water | to drink | we won't be able, | something |
| 04:28.6 | 04:31.9 | |||||||
| šīšik | wóžúiren', | nį̄́rá. | Ḕja | nį̄́ | r̨acgą́wišge | ḗašge | wą́gat’ékjąną́win'. | Nį̄ra |
| awful | they’re putting into | the waters. | And | waters | for us even to drink | those, | it will kill us. | The waters |
| 04:35 | ||||||||
| rḗšge | howįt’ékjąną́win'. | Ḕsge | nį̄́ | hįgą́cwiánąga, | nį̄́ | hįk’éwiánąga, | nį̄́ | hįkīk’áwigišąną, |
| even | it will be the death of us. | So | water | for that reason we pull* | water | we dig, | water | we dig for ourselves, |
* as in from a well?
| 04:49 | ||||||||
| ḗja | howájišąna | nį̄́ | pį̄́ | hįr̨acgą́ | hįrųxurúkjąną́win'. | Hahí | haną́c | mą́ną́grešge, |
| [there] | only from that source | water | good | to drink | we will be able.* | It will come to pass | all | over the earth |
* in other words, "Therefore only the water we extract, the water we dig for, the water we dig for ourselves, only from that source will we be able to have good water."
| 04:52.4 | 04:55.6 | ||||
| hokīzákjąnąwin'. | Mą́įxeteją̄̀ne | ḗ | kīkīzáiregi. | Mą̄́ną̄́gre | haną̄́cixjį |
| we will be warring over. | Those Mąįxete, | they | it is they who will be warring. | Across the lands | absolutely all |
| 05:01.3 | 05:05 | |||||
| hokʷīzákjąnąhén'. | Mą̄́ | ḗgišga* | hikīzáirekjąnąhén'. | Mą̄́, | hožeją́r̨a | herékjąnègi, |
| they will be fighting. | Lands | in an excessive number | they will be fighting each other. | Time | the end | when it comes, |
* ēgišge (< ēgi šge), "too much, over the limit" (Kingswan), with the not-unexpected metaphony from /-e/ to /-a/.
| 00:05:11 || | |
| ḗsge | mḗsgekjąnèn'. |
| [therefore] | it will be like this. |
Source:
Reading by Sheila Shigley, from the audio tape in the American Philosophical Society: 10-04. Fraenkel, Gerd. Stacy, Stella. "The red man's plaint about the white man's control of the country," Mss.Rec.29, recorded 12 July 1959, 1 .mp3; 00:00:22.9 - 00:02:52.9. Copy made by Gerd Fraenkel of an original tape held at the Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University. This program comes from original tape 526.6. APS accession number 7235; APSdigrec_0948; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 09. Reading based on a clean audio copy from Nancy Hall: OT 7695, 00:02:32.4 - 00:05:11.