Hotcâk Text -- Herók'a Songs

English Translations

Slow Song --
Te'é
hâk'é
wajî´*
tuc'áknî´ra
hijâk'íra
This
not
something
I cannot miss**
one
*the text has waj(ah)î´.
**broken down as, "I miss / not / the".

Wajatû´zra*
hîki'û´ra.**
the Creator
he made for me.
*broken down as, "something / create / the".
**broken down as, "me for / do / the".

Dance Song --
Wáp'ahí
hanirá*
wak'âtc'â´kcânâ.
P'ejé
tc'owé
Sharp thing
my
it is holy.
[Who]**
way
*broken down as, "I have / the".
**translated as "someone".

hararutc'ék'tce?*
he can cross my own?
*written as, har(ah)arutc'ék'tce. It is broken down as, "my / across / will".

Songs. Bladder, Song about the Older Brother, v. 2, Bladder, Song about the Older Brother, v. 3, Buffalo Dance Songs, Clan Songs, Bear Clan, Clan Songs, Bear Clan, Song for Returning, Clan Songs, Bear Clan, Song for Starting Out, Clan Song, Bear Clan, Song of the Youngest, Clan Songs, Buffalo Clan, Clan Songs, Buffalo Clan, The Four Songs of Hodjanoka, Clan Songs, Deer Clan, Clan Songs, Wolf Clan, Clan Songs, Wonághire Wâkcik Clan, The Crawfish's Song, Duck Song, Farewell Songs, The Four Services Songs, Grandfather Sparrow's Rain Songs, Grizzly Bear Songs), Hare's Song to Grasshopper, Hare's Song to the Wâgepanîgera, Hare's Song to Wildcat, Hawk's Song, Holy Song, Little Fox's Death Song, Little Fox's Death Song (for the Warpath), Little Fox's Tail Song, The Mouse Song, Nightspirit Songs, The Quail's Song, Redman's Song, Slow Song of the Herok'a, Soldier Dance Songs, Song for Calling the Buffalo, Song from the Water, Song from the Water (King Bird), The Song of Bluehorn's Sister, The Song of Sun Caught in a Net, The Song of the Boy Transformed into a Robin, Song of the Frog to Hare, Song of the Thunder Nestlings, The Song of Trickster's Baby, The Song to the Elephant, The Song to the Elephant, v. 3, The Sun's Song to Hare, Turtle's Call for a Warparty, v. 1, Turtle's Call for a Warparty, v. 2, Turtle's Four Death Dance Songs, Twins, Ghost's Song, v. 1, Twins, Ghost's Song, v. 2, Twins, Ghost's Song (The Two Brothers), Twins, the Songs of Ghost and Flesh, Twins, Song of the Father-in-Law, Victory Song, What a Turtle Sang in His Sleep, Wolf-Teasing Song of the Deer Spirits.

Source:

Amelia Susman, "Herók'a," Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1939) Book 10: 79. Informant: Sam Blowsnake.