Little Thunder
narrated by John Fireman
p. 72 —
| Wakánja | Xonúniñge | kinų́bera | nañkíkara | hížuk | ’ų |
| Thunder | Little | brother mine | going hunting | fire the gun | did it |
| róhą. | Hiánjera | híja | howáreže. | Sgíñgeregi. | "Wa’úñgehegùni |
| much. | Father | thereat | went he did. | Heavy it was. | "For that reason |
| ragijíšerekjèną." | hikipágają. | Caížą | k’į | guhéže | Wakánja |
| you help him." | He met him. | [A] deer | carried | coming with | Thunder |
| Xonúnige. | K’į | gigíže | sgiñgeréra | rohána. | Gíži |
| Little | carried | get to him | heavy | much. | [And so] |
| k’íną | tuš’ák. | Ásge | hokaraík’ų. |
| carried | can't. | Reason | give it back to him. |
| Karak’į. | gúže | karak’íñkiriže. |
| He carried himself | coming | coming carry[ing] home. |
Source:
[1] John Fireman, "A Tale about Little Thunder," translated by George Ricehill, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Winnebago III, #11a Freeman #3892 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1909?) Story I, p. 72.