Hočąk Text — The Lost Blanket, Version 2

narrated by Jasper Blowsnake

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The manuscript is in the hand of Paul Radin, the Hočąk line is written in bolder letters with a different writing implement than was used for the English lines. In general, the MS is not difficult to read. About 50% of the hand written interlinear text has no English translation, but almost all of the untranslated words could be found elsewhere. Radin also used symbolic abbreviations for common whole words or syllables some of which he interpreted here and in other manuscripts, although there are some whose values are unknown. The symbols used in the text appear on the table below:

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p. 37 —

Wa-į́ją	į́[υ],	gixawaníne[2].	Maihage[υ´]	djesgé[ɕ][⨪]kíji
Wa-į́žą	į́regi,	gixawaníneže.	Maihagerégi	jesgéxjįnañkíži
A mantle	they wore,	they lost.	On top of earth	as much as it is

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haną́tcį[ɕ]	ho-ųneje.	Waxopíni	wáradjiré[-]	djanuñgáki
haną́čįxjį	ho-ųneže.	Waxopíni	wárajiréra	januñgáki
[absolutely all]	[they went.]	[Spirits]	[the various ones]	[as many as there are]

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haną́tcį[ɕ]	wowaíre[2].	[α]	[ψ]	hikaraérani[2].
haną́čįxjį	wowaíreže.	Égi	hañké	hikaraéraniže.
[absolutely all]	they went.	[And]	[not]	they didn't find it.

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Ge	[ε]	mąk'úhǫna	hanáñtcį[ɕ]	hungé
Ge	ésge	mąk'úhǫna	hanáñčįxjį	hungé
[And]	[so]	[under?]	[absolutely everything]	[chiefs]

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hatcą[ɜ´]	[⨪´]kijí,	tcikérera	hanątc´	wowaire[2].*
hačąšána	náñkiži,	čikérera	haną́č	wowaireže.
in different places wherever	they are,	the lodges	[all]	they went by.

*[τ] and two letters hat been crossed out and aire written above.

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Mañk'úhǫ[-]	[+][ɕ]	ho-úine[2].	Hiñké	wajį
Mañk'úhǫra	haną́čįxjį	ho-úineže.	Hiñké	wažį
[At ?]	[absolutely all of them]	[they were.]	[Not]	[anything]

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érani[2].	[α]	[θ]	mañxíwąge[υ´]	waxopíni
éraniže.	Égi	žige	mañxíwągerégi	waxopíni
[they did not find.]	[And]	[again]	[up above in the clouds]	[spirits]

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warádjirera	djanuñgáki	[+][ɕ]	how[τ´][2].	[ψ]
warájirera	januñgáki	haną́čįxjį	howaíreže.	Hañké
[the various ones]	[all of them]	[absolutely all]	[they went.]	[Not]

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wajį	érani[2].	Hatcį́dja	Mą'úna	[⨪]kijí,
wažį	éraniže.	Hačį́ja	Mą'úna	nañkiží,
[anything]	[they did not go.]	[Where]	[Earthmaker]	[he sits],

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[β´]	hahíre[2].	Mą'úna*	wanañkéwege.	[ε]
éja	hahíreže.	Mą'úna	wanañkéwege.	Esge
[there]	[they arrived]	[Earthmaker]	he became afraid.	[And so]

*after this name there is a very large caret, and at the top of the page below the page number is another large caret followed by "line 10" which contains five words that are to be inserted here.

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djagú	wąhírega	wagi'ų́[2].	Hiñké	djagú
jagú	wąhírega	wagi'ų́že.	Hiñké	jagú
what	they went for	he granted them.	[Not]	[what]

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p. 38 —

'uą[|·´]gi	wawogíruc'ágeni[2].	"[ψ]	wają́
'uąhirégi	wawogíruš'ágeniže.	"Hañké	wažą́
[after going a long distance ?]	he did not delay in granting.	"[Not]	[anything]

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'yapéresninunigé	honiñgiduxúitcáwi[|],"	wawigé[2].	[α]	hokikdjąp´
'yapéresninunigé	honiñgituxúičáwiną,"	wawigéže.	Egi	hokikjąp´
I don't know [but]	I will look it up for you,"	[he told them.]	[And]	looking glass

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xedéją	rúz[ρ]	mąnáñgere	djasgá[⨪]ki	[+][ɕ]
xetéžą	rúzanañga	mąnáñgere	jasgánañki	haną́čįxjį
a big one	[he took and]	[on the earth]	[the way they are]	[absolutely all]

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hadjá	wagigí[2].	Hidjokurughudjwire,"	wige[2´].	Hatcį́dja[⨪]kí
hajá	wagigíže.	Hijokuruǧujwire,"	wigežé.	Hačį́janañkí
to see	he let them.	"Look for it yourselves,"	[he told them].	Where it was

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hakaradjaíre[2].	Wa-į́na	hik'ére[2],	[β].	[α]*
hakarajaíreže.	Wa-į́na	hik'éreže,	eja.	Egi
they saw it.	[The blanket]	they found	[there.]	[And]

*before this symbol is a set of three vertical lines inticating the end of an episode. However, in the first version of the story of the Lost Blanket, the episode that follows is integral to that story, so it will be kept with it in this version.

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[β]	hihínąp	[|·][2´].	[α]	[β]
eja	hihínąp	hirežé.	Egi	eja
[there]	[to go out]	[they did.]	[And]	[there]

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Herecgúniga	édjokawaire[2].*	Mą'úna	waírecgúnina	hicakis'aniñk
Herešgúniga	éjokawaireže.	Mą'úna	waírešgúnina	hišakis'aniñk
[the Devil]	they entered.	[Earthmaker]	[they said]	besides him

*just before [2] the symbol [τ] has been crossed out and aire written above it.

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nañkí.*	[β]	hokawaíre[ϕ]	[β]	t'éwahi
nañkí.	Eja	hokawaíregają	eja	t'éwahi
that he was.	[There]	[after they arrived,]	[there]	to kill them

*the original was rakí, but /n/ was written above the /r/ and /ñ/ inserted above the line after /a/ by a caret.

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nąį́[2].	Mąs´*	hitcíją	heregí,	cogá[ɕ][2].
nąį́že.	Mąs´	hičížą	heregí,	šogáxjįže.
he tried.	[Iron]	home	[it was,]	very thick.

*a letter has been scribbled out just before this word.

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[β]	hokéwe	wagigi[ρ´]	mązitcí[⨪]	dacútcį
Eja	hokéwe	wagigiánañga	mązičínañk	tašúčį
[There]	[to enter]	[he put them, and]	[the iron lodge]	red hot

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hi[2´].	[σ]	naį́ji.	T'airegúni	[|·]gé.
hižé.	Žegų	naį́ži.	T'airegúni	hiregé.
he made.	[Then]	[he tried.]	[They might be dead]	[he thought.]

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Woruxútc	hi[ϕ´],	de	cgadjrá	'ų[ɕ]nañkcé.*
Woruxúč	higáją,	te	šgajrá	'ųxjįnañkšé.
[He looked in]	[having done,]	[these ones]	[playing]	[they were doing very much.]

*the letter /n/ is written above the line and connected by a line to a letter that has been scribbled out.

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[θ]	hiraitcé[-]	dacútc	hí[2].	Jedjuñgá
Žige	hiraičéra	tašúč	híže.	Žejuñgá
[Again]	more	[red hot]	[he made.]	[Now then]

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naį́jį[ɕ].	T'airegúni	hiregé.	Waicdjá	hi[ϕ´],
naį́žįxjį.	T'airegúni	hiregé.	Waišjá	higáją,
[he tried very hard.]	[They might be dead]	[he thought.]	[To spy]	[having done,]

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hidjáraha'ų́,	de	mąs	hitcí	dacútc[⨪]a,
hijáraha'ų́,	te	mąs	hičí	tašúčnañka,
when he was going there,	[this]	metal	lodge	that was red hot,

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p. 39 —

[β]	hiją́	sirá	hixarók	djihuhí[2].
eja	hižą́	sirá	hixarók	jihuhíže.
[there]	[one]	foot	stuck through	he sent it.

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Jedjuñga,	'uñ[ɕ´]	negí	kiruxaíreniñge[ɕ´].	[θ]
Žejuñga,	'uñxjį́	negí	kiruxaíreniñgexjį́.	Žige
[Now then,]	they did much more	[when]	they chased one another.	[Again]

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gigás	hihinąp´[⨪][|·]gácge	higų	hatcįdjá	hapahírega,
gigás	hihinąp´nañkiregášge	higų	hačįjá	hapahírega,
to burst	they would go out somewhere	but	wherever	they ran towards,

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[β]	gigás	hoikáwa	hagiakára[⨪][2].	'Ú[⨪]'ų,
eja	gigás	hoikáwa	hagiakáranañkce.	'Únañk'ų,
[there]	to burst	[from the inside]	[they would come out ?].	[Finally,]

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Herecgúnina	hotci[-´]	mą́zitci	dacúdje[⨪]a	Herecgúniga
Herešgúnina	hočirá	mą́ziči	tašújenañka	Herešgúniga
[Herešgúnina]	[dwelling]	[iron lodge]	[this red-hot one]	[Herešgúniga]

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hotcirá	hanaxánaine[2]	[γ].	Herecgúniga	hotci[-´]
hočirá	hanaxánaineže	giži.	Herešgúniga	hočirá
[dwelling]	they kicked over on	[.]	[Herešgúniga]	[dwelling]

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daé gigíre.*	Wagáx	xedéją	nąt'ųb[ρ´]
taé gigíre.	Wagáx	xetéžą	nąt'ųbánañga
they set afire.	Book	a big one	he carried out in his arms and

*at the end of this word, djígigi[υ] has been crossed out.

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hakíri hinąb[⨪][2´].	Wagaire[2],*	"Deéji	t'é[|]	nąnac'įwina
hakíri hinąbnañkšé.	Wagaireže,	"Teéži	t'éna	nąnaš'įwina
he ran out with.	[They said to him,]	["But]	to kill	you have tried

*an original [τ´] has been crossed out and aire written above it.

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curuc'á[ϕ],*	deéji	t'eni	ną́įwiñgi,	niñgi'ųwiną́ną,
šuruš'ákają,	teéži	t'eni	ną́įwiñgi,	niñgi'ųwiną́ną,
you've failed,	but	to kill you	if we tried,	we could do it,

*a /k/ is written above the line before [ϕ] to indicate that the latter's /g/ is to be replaced by a /k/.

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nunigé	[ψ]	niñg'ų́wininą.*
nunigé	hañké	niñg'ų́wininą.
[but]	[not]	we will not do it.

*after this word two vertical lines indicate the end of the episode.