Hocąk Text — Man who went to the Upper & Lower Worlds

The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds (Text III)
narrated by Philip Longtail

Interlinear Hočąk-English Text
by Rev. James Owen Dorsey

Reproduced with the kind permission of the
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Torsey's /l/ has been changed to the standard /r/, his /q/ has been changed to the standard /x/.

III.1 (p. 53) —

Ejá	či	póropóro*	hižą́	nañk	škúni.	Wañg-rá	hižañkí-ra	áeja	nañk
There	lodge	round-round	one	sat	perhaps	Man-the	one-the	right there	sat

*póroporo, reduplicated form of poro (¢[egiha], b¢u, in b¢uga), seldom if ever, used except in the derivative (poroporo), with whch compare the ¢. frequentative, b¢ub¢uga, although the latter has a different meaning. (Torsey)

škúni.	Hąp-gá	mą*	ų́-ra	ų́	náñk	s'á	škúni.	Žegų́	gajáñga	mą-rá
perhaps.	Every day	arrows	making-the	doing	he sat	always	perhaps.	So	at length	arrows-the

*mą-ų-ra ų nañk s'á, "he always sat doing arrow-making," instead of mą-ra 'ų nañk s'a, "he always sat making arrows." See 72.2. (Torsey)

čiróhogįgįx´-hi	škúni.	Wañk	náñg-ra	hagárašaná	warúč	s'á
he made them all around inside the lodge	perhaps.	Man	sat-the	once in a while	he ate	habitually

škúni.	Egí	hagórežą	wi	tánihą	hiñké	warúč	ni	škúni.	Hagórežą́
perhaps.	And	at one time (in the past)	moon	during three	not	he ate	not	perhaps	At one (past) time

warují	kčé	é	škúni.	Žejáñga	mą́-ra	wakurúz	anañgá	hahíhinąp´*
he sat	would	he said	perhaps.	At length	arrows-the	he took his own	after	he went out

*hahihinąp. This might be slightly different from hihinąp. (Torsey)

škúni.	Egí	híraréxčíniñgáją	hųj-	-ížą	haní kirí	škúni.	Egí
perhaps.	And	in a very little while	black bear	one	he brought it back	perhaps.	And

hohą́	nañgá	warúč	hikorohó	škúni.	Žejáñga	hohą́	ruščą́	na.
he boiled it	the s[i]tting one (or: when he sat)	to eat	he prepared	perhaps.	At length	boilings	he finished	.

Egí	mináñg	anañgá	warúč	hikoroho-xčį	gáją	wañkšíg-ižą́	háj
And	he sat down	as they sat (or: when)	to eat	he was just ready	just then	person-one	came

III.2 (p. 54) —

gižíj	škúni.	Wañk	nañgére	hihinąp´	ánañgá	horoxúč	škúni.	Hiñké
blew out the breath between his teeth?	perhaps.	Man	the st[an]d[ing]. one	he went out	as they sat (or: when)	he looked around	perhaps.	Not

wažą́	hajá	ní	škúni.	Žigé	kíri	anañgá	hiųjá	nųniñgé	žigé.
some one	he saw	not	perhaps.	Again	he came back	as they sat (or: when)	he tried it again	a little while	again.

Žiské	gigíre*	škúni.	Žejáñga	wohą́-ra†	ruz	ánañgá	čañgéja	howaxų́
Just as	they did it to him	perhaps.	At length	soup-the	he took up	as they sat (or: when)	out of doors	he poured it out

*žeske gigire, they did just so to him, but only one person acted: a case of the use of the plural for the singular. (Torsey)
†wohą-ra howaxų, "he poured the soup on the ground." Perhaps the man thought that the noise was caused by a ghost, to whom he made an offering by pouring the soup. This custom prevailed among some of the Siouan tribes. (Torsey)

škúni.	Žegų́	-he	ánañgá	hahíhinąp´	škúni.	Hihinąp´	ánañgá	hiñké
perhaps	So	he did	as they sat (or: when)	he went out	perhaps.	He went out	as they sat (or: when)	not

wažą́	hają́	ní	škúni.	Egí	gajáñga	wogítek	škúni.	Egí	čóni
some one	he saw	not	perhaps	And	these	he became angry	perhaps.	And	first

maxí-wañg-rá	howáre	škúni.	Žaną́hą	hižíñkipá*	-ga	wigíwąx	s'á	škúni.
up to the clouds (the upper world)	he went thither	perhaps.	Every time	he met someone	when	he questioned them	regularly	perhaps.

*hižiñkipa-ga, "when he met some one." Hižiñkipa is probably a contraction of hižą, "one," and hikipa, "to meet him." (Torsey)

"Žeské	né	waše	žé	híñgižíjre	-ra"	wigé	s'á	škúni.*	Mą́	ižą́
"Just so	you	you said (it)	?†	you (pl) blew at me through your teeth	the"	he said to them	often	perhaps.	Year	one

*Žeske ne waše že hingižijre-ra, wige sa škuni. "it is said that he often said to them, Tid you say the following just so, that is, with reference to their blowing sharply at me?" Hingižič-re-ra used where hįragižič-ra, with reference to your blowing sharply at me, might have been expected — another case of the use of the 3d. pl. subject with a singular object to denote the passive. (Torsey)
†the question mark appears in the text.

maxí-weñgejá	hahí ų	škúni.	Hiñkága	wažó	hówesíwi	ni	škúni.
up in the clouds, or upper world	he stayed	perhaps.	Never	any thing	he found out	not	perhaps.

III.3 (p. 55) —

Egí	mą	regí	kíri	gáją	žigé	mą	kųhą	-ra	žigé	howáre	škúni.
And	earth	here	he had come back	where	again	earth	beneath	the	again	he went thither	perhaps.

Egí	mą́	ižą́	hijá	hí ų	škúni.	Hiñkagá	wažą́	hajá	ní	škúni.
And	year	one	there	he stayed	perhaps.	Never	some one	he saw	not	perhaps.

Egí

žigé

mą

ihág

regí

kíri

škúni.

Žegų́

mą

-ra

hoų́

jiré

škúni.

And

again

earth

on top of

here

he had come back

perhaps

so (— —- —-)

earth

the

he? went? around

he started

perhaps

Egi	hágoréža	ų́ hahí*	gają́	teé	wañkšík	hikipá	ji-náñk	škúni.
And	at one (past) time	he was going	just then	there	people	he met	he did it suddenly (?)†	perhaps.

*ų hahi gają, "just as he was reaching there," rendered freely, as "he was going." (Dorsey)
†the parenthetical question mark is in the text.

wogit'é	gają́	hiñkága	gixap'a	ní	škúni.	Égi	gajáñga	wáñg	-ra
he spoke to them	when	never	they replied	not	perhaps.	And	just then, at length	man	the

wogítek	škúni.	Gajáñga	mą́	-ra	kurúz	anañgá	hižą́	gúč*	škúni.
he got angry	perhaps.	Just then	arrow	the	he took his own	after	one	he shot at	perhaps.

*hižą guč, he shot at one of the people who did not reply to him. (Dorsey)

Égi	we	škúni:	"Čagú ų	honíkit'áwi	-ra	hiñké	hįrágixápwi	ní	žé,"	é
And	he said	perhaps:	"Why	I speak to you	the	not	you (pl) reply to me	not	(?),"*	he said

*the parenthetical question mark is in the text.

škúni.	Égi	žegų́-hi	nañgá	keré	škúni.	Haíni	gają́	žigé	warují
perhaps.	And	he did so	after	he started homeward	perhaps.	Morning	when	again	he eats

III.4 (p. 56) —

kče,*	e	škúni.	Wañg-	ížą	hokáwa	ji-náñk	škúni.	Égi	wé	škúni	"Hau
will,	he said	perhaps.	Man	one	entered	he came suddenly	perhaps.	And	he said	perhaps:	"Ho

*waruji kče. Kče causes the preceding verb in s, č, etc., to end in zi, ji, etc., the final surd becoming a sonant-surd before the introduced vowel i. (Dorsey)

hisúñgaxčį́,"	é	škúni.	Égi	wé	škúni:	"Hisúñgaxčį́,	híñgiaz'í	kčé ge
O little brother,"	he said	perhaps.	And	he said	perhaps:	"O younger brother,	we run away for fear	will

tée	waų́	hají	na."	Egí	hijąhí	nañká	we	škúni:	"Wañk-wášošé
here	in order to do it	I have come	."	And	other one	the st[an]d[ing]. one	said	perhaps:	"Brave men

híni	gáją"	e	škúni.	Xeté-	-ra	we	škúni:	"Haíni	gają́	kizá	wirá
we are	[when],"	he said	perhaps.	Large (——)	the	said	perhaps:	"Tomorrow	when	—- fight	they come

*Xete-ra, the elder of the men; xununiñg-ra, the younger. (Dorsey)

-jiré	kčąné,"	é	škúni.	Egí	xunúniñg	-rá	we	škúni:	"Haínigi	wakizá
to them	will,"	he said	perhaps.	And	younger brother	the	said	perhaps:	"Tomorrow	I fight

kčąné,"	é	škúni.	Haíni	negí	hąp	séreč	wakizá	škúni.	Róhá*
will,"	he said	perhaps.	The next morning	when	day	long	he fought them	perhaps.	Many

*Rohą ... t'ehi. The singular verb, t'ehi, used for the plural t'awahi, he killed them. (Dorsey)

xčį́	t'ehí	škúni.	Égi	"Haíni negí	žigé	hajíre	kčąné,"	aíre	škúni.
very	he killed him	perhaps.	And	"In the morning	again	he came	will,"	they said	perhaps.

Egí	hiní	-ra	we	škú:	Niñgé	howáre	ga	na'į́	škúni.*	Egí	hisúñ'g
And	other brothers	the	said	perhaps:	Somewhere	?to ?go thither	[when]	he tried	perhaps.	And	his younger brother

*Niñge howáre ga na'į́škúni, it is said that he tried to (persuade him) to go somewhere. The elder man tried to induce the younger to go. (Dorsey)

III.5 (p. 57) —

-ra	we	škúni:	hakížu	ré,	kčáné	e	škúni.	Égi	haíni gają́	náñgire
the	said	perhaps:	he with him	go	will	he said	perhaps.	And	in the morning	they went away running

škúni.	Xéžą	hiráhiré	gają́	éja	čiróp	ižą́*	ruhás jirére	škúni.
perhaps.	Hill, one	they reached there	when	there	door flap	one	they pulled it up slowly	perhaps.

*čiróp ižą́. Should not this be either (1) čirop hižą, or (2) čirop-ižą? (Dorsey)

Žegų́	hahí	hokáwawi*	škúni.	Egí	wawí	škúni:	giáz	ajiwí	že,	áwi	škúni.
So	they were there	they two entered	perhaps.	And	they two said	perhaps:	running fled for fear	they two had come	that	they two said	perhaps.

*hokáwawi, du[al]; hokawaire, 3d. pl., of hokawa. (Dorsey)

Egí	wañk-míniñg	-ižą́	hijá	nañkí	wé	škúni:	wakížu	ré	kčąné,
And	old man	one	there	he sat (dwelt)	said	perhaps:	be with them	go	will,

wawigé	škúni.	Žajáñga	hajíkaraíre	škúni.	Žegų́	niñgé	té	žą
he said it to them	perhaps.	Just then	they (pl) started	perhaps.	So	somewhere	lake	one

nañkí	éja	hówaraíre	škúni.	Egí	ní	čejéja	hajíre	gáją	teé
sat (dwelt there)	there	they went thither	perhaps.	And	water	near to, or at the edge	they came	when	there

wij	-ížą	hajá	-rehíre	škúni.	Égi	wañk-nų́niñk	náñg-re	we	škúni:
island	one	seeing	they sent off *	perhaps.	And	old man	the st[anding].	said	perhaps:

*Dorsey, below the English line, translates the compound as, "they saw it in the distance".

"Gáeja	howíne	kčanáwi	na,"	wawigé	škúni.	Égi	wajéja	homínañgi
"Yonder	we go thither	we will	."	he said it to them	perhaps.	And	in a canoe	they were sitting in

III.6 (p. 58) —

-he-nañgá	haručaíre	škúni.	Égi	wíč	regi	hahíčire	škúni.	Žegų́
when	they went across	perhaps.	And	island	there	they dwelt there	perhaps.	So

kų́'ų	náñk	škúni.	Egí	hagórežą́	wañk-núniñk	náñg-re	wé	škúni:
while	they were down and sitting	perhaps.	And	at one (past) time	old man	the st[anding].	said	perhaps:

že	čikeré	kčąné,	é	škúni.	Wawagé	škúni:	mą	kų́hą	-ra	howáji	-žé,
that	he start home	will,	he said	perhaps.	He said to them	perhaps:	earth	down within	the	he had come hence	that,

škúni.

Egí

gajáñga

horuš'ak

že,

škúni.

wirúkana

-ná

here

he said

perhaps.

And

at length

he had enough of it

that,

he said

perhaps.

Fish

ruler

the

that one

he was (identical with)

že,	e	škúni.	Egí	hiraréxčįníñgają́	ho	ke	á-nañgá	čikére	škúni.
that	he said	perhaps.	And	in a very little while	fish	he turned into	after	he started home	perhaps.

Žegų́	hiníñkwahi	-rá	wat'ų́ra	kére	škúni.	Teé	hóžéją	-na	heré	na.
So	he had them for sons	the	he left them	he went home	perhaps.	This	therefore (and)	the	it is (identical with)	.

English Translation

Source:

Philip Longtail, "The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds," text with interlinear translation by James Owen Dorsey, 4800 Dorsey Papers: Winnebago 3.3.2 (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, October and November, 1893) III.1-6 (pp. 53-58).