Hočąk Text — Trickster Eats the Laxative Bulb, Version 2

English Translation

p. 23 —

wākdjeⁿkā́gă	jīgḗ	ë́djā	rāhē´nŏ	neⁿguē´djă
Wakjąkága	žigé	éja	rahéną.	Nąguéja
[Trickster]	again	there	he was going.	On the road

wéⁿhī́gā́djeⁿ	wājīⁿ´jeⁿ	ë́dja	hĭ́́t!āt!ᴀnŏⁿkshŏ́nŏ	hᴀʳnŏ́xgŭⁿgā́djeⁿ
wą́higáją	wąžį́žą	éja	hít’at’anąkšáną.	Hanóxgųgáją,
as he went,	something	there	it was talking.	He listened, [and]

p.24 —

dḗ!wārnŏ́kshᴇnᴇ	hijéⁿ	hī́nāxḗrĕxḗrĕkī	wājṓshīshĭ́́gĕră
té’wanąkšaną,	"Hižą́	hínaxérexéreki,	wažóšišígera
it was saying [this],	"Anyone	[if he] eats me,	all things bad

hīhī́nāⁿ´pdjănē´nŏ	ä́sgĕ	wéⁿkdjuⁿkāgā	hidjā́hīᴀ´ʳnūgă	wāgē´nŏ
hihínąpjanéną."	Ésge	Wą́kjąkaga	hijáhiánąga	wagéną,
they will come out."	And then	[Trickster]	he went there, and	he said,

djā́gwīnīgāī́rējĕ	hīgēgā́djeⁿ	wë́nŏ	bōkī́shărătcrēhī́gă
"Jágwinigaíreže?"	higegáją.	Wéną,	"'Bokíšaračrehíga'
"What do they call you?"	he said to him.	It said,	"'Blows Itself Away'

hĭⁿgāī́rēnŏ	Gā́djeⁿ	kībātū́nă	ä́sgĕ	rāxḗrĕxĕrĕk!shŏnŏ́
hįgaíreną."	Gáją	kibatúna.	Ésge	raxérexerekšaną.
they call me."	And then	he doubted it.	And then	he ate it.*

*Radin writes below and to the right, "(bite in pieces)".

hīrārḗxdjiⁿgā́djeⁿ	bōkī́shărătc	rēhī́nŏ	wāk!djeⁿkā́gă
Hiraréxjįgáją,	bokíšarač	rehíną.	Wak’jąkága
After awhile,	to blow himself	[he sent away.]	[Trickster]

hĭk!shā́it!ë́nŏ	nĭⁿgë́shkĕ	dḗḗnĭk	wāgēgū́ni	’ᴀʳnūgă
hik’šáit’éną.	"Nįgéške,	teénik	wagegúni,"	’anąga
he laughed.	"O pshaw,	this	it must have meant,"*	[and]†

*above "must" is written "maybe".
†the text has "said he".

wë́nŏ	hā́rūxă	hīdjāī́ră	waᵋweⁿnē´nŏ	hāhī́
wéną.	Háruxa	hijaíra	wa’wąnéną,	hahí
he said it.	As he went	worse	it got,	until when

rōkŏ́nŏ	wāū́nŏ	hūk!sĭ́́k!ūdjā	mī́nŏkī	hᴀʳnéⁿtc
rokóno	waúną.	Huk’sík’uja	mínoki	haną́č
worse	he did.	Hazel brush	spot	all

p. 25 —

rūshārᴀ´ʳnŏ	hōxdjā́nŏgā́djeⁿ	hātcuⁿgē´rĕ	wᴀ´ʳnăíⁿtcū́nŏ
rušaráną.	Hoxjánagáją,	hačųgére,	wánaįčúną.
pulled he out.	In the evening,	with a lot of trouble,	he came to his senses.

hōtcúⁿgījéⁿ	mânŏ	hōŭⁿ´djāūⁿ´	wéⁿkshĭ́́gōĭⁿ´ā*	s!īgā́djeⁿ
Hočą́gižą́	mąna	ho’ų́ja’ų	wąkšígoį́na	s’igáją,
A Winnebago	the earth	he traveled on	his life	it became old,

*above the line, Radin inserts a /h-/ before the /o/, and draws a vertical line between the /g/ and /h/ as if to separate it into two words.

ë́gi	wājāīⁿ´jĕ	hārātcā́pshŏnŏ	hātcuⁿgē´rĕ	ë́djā
égi	wažaį́žą	haračápšaną.	Hačųgére,	éja
and then	something	he tasted.	With great effort	there

wᴀnăíⁿtcúnrā	kī́bŭgīgī́rēră	hōdā́	ŭⁿ´rērā
wánaįčúną.	Kíbugigírera.	Hotá	ų́rera,
he came to his senses.	They doubted him.	Some	they did it,

djeⁿpīrē´nŏ	hōwārḗra	hĭshdjā́ră	shū́djīrĕ
jąpiréną.	Howaréra	hišjára	šújire.
they opened their eyes.	Really then,	[their eyes]*	become red.

*the translation has, "their face".

āī́rēgă	jĕskāī́rēnŏ.	hōrūẋūdjĕrā	shī́shĭk	hīrē´nŏ
Aírega,	žeskaíreną.	Horuǧujera	šíšik	hiréną,
[When] they told of this,	this [way] they were.	To look upon	bad	they were,

nŏⁿnīgḗ	nīŭⁿp´	hīrē´nŏ	wājénījéⁿ	piⁿgā́
nunigé	ni’ąp´	hiréną.	Wažą́nižą́	pįgá,
but then	alive	they were.	Anything	when it is good,

tceⁿt!yā́nk!shŏnŏ	pĭⁿ´djănĕ	ūnʳā	wājīⁿ´gāgāī́rĕ
čąt’yą́kšaną.	Pį́jane	ųra	wažį́gagaíre
it comes out.	This good	to do	to be talked about*

*Radin writes below these words, "[in a mean way]".

wāhī́nŏ	nē´wāhḗnŏ.
wahíną.	Néwahéną.
it is.	I said this.*

*the translation has, "It is I (I said this)".

Source:

Oliver LaMère, Untitled, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3862 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago I, #3: 23-25. Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 [1923]) 377.