Hočąk Text — The Twins Kill a Waterspirit

p. 27 —

Éki	Wanąǧínik'a	wežé,	"K'oté	Warorá,
And	Little Ghost	he said,	"Say	Flesh,

nį́ža	'ekowéną,	'éča	howaįrekčèną."	Hakoréža,
a river	going here,	there	let's go."	Afterwards,

'ųnąk'ų́,	nįxetéižą	hot'ą́pirèną.*	'Éki	Wanaǧinik'a
[finally,]	a big river	[they came to].	And	[Little Ghost]

*/ną/ has /že/ written above it.

wéže,	"Toík'ewehíną.	K'oté	Warorá,	nį'ákra
he said,	"I am hungry.	Say	[Flesh,]	across the water

p. 28 —

hòrawášeréki,	hišké	'ak'éki*	ha'ų́kčéną.	Rap'
if you go,	me	across here	I will do.	Beaver

*an original initial /h/ has been crossed out.

honį́kčeną."	Eki	Waroká	wežé,*	"'Eki†
I will hunt."	[And]	[Flesh]	[he said,]	"Here

*eki waroká wežé was crossed out, but rewritten below the line again. The English line, "And w. said" has also been crossed out.
†just before this word, 'eča howé'ųą́k'ų, has been crossed out, as has the English line below it, "and he was walking along".

rapíą*	'ųkúnį	(ya)réną."	'Éki	Wanąǧínik'a†
a beaver	maybe he was,	I thought."	And	[Little Ghost]

*below this word are numerous cross out and rewrittings.
†just befored this word, wažą́ has been crossed out.

p. 29 —

kiwárehiže,	"Huré,	hačí	horuǧúčre.	Rapížą
he hollered,	"Come,	here	look!	A beaver

'éki	'ųkų́ni	yareną."*	'Éki	kičáčiže.
here	he may be,	I think."	And	he came there.

*/ki/ has been crossed out and /ną/ written above it.

Horuǧúčki	p'įkčáneną.	Rapížą	wa'ų́ną.	Hočírá
After he looked,	"That will be a good one.	A beaver	that was.	Where he lives

honį́kče	nį́č'ečrá	ho'ų́nąk'ų."	'Eča	nąšų́ra
let's hunt	the edge of the water	to be around."	There	the path

p. 30 —

hi'éreže.	'Éki	č'i	ną́k'uni,"	'aíreže.
they found.	"Here	he lives	he probably sits,"	they said.

Žigų*	'ųnąk'`ų	nįké	ną́k'i	hip'érésireže.
So	they kept doing this	where	they were	they found out.

*/ži/ has been written above a crossed out /hį/.

"'Éki	ną́kšana.	Warorá,	nąšų	uíčreki
"Here	he is.	[Flesh,]	runway	at the mouth

hìraráp'eki	'éki	k'ìriki	raisákikčeną.	'Éki
if you wait,	here	if he comes,	you hit and kill him.	[Then]

p. 31 —

č'ihéča	hopuáxànakčanéną,	žekúki	'éki	k'írikčanéną."
at his house	I can make it cave in,	so	here	he will come."

'Éki	xé	hihákará	hòwaré	ške
And	hill	the top	he went	and

nąį́žą	hipozá	k'ik'ų́že,	'éki	nąmáč'eížą
a stick	pounding in by force	he made himself,	and	a club

'ųžé.	'Éki	nąmą́čera	Waroká	hak'úžé.
he made.	Then	the club	[Flesh]	he gave.

p. 32 —

"Te'é	hiš'uánaka	raisakik'čéną,"	hiréžé.	'Éki
"This	you use	you kill by str[iking],"	he said.	Then

xé	hihakara	howáranaka	raprá	hačíčąnąk'i
hill	the top	he went up and	the beaver	[where it was]

'éča	hopoxánąže.	Žegú	hiánąka	níč'ečra
there	he caved it in by pounding.	Then	he did it and	the water's edge

p. 33 —

honųąkše.	Raprá	Waroká	honąžį́čeka	'éča
he ran.	The beaver	[Flesh]	where he stood	there

kinúnike	ruką́žrehíže.	Nióxeterá	hokit'ápše,
he arrived but	he missed it and it got away.	The Mississippi River	he arrived and jumped in,

raprá	nįnarek'u	k'érežè.	Towe*	k'irúxe
the beaver	waters downstream	he went back.	Going here	to run after each other

*< te'é howé.

hahaíreže.	'Únak'`ų,	hahít'ehíreže.	'Éča	'ąt'ų́piránaka
they went.	While doing it,	they arrived and killed it.	There	they took it out and

p. 34 —

ną́stohíra	raprá	mąžéžé	hirežé.	Hižą́
they made a wood pile	the beaver	to cut it in pieces with a knife	they did.	One

wežé,	"K'unik'áka	'aškénįk	'éki	č'íną,	'Éwàwàtekčéną."
he said,	"My grandmother	close	here	she lives,	I will go over there."

'Éki	'ehonuą́kšaną.	Xap'énį́k'	k'írižé.	Rex
And	he ran in there.	Very soon	he returned.	Bušket

p. 35 —

xetéžą́	hanį́k'iriže.	'Éki	Wanaǧinįk'a	wežé,
a big one	he brought.	And	[Little Ghost]	said,

"Warorá,	woréra	te'é	horuákrá	wakíkireną.
"[Flesh]	work	this	the last	it is for us.

'Éki	hįk'íwákaixikčéną,	'é	Wąkšíkra	hačaírešunukčéną.
Here	we will draw ourselves,	so	the Indians	they will sometimes see.

'Éki	wanoíčkiak'a*	wa'írá	hi'ų́įranaka	k'iwákáxirèžè.
Then	that animal	the blood	they used and	they drew themselves.

*originally written as wanioíčkiak'a, the /i/ was crossed out.

p. 36 —

Níš	hik'ič'kísk'ere	mįk'í,	'éča	k'iwákaxirežè.
Rocky	perpendicular	laying,	there	they drew themselves.

Wanioíčkiáka	wakahirekì	rorá	sérečšé.	'Éki
That animal	when they drew it,	the body	it was long.	Then

sįčrá	sereč'į́že.	Sįčrá	hokį́kį́x	t'ų́pireki,
the tail	it was very long.	The tail	around	when they put,

p. 37 —

rohą́	hokį́kį́xše,	rorá.	'Éki	sirá
lots	it went around it,	the body.	And	the foot

šukrowáčku hįšék	sinískeže.	'Éki	nąprá	č'axšép
lion*	foot is like.	And	the forefeet	eagle

*"dog" is crossed out and "lion" written in its stead.

sí'ųžé.	'Éki	heč'ų́žé.	Herá	rukąnąkąnąpxčįžé.
foot was made.	And	it had a horn.	The horn	it was shiny.

'Éki	'irá	wak'ą́	'inískeže.	Rezíraške
And	the mouth	snake	it was like the mouth.	The tongue also

p. 38 —

wikíwe	č'ųžé.	'Éki	p'erá*	wąkšík
stinger	it had.	And	the forehead	man

*just before this word, haščárá has been crossed out, then the succeeding replacement word, haščásúra, has also been crossed out.

p'enískeže,	'éki	hiščasúra	p'éčniskeže.	Že'é
it was like the forehead,	and	the eyes	they were like fire.	That

nįžéča	wakáxiréže.	Wa'írá	hi'ųį́ránaka	'éki
at the rock	they made marks.	The blood	they used and	and

p. 39 —

č'oéča	Wanaǧinik'a	k'iwákaxše.	'Éča	nąžíčeže.
there in front	[Little Ghost]	drew himself.	There	it stands.

'Éki	hakéča	Waróká	hišké	k'iwákaxše.
And	behind	[Flesh]	too	he drew himself.

'Ak'íak'e	nąžį́nąkše.*	'Éki	hąhą́	Warorá,
On both sides	they stood.	Then,	"Well	[Flesh,]

*the original ending in -šana has been replaced with -še.

te'éži žekúną.	Hįkuána	raprá	hohą́kčeną."	P'eč'ot'ų́įranaka
that's that.	Now	the beaver	we will cook."	They made a fire and

p. 40 —

wohą́ną́	hiča	hak'eréreže.	Tučkíži,	ną́wašiš
the bucket	there	they put.	When it was cooked,	small branches

k'anákiranaka	wąnírá	kizéranaka	'ak'iak'e	činą́kiranaka
they put and	the meat	they lifted out and	on both sides	they came and sat, and

p. 41 —

warúčireže.	Nįp'anará	hičá	k'eréranaka,	"Hąhą́
they ate.	The soup	here	they put and,	"Now

Warórá,	hičá 'ųxčią́če,	časkéxčį	šąną	hįnučkáčą,
[Flesh,]	hustle,	as much as	each	after we eat,

č'epíhįki	herekčáneną."	'Éki	'ų́ąčiaraíreki,	hąk'é
if we finish	that will do."	And	as they kept doing it,	not

p. 42 —

s'inįže,	č'epíreze.	'Éki	nį́p'anara	hiča*
it did not take long,	they finished it.	And	the soup	[there]

*the following letters, /xhoix/, added to this word, have been crossed out.

hoiščákčákiránaka	raskepireže.
they stirred it up to cool it and	they drank it.

Source:

Amelia Susman, Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, Aug. 30 - Oct. 10, 1938) Book 3.27-42.