Hočąk Text — The Twins Visit Their Father's Village, 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:

||	-	=	·/, or ·/ /	/	>
niñk*	ra	higuį́na	-kjanèną	-kjéną	gi

*explicitly stated on pp. 36 and 37.

Words supplied by the editor (Richard Dieterle) are found in brackets '[ ]'. It was also necessary for the editor to supply all punctuation and to determine the beginning and ending of sentences.

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p. 31 —

Mąná	djesgé[6]nañgré,	haną́tcį[6]	ho'uą́djioraíre[2].	[σ]*
Mąná	jesgéxjįnañgré,	haną́čįxjį	ho'uą́jioraíreže.	Žegų
World	as much as it is,	[absolutely all of it]	they began to go over.	[Then]

*after σ the following is crossed out: wa-įją į́[υ] gixawaníne[2], "something that they wore over their shoulders, they lost." This is the theme of the "Lost Blanket," which occurs later in this Twins Cycle.

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hiántchiré[-]	'yowaraíre[2].	Hiantc[|·´]ra	niñgé	watohótc[⨪´]ki,
hiánčhiréra	'yowaraíreže.	Hiančhiréra	niñgé	watohóčnáñki,
[their father]	they went.	[Their father]	where	he acted the part of son-in-law,*

*the translation precedes this phrase with, "he was married and".

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p. 36 —*

tcañk[β´]	hahí	nąjį́nañk[2].	Wadjaí[υ]	"Nijí,
čañkéja	hahí	nąžį́nañkše.	Wajaíregi	"Niží,
outside	they went	they stood.	When they saw them,	"Say,

*to the left and above the central page number in a column is written, "niñk = ||" and below it is written, "hiantc = F"; to the right above the page number in another column is written, "žige = θ".

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hotcintcin	xunuxdjį́niñgra	nųpíwi	tcañge[υ´]	nąjią́djawí[|],"
hočinčin	xunuxjį́niñgra	nųpíwi	čañgerégi	nąžią́jawíną,"
boys	very small	two	[outside]	[they are standing,"]

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aíre[2].	"Hokéwe	wacíwire.	Ne	hiníñkwaháną."
aíreže.	"Hokéwe	wašíwire.	Ne	hiníñkwaháną."
[they said.]	"To come in	tell them.	They	my sons."

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[ε]	hokéwe	wacíre[2].	Hokawaíre[2]	[γ´].
Esge	hokéwe	wašíreže.	Hokawaíreže	gíži.
[And so]	to come in	they asked them.	They entered	[.]

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Hainegi,	haine[6´]niñk,	niñgiónuwáñgir[ρ´]	hiantchiréra	[β]
Hainegi,	hainexjį́niñk,	niñgiónuwáñgiránañga	hiančhiréra	eja
[The next morning,]	early in the morning,	they ran off somewhere [and]	[their father]	[there]

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karakó[⨪´]hir[ρ´]*	[α]	tcé[-]	parédjop	hirawáhas
karakónáñkhiránañga	egi	čéra	paréjop	hirawáhas
they placed &	[then]	buffaloes	four cornered ones	they drove

*an /h/ before [ρ] has been crossed out and /hir/ written above it.

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hakirir[ρ´]	[β]	hanątc´	t'ewahíre[2],	tcí[⨪]
hakiriránañga	eja	haną́č	t'ewahíreže,	čínañk
back there &	[there]	[all of them]	[they killed,]	[the village]

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hipaídja.	Tci[⨪][⨪]á*	hainí[υ]	haną́tcį[6]
hipaíja.	Činañknañká	hainíregi	haną́čįxjį
at the edge of.	[That village]	[the next morning]	[absolutely all]

*just before this word, tcino has been crossed out.

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wainoítcge	hikicére[-],	'uñ[6´]ne[2].	Jegų	hir[ρ´]
wainoíčge	hikišérera,	'uñxjįneže.	Žegų	hiránañga
animals	attend,*	they did very much.	Thus	they did &

*an "-ing" has been crossed out at the end of this word.

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hakaraíre[2].	Jigíguągá,	jiga[|·´][2].	Hųwą́	pasédjobią́
hakaraíreže.	Žigíguągá,	žiganáñkše.	Hųwą́	paséjobią́
they started home.	At another time,	again they went there.	[Elk]	[a four-cornered herd]

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[β]	t'egigíre[2].	Jigagá,	higuągá	jigé,
eja	t'egigíreže.	Žigagá,	higuągá	žigé,
[there]	[they killed for him.]	[Again in time,]	[sometime]	[again,]

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tcará	rohą́[6]	t'egigíre[2].	[?]*	Hagá,
čará	rohą́xjį	t'egigíreže.	[?]	Hagá,
[deer]	[very many]	[they killed for him.]	[?]	[In time,]

*this might be [γ], but it seems to have been written hurredly over an original dash.

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higuą́ga	s'í[υ],	hųdj[-´]	rohą́[6*	t'egigíre[2].
higuą́ga	s'íregi,	hųjrá	rohą́xjį	t'egigíreže.
[sometime]	long time after,	[bears]	[very many]	[they killed for him.]

*The /ą/ may be a /ų/.

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37 —*

"Hąhą́	djadji,	[ψ]	hinubóhǫna	higi
"Hąhą́	jaji,	hañké	hinubóhǫna	higi
["Hąhą́]	[father,]	[not]	[a fourth time]	here

*above and to the right of the central page number in two columns is written, "-aire = [τ]", then below it, "haną́tc = +", then below that, "jige = θ"; and in the next column to the right is written, "niñk = ||", below which is written, "hiantc = F".

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hadjiniñkdjenáwiną.*	Ép'a,	[ψ]	tci[β´]cge	hatci[||]djenáwiną.
hajiniñkjenáwiną.	Ép'a,	hañké	čiéjašge	hačiniñkjenáwiną.
we will not come.	From now on,	not	even at our lodge	we will not live.

*after hadji, the symbol [||] is crossed out, and below it a caret is placed, and written above the word is niñk.

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Mąnáñgere	horádje[·/´]wi[|]."	Hakaraíre[2].	Jedjaiñ[6]	p'a
Mąnáñgere	horájekjanéwiną."	Hakaraíreže.	Žejaiñxjį	p'a
[Over the earth]	we are going to roam,"	[They went back home.]	[As far]	[as it is]

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mąnáñgere	horadjá	hadjiaraíre[2].*
mąnáñgere	horajá	hajiaraíreže.
[over the earth]	[to go about]	[they began.]

*this word is followed by the two vertical lines that indicate the end of an episode.