Hočąk Text — A Wife for Knowledge

Hočąk Text — A Wife for Knowledge

narrated by Jasper Blowsnake


Winnebago III, #1: 180		Winnebago II, #1: 200

English Translation

As is the case with a number of other Radin interlinear MSS, this text is full of abbreviations for common word terminations. The highly legible handwritten revised text, Winnebago II, #1: 200-202, can be used as a kind of Rosetta Stone for interpreting their values:

α	γ	ɜ	λ	ρ	÷	υ	ϕ
égi	-giži	šaną	žesge	ánąga	-nąk	-regi	hąké

ω	X	·נ	2	6	9	>	-	/	⨪	ὐ
žigé	wąk	nunige	-že, -še	-xjį	-žą	-gáją	-ra	-ną	-ną	nįk(a), nįg(a)

In the interlinear text where the translation is missing, it has been supplied whenever possible from the English text of The Road of Life and Death (see Source below). Where a missing translation has been supplied from other sources, it is enclosed in brackets, [ ].

Key —

First Row	"raw" interlinear text from Paul Radin, Notebook, Winnebago III, #1: 180-181.
Second Row	revised text from Paul Radin, Notebook, Winnebago II, #1: 200-202.
Third Row	English translation based on that of The Road of Life and Death.

p. 180 (= Winnebago II, #1, p. 200, s. 51) —

jeé	'uañgí[9]	mankáni	xedéją	here[2´]
Žee	wągížą	Mąkáni	xetéžą	hereže.
[This one]	a man	Medicine Rite	[a great one]	there was.

[X][-]rą́tcį	gic'ágires'á[2]	hi[9´]	hiniñkí[2]	éniñg[-]
Wąkšigerą́čį*	giš'ágires'áže.	Hižą́	hinįkíže.	Enį́gera
[All the people]	they would respect him.	One	he had a son.	His son

*< wąkšigera-hanąčį.

here[·נ´]		[α´]	[ω]	é[ɜ]
here,	núnige	égi	žigé	ešaną
it was,	but	[and]	[also]	[he alone]

Winnebago II, #1, p. 201, s. 52

hiníñǧi[·נ´]		[ϕ]	djagúiperezenóki
hínįg	hinúnige	hąké	jegá	hipérezeną́k'i
son	he was, but	not	[what]	he knew of

[ϕ]	iógirágeni[2]	hiniñg[-´]	wage[2´]	hiniñká[6]
hąké	haginágeníže.	Hinį́gera	wagežé,	"Hinįkáxjį,
not	he did not tell.	[To his son]	[he said,]	["My dear son,]

hakikóǧere	hige[γ´]	dj[ρ´]	wająp'í[ὐ]
hakikóǧere,"	hige[giží,]*	jánąga†	wažą	p'ínįk
[that helps,"]	[having said to him,]	[immediately]	[something]	[rather good]

*the revised text has higejé.
†just before this word, two other words have been crossed out.

haniną́k[γ]	git'ųné[2]	[α]	wohą́gikeré[2]	[>´]
haniną́kiži,	git'ų́neže.	Égi	wohą́gikereže.	Gáją,
that he had,	he gave to him.	[Then]	he put on a kettle.	[Then]

mañkáni	xedé[÷]a	we[2´]	nigák	wacocére
Mąkáni	xeténąka	wéže,	"Nįgák,	wašošére,"
[the Medicine Rite]	[that great one]	[he said,]	"[Son,]	be brave,"

hige[2´]	djagúi[9]	waganą́kuni	hire[γ´]	[ω]
higežé.	"Jagúižą	waganą́kuni,"	híregíži.	"Žigé
[he said.]	["What is it]	he must mean?,"	he thought.	"[Again]

wają́ni[9]	wagegúni	hiregá	git'únegácge	niñgák
wažą́nižą	wagegúni*	hiregá,	git'ų́negašgé	'Nįgák
[something]	[he must mean,]	[when he does it,]	[when he gives, and]	['Son]

*inserted here in Winnebago II, #1, p. 201, s. 54, is the following which is not in the original interlinear text: hiregíji cuñkxédera wotcéxihira niherégi, "he thought, and when he had precious horses, ..." This is actually found below in the original text.

wacocére	higes'á[2]	djagúi[9]	wagegúni	hire[γ´]
wašošére,'	higes'áže.	Jagúižą	wagegúni,"*	híregíži.
[be brave,']	[he would say.]	[What is it]	[he must mean?,"]	[he thought.]

*after this word the original text has the sentence above which was misplaced in the revised text of Winnebago II, #1, p. 201, s. 54.

cuñkxédera	wotcéxi hirá*	niherégi	cuñkxédeniñg[-]	hijañkíra[6]
Šųkxétera	wočéxihirá	niherégi,	šųxétenįgera	hižąkíraxjį
[Horses]	precious	when they were,	[pony]	one only

*the syllable /hira/ is attached to the succeeding word in the original text.

p. 181 (= Winnebago II, #1, p. 201, s. 55) —

hanídjegi	ewagegúni		hi[υ´]	git'ųné[2]
haníjegi,	e	wagegúni	híregi	git'ųneže
that he had,	[it itself]	[he must mean]	[as he thought]	[to give it]

[>´]	[ω]	we[2´]	niñgák	wacocére
gáją.	Žigé	weže,	"Nįgák,	wašošére.
[.]	[Again]	[he said,]	["Son,]	be brave.

wają́ni-i[9]	hipéres	nąį́nega	wacocé	hiregá
wažą́nižą	hipéres	ną'į́nega,	wašošé	hiregá,
[Something]	[to know]	when one tries,	[brave]	when they are,

unáñk'ų	hiperézires'á[2]	aíre[/]	niñgiák	wacocére
'únąk'ų,	hipérezires'áže,	airéną.	Nįgiák,	wašošére,"
finally,	[they would learn,]	[they say.]	Son,	be brave,"

hiñgegí	djagúi[9]	de	wagá[⨪]k[>´]	hire[γ´]
hįgegí.	Jagúižą	te	wagánąkáją,	hiregíži,
he said to him.	[What it is]	[this one]	he meant,	he thought,

wewį[2´]	[>´]	hipérezsé	hitcáwina	wagá[⨪][2]
wewį́že,	gáją.	Hipérese	hičáwi	wagánąkše.
he knew	[.]	[To know]	[his wife]	he meant.

Winnebago II, #1, p. 202, s. 58 —

tcinógidjąwi[9]	hit'énuñke	wigaí[υ]	[λ]	hinuñgi[9]
Činą́gižąwižą,	hit'enųke,	wigaíregi	žésge	hinųgížą
A different tribe,	the Hit'enųke,	[those who are called,]	[this kind]	[a woman]

konókdjegi	hinúñk	p'íją	here[2´]	nądjúra
kaną́kjegi.	Hinųk	p'įžą	herežé.	Nąjúra
that he married.	Woman	handsome	she was.	Her hair

cutcį́[2]	hinuñge[÷´]a	jeé	git'unaíre	nañkík'į
šučį́že	hinųgenąka.	Žée	git'únaire	nąkik'į
very red	[that woman.]	[This one]	as a gift for him	he was wishing

wanáñki	hipérezse	hitcáwina	hią́dj[-]	git'ųné[2]
waną́k'i	hipérese	Hičáwina	hi-ą́jera	git'ų́neže.
that he was saying for	he knew.	His wife	his father	he grants him.

wa-iną́b[-]	rokóno[6][2]	niñgák	hogídinaiginą	hige[2´]
Wa-iną́bera	roką́naxjįže.	"Nįgák,	hogitinaíginą,"	higežé.
[He thanked him]	[very much.]	["Son,]	you made a climb up,"	[he said to him.]

djagúipérezenóki	haną́tcį[6]	hu-ikikú-idjikdjį†	hok'ų[2´]	[α]
jagúipérezeną́ki*	haną́čįxjį	hu-ikikú-ijikjį	hok'ųže.	Égi
What he knew	all of it	he scooped over to him	he gave to him.	[Then]

*< jagú-hipéres-nąk-hi.
†just before this word, hukiku is written above the line.

hinuñk	tcéktcab[-]	wa[9]	cícik	hok'u[ρ´]
hinųk´	čekčábera	wažą́	šišik	hok'uánąga
[woman]	[their new one]	[something]	[bad]	he gave her, and

t'ehí[2]	[α]	nąsúra	nañkókonok	'ų[2´]
t'éhiže.	Égi	nąsúra	nąkókonąk	'ų́že.
[he killed her.]	[And]	[her head]	hollow, receptacle*	he made it.

*the translation "hollow" comes from the original MS, and the translation "receptacle" comes from Paul Radin, The Road of Life and Death, 180.

jée	nąwaį́[9]	herehíre[2].
Žee	nąwaį́žą	herehíreže.*
[This one]	a song	[he put in place of.]†

*the revised text (s. 62) omits this word.
†the original text has, "that he made."

Source:

The original interlinear is found in Jasper Blowsnake, Jasper Blowsnake's Account of the Medicine Rite, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago III, #1: 180-181. A highly legible hand written MS is found in Jasper Blowsnake, Jasper Blowsnake's Account of the Medicine Rite, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago II, #1: 200-202. For a loose English translation, see Paul Radin, The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians. Bollingen Series V (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973 [1945]) 179-180.