Hočąk Text — The Woman who Turned into a Walnut Tree

Hočąk-English Text — The Woman who Became a Walnut Tree

p. 70 —

Égi	hagoréžą	éja	uañkšígere	čínąñk	kanúñkgišegi.	Éja	čą naínegi
And	at one time	there	men	town	they had.	There	in the fall

čágera	haz?íreregi	hinuñgížą	čak	ručgúni	gíži	mąšją́
walnut	when they ripened	a woman	walnut	ate	and so	mighty

gip?eįšgúni	rušjéną	ruš’akšgúni	gigá.	Hakiregášge	hañké	’unis’ášguni.
liked it	she was through	she would not	sell.	There they went	not	she would come.

Žégų	’úzañk’ų	éja	hinúñgenañka	húra	nąnéją	inešgúni.
And so	keeping	there	the woman	her legs	tree-roots	they became.

Gigíčgis	nąínegi	rušágirešgùni	égi	žégų	nąčágu	xetexjį́je
They cut them for her	when they tried to	they could not	and	then	walnut tree	a big one it was

heréže	aíreną.	Hinúñgenañka	ną	į́že	aíreną.	Žénúñga.
she became	it is said.	The woman	tree	became	it is said.	[The end]

Source:

"Tale of the Woman who Became a Walnut," in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3892 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Winnebago III, #11a, 70-72 (140a -140 b).