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Hočąk Text — The Animal that would Eat Men
Transliterated and Translated by Richard L. Dieterle
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tteAe Kitti s.
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Ao w K.
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Ai Ki wx deAe.
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Čekjira
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howaką
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higiwaxše,
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The first time
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eel
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he asked him,
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tt rKe
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Ai Ktt n Ae Ki di.
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Ao w K
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we de.
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"Jasge
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hįkjanahegiži?"
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howaką
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wéže.
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"What
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would I suck?"
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eel
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he said.
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w KidiKi
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so tti Ktt n he de
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e de.
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e rKe.
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"Wakšig
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rujikjanaheže,"
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éže.
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Ésge
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"Man
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could I eat him?"
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he said.
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And so
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w ditti Ke K
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we de.
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Ai
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s tt ni reKe K tt
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e de.
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Wašjįgega
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wéže,
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"Hi
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rajnisgegają,"
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éže.
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Hare
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said,
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"With teeth
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after you eat a piece."
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he said.
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Ai s Ki w A de.
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Ai s.
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reAe se ttAi re de.
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n Ke we rKe de
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Hira giwaháže.
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hira
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seréjireže.
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Nąkeweskeže.
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Teeth he showed him.
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The teeth
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they were long.
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He was also afraid.
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e Ki.
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te e.
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wK Kidi Ke tt.
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w i Ao w tti n.
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Égi
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tee
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wąkšigeja
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waihowajiną
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And
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this one
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among the people
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[he asked him]
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so ttese
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Ai rKe
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w deAe Ki di.
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Ai K n K.
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mi Ki
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rujere.
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"Hisgé
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wašegiži
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hikanąk
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mįki
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to go eat.
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"Some portion
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as you said
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[I took it]
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[as he lay there]
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xl leKe.
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Ao Koo de.
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K tt
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roKo teKe
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Kitti Ki di.
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xapge
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hok’ųže,"
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gają.
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Skutege
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gijigiži,
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quickly
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to give it back,"
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[.
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Because of the sourness
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after he received them,
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Ai s
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lo rA n Ai de.
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Ai
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leAe
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ni Ke tt
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tA n.
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hira
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bosąnąhiže.
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Hi
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pe
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nįgeja
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taną.
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the teeth
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by means of great force, they fell out.
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Teeth
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in his head
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at someplace
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he had left.
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ttAo we xitti
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niKi
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Ai rKe
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niKi
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Ao t Ai se de.
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Čowexjį
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nįk
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hisgé
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nįk
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hotahireže.
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Very little
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small
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some
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small ones
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they remained.
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e tt.
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Ao w K
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xK deAe.
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w ditti Ke
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Éja
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howaką
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xakše.
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Wašjįge
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There
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eel
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he cried.
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Hare
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A Ke
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liAi ni
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w Ae K tt.
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tt Ko
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A Ke
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hąké
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pįni.
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Wahegają,
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"Jagu
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hąké
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not
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he did not like it.
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He said,
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"How
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not
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de rK ni Kette n.
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Ai teKe niKi w s K.
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tee
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wi se Ki di
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žeskanikjeną.
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Hiteknįkwaraga
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tee
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wiregiži.
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could it not be?
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Your little uncles
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this
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they have to work with.
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Ai so tti s ni Ae Kette n
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e de.
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e Ki
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w ditti Ke ni K
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Hirujiranihekjeną,"
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éže.
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Égi
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Wašjįgenįka
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I will be meant for eating,"
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he said.
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And
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Little Hare
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w i Ki nl deAe
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e liAi n.
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Ai Ke de.
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wa’įkinapše,
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"Epįna,"
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higéže.
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he began to thank himself,
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"It is good,"
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he said.
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