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Hočąk Text — The Brown Squirrel, 1-43
Stylistic Features
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| hapaxlegomena: ahoginį, "to shout"; čeka (ttAe K), normally ček (ttAeKe), "first"; ečąga, "then"; egažige, "and besides"; exjį, "very much"; hačaxjį, "where"; hačį, "where"; hagawa, "to choose"; hasja, "platform"; hebija, "before he got there"; hepaji, "before time"; hibe, "to lay"; hijaxjį, "just about"; hikąnak, "bough" (cf. hikąnák, "flower" [Miner], wasikanak, "pine cone" [Gatschet]); hikawažą, "unable"; hirakšajikere, "to miss something"; hiranasare, "to head someone off"; hixu, "to flow"; ho'ikanąk, "mouthful"; hųjową, "to shout at bears"; ji, "to live"; kere, to support itself; kičgis, "to cut down"; kis’ihiranihegašge, "they saved up"; kiše, "to get away"; kojowi, "to lay stretched before someone"; kuruk’į, "to pack"; pųjoke, "protruding"; roxišge, roxišgešge, "bunches"; ruhieja, "at the side"; šebre, "to put on a spit"; wakawa, "to choose"; wasipajonįk, "feet";
wašip, "intestines"; wat’ąp, "tracks";
wosųjeja, "near".
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| rare words: e "so"; hibe, "to lie down"; hagi, "and"; ka, "that"; kšakša, "to abuse"; nahi, "to swallow"; nakaeja, "in back of"; paji, "timber"; ruǧą, "to open"; towa, "onward".
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| makes use of the rare "definite article" -ka, which is ordinarily restricted to personal names, as in the sentence, Ésge hųčra hižą wat'ąpka pexnįka kihaisuxrehagiži, hųčka hačija gigają, wa'ųgiži, éja t'ananą ("So I used to rattle the gourd over one of the tracks of the bear, and the bear, wherever it had gone after I did it, there it would die."). |
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| see comparative word frequency
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de e.
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e tt.
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wK Ki Ki no s
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no liAi wi
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tti wi de.
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Žee
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éja
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wąkikinųra*
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nųpiwi
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jiwiže.
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[These]
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there
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brothers
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two of them
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they lived.
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ttAi lo so Ke.
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Ao ttiAi
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w o nK deAe.
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w tee Ai Ke
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Ai se de
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čipóroke
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hoči
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wa'ųnąkše.
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Wat'ehige,
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hireže.
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An oval lodge
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to live
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they did it.
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[Because they were hunting,]
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they did.
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ay se n.
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xeAe te s.
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Ko no K
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Ai Ky se de.
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e Ki.
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aíreną.
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Xetera
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"Kunuga"
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higaíreže,
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égi
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they say.
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The big one
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"Kunu"
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they called him,
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and
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xoAo no tte K.
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Ae n K
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Ai Ky se de.
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xeAe te tte K.
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Ao tts
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xunujega
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"Henaga"
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higaíreže.
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Xetejega
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hųčra
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the small one
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"Hena"
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they called him.
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The older one
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bears
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dA n
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tee Ai ra de.
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xoAo no tte K
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Ai Ke
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n Ki K s ni ra de.
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šana
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t'ehis'aže.
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Xunujega
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hįké
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nąkikaranįs'aže.
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only
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he would kill.
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The young one
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not
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he did not used to hunt.
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tt rKe xitti.
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Aoyi so ttA tii Ki di.
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A ntt
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wo liAi Ke se.
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Ao n di de
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Jasgexjį
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hoiročąt'įgiži,
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hanąčá
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wopįákere
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honąžiže,
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As much as
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it was visible,
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all
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caches
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there stood,
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ay se n.
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Ao tt
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wi s so K s.
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deAe lAe de.
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no ni Ke.
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aíreną.
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Hųjá*
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wirarukara
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šepeže,
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nunige
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they say.
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Bearskins
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they covered
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[they were dark,?]
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but
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Ko no K.
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A lo K Ai
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xi.
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Ai d
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Kii Ki si tte de
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Kunuga
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hąbókahi
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ǧi
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hižą
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k'įkiriježe,
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Kunu
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every day*
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[brown]
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one
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he would pack,
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ay se n.
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de e
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A Ko se d.
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Ay ni se Ki
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Ai Ke
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aíreną.
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Žee
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hagoréžą,
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hainiregi
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hįké
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they say.
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Then
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finally,
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in the morning
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not
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n Ki K s s
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s ni de.
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tt Ko o K tt
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Ai ni A xitti
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A Ke
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nąkikarara
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ranįže.
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"Jagu'ųgają,
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hinihaxjį,
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hąké
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to hunt
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he did not go.
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"For what reason,
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my brother,
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not
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n Ki K s s
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dA s ni de.
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Ai Ke de.
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Ai rAo Ki tti.
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Ai Ko
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nąkikarara
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šaranįže?"
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higeže.
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"Hisųkiji,
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higų
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to hunt
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you don't go?"
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he said to him.
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"My younger brother,
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[now]
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w d
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so s.
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Ai Ke
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Ai Ki liAi ni ni rKe n.
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e de.
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wažą
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rora
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hįké
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higipįnįnisgeną,"
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éže.
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[something]
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my body
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not
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I don't feel good,"
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he said.
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Ai Ko
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di Ke
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Ay ni Ki di.
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di K Ke s ni de.
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Ai Ko
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Higų
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žigé
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hainigíži,
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žigąkeranįže.*
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Higų
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[Yet]
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again
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in the morning,
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he did not go.
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[Yet]
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di Ke
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A Ki wx deAe.
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di Ki Ko
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e de.
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to w se Ke se.
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žigé
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higiwąxše.
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Žigígų
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éže.
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Towarekere.
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again
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he asked him.
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Again
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he said it.
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Thus it went.
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de Ko
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Ai K K.
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s ni de.
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K tt K.
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A Ai Ki s dtt de.
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Žegų
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hįkaga
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ranįže.
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Gająga,
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hahikįrašjaže.
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Any more
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never
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he did not go.
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Finally now,
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he quit asking him.*
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Ai Ki wx ra Ki di.
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tt Ko o
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Ai Ke
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n Ki K s s ni Ki.
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de Ko de.
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Higiwąxs'agiži,
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jagu'ų
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hįké
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nąkikaranįgi,
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žegųže.
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He used to ask him,
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why
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not
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he would not go hunting,
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it was thus.
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Ai K K
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so dtt ni de.
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rii xitti de.
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tt n K.
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w d s.
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Hįkaga
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rušjąnįže.
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S'ixjįže.
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Janąga
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wažąra
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Never
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he did not get over it.
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It was a long time.
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All
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the things
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Ki rii Ai s ni Ae K dKe.
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A ntt
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de n de
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K tt K.
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e rKe.
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kis'ihiranihegašge.
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Haną́č
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ženąže.
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Gająga,
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ésge
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they had saved up.
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All
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it was used up.
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Now,
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so
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Ae n K.
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w o ra de.
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m wo tt niKi
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Ai Ki deAe se ra de.
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Ai Ko.
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Henaga
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wa'ųs'aže:
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mąwojanįk
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higišeres'aže.
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Higų
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Hena
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he would do thus:
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vegetation
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he would look for.
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Sometimes
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Ar
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niKi
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de rKe
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deKe
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Ki Ai ra de.
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haz
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nįk
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žesge
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ške
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gihis'aže.
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fruit
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[a little]
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[that kind]
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[also]
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he would pick.
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A Ko se d.
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K tt K
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Ai K w d
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de rK ni de.
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Ae n K
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Hagoréžą,
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gająga,
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hikawažą
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žesganiže.
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Henaga
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Finally,
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now,
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unable
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he was getting.
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Hena
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K tt K.
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Ai rA Ko Ke se
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niKi
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dKe
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o de.
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gająga,
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hisagųkere
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nįk
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ške
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'ųže.
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now,
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cane
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[little]
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[also]
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[he did.]
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Ai Kowo rKe
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Al lK
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ni Ke
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o ni Ae ra de.
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de e
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Higwosge
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hąpak
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nįge
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'ųnihes'aže.
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Žee
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To try to find
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every day
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something
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he would go out.
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There
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A Ko se d.
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we s K[i].
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Ai d
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w w de
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Aotto tto w we de.
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hagoréžą
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weraki
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hižą
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wąwaže.
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Hųjowąweže.
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one day
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unexpectedly
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one
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he shouted.
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He shouted at a bear.
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o. o. o. o.
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lA tti
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so xi dKe deKe s.
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Ao w K s tti Ko
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aK deAe.
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"Oooo!
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Paji
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roxišgešgera
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howakarajigu,"
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akše.
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"Oooo!
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Timber
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bunches
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he has gone towards,"
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he was saying.
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A ttiAi tt
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w Ke Ki di
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eyo w se de.
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Ai tt xitti
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se K tt.
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Hačija
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wagegiži,
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eowareže.
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Hijaxjį
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regają,
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Where
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he meant,
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he went.
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Just about
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as he was there,
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Aele
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s dtt de.
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A ttiAi tt xitti
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s dtt Ki di
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e tto w se de.
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heb
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rašjaže.
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Hačįjaxjį
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rašjagiži,
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ejowareže.
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[not quite there]
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it stopped.
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Where
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it stopped,
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there he went.
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Ai tt
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se K tt.
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te we s Ki
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e tt
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n di tte de.
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w Ki d.
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Hija
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regają,
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tewéraki,
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éja
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nąžįježe,
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wągižą.
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There
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when he was about,
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unexpectedly,
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there
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he stood,
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a man.
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Ai tt Ai de.
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A Ao.
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Ao ttiAi ttiAi s.
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Ai tt
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leAe tts
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Hijáhiže.
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra.
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Hija
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pejra
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He went over to him.
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"Ho!
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young man.
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[There]
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the fire
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Ai d
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Ao too se.
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Ai w so Kii Ktt n Ae K tt.
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e de.
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hižą
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hot'ųre.
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Hiwarok'ikjanahegają?"
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éže.
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[one]
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build it.
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We shall roast, won't we?"
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he said.
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to xl li Kette n
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Ao tts
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e de.
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e Ki.
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leAe tto too de.
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"Tuǧapikjeną,
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hųčra,"
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éže.
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Égi
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pejot'ųže.
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"I will skin it,
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the bear,"
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he said.
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Then
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he built a fire.
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so xl
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so dtt Ki di.
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tt tti ne tt.
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diAi ls.
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Ai o de.
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Ruǧáp
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rušjagiži,
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jajineją,
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šipra
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hi'ųže.
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To skin
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when he was through,
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right away,
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the intestines
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he cleaned.
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de e.
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so Kii de.
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A Ao
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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w sotto
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Žee
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rok'įže.
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra,
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Waruč
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That
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he roasted.
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"Now!
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young man,
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Eating
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rAK
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Ai o Ktt n Ae n.
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Ai d
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w sotto
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w K rA Ki di.
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Sak
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hi'ųkjanaheną.
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Hižą
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waruč
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wagąsakiži,
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Fast
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we will do.
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The one
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eating
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[the fastest of us,]
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e
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xeAe te Ai
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Ai so tti Ktt n Ae n
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e de.
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[e tA K.] *
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e
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xetehi
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hirujikjanaheną,"
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éže.
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Ečąga
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he
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the most
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he will eat,"
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he said.
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Then
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w diAi ln K.
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Ao de tt
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a Ki
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dA n
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A s xttK wi de.
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wašipnąka
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hožeją
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akí
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šana
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haraxjákwiže.
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the intestines
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end
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side
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each
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they bit.
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A Ao.
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e de.
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Ai Ko.
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A Ao.
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e s dtt Ki.
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"Hąhó,"
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éže.
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Higų,
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"Hąhó,"
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erašjągi,
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"Already!"
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he said.
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As soon as,
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"All right,"
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[when he finished saying,]
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tt rKe xitti
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A s xtt Ki
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e dA n.
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Ae se de.
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ttAo we
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jasgexjį
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haraxjaki
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ešana
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hereže.
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Čowe
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all
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he had in his mouth
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it was all
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[it was].
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Nearly
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Ai s rA.
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Ai dtt s
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A xtt Kn de.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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A ni t xtt Ke Ke
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hirasá
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hišjara
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haxjaknaže.
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"Hočįčįra,
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hanitaxjakege,"
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him also
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his face
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he bit.
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"Young man,
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I might have bitten you,"
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e de.
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Ae n K.
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Ai tt
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Ai so diAi Kini rK nK deAe.
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de Ko
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éže.
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Henaga
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hija
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hirošiknisganąkše.
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Žegų
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he said.
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Hena
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there
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he was kind of ashamed.
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[Then]
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Ai wi Ki di.
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w Ke de.
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A Ao
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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tt rKe xitti
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hiwigiži,
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wageže,
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra,
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jasgexjį
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when they got through,
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he said to him,
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"Ho,
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young man,
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as much as
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s Kii Ktte K di.
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A K w se
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e de.
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w o de.
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wy r s.
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rak'įkjegaži,
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hagaware,"
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éže.
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Wa'ųže.
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Waísara
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you want to pack,
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ask,"
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he said.
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He did it.
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Limbs
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no liAi wi
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e tt
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A AK wi Ki di.
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w n di
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Ai tte de.
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nųpiwi
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éja
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hahąkwigiži,
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wanąžį
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hiježe.
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two
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there
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[he went to, and]
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to stand
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he walked over.
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riAiy tte.
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rii s.
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w m Ki ttA n K.
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Ai tt
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w wo Ki too se de.
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Siaje
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s'ira
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wamakičanąga
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hija
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wawogit'ųreže.
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Their feet*
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hooves†
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he cut off, and
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there
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he threw them over to them.
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A Ao.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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de e
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w s K w s
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Ae se n
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"Hąhó,
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hočįčįra,
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žee
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waragawara
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hereną,"
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"Ho,
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young man,
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that
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you chose
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it is,"
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Ai Ke de.
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de Ko
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Aiy n K.
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Ao tts
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K s Kiiy n K
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higeže.
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Žegų
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hianąga
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hųčra
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karak'įanąga
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he said to him.
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Then
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[he did it, and]
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his bear
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he packs, and
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tti Ke se de.
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w Kini Ks.
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n tteKe s.
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teKe deAe.
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e tt
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jikereže.
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Wąknįkra
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nąčgera
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tekše.
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Éja
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he went home.
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The young man
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his heart
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it was sad.
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There
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xK deAe.
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de
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Aotto
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riAi s.
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w K s niy n K
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ǧakše.
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Že
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hųč
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sira
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wakaranianąga
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he wept.
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[This one]
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bear
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feet
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he took, and
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Ko de.
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e K di Ke.
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w d
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diAili
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Ao i K n Ki d
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guže.
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Egažige,
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wažą
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šip
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ho'ikanąkižą
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he came home.
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And besides,
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[some]
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intestines
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a mouthful
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s tteAe K deKe.
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Ai Ke
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n Ai ni de.
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Ai s rA
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Ai ni Ko de.
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račegašge,
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hįké
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nahinįže,
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hirasá
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hiniguže.
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[which he bit off,]
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not
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he did not swallow,
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also
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he brought home.
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e tt
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A Ki si.
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ttAi
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wo rAo tte tt.
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no lo xi d
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Éja
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hakiri,
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či
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wosųjeja
|
nopoxižą
|
|
There
|
[coming back,]
|
house
|
near
|
a hollow tree
|
|
e tt
|
wo do de.
|
e Ki.
|
Ki si de.
|
Ko no K.
|
|
éja
|
wožuže.
|
Égi
|
kiriže.
|
Kunuga
|
|
there
|
he put them.
|
Then
|
he got home.
|
Kunu
|
|
we de.
|
Ai roAo Ki tti.
|
s xK dA n
|
tt Ko o
|
w dAe.
|
|
weže,
|
"Hisųkiji,
|
raǧakšaną.
|
Jagu'ų
|
waše?
|
|
he said,
|
"My brother,
|
you have been weeping.
|
[Why]
|
[you say it?]
|
|
A Ke
|
xK
|
liAi s ni ni n.
|
wK
|
s ni n.
|
|
Hąké
|
ǧak
|
pįraninįną.
|
Wąk
|
raniną,
|
|
Not
|
to cry
|
[it is not good.]
|
Man
|
you are,
|
|
ni Ke deKe
|
w Kidi Ks.
|
A[i] d
|
w d
|
ni
|
|
nįgešge
|
wąkšikra
|
h[i]žą
|
wažą
|
ni
|
|
or
|
somebody
|
[one of them]
|
something
|
you
|
|
Ki o Ko ni
|
Ao s Kse.
|
e de.
|
A K a.
|
Ai Ke
|
|
ki'ųgųnį,
|
horakre,"
|
éže.
|
"Hąka-a.
|
Hįké
|
|
he [must have] done,
|
tell me,"
|
he said.
|
"No-o-o.
|
Not
|
|
Ai d
|
w di
|
Ki o ni n.
|
Ai Ke
|
A xK ni n.
|
|
hižą
|
wažį́
|
ki'ųnįną.
|
Hįké
|
haǧaknįną.
|
|
[one]
|
anything
|
they did not do.
|
Not
|
I did not weep.
|
|
Ao rKe.
|
Ao xiAi wi
|
Ai o A tte s.
|
Ae lidi s
|
so K n
|
|
Hosge
|
hoxiwi
|
hi'ųhajera,
|
hepšįra
|
rokana
|
|
[Just]
|
cold
|
I have,
|
sneeze
|
very much
|
|
w Ae s.
|
Ai dtt ni
|
Ai xoAo s
|
e rKe
|
wy o n.
|
|
wahéra.
|
Hišjani
|
hixura,
|
ésge
|
wai'ųną,"
|
|
[is why I said it."]
|
Tears
|
they flowed,
|
it is the reason
|
[I did it.]
|
|
e de.
|
A
|
e de.
|
e Ki
|
Ay ni Ki di
|
|
éže.
|
"Hą,"
|
éže.
|
Égi
|
hainigíži,
|
|
he said.
|
"Ah!"
|
he said.
|
Then
|
in the morning,
|
|
di Ke
|
se de.
|
Ai rA Ko
|
Ke sey n K.
|
e tt
|
|
žigé
|
reže.
|
Hisakų
|
kereanąga
|
éja
|
|
again
|
he went.
|
Cane
|
supporting himself, and
|
there
|
|
ow Ai K tt.
|
di Ke
|
a Ao Ki ni de.
|
w w de.
|
Aotto
|
|
'ųwahigają,
|
žigé
|
ahoginįže,
|
wawaže.
|
Hųč
|
|
as he went,
|
again
|
shouting
|
he came.
|
Bear
|
|
w we de.
|
o. o. o.
|
lA tti
|
so xi deKe deKe s
|
Ao w K s tti Ko*
|
|
wąweže.
|
"Oooo!"
|
"Paji
|
roxišgešgera
|
howakarajigu,"
|
|
he shouted.
|
"Oooo!"
|
"Timber
|
bunches
|
he has gone towards,"
|
|
a tti se de.
|
di Ke
|
A ttAi tt
|
w Ke Ki di
|
eyo w se de.
|
|
ajireže.
|
Žigé
|
hačija
|
wagegiži,
|
eowareže.
|
|
he came saying.
|
Again
|
where
|
he meant,
|
he went.
|
|
di Ke
|
Aele li tt
|
s dtt de.
|
A ttiAi tt xitti.
|
A tti
|
s dtt Ki di
|
|
Žigé
|
hebija
|
rašjaže.
|
Hačįjaxjį
|
haji
|
rašjagiži,
|
|
Again
|
before he got there
|
it stopped.
|
Where
|
[it came]
|
it stopped,
|
|
e tto w se de.
|
Ai tt
|
Ai K tt.
|
w Ki d
|
Ai tt
|
|
ejowareže.
|
Hija
|
higáją,
|
wągižą
|
hija
|
|
there he went.
|
There
|
as he arrived,
|
a man
|
there
|
|
tte de.
|
A Ao.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
lAe tts
|
Ai do too se.
|
|
jéže.
|
"Hąhó,
|
hočįčįra.
|
pejra
|
hižut'ųre.
|
|
[he stood.]
|
"Ho!
|
young man.
|
the fire
|
build it.
|
|
to xl li Ktte n
|
e de.
|
Ai w so Kii Ktte n
|
e de
|
e tt
|
|
Tuǧapikjeną,"
|
éže.
|
Hiwarok'ikjeną,"
|
éže.
|
Éja
|
|
I will skin it,"
|
he said.
|
We shall roast some,"
|
he said.
|
There
|
|
leAe tto too de.
|
tt tti ne tt
|
so xl
|
so dtt de.
|
di Ke
|
|
pejot'ųže.
|
Jajineją,
|
ruǧáp
|
rušjaže.
|
Žigé
|
|
he built a fire.
|
Right away,
|
to skin
|
[he was through.]
|
Again
|
|
tt tti ne tt.
|
diAi ls.
|
so Kii de.
|
A Ao.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
|
jajineją,
|
šipra
|
rok'įže.
|
"Hąhó,
|
hočįčįra,
|
|
right away,
|
the intestines
|
he roasted.
|
"Ho!
|
young man,
|
|
w sotto
|
rA Ki o Ktt ne n.
|
Ai d
|
w sotto
|
|
Waruč
|
Saki'ųkjaneną.
|
Hižą
|
waruč
|
|
Eating
|
We will do it fast.
|
The one
|
eating
|
|
w K rA Ki
|
e
|
xeAe te Ai
|
Ai so tti Ktt n Ae n
|
e de.
|
|
wagąsaki,
|
e
|
xetehi
|
hirujikjanaheną,"
|
éže.
|
|
[if the fastest of us,]
|
he
|
the most
|
he will eat,"
|
he said.
|
|
Ao de tt
|
a Ki
|
dA n
|
A s xtt Ki se de.
|
w diAi ls.
|
|
Hožeją
|
akí
|
šana
|
haraxjákireže,
|
wašipra.
|
|
End
|
[side]
|
each
|
they bit,
|
the intestines.
|
|
A Ao
|
e Ki.
|
tt tti ne tt *
|
Ai dtt s
|
A xtt Ke se s
|
|
"Hąhó,"
|
egi,
|
jajinej[a],
|
hišjara
|
haxjakerera,
|
|
"Already!"
|
[as he said it,]
|
right away,
|
his face
|
he bit,†
|
|
Kd
|
tti Ke se de.
|
A Ao.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
tt rKe xitti s
|
|
kša,
|
jikereže.
|
"Hąhó,
|
hočįčįra,
|
jasgexjįra
|
|
[he abused]
|
[he returned.]
|
"Ho,
|
young man,
|
as much as
|
|
Kii Kette Ki.
|
A K w se
|
e de.
|
di Ke
|
wy r s.
|
|
k'įkjegi,
|
hagaware,"
|
éže.
|
Žigé
|
waísara
|
|
you want to pack,
|
ask,"
|
he said.
|
Again
|
limbs
|
|
no liAi wi
|
A n di de.
|
Aow
|
a n K.
|
riAi s
|
|
nųpiwi
|
hanąžįže.
|
"Howá,"
|
ánąga
|
sira
|
|
two
|
he stood on.
|
"All right,"
|
he said, and
|
the feet
|
|
w m Ki ttA n K
|
Ai tt
|
wo Ki too se de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.*
|
|
wamąkičanąga
|
hija
|
wogit'ųreže.
|
"Hohó,
|
hočįčįra,
|
|
he cut off, and
|
[there]
|
he threw them to him.
|
"Ho,
|
young man,
|
|
de
|
e se n.
|
A s K w s.
|
a n K.
|
w o de.
|
|
te
|
éreną,
|
haragawara,"
|
ánąga
|
wa'ųže.
|
|
[this]
|
it is,
|
you wanted,"
|
he said, and
|
he did it.
|
|
e Ki
|
Ao tts
|
K s Kiiy n K
|
tti Ke se de.
|
w Kini Ks.
|
|
Égi
|
hųčra
|
karak'įanąga
|
jikereže.
|
Wąknįkra
|
|
Then
|
his bear
|
he packs, and
|
he went home.
|
The young man
|
|
di Ke
|
e tt
|
n tteKe s
|
teKe Kitti de.
|
e tt
|
|
žigé
|
éja
|
nąčgera
|
tekjįže.
|
Éja
|
|
again
|
there
|
his heart
|
it was very sad.
|
There
|
|
xK
|
ni Ae de.
|
A Ko se d
|
s dtt Ki di
|
tti Ke se de.
|
|
ǧak
|
nįheže.
|
Hagoréžą,
|
rašjagiži,
|
jikereže.
|
|
he cried
|
[he was that way.]
|
Finally,
|
when he stopped,
|
he went home.
|
|
de.
|
w d.
|
diAili
|
Ao s Ko no Kini Ks
|
A K s niy n K.
|
|
Že
|
wažą
|
šip
|
horakonoknįkra,
|
hakaranianąga
|
|
[This]
|
[some]
|
intestines
|
the little one that he had bitten off,
|
he took this with him, and
|
|
di Ke.
|
w riAi lA tto niKi s
|
w K s niy n K.
|
Ko de.
|
di Ke
|
|
žigé
|
wasipajonįkra
|
wagaranianąga
|
guže.
|
Žigé
|
|
also
|
the feet
|
he took along, and
|
[he went home.]
|
Again
|
|
ttAi
|
wo rAo tte tt.
|
Ki si Ki di.
|
w do ni Ae K
|
di Ke
|
|
či
|
wosųjeja
|
kirigiži,
|
wažunįhega,
|
žigé
|
|
home
|
near
|
[when he arrived,]
|
where he put them,
|
again
|
|
e tt
|
wo do de.
|
di Ke
|
tt tti ne tt.
|
tt A a.
|
|
éja
|
wožuže.
|
Žigé
|
jajineją,
|
"Jáha-á,
|
|
there
|
he put them.
|
Again
|
right away,
|
"Well,
|
|
Ai rAo Ki tti
|
s xK s tte Ko ni
|
y se xitti n
|
e de.
|
|
hisųkiji,
|
raǧakrajegųnį,
|
yarexjįną,"
|
éže.
|
|
my brother,
|
you [must] have been weeping,
|
I think very much,"
|
he said.
|
|
Ai ni xitti.
|
Ao xiAi wi
|
Ai o n.
|
so s.
|
Ao rAi ni Ke.
|
|
"Hinixjį,
|
hoxiwi
|
hi'ųną.
|
Rora
|
hosįnįge,
|
|
"My brother,
|
cold
|
I have.
|
My body
|
I got cold,
|
|
e rKe.
|
Ae lidi s.
|
so K n
|
w Ae n.
|
Ai dtt ni
|
|
ésge
|
hepšįra
|
rokana
|
wahéną.
|
Hišjani
|
|
therefore
|
sneeze
|
very much
|
I did.
|
Tears
|
|
Ai xoAo s
|
e rKe
|
wy o n.
|
xtt n se
|
deKe
|
|
hixura,
|
ésge
|
wai'ųną.
|
Xjanąáre
|
ške
|
|
they flowed,
|
thus
|
I am.
|
Yesterday
|
[also]
|
|
deyi rKe s
|
Ai Ko
|
di Ke
|
dey rKe n.
|
e de.
|
|
žeisgera,
|
higų
|
žigé
|
žeisgeną,"
|
éže.
|
|
I was that way,
|
[still]
|
again
|
I am that way,"
|
he said.
|
|
Ai Ko
|
di Ke.
|
Ay ni Ki di
|
tt rKe
|
Ai K.
|
|
Higų
|
žigé
|
hainigíži,
|
jasge
|
higa,
|
|
[Yet]
|
again
|
in the morning,
|
as
|
as he did,
|
|
Ai Ko
|
di Ke
|
de rKe
|
Ai de.
|
Ki si Ki di.
|
|
higų
|
žigé
|
žesge
|
hiže.
|
Kirigiži,
|
|
[yet]
|
again
|
the same
|
he did.
|
When he got home,
|
|
Ai roAo Ki tti
|
s xK s tte n
|
Ai Ke Ki di.
|
Ai ni A xitti
|
de rKe n.
|
|
"Hisukjį,
|
raǧakrajeną,"
|
higegiži,
|
"Hinihaxjį,
|
žesgeną.
|
|
"My brother,
|
you are weeping,"
|
he said to him, and
|
"My brother,
|
it is so.
|
|
ttAe K
|
dA se tt Ai s K
|
dA s ttAl dA n.
|
A xK dA n.
|
e Ki.
|
|
Čeka
|
šarejahiraga,
|
šaračapšaną.
|
Haǧakšaną.
|
Égi
|
|
First
|
when you said it,
|
you guessed it.
|
I have cried.
|
Here
|
|
te K tt.
|
e Ki.
|
lA tti
|
so xi deKe tt.
|
Ai d.
|
|
tegają,
|
égi
|
paji
|
roxišgeja,
|
hižą
|
|
I went, and
|
[here]
|
timber
|
at bunches,
|
one
|
|
Aotto tto w n.
|
e rKe
|
Ai s n Ki reAe n.
|
Aele l tti
|
s dtt n.
|
|
hųjowąną,
|
Ésge
|
hiranakiseną.
|
Hepaji
|
rašjaną.
|
|
he shouted at a bear,
|
so
|
I headed it off.
|
Before time
|
he stopped.
|
|
Ai tt
|
w w Ao n.
|
Ai tt
|
tti K tt
|
w Ki d
|
|
Hija
|
wawąhoną.
|
Hija
|
jigają,
|
wągižą
|
|
There
|
he came shouting.
|
There
|
when I came,
|
a man
|
|
e tt
|
n di tte n.
|
Ao tts
|
Ai tt
|
Kd n.
|
|
éja
|
nąžįjeną.
|
Hųčra
|
hija
|
kšąną.
|
|
there
|
he was standing.
|
The bear
|
there
|
it was.
|
|
we n
|
A Ao.
|
Ao ttiAi ttiAi s.
|
leAe tts
|
Ai do too se.
|
|
Wéną,
|
'Hąhó,
|
hočįčįra,
|
pejra
|
hižot'ųre.*
|
|
He said,
|
'Ho!
|
young man,
|
the fire
|
build one.
|
|
Ai w so Kii Kette n.
|
to xl li Kette n
|
e n.
|
e rKe
|
leAe tti d
|
|
Hiwaruk'įkjeną.
|
Tuǧapikjeną,'
|
éną.
|
Ésge
|
pejižą
|
|
[We shall roast it.]*
|
I will skin it,'
|
he said.
|
So
|
a fire
|
|
w too n.
|
to dtt s.
|
tt tti ne tt.
|
diAi ls.
|
Ai o n.
|
|
wat'ųną.
|
Tošjara,
|
jajineją
|
šipra
|
hi'ųną.
|
|
I built it.
|
When I got through,
|
already
|
the intestines
|
he had ready.
|
|
so Kii n.
|
we n.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
w rotto
|
rA
|
|
Rok'įną.
|
Wéną,
|
'Hočįčįra,
|
Waruč
|
Sa
|
|
He roasted it.
|
He said,
|
'Young man,
|
Eating
|
Fast
|
|
Ki o Ktt ne n.
|
Ai d
|
w rotto
|
w K rA Ki di
|
e
|
|
ki'ųkjaneną.
|
Hižą
|
waruč
|
wagąsakiži,
|
e
|
|
we will do.
|
The one
|
eating
|
[if the fastest of us,]
|
he
|
|
xeAe te Ai
|
Ai so tti Ktt n Ae n
|
e n.
|
e Ki.
|
Ao de tt
|
|
xetehi
|
hirujikjanaheną,'
|
éną.
|
Égi
|
hožeją
|
|
the most
|
he will eat,'
|
he said.
|
Then
|
end
|
|
a Ki
|
dA n
|
A t xtt Kiwi n.
|
A Ao
|
e s.
|
|
akí
|
šana
|
hataxjakiwiną.
|
'Hąhó,'
|
era.
|
|
[side]
|
each
|
we bit.
|
'Already!'
|
he said.
|
|
tt tti ne tt.
|
tto we.
|
Ai dtt s.
|
Ai s rA
|
Ai s xtt Kn n.
|
|
Jajineją,
|
čowe
|
hišjara
|
hirasá
|
hiraxjaknaną.
|
|
Right away,
|
nearly
|
his face
|
also
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he bit.
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A ttA Ke se
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Ai s Kd tti Ke se n.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
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Ai s rA
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A ni t xtt Ke Ke
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Hačakere
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hirakšajikereną.
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'Hočįčįra,
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hirasá
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hanitaxjagege,'
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Very close
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he missed it.
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'Young man,
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also
|
I might have bitten you,'
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e n.
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e Ki
|
we.
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A Ao.
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Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
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éną.
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Égi
|
we,
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'Hąhó,
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hočįčįra,
|
|
he said.
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Then
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he said,
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'Ho!
|
young man,
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tt rKe.
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s Kii Kette Ki di
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A K w se.
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e n.
|
e rKe
|
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jasge
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rak'įkjegiži,
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hagaware,'
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éną,
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ésge
|
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as much as
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as you want to carry,
|
choose,'
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he said,
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so
|
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w o n.
|
wy r s.
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no liAi wi
|
A n di n.
|
e Ki
|
|
wa'ųną.
|
Waísara
|
nųpiwi
|
hanąžįną.
|
Égi
|
|
I did it.
|
Limbs
|
two of them
|
I stood.
|
Then
|
|
w o n.
|
riAi s
|
dA n.
|
w m tt n K.
|
we n.
|
|
wa'ųną.
|
Sira
|
šana
|
wamajanąga
|
wéną,
|
|
he did it.
|
The feet
|
only
|
he cut off, and
|
he said,
|
|
K a
|
Ae se se n.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
A s K w s
|
e n.
|
|
'Ka-a
|
herereną,
|
hočįčįra,
|
haragawara,'
|
éną.
|
|
'There
|
it is,
|
young man,
|
you wanted,'
|
he said.
|
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e Ki.
|
Ao tts
|
K s Kiiy n K
|
tti Ke se n.
|
e Ki.
|
|
Égi
|
hųčra
|
karak'įanąga
|
jikereną.
|
Égi
|
|
Then
|
his bear
|
he packs, and
|
he went home.
|
Then
|
|
n tteKe s.
|
A teKe dA n.
|
e tt
|
A xK dA n.
|
e Ki.
|
|
nąčgera
|
hatekšaną.
|
Éja
|
haǧakšaną.
|
Égi
|
|
my heart
|
I was very sad.
|
There
|
I cried
|
Then
|
|
t dtt s.
|
tt rKe xitti
|
w diAi ls.
|
t tte s.
|
Ae sey n K.
|
|
tašjara
|
jasgexjį
|
wašipra
|
tajera
|
hereanąga
|
|
I stopped
|
as much as
|
intestines
|
to bite off
|
I did, and
|
|
e Ki.
|
riAi n K.
|
w K s niy n K
|
Ko n.
|
e Ki.
|
|
égi
|
sianąga
|
wagaranianąga
|
guną.
|
Égi
|
|
[then]
|
the feet, and
|
I took along, and
|
I came home.
|
And
|
|
te Ki.
|
ttAi
|
Ai wo roAo ttini Kese Ki.
|
no loAo xi d
|
tte s.
|
|
tégi
|
či
|
hiwusųčnįkregi,
|
nopoxižą
|
jera.
|
|
[over here]
|
house
|
near,
|
a hollow tree
|
[it stands.]
|
|
e tt
|
w K nK doAo no n.
|
e de.
|
Ao Ao.
|
Ai roAo Ki tti
|
|
Éja
|
wakanąkšųnųną,"
|
éže.
|
"Hohó
|
hisųkiji,
|
|
There
|
I would leave them,"
|
he said.
|
"Oh my!
|
my brother,
|
|
rii se tt
|
Ao sK liAi s ni K tt.
|
rii se tt
|
Ai w so tt nK n n.
|
e de.
|
|
s'ireją
|
horakpiranigają,
|
s'ireją
|
hiwarojanąknaną,"
|
éže.
|
|
long ago
|
you should have told me of it,
|
long ago
|
we could have been eating,"
|
he said.
|
|
Ao tto lA d n K.
|
w ntt w Ko tty reKe K tt.
|
di Ke.
|
Ai ni Kd Kd Ai se.
|
|
"Hojopažanąga
|
wanąč wagojaisgegają,
|
žigé
|
hinikšakšahire.
|
|
"I am sick, and
|
we (two) are poor, but
|
instead
|
he abuses you.
|
|
Ai leAe se ri Kette n.
|
A A w Ko se.
|
w d
|
ni Ke
|
wi s do K.
|
|
Hiperesikjeną.
|
Hahawa
|
wažą
|
nįge
|
wiražuga,"
|
|
He shall know of it.
|
Go after
|
the things
|
[where]
|
that you put away,"
|
|
e de.
|
A Ai
|
w Ko de.
|
A t dA s.
|
w Ai de.
|
|
éže.
|
Hahi
|
waguže.
|
Hatašara
|
wahiže,
|
|
he said.
|
He went
|
[he pulled it out.]
|
He singed them
|
[he did it,]
|
|
e Ki.
|
A Ae wi s Ke se de.
|
|
Égi
|
hąhewirakereže
|
|
and
|
he put them on as a night boil.
|
Paul Radin, "The Squirrel," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Notebook 22: 1-85.