Hočąk Syllabic Text — Earthmaker Sends Rušewe, Version 1
translated by John Baptiste
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Ai deKe
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e tt
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ni Ke
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Ao w sy se de.
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e tt.
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Hišge
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éja
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nįge
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howaraíreže.
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Éja
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Also
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[there]
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[someplace]
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they went away.
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There
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niyo xeAe te s.
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Ao ta li se de.
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A se Ko
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to we
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A sy se de.
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Nioxetera
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hot'ąpireže.
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Harekú
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towe
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haraíreže.
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The Mississippi
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they got to it.
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Down it
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to go
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[they did.]
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e tt
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ow Ai se K tt.
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sl
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ttiAi Aeyi d
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e tt
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Éja
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'ųwahiregają,
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rap
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čiheižą
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éja
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There
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as they were going along,
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beaver
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a lodge
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there
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nK deAe.
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A Ao
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w so s.
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e tt
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sl
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nąkše.
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"Hąhó
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Warora,
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éja
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rap
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it was.
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"Well
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Flesh,
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there
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beaver
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ttiAi Aeyi d
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nK dA n.
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teeyi Ai Kette n.
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a n K.
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A Ktt
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čiheižą
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nąkšaną.
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T'eįhikjeną,"
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ánąga,
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hakjá
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a lodge
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it was.
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Let us kill it,"
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he said, and
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back
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Ao Ki nK deAe.
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e tt.
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we de
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w so s.
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Ai Ke se tti Kette n.
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hokinąkše.
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Éja
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weže,
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"Warora,
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hįkerejikjeną.
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he ran.*
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Then
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he said,
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"Flesh,
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let us sneak up on it.
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a Ki w Ke
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Ao w tti Kette n.
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Ao doo Kn Kese.
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ni s
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Ao w Ar
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Akiwake
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howajikjeną,
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hoš’óknąkere.
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Nira
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howahasa
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From either side
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[let us go around,]
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this knoll.
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The water
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to drive it
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Ai n i Kette n.
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ni s.
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Ai Ko
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tt rKe K.
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A se Ko
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hįną'įkjeną.
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Nira
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higų
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jasgega
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harekú
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let us try.
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The water
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still
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always
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downstream
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Ao Ki nK Ai se dAo no n.
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de rKe
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Ai Kidi
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Ai Ki rA Ki Kette n.
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hokinąkhirešųnųną.
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Žesge
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higiži,
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hikisakikjeną,"
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he always runs.
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That
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if he does it,
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we will kill it,"
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a wi de.
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de tt K.
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Ai s we tt
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Ao n Ki s n K.
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a Ki w Ke
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awiže.
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žejąga
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hiraweja
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honągiranąga
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akiwake
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they said.
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Then
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around
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they ran and
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from either side
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Ao w Ao Ai se de.
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Ki Ko so ti
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A Aoyi se de
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di Ke
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howahuhireže.
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Kikuruti
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hahúireže.
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Žigé
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they came.
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On their hands and knees
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they came.
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[Again]
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Ai tt
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ni Ke.
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no xA w
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Aoyi rii wi ra de.
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niyo xeAe te
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hija
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nįge
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nųxawą
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hois'iwis'aže.
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Nioxete
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[there]
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somewhere
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[hiding]
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every once in awhile they peeped in.
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Mississippi
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Ai tteAe tte tt.
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xeAe dooKo
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loAo so loAo so
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ni Ki d
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mi n Ki di
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hičejeja
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xeš’ók
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póropóro
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nįkižą
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mįnąkiži,
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on the edge
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hill
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round
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[little]
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[which lay there,]
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de e
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Ke sette
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w o n[K] deAe.
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o nK Koo
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a deKe xitti
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žee
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kereje
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wa'ųnąkše.
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'Ųnąk'ų,
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ašgéxjį
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[this one]
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[to come]
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[they did.]
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Finally,
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very near
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A tti se Ki di.
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A ta li se de.
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K tt.
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xeAe n Kese.
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tti wi
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hajíregiži,
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hat'ąpireže.
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Gają
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xenąkre
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čįwį
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when they got,
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they rushed for it.
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[Then]
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the hill
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large noise
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tti Ke se de.
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ni s.
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ni tt s
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so K n de.*
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to we
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jikereže .
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Nira
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ničąra
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rokanaže.
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Towe
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[it began.]
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The waters
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[the overflow]
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it was much.
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[Continually]
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se
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Ko so xA sy se de.
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e tt
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A Ai
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Ki rA Ki se de.
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re
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kiruxaraireže.
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Éja
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hahi
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kisagireže.
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to go
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they chased.
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There
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on the way
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they killed it.
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e tt
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ni Ai ttAe tte tt.
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a too li se de.
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w so s.
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Ai reKe tt.
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Éja
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nihičejeja
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at'ųpireže.
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"Warora,
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hisgéja
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There
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on the edge of the water
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they hauled it in.
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"Flesh,
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very
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sl
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diAi d
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Ae se n.
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de tt n K
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de rKe
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rap
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šįžą
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hereną.
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Žejanąga
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žesge
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beaver
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a fat one
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it is.
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At this time,
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that way
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Ai se doAo no n.
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e de.
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w Kette xiAi d
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w K nK deAe.
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e tt.
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hirešųnųną,"
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éže.
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Wakjexižą
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waganąkše.
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Éja
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they usually are,"
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he said.
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A Waterspirit
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they meant.
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There
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Ai K s Ki deAe se wi de.
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so xl li s n K.
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e Ki.
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w i s.
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Ai o Ai s n K.
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hikaragišerewiže.
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Ruǧapiranąga
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égi
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waira
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hi'ųhiranąga
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they attended to it.
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They skinned it and
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and
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the blood
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they used
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e tt.
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ni Ao xeAe te
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Ai ttAe tte tt.
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nidi s
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A ttiKiri
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éja
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Nihoxete
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hičéjéja
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nižira
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hačgis
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there
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Mississippi*
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[the edge of it]
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the cliffs
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perpendicular
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mi Ki di
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e tt.
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w Kette xiAi s.
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w Kx
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Ai se de.
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mįkiži,
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éja
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Wakjexira
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wagáx
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hireže.
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that lay,
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there
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the Waterspirit
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to draw
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they did.
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w i
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w Ki
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ayi se de.
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w Kette xiAi
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w i.
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e Ki.
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Wa'i
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wagi
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aíreže,
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Wakjexi
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wa'i.
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Égi
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Blood
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they used
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[they say]
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Waterspirit
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blood.
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Then
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w o wi de.
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di Ke.
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e xitti
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Ai tt
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Ki w Kx
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wa'ųwiže.
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Žigé
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exjį
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hija
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giwagax
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they did it.
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Again
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themselves
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[there]
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to paint a picture
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Ai se de.
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w Kette xiAi s.
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Ae sey n K.
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e Ki.
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Ai no li Ke
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hireže.
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Wakjexira
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hereanąga
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égi
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hinųpike
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they did.
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The Waterspirit
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it was and
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[then]
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they two
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Ai tt
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n di A tte de.
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xeAe te Ai
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w Ai
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w oy se de.
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hija
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nąžįhaježe.
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Xetehi
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wahi
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wa'ųireže.
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there
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they were standing.
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Very large
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to make them
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they did it.
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e rKe.
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Ai Ko
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te de Ko
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ne Ki
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deKe.
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ttA tii nK deAe.
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Ésge,
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higų
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težegų
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negi
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ške
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čat'įnąkše.
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Therefore,
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even now
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[this]
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at the time
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also
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they are visible.
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e Ki.
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to tti s n K.
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w wi de.
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w so s.
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rii se tt xitti
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Égi
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tujiranąga
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wawiže,
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"Warora,
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s’irejąxjį
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Then
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they cooked it and
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[it was said,]
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"Flesh,
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since long ago
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Ai K K
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Ai w rotto ni n.
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A ro Ai xitti
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Ai w so tti Kette n.
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a wi de.
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hįkaga
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hįwaručnįną.
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Hasuhixjį
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hiwarujikjeną,"
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awiže.
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not
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we have not eaten.
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Sedulously and carefully
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let us eat,"
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he said.
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e tt.
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n A w diAidi K nK
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Ai s n K
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e tt
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w sotto wi de.
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Éja
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nąhawašišganąga
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hiranąga
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éja
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waručwiže.
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There
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there they put broken sticks
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[they did and]
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there
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they ate.
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e Ki.
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de e.
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Ao o
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Ai se K
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de Ko ne Ki deKe
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Égi
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žee
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ho'ų
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hiregá
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žegųnegiške
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And
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this
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the place
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they did
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even now
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A[i] Ko
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Ao o s.
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ttA tii nK dA n.
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Ai so m A ni Ke
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tte se n.
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higų
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ho'ųra
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čat'įnąkšaną.
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Hiromą́hą nįge
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jereną.
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[still]
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[at this time]
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it is visible.
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North McGregor, Iowa*
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it is standing.
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te e
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w Ao tti s se.
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e Ki.
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Ai so m Ay tt
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so xAe
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A Ki si s n K
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Tee
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Wahojirare.
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Égi
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hiromąhąíča
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ruxe
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hakiriranąga
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This
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[the place of] the Ioway.
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And
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[upstream]*
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to chase it down
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[they had come back and]
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w oyi se n.
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de
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w Kette xiAi
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deAe Kitti s.
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Ao Ke se tti se K.
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wa'ųireną.
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Že
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Wakjexi
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šekjįra
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hokerejirega
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[they did it.]
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[That]
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Waterspirit
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[the dead one]
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the place where they snuck up on it
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deKe
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Ao o s.
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ttA tii n.
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wo Ke sette
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Ao o
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ške
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ho'ųra
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čąt'įną.
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Wokereč*
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ho'ų
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also
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[at this time]
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it is visible.
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[The sneaking up on it]
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[the place]
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Ai se K deKe.
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Ao wy se Ki di.
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doAo so di se n.
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e Ki
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tt n A.
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hiregášge
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howairegiži
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šorožireną.
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Égi
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janąhą
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[it was ?]
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where they went
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it is still hollowed out.
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And
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wherever
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Ki ri tti se Ki
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deKe.
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wi ttA tii
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mi n Ki se n.
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de e
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kisijiregi
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ške
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wičąt'į
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mįnąkireną.
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Žee
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they raised up
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also
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it is visible
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[they lie.]
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[These]
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e tt.
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m n Kese
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Ao s tt n Ki.
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so dtt Ai se Ktt n Ae Ki di
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éja
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mąnąkere
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horajanagi
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rušjąhirekjanahegiži,
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there
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about the earth
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that they were traveling
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they were going to stop and
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Ai leAe se ri se Ke
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e rKe
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de de rKe
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e tt
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wo s Ks
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hiperesirege,
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ésge,
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žežesge
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éja
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worakra
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that they might know,
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[so,]
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that
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[there]
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[the story]
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ttA tii
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ni Ae Ktte Ke
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w o Ai se n.
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e rKe.
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tteAe Kese.
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čąt'į
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nįhekjege
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wa'ųhireną.
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Ésge,
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čekere
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it is visible
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that is why
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they did it.
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Therefore,
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in the early days
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e tt.
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Ao ttAK
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w Kidi Ks
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o Ai s ni Ae n.
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Ai Ko
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éja
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Hočąk
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wąkšikra
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'ųhiraniheną.
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Higų
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there
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Winnebagoes
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[the people]
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they were then and ever are.
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[Still]
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de Ko se Ki
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deKe
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Ai tt
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Ai rKe
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o nK dA n.
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žegųregi
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ške
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hija
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hisge
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'ųnąkšaną.
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[at one time]
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[also]
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[there]
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[truly]
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[they were.]
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e Ki.
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de e.
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wo so K.*
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we de.
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Ai Kow n.
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Égi
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žee
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Woroga
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weže,
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"Higųwąną
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And
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this one
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Flesh
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he said,
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"Now
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Ai se Kette n.
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Ai ni A xitti
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e de.
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e Ki.
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A ttiy K sy se K tt.
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hirekjeną,
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hinihaxjį,"
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éže.
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Égi
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hajiakarairegają,
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let us go,
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my older brother,"
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he said.
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Then
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they started out and
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e tt.
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xeAe d Ki di.
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A xele l sy se K tt
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te we s Ki.
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w di d
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éja
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xežągiži,
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haǧeparairegają,
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tewéraki,
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wažį́´žą
|
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there
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a hill that was,
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as they came up,
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unexpectedly,
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something
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e tt
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A xele Ao de.
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n Ke we
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Ai se de.
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Ao Ao.
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éja
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haǧephuže.
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Nąkewe
|
hireže.
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"Hohó
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there
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it appeared.
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To be afraid
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they were.
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"Well
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w so s.
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so deAe we
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ay se doAo no s
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de rKeyi d.
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w owK dA n.
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Warora,
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rušewe
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airešųnųra.
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Žesgeižą
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wa'ųwąkšaną.
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Flesh,
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rušewé*
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it is called.
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[One of that sort]
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[it is.]
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Ai tt
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ni al
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n iy tte.
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a n K
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no Ki wK deAe.
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Hija
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ni'ąp
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na'įaje,"
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ánąga
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nųgíwąkše.
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So
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life
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try and save,"
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he said and
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he ran.
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w Ks.
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e tt
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A lo Ki Ke we o wi de.
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w so xeAe de.
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Wąkra
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éja
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habokíkewe'ųwiže.
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waruxéže.
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[The men]
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there
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stumbled over each other in their flight.
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He chased them.
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w so s.
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Ai Ke
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w d
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de rK ni Ktt ne n.
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A Ke
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"Warora
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hįké
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wažą
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žesganįkjaneną.
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Hąké
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"Flesh
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[not]
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[anything]
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[it will not be that way.]*
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Not
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Ai n tti rini Ki di.
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tt rKe
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Ai Ai Ktt n Ae Ko ni*
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A ttiAi tt
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hinąjísnįgiži,
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jasge
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hihikjanahegųnį?
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Hačįja
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if we cannot run away from it,
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what
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we will do?
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Where
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Ai no xA w n Ki
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Ai Ke
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y leAe se rini n.
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tt Koyi d
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deKe
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hinųxawąnagi,
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hįké
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yaperesnįną.
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Jaguižą
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ške
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if we can hide,
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not
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I do not know.
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Who
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also
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A K s Ar ri Ktt n Ae Ki
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deKe
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Ai Ke
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y lAe se rini n.
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di Ke
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hakarahasikjanahegi,
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ške
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hįké
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yaperesnįną.
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Žigé
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if they can help us,
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also
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not
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I do not know.
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Again
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leAe de
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w K Ki tti s n Ki
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deKe
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Ai Ke
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y leAe se rini n.
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peže
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wągagijiranagi,
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ške
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hįké
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yaperesnįną.
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who
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if they can help us,
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also
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not
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I do not know.
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ni se deKe.
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n Ke we K tt.
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w so K
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A[i] ni s.
|
e de.
|
|
Nireške
|
nąkewegają,"
|
Waroga
|
hiníra
|
éže.
|
|
Even I
|
as I am afraid,"
|
Flesh
|
the older brother
|
he said.
|
|
m n Kese
|
A n ttAi
|
Ao Kiyr s
|
Ao o de.
|
w K s
|
|
Mąnąkere
|
hanąčį
|
hokiasara
|
ho'ųže.
|
Wąkra
|
|
Over the earth
|
all
|
fleeing
|
[they did.]
|
The men
|
|
Ar s
|
ttAo deKe ni Ai se de.
|
tt Ko
|
e dA n
|
xeAe te s
|
|
hasra
|
čošgenihireže.
|
Jagu
|
ešana
|
xetera
|
|
refuge
|
they could not run.
|
[How]
|
[alone]
|
the great ones
|
|
Ae se se
|
s se dKe
|
w w Ki o n K tt.
|
Ao tti d n
|
m n Kese
|
|
herere,
|
rareške
|
wawaki'ųnagają.
|
Hojišáną
|
mąnąkere
|
|
they were,
|
even then
|
he was doing it to them.
|
Shortly before
|
over the earth
|
|
w lA K n Ks
|
no liAi wi
|
Ao we
|
Ao o
|
A tt wi s.
|
|
wapakanąkra
|
nųpiwi
|
howe,
|
ho'ų
|
hajawira
|
|
holy ones
|
two
|
about,
|
time
|
they are fleeing
|
|
Ai dK K
|
di Ke.*
|
m n Kse.
|
Ao we Kiyr
|
Ao o wi de.
|
|
hišgaga.
|
Žigé
|
mąnąkre
|
howegias
|
ho'ųwiže.
|
|
in turn.
|
[Again]
|
[the earth]
|
[they ran away]
|
[they did.]
|
|
di Ke
|
m Ko A s.
|
Ao o wi de.
|
Ai Ke
|
w d
|
|
Žigé
|
mąkųhąra
|
ho'ųwiže.
|
Hįké
|
wažą
|
|
And also
|
under the earth
|
[they were.]
|
Not
|
[anything]
|
|
de rK ni de.
|
m Ko A s.
|
tt rKe xitti Ki di
|
A ntt.
|
Kiyr s
|
|
žesgenįže.
|
Mąkųhąra
|
jasgexjįgiži
|
haną́č
|
giasra
|
|
[it was not this way.]
|
Under the earth
|
[being the extent of]
|
all
|
to flee
|
|
Ao o wi de
|
di Ke.
|
di Ke*
|
A ntt
|
n de n
|
|
ho'ųiwiže.
|
Žigé
|
-
|
haną́č
|
naženąhiregiži,
|
|
[they did.]
|
[Again]
|
-
|
all
|
when they had gone over,
|
|
Ao o Ai se de.
|
tt rKe xitti Ki di
|
A ntt
|
Ao w wi de.
|
|
ho'ųhireže.
|
Jasgexjįgiži,
|
haną́č
|
howawiže.
|
|
they went up.
|
[Being as much as,]
|
all
|
they fled over.
|
|
Ai Ke
|
w d
|
de rK ni de.
|
Ai rKe xitti
|
|
Hįké
|
wažą
|
žesganįže.
|
Hisgexjį
|
|
Not
|
[anything]
|
[it was not like that.]
|
Really
|
|
w so xeAe
|
w o de.
|
de Ke
|
m xiAi
|
w Ks.
|
|
waruxe
|
wa'ųže.
|
Žege
|
mąxi
|
wągara
|
|
to chase
|
[he did to them.]
|
[Again]
|
skies
|
above
|
|
Ao Kiyr s
|
Ao o wi de.
|
A Ke
|
ni Ke n Kd wi ni
|
Ao we
|
|
hogiasara
|
ho'ųwiže.
|
Hąké
|
nįgénąkšawinį
|
howe
|
|
to flee
|
[they did.]
|
Not
|
there was no place
|
to go over
|
|
w o A tte de.
|
e Ki
|
m n Kese
|
e Ki.
|
w Ks.
|
|
wa'ųhaježe.
|
Égi
|
mąnąkere
|
égi
|
wągara
|
|
[they had done it.]
|
[And]
|
on this earth
|
and
|
[above]
|
|
m xAi
|
w Ks.
|
A ntt.
|
so K n s.
|
no liAi w[i]
|
|
mąxi,
|
wąkra
|
haną́č
|
rokanara
|
nųpiwi
|
|
the heavens,
|
men
|
all
|
the greatest
|
two
|
|
Ao s tt wi Ke.
|
di Ke
|
Kiyr ttA
|
Ao K s w wi de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
horajawige
|
Žigé
|
giasač
|
hokarawawiže.
|
Égi
|
|
[the were made to travel.]
|
Again
|
over which they fled
|
they were the greatest.
|
And then
|
|
mo o s.*
|
e tt
|
A Ai se Ki di.
|
e tt
|
Ao K w wi de.
|
|
Mo'ųra
|
éja
|
hahiregiži,
|
éja
|
hokawawiže.
|
|
Earthmaker
|
there
|
they went to and
|
there
|
they entered.
|
|
m o s.
|
w xK
|
Ai so xA wi n.
|
Ai tt
|
w d
|
|
"Mą'ųra
|
waxgą
|
hiruxawiną.
|
Hija
|
wažą
|
|
"Earthmaker
|
something fearful
|
it is chasing us.
|
[There]
|
something
|
|
o n i ne.
|
ni dA n
|
ni se n.
|
A ni K s xr wi n s.
|
|
uną'įne.
|
Nišana
|
nireną.
|
Hanįkaraxaswinara.
|
|
try to do.
|
You only
|
you are.
|
We should have fled to you for refuge.
|
|
Ai tt ne n Kese.
|
de e di.
|
ni ne deKe.
|
n Ke we n.
|
ni dA n
|
|
Hijanenąkere
|
žeeži
|
nineške
|
nąkeweną.
|
Nišana
|
|
As far as the others
|
it
|
even we
|
we are afraid.
|
You only
|
|
w d s
|
Ai d
|
Ai s K n n.
|
e de
|
w so K
|
|
wažąra
|
hižą
|
hirakananą,"
|
éže.
|
Waroga
|
|
something
|
[one of them]
|
you can say,"
|
he said.
|
Flesh
|
|
Ai ni s
|
we de.
|
e tt
|
m o s.
|
we de.
|
|
hiníra
|
weže.
|
Éja
|
Mą'ųra
|
weže,
|
|
the older brother
|
he said.
|
Then
|
Earthmaker
|
he said,
|
|
A A.
|
ni Ktt Kini K xitti wi s.
|
ne
|
w se
|
A Ki Ki n.
|
A Ke
|
|
"Hąhą́
|
nįkjąknįkaxjįwira,
|
ne
|
ware
|
hagiginą.
|
Hąké
|
|
"Well
|
my children,
|
my
|
servant
|
[I have made him.]
|
Not
|
|
liAi n s wi Ke.
|
Ao rKe
|
de rKe
|
Aiy Ki Ki n.
|
tAo ni
|
|
pįnarawige.
|
hosgé
|
žesge
|
hiagiginą.
|
Čoni
|
|
you did not do right.
|
Purposely
|
[this way]
|
I had him do it.
|
Before
|
|
liAi s
|
A s tte n.
|
w xoAo liAi ni
|
diAi diAiKi
|
tee s
|
|
pįra
|
harajeną.
|
Waxopini`
|
šišik
|
t'era
|
|
doing right
|
you were.
|
Spirits
|
bad
|
killing
|
|
s tte s.
|
A Ke
|
ne
|
w o ni s
|
w w s Ki doo
|
|
rajera.
|
Hąké
|
ne
|
wa'ųnįra
|
wawaragiš’u
|
|
you were doing.
|
Not
|
my
|
I did not make it
|
[you were doing to it]
|
|
A s tte s.
|
de e di
|
liAi n.
|
w Kidi Ki Kd Kd n Ks
|
de de rKe
|
|
harajera.
|
Žeeži
|
pįną.
|
Wąkšikikšakšanąkra.
|
Žežesge
|
|
[you were.]
|
That
|
[it was good.]
|
They were abusing people.
|
That kind
|
|
tee s wi s
|
liAi n.
|
e Ki
|
deKe
|
A witti s wi n.
|
|
t'erawira
|
pįną.
|
Égi
|
ške
|
hawijrawiną.
|
|
you killed
|
it was good.
|
But
|
[also]
|
you have gone a little beyond.
|
|
A Ke
|
di Ke
|
ne
|
w d s
|
Ai d
|
|
Hąké
|
žigé
|
ne
|
wažąra
|
hižą
|
|
Not
|
again
|
you
|
the things
|
one
|
|
o ni
|
liAi wi ni n.
|
ne xitti
|
xi K s Koro
|
tt Ko
|
|
'ųnį
|
piwinįną.
|
Nexjį
|
xikarakos
|
jagu
|
|
to not do
|
I did not tell.
|
You
|
on your own account
|
[what]
|
|
doo wi se
|
w doo wi n.
|
w ni lA K nK wi n di.
|
no ni Ke.
|
|
š'ųwire
|
waš’ųwiną
|
Wanipakanąkwinaži
|
nunige
|
|
[you did]
|
you have done it.
|
You were really clever*
|
but
|
p. 279 —
|
ne
|
wo Koro
|
A ni s di
|
A Ke
|
w di s
|
|
ne
|
wogųs´
|
haniraži
|
hąké
|
wažira
|
|
you
|
creation
|
mine at least
|
not
|
[anything]
|
|
Ki dK Ktt wi de
|
rK ni n.
|
w d
|
Ai sy dA n wi n.
|
tteAe Kitti s.
|
|
gišgąkjawiže,
|
zaknįną.
|
Wažą
|
hiraišanawiną.
|
Čekjįra,
|
|
there should be harm,
|
it is wrong
|
[Something]
|
you did wrong.
|
On the start,
|
|
w se w Ki Ki s.
|
so A
|
tee s wi n.
|
xeAe
|
A Ki d
|
e tt
|
|
warewagigira
|
roha
|
t'erawiną.
|
Xe
|
hakižą
|
éja
|
|
my servants
|
many
|
you killed.
|
Hill
|
[with them]
|
there
|
|
w niKi niKi
|
xoAo dA s.
|
tee s wi s.
|
de e
|
xeAe te
|
|
wanįknįk
|
xušara
|
t'erawira.
|
Žee
|
xete
|
|
little birds
|
featherless
|
you have killed.
|
These
|
great ones
|
|
w s Ki doo wi n.
|
xeAe te
|
w o s
|
de rKe
|
w s Ki doo wi n.
|
|
waragiš’ųwíną.
|
Xete
|
wa'ųra.
|
Žesge
|
waragiš’ųwíną.
|
|
you have done to them.
|
Great ones
|
they are.
|
Thus
|
you have done to them.
|
|
w K tt.
|
wi Ky se s.
|
de e.
|
e Ao
|
AoKo
|
|
Wakąja
|
wigaírera.
|
Žee,
|
eho,
|
hųk
|
|
'Thunders'
|
they are called.
|
These,
|
eho,
|
chief
|
|
niKi KttK
|
w ni se s
|
w w s Ki doo wi n.
|
liAi s
|
deKe
|
|
nįkjąk
|
wanirera
|
wawaragiš’ųwiną.
|
Pįra
|
ške
|
|
children
|
of them (?)
|
you have done it to them.
|
Good ones
|
[also]
|
|
so A
|
tee s wi n.
|
e Ki.
|
di Ke.
|
Ao tti dA n.
|
|
roha
|
t'ewiną.
|
Égi
|
žige
|
hojišaną
|
|
many
|
you killed.
|
[And]
|
[again]
|
[recently]
|
|
Ai sow Kini
|
tee s wi se.
|
witti tti s w reAe we
|
w o s
|
Ai d.
|
|
hirowaginį
|
t'erwire.
|
Wijijirawasewe
|
wa'ųra,
|
hižą
|
|
the last one
|
[they have been killed.]
|
Island Weight
|
whom I made,
|
one
|
|
w r Ki doo wi n.
|
e rKe.
|
Ai Ke
|
Ai sy tteAe s
|
w doo ni Ktt wi Ke
|
|
waragiš’ųwíną.
|
Ésge
|
hįké
|
hiraičera
|
waš'ųnįkjawige,
|
|
you did this to.
|
Therefore,
|
not
|
anymore
|
you may not do it,
|
|
w o n.
|
te e
|
se A Ki Ki n.
|
w di
|
tt Ai s di.
|
|
wa'ųną.
|
Tee
|
rehagiginą.
|
wažį́
|
jahįraži.
|
|
I did it.
|
This
|
it is why I sent it.
|
Things
|
others you have done.
|
|
so A
|
liAi s wi n.
|
nolo
|
Ki s
|
w K se
|
|
Roha
|
pįrawiną.
|
Nųp
|
kira
|
wagare
|
|
Many
|
you have done good.
|
Two
|
[only]
|
I mention
|
|
e dA
|
A Ke
|
liAi ni s wi n.
|
e rKe*
|
te e
|
|
eša
|
hąké
|
pįnįrawiną.
|
Ésge
|
tee
|
|
alone
|
not
|
[it is not right.]
|
Therefore,
|
this
|
|
Ao ni Ki tK wi n.
|
A A.
|
ni Ke
|
s ttAi Ktt wi n.
|
e Ki.
|
|
honigitakwiną.
|
hąhą́,
|
nįge
|
račikjawiną.
|
Égi
|
|
I tell you,
|
now then,
|
somewhere
|
you shall live.
|
And
|
|
w Kdi Ke.
|
Ai d.
|
n tto s tt Ktt wi K
|
doo
|
A s ni deAe Ktt wi n.
|
|
wąkšige
|
hižą
|
najorajakjawiga
|
š'ų
|
haranišekjawiną.
|
|
humans
|
one
|
that you wish to bless
|
you may do
|
[always from henceforth.]
|
|
w Kidi Kn tto tt
|
liAi s ni wi n.
|
wo dK s.
|
ni xeAe te wi n.
|
A A.
|
|
Wąkšik-nąjoja
|
pįraniwiną.
|
Wošgara
|
nixetewiną."
|
Hąhą́,
|
|
Human-blessing
|
[it is good.]
|
Your actions
|
they have been great."
|
[Now then,]
|
|
e Ki.
|
w so K.
|
Ai ni s.
|
e lAi n.
|
e de.
|
|
égi
|
Waroga
|
hiníra,
|
"Epíną,"
|
éže.
|
|
and
|
Flesh
|
the brother,
|
"It is good,"
|
he said.
|
|
e Ki.
|
rA niKi.
|
wy xele Ao se K.
|
m o Ke tt.
|
xAe
|
|
Égi
|
sanįk
|
waixephúrega
|
mąogeja
|
xe
|
|
Then
|
side
|
in the east
|
on the edge of the earth
|
hill
|
|
A Kidi d
|
mi Ki de.
|
e de
|
e
|
A Ki
|
|
hąkšižą
|
mįgiže,
|
éže.
|
E
|
hagi
|
|
a high one
|
[they lie,]
|
it is said.
|
They
|
there
|
|
Ao ttiAi n Ke de.
|
ay se n.
|
de tt n deKe
|
Ai tt
|
nK doKo ni
|
de tt n.
|
|
hočinageže,
|
aíreną.
|
Žejanaške
|
hija
|
nąkšguni.
|
Žejana.
|
|
they are living,
|
it is said.
|
Even now
|
there
|
they must be.
|
[It is ended.]
|
Sam Blowsnake, Waretcáwera (the Twins Cycle), in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n. d.) Winnebago V, #11: 251-284.