Hočąk Text — Hare Establishes Bear Hunting
The syllabic text is written with a dark, thick pencil, with good clarity. The text is of unknown provenance. The handwriting is very similar to that of Sam Blowsnake, so the text may have been transcribed by him from oral dictation. It was never published, nor was it even so much as transliterated and translated.
English Translation
p. 145 —
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de Ko
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Ai tt
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Ao so xotto
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tti Kette
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Žegų́
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hiją
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horoxúč.
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jikje
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Now
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there
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he looked around.
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"He will come
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ni reKe de.
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o nK Koo
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Ai tt
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Ao so xotto deAe
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nisgeže."
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ųnąk'ų,
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hiją
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horoxúčše
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kind of."
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Finally,
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there
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he looked around
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K tt.
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we de
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Ko ni K
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Ai d
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gają.
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Wéže,
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"Kunika,
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hižą
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.
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He said,
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"Grandmother,
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one
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p. 146 —
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w n i s.
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Ai Ki tti Ai n.
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Ai t tte
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w o s
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wana'įra
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higijihiną.
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Hitajé
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wa'ųra,"
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the mind
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it is made to come here.
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Powerful
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it is,"
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e de.
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n xoKo nK deAe.
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Ao Ao
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A K K reKe d
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éže.
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Nąxkųnąkše.
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"Hohó,
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hagagaskéža?
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he said.
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He heard it.
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"Hohó,
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alas, has it ever been so?
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Ai s nK deAe.
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o nK o
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Ai w diAi s
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w o K tt.
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Hiránąkše.
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Unąk'ų
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hiwašira
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wa'ųgają
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He bathed.
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Finally,
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by means of the command
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after he did it
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de Ko
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w diAi Kette.
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ni reKe de.
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o nK o
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žegų́
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wašikje
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nįskeže.
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Unąk'ų
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now
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he will dance
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sort of.
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Finally,
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di Ke
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Ai tto w se
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so Ko de.
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wo A s.
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žigé
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hijowáre
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rugų́že.
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Wohą́ra
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again
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to go there
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he wanted to.
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The soup
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lA n s
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Ai xo xo de.
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so Ko s
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so K n de.
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panara
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hiǧoǧóže.
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Rugų́ra
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rokánaže.
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he smelled
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The odor was a diffused.
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He wanted it
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much.
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K tt K.
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A Ke
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Ai tt Ai
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tt lini de.
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Gająga
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hąké
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hiją́ hí
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jąpnįže.
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Then
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not
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to become different
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he did not look.
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de Ko de.
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wi we wi s
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Ai tt
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Ai Ki di
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Ai leAe se ritti de.
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Žegų́že.
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Wíwewira
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hija
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higiži
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hiperesjiže.
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Thus it was.
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Mind
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there
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when it got there
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he knew it.
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de Ko de.
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ay ni Ki di.
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doAo Ks
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w K s
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Žegų́že.
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Ainigiži
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šųkra
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wąkra
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Thus it was.
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The next morning
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the dogs
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the humans
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Ki dow nK.
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Ao doKo ni de.
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te Ki xitti
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Ai d
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gižuwanąk.
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Hošgúniže.
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Tegixjį
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hižą
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they were quiet.
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He howled.
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Right here
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one
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p. 147 —
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wo we wi s
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Ao w tti
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d n y n.
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a n K
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wowewį́ra
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howáji
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šanainą
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anąga
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the thoughts
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it had come hence
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[?]
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and
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doAo Ks
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w K s
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di de.
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Ai d
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šųkra
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wąkra
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šiže.
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Hižą
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dogs
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humans
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he commanded them.
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One
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eyo w Ao de.
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n ls
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A K tt
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A ni
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eyowahože.
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Ną́pra
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hakają
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hanį́
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there he went.
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Hands
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[he saw]
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[to have, own, take along; to take care of]
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no ni Ke
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A Ke
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no ni ni de.
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tt tti ne tt
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nunigé
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hąké
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nuniniže.
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Jajineją
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but
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not
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he was not ignorant.
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Right away
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tti de.
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Ai Ke
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w d
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a ni se.
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jižé.
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Hįké
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wažą
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anire.
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he came.
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Not
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anything
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they did not say.
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w diAi s
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ni Ke
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Ao ni Koo Ktte n.
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a no ni Ke.
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"Wašira
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nįgé
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honik'ųkjeną,"
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anúnige
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"The order
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someplace
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it will be given to you,"
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he said, but
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tt tti ne tt.
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Ke se tti se de.
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di Ke
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Ai tt ne tte K.
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jajineją
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keréjireže.
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Žigé
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hijanejega
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right away
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they brought him.
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Again
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the other one
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tti de.
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de Ko
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e tt
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s doAo sotto
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jižé.
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Žegų́
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éja
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ražu
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he came.
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So
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there
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roasting frame
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sotto
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n i ne de.
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tt tti ne tt.
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w ditti Ke K
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ruj
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na'įneže.
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Jajineją
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Wašjįgega
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food
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they tried.
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Right away
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Hare
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p. 148 —
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tti de.
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Ao Ao
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e liAi.
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e de.
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jiže.
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"Hohó,
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epį,"
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éže.
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he came.
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"Hohó,
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it is good,"
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he said.
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A Ao.
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Ai Ai nl n ne
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a n K
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w KiKi de.
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"Hąhó,
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hihiną́panane
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anąga
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wagigíže.
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"Yes,
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he came out
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and
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he did it for them.
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Ai Ai nl deAe.
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de Ko
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a xo Ke xittiye tt
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m s Ai s
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Hihiną́pše."
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Žegų́
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aǧúkexjįyéja
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mąrahira
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He came out."
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So
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right under the arm pit
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his arrow
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w A de.
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de Ko
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Ao tt K.
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Ai dtt se tteKe
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wahaže.
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Žegų́
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Hųčka
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hišjarečge
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he pointed at.
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So
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Bear
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at the corners of his eyes
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Ai so so KoKo
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m ni de.
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nyi di xitti
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Ai Ko
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hirorokoko
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maniže.
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Nąįžixjį
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higų
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[in a stream]
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it ran.
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At just this time
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still
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tti Ktt n Ae
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Ai se K tt
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ri xitti
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m s Ai s*
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jikjanąhe
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hiregáją.
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S'ixjį
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mąrahira
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he would come
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he thought.
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Long
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his arrow
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*the MS actually has n s Ai s, which is probably a misprint, although it could be nąrahira, "his wood," having the same meaning.
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w A de.
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o tt o.
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de Ko
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Ai so Ki no Ki di
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wahaže.
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Ųja'ų,
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žegų́
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hirokinǫgiži
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he pointed at him.
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Finally,
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now
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when he was out of sight
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no wK deAe.
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di Ke
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ttAo we s
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Ao no wK deAe.
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nųwąkše.
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Žigé
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čowéra
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honųwąkše.
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he ran.
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Again
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ahead, across
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he ran for him.
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ttAo we
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doAo Kn K
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A x
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A sy se de.
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e tt
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Čowé
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šųknąk
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haxa
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haraíreže.
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Éja
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Very near
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the dogs
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[to step aside]
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they went.
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There
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p. 149 —
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di Ke
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A s
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leAe de.
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te we s Ki
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žigé
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hara
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peže.
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Tewéraki,
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again
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the hide
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it was ready.
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Unexpectedly,
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te tty xitti
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a xo Ke xittiye tt
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m s Ai s
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w A de.
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tejaį́xjį
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aǧúkexjįyéja
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mąrahira
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wahaže.
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just a little ways
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right under the arm pit
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his arrow
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he pointed at.
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di Ke
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de Ko
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m ni
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tti se de.
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di Ke
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Žigé
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žegų́
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mani
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jireže.
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Žigé
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Again
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now
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walking
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they came.
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Again
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A Ke
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Kotto ni de.
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Ai tto l A s
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Ki o K tt.
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hąké
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gučnįže.
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Hijobą́hąrá
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kiųgają
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not
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he did not shoot him.
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The fourth time
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when he made for him
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w Ks
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Ao tt K.
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xK deAe.
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e tt
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wąkra,
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Hųčga
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ǧakše.
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Éja
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the man,
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Bear
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he cried.
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There
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Ai so xe de.
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Ko s
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ni Ke deKe.
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w n i
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hiruxeže.
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Gura
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nįgeške
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wana'į
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he chased him.
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It approached
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someplace, also
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his mind
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m ni
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dtt Ke
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w deAe d ny n.
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e Ki
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mani.
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Šjąke
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wašešanainą.
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"Égi,
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walked.
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He was fooled
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[what he said].
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"Well,
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K tti ni.
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s xK
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Ai Ke de.
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te de sKe
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gajini
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raxág,"
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higéže.
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"Téžesge
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[to repent]
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you cried,"
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he told him.
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"In this way
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ni Ki Ki s n n.
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n ls
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Ai so Ki no
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A diAi ni Ktt n Ae de
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nįgigirananą.
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Napra
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hirokinu
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hašįnįkjanaheže.
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I do to you, he will do.
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The paw
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out of sight
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you will take it.
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p. 150 —
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Ai deAe s.
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Ai teKe niKi w A s
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e
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ni Ki o
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Ai se Ki di
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Hišera
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hiteknįkwahara
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e
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nigi'ú
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hiregiži.
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You have said
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my little uncles
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them
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you would do for
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at that time.
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e Ki
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tee ni s n n.
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Ai Ke de.
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A A.
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Égi,
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t'eniranąną
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hįkéže."
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"Hahą,
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Well,
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I will not kill you
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not."
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"Yes,
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w ditti Ke.
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Ai seKe
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w deAe K tt.
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Ao ni se K
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Wašjįge
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hisgé
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wašegają
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honirega
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Hare
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truly
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as you have said
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when they hunt
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Ai e
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Ai s ni Ae Kette n.
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e de.
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e tt
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hi'e
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hiranihekjeną,"
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éže.
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Éja
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to find
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they will be,"
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he said.
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There
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K tt K
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Ki Ko
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so dtt se Ai de.
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Aotto tte K.*
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gająga
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kikų́
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rušjąrehiže,
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hųjega.
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at last
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he made for himself
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to turn loose
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the bear.
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*the tto of the first syllable appears to have been written in later in smaller letters and a bit above the line.
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e Ki.
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w n tteAe se Ai
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ay se n.
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e Ki.
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Égi
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wanąčerehi
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aireną.
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Égi
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Then
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he is made to be poor
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they said.
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And
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w Kidi Ks.
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n Ki K s Ai se K.
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de rKe.
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Ai o nK dA n.
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wąkšikra
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nąkíkarahirega
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žésge
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hi'ųnąkšaną.
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the people
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when they hunted
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this sort of thing
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they make use of.
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p. 151 —
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Kii se Ktt n Ae de
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Ai se de.
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e tt
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Ae se n.
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K'įrekjanaheže.
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Hireže.
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Éja
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hereną.
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They will cook him.
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They did it.
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There
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it was.
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English Translation
Source:
The Hare Cycle, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago V, #23: 145-151.