Hocąk Syllabic Text — Partridge's Older Brother

Hocąk Syllabic Text — Partridge's Older Brother

translated by Oliver LaMère

Original Texts, Winnebago V, #9: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 |

Original Texts, Notebook 7 (English): | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 |

Original Texts, Winnebago IV, #8m, Version 1 (English): | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

English Translation

Stylistic Features

	hapaxlegomena: ’ųjé, "to remain"; bōžóbōžóci, "to completely mash up ?" (cf. bōžók, "to mush up"; hi, "to cause"); cápirera, "their"; eni, "stone"; esga, "here"; ésge, in the sense of "as"; gias, "to take flight"; gixuc, "to pulverize into very fine pieces" (cp. gi-, "to strike"); hacitó, as direct address (from citó), "brother"; hai’ášjįje, "to stand astride"; hajihaisa (A tti Ay rA), "astride"; hąkéšge, in the sense of "no other"; haragáp, "to be up to them (in position)"; hatetex, "to urinate" (an emphatic, cf. hatex, "I urinate"); hewa, "to give a (female) whoop"; hēyō, "a female whoop"; higeše, "to grow"; higikša, "to be injured"; hijošu, "handy"; hįká’aža, "no" (cf. hįká’a, "no," attested only once in Miner); hirarája, "to be stuck between," cf. hirają́ją, "to have objects stuck to a subject," hirarája kį̄, "to be covered with something"; hoisixjį, "in bunches" (for hoicixjį); hišgúni in the sense of "to remove"; hišja šorož, a kind of owl called "hollowed out eyes/face"; hokikikšų, an emphatic of hokikšų, "to load"; hōkų́, in the sense, "to wish" (< ’ųjéroákųną); horuxoxo, "to scratch up something" (an emphatic of horuxo); hot’ų, "to leave someone"; howexųxų, "to blow [hard]," an emphatic of howexų; karaxīx, "to be very powerful"; kisikjį, "with a thud"; Ki Lo Kd, "to leave behind"; nąk’ų, in the sense of "until"; pežexjį, an emphatic of peže, "who," translated as, "I wonder who?" (or, perhaps, "who in the world?"); ruwįsare, "to be made smaller by hand"; ruxé, in the sense, "to pick up, to pick out of"; tapaną, "odor" (embedded in many expressions, but not found alone); warawax, "to bite into"; žegųžanai, "it is done"; wažągicų, "to be in plenty"; žara, "to come off (as paint from a surface)"; žegų’ų (de Ko o), "thus"; žegų́žanai, "to be done"; ži, "anyhow"; žigiraxjį, "a short ways".
	rare words: hage, "the last" (found only in Marino); hanįxjį, "my, mine"; hatḗ, "forest fire, wildfire" (from ha-nį̄-tḗ, "you are on fire"); hįǧé, "to shout at me" (found only in Susman); hijošu, "to put there"; hisga, "to think" (found only in Rave as hisgaránąkšąną, "I was thinking"); hisgéjaži, "really"; Hohowá, an expression of sadness or regret (found in Lipkind); horuxó, "to scrape" (as bears do a tree) (found once in Dorsey); huja (< hujakjanahera), "to kill, destroy" (found only in Marino); jopihi, "four"; nįhé, in the sense, "to be around a place" (found in Miner and Helmbrecht-Lehmann).
	use of a nominal sentence ending in -že: Égi nų̄píwi hinųgᵉraže.
	favorite expression: Žegų́že, "Thus it was."
	very heavy use of the suffix -giži.
	heavy use of the suffix -je.
	a fondness for the exclamation hohó.
	a preference for xųnųnį́k rather than simply nįk.

Winn. V, #9: 1* = Winn. 4, 8m, v. 1:1
e tt	ttAi n Ki d	nK deAe.	Ao KL	deKe	Ai tt	nK dAe	n Ki.
Éja	cinągižą	nąkše.	Hųgᵉra	šge	hija	nąkše.	Ną̄gí
There	a village	there was.	The chief	also	there	he was.	It came to pass

* the top of the page reads,

riAi K Kiri Ke ni K Ai ni L.
	1	#9
The partridge’s older brother.

Ao KL.	ni Ktt KL.	t ni	A ni de.	Ai d Ki L.	w Ki d	Ae Le de.	e Ki.
hųgᵉra	nįkją́gᵉra	tānį́	haníže.	Hižąkī́ra	wągížą	herežé.	Ḗgi
the chief	children	three	he had.	Only one	a male	there was.	And

no liAi wi	Ai noKo L de	Ai no li Ke.	wy tteKe	w Ai de.	e Ki.
nų̄píwi	hinųgᵉraže.	Hinųpike	waicgé	wahīže.	Ḗgi
two	they were girls.	Both	younger sisters	he was related.	And

m dtt	w wo K L Ki xeAe te	Ai Le de.	no ni Ke.	wK n K	Ai L tty L de.
mąšją	wokaragixete	hireže,	nųnįgé	wą́gᵉnąka	hirajairaže.
very much	they loved them	they did,	but	[that fellow]	even much more.

Ai noKo w ttA lL	dKe.	wo xeAe te Ki r Ki	Ai Le de.	e Ki	w Kn K.	A A Ki.
Hinų́gᵉwaracábᵉra	šge	woxetegiragi	hireže.	Ḗgi	wą́gᵉnąka	hahági,
His sisters	also	loving him	they did.	And	[that fellow]	[as he was light,]*

* the translation has, "fasting". Hahá means "to be light in weight" (Helmbrecht-Lehmann).

			Winn. V, #9: 2
w? tte de.	Ai Ka tt n K.	e Ki.	my Ki L	Ki deAe Le L.	o nK ra de.	e Ki.
waježe,	hik’ajanąga	égi	mąįkira	kišerera	’ųnąks’aže.	Égi
?	... and	[then]	arrows	making	he would always do.	And

de e.	w Kn K.	Ao KL	Ai ni KL.	w niKi L.	tto liAi wi	ni Ai de.	wo Ki roKo
že’é,	wą́gᵉnąka,	hųgᵉra	hinįgᵉra,	wanįgᵉrá	jopíwi	nį̄híže.	Wōgízuk
this one,	[that fellow,]	the chief	his son,	birds	four	he had.	A great deal

wo xeAe te	w K L Ki de.*	Ki nolo	w Ki K Ltt ra de.	Ai deKe	w mi Ki n K dKe
woxete	wakarakížu,	"kinų́p"	wakikarajš’aže.	Hišgé	wamikinąkašge
he loved	with them,	"brothers"	he would call them.	Also	he laid them down as well

* this appears to end in de (že) when it should have ended in do (žu).

o mK Kitti	Ai Le de.	diAi Ko Ko Ki d.	Ae Ley n K.	e Ki.	di Ke.	riAi K Kiri Ki d.
’umąkjį́	hireže.	Šikokogižą	hereánąga	égi	žigé	sikaksígižą,
[to be used to him]	they were.	A robin	it was, and	then	again	a partridge,

e Ki	di Ke.	m no ni.	e	Ai dtt doAo Lo di d.	e Ki.	di Ke.	Ke Le tto reAe li d.
égi	žigé	mą̄nų́nį	e	hišja šorožižą,	égi	žigé	kerejųsebižą,
then	again	to be lost	he himself	an owl,*	and	again	a black hawk,

* this is a hitherto unencountered species of owl known in Hōcąk as "hollowed out eyes/face".

Winn. V, #9: 3
de de n K	ni Ai de.	e Ki.	wy Le n.	Ao KiLi ni KL.	A Ko Leyi d.	Ay ni Le Ki.
žežénąga	nį̄híže.	Égi	waireną,	hųgrinįgᵉra	hagoreižą	hainiregi,
that many	he had.	And	it is said,	the chief's son	[at] one [time]	in the morning,

Ki K w a K tt.	miKi	texe deAe.	Ai Lo diAiKi deAe.	di Ki Ko	A Ae	Ai no l A K tt
kikáwa’ąkają,	mįk	tēxše.	Hirošíkše.	Žigígų	hą̄hé	hinųbąhągają
he got up and	bed	he wet.	He was ashamed.	Again	night	the second

o de.	tt rKe K tt.	tt Ko o	te e	w o A tte Ko ni	Ai Le de.	A Ae
’ųžé.	"Jasgegáją?	Jagu’ų	te’é	wa’ųhajegųnį?"	hireže,	Hą̄hé
he did it.	"How is it?	What can be the matter	this	I do?"	he thought.	Night

Ai t ni A Ki di.	mi Ki di.	A Ke	n ni Kette	Ai Le de.	tt rKe K tt.
hitanihągiži,	mįkiži,	hąké	ną̄nįkje	hireže.	"Jasgegáją?
the third,	when he went to bed,	not	he would not sleep,	he thought.	"How is it?

			Winn. V, #9: 4
woyi Lo diAi Ke rKe K tt	Ai rK deAe.*	ni Ke deKe.	w Kidi KL	Ai d	wy o tte ra Le
Woírošigésgegają,"	hisgaže.*	"Nįgéšge	wąkšigᵉra	hižą́	wai’ųjes’are,"
It is so shameful,"	he thought.	"Perhaps	[person]	[a]	the cause of this,"

* this seems to be mispelled. It should be Ai rK de , hisga being attested elsewhere as "to think."

deKe	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	w Kidi KL.	A ntt	nyL n K	e Ki.	Ai no Ki d
šge	hireže.	Égi	wąkšigᵉra	haną́c	nairanąga	égi	hinųgižą
also	he thought.	And	[person]	everyone	they had gone to sleep,	[then]	a woman

A tti Ao Ke we de.	A tti ttA we de.	Ai no Ki d	w owK deAe.	ttiy n K.
hajihokeweže.	Hajicaweže.	Hinųgižą	wa’ųwąkše.	Jiánąga
she came in.	She went towards him.	A woman	it was.	She came and

A tti Ay rA	n diy n K.	A te texe deAe.	Ao Ao.	rii Le tt	te de rKe	Ai tte Ko ni.
hajihaisa	nąžįanąga	hatetexše.	"Hohó!	s’ireją	težesge	hijegųnį,
astride	she stood, and	she urinated on him.	"Ah,	long	this	she must have been doing,

w d	diAi diAi Kitti.	leAe de xitti	w o tte Ki di.	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.
wažą́	šišikjį.	Pežexjį	wa’ųjegiži,"	hireže.	Égi	hainigíži,
thing	bad.	I wonder who	[she is doing it,"]	he thought.	Then	in the morning,

		Winn. V, #9: 5
tt rKe xitti	A Ki di.	y lAe Le rn Ki di	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	w o de.	m Ai Le Ki
"Jasgéxjį	hagiži	yaperezᵉnąkiži?"	hireže.	Égi	wa’ųže,	mą̄hįregi
"What	I could do	I find out?"	he thought.	Then	he did thus,	[with his arrow feather]*

* apparently, this is a paintbrush.

A w doAo tti.	Ai o ra Ki di.	e tt	K L Ke Le de.	ni Ke	Ai Ki o
hawašuji	hi’ųs’agiži,	éja	karakereže.	Nįgé	higi’ų
[he placed his hands on]	[that he used to have,]	there	he put handy.	[Any place]	to put on

Ai Ki di.	A Ke	d L ni n	de rKe	wi Ki ni	deKe	de rKe	Ai so Ki do de.	A Ke
higiži,	hąké	žaranįną.	Žésge	wikįnį́	šge	žésge	hirokižuže.	Hąké
if he did,	not	it would not come off.	This	grease	as well as	this	it is mixed with.	Not

w d L	Ai d	Ai doKo L ni de.	de e	Ai tto do	Ke Le Ke tte*	Ai Le de.
wažą́ra	hižą́	hišgúniranįže.	Že’é,	hijošu	kerekje,	hireže.
the things	one	it would not take it off.	This one,	handy	he would have,	he thought.

* the reading assumes that Ke Le Kette was intended.

w o tte K.	Ai Ki o	Ai n i Ktte	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	A Ae Ki di.
Wa’ųjega	higi’ų	hįną’įkje,	hireže.	Égi	hąhegiži
[As he was acting this way]	to touch some	he would try,	he thought.	So	in the night

		Winn. V, #9: 6
e tt	Ke Le de.	Ki di	de tt n xitti	n tte rKi di.*	e tt
éja	kereže,	giži.	žejanaxjį	najegiži,	éja
by him	he placed it	.	About the time	[she was going to provoke him,]	there

* this may be n tte rKi di (najesgiži). If so, it is an unknown word.

Ao Le	dotto	miKi deAe.	Ao w Le L.
hure,	šuc	mįkše.	Howaréra,
about that time that she was to start coming,	red	he laid down.	Sure enough,

A tti Ao Ke we de.	Ai L leAe xitti de.	Ay ad tti ttey n K.	Ao tti dA n.
hajihokeweže.	Hirapéxjįže.	hai’ášjįjeanąga	hojišą́ną
she came in.	He lay in wait for her.	She stood astride him, and	[shortly after]

texe tti Le K tt.	Ai dttyi tt	Ai Ki o de.	de Ko.	Ai noKo tt ne.	te tex
tēxjįregają.	Hišjaija	higi’ų́že.	Žegų́	hinųkjąne,	tētéx,
she began to urinate.	On her face	he did it with it.	[So]	the woman,	still urinating,

A Ki Ai Ai nl nK deAe.	de Ko de.	Ai Ke	n ni de.	Ai Ke	w Ki Ko no ni ni de.
hakíhihiną́pnąkše.	Žegų́že.	Hįké	nąnįže.	Hįké	wakikųnųninįže.
she went on out.	Thus it was.	Not	he did not sleep.	Not	he could not forget it.

leAe de xitti	Ae Le Ki di	Ai Le Ki di.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.	w we riAi wi K tt
"Pēžéxjį	heregíži?"	hiregíži,	égi	hainigíži,	wawesį́wįgáją
"I wonder who	it was?"	he thought,	and	in the morning,	he watched for her, and

	Winn. V, #9: 7
A Ke	w di leAe Le rini de.	Ai Ko	di Ke	Ay ni Ki di.	di Ke	A Ke	w di leAe Le rini de.
hąké	wažipereznįže.	Higų́	žigé	hainigíži,	žigé	hąké	wažipereznįže.
not	he could not find her.	Also	again	the next day,	again	not	he could not find out anything.

e rKe.	we de.	Ai a ttL	Ao Ki LK deAe.	tt tti.	Ai noKo	w ttAe KL.	tt n K Ki di.
Ésge	wéže,	hi’ą́jᵉra	hugirakše,	"Jā́ji,	hinųk	wacegᵉra	janągagiži,
So	he said it,	his father	he was told,	"Father,	women	the young ones	all,

Winn. 4, 8m, v. 1:2
A Ki d	Ki Lo Kd	Ai L ni Kette n.	A ntt	roto	Ai Le Ktte n	e de.	oyi Le de.
hąkížą	kirokša*	hiranįkjeną,	haną́c	sto	hirekjeną,"	éže.	Ųireže.
not any	to leave behind	they will do,	all	to gather	they will be,"	he said.	They did it.

* or girokša, girukša, kirukša, etc.

e Ki	Ao KL	w n Ke.	e rKe.	w we riAi wi	no ni Ke	A Ke	w d
Égi	hųgᵉra	wanąga,	ésge	wawesį́wį,	nųnįgé	hąké	wažą́
[And]	the chief	[who said it,]	[so]	they observed them very closely,	but	not	anything

					Winn. V, #9: 8
A lAe Le rini de.	tt rKe K tt.	Ai Le de.	di Ke	e de.	Ai noKo Loyi dA nK KL
haperezᵉnįže.	"Jasgegáją?	hireže.	Žigé	éže.	Hinųkroíšąną́gᵉra
they would not find out.	"How can it be?"	he thought.	Again	he said it.	Widows

e de	di Ke.	di Ke	A n ttiAi xitti	A tti Le de.	di Ke	A Ke	w d ni de.
éže	žigé	Žigé	haną́cįxjį	hajíreže.	Žigé	hąké	wažąnįže.
he called	this time.	Again	all of them	they came.	Again	not	[there was nothing.]

Kow	w Kidi Ktt xitti d	wy o Ki di	Ai Le de.	e Ki.
"Guwa!	Wąkšíkjąxjįžą	wai’ųgiži,"	hireže.	Égi
"Ah!	What kind of a person could it be	who has used me thus?"	he thought.	And

di Ke.	Ai noKo	Ai K n ttAo L	roto	w Ki Ki de.	di Ke	A n ttAi	roto
žigé	hinųk	hikąnącų́ra	sto	wagigiže.	Žigé	haną́cį	sto
again	women	married women	to gather	[he made them.]	Again	all of them	to gather

Ai L	no ni Ke.	di Ke	A Ke.	w d. Li d*	A tt ni de.	di Ke	Ai to Ke ni KL
hira,	nųnįgé	žigé	hąké	wažąrižą	hajanįže.	Žigé	hitokenįgᵉra
they came,	but	again	not	anything	he could not see.	Again	old women

* the first d in this word is followed incorrectly by a period.

							Winn. V, #9: 9
tt n K Ki di.	a no ni Ke	di Ke	A Ke	w d ni de.	de Ko de.	Ao Aow	tt xitti d.
janągagiži	anųnįge	žigé	hąké	wažąnįže.	Žegų́že.	"Hohowá,	jaxjį́žą
all	he examined, but	again	not	nothing.	Thus it was.	"Oh my,	who

wy o Ki di	Ai Le de.	A Ke deKe.	w KidiKi	ni Ki tt*	Ai deKe	ni Ke
wai’ųgiži,"	hireže.	"Hąkéšge	wąkšik	nįgéja	hišgĕ́	nįgé
it could be the cause of it?"	he thought.	"No other	people	nearby	also	[anyplace]

* probably in error for ni Ke tt, nįgéja (< nįgé-éja).

Ai wo roAo ttini K tt.	tt rKe	dKe K tt	Ai Le de.	Ai rKe tt di	n tteKe L	tteKe de.*
hiwusųcnįkaja,	jasgé	šgegają?"	hireže.	Hisgéjaži	nącgera	tēkše.
nearby,	how	this could be?"	he thought.	[Really]	his heart	it was sore.

* in error for teKe deAe.

de e di.	Ai noKo w ttA lL.	xeAe te L.	A Ke	A K.	Ai dtt L	A tt ni de.
Žeeži,	hinųkwacábᵉra	xeterá	hąké	haka	hĭšjā́ra	hajanį́že.
As it always happened,	his sister	older	not	once	her face	he did not see.

A Lo xeAe	w di Ki deAe Le	Ai n Ki di	de Ko de.	tt rKe
Haruxé	wažigišere	hinąkiži.	Žegų́že.	"Jasgé
She was turned around	always working on something	she sat.	Thus it was.	"How

						Winn. V, #9: 10
wi Lo K n di	te de rK n de	Ai Le de.	de rK	no ni K.	w o de.	leAe tti tteAe tte tt.†
wirukanaži	težésganąže,"	hireže.	Žésga	nuniga	wa’ųžé.	Pejicejeja
*	such a thing,"	he thought.	Nevertheless	but	he did it.	At the fireplace

* the translation has, "it is impossible for," but wirukana means, "to be in charge," and ži means, "in any case."
† the top of the page reads,

The partridge’s older brother.
	10
riAi K Kiri Ke ni K Ai ni L. ②

Ao Ki w xitti Le	Ai de.	w K de.	wy tteKe xitti	A ni te n.	Ai Ko de.
hokiwaxįcire	híže.	Wagaže,	"Waicgexjį,	hanį̄tḗną."	Hīgūžé.
fire was set to his own	he did.	He said,	"My sister,	you are on fire."*	She turned around very quickly.

* < ha-nį̄-tḗ-ną, from hatḗ, "forest fire, wildfire"; perhaps meaning an accidental blaze, or out of control fire.

Ai tto Ki too Le K tt	te we L Ki.	Ai dtt L.	w reAe.	m Ai Lo Ki d.
Hijókit’uregają,	tewéraki	hĭšjā́ra	wasé	mą̄hį́rųgižą
[When she turned around,]	unexpectedly,	her face	paint	[a chief's arrow feather]*

* apparently a paintbrush belonging to his father.

Ai Lo tee Ke	w o nK deAe.	Ao Aow	Ai Le de.	wo Ki roKo	Ai Lo diAiKi deAe.
hirut’eke	wa’ųnąkše.	"Hohowá,"	hireže.	Wōgízuk	hirošíkše.
[because he had dabbed it on]	he did this.	"Oh my,"	he thought.	A great deal	he was ashamed.

A Ke	Ai tt	o tte	Lo xoAo Lo Kini de.	e Ki.	we de.	tt tti.	w ttL
Hąké	hija	ų́je	ruxoroginįže.	Égi	weže,	"Jā́ji,	wájᵉra
Not	there	[he was standing]	[he could not accomplish.]*	So	he said,	"Father,	canoe

* o tte Lo xoAo Lo Kini de is translated as, "he could not remain there any longer."

							Winn. V, #9: 11
Ai d	Ai Lo dtt	Ai Ki Ki wi Le.	ni Ke	w w te Ktt ne n.	e Ki di.	w tti d	Ao Ki Ki Kodo
hižą́	hirúšją	higigiwire	nįgé	wawátekjaneną,"	egíži,	wajižą	hokikikšų
a	to be ready	make for me	[some place]	I am going away,"	he said, so	a canoe	to load for him

Ai Le de.	w d	w ni Ki di.	A ntt	Ai tt	wo Ki do	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	Ai noKo tte K.	Ai tt
hireže.	Wažą́	wanigiži	haną́c	hija	wogižu	hireže.	Égi	hinųkjega	hija
they did.	Things	that he had	all	there	to put	they were.	And	[the woman]	there

A Ke	w di	Lo K n	Ai ni de.	Ao Ki K n K L	e Ki.	de Ko	Ai Le Ki di.
hąké	wažį́	rōką́ną	hinįže.	Hokikanągᵉra,	égi	žegų́	hiregiži,
not	anything	[great]	she did not do.	[Having put them in,]*	then	thus	when they were through,

* the translation has, "when they were through."

Ai tto mi n K n K.	w ti Le Ai de.	w d ni	w Ai K	A ntt	w K L ni	w o de.
hijomįnąkanąga	watirehiže.	Wažą́nį	wahiga,	haną́c,	wagarani	wa’ųžé.
he sat in there, and*	he shoved off.	[Everything]	when he went,	all,	he took along	he did it.

* the translation adds, "taking all the birds that he owned".

Ai Ko	Ai L Le xitti	Ai n Ki	A KeLe Ki.	w d ni reKe	Ai L n i Ke.
Higų	hiraréxjį	hinągí	hakregi	wažą́nįske	hirana’įge
After	a short distance out	[sufficiently]	behind	[seemingly there was] something	he thought, so

			Winn. V, #9: 12
A Kttl lK tt.	te we L Ki.	Ai noKo ttA lL.	Ai Lo diAiKi	Ai Ki.	Ki ... Kiyr n KL
hakjąpgają	tewéraki,	hinų́kcabᵉra	hirošík	higi	ki ... kiasanągᵉra,
he looked back, and	unexpectedly,	his sister	to be ashamed	it made him, and	for which he was leaving,

e Ki	mi nK nK deAe.	e tt	o ni Ki Kiy n K.	a tti n K	Ki Ki de.	w Ke de.	ne	woyi Lo liAi Ke rKe
égi	miną́gᵉnąkše.	Éja	’ųnigigianąga	ajinąk	gigiže.	Wageže,	"Ne	woirošigesge
and	she sat.	There	he went ashore, and	he came on shore	he did.	He said,	"You	a shameful thing

w doo Ke	ni Ke	w w te n.	ta leAe	Ai Ke de.	e Ki.	tal dAe.
waš’ųge	nįgé	wawáteną.	"T’apšé	higeže.	Égi	t’ąpšé.
you have done, so	[somewhere]	it is why I am going away.	"Get out,"	he said to her.	So	she got out.

e Ki.	di Ki L xitti	Ai n K tt	te we L Ki	di Ki Ki nK deAe	di Ke	a tti nK diAi de.
Égi	žigiraxjį,	hinąkáją,	tewéraki,	žigiginąkše.	Žigé	ajinąkšiže.*
Then	a short ways	when he had gone,	unexpectedly,	he discovered her in.	Again	he told her to get out.

* an initial /h/ has been lost due to external sandhi.

			Winn. 4, 8m, v. 1:3			Winn. V, #9: 13
t ni A.	de de rKe	Ai de.	Ai tto l A L.	di Ke	a tti nK Ki di.	Ai tto Lo xotto ttK tt	e tt.
Taníhą	žežesge	hiže.	Hijobą́hąrá	žigé	ajinąkgiži,	hijoruxucgają,	éja
Three times	thus	she did.	The fourth time	again	he let her out, and	he looked back, and	there

tt tt w	w reKe	ni Ki d	tte de.	ni Ke deKe	te tt ne	deKe	w o tt ni de.	a n K.	a ttL
cącáwa	wāsgé	nįgižą	jéže.	"Nįgéšge	tejane	šge	wa’ųjaniže,"	ánąga	ą́jᵉra
birch	dish	[a small one]	it stood.	"Perhaps	this one	also	it is the cause of it,"	he said, and	[the shore]

Ao too ne de.	K tt.	Ai noKo Ktt ne.	Ae w de.	Ae yo.	e de.	wK ttAe xiAi d
hot’úneže.	Gają	hinųkjąne	hewaže,	"Hēyō!"*	éže,	"Wąkcexižą
he threw it.	And	the woman	she gave a (female) whoop,	"Hēyō!"	she said,	"A difficult man

* LaMère translates this as, "a female whoop (hey yoo)".

Ai K wi doKo ni de.	ttiAi nK	A L	Ktt xitti Ktt n Ae K	e de.	Ai noKo tt ne.	e Ki.
higawišgųnįže.	Cīną́k	hara	kjaxjįkjanahega,"	éže,	hinųkjąne.	Égi
to get to call.	Town	[my]*	you might not see again,"	she said,	the woman.	And

* the translation has, "your".

de Ko	w Ktt ne	Le de.	A Ko Ley d.	de e.	e tt.	A Ai n de.	e tt.
žegų́	wąkjąne	režé	Hagoreižą,	že’é,	éja	hahinaže.	Éja
then	the man	he went on.	Finally,	this one,	there	he stopped for the night.	There

		Winn. V, #9: 14
xA wi	Ai ttiAi d	Ki Koow n K.	Ao ttiAi wi K.	wo wo L.	Lo K n de.	e tt	diAi Ko Ko Kini K.
xą̄wį́	hicižą	kīk’ų́anąga	hociwiga,	wuwura	rokanaže.	Éja	Šikokogᵉnįka
grass	a lodge	he made, and	where he camped,	cherries*	there were alot.	There	Robin

* wuwu is the name for the nannyberry. Ną̄pák denotes cherries.

m w ttAo	Ao Ki too ne de.	we de.	Ai ni A xitti	A K w d	m	liAi	te e
mawacu	hogit’ųneže.	Wéže,	"Hinihaxjį,	hagáwažą	mą	pį̄	te’é,"
[to abound]	[he turned himself.]	He said,	"My older brother,	what	country	nice	this,"

ni Ke Le d.	e de.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.	Ao tti Ke Ke Le L.	Ae Le K tt.	diAi Ko Ko Kini K
nį̄kérežą	éže.	Égi	hainigíži,	hojikekerera	heregają,	Šikokogᵉnįka
[a sweet talking]	he said.	Then	in the morning,	it was time to go	when it was,	Robin

wo xAl ni Ki de.	Ko te	Ai roAo Ki tti	tt Ko o	wo xA lini KL	dA nK deAe.	w d L
woxabᵉnįkiže.	"Koté,	hisųgijį,	jāgú’ų	woxabᵉnigᵉra	šanąkše?	Wažą́ra
he was very quiet.	"[Exclamation]	little brother,	why	being so quiet	you are?	The things

		Winn. V, #9: 15
Ai d	Ai L Le Ke	w doo dA n Ki di	tt Ko o	A Ke	Ao dA L Kini de	Ai Ke de.
hižą́	hirarege,	waš’ųšanagiži,	jāgú’ų	hąké	hošaragᵉnįže?"	higeže.
one	you must think, so	is why you are doing it,	why	not	do you not tell me of it?"	he said to him.

e Ki.	we de.	Ko te	Ai ni xitti	e Ki	m dtt	Ay liAi n.	e Ki	o tte Low Ko n
Égi	wéže,	"Koté,	hiníxjį,	égi	mąšją	haipį́ną,	égi	’ųjéroákųną,"*
Then	he said it,	"[Exclamation],	my older brother,	here	very much	I like it,	and here	I wish to remain,"

* < ’ųjéra-hoákų-ną.

e de.	A Ao	Ai rKe	Ai Le.	liAi	w L Ke n.	tt Ko	Ai Lo Ai Le de	Ai Ke de.
éže.	"Hąhó!	Hisgé	hire;	pį	warageną,	jagú	hirohireže,"	higeže.
he said.	"Alright!	Right	it is;	good	you have spoken,	as	there is no harm in it,"	he said to him.

e Ki.	di n K	dA n	w K L Ki dow n K.	tti Ke Le de.	A Ko Ley d.	e tt	di Ke	A xtt n
Égi	žiną́ka	šana	wakarakižuanąga,	jikereže.	Hagoreižą,	éja	žigé	haxjąna
So then	with the others	only	with them, and	he went on.	Finally,	there	again	evening

							Winn. V, #9: 16
Ai Le Ki di	e tt.	A Ai ttAi	o de.	xA wi	ttAi.	o de.	m	ni Ke	Ao ttiAi Le Ki di.
hiregiži,	éja	hahíci	’ųže.	xą̄wį́	cī	’ųže.	Mą	nįgé	hociregiži,
it was, so	there	[to go and live]	[he did].	Grass	lodge	he made.	Land	place	where they camped,

w deKe tt.	A loAo Lotto	tte de.	di Ke	e tt.	rAi K Kiri Ke ni K.	Ai Ke	w di
wāšgéja	hāpúruc	jéže.	Žigé	éja	Sīkáksigᵉnįka	hįké	wažį́
among poplar trees	[elder (or alder ?) trees]*	it was.	Again	there	Partridge	not	anything

* there is a difference of opinion on what tree or bush this word denotes. LaMère was uncertain himself, and translates this as "other trees."

Lo K n	Ai ni de.	ny K nK KL.	ttAo Ki di.	we de.	Ai ni xitti	Ai reKe tt
rōką́ną	hinįže.	Ną́įkąnągᵉra	cųgiži,	wéže,	"Hiníxjį,	hisgéja
[great]	he did not do.	Tree buds	there were many, and	he said,	"My older brother,	[truly]

m	liAi	ni Ke	te e	Ae Le K tt.	e de.	e Ki.	di Ke	A ni Ki di.*	Ao tti Ke Le L.†	Ae Le Ki di.
mą	pį̄	nįgé	te’é	heregają,"	éže.	Égi	žigé	hanįgiži,	hojikerera	heregíži,
country	nice	place	this	it is,"	he said.	And	again	in the morning,	time to go	when it was,

* the text has Ai ni Ki di.
† the text has Ao tti Ke .Le L [.]

					Winn. V, #9: 17
di Ke.	riAi K Kiri Ke ni K.	wo xA lini Ki de.	di Ki Ke de.	Ai roAo Ki tti.	tt Ko o K tt.
žigé	Sīkáksigᵉnįka	woxabᵉnįkiže.	Žigigeže,	"Hisųgijį,	jagú’ųgają
again	[Little] Partridge	he was very quiet.	Again he asked,	"My younger brother,	why

wo xAl ni KL	dA nK deAe.	w d Li d	Ai L Le Ke	w doo dA n Ki di.	Ao LK
woxabᵉnįgᵉra	šanąkše?	Wažąrižą	hirarege,	waš’ųšanagiži,	horák
being so quiet	you are?	Something	if it is on your mind,	it is why you are doing it,	to tell

liAi L ni n.	Ai Ke de.	Ai ni xitti	m	e Ki	Ay liAi n.	e tt	Ai L too
pįraniną,"	higeže.	"Hiníxjį,	mą	égi	haipį́ną.	Éja	hirat’ų
you ought to do,"	he said to him.	"My older brother,	country	here	I like it.	Here	to leave me

dA L dA L wi Ki di	y Le n.	e de.	Ai rKe	Ai Le.	A Ke	w di Lo Ai Le w L K ni n.
šarašarawigiži,	yaréną,"	éže.	"Hisgé	hire;	hąké	wažįrohirewaragᵉnįną".
[while you go on,]	I believe,"	he said.	"Yes	you may do so;	not	I see no harm in it."

e Ki.	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	nolo Ki L	A K L Ki do.	di Ke	A Ko Leyi d.	e tt	A Ai	A xtt n
Égi	hajiakaraíreže,	nųpkira	hakarakižu.	Žigé	hagoreižą,	éja	hahi	haxjąna
Then	they went on,	only two of them	with him.	Again	finally,	there	[finally]	evening

			Winn. V, #9: 18
Ai Le Ki di.	e tt	A Ai	di Ke	ttiAi	Ki Koo	Ai Le de.	Ao ttAi Le Ki di.	w niKi
hiregiži,	éja	hahi	žigé	cī	kīk’ų́	hireže.	Hocíregiži,	wanįk
[when it was,]	there	he went	again	lodge	to make	they did.	The place they were at,	birds

xoAo no niKi L	Lo K n de.	ttAo we Kini KL.	e tt.	m no ni.	e	Ai dtt doAo Lo di d.
xųnųnįgᵉra	rokanaže.	Cuegᵉnigᵉra	éja.	Mą̄nų́nį	e	hišja šorožižą,
little ones	there were many.	Little snipes	there.	He wandered off	he himself	an owl,*

* hišja šorožižą means literally, "a hollow face/eyed".

w d Ki ttAo de.	Ai rKe	tee Ai Ki di.	w niKi	Lo ttL	o xitti	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.
wažągicųže.	Hisgé	t’ehigiži,	wanįk	rújᵉra	ųxjį́	hireže.	Égi	hainigíži,
he was in plenty.	He also	he killed, and	birds	eating	to do very much	they did.	Then	in the morning,

di Ke.	wo xA lini Ki Ki di.	Ai Ki wx deAe	tt Ko o	w o n Ki di.	we de.	Ai ni A xitti	e Ki
žigé	woxabᵉnįkigiži,	higiwąxše,	jāgú’ų	wa’ųnąkiži,	wéže,	"Hinihaxjį,	égi
again	he was very quiet, so	he asked him,	why	he did it, and	he said,	"My older brother,	here

Winn. 4, 8m, v. 1:4						Winn. V, #9: 19
o tte	Low Ko Ke	w o nK dA n	e de.	Ai rKe	Ai Le	Ai Ke de.	e tt	K tt K.
’ųjé	ro’agųge	wa’ųnąkšaną,"	éže.	"Hisgé,	hire,"	higeže.	Éja	gająga
to remain	because I wish	I am,"	he said.	"Yes,	you may do so,"	he told him.	There	[now]

Ke Le tto reAe lL	dA n	A K L Ki do Le de.	Ay ni Ki di.	ttiAi	w oyi Le K.	e	wo ttiAi
kerejųsebᵉra,	šana	hakarakižureže.	Hainigíži,	cī	wa’ųiregi,	e	wocī
the black hawk,	only	he went on with him.	Every morning,	lodge	when they made it,	it	to camp

w too L Kede.	e Ki.	Ai d Ki L	A Ki do Le de.	e Ki.	e tt	A Ai ni wi Ki di.	te L
wat’ųrąkše.	Égi	hižąkíra	hakižúreže.	Égi	éja	hahíniwigiži,	tera
he would leave them.	So now	only one	he went with him.	[And]	the place	where they camped,	lakes

Lo K n de.	wi xL	Lo K n de.	e tt	Ke Le tto reAel le tte K.	wi xL	Aoyi wotto deAe.
rokanaže.	Wįǧᵉra	rokanaže.	Éja	kerejųsebᵉjega	wįǧᵉra	hoiwocše.
there were many.	Ducks	there were many.	There	the black hawk	ducks	killed.

wy d	Aili	tti Le Ai ra de.	e tt	wixi	Lo ttL	o xitti wi de.	di Ke
Waį́žą	hįp	jirehis’aže.	Éja	wį̄x	rújᵉra	’ųxjįwiže.	Žigé
[Something]	[to dive]	[he would come suddenly.]*	There	ducks	eating	they did very much.	Again

* the translation has, "he would fly up to them and knock them down by pecking them".

	Winn. V, #9: 20
Ay ni Ki di.	Ke Le tto reAe lK.	wo xAl lini Ki de.	we de.	Ko te	Ai roAoKo A xitti
hainigíži,	Kerejųsepka*	woxabᵉnįkiže.	Wéže,	"Koté,	hisųkhaxjį,
in the morning,	Black Hawk*	he was very quiet.	He said,	"[Exclamation],	my little brother,

* Kerejųsep ending in -ka, forms a proper name.

i ne Ki	A n K tt	tt Ko o	te e	wo xAl lini KL	dA n Ko ni	Ai Ke de.	Ko te
inéki	hanągają.	Jāgú’ų	te’é	woxabᵉnįgᵉra?	šanagųnį ?"	higeže.	"Koté,
alone	we are.	Why	this	keeping so quiet	you are doing?"	he said to him.	"Well,

Ai ni A xitti	e dK.	de Ko o	ni Ae	Low Ko n.	m dtt	m	liAi K tt
hinihaxjį,	esga?	žegų’ų	nįhé	ro-águną.	Mąšją	mą	pįgają,"
my older brother,	here	[thus]	[to be around a place]	I wish.*	Very much	country	nice,"

* the translation has, "here I wish to remain".

e de.	A Ao.	Ai rKe	Ai Le.	i ne Ki	te Kette n.	e de.	de e	A Ko Ley d	e tt
éže.	"Hąhó!	Hisgé	hire;	inéki	tekjéną,"	éže.	Že’é,	hagoreižą,	éja
he said.	"Alright!	[Right]	[it is];*	alone	I will go,"	he said.	This one,	finally,	there

* the translation has, "you may do so."

ow Ai K tt.	te we L Ki	e tt	w Ki d	n nK deAe.	ni ttAe tte tt.
úwahigają,	tewéraki,	éja	wągížą	nąnąkše,	nįcejeja.
as he was going on,	unexpectedly,	there	a man	he was sitting [sleeping],	on the edge of the water.

	Winn. V, #9: 21
ni xA L.	Aoyi deKe Kede.	e Ki.	Ao L.	Koro Kiri KiniKi deAe.	e Ki.	riAi L.	reAe Le ttAi de.
Nįxára	hoišgékše.	Égi	hura	ksūksígᵉnįkše.	Égi	sira	sereciže.
His stomach	it was very large.	And	his legs	they were very slim.	And	his feet	they were very long.

e Ki.	n roAo L	xeAe te de.	nl lL	Ai dAeKe deAe.	we riAi wi xitti K tt.	te we L Ki.
Égi	nąsúra	xeteže.	Nąbᵉra	hį̄šékše.	Wesį́wįxjįgáją	tewéraki,
And	his head	it was big.	His hands	they were hairy.	He watched him very close, and	unexpectedly,

Ai L.	w KidiKi	n tto	Ai L L tt de.	e tt	A Ktt	Ao Ki nK deAe.	e tt	A Ki	o ni de.
hira	wąkšik	ną̄jú	hirarájaže.	Éja	hakjá	hóginąkše.	Éja	hagí	’ųnįže.
his teeth	people	hair	it was stuck between.	There	back	he turned back.	There	to return	he did not do.*

* the translation has, "he went ashore."

Ao Ao	ttAe K tt.	tt reKe	A Ki di	te e.	w Kidi K i Ktt n Ae Ko n	Ai Le de.	w o de.
"Hohó,	cegáją.	Jasgé	hagiži	te’é	wąkšiga’įkjanahegųnį?"	hireže.	Wa’ųže:
"Oh my!	I will surely die.	What	I can do	this	I can do to live?"	he thought.	He did thus:

	Winn. V, #9: 22
niye tt	wi doAo K nK.	Lo xe de.	e Ko.	Lo KL.	w Lo r n K.	e Ki.	wo A de.
nįeja	wīšókąną́k	ruxéže.	Egų	rogᵉra	warusanąga	égi	wohąže.
from the water	oysters	he picked.	And	the insides	he took out, and	[then]	he boiled them.

Lexe	xAe teyi d	A niy Ki di	Ai ow n K.	de Ko	Aiy n K.	A niy n K Le de.	w tte tt
Reǧ	xeteižą	haniąkiži	hi’ųanąga	žegų́	hianąga	haniąkareže.	Wajéja
Kettle	a large one	he had with him, and	he used, and	thus	he did, and	he took it.	In the boat

Ao Ke Ley n Ki Le de.	Ai tt	Ai Ki di	w Ke de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L
hokereanikireže.	Hija	higíži,	wageže,	"Hohó,	hicakorohara
he put in and went to him.	There	when he got there,	he said to him,	"Oh my!	my friend

e Ki	n nK deAe	tte L	e de	A Ki Ki Li nK deAe.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	e Ki	A n nK dA n	e de.
égi	nąnąkše,"	jerá	éže.	Hįkikírinąkše.	"Hicakóro	égi	hananąkšaną,"	éže.
here	he is sleeping,"	this one	he said.	He woke up.	"Friend	here	I am sleeping,"	he said.

				Winn. V, #9: 23
e Ki.	we	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	rA niKi	te e	w o A tt n.	A Ky L.	ttA nK L.	Ai d	Ai L tti Ki.
Égi	we,	"Hicakóro,	sanį́k	te’é	wa’ųhajaną.	Hagaíra	cāną́gᵉra	hižą́	hirajígi,
Then	he said,	"Friend,	part	this	I am roaming.	Sometimes	deer	one	when I came upon,

e tt	rii niKi	w Att doAo no n.	rA niKi	w w t Ae L.	e tt	Ao L w L tti ra Le
éja	s’inik	wahacšųnųną.	Sanį́k	wawatahera	éja,	horawarajis’are?"
then	for some time	I would have food.	The direction	I am going in	there,	that is where you came from?"

e de.	A A a.	e de.	Ai Ko	te e	w o A tte n	e de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	A Ky L.	w d L
éže.	"Hąhą́’ą,"	éže.	"Higų	te’é	wa’ųhajeną,"	éže.	"Hicakóro,	hagaíra	wažą́ra
he asked.	"Yes,"	he said.	"[Still]	this	I am doing,"*	he said.	"Friend,	sometimes	the things

* the translation has, "I stay right around here".

Ai d	Ao liAi niKi w we K.	Le ri L.	i ttAl	w toro doAo no n.	Ai rKe	L tti Kette Ki di.	Ao ttiy
hižą́	hopįnįkwawega,	resira	įcap	watusšųnųną.	Hiské	racíkjegiži,	hojiá,"
one	when I have good luck,	the tongues	only	I usually take them.	Some	you can eat,	alright,"

	Winn. V, #9: 24
e de.	A Ko Ai Ki di.	A Ke w di ro K n Ai n[i] de.	wo Ki roKo	Ki liAi de.	e Ki.	w Ke de.
éže.	Haguhígiži	hąké wažirukanahinįže.	Wōgízok	gipįže.	Égi	wageže,
he said.	He went after it, and	he was delighted.	Very much	he liked it.	And	he asked him,

Ai Ke	de rKe	L ni ra de	Ai Ke de.	Ai K a d.	Ai K K	e rKe	A ni n	e de.
"Hįké	žésge	ranįs’áže?"	higeže.	"Hįká’aža,	hįkagá	ésge	hanįną	éže.
"Not	this	you don't ever do?"	he said to him.	"No,	never	[thus]	I have not done,"	he said.

tteAe li de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	a K Ki nK Kitti ne Ki.	ttiAi nK	xeAe te xitti d	nK dA n.
Cepiže.	Égi	wéže,	"Hicakóro,	akakinąkjįnegi	cīną́k	xetexjįžą	nąkšaną.
He ate it all up.	Then	he said,	"My friend,	just across	town	a large one	there is.

e tt	A Ae Le	A o A ni Ae n.	e rKe	A n nK dA n.	e de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo
Éja	hą̄hére	ha’ųhaniheną.	Ésge	hananąkšaną,"	éže.	"Hohó,	hicakóro,
There	last night	that's where I was.	So	that's why I was sleeping,"	he said.	"Ah!	my friend,

		Winn. V, #9: 25
e liAi n	e de.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	e	Ao wy Le Ktt n Ae K tt.	e de.	Ao ttiy	e de.
epį́ną,"	éže.	"Égi	hicakóro,	e	howaírekjanahegàją,"	éže.	"Hojiá,"	éže.
it is good,"	he said.	"[Well]	my friend,	there	let us go,"	he said.	"Alright,"	he said.

e Ki.	w Ke de.	ni xA xeAe te n K.	Ai ttA Ko Lo tt n	A Ai o Ki di	ttAe li
Égi	wageže,	nįxaraxetenąka,	"Hicakorojąna,	hahi’ųgiži	cēbí
Then	he said to him,	the big bellied fellow,	"My friend,	how long will it take	to eat them up

Ai n tte de.	e de.	tti nK	xeAe teyi d	Ae Le n	e de.	e Ki	we de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	te e di.
hinąjéže?"	éže.	"Cīną́k	xetexjįžą	heréną,"	éže.	Égi	weže,	"Hicakóro,	te’éži
we are doing?"	he said.	"Town	a big one	it is,"	he said.	Then	he said,	"My friend,	?

Ai Ke	A n ni doAo no n.	te e di	L n dA n K tt.	n K	di Ke	Ai Ke deKe	Ai tty L ni doAo no n.
hįké	haną̄́nįšunúną.	Te’éži	ranąšanakają,	nąga	žigé	hįgéšge	hijaíranįšunúną.
not	I do not sleep.	But	you sleep,	and	besides	not	[not to become bigger].*

* the translation has, "to become invisible".

					Winn. V, #9: 26
Al lL	Ki deKe.	e Ki.	di Ke	A Ke	tee Ai liAi	A ni ni n	e de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo	ni Ki t Ki Kette n.
hąbᵉra	gišge,	égi	žigé	hąké	t’ḗhipį́	haninįną,"	éže.	"Hicakóro,	nįgitagikjeną.
day time	even, (?)	and	also	not	to be killed	I cannot be,"	he said.	"My friend,	I will tell you about it.

Lo	A o nK Le	e Ki.	Ai Ke	ni Ke	Ao tee	mi nK ni n.	wtt	w w tt n.	Ki xoAo xoAo xi L n K.
Ro	ha’úną̆gᵉre	égi	hįké	nįgé	hot’é	miną́gᵉnįną.	Wāc	wawąjéną,	gixuxúxiranąga
My body	[I have made]	[here]	not	[place]	death	[it does not sit.]	Boat	I ride in,	it is broken up, and

t xoAo Ai Le Ki di.	dA n n.	e rKe	tt rKe	Aiy n K.	A K	tee wi Le Kette de.	e de.
taxuhíregiži,	šą́nąną.	Ésge	jasgé	hianąga	haga	t’ewirekježe?"	éže.
it is burned up, then	[that only.]	So	how	it is done, and	[whenever]	they will kill me?"	he said.

Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ai deKe tt ni rKe de e de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ai deKe	Ai Ke	tee Ai liAi	A ni ni n.
"Hicakóro,	hišgeja nisge žeéže?"	"Hicakóro,	hišgĕ́	hįké	t’ḗhipį́	haninįną.
"My friend,	how is it with you?"	"My friend,	also	not	to be killed	I cannot be.

	Winn. V, #9: 27
A Ke	w Kidi Kn KeLe.	Ai d	Ao tee L	Ai Ki leAe Le rini n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.
Hąké	wąkšigᵉnągᵉre	hižą́	hot’era	hikipereznįną,"	éže.	"Égi,	hicakóro,
Not	human	one	[killing]	he does not know,"	he said.	"Well,	my friend,

Ao Ki L KeLe.	Ai Ke de.	Lo xi xi	no ni Ke.	a nK Koo	Ao Ki LK deAe.	we de.
hogirakere,"	higeže.	Roǧiǧi,	nųnįgé	anąk’ų	hugirakše.	Wéže,
tell me of it,"	he said to him.	He objected,	but	finally	he was told.	He said,

Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ao tee	A ni L.	A Ke	Ai d	Ai leAe Le rini n.	te e	K rKe n.	ni Ke
"Hicakóro,	hot’é	hanira	hąké	hižą́	hiperezᵉnįną.	Te’é	gáskeną.	Nįgé
"My friend,	death	my	not	one	they do not know about.	This	it is thus.	Anywhere

t Ae Ki di.	e tt.	w d	diAi diAiKi	t lA n.	Ai L n K.	e Ki.	Ai Ko.
tāhégiži,	éja	wažą́	šīšik	tapaną	hiránąga	égi	higų
if I were going,	there	anything	bad	odor	they did, and	[as well]	[such as]

				Winn. V, #9: 28
ttA Lo xiAi wi	diAi diAiKi	de de rKe.	Ai L n K	e Ki.	wx doAotto
caroxíwi	šīšik	žežesge	hiránąga	égi	wakšúc
hair and dandruff combed off the head	bad	thus	they did, and	also	red cedar

e Ki.	Ai do doKo	xoAo no niKi de	de rKe	Ao we xo xo	Ai L n K.	Ai xe	Ai Le Ki di
égi	hišušug	xųnųnįkše.	Žésge	howexųxų	hiránąga	hįǧé	hiregiži,
and	flute	little.	This	to blow [hard]	they did, and	to shout at me	when they were through,

ttA n n.	e de.	Ao Ao	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	leAe de	de rKe	Ai leAe Le r n K.	tee ni n de.
cananą,"	éže.	"Hohó,	hicakóro,	pēžé	žésge	hiperezenąga	t’enináže?
I would die,"	he said.	"Ah!	my friend,	who	[this]	he would think, and	he will kill you?

A Ke	tee Ai liAi n.	Ai ni K tt	e de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	tt rKe xitti Ki di
Hąké	t’ehíp’įną.	Hinįkają,"	éže.	"Hicakóro,	jasgĕxjįgíži
Not	you could be killed.	[It is not serious,"]	he said.	"My friend,	what we are about to do,

liAi n Ki di.	Ao o L	Ao Lo xotto tt n K	o Ki di	liAi doKo ni n de	e de.	wK n KLe.
pįnągiži,	ho’ųra	horoxojanąga	’ųgíži	pįšgúninaže,"	éže,	wągᵉną̆́gᵉrĕ.
[if it is good,]	to do	to look into it, and	if you do it	it would be alright,"	he said,	the man.

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Ai Ko	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	A Ae K.	Ai Aiy n K.	w i ntt	Ai Ki K	Ai Ko	A tte Ki di.
"Higų,	hicakóro,	hąhega	hihįanąga	wa’inac	hįgíga,	higų	hajegiži,
"[Yet,]	my friend,	when night	it comes, and	all we want to eat	when I get,	then	if I did,

liAi doKo ni n de.	Ai L tty L	Ai w o Ki di.	Ko Le reKe.	Kiyr	Ai Le Ki di.
pįšgúninaže.	Hirajaira	hį̄wá’ųgiži,	korésge	gias	hiregiži,
it would be best.	More than that,	if I did,	perhaps	to take flight	it made them, and

mo Ki e Ki di.	Lo A	Ke L	Ai Ai doKo ni n de.	e de.
mokiegiži	rōhą́	kera	hįhíšgųnįnaže,"	éže.
they scattered over the country, and	many	?	they would get away from us,"	he said.

Ai ttA Ko Lo	Ai reKe	w deAe n.	e de.	e Ki.	w Kidi Kn KeLe	we de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.
"Hicakóro,	hisgé	wāšĕ́ną̄,"	éže.	Égi	wąkšigᵉnągᵉre	wéže,	"Hicakóro,
"My friend,	right	[you speak,"]	he said.	Then	the man	he said,	"My friend,

					Winn. V, #9: 30
Ai tt	w w te Ki di	y Le n.	A Ao Ao xitti n.	ttAi nK KL.	Ao Ki Kixi	Ao we
hija	wawátegiži	yaréną,	hahuhuxjįną.	Ciną́gᵉra	hogígįx	howe
there	I had better go,	I think,	I am very anxious.	The village	around	I go around

Ao to xotto [d] n	y Le n.	A ttAi tt.	Ao o	liAi xitti n Ki di.	Ao to xotto ttiKi di
hotuxucšaną,	yaréną.	Hacį́ja	ho’ų	epįxjįnagiži,	hotuxucįgiži
I look,	I think.	Where	to do our work	it would be best,	if I had it spotted,

e liAi n n.	A Ke	Ai tty L ni dAo no n.	Ao Lo Ke tt	Ao we	A ow tte K
epįnaną.	Hąké	hijaíranįšunúną.	Horogéja	howe	ha’ųą̄jēga,"
it would be better.	Not	[not to become bigger].*	In their midst	[to go around]	I am doing,"

* the translation has, "they cannot see me".

deKe	e de.	e Ki.	Ai reKe	Ai Le	e de.	e	w Ke de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo	Ai we riAi wi
šge	éže.	"Égi	hisgé	hire,"	éže.	E	wageže,	"Hicakóro,	hįwesįwį́
[also]	he said.	["Then]	right	it is,"	he said.	So	he said to him,	"My friend,	to watch me

ni n K tt.	a deKe te Ki di.	xA w ni	A Ki te Ktt n Ae n	e de.	A Lo xA
ninąkáją	ašgétegiži,	xawanį́	hakį́tekjanaheną,"	éže.	"Haruxa
I want you	as I get nearer,	to disappear	I'm going to make myself,"	he said.	["Continuously]

		Winn. V, #9: 31
xoAo no niKi	A Ki A	te Ktt n Ae n	e de.	e Ki.	Le de.	te	xeAe te xitti d.
xųnųnį́k	hakiha	tekjanaheną,"	éže.	Égi	reže.	Te	xetexjįžą
to be small	I make myself	I will be going along,"	he said.	Then	he went.	Lake	a large one

A Ai	tt lL.	Aoyi xA w ni Ki di.	e tt	w K. nK deAe.*	e rKe	e tt	Ao w Le
hahi	ją́bᵉra	hoixawanįže.	Éja	wagánąkše.	Ésge	éja	howare
[over which]	[the view]	[it vanished.]	There	he meant.	[So]	there	to go

* the period after the initial K is likely an artefact.

Ai Ko Lo Ao nK dAe.	K tt K.	Le de.	K tt K.	n tte tt	A n Ki di.	we rAi wi tte de.
hikorohonąkše.	Gająga	reže.	Gająga	nąjeja	hanąkiži,	wesįwį́ježe.
[he made ready.]	Now	he went.	Now	[in the center]	[that is,]	he watched him.

e Ki.	Ai wo roAo tto w Le n	tte K tt.	A Lo xA	xoAo no niKi	Ae Le de.	Ko L.
Égi	hiwusųjowaréną,*	jegają.	Haruxa	xųnųnį́k	hereže.	"Korá,
[Then]	near he went,	he was.	[Continuously]	to be small	he was.	"Well,

* < hiwusųc-howaréną.

				Winn. V, #9: 32
Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	Ai rKe tt	w lA K n Ki d	Ae Le de	tte L	Ai L tte de.	K tt K.
hicakorohara,	hisgéja	wapakąnąkižą	hereže,"	jerá	hiraježe.	Gająga
my friend,	really	a clever fellow	he is,"	this one	he thought.	Now

Ai tt Ai K tt.	xA w ni de.	Ko L.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	A K w d.	w K ttA Ki de.
hijahigają,	xawaniže.	"Korá,	hicakorohara	hagáwažą	wakącąkiže.
when he was there,	he disappeared.	"Well,	my friend	really	he is a holy one.

wy K ttAK d n	y Le L.	A Ke	K de rKe	Ai to xoAo Kini K tt*	a tte de.	A[i] ttA Ko Lo L.
Waikącąkšaną,	yaréra,	hąké	gážésge	hituxuruginįgają,"	aježe.	Hicakórora
I was holy,	I thought,	not	like that	I was not able to do,"	he was saying.	His friend

* this should have been spelled, Ai to xoAo Ki ni K tt.

K L xiAixi deAe.	e Ki.	wK tt ne.	ttAi n Ke tt	wi L Ai de.	e Ki.	Ao Ko ttAi L
karaxīxše.	Égi	wąkjąne	cinąkeja	wiráhižé,	égi	hųgocíra
he was very powerful.	Then	the man	at the village	he arrived,	and	the chief’s lodge

Ai wx deAe.	e Ki.	Ai m Ki L Ki se Ki di.	Ai tt Ai de.	e Ki.	w Ke de.
hiwą́xše.	Égi	himągirakiregiži,	hijáhiže,	égi	wageže,
he asked for.	So	it was pointed out to him, and	he went there,	and	he said to him,

		Winn. V, #9: 34*
A Ae Le.	A Ke	Ai Ai K n K.	Ai tto w Ao	K deKe	Ao Ki rK deAe.	Ay dtt Ke n.
"Hą̄hére	hage	hihįganąga	hijowaho,	gašge	hókisakše.	Haišjageną.
"Last night	the last	he came, and	he came over to them,	but	to kill.	I fooled him.

* there is no page 33 — when the pages of the Hōcąk text were numbered, the number 33 was accidentally skipped. There is no missing text.

e rKe	Ai Ke	tee wi ni n.	ttiAi n KL.	Ay dtt	Ao de	Ai Ae n.	di Ke
Ésge	hįké	t’ewinįną.	Ciną́gᵉra	hįšja	huže,	hihéną.	Žigé
That is why	not	he did not kill me.	The village	to spy	I was coming,	I told him.	Again

Ai tt	w w Ke Le Ktt n Ae n.	Ao tee Ai L.	tt rKe Ki di	Ao Ki LK dA n.	de rKe	Ai Ki Ki Ktt wi n.
hija	wawakerekjanaheną.	Hot’éhira	jasgégiži	hogirákšaną.	Žésge	higigikjawiną.
there	I shall go.	It would kill him	what	he told.	That	we will do it.

tti nK.	Ai lA Le K.	ni ttAe tteLe Ki.	Lo xi tt KL.	e	w w tti Ktt ni A wi n.	e tt
Cīną́k	hiparegi	nįcejᵉregi	rūǧíjagᵉra,*	e	wawajikjanihawiną,	éja
Town	at the edge of	on the water's edge	where the willows are,	there	we will come to,	there

* rūǧí-hijak-ra, where hijak means, "to be there" (Marino).

		Winn. V, #9: 35
Ai L L leAe Ktt wi n.	e Ki	ttA Lo xiAi wi.	e Ki.	wx doAotto.	w d	diAi diAi Ko Ki Ltt
hirarapekjawiną.	Égi	caroxíwi	égi	wakšúc	wažą́	šišigokirác*
you can lay in wait for him.	[Then]	dandruff	and	[red cedar]	things	all the other bad things

* < šišik-hokirác.

t lA n	L Ktt wi n.	e Ki.	Ai do doKo	xoAo no niKi.	Ao deAe we	xo xo Ktt wi n.
tapaną	rākjawiną.	Égi	hižužuk	xųnųnį́k	hošewé	ǧoǧokjawiną.
odor	[you will make.]	And	flute	small	to blow	[you will make a rasping sound].*

* Cf. ǧoǧo (Ho Ho), "sort of like scraping" (Kingswan); ǧōc (Hott), "a rough whistling sound as deer make" (Kingswan); ǧoc, ǧoǧoc, "to snort, to make a snorting sound."

de de Ko Ki di.	ta n de	e n.	Ai Ke de.	Ao Kn K.	w i nl deAe.	Ao Ao	Ao ttAi ttAi L
Žežegųgiži	t’anaže,"	éną,	higeže.	Hųknąka	wa’įnąpše.	"Hohó,	hocįcįra
Thus	he would die,"	he said,	he told him.	The chief	he thanked him.	"Ah!	young man

e liAi n.	e de.	de Ko	di Ke	Ko de.	te we L Ki	A Ki Li	Ai tt
epį́ną,"	éže.	Žegų́	žigé	guže.	Tewéraki,	hakiri	hija
it is good,"	he said.	[Then]	again	he came right back.	Unexpectedly,	he came right back	there

					Winn. V, #9: 36
ttA tii de.	o nK Koo	w Lo d xitti de.	Ki de.	Ao Ao	e de.	A K w d
cąt’įže.	’Ųnąk’ų,	waružaxjįže.	Kiže.	"Hohó,"	éže.	"Hagáwažą,
he was visible.	Finally,	he came into full view.	He got back.	"Oh my!"	he said.	"What,

Ai ttA Ko Lo.	w ni lA K n Ki d.	Ai rKe xitti	w deAe K tt	e de.	e Ki.	we de.
hicakóro,	wanipakanąkižą,	hisgéxjį	wašegáją,"	éže.	Égi	wéže,
my friend,	a clever fellow you are,	right	what you told me,"	he said.	Then	he told him,

Ai ttA Ko Lo.	ttAi nK	xeAe te xitti d	Ae Le n.	e Ki.	Ai tt	rii niKi	Ai w Lo tti Ktt n Ae n
"Hicakóro,	cīną́k	xetexjįžą	heréną.	Égi	hija	s’inik	hiwarujikjanaheną,"
"My friend,	village	a large one	it is.	Then	there	for some time	I will be eating,"

e de.	e Ki.	Ao w Ai L	m dtt	liAi	y [L]e n.	de Ko	w Ao Ao xitti n.	Ai ttA Ko Lo
éže.	Égi	howahira	mąšją	pį	yaréną.	Žegų́	wahuhuxjįną.	Hicakóro,
he said.	And	going there	very much	good	[I think.]	[So]	I am very anxious for them.	My friend,

m dtt	Ao A	diAi Le n.	diAi L	ttAo xitti n.	e rKe
mąšją	hohą́	šį́reną.	Šira	coxjįną.	Ésge
very much	[a solid out of which soup is made]	they are fat.	Fat one	there are many.	Therefore

Winn. V, #9: 37
w Low Ko xitti n.	Ao we	Ao Lo Ke tt	A o n.	e de.	tt tti ne tt	A Ae Ki di
warųakųxjįną.	howe	horogéja	ha’úną,"	éže.	Jajineją	hąhegiži,
I am very anxious for them.	Around	in their midst	I was,"	he said.	As soon as	as the night came,

L wi Ki ni de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo L.	ni L	A m ni de.	wtt	Ai Ki tty tt	m niyK deAe.
rawigįnįže.	Hicakoróra	nįra	hamąnį́že.	Wāc	hikijáįja	mą̄nįą́kše.
they went.	His friend	the water	he walked on.	Boat	along side	he walked.

Ao K w K wr rK tt	A Ai Le de.	w ttL	e tt	too l n K.	L wi de.	Ao Lo KL
Hokawasgają	hahíreže.	Wájᵉra	éja	t’ųpanąga	rawíže.	Horogᵉra
It was dark	when they got there.	His boat	there	he left it, and	they went on.	In their midst

Ao wi L wi Ki	ni Ki di	Ai leAe Le r Kede	e tt.	do do Ki Le de.	A xe	Ai L wi de.
howirawigi,	nįgíži	hiperesąkše.	Eja	žužúkireže.	Haǧe	hirawíže.
they were already, and	[?]	he knew of it.	Just then	they blew a flute.	To shout	they did.

			Winn. V, #9: 38
de Ko xitti	K Le de.	xA lee	leAe tto too Ai L n K.	e tt	t xoAo	Ai Le de.	e Ki.
Žegųxjį	kąréže.	Xap’é	pejot’ųhiranąga	éja	tāxú	híreže.	Égi,
Immediately	he fell down.	Right away	they built a fire, and	there	to burn	they did.	Then,

wK tte K.	liAi w Ki Ki Ke.	e rKe.	ttiAi nK KL.	Ao tt Ktt n Ae L.	e	w o Ke tti ni.
wą́kjega	pį wagigíge,	ésge	ciną́gᵉra	hujakjanahera,	e	wa’ųgejinį,
the man	he did them a great favor,	as	the village	it would have been killed,	and	as he saved them,

ni al li Le Ke tti ni.	e rKe.	e	ttiAi nK KL.	Ai Lo K n Kette	ay Le de.
ni’ąbiregejįnį,	ésge	e	ciną́gᵉra	hirukanakje,	aíreže.
[as their lives were saved,]	so therefore	he himself	the village	he would be the chief,	they said.

e Ki.	Ao KL.	Ai d	Ai noKo	Ai Ki di.	K n Ki Ktte	ay Le de.	e rKe	de e	K nK deAe.
Égi	hųgᵉra	hižą́	hinųk	higíži,	kąnąkikje,	aíreže.	Ésge	že’é	kąnąkše,
And	the chief	one	women	he gets there, and	he should marry,	they said.	So	[this one]	he married,

Ao Ki wi L.	e tt.	wK tte K	o tte ra de.	ttiAi nK	_ deKe	e	Ai Lo K n n K.	w Ki roKo.
hųgiwįra.	Éja	wą́kjega	’ųjes’aže.	Cīną́k	?	e	hirukąnąnąga	wagizok
the princess.	There	the man	he remained.	Town	[the]	he	he was in charge of, and	[as a matter of fact]

Winn. V, #9: 39
wo xAe te	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	w tee Ai Keyi de Ley n K.	e Ki.	Aoy diAili	w do ni K.
woxéte	híreže.	Égi	wat’ehigeižereanąga*	égi	hoišíp	wašónįka
to love	they did.	And	as he was one of those who killed, also	and	[always]	[as he was a little better than them,]

* < wat’ehige-hižere-anąga.

Lo K n.	w Ki o tte Ke.	e rKe	m dtt	Ai n di Le de.	ttAi nK Kn K.	AoKo	liAi de Le de.
rōką́ną	waki’ųjege,	ésge	mąšją	hinąžireže,	cinąkąną́ka.	Hų̄k	pįžereže.
[much]	[because got,]	so	very much	he benefited them,	the village.	Chief	he was good.

ttAi nK	A ni L.	A ntt	w Lotto	Ao K L	Koo tte de.	e Ki.	rii de.
Cīną́k	hanira	haną́c,	warúc	hogára	k’ų̄́jéže.	Égi,	s’ižé.
Village	his	[entire,]	food	to supply	[he did on his own initiative.]	Thus,	a long time had passed.

A Ko Ley d.	ni Ktt Ki d.	A K ni ne de.	w Kini Ki d.	e Ki	de e	A Ko Ley d.	wK Kono niKi n K
Hagoreižą	nįkją́gižą	haganíneže,	wąknįkižą.	Égi	že’é	hagoreižą,	wąknúnįknąka,
One day	a child	it was born to him,	a boy.	Then	[this one]	one day,	the old man,

			Winn. V, #9: 40
w[e]de.	Ai noKo A xitti	de tt ny xitti*	ni Ke	Ao w tti Le Ki di.	w Ko no ni ne Ko ni.
wéže,	"Hinųkhaxjį,	žejanaíxjį	nįgé	howajiregiži,	wakununinegųnį;
he said,	"My daughter,	about now	where	they came from,	they must be lonesome for them;

* the presumed de (že) in this word is unreadable in the text.

de tt ny xitti	ni Ke	Ao w tti Le Ki di.	eyo w Le	liAi L ni n.	e de.	e Ki.	w Kn KeLe	we de.
žejanaíxjį	nįgé	howajiregiži,	eoware	pįraniną,"	éže.	Égi	wą́gᵉną́gᵉre	wéže,
about now	where	they came from,	to go there	you ought to do,"	he said.	And	the man	he said,

ttAi n Ki d.	e tt	w w tti	no ni Ke.	Ai d	Ai noKo K ttA lL.	w xoAo liAi ni diAi diAiKi
"Cinągižą	éja	wawaji,	nųnįgé	hižą́	hinųkacabᵉra	waxopį́nį šīšik
"A village	there	I came from,	but	[one]	its women	devil

Ao wK dA n.	wy Ki n dKe	ttiAi nK.	A L Ktt xitti Ktt n Ae K tt	Ai Ke ni	ni Ke	w w Ao L.
hową́kšąną.	Waiginašge	cīną́k	harakjaxjįkjanahegają	hįké nį	nįgé	wawahura,"
she turned into.	She even told me	village	you will see again	not	[where]	I came away,"

			Winn. V, #9: 41
e de.	de Ko	Ai _ di	Ao w Le Ki di	di	y Le n	e de.	e Ki.	w wi Ki Ko Lo Ao Ai L n K.
éže.	Žegų́	[?]	howáregíži	ži	yaréną,"	éže.	Égi	wawigikorohohiranąga
he said.	[So]	[?]	to go there	anyhow	[I think,"]	he said.	Then	they got things ready for them, and

e Ki.	K tt K.	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	A Ko Ley d.	Ke Le tto reAele	Ao too L	Ao ni Ae L	e tt	Ki de.
égi	gająga	hajiakaraíreže.	Hagoreižą,	kerejų́sep	hot’ųra	honihera	éja	kiže.
and	[now]	they went back.	Finally,	black hawk	he had left him	the family	there	they went back.

e Ki.	we de.	Ai ni A xitti	de Ko d ny n.	wo wK tte L.	ttiAi nK KL.	my riAi ttiAi Ai n.	tteAe li n.
Égi	wéže,	"Hinihaxjį,	žegų́žanainą.	Wowąkjera	ciną́gᵉra	mą́įsįc hīną.	Cebiną.
Then	he said,	"My older brother,	it is all done.	The bad one	the village	she has destroyed.	She ate it up.

wy tteKe niKi	Ai Ai wi L	dA n.	Ai tt	ni al nK	no ni Ke.	w ni Ai	o w o tte n.	Ao rKe	tee
Waicgénįk	hihíwira	šana	hija	nį’ą́pnąk,	nųnįgé	wanįhí	’ųwa’ųjeną.	Hosgé	t’e
Little sister	our	only	there	alive,	but	slave	she is making her.	But	[this one]

		Winn. V, #9: 42
tteAe xiAi Ke	Ai Ke	ta ni tte n.	e	wy dtt	Ki Ki tte n.	Ai L ni leAe xitti tte n.
cēxíge,	hįké	t’anįjeną.	E	waišjá	gigijeną.	Hiranįpexjįjeną,
because she is hard,	not	she does not die.	She	to look out	she made her.	She is on the look out for you,

tee ni Kette Ke tti ni	e de.	e Ki.	Ke Le tto reAe lK	di	m w deAe nK deAe.	wi xL.
t’enįkjegejįnį,"	éže.	Égi	Kerejųsepka	žį	mąwášenąkše.	Wįǧᵉra
because she wants to kill you,"	he said.	Then	Black Hawk	[anyhow]	he was living in plenty.	Ducks

Lo K n xitti	tee Ai Ki di.	t woro	w Aiy n K.	t diAi Li	deKe	w Ai Ki di.	e tt.	wixi	Ai L w dette w Ai de.
rōką́nąxjį	t’ehigiži,	tāwús	wahianąga	tāšíri	šge	wahigiži,	éja	wį̄x	hirawášje wahīže.
many	he killed, and	dried	[he did it, and]	to boil	also	he did, and	there	duck	he gave them.

e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.	di Ke	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	m no ni.	Ai dtt doAo Lo dini K	ttA Ki w
Égi	hainigíži,	žigé	hajiakaraíreže.	Mą̄nų́nį	Hišja Šorožnįka,	cagiwa
Then	in the morning,	again	they started.	[To be lost]	[Little Concave Face]*	to start for

* for Mą̄nų́nį Hišja Šorožnįka, the translation has, "the owl's place."

Winn. V, #9: 43
A K Ly Le de.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi d	Ai L Ki Le de.	Ao xtt n K tt.	di Ke	i Lo d Kede.	Ai ni xitti
hagaraireže.	Égi	hagoreižą,	hiragireže.	Hoxjanągają,	žigé	irušakše,	"Hiníxjį,
they went on.	Then	finally,	they arrived.	In the evening,	again	he told the bad news,	"My older brother,

de Ko n.	ttAi n KL.	wo wK tte L.	tteAe li n.	e de.	Ai Ko	tt Ko	a ni Ae K.
žegų́ną.	Ciną́gᵉra	wowąkjera	cebiną,"	éže.	Higų	jagú	anihega,
it is finished.	The village	the bad one	she has eaten it up,"	he said.	Then	what	[as he said before,]

di Ke	de rKe	e de.	di Ke	m w deAe nK deAe.	w Lo ni L.	de Ko	Aoyi riKitti	A n[i] nK	Ai de.
žigé	žésge	éže.	Žigé	mąwášenąkše.	Waronira	žegų́	hoisixjį	hanį́ną́k	hiže.
again	this	he said.	Also	he was living in plenty.	Small birds	[indeed]	in bunches	he had	he did.

e tt.	di Ke.	w Lo ni	Lo ttL	o xitti	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	di Ke	Ay ni Ki di.	A ttiy K Lyi Le de.
Éja	žigé	waroni	rújᵉra	’ųxjį	híreže.	Égi	žigé	hainigíži,	hajiakaraíreže.
There	again	birds	eating	to do much	they did.	Then	again	in the morning,	they started.

Winn. V, #9: 44
riAi K Kiri Ke ni K	ttA Ki wy Le de.	di Ke	Ao xtt n Ki di	Ai L Ki Le de.	di Ki Ki lA Ao n K n K.
Sīkáksigᵉnįka	cagiwaireže.	Žigé	hoxjanągiži,	hiragireže.	Žigigipáhonąkanąga*
Partridge	they went.	Again	in the evening,	they arrived.	He also came running to meet them, and

* < žigi-higipáhonąk-anąga.

di Ke	e de.	Ai ni A xitti	de Ko d ny n.	Ai noKo	wo wK tte L.	ttiAi nK L.	my riAitti Ai n
žigé	éže,	"Hinihaxjį,	žegų́žanainą.	Hinųk	wowąkjera	ciną́gᵉra	mą́įsįc hīną,"
again	he said,	"My older brother,	it is all done.	Woman	the bad one	the village	she has destroyed,"

e de.	e Ki.	e tt.	n wiy n K.	Ay ni Ki di.	diAi Ko Ko Kini K	e.	ttA Ki w Koyi Le de.
éže.	Égi	éja	nąwíanąga	hainigíži,	Šikokogᵉnįka	e	cagiwakoireže.†
he said.	Then	there	[they slept,] and*	in the morning,	Robin	they	they started for.

* the translation has, "they stayed all night and".
† < cagiwa-hakoireže.

						Winn. V, #9: 45
Ao xtt n Ki di.	Ai L Ki Li Le de.	e Ki.	we de.	de Ko d ny n.	Ai ni A xitti	wo wK tte L.
Hoxjanągiži,	hirakírireže.	Égi	wéže,	"Žegų́žanainą.	Hinihaxjį,	wowąkjera
In the evening,	they got there.	There	it said,	"It is all done.	My older brother,	the bad one

ttAi nK L.	my riAitti Ai n.	ni dA n	A lK	Ai L ni leAe tte n.	te e	dKe	A ttA Ke Le
ciną́gᵉra	mą́įsįc hīną.	Nišana	hą́pga	hiranįpejeną.	Te’é	šge	hacągḗre
the village	she has destroyed.	You only	day after day	she is waiting for.	This one	even	she nearly gets to

Ai Lo ttiri tte n.	wy tteKe niKi	Ai Ai wi L.	w ni Ai	o tte n.	e de	e	Ai L ni leAe nK dA n.
hirojįjeną.	Waicgénįk	hihíwira	wanįhí	’ųjeną,"	éže.	"E	hiranįpenąkšąną.
[she throws something.]	Little sister	our	slave	she makes her,"	he said.	"She	she has her to be on the look out for you.

e tt	L Ki Ki di.	Ao L Ki Ktte	Ai K n K.	A ntt tiAi	Lo L.	xiAi Li nK dA n.
Éja	ragigíži,	horagikjé,"	higánąga	"haną́cį	rora	xirinąkšąną,
There	when you get [back]	she will report you,"	he said, and	"all	her body	it is covered with sores,

A ntt	Ao Lo xo xo Ke.	dAK	Ai ow n K.	m ttAo	i n.	wy tteKe	Ai Ai wi L.
haną́c	horuxoxoge,	šāk	hi’ųanąga	mącó	iną.*	Waicgé	hihíwira
all	as she scratched her,	claws	she used, and	grizzly bear	[she made.]	Younger sister	our

* < hiną́, the initial /h/ having been lost through external sandhi.

	Winn. V, #9: 46
w Ke doAo no n.	Ai tt Ke Le K.	A ttiAi to	Ai K n.	a Le Ai K n K.	A Ke	a ni K.
wagešųnųną,	hijakererega,	"Hacitó,	hikąną́,"	arehíganąga	hąké	anįga,
she was usually told,	when he went back,	"My brother,	my husband,"	say to him, and	not	when she did not say,

dA Ki ow n K.	Ao Lo xo	Ai Ko	tte n.	e rKe	tee	ttAe xiAi Ke
šāki’ųanąga	horuxó,	higų́	jeną.	Ésge,	t’e	cēxíge
she used her claws, and	she scraped,	that way	she was.	Therefore,	to kill	it is difficult, is the reason

ni al tte n	e de.	Aowo.	Ai leAe Le ri Kette n.	tee Kette n	e de.	e Ki	wy Le de.
ni’ąpjéną,"	éže.	"Howo,	hiperesikjeną.	T’ekjéną!"	éže.	Égi	waíreže,
she is living,"	he said.	"Alright!	she will have me to account to.	She will die!"	he said.	Then	they said,

Ai Ke	tee Ai	liAi ni	w o tte n.	A Ke	Ao tee L	ni Ke	mi nK Kini n.	ay Le de.
"Hįké	t’ḗhi	pįnį	wa’ųjeną.	Hąké	hot’era	nįgé	mįnąknįną,"	aíreže.
"Not	to be killed	[it is not good]	[she is it.]	Not	death	[anywhere]	[it does not sit,"]	they said.

					Winn. V, #9: 47
e Ki.	Ai tto w Ao de.	w niKi	Kiy n K.	Ai wi riKi	Kiy n K.
Égi	hijowahože.	Wanįk	kiánąga	hiwizík	kiánąga
Then	he came over to them.	Bird	he turned himself into, and	[chicken hawk]	[he turned himself into, and]*

* LaMère does not translate hiwizík kiánąga, no doubt being uncertain of the bird's identity.

A Kidi xitti	Ao we de.	e Ki.	wy ttKe L.	Ao o n K.	e tt.	tti de.	i Lo dK deAe.	ttiAi to
hąkšíxjį	howežé.	Égi	waicgéra	ho’ųanąga	éja	jíže.	Irošgąže.	"Citó,
high up	[he went.]*	Then	his sister	he went, and	there	he lit.	[She was worried.]†	"Brother,

* the translation has, "he flew."
† the translation has, "she cautioned him about his safety".

de Ko n.	tee ni Ktt ne n.	e de.	Ai Kow n	Ae Le Kette n.	ni Ke	Ai Kili li
žegų́ną.	T’enįkjaneną,"	éže.	"Higuą́ną,	herekjeną.	Nįgé	hį́gipį́
it is useless.	She will kill you,"	she said.	["Right now,]*	let us get away from here.	Where	[we are happy]

* the translation has, "Come".

n i Ktt n.	e de.	ni Ko wK wi de.	A Ki Le Ki di.	m Ko do	A ni Ki di	Ko Lo e de.
ną’įkjaną,"	éže.	Nįgowakwiže.†	Hagiregiži,	mąkošu	hanįgiži,	kuru’eže.
[let us try,"]*	he said.	They got away from there.	When they got back,	medicine	[which he had]	he opened.

* this sentence is untranslated in the text.
† < nįge-howak-wi-že.

e tt.	i ni	reAe leKe	loAo Lo loAo Loyi d.	Loro deAe.	de e.	my tt K n K.	n Ki.
Éja	į̄nį́	sepge	poroporoižą	rúsše.	Že’é	maįjakanąga	nąki
There	stone	black	a round one	he took.	That	he put on the ground, and	[while it sat]

			Winn. V, #9: 48
we de.	i ni	A ni xitti	xeAe te le	e K.	Ai L tty L	L tti nK ra de.	A Ai.	A Kidi de.
wéže,	"Į́nį́	hanįxjį,	xetere!"	ega,	hirajaira	rajínąks’aže.	Hahi,	hą̄kšíže.
he said,	"Stone	my,	get larger!"	as he said it,	bigger	it became.	Finally,	it grew up very high.

e tt.	w K L do de.	Ai ttA wi L.	ni Ktt Kini KL.	wy ttKe L.	Ai roAoKo w Ai L.	Ai Ke
Éja	wakaražuže,	hicawįra,	nįkjągᵉnįgᵉra,	waicgéra,	hisųkwahira.	Higé,
There	he put them, his own,	his wife,	his children,	his sister,	his brothers.	He said,

Ai L tty L xitti	A Kidi xitti	Ai de.	m xiAi L.	Ai Ke deAe	Ai de.	Ai A KL.	w niKi Ko m
"Hirajairaxjį,"	hąkšíxjį	hiže.	Mą̄xíra	higeše	hiže.	Hihagᵉra	wanį́gomą́
"Higher,"	high up	he made it.	The clouds	to grow	he made it.	The top	bird's nest

ni rKe de.	e tt	Ao mi nK	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	K tt K.	Ai wi riKi	Ki Koow n K.
nisgeže.	Éja	homįną́k	híreže.	Égi	gająga	hiwizík	kīk’ų́anąga
it was shaped like.	There	to sit in	they did.	And	[now]	[chicken hawk]	he turned himself into, and

			Winn. V, #9: 49
e tt	ta de.	e Ki.	m xiAi	Ko L rKl	Ao we de.	e Ki.	te we L Ki.	A tt de.	e tt	mi K Koo.
éja	t’ą̄že.	Égi	mą̄xí	koraskap	howežé.	Égi	tewéraki,	hajáže.	Éja	migą́k’ų
there	he flew.	And	[sky]	[the vault]	[he went.]*	And	unexpectedly,	she saw him.	There	she was lying down

* the translation has, "he flew up next to the clouds."

A tt de.	m L.	tto li Ai	Lo reAe LeKe	too l n K.	e tt	n nK deAe.	we L Ki
hajáže.	Mą̄ra	jopihi	ruserek	t’ųpanąga	éja	nąnąkše.	Wéraki
she saw him.	The ground	four	to dig	[she laid out, and]	there	she was sleeping.	All of a sudden

Ki ritti	Ki Li nK K n K.	w KLe Ki	Ao Lo xotto deAe.	w niKi	ta tt ne	we riAi wi de.
gisį́c	kirinąkanąga	wągᵉregi	horoxocše.	Wanįk	t’ąjane	wawesį́wįže.
she rose up	[he appeared, and]	[up above]	she looked.	Bird	flying	she watched him.

Lo K n K tt.	te e.	wK tteAe xiAi tte L.	w o tte Ki di.	Ai Ko di	w K ttAK de
Rokanągają	te’é	wakceǧijera	wa’ųjegiži,	higųži	wakącąkše,
[It would be a tremendous thing]	this	the difficult one	if he is doing it,	although	he is holy,

	Winn. V, #9: 50
ay Le doAo no	no ni Ke.	e Ki dKe	Lo K n doKo ni n.	te e	e	w o tte Ki di.	a n Ki Koo
airešųnų,	nųnįgé	egíšge	rokanašgųnįną,	te’é	e	wa’ųjegiži,	anągįk’ų.
they say,	but	[yet]	it would be too much,	this one	him	if it was him,	she was saying.

A A	tt Ko	di Ke	n tti se de.	e Ki.	w o de.	w Ai rA	Ao do doKo Kiy n K.
"Hąhą́!	jagú?"	Žigé	najireže.	Égi	wa’ųže:	wahį́są́	hožúžukianąga
"Ah!	what?"	Again	she went to sleep.	Then	[he did thus:]	a fine feather	he made himself fluffy, and

e Ki.	e tt	diAi leLe Ki de.	e Ki.	my tt Ki Li tte Ki de.	n xitti n Ki di.	n tteKe L.	Ai xK
égi	éja	šíberegiže.	Égi	maįjakirijegiže,	nąxjįnąkiži.	Nącgera	hixgą́
then	there	he floated down.	And	he lit on the earth,	as she lay asleep.	Her heart	it throbbed

			Winn. V, #9: 51
tti K L K L K tt.	e tt xitti	Kotto deAe.	A L K n K.	Lo liAi ni	Ao Ki too ne K tt
jikarakaragają,	ḗjaxjį	gū́cše.	Hąrąkanąga	rupįnį́	hogit’ųnegają,
[it kept, and]	there	he shot.	She groaned, and	she turned over	when she turned over,

di Ke	rA ni Ke tt	Kotto deAe.	de Ko	Ao Aiy n K.	K L Ki ni de.	ttiAi L
žigé	sanįgéja	gū́cše.	Žegų́	huhianąga	karakiniže.	Círa
again	from the other side	he shot.	Already	she started up, and	she went.	Her lodge

Ao no Ki wK dAe.	to we n	n L	deKe.	w L wx	A Ke Le de.	Ai Lo[yi] Le xitti L.
honųgíwąkše.	Towena	nąra	šgé.	warawax	hakereže.	"Hiro[i]rexjįra
[she ran for it].	On the way	trees	[also]	to bite into	she went home.	"You bad homely

Ai noKo	w Lo ni L.	dette n.	ni di	Ao Ki L K tte	Ai Ae n.	te e	Ki Li Ki di.
hinųk,	waronira	šjeną."	"Niží!	hogirakąje	hihéną,	te’é	kirigiži,"
woman,	the bad one	you will die."	"[Exclamation],	[tell me,]	I said,	this one	when he got back,"

n n K.	ttiAi L	Ai w xAo LoKo	A ni Ki	Ke Le K tt.	te we L Ki	A Ke
nanąga	círa	hiwaxórok	hanįgi	keregają	tewéraki,	hąké
but	her lodge	she burst into	which she had	[when she came,]	unexpectedly,	not

Winn. V, #9: 52
Ai tt ni nK deAe.	di Ke	i Lo dK tti de.	A ttA xitti	Ao w K Ly Le Kette Ki di.	do doKo Kitti
hijanįnąkše.	Žigé	irošgąkjįže,	"Hacaxjį	howagarairekjegi?	Žožokjį
she was not there.	Again	she threatened,	"Where	they could escape me?	Tired

Ki Le.	w n tto tty rKe	w oyi Le.	A ttA xitti	Ao w K Ley Le Ktte Ki.
kire.	Waną́cocąį́ske	wa’ųire,	Hacaxjį	howákarearekjegi,
they will make themselves.	The poor things	[they did it,]	Where	they go, if they will go,"

a n K.	w Lo xeAe de.	n K	Ai Ki di.	i n[i] tte K.	Aoyi tte tt	tti n K n K.
ánąga	waruxéže.	Ną́ka	higiži	į̄nį́́jega	hoijeja	jinąkanąga
she said, and	she gave chase to them.	[That]	she did, and	the rock	[at the base]	[she turned, and]

tal tti Ke Le Ke di.	ttAo we	w Lo ttA ln de.	e tt.	di lL	Ke Le Ki di.	i ni L.	Ao Lo xo	Ke Le de.
t’ą̄pjikeregiži,	cowe	warucanąže.	Éja	žī́bᵉra	keregiži,	įnį́ra	horuxó,	kereže,
she jumped up, and	nearly	eating them.	There	being short	[as she held it,]	the rock	she scraped,	as she went,

		Winn. V, #9: 53
dAK	Aoyi tte tt	Ai lA	di Ke	tt tti ne tt.	Ao Ki ni de.	e ni L.	Ao Lo xo	w o tte de.
šāk	hoijeja	hipá.	Žigé	jajineją	hoginiže.	Enira	horuxó	wa’ųježe.
her claws	to the depths	all the way to.	Again	right away	[she started for them.]	The stone	to scrape	she did.

e Ki.	wK tt ne.	Kotto tt	no ni Ke.	o o tt	no ni Ke	e ttA	deKe.	A Lo xA.	w Lo ttA li Ktte
Égi	wąkjąne	guja,	nųnįgé	o’ųją,*	nųnįgé,	écą	šge	haruxa	warucabikje
Then	the man	he shot at,	but	[this time,]	however,	instead	[also]	every time	[she would grab hold of them]

* for ho’ųją, the initial /h/ having been lost due to external sandhi.

ni rKe	A Le de.	i ni L	deKe	A Le xA.	Lo wi r Le de.	A Ke	w d de rK ni de.
nisge	hareže.	Įnį́ra	šge	haruxa	ruwįsareže.	Hąké	wažąžesganiže.
nearer	she got.	The rock	[also]	every time	it was getting smaller by her hand.	[Not]	[they were not able to do much.]*

* the translation has, "It was getting dangerous."

e Ki.	Ai roAoKo w Ai L.	wy Le de.	tt rKe Ki di.	tee Ai n Ki di.	wy tteKe niKi	Ai Ai wi L.	A Ky dKe
Égi	hisųkwahira	waíreže,	"Jasgégiži	t’ehinąkiži,	waicgénįk	hihíwira,	hagaišge,
Then	his brothers	they said,	"Where	it is her death,	little sister	our,	[exclamation],

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w d L	Ai d	e	n xoKo n Ko ni deKe	ay Le de.	e Ki.	Ai Ki wx	Ai Le de.	we de.
wažą́ra	hižą́	é,	naxgųnąkųnįšge,"	aíreže.	Égi	higiwąx,	híreže.	Wéže,
the things	one	she remarked upon,	she might have heard,"	they said.	Then	to ask her,	they did.	She said,

A K	we n.	dA Ko xoAo no.	Aoyi L tteKe L.	Ki rA Kitti	Ai Ki Kd	li Le Ki di	ta n de
"Haga	wéną	šagoxōnu	hoirájkera	kisákjį	higikšakša	pįregiži,	t’anaže,
"At one time	she said	little finger	the left one	in half	it is injured	if it is good,	she would die,

e n.	e de.	A Ao,	wy tteKe xitti	e liAi n.	de e di	wo w tee KiniKi dA n	e de.	di Ke	Ao de.
éną,"	éže.	"Hąhó,	waicgexjį,	epį́ną.	Žeeži	wowát’eginįkšąną,"	éže.	Žigé	huže.
she said,"	she said.	"Ah,	my sister,	it is good.	That	it is easy,"	he said.	Again	she was coming.

tt tti ne tt.	te Ki	A L xKl	tti n K tt.	A tt xittiy n K.	dA Ko xoAo no.
Jajineją	téki	haraxgáp	jinagają,	hijaxjįanąga	šagoxōnu
[As soon as]	[over here]	to be up to them	when she came,	he watched very closely, and	little finger

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Aoyi L tteKe	Ki rA Kitti	lo Kdl	Ke Le de.	e tt	lo diAili deAe.	my tt.
hoirájke	kisákjį	bōkšáp	kereže.	Éja	bošipše.	Maįja
left	in the center	he split it by shooting	he placed it.	There	he shot her down.	On the ground

Ki riKi Kitti	Ki Li nK deAe.	e tt.	e ni L.	xoAo no niKi	Ki Li n Ki di	my tt	Ki Li tte	Ai Le Ki di.
kisikjį	kírinąkše.	Éja	enira	xųnųnį́k	kírinąkiži,	maįja	kirijé	hiregiži,
with a thud	[she landed.]	Then	the stone	small	he made it, and	on the ground	to come	he made them, and

leAe tto too	Ai L n K.	e tt	t xoAo	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	t xoAo xitti Ki di.	Ao deAe Le KL.	rK xitti
pejot’ų	hiránąga	éja	tāxú	híreže.	Égi	taxuxjįgiži,	hošeregᵉra	sgáxjį
to build a fire	he did, and	there	to burn	they did.	Then	they burned her up, and	her bones	white crisp

Ai Le de.	w Lo ri Le de.	e Ki.	Ki xotto	Ki Le de.	lo do lo do ttiAi	Ai L n K.
hireže.	Warosireže,	égi	gixuc	gireže.*	Božobožoci	hiránąga
they made.	They took them,	and	to pulverize very fine	[they did by striking.]	[To mash it]	they did, and

* < gi-ire-že, where gi- is an instrumental prefix meaning "to strike"; hi, "to do"; -ire, the third person plural; and -že, the hearsay suffix.

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e Ki.	ttAi nK.	Ao mi n Ki di	ey w Ao de.	ttAi n KL.	Ai Ko	de Ko nK dAe.	ttAi L.	e rKe
égi	cīną́k	hominąkiži,	eowahuže.	Ciną́gᵉra	higų́	žegųnákše.	Círa	ésge
then	village	where it had been, and	he himself went.	The village	still	it remained the same.	Lodge	so therefore

w o de.	A ntt ttiAi n K.	Ai rKe	niKi	dA n.	Ai tt	w Lo e de.	Ao deAe Le Kn K.	e Ki.	w o Ai Le de.
wa’ųže:	haną̄́cį	hiské	nįk	šąna	hija	waru’éže,	hošeregᵉnąka	égi	wa’ų́hirežé.
[he did thus:]	[everyone]	some	a little	only	there	he took some out,	that bone	and	they did it.

Ao Ko ttiAi L	Ao ni	Ai Le de	A Ae Ki di.	Ai Ko	A Ae. Ki rAK	n tte xitti K tt.	de Ko	w d
Hųgocíra	honį́	híreže.	Hąhegiži,	higų́	hą̄hékisák	nąjexjį́gają,	žegų́	wažą́
The chief's lodge	[to look for]	they did.	As the night came,	[just]	midnight	about,	then	something

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wo xe	ni rKe de.	we L Ki	A ro Ai	w n xoKo	Ai Le K tt.	w nK deAe	m ni te.
woxe	nisgeže.	Wéraki,	hasuhi	wanaxgú	hiregają,	wanąkše,	"Mą̄nį́te
noise	there seemed to be.	Unexpectedly,	[in a quiet way,]	he heard them	when they did,	they were saying,	"I walked,

lA Kd Ao.	ay L n K.	ta l ttiy nK dAe.	e rKe.	de Ko	Ao ttAi wi xitti	Ai Le de.	de Ko o
pākšá,"	airánąga	t’ąbajianąga*	ésge	žegų́	hocíwįxjį	híreže.	Žegų’ų
I went back,"	they would say, and	they started to arise, and	[so]	[then]	to make noise	they did.	Thus

* < t’ąp-haji-anąga.

nK Koo	Ay ni Ki di.	A lL.	Ao K tt.	xA w ni ne de.	wo Lo xoAo[tto]	Ai Le K tt
nąk’ų	hainigíži,	hąbᵉrá	hugáją,	xawanineže.	Woruxuc	hiregają,
until	[in the morning,]	daylight	when it came,	they disappeared.	They looked around for them	when they did,

te we L Ki	n xitti nK deAe	Ai L Le xitti K tt	Ai Ki ne de.	ttAi	Ao n wi ne	deKe	e Ki	Ae Le L.
tewéraki,	nąxjįnąkše.	Hiraréxjįgają	hikinéže.	Ci	honąwine,	šge	égi	herera,
[unexpectedly,]	they were sleeping.	After awhile	they woke up.	Lodge	they slept in,	also	and	that belonged,

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Ai Ki ne de.	A Ai	Ai leAe Le ri Le de.	tee w Ai L ni Ae L.	e tt	x Ki Le de.	w i nl L	Lo K n	Ai Le de.
hikinéže.	Hahi,	hiperesireže.	T’ewahiranihera	éja	ǧakireže.	Wa’inąbᵉra	rōką́ną	híreže.
they woke up.	Finally,	they knew it.	The ones that were killed	there	they cried.	[Thankful]	[much]	[they were.]*

* this sentence was not translated.

te we L Ki.	Ao KL.	Ai ni KL.	Ai noKo	K n K n K.	ni Ktt Kini Ki d	deKe	A ni nK deAe.	Ai Ko
Tewéraki,	hųgᵉra	hinįgᵉra,	hinųk	kąną́kaną́ga	nįkją́gᵉnįgižą	šge	hanį́ną́kše.	Higų
Unexpectedly,	the chief	his son,	the woman	he married, and	a child	also	they had.	Even

e Ki Le tt.	wy ttKe niKi KL.	liAi Koo de	ay Le n.	e rKe.	Ai noKo	liAi ra Ki di.
egįreja	waicgénįkàra	pįk’ųže,	aíreną.	Ésge	hinųk	pı̨́s’ágiži,
then	his [little] sister	he fixed up,	it is said.	So therefore,	woman	she used to be good looking, but

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di Ke	Ai L tty L de	ay Le n.	e Ki.	ttAi nK L.	A ntt	ni al deAe.	e Ki.	AoKo	ttA li Le L	w o Ki di.
žigé	hirajairaže,	aíreną.	Égi	ciną́gᵉra	haną́c	nį’ą́pše.	Égi	hų̄k	cápirera	wá’ųgiži
again	even much more,	it is said.	Then	the village	whole	it was alive.	As it was,	chief	their	he caused it, and

Al reAe Lette	e tt	A tt	A tti n di ne de	ay Le n.	t ni Ao	A ni L n K.	te tt Ki	i L
hąpsérec	éja	hajá	hajinąžį́neže,	aíreną.	Tānį́hu	haniránąga	tejąkí	ira
all day long	there	to see him	they kept coming,	it is said.	Pipes	[they took along, and]	very often	his mouth

Ao w rA Ki Le ra de.	w K ttA Ki L	n i	Ai Le de	ay Le n.	e Ki.	di Ke.	A Ko Ley d.	Ai noKo n K.
howasakireže.	Wakącą́gira	ną’į́	hireže,	aíreną.	Éja	žigé,	hagoreižą,	hinų́gᵉnąka
they would hold it to.	[Making it holy]	[to try]	[they did,]	[it is said.]*	Then	again,	after a time,	the woman

* the text translated this sentence as, "as they desired to see them."

ttiAi nK	Ao Ki n KL.	Ao w K Ly Le de.	e tt.	wK Kette K.	Ai roAoKo w Ai L.	Ai rKe xitti
cīną́k	hoginągᵉra	howagaraireže.	Éja	wą́kjega	hisųkwahira	hisgéxjį
village	[following an established route]	they went back.	There	the man	his brothers	[indeed]

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e tt.	m ttAi Le de	ay Le n.	e lA.	Ai ni Ai Le L.	de n K	A K L Ki do	ayi Le de.	e lA
éja	mącireže,	aíreną.	Epa	hinį̄hírera	žēną́ga	hakarakižu,	aíreže.	Epa
there	they remained permanently,	it is said.	After that	their brothers	no longer	with him,	it is said.	From that time on

Ao ttAy n Ao L tty Le de.	ay Le n.	Ke Le tto reAe lK.	m no ni	e	Ai dtt doAo Lo dK.
hocaíną horajaíreže,	aíreną.	Kerejųsepka	mą̄nų́nį	e,	Hišjašoróška,
they have wandered about,*	it is said.	Black Hawk	to wander about	he himself,	Concave Face,

* literally, "they have lived in the wilderness."

rAi K Kiri Kini K.	diAi Ko Ko Kini K.	e lA.	Ao ttAy n Ao L tty Le de	ay Le n.	Ai Ko	Al	te e
Sīkáksigᵉnįka,	Šikokogᵉnįka	epa	hocaíną horajaíreže,	aíreną,	higų	hąp	te’é
Partridge,	Robin	from that time on	they have wandered about,	it is said,	even	day	this

dKe	o n K tt.	e Ki.	e tt.	Ai ttA wi L	dA n	A K L Ki dow n K	Ko de.	di Ke	ni Ktt Kini KL.	e Ki.
šge	’unąkają	égi	éja	hicawįra,	šana	hakarakižuanąga	guže,	žigé	nįkjągᵉnįgᵉra.	Égi
also	they did, and	then	there	his wife,	only	with her, and	he went on,	and	his children.	Then

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ttAi n Ke tt	A Ki Li Le Ki di.	wo Ki d w	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	di Ke	tt Ko.	o wi Ki	Ao LK wi Ki di.
cinąkeja	hagirikeregiži,	wogišawa	hireže.	Égi	žigé	jagú	’ųwigi,	horagwígiži.
at the village	when they got to,	very delighted	they were.	And	again	what	they had done,	they told of it.

e tt	wK tte K	w K ttA KL	Ai leAe Le ri Le de.	Ao KL.	ttAo ni.	wi K L Koro n K Ki di
Éja	wą́kjega	wakącą́gᵉra	hiperesireže.	Hųgᵉra	cōnį́	wīkáragųzᵉnągagiži
Then	the man	having supernatural power	they knew.	The chief	even before	they respected him, but

di Ke	Ai Ly tty L xitti	Ai Le de.	K Ly da Ki Le de.	w K ttA KL	Ai leAe Le ri Le Ke.	ttiAi nK n K
žigé	hiraijairaxjį	hireže.	Karaiš’agireže.	Wakącą́gᵉra	hiperesirege,	cinąknąka
now	they were more so	they were.	[They honored him.]	Holy	as they knew,	the villages

Ai no li Ke	w wo o wi ra de.	Ai no li Ke.	e	w wi Lo K n wi Ke tti n.	e lA	de tt n.	te e.
hinųpike	wawo’ųwiže.	Hinųpike	e	wawirukąnąwigejiną.	Epa	žejáną,	te’é.
both	they went to them.	Both	them	[he ruled over them.]	Thus far	it is ended	this.

Source:

Paul Radin, "Partridge's Older Brother," Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Winnebago V, #9: 1-61 (syllabic text only). Paul Radin, "Partridge's Older Brother," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Notebook 7: 1-61 (English Translation by Oliver LaMère). Paul Radin, "Partridge's Older Brother," (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Winnebago IV, #8m, 1-11 (typed English translation by Paul Radin), 2 copies.