Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Shaggy Man

Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Shaggy Man


Winnebago V, #15: 1		Notebook #9: 1

English Translation

	Stylistic Features
	hapaxlegomena: bopąnąpąną, "to bruise someone up," an emphatic of bopąną, "to bruise, bump"; cus, "the sound of breaking twigs" (cf. cucus, of similar meaning); egíšaną, "only" (cf. egíšanąréšge, "even there"); ešanąšge, "the only one"; ǧoǧoc, "to snort" (cf. ǧoc, "to snort"); hahia, an affirmative exclamation ("oh yes"); haniwaixaną, "to take them along"; haxajap, "jungle" (cf. haxatap of similar meaning); hic, "to throw"; higop, "to peck" (from waigobᵉnąkše [< wa-higop-nąk-še], "they pecked at them"); hihira, "swimming" (< hi-hi-ra); higųjaguga, "in everything" (< higų-jagu-ga, "while what(ever) yet," a temporal version, perhaps, of "in everything"); himązap, "to cut off a point"; hiwa’ux, "to vomit up (regurgitate)"; hiwahajihu, "to be thrust through" (cf. howajihu, of the same meaning); hiwašųjigųnąk, "to look at someone askance every once and awhile"; hojai, "alright" (an exclamation, apparently an expansion of hoją); horexirik, "old one"; jajaixi, "coverings"; kirugagas, "to be scratched" (cf. kikúrugagás, "to scratch oneself bloody"); kité, "well" (an exclamation they may be a variant of koté); nąistastak, "to be kicked flat" (akin to nąsták, "to flatten something with one's foot," cf. gistasták, "to pound flat, to hit, to smash, to smack [doing it repeatedly]"); nihiha, "to threaten"; rakicge, "on the wrong side"; noširi, "tree bark"; rocąk, "on his hind legs (erect)" (cf. rocą, "straight"); rux, "drop" (noun), cf. ruxare, "to pour out"; sararax, "jingling sound" (cf. sárax, "to clatter," in Lipkind); šešek, "to be shaggy"; težee, "there"; wašjak, "to leave out" (cf. hiwašják, hiyašják, "to deprive"); xawaxiš, "to drop upon the ground"; xki (or xgi), "to notice".
	rare words: égigajini, "then"; ežesge, "this kind"; cą-hi, "to put in its place (to switch)" (< cą, "to change, exchange, found only in Marino); guc, "to bet" (confined to being a suffix of doubtful meaning in Miner); hacąnąka, "which" (found only in Jipson); hagixak, "to pour"; hakirújik, to stretch (extend) (cf. "to pull something, to pull something towards oneself, to tug," and Hišjá-hakirújik, "an oriental person" = "stretched eyes," both from Helmbrecht-Lehmann); hihįp, "to go in, to move along," found only in Marino; hirają́ki, "to balk, to refuse to move" (found only in Marino); honą́, "to spread (covering)" (Marino, "to spread (?)" and Helmbrecht-Lehmann, "to cover oneself up with something"); jagugi, "what" (found only in Marino); jejá, "under"; kuruti, "to drag" (found only in Marino); rohą, "in another place"; wanąsgap, "to overcome" (found only in Marino); wašuše (< wa-ni-šuše-ge), "brave" (found only in Kinsie); xepgu, "to come out"; xku, "to cut a piece off what is stuck to the whole" (found only in Susman).
	one instance of haną́cšį for haną́cį, "all of them"; waicgexjį used for waicgehaxjį, "my dear younger sister"; -hana is used in place of -hara, "my"; he uses the unusual construction, égi égi, apparently meaning, "and then"; he makes heavy use of žigé, "again" as well as -anąga, "and".
	see comparative word frequency

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wK Ai deAe deAe K

Wąk Hišešega

The Shaggy Man

Winnebago V, #!5: page 1 = Notebook 9: page 1
de e.	ttiAi n Ki d	e tt	nK deAe.	Ao KL	Ai tt	nK deAe.
Žee	cinągižą	éja	nąkše.	Hųgᵉra	hija	nąkše.
[This]	a village	there	it was.	The chief	there	he was.

w KL.	Ai d Ki ttAo doKo ni.	Ai niKi	Ai de.	e Ki.
Wą́gᵉra	hižąkicų́šgųnį	hinįk	hiže,	égi
[The man]	nine	son	he had,	and

Ai no KL.	Ai d Ki L de.	e dA n.	wy AK Kitti L	Ae Le de.
hinųgᵉra	hižąkíraže,	éšaną.	Waihakjįra	hereže,
daughter	he had one,	only.	The youngest	she was,

Ai noKo tte K.	Ao KL	Ao ttiAi Ki di	ttiAi rLe Le tti d	Ae Le de.	ay Le n.
hinųkjega.	Hųgᵉra	hocįgiži,	ciserecižą	hereže,	aíreną.
the woman.	The chief	[he lived, and]	a long lodge	it was,	it is said.

e Ki.	n xi xoAo no ni KL	m dtt	w KidiKi	liAi de Le de.	A ntt diAi
Égi	Naxíxununįgᵉra	mąšją	wąkšik	pįžereže.	haną́cšį*
And	Youngest Son	very	[person]	he was good tempered.	All of them

* this bizarre form is either a mispelling, mistranscription, or a highly ideosyncratic version of haną́cį.

w KidiKi	liAi L	no ni Ke.	Ai L tty L xitti de.	leAe de	Ke Le Ki di
wąkšik	pįra	nųnįgé	hirajairaxjįže.	Pežé	keregiži,
[person]	they were good tempered,	but	he was the more so.	[Whomever]	[if he kept/held]

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Ao Ki dK de.	e Ki.	w d	w Ki tti Le de.	de de Ko Ki di.	Ai dKe	A ntt
hokišgą́že.	Égi	wažą	wagijireže.	Žežegųgiži,	hišgé	haną́c
he made friends.	And	[things]	[he helped them.]	Therefore,	also	everyone

wo xeAe te	Ai Le de.	AoKo Ki ttA liwi L.	deKe	Ai Ky Le de.	e Ki.
woxéte	hireže.	"Hųgįcábwira,"	šge	higaíreže.	Égi
to love	they did.	"Our chief,"	[also]	they called him.	And

ttiAi reAe Le tt K.	rA niKi	ni Ke.	Ao mi n Ki di.	e tt	dA n	deKe
ciserejaga	sanįk	nįgé	hominąkiži,	éja	šana	šge
within the lodge	[the side]	where	he had his bed, and	there	only	also

Ao K wy Le ra de.	e dA n.	Ao xe	Ai Le de.	Ai tt ne n K	Ai Ke
hokawaires’aže.	Éšaną	hoxe	hireže.	Hijanénąka	hįké
they would enter.	Only him	to visit	they did.	The others	not

wo Lo ttA	Ai L ni de.	A Ko Leyi d.	Ko no K.	we de.
worucą́	hiranįže	Hagoreižą	Kųnųga	wéže,
to pay attention to them	they did not.	One day,	the oldest one	[he said,]

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Ae n L.	Ao Ki tee de.	ni di	Ai roAo Ki tti	w di	y Le n.	A Ke
"Henara,"	hokit’eže,	"Niží	hisųgijį,	wažį́	yaréną.	Hąké
"Hena,"	he said to him,	"Say,	younger brother,	something	I think.	Not

Ay liAi ni n.	e Ki	deKe	Ai Ke	w Kidi Kn KeLe	w Ko Lo ttA
haipįnįną,	égi	šge	hįké	wąkšigᵉnągᵉre	wagorucą́
I am not pleased,	and	[also]	not	the people	to pay attention to us

Ai L wi ni L.	Ai roAo Ki Ai wi L.	A Ke	Ay liAi ni n.	e dA n.	Ao Ki ttA liwi L.
hirawinįra.	Hisugihiwira	hąké	haipįnįną.	Éšaną	"Hųgįcábwira,"
they did not do.	Our younger brother	not	I am not pleased.	Only him	"Our chief,"

Ai K n KeLe	Ai roAo Ki tti	tee Ki	y Le n.	e de.	e Ki.
higanągᵉre.	Hisųgijį	t’egi,	yaréną,"	éže.	Égi
they call.	Young brother	he ought to die,	I think,"	he said.	Then

Ae n K.	we de.	Ko Lo.	Ko no.	w d	we L Ki.
Henaga	wéže,	"Koro,*	Kųnų,	wažą	wéraki
the second brother	he said,	"Well,	brother,	something	[surprising]

* this is the exclamation Kora, with the last vowel extended (which changes it to an /o/).

w di deAe.	tt Ko	wo Ki dK n Ke	w o n K tt.
wažiše.	Jagú	wogišgąnąge,	wa’ųnągają.
you said.	[How]	he associates with them, that is why	they do it.

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Ai d	Ai dKe	de rKe	w K Ki Ki	Ai L wi doKo ni n de.	e de.
Hižą́	hišgé	žesge	wągagígi,	hirawišgųnįnaže,"	éže.
Any	[also]	the same	if to do to us,	they would do,"	he said.

di Ki Ko.	A K K	A Ki tt Ki di	e de.	A i roAo Ki Ai wi L.
Žigígų	Hagaga	hakijágiži,	éže,	"Hisugihiwira
Again	the third brother	[when he met,]	he said,	"Our younger brother

e dA n	AoKo	ttA liwi Le de.	a n KeLe.	A Ke	Ay liAi ni n.	e dA n.
éšaną	hųk	capwireže,	anągᵉre.	Hąké	haipįnįną,	Éšaną
only him	chief	their,	they address.	Not	I am not pleased.	[Only him]

A Lo deAe Le ttn KLe.	e de.	e Ki.	A K K.	we de.	Ko no.
harušerejᵉnągᵉre,"	éže.	Égi	Hagaga	wéže,	"Kųnų,
they pay attention,"	he said.	Then	the third brother	he said,	"[Older brother,]

w d	we L Ki.	w di deAe.	tt Ko.	w Lo Kidi d.	Ai Ko
wažą	wéraki	wažiše.	Jagú	warukšižą,	higų
something	[surprising]	you said.	[How]	[it happens,]	still

e Le K tt.	Ai roAo Ki Ai wi L.	Ae Le K tt.	liAi	w Ki Ki n Ke
eregają,*	hisugihiwira	heregają.	Pį	wagiginąke,
it is,	our younger brother	he is.	Well	he treats them, it is why

* this is heregają with the /h/ dropped due to external sandhi.

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w o n K tt	e de.	de rKe	no ni Ke	A Ke	Ay liAi ni n	e de.
wa’ųnągają,"	éže.	"Žesge,	nųnįgé	hąké	haipįnįną,"	éže.
they do it,"	he said.	"That is true,	but	not	I am not pleased.,"	he said.

A ntt.	Ai d Ki dA n	de rKe	wi Ke de.	no xA w	i ne Ki
Haną́c	hìžąkíšaną	žesge	wigeže.	Nųxawą	inéki
All of the others	one by one	the same thing	he told them.	[In secret]	alone

w wo Ki tee de.	a tt o.	Ae n L.	Lo xoAo LoKo deAe.
wawogit’eže.	Aja’ų,	Henara	ruxúrukše.
he spoke to them.	Finally,	the second brother	[he was able.]

di Ke	A Ai.	A K L	Lo xoAo LoKo deAe	A Ai.	A ntt
Žigé	hahi	Hagara	ruxúrukše.	Hahi	haną́c
Again	[finally]	the third brother	[he was able.]	[Finally]	all of them

w L xoAo LoKo dAe.	e Ki.	A ntt	e tt	roto	Ai Le de.	e Ki.
waraxurukše.	Égi	haną́c	éja	sto	hireže.	Égi
he coaxed.	Then	all of them	there	to meet	they did.	And

wy Le de.	tt rKe	Ai Ai wi Ki di.	tee Ai	Ai Ktt n A wi Ki di.
waíreže,	"Jasgé	hihiwigiži	t’ehi	hikjanahawigiži,
they said,	"How	we shall do, and	to kill	how we must do, and

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A e Ai Ai Ktt wi n.	ay Le de.	e Ki.	e tt	A e Ai Le de.
haehihikjawiną,"	aíreže.	Égi	éja	haehireže.
we must council,"	they said.	So	there	they held council.

Ko no K	we de.	K Ko	Ai Ai wi Ki di	y Le n.	A Ae Ki di.
Kųnųga	wéže,	"Gagų́	hihiwigiži,	yaréną.	Hąhégiži
The oldest one	he said,	"Thus	we should do,	I think.	Tonight

i no Ke we o	Ai Ki K L Ae wi Ki di.	e Ki.	Ai L xoAo roKo wi Ki di.
inokewe’ų	higikarahewigiži,	égi	hiraxurukwigiži,
in [taking] a sweat bath	we shall ask him,	and	[if we persuade him,]

Ai Lo dtt wi Ki di.	e Ki.	Ai L	Ai Ki K L Ae Ktt wi n.	A Ke	o ni Ktte L
hirušjąwigiži,	égi	hirá	higikarahekjawiną.	Hąké	’ųnįkjera
when we get through,	then	to swim	we will ask him.	Not	[not to be doing]

dA n	Ae Le n.	o Ki di.	Ai we Ktt wi n.	e Ki.	A ntt	e Ki.	A lA L xotto tteKe
šana	hereną.	’Ųgiži,	hiwekjawiną,	"Égi,	haną́c	égi	haparaǧųcge
[alone]	he is.	If he does it,	we will say,	"Well,	all	here	in a row

Ai n di wiy a K.	n tte tt.	Ai Ko woKo	Ai ne Ktt wi n.	A ttA Ky xitti Ki di
hinąžįwianąga	nąjeja	hikuwųk	hinekjawiną.	Hacąkaixjįgiži,
let us stand, and	into the main	to dive	we will go.	[Which one]

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Ai Ly ttAe L	A Ai	A xe li Ktt wi Ki di	Ai e Ktt wi n.	e Ki.	Ai L xoAo roKo wi Ki di.
hiraicera	hahi	haǧébikjawigiži,	hi’ekjawiną.	Égi	hiraxurukwigiži,
the farthest	to go	if he will appear,	[they will discover.]	And	[if we persuade him,]

o Ki di.	A ntt	Ai Ko woKo	Ai tti K L wiy n K.	Ko wo Ki di.	A Ktt
’ųgiži,	haną́c	hikuwųk	himikarawianąga	kųwųkiži,	hakjá
if he does it,	all	to dive	[we start to, and]	after he dives,	back

A Ki xele li Ktt wi n.	i ne Ki Le Kette n.	ay Le de.	A Ao	liAi Ktt n Ae n
hakixébikjawiną.	Inekirekjeną,"	aíreže.	"Hąhó	pįkjanahéną,"
we will come up.	He will go alone,"	they said.	["Alright,]	it will be good,"

a wi de.	e Ki.	tt tti ne tt.	A Ae Ki di.	Ko no K	we de.	Ai roAo Ki tti wi n.
awiže.	Égi	jajineją	hąhegiži,	Kųnųga	wéže,	"Hisųgijiwina,
they said.	So	as soon as	it was evening,	the oldest one	he said,	"Younger brothers,

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i ni	A K nK wi Le.	n w L.	wi ni Ki Ko ri Ktt wi n.	i no Ke we o tt ne	e Ki dA n.
įnį́	hakanakwire.	nąwąra	winįgigų́sikjawiną.	Inokewe’ųjane	egíšaną
stone	[put in.]	The songs	I will teach you them.	In sweat baths	only

n w	Aoyi lAe Le rL	wo w teeKe dA n.	A Ke	de rKe	Ao doAo Lo ttA wi ni n.
nąwą	hoipérezᵉra	wowat’ekšąną.	Hąké	žesge	hošurucąwinįną.
songs	[one can learn]	easily.	Not	them	you do not pay attention.

Ai d.	A K ni Ke.	Ay diAi Li ni L wi Ki di.	e Ki K tti ni.	Ao xiAi wi L.	A Ke
Hižą́	haganį́ge,	haišírinirawigiži,	égigajini	hoxíwira	hąké
One	because you take,	[you are at a loss, and]	then	coughing	not

Ai ni dA n ni Ktt ni A wi n.	e de.	i ni	A Ki K nK	Ai Le de.	de Ko
hinišananįkjanįhawiną,"	éže.	Įnį	hakikanak	hireže.	Žegų
you will not get enough,"	he said.	Stone	[to put in for him]	they did.	[Then]

Ai Le Ki di.	we de.	Ai roAo KiniKi	Ai Ai wi L	deKe	Ao LoKo o Ktte n.
hiregiži,	wéže,	"Hisųknįk	hihíwira	šge	horók’ųkjeną.
when it was ready,	he said,	"Little brother	our	also	he must join us.

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e dA n dKe.	n w L.	w wi lAe Le ri Ktte L	deKe	Ae Le n.	e de.	Ki K L Ae Le de.
Ešanąšge	nąwąra	wawiperesikjera	šge	hereną,"	éže.	Gikarahéreže.
The only one	the songs	he will learn them	also	he is,"	he said.	They asked him.

Ai tto wi ne*	w Lo Kidi d.	Ai Kowo tt	doo Ktt ni A wi K tt	e de.	Ko no K.
"Hijowíne,	warukšižą	higwója	š’ųkjanihawigają,"	éže.	Kųnųga
"You may go on,	[it happens]	enough	[you can do it,"]	[he said.]	Our older brother

* the text has, Ai tt o wi ne, hija’ųwine, which means the opposite, "you may stay." Therefore, I have closed the o with the tt.

ne	n ni Ki w Ktt n Ae Ke	e rKe.	doo Ktte	a nK dA n	Ai Ky Le Ki di.
ne	nąnįgiwąkjanahege,	ésge	š’ų́kje	ánąkšaną.	Higairegiži,
for you	he is going to sing,	[so]	[you should do it,"]	they said.	[After they said it,]

e rKe	L xoAo Lo Ki Le de.	Ao w Le L.	e dA n	xoAo no L.	Ae Le Ke.
ésge	raxurugireže.	Howarera,	éšaną	xunura	herege,
[so]	[they persuaded him.]	Sure enough,	[he alone]	the youngest	[as he was,]

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wo K L Ki xeAe te	e Ke	e rKe	Ao ni A L.	tt n K.	Ai leAe Le rKi di.
wokaragixete	ége,	ésge	honihára	janąga	hipérezgiži,
he loved him	he said,	so	the songs	all	to learn,

e	wi leAe Le ri Ktt n Ae de	a nK deAe	Ai tee tee Ki di	Ko no K.
e	wiperesikjanaheže,"	ánąkše,	hit’et’egiži,	Kųnųga.
[so]	[he would know them,"]	he said,	in his speech,	the oldest one.

e Ki.	A Ko Ley d	Lo dtt	Ai Le Ki di.	Ai Ai nl li Le de.	ttA Ke tt
Égi	hagoreižą	rušją́	hiregiži,	hihinąpireže.	Cągéja
And	finally	to be over with	when it was,	they came out.	[Outside]

A Ai Le Ki di.	wy Le de.	Ko te	Ai Ai L	Ai ne Ktt wi n.	A ntt ttAi.	A Ke
hahiregiži,	waíreže,	"Koté,	hihira	hinekjawiną,	haną́cį.	Hąké
[when they got,]	they said,	["Say,]	swimming	[let us go,]	all.	Not

Ai d	Ao ty Ki ni Ktt wi n	ay Le de.	A Ao	ay Le de	A ntt.	e tt
hižą́	hotaikinįkjawiną,"	aíreže.	"Hąhó,"	aíreže.	Haną́c	éja
anyone	they should not remain behind,"	they said.	"Alright,	they said.	All of them	there

Ao LoKo	Le de.	e Ki.	Ai Ko.	a tAi nK	Ai Ko Lo Ao xitti
horók	reže.	Égi	higų	’ąjínąk	hikorohoxjį
[as a group]	he went.	So	[still]	to come out of the water	just as they were about to

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Ai Le K tt	e Ki	Ai d	we de.	Ko te.	Ko woKo rA LK
hiregają,	égi	hižą́	wéže,	"Koté,	kųwųksarak
when they were,	[then]	someone	he said,	["Say,]	who can dive the farthest*

* Marino, kuwųksarake, "diving endurance contest."

Ai o Ktt wi L.	Ai roAo KiniKi Ki Ai wi L.	Ai Ko tt Ko K.	w Ki L dA n wi doAo no n.
hi’ųkjawira,	hisųknikihiwira	higųjaguga	wagirášanąwišųnųną,"
we will be doing,	our little brother	in everything	he usually defeats us,"

e Ki di.	Ay witti	Ai n i xitti Ktt wi n.	e de.	A Ao	ay Le de.
egiži	"Haiwį́c	hina’įxjįkjawiną,"	éže.	"Hąhó,"	aíreže.
he said, and,	"To beat him	let us try,"	he said.	"Alright,	they said.

ni tteAe tteLe Ki.	A lA L xotto tteKe	Ai n di wiy n K.	n tte tt	A lA Ai
"Nįcejᵉregi	haparaǧųcge	hinąžįwianąga	nąjeja	hapahi
"On the (water's) edge	in a row	let us stand, and	the center	towards

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Ai o Ktt wi n.	A ttA Ky xitti Ki di.	n tte tt	Ai Lo A Li	A Ai A x[e]le li Ktt wi Ki di.
hi’ųkjawiną.	Hacąkaixjįgiži,	nąjeja	hirohári	hahihaxepikjawigiži.
let us do.	Let us see who	the center	farthest out	[they come to sight.]

di Ke	A ttA Ky xitti Ki di.	Ai wo Lo tt riti Ktt wi Ki di	ay Le de.	A Ao.	ay Le de.
Žigé,	hacąkaixjįgiži,	hiworujistikjawigiži*	aíreže.	"Hąhó,"	aíreže.
Again,	let us see who	which will be the least,"	they said.	"Alright,	they said.

* < hi-wa-horujiste-hi-kja-wi-giži.

Aowo	ay L n K.	Ko woKo Ki L n K.	A Ki xele li Le K tt.	n xi xoAo no ni K
"Howo,"	airánąga	kųwųkiranąga	hakixepiregają,	Naxíxununįka
"Already,"	they said, and	they dove in, and	they came up again,	the youngest

dA n.	to w Le de.	Ko no K	we de.	w Kette xiAi L.	w Kidi Ki
šana	towareže.	Kųnųga	wéže,	"Wakjexira,	wąkšigi
only	he went on.	The oldest one	he said,	"Waterspirits,	humans

deAe deAe K wi doAo no L.	Ai d.	do w Le	ni Ki Ki wi tti Ko.	e de
šešekawišųnųra.	Hižą́	žoware	nigigiwijigu,"	éže.
you always talk about.	One	there	I send him to you,"	he said.

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Ko no K.	we de.	de Ko de.	A Ke	de Ko	A Ki xele ni de.
Kųnųga	wéže,	"Žegų́že."	Hąké	žegų	hakixébᵉnįže.
The oldest one	he said,	"Thus it is."	Not	[then]	he did not come up.

de Ko	A K Ly Le de.	de Ko n.	Ai roAo KiniKi	A wi L.	niye tt	Ko wo KL.
Žegų	hagaraireže.	"Žegųną.	hisųknik	hawira	nįeja	kųwųgᵉra,
Then	they went home.	"Thus it is.	Little brother	our	into the water	he dove,

A Ke	A Ki xele ni n.	A leAe wi no ni Ke	rii	ay Le de.	de Ko de.
hąké	hakixébᵉnįną,	hapewinonįge,	s’i,"	aíreže.	Žegų́že.
not	he did not come up,	although we waited	a long while,"	they said.	Thus it was.

ttiAi nK KL.	Ao loAo nK.	xAl e de.	A ntt	w Ki tay Le de.	e Ki.
Ciną́gᵉra	hoponąk	xabeže.	Haną́c	wagit’aireže.	Égi
The village	whole	it became quiet.	All	they were in mourning.	And

wK Ki Ki nolo n K.	Ai Ke	dKe	Ai tt	w di Ly L ni de.	wy tteKe niKi
wąkikinųbᵉnąka	hįké	šge	hija	wažįrairanįže.	Waicgénįk
the brothers	not	[also]	[there]	they did not seem to care.	Their sisters

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Ai Le L	dA n.	x KL	Lo K n	we de.	di Ke	Ai o ni Ai Le L	Ki dKe
hirera	šana	ǧágᵉra	rokana	wéže,	žigé	hiųnihirera	gišge,
their	[only]	[the cries]	very much	[they uttered,]	and also	their mother	she did,

i ttAl	ttiAi	wi Ki Ki Le de.	de Ko	Ai K K	w Lotto ni de.
įcap	ci	wagigíreže.	Žegų	hįkaga	warucnįže,
separately	to live	they made them.	Then	not	he did not eat,

Ai noKo niKi tte K.	di Ke	A Ko Ley d.	Ki xA n	ay Le de.	ttiAi nK L
hinuknįkjega.	Žigé	hagoreižą,	gixaną́,	aíreže.	Ciną́gᵉra
the young woman.	Then	finally,	to move,	they said.	The village

Lo A mi n Ki Kette	ay Le de.	e rKe.	Ki xA n	Ai Le Ki di.
rohąminąkikje,*	aíreže.	Ésge	gixaną́	hiregiži,
it was to be situated in another place,	they said.	So	to move	they did, and

* < rohą, "in another place" (rare in this sense); minąki, "to sit up"; and -kje, the future tense: "it was to be situated in another place." The translation has, "[it] should not be there."

Ai noKo niKi tte K	Ai L tt Ki de.	di Ke	daK w Ai L.	de rK	no ni Ke.
hinuknįkjega	hirają́kiže.	Žigé	š’akwahíra	žésga,	nųnįgé
the young woman	she refused to go.	Also	her folks	[that way,]	but

w Lo riKi tti L n K.	A ni wy xA n	Ai Le de.	Ai noKo niKi tte K di.
warusgíjiránąga	haniwaixaną*	hireže.	Hinuknįkjegaži
they bound them, and	to take them along	they did.	In any case, the young woman

* developed from xaną, "to move about together."

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no xA w de	Ao ni n Koo	e tt	Ai e Le de.	Ki Ki nolo n K.	no lo xi d.
nųxáwąže.	Honįnak’ų	éja	hi’éreže,	kikínųbᵉnąka.	Nopoxižą
she hid.	To hunt	there	they found,	the brothers.	A hollow log

e tt	Ai e Le de.	n xA mi Ki d.	lo xiKi	e tto K w n K.	A Ai	xK K Koo
éja	hi’éreže.	Nąxamįkižą	poxik	éjokawanąga	hahi	ǧakak’ų
there	they found.	A log	hollow	she had crept, and	there	she was crying

Ai e Le de.	wy Le de.	A niy Ke Le	n i ne Ki di	Lo da Ki Le Ki di
hi’éreže.	Waíreže,	"Hanią́kere."	Na’į́negiži,	roš’akiregiži,
they found.	They said,	"I am taking back."	They tried, and	when she refused,

n	Ai lo t	Ai Le de.	A Ao.	Ao tti d	e Ki	nK dA n
ną	hipotá	hireže.	"Hąhó,	hųjižą	égi	nąkšaną,"
[wood]	to butt	they did.	["Now then,]	a bear	here	it is,"

ay Le n K.	woy Le de.	e	w Ki no lL	w oyi Le de.
airenąga	woireže,	e	wakinųbᵉra	wa’ųireže.
they said, and	they did it,	[to her]	her brothers	they did it.

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lo lA n lA n	Ai Le de.	de Ko	Ai L n K.	A ttiy K	Ay Le de.
Bopąnąpąną	hireže.	Žegų	hiránąga	hajiąka	haireže.
To bruise her up	they did.	Thus	they did, and	[going back]	they came.

e Ki.	A ttiy K Ly Le K tt.	e Ki.	w Ki d	tti de.	Ai Ai nl leLe.
Égi	hajiąkarairegają,	égi	wąkižą	jiže.	"Hihinąpire
Then	[when they got back]	then	a man	he came.	"Come out,

n tto ni tt n	e de.	Ai Ai nl deAe.	te we L Ki.	w Ki d	Ki K L reAe reAe l n K
nąjonijáną,"	éže.	Hihiną́pše.	Tewéraki	wąkižą	kikarasesebanąga
I bless you,"	he said.	She came out.	Unexpectedly,	a man	with his face blackened, and

w tte de.	Ai noKo Kini KL.	n tto ni tt n.	tt Ko	Ai L Le L
waježe.	"Hinuknįgᵉra,	nąjonijáną.	Jagu	hirarera
he spoke to her.	"Young girl,	I bless you.	What	[that which you were thinking of]

xK L.	A L Ktt Kette n.	A Ke	de rKe	y L ni K tt	Ae Le n.	Ao tti d.
ǧágᵉra	herakjakjeną.	Hąké	žesge	yaranįgają,	heréną.	"Hųjižą,"
crying	you will see.	Not	[this way]	I did not think at first,	it was.	"A bear,"

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ay L n K.	n	A lo ni t	Ai Le L.	n tteKe L.	Ai teKe dA n.	e de.
airánąga	ną	haponita	hirera,	nącgera	hitekšaną,"	éže.
they said, and	wood	to butt you	[they were doing,]	the heart	it was sore,"	he said.

e Ki.	ttiAi L.	Ai d	ni Ki o Kette n	e de.	e Ki.	e tt.	Ao wy Le de.
"Égi	cira	hižą́	nįgi’ųkjeną,"	éže.	Égi	éja	howaíreže.
"Here	the lodges	one	I will build for you,"	he said.	Then	there	[he went out.]

Ai Ko	e tt	xA w ni	Ai L n K.	A Ktt	A Ki xele	Ki nili deAe.	A A.
Higų	éja	xawanį́	hiránąga	hakjá	hakixép	kįnį́pše.	"Hąhą́,
[Now]	there	to disappear	he did, and	back	to appear	[he became.]	["Now,]

Ao n ne	Ai Ke de.	Ai Lo nK deAe.*	te we L Ki.	ttiAi loAo Lo Ke
hunane,"	higeže.	Híroną́kše.	Tewéraki	cipóroke
come on [over],"	he said.	[She followed.]	Unexpectedly,	oval lodge

* the MS incorrectly contains a period after nK. This single word sentence is also not translated.

xeAe te xitti d	e tt	nK deAe.	ttAi n K.	w Lo roKo L.	tt Ko L.
xetexjįžą	éja	nąkše.	Cinąka	warusgura,	jagúra,
a big one	there	it was.	The lodge	dried corn,	all other things,

A Ke	Ai d	Ai Ki Lo tti rini de.	A ntt	Ao do	w o nK deAe.
hąké	hižą́	hikirújiznįže.	Haną́c	hožú	wa’ųnąkše.
not	anything	[it was not short of.]	[All of it]	[to pack in]	[it was.]

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e Ki.	e tt.	w Ke de.	K n Ki Ktt n Ae de.	Ai Ke de.	e Ki.
Égi	éja	wageže,	"Kąnąkikjanaheže,"	higeže.	Égi
And	there	he said to her,	he would marry her,	he said.	And

* at the top of the page is written in dark pencil, "wK Ai deAe deAe K. ②".

e tt	Ki Ktt n Ae de	Ai Ke de.	tee Ki di.	Aotto w Kette xiAi d
éja	gikjanaheže,	higeže,	t’egíži.	Hųc Wakjexižą
there	she would return,	he said,	when she died.	A Bear Waterspirit

w o tte de.	e Ki.	e tt	n de.	A Ki do	n de.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.
wa’ųježe.	Égi	éja	nąžé.	Hakižu	nąžé.	Égi	hainigiži,
he was.	Then	there	he slept.	With her	he slept.	Then	in the morning,

Ke Le Ktt n Ae Ki di.	w Ke de.	m ni Ki di.	no xL.	tt Ki di.
kerekjanahegiži,	wageže,	Mąnį́giži,	nųǧᵉra	jagiži,
when he was about to go away,	he said to her,	"In the winter,	the ice	when it freezes,

e Ki.	Ai ttiAi to r K.	ni al li Ktt ne n.	Ai Ke de.	no xL.	tt Ki di.
égi	hicitoraga	nį’ą́pįkjaneną,"	higeže.	Nųǧᵉra	jagiži,
then	your brother	he will come to life,"	he said.	The ice	when it was hard,

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e Ki.	w d L.	Ai d	Ai L doAo Lo tti n.*	Ki di	de de rKe L.	Ai d
égi	wažąra	hižą́	hirašurujiną,	giži,	žežesgera	hižą́
then	the things	one of them	to carry him in,	[,]	[this kind]	one of them

* the text has ti in error.

Ki Kow n K.	te n KeLe.	eyo w L tte.	te n t[t]e tt*
kikų́anąga	tenągere	eowaráje.	Teną́jeja
prepare for yourself, and	the lake	you must take it.	In the middle of the lake

* the text has te in error.

w d L.	Ai d	A dtt Le L Ki di	e Le Ktt n Ae n.	e Ki.	Ai tt L Ai Ki di.
wažąra	hižą́	hašjaréragiži,	erekjanaheną.*	Égi	hijarahigiži,
the things	one of them	if you see,	he will be it.	Then	when you arrive,

* an initial /h/ has been lost through external sandhi.

riA L.	Ki xoKow n K.	Ai L Lo ti	niKi	A diAi ni	L Ai Ki.	e tt
sira	gixgúanąga	hirarúti	nįk	hašįnį́	rahigi,	éja
his feet	to chop out, and	carrier	[little]	you take	[when you come,]	there

Ao too l n K.	A diAi ni L Ki Li Ki di.	e Ki.	wy ni	Ai Ki K xi Kette L.
hot’ųpanąga	hašinirakirigiži,	égi	wainį́	hikikáxikjera
to put him, and	when you take him home,	then	clothes	he should wear

A o Ktt ne n.	e Ki.	i no Ke we	Ki ow tte.	Lo dtt Ki di
ha’ųkjaneną.	Égi	inokewe	ki’ųaje.	Rušjagiži,
I will furnish.	Then	sweat bath	[it must be made.]	When he is through,

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wi ttA tii Ktt n Ae n.	A Ke	Aele li Ai nl liKi Ki niy tte	e de.	e Ki.
wicąt’įkjanaheną.	Hąké	hebihinąbgiginįąje,"*	éže.	Égi
you will know it.	Not	do not let him out before,"	he said.	Then

* < heb-hihinąp-gigi-nį-ąje.

Lo dtt Ki di.	e Ki.	xA leKe niKi	ni Ktt Kini Ki d	A diAi ni Ktt ne n.
rušjągiži,	égi	xapgenįk	nįkjąknįkižą	hašįnį́kjaneną.
when he gets well,	[then]	shortly afterwards	a child	[you will have.]

e Ki.	ni Ktt Kini KL.	Ai d	A diAi ni Ki di.	w Kini Ki de Le Ktt n Ae n.
Égi	nįkjąknįkᵉra	hižą́	hašįnį́giži,	wąknikižerekjanheną,"
[And]	[the children]	[one of them]	[that you have,]	it will be a boy,"

Ai Ke de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai ttA A L.	di K K ni xitti	m L	Ai d
higeže.	Égi	wéže,	hicąhara	žigáganįxjį	mąra	hižą́
he said to her.	Then	he said,	my brother-in-law	he never should	arrows	[one of them]

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L Ki doo wiy Ke.	e de.	m.	A xiAi Li Ktt n Ae n.	A Ke	Ki o wi niy tte.
ragiš’ųwiage,"	éže.	"Mą	haxirikjanaheną.	Hąké	ki’ųwinįąje,"
he makes,"	he said.	"Arrow	he will cry after them.	Not	do not give him any,"

e de.	e Ki.	Ke Le de.	Ai noKo Kini KL.	e tt	e ne Ki	ni Ae de.	no xL
éže.	Égi	kereže.	Hinuknįgᵉra,	éja	enéki*	nįhéže.	Nųǧᵉra
he said.	Then	he went away.	The woman	there	alone	she stayed.	The ice

* this is perhaps, e-inéki, "she herself, she was alone."

tt Kette L	A Ao Ao tte de.	e Ki.	A Ko Ley d.	A A	m ni de.
jakjera	hahuhuježe.	Égi	hagoreižą,	hąhą́,	mąnį́že.
[that it will harden]	she was anxious.	Then	finally,	[now then,]	winter set in.

e Ki.	A K.	noxo	tt Ki di.	w L	dKe	deAe we Ki di.	e Ki	Ai L Lo ti d
Égi	haka	nųx	jagiži,	wara	šge	šewegiži,	égi	hirarútižą
And	[*]	ice	hardened, and	the snow	[also]	it was deep, and	then	a sled

* "an adverb denoting that what did occur is not occurring now; or that what is now will not then be." (Dorsey)

Ki Koo de.	e Ki.	w Ke Ki di.	eyo w Le de.	A Ai	te L
kik’ųže.	Égi	wagegiži,	eowareže.	Hahi,	tena
she made for herself.	And	[where he wanted,]	she went.	[Finally,]	the lake

A xele lK tt.	te we L Ki.	te n	tte tt.	w di d	deAe lL	tte de.
haxepgają,	tewéraki	tena	jejá	wažį́žą	šebᵉra	jéže.
when it came in view,	unexpectedly,	the lake	under	something	dark	it was.

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eyo w Le de.	Ai tt Le K tt	te we L Ki.	Ai ttAi to L.	e tt
Eowareže.	Hijaregają,	tewéraki,	hicitora	éja
She went towards it.	When she got near,	unexpectedly,	her brother	there

n di tte de.	A tt xitti Ai K tt	te we L Ki.	no xe tt	Ai L tt
nąžįježe.	Hijáxjįhigáją,	tewéraki,	nųxeja	hirają
he was standing.	When she got there,	unexpectedly,	in the ice	[to be held fast]

w o tte de.	tt xitti	w o tti de.	Ai L	n di L.	Ki Ki
wa’ųježe.	Jáxjį	wa’ųjiže,	hira	nažira	Gigí
he was.	[How]	[was he,]	[in the water]	[standing]?	[To do for him]

* "to cut a piece off what is stuck to the whole" (Susman).

xoKow n K.	e Ki.	Ai L Lo ti.	niKi	A ni Ai K	e tt	Ao toolo l n K.
xkuanąga*	égi	hirarúti	nįk	hinihiga,	éja	hot’ųpanąga
[cut him out, and]	then	sled	[little]	while she took,	there	she put, and

Ko Lo ti	Ko de.	ttiAiy tt	A ni Ki Li Ki di.	e Ki.
kuruti	guže.	Ciaja	hanikirigiži,	égi
[to drag]	she brought him home.	[The lodge]	[when she brought him back,]	then

i no Ke we	Ki o de.	Ai tto too lK tt.	ttiAi Lo le tt	w d
inokewe	ki’ųže.	Hijot’ųpgają,	ciróbeja	wažą
sweat bath	she made.	When she had placed him in,	at the entrance	something

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xiKi Ki	Ai tto Lo xotto ttK tt.	te we L Ki	e tt.	w d	Ai w A tti Ao
xkigi,	hijoruxucgają,	tewéraki,	éja	wažą	hiwahajihu
she noticed, so	she looked, and	unexpectedly,	there	something	to be thrust through

Ai Le de.	Ai ttAi to L.	w d	wi Ki K xi Ktte L	w Ki o de.	e Ki.
hireže.	Hicitora	wažą	wikikáxikjera	wak’iųže.	Égi
it was.	Her brother	something	he should wear them	[he received them.]	Then

i ni L.	A Ki xAK dAe.	Aotto	wi Ki ni	Ai o de.	i ni	Ai Ly xA KL.
įnįra	hagixakše.	Hųc	wikįnį́	hi’ųže,	įnį́	hiraixagᵉra.
the stone	she poured.	Bear	oil	she used,	stone	the liquid.

Ai L Le xitti K tt	A LK dAe.	Ao Ao.	wy ttKe xitti	teey L Ktt n Ae n.	de Ko
hirarexjįgają,,	hąrą́kše.	"Hohó,	waicgexjį	t’earakjanaheną.	Žegų
After awhile,	he groaned.	"Oh,	sister	you will kill me.	[And so]

Ai Ki Ki Le.	a	no ni Ke.	de Ko Ko	o nK dAe.	Ai Ko	di Ke
higigire,"	a,	nųnįgé	žegų́gų	’ųnąkše.	Higų	žigé,
let up on me,"	he said,	but	[in that manner]	she kept on.	[Yet]	[again,]

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Ai L Le xitti K.	de rKe	e ra de.	A L Le xitti Ki di.	L dtt de.	Ai Ko
hirarexjįga,	žesge	es’áže.	Hararexjįgiži,	rašjaže.	Higų
after awhile,	the same	he would say.	After awhile,	he quieted down.	[Still]

Ai tt	Ao Ki Ke we xo xo ra de.	Ai L Le xitti Ki di	we de.	A Ao.	wy tteKe xitti
hija	hokíkéweǧųǧųs’aže.	Hirarexjįgiži,	wéže,	"Hąhó,	waicgexjį,
[there]	he would blow on himself.	After awhile	he said,	"Now,	sister,

de Ko A n.	Ai Ki Lo A reLe	e de.	Ki Lo Ar deAe.	wy ni L.
žegųhaną.	Higiruhazᵉre,"	éže.	Giruhasše.	Wainį́ra
I am through.	You may open up for me,"	he said.	She opened it for him.	The clothes

w Koo de.	w niy n K.	Ai Ai nl deAe.	Ai L Le xitti K tt	A Ki Li Aoyi Ke we de.
wak’ųže.	Wanianąga	hihiną́pše.	Hirarexjįgają,	hakirihoikeweže.
she gave them to him.	He took them, and	he went out.	After awhile,	he came back in.

Ai ttiAi to L.	wK.	liAi ra Ki di	di Ke	Ai L tty L de.	Ao Ao.
Hicitora,	wąk	pįragiži,	žigé	hirajairaže.	"Hohó,
Her brother,	[man]	[if he was good looking,]	but now	he was more so.	"Oh my,

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wy tteKe niKi A xitti	e liAi n.	w KL	tee wi Le K tt	Ae Le K tt	e de.
waíjgenįkháxjį,	epį́ną.	Wągᵉra,	t’ewiregają,	heregają,"	éže.
my sister,	it is good.	The man,	I was killed,	I was,"	he said.

e Ki.	Ao Ki LK deAe.	tt rKe	Ki Ki Le K.	Ai noKo KL	n tteKe L
Égi	hogirakše,	jasgé	gigirega	hinųgᵉra	nącgera
Then	he told her	what	they did to him, and	the woman	her heart

teKe deAe.	e Ki.	Ai dKe	Ai ttiAi to L.	tt Ko	a Ki Le Ki di
tékše.	Égi	hišgé	hicitora	jagú,	agiregiži,*
it became sore.	Then	[also]	[their brothers]	what,	when they got home,

* the initial /h/ has been dropped from external sandhi.

tteAe Ke tt	Ao Ki LK deAe.	e Ki.	di Ke	tt rKe.	Ki Ki Le K.
cegéja	hogirakše,	égi	žigé	jasgé	gigirega,
[at first]	they reported,	and	also	how	they treated her, and

e Ki.	n tto tt	Ai Le K	deKe	Ao Ki LK deAe.	e	w o Ke
égi	nąjoją	hiregá,	šge	hogirakše.	E	wa’ųge,
then	to bless	[it was done,]	also	she told him.	And	he was the cause of it,

ni al lK	Ao Ki LK deAe.	e Ki.	tt Ko xitti	Ai Ke K
nį’ąpga,	hogirakše.	Égi	jagúxjį	higéga,
[when he came to life,]	she told him.	Then	what	he had said to her,

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Ao Ki LK deAe.	ni Ktt Kini Ki d	A ni Ktt n Ae K	deKe	Ao Ki LK deAe.*
hogirakše.	Nįkjąknįkižą	hanį́kjanegà,	šge	hogirakše.
she told him.	A little child	she would have,	[also]	she told him.

* the text contains what appears to be a period (.) after the second K, which would be in error.

w Kini Ki de Le Ktt n Ae K	dKe.	Ao Ki LK deAe.	w i nl deAe.
Wąknikižerekjanahega,	šge	hogirakše.	Wa’inąpše.
That it would be a boy,	[also]	she told him.	He was very thankful.

wy tteKe niKi A xitti	e liAi n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai Kow n.	Ay ni Ki di
"Waíjgenįkháxjį,	epį́ną,"	éže.	Égi	higuą́ną,,	hainigíži,
"My sister,	it is good,"	he said.	Then	right away,	in the morning,

w do ni L	L Ki ni de.	w tee Ai Ke ra Ki di.	di Ki tty L de.
wažónįra	raginįže.	Wat’ehiges’agiži,	žigijaíraže.
hunting	he went.	[He would always kill something, but]	he was even better.

wo Ki roKo	w tee Ai Ke de.	e Ki.	xA leKe niKi dAe.	Ai noKo ttA lL.
Wogizók	wat’ehigeže.	Égi	xapgenįkše	hinų́kcabᵉra
[Truly]	he killed much.	Then	it was not very long after this,	his sister

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ni Ktt Kini Ki d.	ttAo de.	Ao Ao.	te e	wy tteKe niKi A xitti	tt rKe
nįkjąknįkižą	cųže.	"Hohó,	tee	waíjgenįkháxjį,	jasgé
a child	she gave birth.	"Oh my,	[this,]	my sister,	how

Ai Ai Ktt n Ae Ko ni.	e K tt.	ttAi Lo le tt.	mr	Ao xitti d	Ao w tti Ao
hihikjanahegųnį?"	egają,	ciróbeja	mąz	hoxjižą	howajihu
we will get along?"	he said, and	the door	metal	a cradle*	it was thrust through

* the translation has, "an Indian cradle".

Ai Le de.	rA L Lx.	a tti Ke Le de.	Ao Ao.	Ao tt	w d	xeAe te
hireže.	Sararax	ajikereže.	"Hohó,	hojá	wažą	xete,"
it was.	Jingling sound	it made.	"Oh my,	even	[something]	it is great,"

* an initial /h/ has been lost through sandhi.

e de.	wK Kn KeLe	A ni Ko de.	wy tteKe L	Ao Koo Le Ai de.	ni Ktt Kini KL
éže.	Wąknągᵉre	hanįguže.	Waicgéra	hok’ųrehiže.	Nįkjąknįgera
he said.	The man	he took it.	His sister	he handed it to her.	The child

Ao Ko Lo de.	o nK ra Ki di.	A Ko Leyi d.	w rA KeLe niKi deAe.
hokuruže.	’Ųnąks’agiži,	hagoreižą	wasagᵉrenįkše.
she put him in.	Thus they were until	one day,	he became very lively.

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Ai tee KL.	wo Ki roKo i ne ra de.	e Ki.	wo xeAe te Ai de.	e	Aoyi diAili
Hit’egᵉra	wogizokines’aže,	égi	woxétehìže.	E	hoišíp
Uncle	he had a great liking,	and	he loved him.	He	always

A ni o nK ra de.	Ke ni wi rii ni	rA KeLe xitti de.
hani’ųnąks’aže.	Kénį wis’įnį	sagᵉrexjįže.
[he would be taking care of him.]*	Before long	he was able to run about very much.

* the translation has, "he would be holding it".

e Ki.	Ai te KL.	m L.	w Ki tt Ki di.	m	A xiAi Li de.
Égi	hitegᵉra	mąra	wakijagiži,	mą	haxiríže.
Then	his uncle	the arrows	when he saw,	arrow	he cried for them.

de Ko	wy tteKe xitti	Ai d	A Ki o Kette n.	a	no ni Ke.
Žegų,	"Waicgexjį,	hižą́	haki’ųkjeną	a,	"nųnįgé
[Then,]	"Sister,	one	let me make,"	he said,	"but

ttiAi to	Lo xi n.	tt rKe	Aiy n K.	e de.	A Ke
citó	roǧíną."	Jasgé	hianąga	éže,	hąké
[older brother,]	he forbid it."	[What]	[he did, and]	[he uttered,]	not

L dtt ni de.	de Ko	o nK Koo	Ai d	Ki o de.	Ao w Le L.
rašjąnįže.	Žegų	’ųnąk’ų,	hižą́	ki’ųže.	Howarera,
he did not stop.	So	finally,	one	he made him.	[As a result,]

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m dtt	K Ly liAi de	ttiAi Lo Ke tt	m wi Kotto L.	o tte ra de
mąšją	karaipįže.	Cirogeja	mąwigujᵉra	’ųjes’aže.
[very much]	[he liked them.]*	In the lodge,	shooting his arrows	he would be.

* the translation has, "and he was ever so proud of them".

Ke ni wi rii ni	ttA KL	A Ai Ao o de.	e Ki.	A Ai.	w niKi niKi	dKe
Kénį wis’įnį	cagᵉra	hahiho’ųže.	Égi	hahi,	wanįgᵉnįk	šge
Before long	outside	he went.	And	finally,	little birds	[also]

tee Ai de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ao ttiAi ttiAi niKi tt ne.	we de.	n ni
t’ehiže.	Égi	wéže,	hocįcįnįkjane,	wéže,	"Ną́ni,
he killed.	Then	he said,	the little boy,	[he said,]	"Mother,

de tt ny xitti	tt tti K	eyo wy Le Ki di	y Le n	e de.	te	w nK KL.
žejanaixjį	jajiga	eowairegiži,	yaréną,"	éže.	Te	wanągᵉra
about now	father	we should go over,	I think,"	he said.	[This one]	who was speaking,

w KidiKi	w o n KeLe	de rK no ni Ke	Lo L.	Ai	dAe dAeKe dAe.
wąkšik	wa’ųną́gᵉre	žesganųnįge	rora	hį	šešekše.
human	[those who are,]	but	his body	hair	he was shaggy.

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Aotto	Ai	o.	ni Ke dA n	Ai ni nK deAe	A Ly Le de.	A Ko Ley d.
Hųc	hį	’ų	nįgéšąną	hinąnąkše.	Haraíreže.	Hagoreižą,
Bear	fur	it was	here and there	[it was piled.]	They went.	Finally,

e tt	xeAeyi d	mi n Ki di.	xeAe	Aoyi tte tt	A Ai Le K tt.
éja	xeižą	minąkiži,	xe	hoijeja	hahiregają,
there	a hill	it was, and	hill	the foot	when they got to,

e tt.	ttAi Lo li d.	a dL	tti Le de.	e tt	Ao K w wi de.
éja	cirobižą	ážra	jireže.	Éja	hokawawiže.
there	a door	to open	[it began.]	There	they entered.

te we L Ki	Ao ttL.	no liAi wi	e tt	A AK wi de.	xoAo no ni Ki d.
Tewéraki	hų́jᵉra	nųpiwi	éja	hahąkwiže,	xununįkižą
Unexpectedly,	bears	two	there	they were lying,	a small one

wi t ni de.	we de.	Ai noKo n KeLe	Ai ni KL.	A Ao.	tt tti
witánįže.	Wéže,	hinųknągᵉre	hinįgᵉra,	"Hąhó	jaji,
it made three.	He said,	the woman	her son,	"Now then,	father,

A tti d ny n.	e de.	Ao Ao	Ai niKi A L	tti Ko ni	e de.
hajižanainą,"	éže.	"Hohó,	hinįkhara	jigųnį,"	éže.
I have come,"	he said.	"Ah,	my son	he has come,"	he said.

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Ki K w a de.	wK	n tto tt ni Ae L.	e tt.	Ki K w a de.	e Ki.
Gigawa’aže.	Wąk	nąjoją́nihera,	éja	gigawa’aže.	Égi
He got up.	Man	the one who blessed her,	there	he arose.	[And]

di n K di.	Ai Ke	w Kidi Ki L ni de.	wK n K	dA n.	w KidiKi deAe.
žiną́kaži,	hįké	wąkšigiranįže.	Wąknąka	šana	wąkšikše.
the others, in any case,	not	they were not human.	The man	only	he was human.

xoAo no niKi n K.	Ai Ko	w KidiKi n KeLe	wo dii Kini reKe.	Ai tt
Xununįknąka	higų	wąkšiknągᵉre	woš’iknisge	hija
The young one	[yet]	humans	he did not like	there

Ai w doAo tti Ko nK deAe.	e Ki.	wK	xoo Ke n KeLe.	we de.
hiwašųjigųnąkše.	Égi	wąk	x’okenągᵉre	wéže,
he looked at them askance every once in awhile.	Then	[man]	[the parent]	he said,

tt Ko	doo K tt.	w doo dA nK dAe.	ne	Ai ni L n.	L Ki Ki nolo wi n.
"Jagu	š’ųgają?	Waš’ųšánąkše,	ne	hiníraną.	Rakikínųbwiną,"
"What	you are doing?	You are doing this,	you	the older brother.	You are brothers,"

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w wi Ke de.	e Ki.	e tt	rii niKi	oyi Le de.	A Ai	o Ki mK Ki Le de.
wawigéže.	Égi	éja	s’inik	’ųįreže.	Hahi,	ukimąkireže.
he said to him.	And	there	for some time	they stayed.	Finally,	they got used to one another.

K tt K dKe.	A Ai	ttA KL.	Ao o wi de.	e Ki.	A Ai	Ai Lo A Li	dKe
Gajągaške,	hahi,	cagᵉra	ho’ųwiže.	Égi	hahi,	hirohári	šge
[Now at this time,]	finally,	outside	they went.	And	after awhile,	far away	also

Ao w L wi de.	e Ki.	Ai noKo Kn KeLe.	n Kii ra de.	wK Kono nK KLe.
howarawiže.	Égi	hinųknągᵉre	nąk’įs’aže.	Wąknunągᵉre
they went.	And	the woman	she would pack wood.	The old man

we de.	di K K ni xitti	n	L Kii L Ki Li Ki di.	m dtt	xA w xiAi dAe Le Ke.
wéže,	"Žigáganįxjį,	ną	rak’įrakirigiži,	mąšją	xawaxišᵉrege,
he said,	"Never,	wood	[when you pack back,]	[hard]	let it drop on the ground,

Ai noKo n KeLe.	w n i diAi diAiKi doAo no n	e de.	Ai ttA wi L.	w Ke de.
hinųknągᵉre	waną’į́ šišikšųnųną,"	éže.	Hicawįra	wageže,
this woman	she is ill tempered,"	he said.	His wife	he meant,

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Ao ttn K.	w K nK deAe.	de e	A Ko Leyi d.	n	Kii Ki Li K tt.	A KdK lA L.
hųjnąka	wagánąkše.	Žee,	hagoreižą,	ną	k’įkirigają,	hąkšąkpara
the bear	he meant.	[This one,]	one day,	wood	[when she packed,]	forehead strap [trumpline]

Lo K deAe Ai Ki di.	n di xitti	w xiAi Le de.	m dtt xitti	my tt
rukąšehigiži,	nąžį́xjį	waxireže.	Mąšjąxjį	maįja
it slipped from her hand, and	as she stood there,	she dropped it.	Very loud	to the ground

Ki Li tte Ai de.	Aoxo.	a tti tte de.	no w xiAi ne tt.	Ao tti noKo n KeLe.
kirijéhižé.	Hox	ajiježe.*	Nowaxineja	hųjinųgᵉnągᵉre
[she made it.]	[Evening ?]	[she came in.]	At the woodpile	the she bear

* an initial /h/ has been lost through external sandhi. This sentence is not translated.

xo xo tt n K.	Ai Ai nl nK deAe.	w KidiKi	noKo Ktt n.	Lo lA L lA L di Le de.
ǧoǧojanąga	hihinąpnąkše.	Wąkšik	nųkjąna	ruparaparašireže.
she snorted, and	she went out.	Human	the woman	she was torn to pieces.

wK	Ai dAe dAe Kn KeLe.	Ai Ai nl lnK dAe.	K tt	te we L Ki.	Ai o ni L.
Wąk	hišešegᵉnągᵉre	hihinąbᵉnąkše,	gają	tewéraki,	hi’ųnira
[Human]	the shaggy one	he ran out,	[but]	unexpectedly,	his mother

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Lo lA L lA L di Le de.	Aotto tti noKo tt ne.	my Kotto deAe.	tee Ai de.
ruparaparašireže.	Hųjinųgᵉjane	maįgucšé.	T’ehiže.
she was torn to pieces.	The she bear	he shot with an arrow.	He killed her.

w Kono L.	Ai Ai nl dAe.	we de.	A Ao.	Ai niKi A xitti	A Ke	de rK ni n.
Wąknura	hihiną́pše,	wéže,	"Hąhó,	hinįkhaxjį,	hąké	žesganįną.
The old man	he ran out,	he said,	["Oh my,]	my son,	not	this is not right.

Ai noKo	L ni de.	Ai noKo	w d	oyi Le Ki di.	Ai Ki Ao LoKo doo.
Hinų́k	ranįže.	Hinų́k	wažą	’ųįregiži,	hikihorok š’ų,
Woman	you are not.	Woman	[things]	they do, and	you join in,

Ai noKo	L ni de.	n L i ri L tte.	n i ri Le Ki di
hinų́k	ranįže.	Nąra’įzįraje.	Ną’įzįregiži,
woman	you are not.	You are taking part in a jealous affair.	[When they are being jealous,]

Ai Ki Ao LoKo doo L tte.	Ai Ke de.	e Ki	n ni K	tee Ai	Ki Ki n.
hikihorok š’ųraje,"	higeže.	"Égi	nąnįga	t’ehi	giginą,"
you will be joining in,"	he said to him.	"But	my mother	to kill	he did,"

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e de.	e Ki.	Ai no K K.	ay tt	A Lo Ko r n K.	n di	Ki Ki de.
éže.	Égi	hinųkąka	aija	horukosanąga	nąžį	gigiže.
he said.	Then	the woman	by the arm	he took her, and	to stand up	[he caused her.]

di Ke	Ao tt K.	de rKe	Ki Ki de.	ni al	w Ai de.	e Ki.	we de.	te de rKe Ke
Žigé,	hųjąka	žesge	gigiže.	Ni’ąp	wahiže.	Égi	wéže,	"Težesgege,
Too,	the bear	the same	he did.	Alive	he made them.	Then	he said,	"Thus it would be,

w Ae n.	Low xi L.	A rK xiAi Li.	n L	m dtt	dA w xiAi deAe Le.
wahéną.	Rowaǧira,	hasgaxíri	nąra	mąšją	šawaxįšere,"
[I meant.]	I forbid it,	but nevertheless,	your wood	very heavily	you unloaded it,"

e de.	Ai noKo n K.	we de.	A KdK lAe L.*	Ay diAili	A n
éže.	Hinuknąka	wéže,	"Hąkšąkpera	haišip	háną,"
he said.	The woman	she said,	"The front of the packing strap	I lost hold of	I did,"

* before KdK, Kd has been erased.

e de.	e Ki.	w Kono n K.	w Ke de.	Ai ni KL.	Ai niKi A xitti.
éže.	Égi	wąknunąka	wageže,	hinįgᵉra,	hinįkhaxjį,
she said.	Then	the old man	he said	to his son,	"My son,

Ai ni L K.	A Ke	Ai Lo A Li.	Ao w Ki do L ni Le.	w KidiKi L.	ttAow Kd n.
hiniraga	hąké	hirohári	howagišuranįre.	Wąkšígᵉra	cųakšaną.
your brother	not	very far	you must not go out.	Humans	there are many.

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A Ke	Ai L Ki rK ni L tte n.	Ai Ke de.	de rK no ni Ke.	Ai Lo A Li.
Hąké	hirakisganįrajeną,"	higeže.	Žesganųnįge,	hirohári
Not	you are not like him,"	he said to him.	But nevertheless,	very far

A Ki do	Ai de.	e Ki.	e tt.	Ao w Ko de.	Ai ni L.	Lo xeAe de.	Aotto Ao w.
hakižu	hiže.	Égi	éja	howaguže.	Hinira	ruxeže,	"hųc howá"
with him	he went.	And	there	he came back.	His brother	he chased,	"shouting at bears"

ay Le ra Ki di.	de rKe	e de.	Ao Ao.	e de.	wK no n K.	di Ke
aires’agiži,	žesge	éže.	"Hohó,"	éže,	wąknunąka.	"Žigé
it is called, and	that way	[he uttered.]*	"Oh my,"	he said,	the old man.	"Again

* here we have more of a gloss than a translation: "and there he came back shouting at him, a shout that is called shouting at bears, that was the way he shouted at him."

o xittiy Ko ni.	Ai ni L.	e	w K Ko n.	a nK dAe.	e tt	A Ki Li
’ųxjįagųnį,	hinira	e	wagaguną,"	ánąkše.	Éja	hagiri
he is doing something,	his brother	he	[he is going after him,"]	he was saying.	There	on the way

my Kotto deAe.	tee Ai de.	te K K.	Ao tti d.	tee L L.	Ao loAo nK K
maįgucšé.	T’ehiže.	"Tegaga,	'Hųjižą	t’erara	hoponąka
he shot him with an arrow.	He killed him.	"My uncle,	'A bear	I killed	[all of it]

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Kii	e doAo no L.	de rKe	A Kette	a n K.	Ai dKe
k’į,'	ešųnųra.	Žesge	hakje,"	anąga	hįšgé
to pack,'	he used to say.	The same	I do,"	he said, and	basswood bark

Lo d l n K.	Ao loAo nK	Kii de.	A Ki w xiAi ne de.	A Ao
ružapanąga	hoponąk	k’iže.	Hagiwąxineže.	"Hąhó,
he peeled, and	whole	he packed it.	He went home and set it down.	"Now then,

e de.	te K K.	Ao tti d	tee A L.	Ao loAo n K	Kii n	e doAo no L.
éže,	tegaga,	'Hųjižą	t’ehara	hoponąka	k’įną,'	ešųnųra.
he said	my uncle,	'A bear	I killed	[all of it]	to pack,'	he used to say.

de rKe	A A Ki Li n	e de.	Kow	Ai ni L.	xoAo riKi
Žesge	hahagiriną,"	éže.	"Guwa	hinira	xusgį
The same	I have come home,"	he said.	"[Exclamation,]	his brother	much pain

Ai Ko ni	e de.	Ai Ai n l n K.	A K L Ki do	Aoyi Ke we de.
higųnį,"	éže.	Hihinąpanąga	hakarakižu,	hoikeweže.
he must have caused,"	he said.	He went out, and	[together with him,]	[he came in.]

e Ki.	we de.	te de reKe Ke.	m	Ki o L	Low xi L.
Égi	wéže,	"Težesgege,	mą	ki’ųra	rowaǧira,
Then	he said,	"Thus it would be, is why	arrows	to be made	I had forbidden it,

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A rK xi Li	m L	L Ki doo wi K tt.	e de.	Ai ni w ni de.	m K.
hasgaxíri	mąra	ragiš’ųwigają,"	éže.	Hiniwanįže,	mąka
but never	arrows	you two have made for him,"	he said.	He ruled them,	his arrows

n Ki Ke we xitti	Ai Le de.	Ai ni L	dKe.	ni Ai xitti	A ni de.	ni Ke
nąkikewexjį	hireže.	Hinira	šge	nįhíxjį.	haníže.	Nįgé
to be afraid	they were.	His brother	also	to rule	he had.	Somewhere

Ao we	A Ki do	o K	dKe.	Ao tto li m ni	n i K	dKe.
howe	hakižu	’ųga,	šge	hojopimąnį	ną’įga,	šge
he went	with him	when he did,	[also]	to walk on all fours	when he tried,	also

ni Ai A niy n K.	Lo ttA Ke Le	m ni	Ki Ki ra de.
nihihanianąga	rocągᵉre	mąnį	gigis’aže.
he would threaten him, and	on his hind legs	to walk	he would make him.

Ke te	doAo Kotto Ke Le	o L.	e	wi ne K	Ao to daK doAo no n.
"Kete,	šųkcokere	’ųra,	e	winega,	hotoš’akšųnųną,"
["Say,]	a dog following	[it is doing,]	him	[when I am,]*	I get tired,"

* the translation has, "when I go about."

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Ai K n K.	Lo ttA Ke Le	m ni	Ki Ki ra de.	e rKe	de rKe
higanąga	rocągᵉre	mąnį	gigis’aže.	Ésge,	žesge
he would say, and	on his hind legs	to walk	he would make him.	Therefore,	[this way]

Ao o mK	Ai de.	Aoyi diAili	Lo ttA Ke Le	m ni	Ki Ki ra Ki de.
ho’umą́k	hiže.	Hoišíp	rocągᵉre	mąnį	gigis’agiže.*
to be accustomed	he got him.	Always	on his hind legs	to walk	he would make him.

* the meaning of the infix -gi- in the penultimate syllable is unknown.

e rKe.	Ao ttn KeLe.	w no ttKe	Ao tto li m ni	tt n K KeLe.	Lo ttA Ke Le
Ésge,	hųjᵉnągᵉre,	wanocge	hojopimąnį	janagagᵉre,	rocągᵉre
Therefore,	the bears,	animals	to walk on all fours	of all those that,	on his hind legs

m ni Ke xitti	Ai Le de.	e tt.	wK Ai dAe dAe K.	Ai d	de rKe
mąnįgexjį	hireže.	Éja	Wąk Hišešega	hižą́	žesge
made to walk	they are.	There	Shaggy Man	one of them	[this way]

Ao o mK	Ai Ke.	Ao ttAe Ke tt.	e Ki.	Ai noKo Kn K.	[t]to l A.*
ho’umą́k	hige,	hocegéja,	égi	hinų́gᵉnąka	jobą́hą
to be accustomed	when he made,	in the beginning,	and	the woman	four times

* t is found in place of tt, which happens fairly often.

oyi Le de	ay Le n.	Ki Lo K Kr n K.	Ai dKe.	de n Ai	wK Ai dAe dAe K.
’ųįreže,	aíreną.	Kirugagasanąga	hišgé	ženahi	Wąk Hišešega
it was done,	they say.	She was scratched, and	also	as often as	Shaggy Man

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Ai o ni L.	K L diAi K n K.	Ai tt ne tte K.	my Kotto tt ni K*	tee Ai ra de.
hi’ųnira	karašikanąga	hijanejega	mąigujanąga	t’ehis’aže.
his mother	he took her part, and	the other one	he shot with an arrow, and	he would kill her.

* the dot (i) following the n is probably either a slip of the pen, or a blemish on the paper.

e Ki.	di Ke.	wK Ai dAe dAe dAe K.*	di Ke	tto l A.	Ai ni L.
Égi	žigé	Wąk Hišešega	žigé	jobą́hą	hinira
And	[again]	Shaggy Man	also	four times	his brother

* this has one too many dAe (še) syllables.

tee K L Kiy n K.	Kii Ki ra de.	e Ki.	Ai te KL.	de rKe	e ra de	e ra de
t’ekaragianąga	k’įgis’aže.	Égi	hitegᵉra	žesge	es’áže,	es’áže.
he killed, and	he would pack him.	And	his uncle	that	he would say,	he would say.

Ai Ko tt Ko	e K.	Ai te KL	e	de rKe	e de	e ra de.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi di Ke.
Higųjagu	ega,	hitegᵉra	e	žesge	éže,	es’áže.	Égi	hagoreižige,
Whatever	that he said,	his uncle	he	that	he said,	he would say.	And	one day again,

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wK Ai dAe dAe K	we de.	de tt n xitti	n ni	Ai tti Ke Le Ktte n.	te K K.
Wąk Hišešega	wéže,	žejanaxjį*	ną́nį	hįjikerekjeną.	Tegaga
Shaggy Man	he said,	"It's about time,	mother,	we should go home.	Uncle

* elsewhere, this is always žejánaíxjį (de tt ny xitti).

w K K L Ktt lii Ko ni.	e de.	de rKe	Ai L Le Ke	w dAe Ki.	Ai dtt Ke
wągakarakjąp’igųnį,"	éže	Žesge	hirarege,	wašégi,	hišją́ge,
he must be expecting us,"	he said.	"That	if it is your desire,	[if you say it,]	[well then,]

de rKe Kette Ko ni	e de.	e Ki.	we de.	wK Ai dAe dAe K.	tt tti.
žesgekjegųnį,"	éže.	Égi	wéže,	Wąk Hišešega,	"Jaji,
it shall be so,"	she answered.	Then	he said,	Shaggy Man,	"Father,

Ai ni A L.	A K L Ki do	A Ke Le Kette n.	e	te K K.	e	A tt Ktte n.
hinihara	hakarakižu	hakerekjeną,	e	tegaga	e	hajakjeną,"
my brother	with me	I want to take,	so that	my uncle	he	he might see him,"

e de.	A K K rKeyi d.	Ai niKi A xitti	tt Ko	de e.	Ai L Ki rKe L tte de.
éže.	"Hagagasgeižą,	hinįkhaxjį,	jagú	žee	hirakisgeraježe.
he said.	"Oh my,	my son,	[how]	[this]	he is not like you.

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tt rKe	A Ai	w Kidi Ke tt	Ai Kette de	e de.	de Ko Ko
Jasgé	hahi	wąkšigéja	hikježe?"	éže.	"Žegųgų,
What	[over there]	among the humans	he will do?"	he said.	"But nevertheless,

tt tti	A K L Ki do	A Ke Le Kette n.	Aoyi diAili	A Ki do	A o Ki di.
jaji	hakarakižu	hakerekjeną,	hoišíp	hakižu	ha’ųgiži,
[father,]	with me	I want to take,	always	with him	[if I do,]

tt Ko Ki	Ai Lo Ai Le	Ao we Kette de	e de.	a nK Koo
jagugi	hirohire	howekježe?"	éže.	Anąk’ų,
what	harm	that could come to him?"	he said.	Finally,

L xoAo LoKo deAe.	e Ki.	wK no n K.	we de.	Ai niKi A xitti.	A rK
raxurukše.	Égi	wąknunąka	wéže,	"Hinįkhaxjį,	hasga,
he got his consent.	[Then]	the old man	he said,	"My son,	[anyhow,]

w di tt Ai	de Le de.	te tt Ki	L tti Ktte de.	ey di.	A Ko Ley d.
wažįjahį	žereže.	tejąkí	rajikježe.	Eiži	hagoreižą
not a common thing	[to go,]	often	you should come.	But	when

w Kidi Ko i L.	ni Ki de tt wi Ki di.	L Ki Li Ktt wi n.	Ai teKe L K	dKe
wąkšigo’įra	nįgižejąhiwigiži,*	rakirikjawiną,	hitékraga	šge
your life	whenever it is ended,	you may return,	your uncle	also,"

* < nįge-hižejąhi-wi-giži.

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e de.	e Ki.	A Koyi Le de.	Ai ni L	A K L Ki do.	Ai teKe	Ai Le L.
éže.	Égi	haguireže.	Hinira	hakarakižu,	hitek	hirera.
he said.	Then	they came homeward.	His brother	[together with him,]	uncle	they came to.

e tt	A Ki Li Le de.	Ao Ao	Ai ttAo dKe ni K L	Ko no ni xitti K tt
Éja	hagirireže.	"Hohó,	hicųšgénįkara	kunųnį́xjįgają,
There	[they returned.]	"Ah,	my nephew	when I was getting very lonesome for you,

L Ki Li n	e de.	e Ki.	we de.	te K.	te e	ne	Ai ni A n.	A K L Ki do
rakiriną,"	éže.	Égi	wéže,	"Téga,	tee	ne	hinihana	hakarakižu,
you came,"	he said.	Then	he said,	"Uncle,	this	I	my older brother	with me

A Ki Li n	e de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttAo dKe A L.	wK	w xtt xitti d.
hakiríną,"	éže.	"Hohó,	hicų́šgehára	wąk	waxjaxjįžą
I have brought home,"	he said.	"Ah,	my nephew	fellow	a funny

Ai ni	Ai de tte L	e de.	de Ko	A K Ki ttAe dA n	w Lo a de.
hinį́	hižejera,"	éže.	Žegų	hagakicešaną	waruaže.
brother	he has,"	he said.	And	each in turn	he held.*

* the translation has, "and each in turn he would on his lap."

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wo xeAe te	w K L Ki de.	Ai no li Ke	Ai Ko	Ai dKe	Ai noKo Kn K
woxéte	wakarakíže,	hinų́bike.	Higų	hišgé	hinųknąka
He loved	[to be with them,]	both of them.	[And]	also	the woman

dKe	de rKe de.	Ay ni K tt.	we L Ki.	Ay ni xitti niKi.	w Ki d.
šge	žesgeže.	Hainigáją,	weraki,	hainixjįnįk,	wąkižą
[also]	she was the same.	In the morning,	[unexpectedly,]	[very] early,	a man

Aoyi rii tti nK deAe.	Ki K L reAe reAe l n K.	wK Ai deAe dAe KL.
hois’įjinąkše.	Kikarasesebanąga	"Wąk Hišešegᵉra
he peeped in.	His face was blackened, and he said,	"Shaggy Man

Ki o	ni Ki K L Ae A tti n.	e de.	Aowo.	e de.	w Kn K	we de.
ki’ų	nįgikarahe hajiną,"	éže.	"Howo,"	éže.	Wągᵉnąka	wéže,
a game	you are challenged,"	he said.	"Alright,"	he said.	[The man]	he said,

Ao Ao	Ai ttAo dKe wi L.	Ai tt	Ai t tte	w o wiy tte	e de.	A Ai a
"Hohó,	hišųsgewira,	hija	hitaje	wa’ųwiąje,"	éže.	"Hahia,
"Ah,	my nephews,	[there]	mightily	[we must do,"]	he said.	"Oh yes,

te K	Ai Ki leAe L ri Le Ktt n Ae n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai ni L.
téga,	hikiperesirekjanaheną,"	éže.	Égi	hinira
uncle,	we will let them know,"	he said.	Then	his older brother

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A K L Ki dow n K.	A Ly Le de.	Ai ni L.	Ao ttA Ke Le	m ni Ki Kiy n K.
hakarakižuanąga	haraíreže.	Hinira	hocągére	mąnį́gigianąga
with him, and	they started.	His brother	[with difficulty]	he was made to walk, and

A Ai Le de.	A Ao	Ai Kow n	Ae Le Ktte n	ay Le de.	A Ao.
hahireže.	"Hąhó,	higuą́ną	herekjeną,"	aíreže.	"Hąhó,
they arrived.	"Come,	[immediately]	let us begin,"	they said.	"Now then,

wK Ai deAe deAe KL.	Ai Ki w no Ktt ni A wi n.	ay Le de.	Ao tty	e de.
Wąk Hišešegᵉra,	hikiwanukjanihawiną,"	aíreže.	"Hojai,"	éže.
Shaggy Man	we will race,"	they said.	"Alright,"	he said.

A A.	Lo Ai Le Ki	Ai o Ktt ni A wi n	ay Le de.	A A	Lo Ai Le Ki.
"Hąhą́,	rohiregi	hi’ųkjanihawiną,"	aíreže.	"Hąhą́,	rohiregi.
["Alright,	[our bodies]	they will be the stakes,"	they said.	["Alright,	[our bodies.]

de e	tt rKe	w L K wi.	Ai K K.	A K.	te K K.	de rKe	a ni n.
žee	jasgé	waragawi?	Hįkaga	haga	tegaga	žesge	anįną
[That]	what	you mean?	Never	[ever]	uncle	[this sort of thing]	he did not say.

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w Ki lA no L.	Lo Ai Le Ki	w Ki t	Ai K K.	te K K.	a ni n.
Wagipanura	rohiregi	wagita	hįkaga	tegaga	anįną
The race	[our bodies]	[to ask]	never	uncle	he did not say.

Lo Ai	Ao ni A i wi Ki di.	tt Ko	wi Low Ko Ktt wi de	e de.
Rohi	honihiwigiži,	jagú	wiroagukjawiže,"	éže.
Your bodies	if we were to win,	what	we would do with them?"	he said.

A Ao	Ko te	di Ke	liAi xitti	Ki o L	woyi dA L n.
"Hąhó,	koté,	žigé	pįxjį	ki’ųra	woišaraną.
"Ah come on,		again	[very good]	the game	[you are denigrating.]

w KL	Ki Ki oyi Le K.	w d	de rKe	ay Le ra de.
Wągᵉra	kiki’ųirega,	wąžą	žesge	aires’aže.
Men	when they wager,	thing	[of this sort]	[they are always saying.]

tt Ko	o	w ni Ai Le L	tte de.	Ai Ky Le de.	Ai Ao
Jagú	’ų?	Waníhirera	jéže?"	higaíreže.	"Hiho,
What	[to do?]	Coward	he is?"	they said to him.	"Alright,

e Ki.	Ai o Ktt wi n.	e de.	di Ke.	e dA n	Kotto	n i ne de.
égi	hi’ųkjawiną,"	éže.	Žigé	éšaną	guc	na'įneže.
then	we'll do it,"	he said.	Then	him only	to bet	they tried.

Ai ni L.	Ai Ki	w dtt Ki Le de.	di Ke.	e tt.	e xitti.	di Ke.
Hinira	higi	wašjakireže.	Žigé	éja	exjį	žigé
His brother	[here]	they left out.	Again	there	[in spite of all,]	again

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Ai ni L	Ai L rA	wi Ki Kotto	n i Ki di.	i tt.	a tt o	w L xoAo LoKo dAe.
hinira	hirasá	wikigúc	ną’įgiži,	įja	aja’ų	waraxurukše.
his brother	also	to bet with them	when he tried,	[mouth]	finally*	[he persuaded them.]†

* or "saying this".
† this sentence is translated, "so there again, he had a dispute with them. He wanted to bet his brother also and finallly they consented."

e rKe.	Ai no li Ke	Ko tt L wi de.	A Ao.	A ttA n K
Ésge	hinų́bike	gujarawiže.	"Hąhó,	hacąnąka
So	each	they had a bet against them.	"Now then,	which

w Ki t Ktt n A wi de.	wiy Ki reKe xitti	w Ki t Ktt n A wi K tt.	e de.
wagitakjanahawiže.	Wiyakisgexjį	wagitakjanahawigają,"	éže.
[we will tell it.]	About the same size as us,	[we will tell it.]	he said.

te e	w L Ki dA L Ktt ni A wi n.	ay Le de.	Ai tt	tti tte	w Ai Le K tt.
"Tee	waragišarakjanihawiną,"	aíreže.	Hija	jije	wą́hirégają
"These	they are the ones you are to run against,"	they said.	There	to stand	[they went, and]

Lo K n xitti L.	no liAi wi	w Ky Le de.	Aotto	a	reAe Lette	xeAe te xitti L
rokanaxjįra	nųpiwi	wagaíreže.	Hųc	a	sérec	xetexjįra
very great ones	a pair	they meant.	Bear	[arms]	long	[very large]

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no liAi wi	w K nK deAe.	Lo K n K tt	te e	w Ki lA no wi Ki di.
nųpiwi	wagánąkše.	Rokanągają	tee	wagipanuwigiži,
a pair	they meant.	It would be a very great act,	[these]	if we ran against them, but

tt Ko	te de reKe xitti	Ki w no	liAiy tt wi de.	tt rKe rKe	A wiy n K.	te e
jagú	težesgexjį	kiwánų	pįają́wiže?*	Jasgesge†	hawianąga	tee
how	[in any way]	to run	we could do well?	[How]	we are to do, and	this

* < pį-hają́wiže, translated as, "we could with them".
† this is a hapaxlegomenon, but it is also untranslated.

w Ki t Ktt wi de	e de.	Ai K K.	te K K.	w Ki lA no L.	xeAe te xitti	Ai L
wagitakjawiže,"	éže.	"Hįkaga	tegaga	wagipanura	xetexjį	hira
[we will tell it,"]	he said.	"Never	uncle	to run a race	[very large ones]	[he did,]

no ni Ke.	de Ko	w Ki t a ni n.	wiy Ki rKe xitti	w Ki lA no n	e doAo no n.
nųnįgé	žegų	wagitanįną.	Wiyakisgexjį	wagipanuna,	ešųnųną,"
but	[then]	[I did not ask him.]	About the same size as us,	to run the race,	[he used to say,"]

e de.	a tt o.	di Ke.	w Ai Le de	Ai Ky Le Ki di.	L riKi riKi	Ai Le Ki di.
éže.	Aja’ų,	žigé	wahireže.	Higaíregiži,	rasiksik	hiregiži
he said.	Finally,	again	they did it.	When they called him,	angry	it made him, and

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de Ko	o Ktte	e de.	Ai o Ktt wi n.	tt Ko	e de.	A ttiAi tt.	Ai o Ktt n A wi de
žegų	’ųkje	éže.	"Hi’ųkjawiną,"	jagú	éže.	"Hacį́ja	hi’ųkjanahawiže?"
[then]	he will do	he said.	["We will do it,"]	[what]	he said.	"Where	we will run?"

e de.	Ao rK	xAe te	me Ki	Ai o Ktt ni A wi n.	ay Le de.
éže.	Hosgá	xete	mégi	hi’ųkjanihawiną,"	aíreže.
he said.	Open country	[large]	over here	[we will do it,"]	they said.

Ao rK	a n K.	ni Ke	e tt.	n xA tt.	n K.
Hosgá	ánąga	nįgé	éja	nąxaja	nąga
Open country	that they spoke about	a place	at	[at fallen logs]	and

w xA Le Ko	tt xitti Ki di	e tt	w K nK dAe.	Ao diAi diAiKi Kitti Ki di.
waxaregu	jaxjįgiži,	éja	wagánąkše.	Hošišikjįgiži,
briers	it is what	there	they meant.	As bad a place as could be,

e tt	w Ky Le de.	di Ke	e tt.	wK Ai dAe dAe K.	i Lo d Kde.
éja	wagaíreže.	Žigé	éja	Wąk Hišešega	irušakše.
there	they meant.	Again	there	Shaggy Man	he objected.

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te e.	A xA ttl	ayi Le n.	te K K.	w Ki lA no L.	A xA ttl.
"Tee	haxajap*	aíreną	Tegaga	wagipanura	haxajap
"This	jungle	they call.	Uncle	to run a race	jungle

* this looks as if it were probably A xA tl (haxatap) which by Helmbrecht-Lehmann is given to mean, "brush, growth, woods, thick woods," were it not repeated again four words on, with tt clearly in place of t.

w xA Le Ko tty tt.	A o wi	Ai K K	a ni n.	te e.	Ai Ke
waxaregujaįja	ha’ųwi,	hįkaga	anįną.	Tee	hįké
with briers	we did,	never	he did not say.	This	not

Ao rK	ay L ni n.	Ai dKe	te de rKe L.	xA t lL	y K wi doAo no n.
hosgá	airanįną	Hišgé	težesgera	xatabᵉra	yakawišųnųną,"
open country	they do not call.	Also	them	thickets	[we would call,"]

e de.	di Ke.	a nK Koo	L xoAo Lo Ki Le de.	K tt K.	A Aowo
éže.	Žigé	anąk’ų,	raxurugireže.	Gająga,	"Hahowo,"
he said.	[Again]	finally,	[they persuaded him.]	So now	[exclamation]*

* this sentence is translated as, "So now they gave the signal with a shout and they started out."

ay Le Ki di.	no w Ki Le de.	de Ko.	Aotto n KeLe.	to we
airegiži,	nųwąkireže.	Žegų	hųjᵉnągᵉre	towe
they called, and	they started out.	[Then]	the bears	[to go in a certain direction,]

ttAo r Ly Le de.	wK Ai deAe deAe K.	Ai deKe	xA t le tt.
cusaraíreže.*	Wąk Hišešega	hišgé	xatapeja
they went making a noise of breaking sticks.	Shaggy Man	also	the timber

* < cus-haraíreže. Helmbrechtt-Lehmann has cucús, "sound of a breaking twig, sound of a small clock tick, crackling sound," which now looks like a reduplication of cus.

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Ao Ke we	n i K tt	Lo da Ki di.	A Ktt	A Ki xele n K n K.	Ao rK L
hoikéwe	ną’įgają,	ruš’agiži,	hakjá	hakixebᵉnąkanąga	hosgara
to enter	he tried, but	he could not, so	back	he came out, and	in the open prairie

Ao Ki nK deAe.	de Ko.	Aiy n K.	xA t lL	e tt	ni Ke.	Ao wi wiri
hóginąkše.	Žegų	hianąga	xatabᵉra	éja	nįge	howiwis
he ran.	Thus	he did, and	timber	where	[the place]	it was narrowing

n di Ki di.	e tt.	wi L leAe de.	te we L Ki.	xeAe te n K.	Ai d
nąžįgiži,	éja	wirapeže.	Tewéraki,	xetenąka	hižą́
[they stood, and]	there	they waited.	[Unexpectedly,]	the big ones	one of them

A Ki	xele Ko de.	K tt.	m L	Ko Lo r n K.	m L.	Ai L w A de.
hagi	xepguže.	Gają	mąra	kurusanąga	mąra	hirawahaže.
[to return]	[he came out.]	And	arrow	he took out, and	[the arrow]	he directed towards him.

K tt	m ni	tti Le de.	di Ki tt ney K	Ki o de.	di Ke	m ni
Gają	mąnį́	jireže.	Žigijaneąka	ki’ųže.	Žigé	mąnį́
And	to walk	he began.	And also the other one	he did it.	And	to walk

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tti Le de.	de Ko.	Ai Ki di.	Ai ni L.	n ttiri n Ki di.	wo xeAe Le de.
jireže.	Žegų	higiži,	hinira	nąjizᵉną́kiži,	woxereže.
he began.	Thus	when he did,	his brother,	who was behind,	he caught up to them.

di Ke	no Ki wK deAe.	de Ko	Aiy n K.	di Ke	ttAo we L.
Žigé,	nųgíwąkše.	Žegų,	hianąga	žigé	cowéra
Again	[he began to run.]	Thus	[he did, and]	again	ahead

Ao no wK deAe.	di Ke	e tt.	Ao wi wiri	n di Ki di	e tt.	wi L leAe de.	di Ke.
honųąkše.	Žigé	éja	howiwis	nąžįgiži,	éja	wirapeže.	Žigé,
he ran.	Again	there	narrow place	there was, and	there	they waited.	Again,

tt tti ne tt.	Ai tt.	ttAo r	Koyi Le de.	di Ke	xeAe te n K.	Ai d
jajineją,	hija	cusa	guireže	Žigé	xetenąka	hižą́
right away,	there	breaking through the thicket	they came.	Again	large one	a

Ko de.	m L.	di Ke	Ko Lo riKi ni de.	my L	w A de.
guže.	Mąra	žigé	kurusginįže.	Mąira	wahaže.
[he came.]	His arrow	again	[he had already taken.]	His arrow	he held it towards him.

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Ai dttyi Lo doAotto	my	ni Ko tti Ktt n Ae n	e Ki di.	de Ko xitti
"Hišjairušųc,	mąį	nįgujikjenaheną,"	égiži	žegųxjį
"Look askance at me,	with my arrow	I will shoot you,"	he said, and	[right off]

m ni	tti Le de.	di Ki tt ney K	Ki Li Ki di.	di Ke	Ki o Ki di.	di Ke
mąnį́	jireže.	Žigijaneąka	kirigiži,	žigé	ki’ųgiži,	žigé
to walk	he began.	The other one	when he came up,	[again]	he did it, and	[again]

m ni	tte Le de.	e tt.	Ai ni L.	wy xA de.	de de Ko*	tto l A
mąnį́	jereže.	Éja	hinira	waixaže.	Žežegų,	jobą́hą
to walk	he began.	There	his brother	he passed them.	Thus,	four times

* the second de has an inappropriate period after it.

w Ki Ki de.	Ai tto l A L.	Ai ni L.	w n ttiri Ki de.	e tt.
wagigiže.	Hijobą́hąrá	hinira	wanąjisgiže.	Éja
he did to them.	The fourth time	his brother	he was ahead of them.	There

w K L ni L.	A Ki Le de.	w n tti riwi de.	L xotto	n i L
wagaranira	hagireže.	Waną́jizwìže.	Raxųc	ną’įra
the goal	[they came to.]	They won.	To dispute	they were trying

no ni Ke.	de Ko	w n rKl deAe.	e Ki.	de tt K.	w wo Ai wi K.
nųnįgé	žegų	wanąsgapše.	Égi	žejąga	wawohiwiga,
but	thus	[he overcame them.]*	And	[then]	the ones they won,

* the translation has, "he talked them out of it."

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tee	w K L Ki Ktt n Ae de.*	w Ki w no wi K.	e	Ae Le Le de.
t’e	wakaragikjanaheže.	Wakiwanuwiga,	e	herereže
to kill	they were going to do it to them.	The ones he had raced against,	them	they were.

* there is an inappropriate period after Ki.

e Ki.	e Ki.	e tt	n di	w Ki Ki de.	A Lo ttAe	n di	diAi de.
Égi	égi	éja	nązį	wagigiže.	Harucé	nązį	šiže.
[And]	[then]	there	to stand up	he did to them.	Sideways	to stand up	he told them.

A Lo ttAe	n di Ki di.	m L.	A[i] L w A n K.	m ttoKo L.
Harucé	nązįgiži,	mąra	hirawahanąga	mącgúra
Sideways	when he stood,	his arrow	he directed at him, and	the bow

Lo ri Kitti K tt.	we de.	A A A.	Ke ni.	liAi Ai	n di Le.
ruzikjįgają,	wéže,	"Ha! ha! ha!	keni	pįhi	nązįre,"
he bent far back, and	he said,	"O! O! O!	wait,	better	they stand,"

Ai Ke de.	di Ki Ko.	Ko tti Kette	ni rKe K tt.	A A A.
higeže.	Žigígų	gujikje	nisgegają,	"Ha! ha! ha!
he said.	Again	[he would shoot]	he was about to,	"O! O! O!

Ke ni.	K Ko	ttA	n di Le.	Ai Ke de.	a tt o.	xK	Ai de.
keni	gagų́	cą	nązįre,"	higeže.	Aja’ų,	ǧak	hiže.
wait,	thus	[instead]	they stand,"	he said.	Finally,	to weep	he did.

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Ai dtt ni L.	roAo xeAe te xitti	Ao w n n	de Ke Le.	ni Ke dKe.
Hišjanį́ra	ruxetexjį*	howanąną.	"Žegere,	nįgéšge
The tears	big drops	they rolled down.	"Well,	[not even]

* this appears to be from rux-xete-xjį.

w d	w ni doAo deAe Ke.	Lo Ai Le Ki	Ai L Ki doo n	dii
wažą	wanišušege,	rohiregi	hįragiš’ųną,	š’i?"
this	if you were not brave enough,	your body	you put up for me,	you did?"

d ny n.	a n K.	my Kotto dAe.	a xo Ky tt.	o Ke Le Ki di.	m L.
šanainą,	anąga	mąigucšé,	aǧogaija	okéreže.*	Mąra
he said (?)	and	he shot him,	under the arm	he put it.	The arrow

* an initial /h/ has been lost through external sandhi.

rA ni Ke tt.	rA L	Ai Le Ai de.	m ni	tti L n K.	e tt	K Le de.
sanįgéja	sara	hirehireže.	Mąnį	jiránąga	éja	kąréže.
the other side	[striking]	[it was sent.]	Steps	he went, and	there	he fell down.

di Ki tt ne tte K	Ki o de.	di Ke	x Ki Ki	dA n	e Ki.
Žigijanejega	ki’ųže.	Žigé,	ǧakigi	šana,	égi
Then the other one	he did.	[Again,]	he made him weep	[only after,]	then

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tee Ai de.	di Ki Lo xey n K.	Kotto deAe.	de Ko.	Ai wi Ki di.
t’ehiže.	Žigiroǧeanąga	gucše.	Žegų	hiwigiži,
he killed him.	He also jeered at him, and	he shot him.	[Then]	when they got through,

Ai d.	Aotto n K.	Lo x l n K.	Lo Ai L.	m rA n de.	e Ki.
hižą́	hųjnąka	ruǧapanąga	ruhíra	mąsąnąže.*	Égi
one of them	the bears	he skinned, and	its ribs	he cut out.	Then

* < mąs-sąną-že, mąs, "iron"; and sąną, "to fall out."

wi w roAo no	ow n K.	Ai d	w roAo no de.	Lo Ai rA ni Ki di.	de e.
wiwasunų	’ųanąga	hižą́	wasunųže.	ruhisanįgiži,	žee
broiler	he made, and	one	he broiled,	one side of its ribs, and	this

Ko Lo tt n K.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai te Ki Ai L.	Ao ttL.	ni Ki K ni Ai Ke Le Kette n.
kurujanąga	Égi	wéže,	"Hitekihira	hų́jᵉra	nįgiganihikerekjeną,"
he ate, and	[then]	[he said,]	"Our uncle	bear	let us take him a piece,"

* < nįge-higani-hikere-kje-ną.

e de.	e Ki	w o de.	Ai deKe	Lo d l n K.	Lo Ai L.	w Lo r n K.
éže.	Égi	wa’ųže.	hišgé	ružapanąga	ruhíra	warusanąga
he said.	Then	he did this,	also	he skinned, and	the ribs	he took out, and

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w Ae o de.	e Ki.	Ai ni L.	Ai d	Kii	Ki Ki de.
wahe’ųže.	Égi	hinira	hižą́	k’į	gigiže.
he packed them in a bundle.	Then	his brother	one of them	to pack	he made.

Ai deKe	Ai d	Kii de.	Ai ni L.	Lo ttA Ke Le	m ni
Hišgé	hižą́	k’įže.	Hinira	rocągᵉre	mąnį
Also	one of them	he packed.	His brother	on his hind legs	to walk

Ki Kiy n K.	Ai deKe.	wi Kii	Ki Ki de.	Ai teKe
gigianąga	hįšgé	wik’į	gigiže.	Hitek
he would make him, and	basswood bark	to bundle it	he made.	Uncle

Ai Le L.	Ao xtt n Ki di.	n tteKe wo ttiAi Ki di	A Ke	Ao mi nK
hirera,	hoxjanągiži,	nącge wocigiži,	hąké	homįną́k
their,	in the evening,	he worried, and	not	seat

Ki liAi ni nK Koo.	A Ki Le de.	A Ao.	te K.	Aott	ni Ki Kii
gipįnįnąk’ų,	hagireže.	"Hąhó,	téga	hųc	nįgik’į
he could not sit still, when	they arrived home.	"Now then,	uncle,	bear	[a piece to pack]

A Ki Li wi n	e de.	A Ao.	Ai ttAo deKe w A L.	A K w d.
hakiriwiną,"	éže.	"Hąhó,	hicųšgewahara,	hagáwažą
[we have come home,"]	he said.	"Ah,	my nephews,	how

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liAi Ai K L Ki	Ai Leyi d[e].	e de.	e tt	Ai tKe	Ai Le L.
pį́hįkaragi	hireiže,"*	éže.	Éja	hitek	hirera
they have treated me well	[they have,"]	he said.	There	uncle	their

* presumably this should be for hire-hi-že.

Aotto	Lo ttL	o xitti de.	di Ke	tt tti ne tt.	A Ae Ki di.	di Ki d
hųc	rujᵉra	’ųxjįže.	Žigé	jajineją,	hąhegiži,	žigižą
bear	[eating]	[he did much.]	Even	right away,	the next evening,	[another one]

tt Ki ne de.	A Ao.	wK Ai dAe dAe KL.	Ki o	ni Ki KA L	Ae Le n.
jagineže.	"Hąhó,	Wąk Hišešegᵉra,	ki’ų	nigikarahereną,"	heréną,
he came.	"Say,	Shaggy Man,	to game	you are challenged,"	he was,

e de.	A Ao.	e de.	Ay ni Ki di	di Ke	tt tti ne tt	A Ly Le de.
éže.	"Hąhó,"	éže.	Hainigiži,	žigé	jajineją,	haraíreže.
he said.	"Alright,"	he answered.	In the morning,	again	right away,	they went.

A Ai Le Ki di.	wy Le de.	A Ao	wK Ai deAe dAe KL.	A Ai li tti Ke.
Hahíregíži,	waíreže,	"Hąhó,	Wąk Hišešegᵉra,	Hahipijige
When they got there,	they said,	"Now then,	Shaggy Man,	a ball game

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o A ni K L ttiAi Ktt ni A wi n	ay Le de.	Ao ttiy.	y Ki reKe xitti
’ųhanikaracikjanihawiną,"	aíreže.	"Hojiá,	yakísgexjį
we will try you over,"	they said.	"Alright,	our size

w Ki t Ktt n A wi K tt	e de.	di Ke	Lo K n xitti L	no liAi wi	Ai tt tti wi de.
wagitakjanahawigają,"	éže.	Žigé	rokanaxjįra	nųpiwi	hijajiwiže.
[we will tell it,"]	he said.	Again	great big ones	two of them	they came up.

Lo K n K tt.	te e	w Kii t wi Ki di	e de.	A Ao.	te Ki.
"Rokanągają	tee	wak’įtawigiži,"	éže.	"Hąhó,	tégi
"It would be a great,	these	if they gamed with us,"	he said.	"Ah come on,	over here

Ae Le Ktt n Ae n.	ay Le de.	ttA deKe Ko	xeAe te xitti d.	e tt	n di Ki di
herekjanaheną,"	aíreže.	cašgégu	xetexjįžą	éja	nąžįgiži,
it will be,"	they said.	Oak tree	a big one	there	it stood, and

e tt	w Ky Le de.	Ae Le Ktt n Ae de	e de.	w Ki Ki L.	Ai tt
éja	wagaíreže.	"Herekjanaheže,"	éže.	Wagigira	hija
where	they meant.	["It shall be so,"]	[he said.]*	[To do it]	[there]

* this sentence is untranslated.

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A n A tti Le de.	ttAiyo K nK KL.	i ni	reAe leKe	xeAe teyi d.	w K nK deAe.
hanahajíreže.	ciokąnągᵉra	įnį́	sepge	xeteižą	wagánąkše.
[they came.]*	The ball	stone	black kind	a big one	they meant.

* the translation has, "When it was time they brought the ball out and sat it down".

we de.	A Ke	te e	Lo a	to xoAo LoKo ni Ktt n A wi n.	e de.	Ai tt
Wéže,	"Hąké	tee	ruą́	toxurugᵉnįkjanahawiną,"	éže.	Hija
He said,	"Not	this	to lift	we will not be able,"	he said.	There

Lo ttK K tt	dKe.	A Ke	Lo a ni de.	Ko te	te de rKe
rucgagają,	šge	hąké	ruąnįže.	"Koté,	težesge
[he held it, but]	[also]	not	he did not lift it.	[Exclamation]	this kind

* I know of no other case in which -že, used to terminate sentences, ever occurs after -gi, meaning, "if". I take it to mean that he paused in the middle of a sentence (at the end of a dependent clause).

Ai doo wi ra Ki de.	Ai L Koo wi Ki di.	A K K.	te K K.	me de rKe
hiš’ųwis’agiže,	hirak’ųwigiži.	Hąkagá	tegaga	mežesge
you best use it yourselves,	if you use it.	Never	uncle	this way

a ni n.	A Ai li tti Ke	A o wi L.	i ni d	y o wi n.	Ai K K.
anįną,	Hahipijigᵉre	ha’ųwira	įnį́žą	ya’ųwiną.	Hįkaga
he did not speak,	a ball game	[they were doing]	a stone	we used.	Never

a ni n.	w xi xi	y o wi n.	e doAo no n.	e de.	di Ke
anįną,	waxįxį	ya’ųwiną,	ešųnųną,"	éže.	Žigé
he did not speak,	ball	we used,	he used to say,"	he said.	Again

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a t[t] o.	L xoAo Lo Ki Le de.	w Ki L wi de.	ttAo ni.	Aotto
aja’ų,	raxurugireže.	Wakirawiže.	Coni	hųc
finally,	they coaxed him into it.	They played with them.	First	bears

a	reAe Lette n K.	Ai tti ne de.	w K L ni L.	Ao tti ne Ki di.
a	serejᵉnąka	hijineže.	Wagaranira	hojínegiži,
legs	the long ones	they threw.	The pole	when they struck,

w K L ni L.	Ai K L Ki.	o Ai Le de.	Ai dK K.	Ao tti de.
wagaranira	hikaragí	’ųhireže.	Hišgaga	hojíže.
the goal	to touch	they did.	[It was his turn]	[to strike.]*

* this sentence was not translated.

wK Ai dAe dAe K.	n L	A lA de.	Ao ttn KeLe.	w K L ni L.
Wąk Hišešega,	nąra	hapáže.	Hųjᵉnągᵉre	wagaranira
Shaggy Man,	[the wood]	he hit it.	The bears	their goals

dK	Ai Le de.	ny d	Ae Le de.	Ai L	Ke we tt
šgą	hireže.	Nąižą	hireže.	Hira	keweją
to make for	they did.	A tree	it was.	They were going	to get there

Ki ni li L n K.	rA ni Ke tt.	Aoyi rii	Ai Le K tt.	e tt.
ginįbiranąga	sanįgéja	hois’į	hiregają	éja
[they bunched up, and]	[to the other side]	to peep out	they did, and	there

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wi L lAe xittiy n K.	e tt	wy rAK ra de.	A Ke	lAi ni L n.	tt Ko
wirapexjįanąga	éja	waisaks’aže.	"Hąké	pįnįraną.	Jagú
they waited for him, and	there	he would kill them.	"Not	you did not do right.	As

w K L ni L.	Ai Ki o	Ai L n K.	w w L Ki doo n.	ay L	no ni Ke.
wagaranira	higi’ų	hiránąga	wawaragiš’ųną,"	aira	nųnįgé
their goal	to touch	they did, and	[you did it to them,"	they said,	but

te Ko	tee w Ai Ki ni K tt.	de Ko de.	di Ke.	Ao ttL.
tegú	t’ewahigįnįgają	žegųže.	Žigé	hų́jᵉra
as	he had already killed them,	there was no help for it.	Again	the bears

w Lo x l n K.	Lo Ai L.	wy rA n n K.	Ai dKe.	Lo d l n K.	w Kii L.
waruǧápanąga	ruhíra	waisananąga	hįšgé	ružapanąga	wak’įra
he skinned them, and	the ribs	he broke out, and	basswood	he peeled, and	packs

no liAi wi	Ae ow n K.	Ai d	dA n	Kii wiy n K	Ko wi de.
nųpiwi	he’ųwanąga	hižą́	šana	k’iwianąga	guwiže.
two	he bundled, and	one	apiece	they packed, and	they came home.

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di Ke	Ao xtt n Ki di.	Ai teKe	Ai Le L.	w Ki Kii	A Ki Le de.
Žigé,	hoxjanagiži,	hitek	hirera	wakik’į	hagireže.
Again,	in the evening,	uncle	their	packing it	they came home.

A Ke	w di	Lo K n	Ai ni de.	wK Ai dAe dAe K di.	wo LK
Hąké	wąži	rokana	hinįže.	Wąk Hišešegaži,	worak
[Not]	[things]	[many]	[he did not do.]*	Shaggy Man, in any case,	[story]

* this is translated as, "very delighted he was." The pronoun apparently refers to the uncle, and the sentence means that his nephews did all the work.

ttAo Ai nK deAe.	te de rKe	y Ke n	a nK deAe.	w K Ly xtt xitti ra de.
cųhinąkše.	"Težesge,	yageną,"	ánąkše.	Wagaraixcaxjįs’aže,
[he had.]*	"Thus,	I said to him,"	he said.	He laughed very much,

* the translation has, "The shaggy man was telling about the events of the day and ...".

Ai ttAo deKe L.	tt tti ne tt	di Ki d	tti de.	Ki o	w Ki K L Ae L.
hicųšgéra.	Jajineją	žigižą	jiže.	Ki’ų	wagikarahéra.
his nephew.	Right away	again one	he came.	To game	he challenged them.

di Ke	Ay ni Ki di.	A Ay Le de.	A Ai Le Ki di.	A Ao.	Ki o L.
Žigé	hainigiži,	hahaíreže.	Hahiregiži,	"Hąhó,	ki’ųra
Again	in the morning,	they went.	When they arrived,	"[Exclamation]	to game

A ni leAe xitti wi n.	ay Le de.	n Ki xttK Ke	Ai o Ktt ni A wi n.
hanipexjįwiną,"	aíreže.	"Nąkįxjage	hi’ųkjanihawiną,"
we have been anxiously waiting,"	they said.	"To Kick One Another	we will play,"

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ay Le de.	A Ao.	Ko te	n Ki xttK Ke	A o wi L.	w xtt n
aíreže.	"Hąhó,	koté,	Nąkįxjage	hi’ųwira.	Waxjáną,
they said.	"Well,		To Kick One Another	[we are playing.]	It is fun,

te K K	e doAo no L.	w xtt Ktt ne n.	wiy Ki rKe xitti	w Ki t wi Ki di.
tegaga	ešųnųra.	Waxjakjaneną,	wiyakisgexjį	wagitawigiži,"
uncle	he used to say.	It will be fun,	about the same size as us,	[if we say,"]

e de.	A Ao	te e	w L Ki dA L Ktt ni A wi n.	ay Le de.
éže.	"Hąhó,	tee	waragišarakjanihawiną,"	aíreže.
he said.	"Now then,	these	they are the ones you are to game with,"	they said.

Lo K n xitti L	no liAi wi	w K nK deAe.	Ki te	Lo K n K tt.
Rokanaxjįra	nųpiwi	wagánąkše.	"Kité,	rokanagają,
Great big ones	two	he meant.	"Well,	it would be a tremendous thing

te e	n Ki xttK Ke	w Ki t wi Ki di.	tt Ko.	Ao loAo Lo	L dK
tee	Nąkįxjage	wagitawigiži,	jagú	hoporo	raška
these	To Kick One Another	[if we say,]	[as]	knee	it happens

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Ai Ke	y Ki tt ni A tt wi n.	A K Ki L A.	ny xtt Ki L wi Ki di.	ny rt rtK
hįké	yakíjąnįhajawiną	Hagakírahą	naixjągirawigiži,	nąistastak
not	we do not reach.	Only once	if they kick us,	to be kicked flat

Ai Le Ktt ni A wi K tt.	e de.	K tt K	te e di	y Ki rKe xitti
hirekjanįhawiną,"	éže.	"Gająga,	teeži,	yakisgexjį
they would make us,"	he said.	"This time,	[of course,]	the same size

w Ki t wi Ki	d n	A o Ktt n A wi n	e de.	di Ke	a nK Koo	L xoAo LoKo
wagitawigi,	šana	ha’ųkjanahawiną,"	éže.	Žigé,	anąk’ų,	raxuruk
[if we say,]	[only]	we will do,"	he said.	Again,	finally,	to coax

Ai Le de.	K tt K.	w Ki L wi de.	Ai Ke	w d	de rK ni de.
hireže.	Gająga,	wakirawiže.	Hįké	wažą	žesganįže.
he was.	So	they started into the game.	Not	anything	it was not like.

Kiyr L	d n xitti	oyi Le de.	de tt K.	Ai Ke	w d	de rK ni K.
Giasra	šanaxjį	’ųįreže.	Žejąga,	hįké	wažą	žesganįga,
To dodge	[nothing but]	they did.	Finally,	not	anything	when it was not like,

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we ra de.	my ni Ko tti Ktt ne n.	e K	Ki Lo dtt	Ai L wi ra de.
wes’aže,	"Maįgujikjaneną."	Ega,	girušją	hirawis’aže.
he would say,	"I will shoot you with an arrow."	When he said,	to let up on him	they would do.

A Ko Leyi d.	we de.	wK Ai dAe dAe K.	w Ko tte riAi K L.	liAi Ai
Hagoreižą,	wéže	Wąk Hišešega,	"Wagujésiką́ra	pįhí
Finally,	he said	Shaggy Man,	"My moccasin strings	[to make right]

y K L Ki deKe Ktt n.	n K L dKe n	e de.	e Ki.	w o de.	m L.
yakarakiškekjaną,	nąkaraškeną,"	éže.	Égi	wa’ųže:	mąra
I will tie them up,	they are untied,"	he said.	Then	[he did this:]	arrow

Ai d.	Ai m rl Le	Aiy n K.	riAi Ke Le tteKe tt.	Ai L Lo riKi tt n K.
hižą́	himązapare	hianąga	sikerejᵉgeja	hirarusgijanąga
one of them	to cut off a point	he did, and	his heel	he tied it to it, and

n n K ttiy n K.	Ai d	Lo Ai xittiye tt.	n xttK deAe.	e tt	m tte K.
nąnąkjianąga	hižą́	ruhixjįeja	nąkjákše.	Éja	mąjega
he came running, and	one of them	in the ribs	he kicked.	There	the arrow

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Ao n tt de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ko L.	w d	Ay dK tti Ko	e de.	di Ke
honąją́že.	Égi	wéže,	"Korá,	wažą	haišgajigu,"	éže.	Žigé
he forced it in.	And	he said,	"Well,	[some]	I have hurt him,"	he said.	Again

o de.	Ai tt ne tte K.	di Ke	Ki o de.	Ai no li Ke	tee w Ai de.	di Ke.
’ųže,	hijanejega.	Žigé	ki’ųže.	Hinų́bike	t’ewahíže.	Žigé
he did it,	the other one.	Again	he did it.	Both of them	he killed them.	Again

w wi Ki deAe Le de.	Ao ttL.	ni Ke	dA n	Kii wiy n K	tti K L wi de.
wawigišereže.	Hųjᵉra	nįgé	šana	k’iwianąga	jikarawiže.
he dressed them.	The bears	piece	each	they packed, and	they went home.

Ai teKe	Ai Le L.	Aotto	Ki Kii	A Ki Le de.	di Ke	Ki liAi L	Lo K n de.
Hitek	hirera	hųc	kik’į	hagireže.	Žigé	gipinira	rokanaže.
Uncle	their	bear	to pack	they went home.	Again	delighted	he was very much.

di Ke.	wo KL.	Lo K n	w nK dAe.	Ai te KL.	wo Ki LK nK deAe.
Žigé	worágᵉra	rokana	wanąkše,	hitegᵉra	wogiragᵉnąkše.
Again	stories	many	he said,	his uncle	he was telling them.

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tt tti ne tt.	di Ki d	tt[i] Ki ni de.	Ki o	w Ki K L Ae L.	di Ke
Jajineją	žigižą	jigįnįže.	Ki’ų	wagikarahéra.	Žigé
Right away	again one	he came.	To game	he challenged them.	Again

Ay ni Ki di.	A Ly L Ki ni de.	Ai ni L	ttAo K L Ke Le.	A Ai Le Ki di.
hainigíži,	harairaginįže.	Hinira	cokarakere	hahiregiži,
in the morning,	they went.	His brother	[following]	when they came,

wy Le de.	A Ao.	A ni lAe xitti	A tt wi n.	niyo Ki w ttiAili Ke
waíreže,	"Hąhó,	hanipexjį	hają́winą.	Nįokiwacibᵉge
they said,	["Exclamation]	to wait anxiously	we have been.	Dunk One Another in the Water

Ai o Ktt K ni A wi n.	ay Le de.	di Ke	w wi Ki rKe xitti	w Ki L	n i
hi’ųkjaganįhawiną,"	aíreže.	Žigé	wawigisgexjį	wakíra	ną’į ,
we will play,"	they said.	Again	as big as themselves	to play	he wanted,

no ni Ke.	tt Ko	L xoAo Lo Ki Kette de.	di Ke	xAe te xitti L.	no liAi wi
nųnįgé	jagú	raxurugikježe.	Žigé	xetexjįra	nųpiwi
but	[how]	[they will persuade him.]	Again	big fellows	two

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A Ki L Ktt ni A wi de.	K tt K.	A Ki ni mi Ki Le Ki di.	Ai Ke	w d
hakirakjanihawiže.	Gająga,	hakinimįgiregiži,	hįké	wažą
they were to game with.	Now,	they got hold of one another, and	not	anything

de rK ni de.	Ao ttAi ttAi L.	A K K.	A Ki xele	w Ai L ni de.	Ai Ko.
žesganįže.	Hocįcįra	hąkagá	hakixép	wahiranįže.	Higų
it was not like.	The young fellows	hardly ever	to be let out	they did not do it.	Whenever

o ni A o	A Ki xele	Ki Ki Le K.	we ra de.	my ni Ko tti Ktt ne n.
’ųniha’ų	hakixép,	gigirega,	wes’aže,	"Maįgujikjaneną,"
he could manage	to come up,	if they let,	he would say,	"I will shoot you with an arrow,"

e Ki	Ki Lo dtt Le Ai L wi ra de.	Ai Ke	w d	de rK ni de.	e tt
égi	girušją́ rehirawis’aže.	Hįké	wažą	žesganįže.	Éja
and	they would let them up.	Not	anything	it was not like.	Then

we de.	w Ko tte riAi K L.*	liAi Koo Ktte	e Ki di.	di Ke	e tt.
wéže,	"Wagujésiką́ra	pįk’ųkje,"	egiži,	žigé	éja
he said,	"My moccasin strings	[they will need fixing,"]	he said, and	again	there

* just before riAi, riA appears to have been lightly erased.

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m L.	Ai d.	Ai m r l n K.	Ai L Lo riKi tt n K.	Aotto tte K.
mąra	hižą́	himązabanąga	hirarusgijanąga	hųjega
his arrows	one of them	to cut off a point, and	he tied it to it, and	the bear

Lo Aiye tt	Ao n tt de.	tee Ki di.	ttA dAe L.	A mi nK dAe.
ruhieja	honąją́že.	T’egíži,	cašéra	hamįnąkše.
at his side	he kicked it.	When he died,	his neck	he sat.

ni Ay tteAele	tee Ai	de e de.	di Ki tt ne tte K	Ki o de.	Ai ni L.
Nį́haicép,	t’ehi	žeeže.	Žigijanejega	ki’ųže.	Hinira
[He stopped breathing,]	[he died]	[this one did.]	The other one	he did it.	His brother

A ttA Ke Le	A w tteAe de.	e tt.	Ai no li Ke	tee w Ai wi de.	e tt.
hacągére	hawaceže.	Éja	hinų́bike	t’ewahiwiže.	Éja
[with great effort]	he came in time.	[There]	[both of them]	[they killed.]	Then

Ai Ko	a tti n Ki de.	m L.	xiAi	ni Ae Ai de.	w Kotto deAe.	ttAi nK n K
higų	ajinąkiže,	mąra	xi	nįhéže.	Wagucse.	Cinągᵉnąka
as soon as	they came out,	arrows	[fog]	[they were.]	He shot them.	The village

mo Ki e de.	Kiyr rL.	o xitti Le de.	e Ki.	de e	e tt
mokiehiže.	Kiazᵉra	’ųxjįreže.	Égi	žee	éja
they became scattered.	To take flight	[they did much.]	And	this one	there,

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Ai d.	wy n ni K	Ai K nK deAe.	wy n ni Ki d.	Ai Ko Ae
hižą́	"Wainą́nįka,"	higánąkše.	Wainánįgìžą	higųhe
one of them,	"Little Orphan,"	they called him.	An orphan	hurriedly

Ao Ki tt K tt.	w Ko tte L.	L Ki tteKe	Ao tt de.
hogijagają	wagujera	rakicge	hoją́že.
[when he stepped into,]	his moccasins	on the wrong side	he wore on his feet.

wy Le de.	Ao Ao.	wy n ni K.	w Ko tte L.	L Ki ttKe	Ao tt n.
Waireže,	"Hohó,	wainą́nįka	wagujera	rakicge	hoją́ną.
They said,	"Oh my,	Little Orphan	his moccasins	on the wrong side	he wore on his feet.

de rKe Ktte Ke.	w o n.	A ntt	L Ki tteKe	wo tt wi ne
Žesgekjege,	wa’ųną.	Haną́c	rakicge	wojąwine,"
It is to be so, because	he did this.	All	on the wrong side	let us put them on (our feet),"

ay Le de.	di Ke	e tt.	A ntt	w Ko tte L.	Ai Ki Lo Ktt Ke
aíreže.	Žigé,	éja	haną́c	wagujera	hikirúkjąke
they said.	So	there	all	their moccasins	to put on wrong

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w wo w xoKo	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	wK Ai dAe dAe K.	we de.	w Kidi Ki L
wawowaxuk	hireže.	Égi	Wąk Hišešega	wéže,	"Wąkšigira
to wear them	they did.	Then	Shaggy Man	he said,	"Humans

Kd Kd	n dii wi n.	tt Ko.	ni Ke.	m	wo ttAy n xitti Ki
kšakša	nąš’įwiną.	Jagú	nįgé	mą	wocaínąxjįgi,
to abuse	you tried.	So therefore, instead,	where	country	if it is most desolate,

dA n.	e tt	no xA w xitti	A L ni deAe Ktte n.	w Kidi Ke.	n Ke	Ai d
šana	éja	nųxawąxjį	haranišekjeną	Wąkšige	nąké	hižą́
[only]	there	in secrecy	you will live.	Human	[back]	one

Ao dAe w[e] riAi wi wi K.	Kiyr	diAi diAiKi Ktti
hošewesįwįwiga,	kias	šišikjį
if [at the place/time where/when] you see,	to run away	very bad

doAo A L ni deAe Ktt wi n.	ttAi nK L	K nK	n dii wi	w wi Ke de.
šuharanišekjawiną.	Ciną́gᵉra	kanąk	nąš’įwi	wawigéže.
you will live.*	Villages	[to erect]	you tried,"	he said to them.

* the translation has, "When you see a human, you shall ever run for your lives."

e Ki.	wy n ni K.	w Ko tte L	L Ki tteKe	Ao tt K.	e rKe.
Égi	wainą́nįka	wagujera	rakicge	hojąga,	ésge
And	Little Orphan	his moccasins	on the wrong side	because he put on,	that is why

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Aott n KeLe.	riAi L.	Ao Ki L tteKe n KeLe	w oyi Le de	ay Le n.	n K	e Ki.
hųjᵉnągᵉre	sira	hokiracgenągᵉra	wa’ųireže,	aíreną,	nąga	égi
the bears	feet	[the shape]	[they are,]	it is said,	and	[and]

di Ke.	Aotto	a	reAe Lette	ay Le Ki di	de rKe	w o nK deAe.
žigé,	'hųc	a	sérec'	airegiži,	žesge	wa’ųnąkše.
furthermore,	'bear	legs	long'	these were called, and	[this way]	[they were made.]

tteAe Ke tt.	Aotto	Aoyi ni Ke L.	i ttA li Le K tt	Ae Le de.
Cegéja,	hųc	hoinį́gera	įcapiregają	hereže.
In the beginning,	bear	the common ones	to be separate,	they were.

wK Ai deAe deAe K.	w wo Ai Ke.	e rKe.	Aotto	Aoyi ni Ke L.
Wąk Hišešega	wawohige,	ésge	hųc	hoinį́gera
Shaggy Man	he won against them,	so now	bear	the common ones

w wi Ki Lo lA n	w KidiKi i ne de.	e Ki.	K L wi de.	Ki wi Ki di
wawikirupąną	wąkšik’įneže.	Égi	karawiže.	Kiwigiži,
to be mixed with them	[they lived.]	Then	they went home.	When they got back,

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Ai te KL.	Ao Ki LK deAe.	Ao Ao	Ai ttAo deKe	e liAi n.	te K.	Ai Ke
hitegᵉra	hogirakše.	"Hohó,	hicųšgé,	epį́ną."	"Téga,	hįké
his uncle	he told him about it.	"Ah,	my nephew,	it is good."	"Uncle	not

de rKe	w Ki Ki wi ni Ki di.	w Kidi KL	A Ai	w w Kd Kd	Ai Le Ktt n Ae Ke
žesge	wagigiwinįgiži,	wąkšígᵉra	hahi	wawakšąkšąk	hirekjanahege,
that	if we did not do it,	the humans	finally	to abuse them	they would have abused, that is why

w o n	e de.	e Ki.	we de.	wK Ai deAe dAe K.	te K.	n ni.
wa’ųną,"	éže.	Égi	wéže,	Wąk Hišešega,	"Téga,	ną́ni,
I did it,"	he said.	And	he said,	Shaggy Man,	"Uncle,	mother,

A tti Ke Le Ktt ni A wi n.	Ai ni A L.	A K L Ki do.	tt tti K.	e
hajikerekjanihawiną.	Hinihara	hakarakižu	jajiga	e
we are going home.	My older brother	with me	father	him

w w Ke Le Ktt ni A wi n.	e Ki.	Ai dKe	Ai L L wi Ki di	L Ki Ktt ni A wi K tt
wawakerekjanįhawiną.	Égi	hišgé	hirárawigíži,	rakikjanihawigają,"
we are going back.	And	also	whenever you wish,	you may come home,"

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e de.	te e di.	Ai ni A L.	ow mK dA n.	di Ke.
éže.	"Teeži,	hinihara	ųwamąkšaną.	Žigé,
he said.	"As for me,	my older brother	I have grown used to him.	Besides,

e Ki.	A o A tt wi n L	deKe.	A Ke	liAi ni n.	tt tti K	dKe
égi	ha’ųhająwinara	šge	hąké	pįnįną.	Jajiga	šge
here	for us to be	[also]	not	it is not good.	Our father	also

Lo xi	no ni Ke	w o wi n.	w d.	Ai ni A L.	Ai Ki rK wi de.
roxi	nųnįgé	wa’ųwiną.	Wažą	hinihara	hikisgawiže.
he forbid it,	but	[we did it.]	[Anything]	my older brother	[they are like.]

w d	m ne Koro	e Ki.	o tte liAi de.	e rKe	A K L wi n.
Wažą	mąnégųs	égi,	’ųjepįže.	Ésge,	hakarawíną,"
[Someone]	always	here,	it would not do.	Therefore,	we are going home,"

e de.	A Ao.	Ai ttAo dKe	Ai rKe	w dAe n.	e de.
éže.	"Hąhó,	hicųšgé,	hisgé	wašéną,"	éže.
he said.	"Ah,	my nephew,	[truth]	[you have spoken it,"]	he said.

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Ai noKo n K.	Ai dKe	de rKe	e de.	tt Ko	Ai niKi A xitti
Hinųknąka	hišgé	žesge	éže.	"Jagú,	hinįkhaxjį,
The woman	also	the same	she said.	["As,]	my son,

de rKe	Ai L Le Ke	w dAe K tt	e de.	e Ki.	A ttiy K Ly Le de.
žesge	hirarege,	wašegáją,"	éže.	Égi	hajiakaraireže.
that	if it is your wish,	do as you say,"	she said.	Then	they went home.

e Ki.	de	ttiAi nK Ko K nK wi L.	Ki x n Ai L ni Ae L.
Égi	že	cinąkokanągᵉwira,	gixąnąhiranihera,
Then	there	in his own village,	the ones who had moved from there,

de e	e tt.	K xi	Ao LoKo	ttiAi nK deAe.	ttiAi nK n K.
žee	éja	kaǧi	horók	cinąkše.	Cinągᵉnąka
these	there	crows	[among]	they lived.	The village

to Ke we Ai nK dAe	de	K xi n K.	ttiAi nK Ki lAy tt	ttiAi nK dAe.
tokewehinąkše.	Že	kaǧinąka	cinąkipáija	cinąkše.
they were in want of food.	These	crows	at the edge of the village	they lived.

no liAi wi wi de.	K xi n K.	de e	Ai d	we de.	Ko te	Ai ttA Ko Lo.
Nųpiwiwiže.	Kaǧinąka	žee	hižą́	wéže,	"Koté,	hicakóro,
There were two of them.	The crows	[these]	one of them	he said,	"Say,	my friend,

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Ao Ki wi	too Ly L ni Ae L.	Ai Ki dtt	Ai ne Ktte L.	ni Ke	K	ni KL
hų́giwį́	t’ųrairanihera,	higišja	hinekjera,	nįgé	ką	nįgᵉra
princess	who was left behind,	to go and see	let's go,	piece	sinew	[the little ones]

deKe	Ai d	Ai L rA	ni Ae ra Le	e de.	Ko te	Ai ttA Ko Lo
šge	hižą́	hirasá	nįhés’are,"	éže.	"Koté,	hicakóro,
also	one of them	yet	they might be,"	he said.	"Alright,	my friend,

de rKe Ktte n	e de.	ttAi nK	Ao Le xiAi Li KL.	Ao w Aoyi Le de.
žesgekjeną,"	éže.	Ciną́k	horexirigᵉra	howahuireže.
[it will be so,"]	he said.	Village	the old one	they came to.

e tt.	ow tti Le K tt.	te we L Ki.	wo liAi Ke Le L.	Ko tt
Éja	uwajiregają,	tewéraki,	wopįkerera	goja
There	when they got near,	unexpectedly,	meat racks	disappearing into the distance

Ao wi Le Ai de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ao Ki wi L.	A te Ko ni	a wi de.
howirehiže.	"Hohó,	hicakóro,	hųgiwį́ra	hątégųnį,"	awiže.
[they extended.]	"Ah,	my friend,	the princess	she must have dreamt,"	they said.

te we L Ki.	Aotto.	A	wi L Lo K L.	Lo K n de.	e Ki.	wo liAi Ke Le.
Tewéraki,	hųc	ha	wirarukara	rokanaže.	Égi	wopį́kere
Unexpectedly,	bear	skin	coverings	there were many.	And	meat racks

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Ao n L.	Aotto.	diAi lL.	A Ki Lo ttiKi	Ai Aili deAe.	Ai d	we de.
honą́ra	hųc	šibᵉra	hakirújik	hihįpše.	Hižą́	wéže,
[spreading]	bear	intestines	to stretch	[they went along.]	One of them	he said,

Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ai Ai Ki di.	Ai o Ktt n Ae L.	Ae Le	no ni Ke.
hicakóro,	hihigíži,	hi’ųkjanahera	heré,	nųnįgé
my friend,	when we get there,	[we will be doing it]	[it is time for,]	but

diAi ln KeLe.	w Low Ko xitti n.	e de.	e tt.	Ai d.	Lo diAi li L n K.
šipanągᵉre	warųakųxjįną,"	éže.	Éja	hižą́	rušipiranąga
these intestines	I long for very much,"	he said.	There	one	he took one down, and

e tt.	Aotto.	diAili	Lo ttL	o xitti ne de.	e Ki.	de Ko
éja	hųc	šip	rujᵉra	’ųxjįneže.	Égi	žegų
there	bear	intestines	eating	[they did much.]	[And]	[so]

Ai Le Ki di.	Ai tto w L wi de.	Ao Ao.	ttAo K L	A tti Le n.
hiregiži,	hijówarawiže.*	"Hohó,	cokara	hajiréną."
when they were through,	they went on over.	"Oh,	the grandfathers	they have come."

* < hija-howara-wi-že.

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A Ke	w di	Lo K n	Ai L ni de.	e Ki	Ao L Ki Le de.	to Ke we Ai n KL.
Hąké	waži	rokana	hiranįže.	Égi	horakíreže,	tokewehinągᵉra,
[Not]	[anything]	[much]	[they did not do.]*	Then	they reported,	the lack of food,

* the translation has, "and they were very delighted".

ttiAi nK KL.	e Ki.	w w Ki re Le Ki di.	w Lo tti Le de.	Ai L Le xitti K tt.
ciną́gᵉra.	Égi	wawagizeregiži,	warujireže.	Hirarexjįgają,
the village.	Then	they dished out the food for them, so	they ate it.	After awhile,

Ai d.	Ke Lele li w oxo dAe.	w L riAi Li de.	Ai Ko	Ai dKe	Ai tt ne n K.	o de.
hižą́	kerepiwa’oxše.	Warasiriže.	Higų	hišgé	hijanénąka	’ųže.
one of them	[he regurgitated intestines].*	He vomited.	And	also	the other	he did.

* this untranslated word is derived perhaps from kere, "to put"; pi, strictly speaking, means "liver," but in one source it is understood to refer to intestines (which were made into sausages); below, we see that hiwa’óx is translated as "to vomit up." Helmbrecht-Lehmann says that hiwa’óx means, "nearly throw up because of something on something, to gag on something"; whereas in a story of Jasper Blowsnake from the Medicine Rite, hiwa’óx means, "making a gutteral cough." So kerepiwa’oxše is from kere-pi-hiwa’ox-še.

Ai no li Ke	w L riAi Li wi de.	K tt.	we L Ki.	Aotto.	diAili L	riAi Li Le de.
Hinų́bike	warasiriwiže.	Gają,	wéraki,	hųc	šibᵉra	širiréže.
Both of them	they vomited.	And,	unexpectedly,	bear	intestines	they vomited up.

w Kn K	we de.	tt K.	ttAo K K.	to Ke we Ai nK deAe	e L.
Wągᵉnąka	wéže,	"Jaga	cokaga	tokewehinąkše	era,
The man	he said,	["Why while]	grandfather	they were starving	[he is saying,]

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Aotto	diAili L	riAi Li Le.	e de.	K tt	w wi de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.
hųc	šibᵉra	sirire?"	éže.	Gają	wawíže,	"Hicakorohara
bear	intestine	they are vomiting up?"	he said.	And	they said,	"My friend

we Ke.	w o wi n.	ay L n K.	di Ke	Ai w oxo	Ai Le ra de.
wegé,	wa’ųwiną,"	airánąga	žigé	hiwa’óx	hires’aže.
[because he said it,]	we did it,"	they would say, and	[again]	to vomit up	they would do.

o nK Koo	L dtt wi Ki di.	Ao K LK wi de.	Ai Ki A tti wi Ki ni	no ni Ke.
’Ųnąk’ų,	rašjawigiži,	hokaragᵉwiže.	"Higihajiwigįnį,	nųnįgé
Finally,	when they stopped,	they told of their doings.	"We were already here,	but

Ao lA d xitti wi n.	e rKe	w o wi n.	ay Le de.	e Ki.	w w K wi de.
hopažáxjįwiną,	ésge	wa’ųwiną,"	aíreže.	Égi	wawagawiže,
[we were very sick,]	that is why	we did it,"	they said.	Then	they said to them,

tt Ko	Ai Lo Ai Le de.	w d	K ny xittiy K tt	ay Le de.	e Ki.
"Jagú	hirohireže?	Wažą	ganaįxjįąkają,"*	aíreže.	Égi
"What	there is harm?	[Stuff]	there is so much,"	they said.	And

* this word cannot be ganaįxjįgają because the syllabic spelling inserts an /a/ after -xjį-; yet -ąka; means, "those lying", and the concluding suffix -ją means, "stranding (vertical position)." The intestines, being long, are laid out (-ąka), but there are so many of them they they are piled high vertically (-ją).

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w wi de.	ttAo K.	Ai Ko.	tt n K.	Kii	doAo Lo xoAo LoKo wi Ki di
wawíže,	"Coka,	higų	janąga	k’į	šuruxúrugwigíži,
they told them,	"Grandfathers,	[still]	all	to pack back	if you can,

o wi ne.	w wi K wi de.	e Ki.	di Ke.	ttiAi nK KL.	w wo L Ki dA LK Kiwi Ki.
’ų́wine,"	wawigawiže.	"Égi	žigé	ciną́gᵉra	waworagišaragᵉwigi,
do it,"	they said to them.	"And	also	[the village]	you may tell them, and

tt rKe	Ai Le Ktte Ki di.	Ai Ki	Ao w Ko	Ai Le Ktte	dKe.	oyi Le Ktte n.
jasge	hirekjegiži,	higi	howágu	hirekje,	šge	’uį́rekjeną,"
as	they may do, and	here	to come back	they may,	[also]	[it is to be done,"]

w wi Ke de.	e Ki.	w Kii xitti	Ai L n K	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	e Ki.
wawigeže.	Égi	wak’ixjį	hiránąga	hajiakaraireže.	Égi
he said to them.	Then	large packs	[they made, and]	they started out.	Then

Ai noKo Kn KLe	we de.	ttiAi to.	Ai ttiAi to w A L.	n ttKe L
hinųknągᵉre	wéže,	"Citó,	hicitowahára	nącgera
the woman	she said,	"Older brother,	my brothers	heart

teKe	wi ne n.	e de.	A Ke	ni a li L ni Ktt ne n.	e de.	e Ki.
tek	winéną,"	éže.	"Hąké	nį’ą́piranįkjaneną,"	éže.	Égi
sad	I am,"	she said.	"Not	they will not live,"	she said.	Then

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wo liAi Ke Le L.	no liAi wi.	m K	diAi diAiKi	Ai Ki o	w Ai de.
wopįkerera	nųpiwi	mąką́	šišík	higi’ų	wahiže.
meat racks	two	medicine	poison	to put on	[she did it to them.]

Aotto	n tto tt ni Ae L.	e tt	m K	diAi diAiKi n K.	Ao Loro deAe.
Hųc	nąjoją́nihera,	éja	mąką́	šišígᵉnąka	horusše.
Bear	the one who blessed her,	there	medicine	the poison	she got it.

e de rKe	Ai diAi de	e rKe	w o de.	e Ki	K xi n K.	A K
Ežesge	hįšíže,	ésge	wa’ųze.	Égi	kaǧinąka	hąká
[This]	he instructed her,	that is why	she did it.	Then	the crows	not

A Ae Le Ki	A Ki Le de.	no xA w.	ni Ktt KL.	w wo K L Koo wi de.
hąhéregi	hagireže.*	Nųxawą	nįkjągᵉra	wawokarak’ųwiže.
until after dark	they got home.	In secret	their children	they gave it to them.

* proper grammar would dictate that this should be hagirenįže.

K tt	de Ko	xe	tti Le de.	xK L	Ai Lo xa de.	A Ao.
Gają	žegų	ǧe	jireže.	Ğagᵉra	hirux’aže.	"Hąhó,"
But	[then]	noise	they began to make.	To cry	they all began.	"Well,"

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ay Le de.	ttAo K L.	A Ke	Aoy ni Ke	wy L ni n.	A Ai
aíreže.	"Cokara,	hąké	hoinįge	wairanįną.	Hahi
they said.	"Grandfathers,	not	for nothing	they say it.	Go

wy dtt wi Le	ay Le Ki di.	wy dtt	Ao Aoyi Le de.	Ai lAe Le ri Le Ki di.
waíšjawire,"	airegiži,	waíšja	hohuireže.	Hiperesiregiži,
[spy on them,"]	they said, and	[to spy]	they came.	When they found out,

w n dAe	Ai L n K.	no diAi Li	ttA Ai	tt Ai nK
wanąšé	hiránąga	noširi	cąhi	jąhį́nąk
to take away from them	they did, and	tree bark	to put in its place	the other

w Ki Ki Le de.	de Ko	L dtt	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	te we L Ki.
wagigireže.	Žegú	rašją́	hajiakaraireže.	Tewéraki
[they caused it.]	[Then]	they stopped their crying	they did it right away.	Unexpectedly,

no diAi Li	Ki Kolo	n di L n K	w nK deAe.	e rKe.	de Ko	Ke Le de.
noširi	gigóp	nąžįranąga	wanąkše.	Ésge	žegų	kereže,
tree bark	to peck	[they stood up, and]	they cried.	So	[then]	he went home,

wy dtt tt ne.	Ki Ki di	we de.	no diAi Li	Ki Kolo	n di L n K
waíšjajane.	Gigiži,	wéže,	"Noširi	gigóp	nąžįranąga
the spy.	When he did,	he said,	"Tree bark	to peck	[they stood up, and]

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w nK dA n	e de	K tt	di Ke	xe	tti Le de.	A Ke
wanąkšaną,"	éže.	Gają	žigé	ǧe	jireže.	"Hąké
they cried,"	he said.	But	again	to make noise	they began.	"Not

Aoyi ni Ke	w ni nK dA n.	di Ke	A Ai	wy dtt wi Le.	ay Le Ki di
hoinįge	waniną́kšaną.	Žigé	hahi	waišjawire,"	airegiži,
for nothing	they do not say this.	Again	go over	see them,"	they said, so

di Ke	Ai d	wy dtt	Ai de.	di Ke	de rKe	Ai Le de.
žigé	hižą́	waišja	hiže.	Žigé	žesge	hireže.
again	one of them	to see them	[he did.]	Again	the same	they did.

no diAi Li	[ttA] Ai	tt Ai nK	w Ki Ki Le de.	di Ke	de e
Noširi	[cą]hi	jąhį́nąk	wagigireže.	Žigé	žee
Tree bark	to put in its place	the other	[they caused it.]	Again	these

wy Kolo nK deAe.	di Ke	Ke Le de.	wy dtt tt tt ne.*	di Ke
waigobᵉnąkše.	Žigé	kereže,	waíšjajane.	Žigé
they were pecking at them.	Again	he went back,	the spy.	Again

* there seems to be an extra tt inserted here.

w diAi	Ai tti nK	w Ki Ki Le Ki di.	di Ke	xe
wašį́	hijínąk	wagigiregiži,	žigé	ǧe
fat	to place before	[they caused it, and]	again	to make a lot of racket

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tti Le de.	Ao Ao.	di Ke	A Ai	wy dtt wi Le.	A Ke	Aoy ni Ke
jireže.	"Hohó,	žigé	hahi	waišjawire.	Hąké	hoinįge
they began.	"Well,	again	go	see them.	Not	for nothing

w ni nK dA n.	ay Le de.	Ai tto l A L.	K tt K.	w n rA L tti Le de.
waniną́kšaną,"	aíreže.	Hijobą́hąrá	gająga	wanąsarajireže.
they do not say this,"	they said.	The fourth time,	[then]	they snuck up on them.

w Ke Le tti Le de.	te we L Ki	w diAi	Lotto	n di L n K.
Wakerejireže.	Tewéraki	wašį́	ruc	nąžįranąga
They went up to them very quietly.	Unexpectedly,	fat	to eat	[standing, and]

w nK dAe.	Ao K w nK Ki L n K.	w n deAe	Ai Le de.
wanąkše.	Hokawanąkiranąga	wanąše	hireže.
[they uttered it.]	They ran in on them, and	to take it away from them	they did.

e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.	Ao LK wi de.	Ao Ki wi L.	A te n.	n xi xoAo no.
Égi	hainigiži,	horagwíže.	"Hų́giwį́ra	hateną.	Naxíxunu
Then	in the morning,	they told it.	"The princess	she has dreamt.	The youngest

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AoKo	Ai ttAl liwi L	deKe	Ai tt nK dA n.	e	w o tte n.	Ao ttiAi n K
hųk	hicapwira	šge	hijaną́kšaną.	E	wa’ųjeną.	Hųcįnąka*
chief	our	also	he is there.	He	he does this.	The bearskins

* hųc-hį, literally, "bear furs".

tt tty xiAi	Ai lA	Aoy Lo ttA tii	wo liAi Ke Le L.	Ko tt
jajaixi	hipá	hoirocąt’į	wopįkerera	goja
coverings	as far as	it is visible	meat racks	disappearing into the distance

Ao wi Le Ai n.	Ao tt.	wi L Lo K L.	e rKe.	tt rKe L Ktt wi Ki di
howirehiną.	Hojá	wirarukara,	ésge,	jasgerakjawigiži,
[they reached.]	[Because]	[they covered them,]	therefore,	you can do as you like,

ay Le n.	L Ki Li Ktt wi K di	ay Le n.	e rKe.	te e di	e
aíreną.	Rakirikjawigaži,	aíreną.	Ésge,	teeži,	e
they said.	You may come back, if you wish	they said.	So,	[of course,]	there

w w Ke Le Ktt ni A wi n.	e de.	Ao KL.	Ai ni KL.	Ko no K.	Ao Ao
wawakerekjanįhawiną,"	éže.	Hųgᵉra	hinįgᵉra,	Kųnųga,	"Hohó,"
we are going back,"	he said.	The chief	the son,	the oldest one,	"Oh my,"

e de.	Ai roAoKo niKi A L.	w A tti Ktt n Ae L di	Ae Le	no ni Ke.
éže.	"Hisųknįkhara,	wahajikjanaheraži,	heré,	nųnįgé
he said.	"My little brother,	although I'm going to eat,	[it is time for,]	but

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A Ktt L.	A Ao Ao xitti n	e de.	Ai Kow n.	Ai Ko Lo Ao	Ai Le Ki di.
hakjára	hahuhuxjį́ną,"	éže.	Higuą́ną	hikorohó	hiregiži,
to see you	I longed to,"	he said.	As soon as	they got ready	[when they did,]

Ko no K.	tti K L Ki ni de.	Ke ni wi rii n.	te de e	ttAo ni xitti.
Kųnųga,	jikaragį́nį́že,	kénį wis’įna	težee	conixjį.
the oldest one,	he started,	before long	there	[first.]

e Ki.	wo liAi Ke Le.	m K	diAi diAi Ki*	Ki o	Ai Le K.
Égi	wopįkerera	mąką́	šišík	ki’ų	hirega
[Then]	meat racks	medicine	poison	to do	they did, and

* this should have been written, diAi diAiKi.

e	w w m Ki LK	Ai Le de.	te e	Ai ni A xitti	ne xitti
e	wawamąkiraka	hireže.	"Tee	hinihaxjį́	nexjį́
them	to point them out	he did.	"This,	my brother,	to you individually

Ao ni K L. Koo n*	Ai Ke de.	Ai ni w A L	w K L Ki do.
honįkarak’ųną,"	higeže.	"Hiniwahara	wakarakížu,"
I am giving to you,"	he said.	"My older brothers	with them,"

* the period is, I believe, placed there incorrectly. Cf. hokárak’ų́na, "to give away his own" (Dorsey).

e de.	Ao Ao.	Ai rAo Ki tti	e liAi n	e de.	A Ke
éže.	"Hohó,	hisųgijį	epįną,"	éže.	"Hąké
he said.	"Ah,	my little brother,	it is good,"	he said.	"Not

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Ai tt ne	Ai Ki	wo roAo	tti L ni de.	te e	ne xitti	A ni n.
hijane	higi	wosų	jiranį́že.	Tee	nexjį́	haniną,
[the other ones]	[here]	near	they did not go.	This	I only	I have,

Ai roAoKo w A L.	w K L Ki do.	A Ke	w di	Ki dK wi ni ne
hisųkwahara	wakarakížu,	hąké	wažį́	gįšgawinį́ne,"
my younger brothers	with me,	not	[anything]	don't disturb it,"

e de.	e Ki.	A ntt	A Ki Li Le de.	ttiAi nK KL.	e Ki
éže.	Égi	haną́c	hakiríreže,	ciną́gᵉra.	Égi
[he said.]	Then	all of them	they returned,	the village.	[And]

daK w Ai Le L	A Ki Li Le Ki di.	de e di	e tt	A Ki Li
š’akwahirera	hagirikeregiži,	žeeži	éja	hagiri
parents	when they returned,	they	there	[to return]

Aoy K wy Le de.	e Ki.	wK Kn K.	A Ae K tt.	A ntt.
hoikawaireže.	Égi	wąknąka	hąhegają,	haną́c
they went in.	[And]	[the men]	[when it grew dark,]	all of them

ni xA L.	n lA L di Le de.	e Ki.	liAi Ai.	e tt	ttAi nK KL.
nixara	nąparašireže.	Égi	pįhi	éja	ciną́gᵉra
their stomachs	they burst.	Then	[he renewed]	[where]	the village

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mi nK deAe.	e xitti.	ttiAi nK	Ai Lo K n L	Ae Le de.	e Ki.
mįnąkše.	’Exjį́	ciną́k	hirukąnąra	hereže.	Égi
[it sat.]	He personally	village	he was in charge	he was.	And

e tt	Ai L ni Ae de.	ttAi nK KL.	liAi Ai	w KidiKi i de.	e Ki.
éja	hiraniheže.	Ciną́gᵉra	pįhi	wąkšigiže.	Égi
there	they were.	The village	[he renewed]	[it was alive.]*	And

* these two sentences were translated, "and there they were forever. A new start the village had".

e xitti	ow n K.	w Lotto	Ao K L Koo de.	ttAi nK KL.	e Ki.
’exjį́	’ųanąga	waruc	hokarak’ųže,	ciną́gᵉra.	Égi
himself	[he did, and]	food	[he gave them,]	the village.	Then

A Ko Ley d.	Ai noKo Ktte K.	Ai K n L	e	Ao w Ko de.
hagoreižą,	hinųkjega	hikánara	e	howaguže,
one day,	the woman	her husband	himself	she came back,

di Ke.	wK Ktte K	dKe	w Kette xiAiye tt	w Kidi Kii	Ai Le de.
žigé,	wą́kjega	šge.	Wakjexieja	wąkšik’į́	hireže,
and	the man	also.	[At the Waterspirits]	to live	they do,

ay Le n.	de e.
aíreną.	Žee
it is said.	This

A A.

hąhą́,

now then,

de tt n.

žejáną.

it is ended.

Source:

Paul Radin, "The Hairy Man," (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Winnebago V, #15: 1-89 (syllabary only). Paul Radin, "The Hairy Man," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Notebook #9: 1-89 (English only).