Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Thunderbird

Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Thunderbird

by James St. Cyr
from a story told to him by a Frenchman

based on the translation of Oliver LaMère

Oliver LaMère

Original Text, Notebook #16 (Hocąk) — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 |

Original Text, Winnebago IV, #8o, Version 1 (English) — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

Original Text, Winnebago IV, #8o, Version 2 (English) — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

English Translation

Stylistic Features

	hapaxlegomena: caiksųbᵉnįk, "grass stem"; gojáxjį, "olden times" (found in Miiner in a purely spatial sense of "very far away"; hebᵉnąhi, "to camp one night"; hiki (or higi ?), "to turn"; hirarusuc, "to be bound"; hopaše, "point (of rock)"; hožuruki, "to turn oneself into something"; kuru’i, "to wear"; mą́įtajéhi, "wind"; mąkup, "to scrape out"; mątégi wíc, "continent" (literally, "near-earth island"); roéja, "inside"; rohą́k, "to be plenty"; rutis (< tutiswišųnųną), "to be unable to reach the end of something"; š’ųgᵉnįk, "bowl"; tacáp (< hatacápwiže), "to taste of something"; tejanaixjį, "it is about time"; tewe, "on, onward"; wakinixjį, "to be intimate"; waraha, "to plead"; xawarerehi, "to be thrown to one side".
	rare words: haruką́, to cover something (found only in Miner and Helmbrecht-Lehmann); hašip, hašibᵉré, "to drop/fall on" (cf. Lipkind, hašibaré, "to fall on," which is probably the same word, < ha-, the supperessive applicative, "over something", and šip, "to fall"); hicexí, "to try" (found only in Helmbrecht-Lehmann); hicgis, "perpendicular" (found only in Marino); hohúra, "the place where it comes from" (found only in Susman); hoixawanį, "to vanish, disappear" (found only in Marino); jinéją, "already" (occuring only once elswhere where it means, "even then"); k’ac, "to help, benefit" (< rakarak’ajižą), found only in Marino; ineke, "alone," a variation of inéki found only in Jipson; k’ac, kac, "to help, benefit" (found only in Marino); nąžį, a variant of naį́ži, "about now" (found in only one other source); sgí, "to be bitter" (found only in Miner); wapį́, "to tame" (found only in Gatschet).
	heavy use of the emphatic pronoun e, "he himself," etc.
	frequent use of the expression, -ge ésge, "so therefore."
	see, "Comparative Frequency of Select Words in Certain Stories."

wakaⁿ´dja

Waką́ja

Thunderbird

Notebook #16: 1 = Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 1 = Winnebago IV, #8o²: 1
de e.	ttiAi loAo Lo Keyd	e tt	nK deAe.	wK o no d.*	Ai ttA wi	Ai Ki di.	A K L Ki do de.	e Ki.	no liAi wi
Žee	ciporokeižą	éja	ną́kše.	[Wągᵉnúžą]	hicawį́	higiži,	hakarakižuže.	Égi	nųpíwi
There	an oval lodge	there	it was.	An old man†	wife	[he had,]	they were together.	And	two

* o no was inserted between wK and d. wK e no d may have been intended.
† "old" is inserted.

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Ai noKo.	Ai de.	e Ki.	Ai d	di Ke	Ai niKi	Ai Le de.	de de Ko Ki di.	wK now K.	Ai K K	Ki K w a ni de.
hinų́k	hiže,	égi	hižą	žigé	hinį́k	hireže.	Žežegųgiži.	Wąknuą́ka	hįkaga	kikáwa’ąnįže.
daughters	he had,	and	one	[also]	son	he had.	Thus they were.	The old man	never	he did not arise from bed.

tt tty xitti	ni KttK n K	Ai leAe Le ri Le Ki di.	Aoyi diAili	miKi	ni Ae de.	w Lotto ttK
Jajaį́xjį	nįkjąknąka	hipereziregiži,	hoišíp	mįk	nįhéže.	Warucga,
As long as	the children	they knew him,	always	to be lying down	[he remained.]	When he ate,

				Notebook 16: 3
dKe	miKi o ra de.	e Ki.	my t tte Ai	A nK ra de.	e Ki.	A Ko Ley d.	wK K	we de.
ške	mįk’ųs’aže.	Égi	mą́įtajéhi	hąną́ks’aže.	Égi	hagoreižą	wąka†	weže,
even	he would be lying down.	[And]	[wind]	[he would moan.]*	[And]	one day	the man	he said,

* this sentence was not translated either in the interlinear text nor the subsequent typed translations. Helmbrecht-Lehmann translates hąną́k as, "to groan, to moan (usually in pain and while asleep)."
† this appears to be wąka analyzed as wąk-ka, where wąk means "man", and -ka is a definite article usually reserved to indicate personal names.

Ai niKi	Ai xitti	Ai noK[o]	w L ttA lL.	de tt ny xitti.	wo Ki xAl	wo L Ki ni deAe Le Ki di.	y Le n.
"Hinį́k	hixjį,*	hinų́k	waracábara	žejanaíxjį	wokíxap	woraginįšeregiži,	yaréną,"
"Son	my,	sisters	your	it is about time	company	you should look for them,	[I think,"]

* this should probably be haxjį.

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e de.	Ao ttiy	tt rKe	w L Ke Ki di.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai Ki Ko Lo Ao	Ai Le de.	tt n K	w d L.	tt Ko
éže.	"Hojiá,	jasgé	waragegiži,"	éže.	Égi	hikikoroho	hireže.	Janąga	wažąra	jagú
he said.	"All right,	however	you wish,"	he said.	And	to get ready	he did.	All	the things	that

Ai Lo Ko n L	Ki oyi Le de.	e Ki.	Le Ktt n Ae Ki di	w Ke de.	Ai rKe	w L Ki dtt Ktt n Ae n.
hirokų́nara,	ki’ųireže.	Égi	rekjanahegiži,	wageže,	"Hisgé	waragišjakjanaheną.
he would need,	they gave him.	Then	when he was ready to go,	he said to him,	"Some	you will see on your way.

Notebook 16: 5
e	w L Ki do doo Ktt n Ae n.	Ai Ke de.	e Ki	Le de.	K tt.	Ai noKo	w ttA lL.	xK	Ai Le de.
E	warakižuš’ųkjanaheną,"	higeže.	Égi	reže.	Gają	hinų́k	waracábara	ǧak	hireže.
Those	you will travel with,"	he said to him.	And then	he went.	And	sisters	his	to weep	they began.

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w Kd de.	Ao rKe.	ttiAi to	w A nK dA n.	woyi w ri li Ktt n A wi Ke	w A nK dA n.	de Ko
Wakšąže.	"Hosgé	citó	wahanąkšaną.	Woiwazibikjanahawige,	wahanąkšaną.	Žegų
He turned back.	"For nothing	brother	we were crying.*	Only that we will be lonesome,	that is why we cry.	So

* this actually means, "it is why I am saying this."

L n Le	ay Le Ki di	Le de.	di Ke	ay Le Ki di	di Ke	w Kd de.	tto l A.
ranare	airegiži	reže.	Žigé	airegiži	žigé	wakšąže.	Jobą́hą
you must go on your way,"	they said, so	he went.	Again	they cried, so	again	he turned back.	Four times

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w Kd n K	de tt K	de Ko	Le de.	e Ki.	e tt	ow Ai K tt.	te we L Ki	n Koyi d
wakšąnąga	žejąga	žegų	reže.	Égi	éja	’ųahigają,	tewéraki,	naguižą
he turned back, then	[finally]	[thus]	he went on his way.	Then	there	on his way,	unexpectedly,	a road

ey ttiwo we de.	Ao tti dA n xitti.	Ai reKe	A ttiy Ly Le de.	w Lo xeAe de.	no wK deAe.	A Ai
eajioweže.*	Hojišanąxjį,	hisgé	hajiaraireže.	Waruxéže.	Nųwąkše.	hahi
[he had walked by.]	A short time before,	some	they went on the road.	He hastened after them.	He ran.	Finally,

* < e-hajiówežé. This is translated as, "there was."

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wo xeAe Le de.	A Ke tt.	wi Lo nK K Kono ni Ke	A Ke	Ai leAe Le ri L ni de.	A Ko Le d.	K tt K.
woxereže.	Hagéja	wirunąkaknųnįge	hąké	hipereziranįže.	Hagoréžą,	gająga
he caught up to them.	Behind	he followed on, but	not	they were not aware.	Finally,	then

Ai d	Ai Lo nK K Ki di.	A tt de.	ni do xoAo tteKe L	xiAi	m ni nK dAe.	K tt K.	A tty Le de.
hižą	hirunąkakiži,	hajaže.	Nįžuxocgera	xi	mạnį́nạkše.	Gająga	hajaíreže.
the one	he was behind,	he saw him.	Drizzling rain	[mist]	they walked.	Then	they saw him.

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Ao Ao.	w Kidi Ke.	e	w lA K nK dA n.	ay Le d Le.	Ai d	w Ki Lo nK	A AK wi n.	e de.	e Ki
"Hohó,	wąkšigé	e	wapaką́nąkšąną,"	airežaré.	"Hižą	wakirunąk	hahąkwiną,"	éže	Égi
"Oh,	the human	he	he is more clever than we are,"	they said.	"One	following	[as we go,"]	he said.	Then

K tt K.	A tt	Ai Le de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai Ai wi L.	e liAi n.	e	A Ki do	Ai o Ktt n A wi n.	ay Le de.
gająga	hajá	hireže.	"Hohó,	hicakorohihiwira,	epį́ną.	E	hakižu	hi’ųkjanahawiną,"	aíreže.
only	to see	they did.	"Oh,	our friend,	it is good.	He	[with]	[we can use,"]	it was said.

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Ao.	e Ki. xitti*	t ni Ai Ai Ktt wi n.	Ai wo dA wiy n K.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai Ai wi L.	w Ko xA L wi Le Ki.
"Ho,	egixjį	tanihihikjawiną.	Hiwušawianąga	hicakorohihiwira	wągoxarawiregi,"
"Ho,	here	let us smoke.	Let us stop, and	our friend	where he has caught up to us,"

* there should be no period after e Ki.

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ay Le de.	e rKe	e tt	mi nK	Ai Le de.	t ni Ao L.	w Ko Lo e Le de.	te we L Ki.	L xeKe.	dooKo niKi.
aíreže.	Ésge	éja	mįną́k	hireže.	Tanihúra	wakuruereže.	Tewéraki,	raxgé	š’ųgᵉnįk
they said.	So	there	to sit	they did.	Their pipes	they brought forth.	Unexpectedly,	weed	bowls

	Notebook 16: 11
ttAy Korolo niKi	Ao n.	o Ai L n K	w K nK dAe.	e Ki.	n al	w xottoKo	Ai L n K.	Ai Le de.	e Ki.
caiksųbᵉnįk	huna	’ųhiranąga	wagánąkše.	Égi	ną’áp	waxjuk	hiránąga	hireže.	Égi
grass stem	stems	[they had, and]	they meant.	And	leaves	to mash up	they did, and	they smoked.*	Then

* this actually means, "they did".

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wK KidiKi n KLe	w o de.	t ni Ao L	Ko Lo e de.	Ao Kodo de.	t ni Ai Ki di.	Ao Lo lA n	Ai Le Ki di.	de Ko xitti
wą́kšigᵉnạ̀gᵉre	wa’ųže:	tanihúra	kurueže.	Hokšúže.	tanihigiži,	horupą́ną	hiregiži,	žegųxjį
the human	he did it:	his pipe	he took out.	He filled it.	As he smoked,	to smell of it	as they did,	immediately

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t ni Ao L.	ni Ke	w K L too Li Le de.	Ao Lo xotto	mi n Ki Le de.	e Ki.	w o de.	Ai Ki rotto n Ki di.
tanihúra	nįgé	wakarat’ųpireže.	Horoxúc	mįnąkireže.	Égi	wa’ųže.	Hikisųjᵉnąkiži,
their pipes	[somewhere]	they put away.	Looking	they sat.	And then	he did it.	To the one next to him, and

								Notebook 16: 13
i L	Ao w rAK deAe.	Aowo	a n K	A ni tti nK deAe.	de Ko	xiAi L.	A Ke	Ai Ai nl	Ai ni de.
ira	howasakše.	"Howo,"	ánąga	hanįjínąkše.	Žegų	xira	hąké	híhiną́p	hinįže.
his mouth	he placed it.	"Ho,"	said he, and	grabbed hold of it.	Then	the smoke	not	to escape	he did not do.

xiAi L	n Ai de.	di Ki tt ne n K	Ao Koo de	di Ki Ko	de rKe	Ai de.	Ai tto li Ke
Xira	nąhiže.	Žigijanenąka	hok’ųže.	Žigígų	žesge	hiže.	Hijóbike
The smoke	he swallowed.	Then to the next one	he passed it.	And [again]	the same thing	he did.	All four of them

									Notebook 16: 14
de rKe	Ai Le de.	w i nl lL	Lo K n	Ai Le de.	t ni Ao L.	Ai o	Lo dtt	Ai Le Ki di.	w ri lA L rKe.
žesge	hireže.	Wainąbᵉra	rokana	hireže.	Tanihúra	hi’ų́	rušją́	hiregiži,	wazíparasgé
thus	they did.	To thank him	very much	they did.	The pipe	[to use]	through with	when they were,	cedar leaves

Ao t lA n	Ai L n K.	Ao K Ly Koo	Ai Le de.	Ao Ao	e liAi K tt.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	tt tty xitti L.	A K
hotapąną	hiránąga	hogaraik’ų	hireže.	"Hohó,	epįgáją	hicakóro,	jajaixjįra	hąká
to fumigate	they did, and	to return it back	they did.	"Ah,	it is good	my friend,	[for all time]*	never

* translated as, "ever since time."

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me de rKe	A t ttAl liwi de.	w Kidi KL	me de rKe	Ai Le K.	w Low Ko A tt wi doAo no L.	e liAi K tt.
mežesge	hatacápwiže.	Wąkšigᵉra	mežesge	hirega,	warųakųhajawišųnųra,	epįgáją,"
this kind	we taste of.	The humans	thus	when they do,	we used to envy them,*	it is good,"

* the translation adds, "now."

ay Le de.	e Ki	di Ke	Ai rKe	dA n	wo K de.	t ni L.	m dtt	Ai to i ne de.	e Ki	di Ke
aíreže.	Égi	žigé	hisgé	šana	wogáže,	taníra.	Mąšją	hito’įneže.	Égi	žigé
they said.	Then	[again]	some	apiece	he gave them,	the tobacco.	Very	they were pleased.	Then	again

				Notebook 16: 16
A ttiy K Ly Le de.	ow Ai Le K tt	ni	xAe te xitti d.	Ao ta li Le de.	e tt	wy Le de.	Ao Ao.
hajiakaraireže.	’Ųwahiregają	nį	xetexjįžą	hot’ąpireže.	Éja	waíreže,	"Hohó,
they started out.	As they went on	river	a large one	they came to.	Then	they said to him,	"Oh my,

Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai Ai wi L.*	Ai Ke	A ni o Ai Lo xoAo LoKo wi ni K tt.	e Ki.	w Ae Ae L	dKe.
hicakorohihiwira	hįké	hani’ųhiruxurukwinįgają.	Égi	wahehera	ške
our friend	not	we will not be able to take.	And	the weaker ones	also

* tt is lined out before this word.

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Ki rAK Le Ki.	w Lo diAi li Le doAo no n.	A K K.	Ai w dtt Ki L wi n doAo no n.	A Kidi xitti
kiságᵉregi	warušipirešųnųną.	Hąkagá	hiwašjakirawinašųnųną,	hąkšíxjį
to the middle	they are [usually] drawn down.	Never	we were not let to pass in peace,	way [up]

w Ki w wi K	dKe.	ay Le de.	de Ko	Ai Ke	n ttKe woy ttiAi wi ni Le.	Ai dKe	w do o liAi Ki di.
wągiwawiga*	ške,"	aíreže.	"Žegų	hįké	nącge wociwinįre.	Hišgé,	waš’ųpigiži,
when they go way above it	even,"	they said.	"Just	not	don't worry about me.	I,	if there is a way,

* wągiwawiga apparently comes from wąge, "above"; hiwi, "to go somewhere" (with an infix -wa-, "it"); and -ga, "when."

				Notebook 16: 18
A Ai Ktt n Ae n.	e de.	e Ki	A Le Ai Ko Lo Ao	Ai Le Ki di.	wy Le de.	Ao Ao	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai Ai wi L.
hahikjanaheną,"	éže.	Égi	harehikórohó	hiregiži,	waíreže,	"Hohó,	égi,	hicakorohihiwira
I will be there,"	he said.	Then	ready to go,	when they were,	they said,	"Oh my,	[well,]	our friend

to Ke	Ai Ai Ktt n A wi	no ni Ke.	tt Ko	Ao o liAi de	ay Le de.	e Ki	we de.	tt Ko	Ai Lo Ai Le de.
toké	hįhikjanahawi,	nųnįgé	jagú	ho’ųpįže,"	aíreže.	Égi	weže,	"Jagú	hirohireže.
wet	we will get (make),	but	[that]	[it is possible,"]*	they said.	Then	he said,	["That]	it doesn't matter.

* translated as, "we cannot help it."

			Notebook 16: 19
de Ko	o wi L.	tt rKe	L wi ra Ki di.	e de.	e Ki.	A ttiy K Ly Le de.	w KL	Ao w Ly Le de.
Žegų	’ųwira	jasgé	rawis’agiži,"	éže.	Égi	hajiakaraireže.	Wągᵉra	howaraíreže.
So	do	whatever	you are in the habit of doing,"	he said.	Then	they started.	Up*	they went.

* the translation adds here, "in the air".

Lo ttx n di ne de.	A Ai K	tt K.	A Kidi xitti	A Ai Le Ki di.	e Ki.	A Ly Le de.	de Ko
Rucxanąžį́neže,	hahiga.	Jaga,	hąkšíxjį	hahiregiži,	égi	haraíreže.	Žegų
They thundered,*	as they went.	[When they tried,]	high up	when they got [there,]	then	they started.	Then

* the word rucxanąžįneže would seem to be analyzed as, ruc, "to consume"; xa, "plants" or "hill"; nąžį́, "to stand"; -ine, third person plural suffix; and -že, a suffix terminating a clause whose content is hearsay. This would mean, "they consumed standing vegetation or hills."

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ni do L. Ai t tte xitti de.	e Ki.	n tte tt	w Ky Le K	e tt xitti	A Ai Le K tt.	de Ko
nįžúra hitàcéxjįže.	Égi	nąjeja	wagairega,	ejaxjį	hahiregają,	žegų
it rained very hard.	Then	the middle	that they had spoken of,	[around there]	when they got to,	[thus]

rii xitti	e tt	A Ai.	Koo L	o xitti Le de.	e Ki.	wK n KeLe	w o de.	L xeKe doo Ki d.	m Al deAe.
s’ixjį	éja	hahi	k’ųra	’ųxjįreže.	Égi	wąknągᵉre	wa’ųže:	raxgeš’okižą	mąhapše.
a long time	there	to remain	thundering	[they did much.]*	Then	this man	he did [it]:	a bulb of a weed	he made a hole in.

* this word was not translated.

			Notebook 16: 21
e Ki	Lo KL.	m Kolo deAe	e Ki.	we de.	a Ke tt.	my t tte Ai	L Le	Ai Le	e Ki di.	a Ke tt
Égi	rogᵉra	mąkupše.	Égi	weže,	"Ageja	mą́įtajéhi	rare	hire."	Egíži,	ageja
And	the inside	he scraped out.	And	he said,	"To the other side	wind	[go]	you must."	As he said,	to the other side

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Le Ai	A Ki Li de.	e Ki.	Lo Ke tt	Ao mi n K n K.	A Lo K n K.	to w Le doKo ni de.	o ni Ae de.
rehi	hakiriže.	Égi	rogeja	homįnąkanąga	haruką́nąga	towarešgųnįže.	’ųniheže.
it blew	it began.	And then	inside	he sat, and	he covered it, and	he went on.	[He remained.]*

* the translation has, "Thus he went."

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A Ko Ley d.	de Ko Ki	xA w Le Le Ai Ke	Aoyi rii K tt.	te we L Ki	m Lo tt.	Ai Ly xA de.
Hagoreižą	žegųgi	xawarerehige,	hois’įgają,	tewéraki,	mąrocą	hiraixaže.
Finally,	[then]	he was thrown to one side, so	he peeped out, [and]	unexpectedly,	to the land	he drifted.

de Ke	e tt	a tti nK deAe.	te we L Ki	Ai ttA Ko Lo w Ai L.	e tt	o nK deAe.	Ao Ao	e liAi n.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.
Žege	éja	ajinąkše.	Tewéraki,	hicakorowahira	éja	ųnąkše.	"Hohó,	epį́ną,	hicakóro,"
[And]	there at	he came out.*	Unexpectedly,	his friends	there	they were.	Oh my,	it is good,	our friend,"

* the translation crosses out "came out" and writes above it, "landed". However, the original complies with the strict meaning of the word.

		Notebook 16: 23
ay Le de.	w Kidi Ke	e	w lA K nK dA n	ay Le L	te de rKe K tt	a nK deAe.	e Ki	di Ke	A Ly Le de.
aíreže.	"Wąkšigé	e	wapaką́nąkšąną,	aírera.	Téžesgegáją,"	ánąkše.	Égi	žigé	haraíreže.
they said.	"The human	[he]	he is clever,*	they say.†	Thus it is true,"	they were saying.	Then	again	they went.

* the trasnslation has, "he is more clever".
† prior to these words, ~~we are told~~ was written.

ow Ai Le K tt.	e tt.	mi dL.	w Ke tt	A Ai.	tt lL	Aoy xA w ni de.	ni dL
’úwahiregają,	éja	nįžᵉra	wągéja	hahi	ją́bᵉra	hoixawanįže.	Nįžᵉra
When they had gone a ways,	there	the rocky precipice	[up above]	it reached	[the power of sight]	[it vanished.]*	The rocky precipice

* éja nįžᵉra wągéja hahi ją́bᵉra hoixawanįže is translated, "there a rocky precipice reaching as far as the eye could reach."

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Ai ttiKi ritti	w o de.	e rKe	e tt	di Ke	wy Le de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	Ai Ke	A ni ni	o	to xoAo LoKo wi ni n.‡
hicgisjį	wa’ųže.	Ésge	éja	žigé	waíreže,	"Hicakóro,	hįké	hanįnį	’ų	toxurukwinįną.
[completely perpendicular]*	it was.	So†	there	[again]	they said,	"My friend,	not	not to take along	[to do]	we will not be able.

* translated as "smooth".
† this is written above, ~~Therefore~~.
‡ to is inserted above the line by a caret between o and xoAo.

e Ki deKe	Ao t	to ttiri wi doAo no n.	ay Le de.	de Ko	o wi Le.	w do o liAi Ki di	Ai deKe	A Ai Ktt n Ae n.
Egišge	hotá	tutiswišųnųną,"	aíreže.	"Žegų	’ųwire,	waš’ųpigiži,	hišgé	hahikjanaheną,"
At this place,	some	we are not able to get to the end,"	they said.	"Just	keep on,	if I am able,	also	I will come,"

	Notebook 16: 25
e de.	e Ki	di Ke	A ttiy K Ly Le Ki di.	w o de.	nL xK xKl Ke.	Ai dtt ni Ki d.	Ai Koo de.
éže	Égi	žigé	hajiákarairegìži,	wa’ųže.	Nąraxgąxgąpage*	hišjanįkižą	hik’ų́že.
he said.	Then	[again]	they started on, and	he did it.	[Woodpecker]†	[a small faced one]	[he turned into.]‡

* nąraxgąxgąpage can be analyzed as, nąra, "trees"; xgą, "motion, action" (doubled in emphatic form as xgąxgą); pa, "head"; -ge, "kind, type, sort, species, genus".
† the text has, "(he ["the human" is circled and entered above the line] turned himself into a little bird that is in the habit of ~~pounding~~ climbing & pecking trees)".
‡ literally, "he used".

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to w Le de.	A Ko Le d.	Aoy xii Ki di.	e tt	di Ke	t niy K n K nK Ke d	Ai Koo de.	di Ke	to w xitti Le de.
Towareže.	Hagoréžą,	hoix’į́kiži,	éja	žigé	tanį́ ką́nąkąnąkežą	hik’ų́že.	Žigé	towaxjįreže.
On he went.	Finally,	he got tired, so	from there	[again]	a hummingbird	he used as himself.	Again	They went on.

di Ke	e tt	Ao Ki xii Kede.	di Ke	e tt.	Ki Li Ki Li reKeyi d	Ai Koo de.	di Ke	to w Le de.	di Ke	A Ko Le d.
Žigé	éja	hokix’įkše.*	Žigé	éja	kirikírisgeižą	hik’ų́že.	Žigé,	towareže.	Žigé,	hagoréžą,
Again	there	he got tired.	Again	there	[a pigeon hawk]†	he used.	Again,	on he went.	Again,	after awhile,

* this is hoix’įkše with the reflexive -ki- infixed.
† the translation has, "(he used another bird name not known".

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A Ke	w d	de rK ni de.	e tt	di Ke.	Ke Le tto reAe li de†	Ai Koo de.	di Ke.	to w Le de.	K tt K.
hąké	wažą	žesganįže.	Éja	žigé	kerejųsebižą	hik’ų́že.	Žigé	towareže.	Gająga
not	[anything]	[he was not like.]*	There	again	a black hawk	he used.	Again	on he went.	Now

* a common expression in Hocąk meaning that his condition was incomparable. The translation has, "he began to weaken."
† this should be Ke Le tto reAe li d.

a dKe xitti	Ao t K tt.	e tt	A Ke	w d	de rK ni de.	e tt	nidi	Ao lA dAe tt
ašgéxjį	hotagają,	éja	hąké	wažą	žesganįže.	Éja	niš	hopašeja†
very near	[what was left to do, and]*	there	not	[anything]	[he was not like.]	There	[rocky precipice]	on a point

* the translation has, "the top".
† compare hopase, "corner, point of land."

n di de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai Ai wi L.	ny di	w d	o Ko ni	Ao Lo xotto wi Le
nąžįže.	"Hicakorohihiwira	naį́ži	wažą	’ųgųnį,	horoxojwire,"
[he stood.]*	"Our friend	by this time	something	he must have done,	you had better look for him,"

* the translation has, "he stopped to rest."

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ay Le Ke.	Ao Lo xotto	Ai Le K tt.	we L Ki.	e Ki	A tti	n di tte de.	no li wi	Ao wiy a K.	a a Ki
aírege,	horoxúc	hiregają	wéraki	égi	haji	nąžįježe.	Nųpíwi	howianąga	a’aki
they said, so	to look	they did, and	unexpectedly,	then	there	he stood.	Two of them	they (two) came, and	on each side

							Notebook 16: 29
A Lo Ko ri L n K.	A ni	Ai A KL	Ao w Kiy K Ly Le de	e tt	A K L Ai Le Ki di.	wy Le de	e Ki
harukosiranąga	hani	hihagᵉra	howakiakaraireže.	Éja	hakarahiregiži,	waíreže,	égi
they caught him, and	to go	the top	they went to.	Then	when they went on from there,	they said,	and

w Ky Le de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	e Ki	Ai Ki Lo tteAe Ktt n A wi n.	e Ki.	Ky tt	Ao L w deAe Le Ktt n Ae n.
wagaíreže,	"Hicakóro	égi	hikirucekjanahawiną.	Égi	kaija	horawašerekjanaheną.
they said to him,	"Our friend	from here	we will have to part.	From here	over there	you will have to go.

								Notebook 16: 30
lAtt	ttA tiiy K	e tt*	Ai no Ki d.	A t Ki ntt nK dA n.	Ao KL.	e	Ai noKo Ai n.	ne	Ai ni A te	n i
Pac	cąt’ią́ga,	éja	hinųgižą	hątáginącą̀kšaną.	hųgeᵉra	e	hinųkhina	ne	hinihąte	ną’į́
Grove	when it is visible,	there	a woman	she is fasting.	The chief	she	his daughter	you	to dream of you	to try

* this word is preceded by ~~e tt~~, which had been meant to have been suffixed to the previous word.

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w o nK dA n.	e tt	n tto L tt Ke	w doo dA wK d n.	Ai Ky se Ki di.	e tto w Le de.	te we L Ki.
wa’ųnąkšaną.	Éja	nąjorająge	waš’ųšánąkšąną,"	higaíregiži	ejowareže.	Tewéraki,
she is doing it.	There	you will bless her is why	you are along,"	they said to him, so	instead he went there.	Unexpectedly,

						Notebook 16:31
e tt	ttAi loAo Lo Ke d	nK deAe.	Ai tt Ai Ki di.	ttAo Lo le tt.	Aoyi rii de	te we L Ki.	Ai no Ki d.	e tt.
éja	ciporokeižą	nąkše.	Hijáhigiži,	coropeja	hois’įže.	Tewéraki,	hinųgižą	éja
there	an oval shaped abode	there was.	When he got there,	in the door	he peeped.	Unexpectedly,	a woman	there

ttAe Ai	o nK deAe.	Ai Ki	Ao Lo xotto deAe.	K tt.	roAo roAoxo.	a tti	Ao Ai de.	di Ki no l A L.
cehį	ųnąkše.	Hiki	horoxocše.	Gają	sosóx	aji	huhiže.	Žiginųbahąra
woolen belt	she was wearing.	She turned	and looked.	And	it rattled	towards	[there came.]	Again the second time

							Notebook 16: 32
o de.	Ai tto l A L.	o Ki di.	Ai noKo n K	we de.	L tti K tt.	tt Ko o.	A Ke	Ao L K w ni
’ųže.	Hijobą́hąrá	’ųgiži,	hinų́gᵉnąka	weže,	"Rajigają.	Jagú’ų	hąké	horakáwani
he did it.	The fourth time	he did it, and	the woman	she said,	"You are here.	Why	not	you don't come in

w doo L tte de.	Ao rKe	Ao tt lL	dey rKe Ke	wy o nK dA n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ao Ke we de.	Ai noKo n K
waš’uraježe?	Hosgé	hoją́bᵉra	žeisgege	wai’únąkšąnạ̀,"	éže.	Égi	hoikeweže.	Hinų́gᵉnąka
instead of you doing that?	Naturally	my look	that way is why	I do that,"	she said.	Then	he went in.	The woman

							Notebook 16: 33
w i nl deAe.	L tti L	e liAi n.	e de.	e Ki.	w Ke de.	tt Ko	Ltt ra de.	Ai Ke de.	wK Kn K
wa’inąpše.	"Rajira	epį́ną,"	éže.	Égi	wageže,	"Jagú	racs’aže?"	higeže.	Wąknąka
she thanked him.	"You come	it is good,"	she said.	Then	she asked him,	"What	you eat?"	she said to him.	The man

w Ke de.	ttA	Att doAo no n.	e de	tt rKe	w L Ke de.	e Ki di.	we de.	ttA.	ay Le L.	Ai L.
wageže,	"Ca	hajašųnųną,"	éže.	"Jasgé	warageže?"	egíži	weže,	"'Ca'	aírera:	hira
he said to her,	"Deer	I always eat,"	he said.	"What	you mean?"	she said, so	he said,	"'Deer'	as they are called:	their hair

						Notebook 16: 34
rKi	Ai Le n.	rii L.	ttA Ki d Ke	Ai Le n.	A	y leAe Le rA n.	r r tteKe	w L Ke n.	e de.	Ai Ai nl deAe.
sgí	hiréną;	s’ira	cakižąge	hiréną."	"Hą,	yaperesąną.	Zazácke	warageną,"	éže.	Hihiną́pše.
bitter	it is;	hooves	forked	they are."	"Oh,	I know.	Grasshoppers	you mean,"	she said.	She went outdoors.

Ai d.	A ni Ki Li de.	n ttA wy tt	A Lo Ko r n K.	tee K L Ki Le.	tt rKe L n K.	tee w L ra Ki di.
Hižą	hanikiriže.	Nącawaija	harukozanąga	"T’ekáragíre,	jasgéranąga	t’ewaras’agiži,"
One	she brought back.	By the ears	she held, and she said,	"Kill it for yourself,	[in whatever way]*	you are in the habit of killing,"

* the translation has just, "the way".

		Notebook 16: 35
Ai Ke Ki di.	m L *	Ko Lo r n K.	Kotto ttiKi di.	m L	rA ni Ke tt.	rA L	Ai Le Ai de.
higegiži,	mąra	kurusanąga	gujigiži	mąra	sanįgéja	sara	hirehiže.
she said to him, so	the arrows	he took, and	when he shot,	the arrow	on the other side	[sticking]†	[he sent it forth.]

* the text has n L, which would mean "the tree," but in the same sentence the same object is called m L, "the arrow."
† this was analyzed in the translation as if sa were used in the sense of "pale, white," and translated as "a white streak".

e Ki.	Lo xl dAe	e Ki.	Ai noKo tte K.	Lo Ai L.	Ao A de.	w Lo roKo	Ai L Ki o de.
Égi	ruǧapše,	Égi	hinųkjega	ruhíra	hohą́že,	warusgú	hirakí’ųže.
And then	she skinned it,	and then	the woman	the ribs	she boiled,	dried corn	together with.

	Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 5				Notebook 16: 36
to tti de.	w Ki re de.	w rKey d	Ai tt	tte de	Ai Ktt n Ae Ki di
Tujiže.	Wagiseže.	Wasgeižą	hija	jéže.	Hikjanahegiži,
She cooked it.	She put some on a plate for him.	A plate	[there]	it was.	That he was going to be there,

Ai leAe Lere n Ki di	w rKey d.	Ai Lo dtt	Ai tt	Ki Ke Le Le de.	Ai Ke	Ai Ki o niy tte
hiperezᵉnąkiži	wasgeižą	hirušją́	hija	gikerereže.	"Hįké	hiki’onįąje,"
they knew, so	a plate	to be made ready	there	[they left.]	"Not	do not touch it,"

								Notebook 16: 37
Ai noKo n K	Ai Ky Le de.	e Ki.	e	Ao Ki o de.	ttA	Lo Ai L.	t rA L xitti	Ki Ki. Le de.†
hinų́gᵉnąka	hikaíreže.	Égi	e	hoki’ųže.	Ca	ruhíra	tasáraxjį	gigíreže.
the woman	they told her.	And	that	it is what she used.	Deer	the ribs	[greasy]*	she made for him.

* the translation has, "nice and oily".
† the period after Ki is probably in error.

w Kn K	w Lottto deAe.	Ai rKe tt.	Ai noKo n KLe	Lo Ko de.	e rKe.	ni Ke	Ki t de.
Wągᵉnąka	warucše.	Hisgéja	hinųgᵉnągᵉre,	rogųže,	ésge	nįgé	gitaže.
The man	he ate.	Very much	the woman	she wished for it,	so	piece	she asked him.

									Notebook 16: 38
ttA	Lo Ai d	Ao Koo de.	L ttK K tt.	Ai Ke	w d L	Ki LK ni A L.	ttAl deAe.	de Ko	Lo ttL	Lo daK deAe.
Ca	ruhíra	hok’ųže.	Racgągáją	hįké	wažąra	kiraknįhara	capše.	Žegų	rujᵉra	roš’akše,
Deer	a rib	he gave her.	To taste	not	[anything]	[?]	[to get].*	[Indeed]	to eat it	she could not,

* this sentence is translated as, "she thought that it did not taste very good".

Lo Ko no ni Ke.	e rKe	w Kn KeLe.	w Ke de.	w di tt Ai	Ltt L tte Ke	w ni o n.	Lotto
rokonunige.	Ésge	wą́gᵉną́gᵉre	wageže,	"Wažįjahį	rajarajege	wani’ųną.	Ruc
as much as she would like to.	So	the man	he told her,	"Other things	that you eat, are why	you are thus.	To eat

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						Notebook 16: 39
Lo L Ko Ki di.	tt Ko	Ltt L tte L.	de e.	L too deAe Le Ki di.	wo Lotto ttL	Ai Ki rKe	Ai o n n.	e Ki.
roragųgiži,	jagú	rajarajera	žee	rat’ųšeregiži,	worujᵉra	hikísge	hi’ųnaną.	Égi
if you really want,	[what]	[you are eating]	[these]	[if you cast away,]	[food]	the same	[it would be used.]	Then

w Ki o de.	Ai noKo n K	A Lo Koro n diy n K.	ni Ke	i K nK	Ki Ki de.	de Ko K tt.	wo Lo ttL	Ai Ki rKe
waki’ųže:	hinų́gᵉnąka	harukosnązįanąga	nįgé	ikanąk	gigiže.	Žegųgiži,	worújᵉra	hikísge
he did thus:	the woman	he held her, and	piece	to put in her mouth	he did.	As he did this,	[their food]	the same

				Notebook 16: 40
o de.	m dtt	Ki liAi de.	Ai noKo n K.	e tt	wo Lo ttL	Ai Ki rKe	o de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai ttAi to w A L.
’ųže.	Mąšją	gipįže,	hinų́gᵉnąka.	Éja	worújᵉra	hikísge	’ųže.	Égi	weže,	"Hicitowahára
it was.	Very much	she liked it,	the woman.	From then on	[their food]	the same	it was.	Then	she said,	"My brothers

xA lee niKi	A Ki Ly K Ly Le Ktt ne n.	e de.	ttAo ni xitti	Ko no K	Ki Li Ke Le Ktt n Ae n.	e de.	eyo Ki wy Le doAo no n.
xap’enįk	hagiraigarairekjaneną,"	éže.	"Conixjį,	Kųnųga,	kirikerekjanaheną,"	éže.	"Eogiwairešųnųną.†
soon	they will go by,"	she said.	"The first one,	Co nu,*	he will go by,"	she said.	"They always come by this way.

* Kųnųga is a birth order name for the first born male in a family.
† e-hogiwa-ire-šųnų-ną. /E/ is an emphatic pronoun, "they themselves"; and /h/ has been lost through external sandhi.

Notebook 16: 41
di Ki dtt	Ai Le doAo no n.	Ai L Le xitti K tt.	ttAi wi	to w Ko de.	w Ki d	ttA KLe Ki	Ai tee tee de.
Žigįšja*	hirešųnųną."	Hirarexjįgają,	cįwį	towaguže.	Wągížą	cągᵉrégi	hit’et’éže.
To see me [again]	[they always do."]	In a short time,	thundering	he came on.	A man	outside	he talked.

* < žige-hįšja.

							Notebook 16: 42
wy tteKe A xitti	tt tt.	w L tti Kette Ki di.	Ao L K tte.	A t Ki ntt L.	e de.	K tt.	Ai noKo n KeLe	we de.	ttAi to
"Waicgehaxjį,	jają́	warajikjegiži,	horakaje,	hątáginąjᵉra,"	éže.	Gają	hinųgᵉnągᵉre	weže,	"Citó,
"My sister,	when	you want to eat,	tell me,	you who fast,"	he said.	But	the woman	she said,	"Older brother,

w Att dA n	w Kidi Ki d.	n tto tt L.	tti L.	w Ki ttA n.	e	wo Lo tt ni L.	Att dA n.	e de.	Ao Ao
wahacšąną.	Wąkšigížą	nąjojąra	jira	wagicaną.	E	worujanira	hacšąną,"	éže.	"Hohó,
I have eaten.	A human	he blessed me	he came	I have eaten.	With him	his own kind of food	I ate,"	she said.	"Ah,

			Notebook 16: 43
e liAi n	wy tteKe niKi A xitti.	A ttA Kette n.	Ai ttA A L.	a n K	Ao Ke we de.	Ao Ao	Ai ttA Ai xitti.
epį́ną,	waíjgenįkháxjį,	hacákjeną.	Hicąhara,"	ánąga	hokeweže.	"Hohó,	Hicąhixjį,
it is good,	my little sister,	let me see him.	My brother-in-law,"	he said, and	he came in.	"Ah,	My brother-in-law,

e liAi n	a nK dAe.	da Ki w Ai L.	xA lee	w w Ki t Ki Ktte n.	a n K	Ke Le de.	e Ki.	A ntt	A tti Le de.
epį́ną,"	ánąkše.	"Š’akiwahira	xap’é	wawagitakikjeną,"	ánąga	kereže.	Égi	haną́c	hajíreže.
it is good,"	he kept saying.	"Our parents	hurry	I will tell them,"	he said, and	he went home.	Then	all	they came.

Notebook 16: 44
w i nl lL	Lo K n	Ai Le de.	e	A Ki ntt	w owK deAe†	e tt	Ai noKo n K.	A t Ki ntt	e tt	n Ki di.	e Ki.
wa’inąbᵉra	rokana	hireže.	E	haginąc	wa’ųwąkše.	Éja	hinų́gᵉnąka	hątáginąc	éja	nąkiži.	Égi
thankful	very	they were.	She	to fast*	she was.	There	the woman	to be fasting‡	there	she was.	Then

* according to John Blackhawk (ca. 1920), this word means, "to fast for a certain thing."
† what appears to be, and what is likely, the letter K, is mostly off the margin of this copy of the notebook page.
‡ the translation adds, inserting it by a caret, "to be blessed by him."

					Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 6	Notebook 16: 45
Al lK	Ai ttA w Ai L.	w do ni L	o nK ra de.	e	Ao w Ki Li Le ra de.	Ai Ko	w do Ki	Ltt
hąpga	hicawahira	wažónira	’ųnąks’aže.	E	howakírires’aže,	higų	wažókį	rac
every day	his brothers-in-law	to be out hunting	they would be.	They	they would come back,	and	[for their relatives]	[to eat]

Kii	A Ki Li Le ra de.	w K	xeAe te	dKe.	w Ki Li	xAe te	de rKe	A ni	A Ki Li nK ra de	no ttAi niKi
k’į	hakiríres’áže.	Waką́	xete	ške	wakiri	xete	žesge	hanį́	hakirinąks’áže.	Nócinįk
to pack	they would bring home.	Snakes	big	and	worms*	big	[these kinds]	to bring	they would come home.	[Wood Spirit]†

* the wakiri are, in the translation of the Bible, "creeping things," that is, creatures that locomote with the trunk of their body close to the ground. Most wakiri are insects, although splayed walkers like alligators are also included.
† the translation has, "(Lives in trees)".

						Notebook 16: 46
deKe	de rKe.	Kii	A Ki Le ra de.	de e	A Ko Le d	Ai ttA L.	we de.	Ko no K.	Ai ttA A L.
ške	žesge	k’į	hakires’áže,	žee.	Hagoréžą,	hicą́ra	weže,	Kųnųga,	"Hicąhara,
also	[kinds]	to pack	they would bring home,	[these.]	Finally one day,	his brother-in-law	he said,	Co nu,	"My brother-in-law,

di Ke

A K

rA niKi

te Ki.

tey d

n KL

e tt

Ao w Le Ke.

e tt.

L lL

Ki K nK

A AK wi L.

ni Le dKe

žige

hąká

sanį́k

tégi

teyižą

nągᵉra

éja

howarege,

éja

rábᵉra

kikąnąk

hahągwira.

Nįréške

[again]

never

this way

over

a lake

there is

where

he goes [because,]

there

beavers

a married couple

they are.

Even I

		Notebook 16: 47
ttAo we	Ao xA L	Ai Li n doAo no n.	e doKo ni de.	Ao ttiy	n xoKo n K tt.	Ai noKo n K	e de.	Ai L Le xitti Ki di.
cowe	hoxára	hiránašųnųną,"	ešgųniže.	"Hojiá,	nąxkųnagają,"	hinų́gᵉnąka	éže.	Hirarexjįgiži,
nearly	to catch	they might have,"	he said.	"All right,	he understands,"	the woman	she said.	After awhile,

										Notebook 16: 48
w Ke K.	e	Ao w Le de.	te	e K	e tt	Ai K tt.	te we L Ke	n tte tt.	loAo r Ke	w L xoyi d
wagega,	e	howareže.	Te	ega,*	éja	higają,	tewéraki,	nąjeja	pųzake	waraǧuižą
where he meant,	there	he went.	Lake	when he got to,	there	[he did,]	unexpectedly,	in the middle	sandbar	[a subsided one]†

* an initial /h/ has been lost through sandhi.
† this is not translated.

mi n Ki	e tt	doAo ttL	n Kde.	w Kette xiAi.	doAotto	w o n Kede.	e tt.	m L.	Ai d.	rAele K L Ki de.
mįnąki.	Éja	šujᵉra	nąkše.	Wakjexi	šuc	wa’ųnąkše.	Éja	Mąra	hižą	sebᵉkarakįže.
there was.	There	the red ones	there were.*	Waterspirits	red	there were.	There	his arrows	one of them	he painted black.†

* this is translated, "There they were. red in the distance."
† this might be, sebᵉkarakiže, from sep, "black" -kara-, "one's own"; -kį, "to serve as"; -ze, a suffix indicating that the sentence expresses hearsay.

Notebook 16: 49

e Ki

di Ke.

Ai d.

doAo tti de.

e Ki.

w Ai rA.

Ao do doKo

Kiy n K.

e tt

w KL

Ao w Le de.

w Ke tt

Ai Ki di.

Égi

žigé

hižą

šujiže.

Égi

wahįsą́

hožužuk

kiánąga

éja

wągᵉra

howareže.

Wągéja

higiži,

And

another

one

he painted red.

And

feather

fine

he turned himself into, and

there

he went.

[Up above]*

when he got there,

* the translation has, "up in the sky".

					Winnebago IV, #8o²: 6
e tt	A diAi leLe	w Ki de.	Ai no K K.	we de.	w Kette xiAi	Ai no K K.	wK no L.	ni di
éja	hašibᵉré	wakiže.*	Hinųkąka	weže,	Wakjexi	hinųkąka,	"Wąknura,	niží,
there	to drop on	he made himself on them.	The female	she said,	Waterspirit	the female,	"Old man,	[exclamation]

* this should be from wa-, "it, them, etc."; -ki-, "himself"; hi, "he made, did, was"; and -že, a suffix indicating that the sentence expresses hearsay.

	Notebook 16: 50
w K tt n Ko ni	y Le n.	e de.	w K tt n Ki di	w ttA mK n n.	e de.	di Ke	we de.
wągájanagųnį,	yaréną,"	éže.	"Wągájanagiži,	wacąmągᵉnąną,"	éže.	Žigé	weže,
someone must have spied on us,	I think,"	she said.	"If someone spied on us,	I would have seen them,"	he said.	Again	she said,

									Notebook 16: 51
ni di	wK no L.	Ko no K	Ai ttA L.	wK KLe Ki.	w Ai rA	Ao do doKo	Kiy n K.	A diAi leLe	w Ki Ki n Ko ni
"Niží,	wąknura,	Kųnųga	hicą́ra	wągᵉregi	wahįsą́	hožužuk	kiánąga	hašibᵉré	wagiginąkųnį,
"Say,	old man,	Co nu	his brother-in-law	above	feather	fine	he turned himself into, and	to drop on	he himself does to us,

y Le n.	e de.	A n n i L.	tt Ko	e K tt wK.	de rKe Ki di.	A ttA mK n n.	Ai dA L xiAi xiAiKi dA wK dA n.
yaréną,"	éže.	"Hanana’įra.	Jagú	egáją wąk?	Žesgegiži,	hacąmągᵉnąną.	Hišaraxįxįkšawąkšąną,"
I think,"	she said.	"I am trying to sleep.	What	you mean by talking to me?	Otherwise,	I would have seen.	You are waking me up,"

						Notebook 16:52
e de.	de Ko	L dtt de.	e Ki.	n xitti Le Ki di.	e tt	tti tte de.	w K K.	n ttKe L.	Ai w diKi tti n n K tt
éže.	Žegų	rašją́že.	Égi	nąxjįregiži,	éja	jiježe.	Wąkaga	nącgera	hiwašíkjįnanagają
he said.	So	she stopped.	Then	when they were sound asleep,	there	he lit.	The male	his heart	it throbbed against his side as it beat, so

A tt xittiy n K.	e tt xitti	Kotto deAe.	de Ke	Ai no K K.	de Ko	Aiy n K	Ke Le tto reAele	Ai Koow n K.
hijaxjįanąga	ejaxjį	gucše,	žege	hinųkąka.	Žegų	hianąga	kerejųsep	hik’ųanąga
he looked carefully, and	right at it	he shot,	and also	the female.	[So]	[he did, and]	black hawk	he turned himself into, and

Notebook 16: 53
Ke Le doKo ni.	to w	Lo xA	Aoyi Le de.	te we	i K n Ki Le Kette n[i] rKe	A Ao Ai Le de.	e Ki	di Ke.
kerekšgųni.	Towa	ruxa	hoireže.	Tewe	Ikanąkirekjeniske	hahuhireže.	Égi	žigé
he went home.	Onward	to chase	[they came.]	On	they almost swallowed him	they came.	Then	again

					Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 7 = Notebook 16: 54
t ni A K n K nK Ke L.	Ai Koo de.	to w	xiKi	Ke Le de.	i K n Ki Le Kette ni rKe K tt.	ttAi L	Ae tt
tanį́haką́nąkąnągᵉra	hik’ų́že.	Towa	xgi	kereže.	Ikanąkirekjeniskegają,	cira	heja
the hummingbird	he used.	Onward	he hummed	he went.	Just as they were about to swallow him,	his abode	the top

Aoyi K w Ki Ke Le de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai ttA A L.	w d	w Lo Ko xitti ra de	Ai deAe L.	tee w A n.
hoikawakikereže.	Égi	weže,	"Hicąhara,	wažą	warokoxjįs’aže,	hišera.	T’ewahaną,"
[he came back.]*	Then	he said,	"My brother-in-law,	[something]	he would take delight in,†	you told me.	I have killed them,"

* the translation has, "he flew".
† the translation inserts above the line, "as food".

							Notebook 16: 55
e Ki di	Ki l Ki Ki de	de e	ttAi to K	Le deKe.	w Lo daK doAo no n.	e de.	e Ki	we de.	de e
egiži,	kibagigiže.	"Žee	citoga	rešge	waruš’akšųnųną,"	éže.	Égi	weže,	"Žee
he said, but	she did not believe him.	"Them	older brother,	even	he was unable to kill them,"	she said.	Then	he said,	"Those

dA n	w d L.	tee Ai	wo w teeKe niKi	Ai Le n.	A Ai	wo Lo xotto Le.	ttA KeLe Ki	nK dA n.	e Ki di	Ai Ai nl deAe.
šana	wažąra	t’ehi	wowat’egᵉnįk	hiréną.	Hahi	woruǧujᵉre.	Cągᵉrégi	nąkšaną,"	egíži,	hihiną́pše.
only	things	to kill	to be easy	they are.	Go out	look at them.	Outside	they are,"	he said, so	she went out.

						Notebook 16: 56
te we L Ki.	e tt	n[K] deAe	t e Kette	ni rK nK deAe.	A K w	liAi d.	ttiAi to K	m Le KoLo
Tewéraki,	éja	ną[k]še.	taekje	nisganąkše.	"Hagawa	pįžą,	citoga	mąregųs
Unexpectedly,	there	they were.	They were burned	they looked as if they were.	"How	[a good one,]	my brother	for all his life

te e	w Lo Ko tte dAo no L.	ttiAi to K A K	w d	L K L Ka tti d.	Lo L.	Lo ttL di	Ae Le	no ni Ke.
tee	warogųješųnųra.	Citogahaga	wažą	rakarak’ajižą.*	Rora	rujᵉraži	here,	nųnįgé
these	he has longed for them.	My brother	[something]	you have done a great favor.	The flesh	to eat [in any case]	it is,	but

* < ra-kara-k’ac-ižą: ra-, "you"; -kara-, "one's own"; k’ac, "to help, benefit"; -ižą, the indefinite article.

								Notebook 16: 57
A L.	w i.	ttiAi to K.	w Lo Ko doAo no L.	e de.	e Ki.	w Ke de	Ai K n L	w deAe Ktte n.	ttAi to K.
hara	wa’į́	citoga	warugųšųnųra,"	éže.	Égi	wageže,	hikánara,	"Wašekjeną,	citoga,
the hide	blanket	my brother	he would want very much,"	she said.	Then	she said,	her husband,	"You must say thus,	my brother,

			Winnebago IV, #8o²: 7
w L Ke Kette n.	Ai d	w K Ky dKe.*	Ai ttA.	A L.	Ko Lo i.	Ko Lotto	ni Ki o n.
waragékjeną,	'Hižą	wągagaišge,	hicą,	hara	kuru’i,	guruc	nįgi’úną.
[you will say to him,]	'One of them	[I brought you (?),]	brother-in-law,	the hide	to wear,	for food	I will make it for you.

* in the English translation below Ke Kette n. Ai d w K Ky dKe. there is a long pair of empty parentheses: ( ).

wo A	ni Ki o	no ni Ke.	L Ko Lo tti Ktte n.	Ai L Ke Kette n.	e di	di Ke	Ai tt ne L.	tt tti K
Wohą́	nįgi’ú,	nųnįgé	rakųrujikjeną,'	hiragekjéną	Eši	žigé	hijanera,	jajigá
Feast	I will make it for you,	but	you must eat it,'	you must tell him.	[However]	[again]	the other,	to my father

Notebook 16: 58
de rKe	Ai L Ke Ktte n.	Ai Ke de.	e Ki.	ttAi	wo too li Le de.	e Ki.	n Ki K L L.	Ki Li de.	Ko no K.
žesge	hiragekjéną,"	higeže.	Égi	ci	wot’ųbireže.	Égi	nąkikarara	kiriže,	Kųnųga.
the same thing	you must say,"	she said to him.	Then	abode	they put them.	Then	his hunting trip	he got back,	Co nu.

e Ki.	Ai ttA L	we de.	Ai ttA.	L lini Ki d	tee A n	Ki K nK.	wK KL.	A L.
Égi	hicą́ra	weže,	"Hicą,	rabᵉnįgižą	t’ehaną,	kiką́nąk.	Wągᵉra	hara
Then	his brother-in-law	he said,	"Brother-in-law,	a little beaver	I have killed,	with its mate.	The male	[for its hide]*

* the translation has, "for blanket".

		Notebook 16: 59
Ko Lo i	Ko Lotto	ni Ki o n.	Ai deKe	Ai tt ne L.	Ai att L K.	Ko Lotto	A Ki o n.	A L	Ko Lo i
kuru’i,	guruc	nįgi’úną.	Hišgé	hijanera	hi’ącaraga	guruc	haki’ųną,	hara	kuru’i,"
to wear,	for food	I will make it for you.	And	the other	to your father	for food	I make him,	the hide	to wear,"*

* this clause is translated, "and hide for blanket."

e de.	a n K.	w Ki w A	Ai Le K tt.	te we L Ki	w d	w Lo Ko xitti doAo no L.	e
éže.	Ánąga,	wagiwahą	hiregają.	Tewéraki,	wažą	warugųxjįšųnųra	e
he said.	Thus saying,	to show thanks to him	they did.	Unexpectedly,	the things	he had always longed for	[they]

					Notebook 16: 60
w w K nK deAe.	Ao Ao	Ai ttA	e liAi n.	te e	w Low Ko	m Le Koro	A tte doAo no L.	e liAi n.
wawaganąkše.	"Hohó,	hícą,	epį́ną.	Tee	waruagų	mąregųs	hajéšųnųra.	Epį́ną.
they meant.	"Ah ha,	my brother-in-law,	it is good.	These	I longed for	all the time	I have always done.	It is good.

Ao Ao	wy tteKe A xitti	e liAi n.	te de rKe Ke.	te e	m Le Koro	Ai Lo Ko wi L.	Ai A te wi K tt.	ttAi n KL.
Hohó,	waicgehaxjį,	epį́ną.	Težesgege	tee	mąregųs	hiruguwira.	Hihątewigają.	Ciną́gᵉra
Ah,	my little sister,	it is good.	Thus it is	this	all the time	we longed for.	We have surely dreamed.	The village

			Notebook 16: 61
A L Ki te K tt.	wy ttKe A xitti.	e de.	w i nl lL	Lo K n de.	K L Kiiy n K	Ke Le de.
haragitegają,	waicgehaxjį,"	éže	wainąbᵉra	rokanaže.	Karak’įanąga	kereže.
you have dreamed for,	my little sister,"	he said	in thankfulness	[much].	He packed it on his back, and	[he went home.]

Ki Ki di	Ai tt ne L	A Ko	A tti Le de.	e Ki.	wK no n K	we de.	Ao Ao.*	Lotto L di
Kigiži,	hijanera	hagú	hajíreže.	Égi	wąknunąka	weže,	"Hohó,	rujᵉraži
When he got home,	the other	to come after	they came.	Then	the old man	he said,	"Ah,	[to be edible, in any case,]

* the text seems to have Ao LAo, but LA (rh) is not found in Hocąk, so I take the apparent L as a slip of the pen.

			Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 8			Notebook 16: 62
Ae Le	no ni Ke.	wiy K L Ki Ko Ktt n Ae n.	e de	e Ki.	w Lo ttA L.	A tti Le Ki di.	tti ne tt.	Ai tt	Ay tte Ai Le de.
here	nųnįgé	wiakaragigokjanaheną,"	éže.	Égi	warucára	hajíregiži	jinéją	hija	haijehireže.*
[it is,]	but	I will give a feast with mine,"	he said.	Then	the attendants	they came, and	already	there	they put it on.

* < haijehi-ire-že.

e Ki.	Ki Ko Ai Lo we L.	m Le Ki	wK KeLe Ki.	w Ko	Ai Le de.	Ke ni wi rii ni.	ttAi L	Aoy xitti	tti li de.
Égi	gigóhirowera	mąrégi	wągᵉregi	wagu	hireže.	Keni wis’įnį	cira	hoixjį	jįpiže.
And	the inviter	on earth	up above*	to invite	they did.	Before long	the tent	full	[they assembled.]

* the translation has, "in the humans," which oddly misunderstands wK KeLe Ki as based on wąk, "human."

					Notebook 16: 63
e Ki.	wK no n K	Ao K LK deAe	tt rKe	Ki Ki K.	liAi	Ki Ki Ki di.	A e K L Ki de.	w Kidi Ki d.
Égi	wąknunąka	hokárakše,	jasgé	gigiga,	pį	gigigiži,	haekaragiže.	Wąkšigížą
Then	the old man	he told,	what	he did for him, and	good	he did, and	he talked about it.	A human

w to Ao ttiAi	ttA liKi di.	e	w o Ke tti ni.	de de rKe Ki di.	A e Ai de.	e Ki	we de.
watohóci	capgiži,	e	wa’ųgejinį,	žežesgegiži	haehiže.	Égi	weže,
son-in-law	he had, and	he	because he did these things for him,	[it was for this reason]	he talked about it.	Then	he said,

					Notebook 16: 64
w to Ao ttiAi K.	liAi	w K Ki Ki wi K tt.	e rKe.	w Lo xl lL.	Ai d	Ao Koo Ktt wi Ke	e rKe.
"Watohóciga	pį	wągagigiwigają.	Ésge,	Waruǧábᵉra	hižą	hok’ųkjawige.	Ésge,
"My son-in-law	good	he has done for us.	Therefore,	[the Warbundles]*	one of them	we will give him.†	Therefore,

* the translation has, "war weapons". This is a serious error. A Waruǧáp is a Warbundle and nothing else in every other instance, and there are numerous examples of the term. As a verb, waruǧáp means, "to skin something," and as a noun, it denotes the skin bag in which the Warbundle's sacred objects are contained. Therefore, the term can hardly mean, "war weapons," although, due to its supernatural power, the Warbundle is a de facto war weapon itself.
† "will" follows "~~should~~".

								Winnebago IV, #8o²: 8
te e.	Ko Lotto	Ai Ki o de	a	no ni Ke.	wiy Ki Ko n.	te de rKe	Ai ni Ke Ktt wi Ke tti ni.	wK no n K.	w K tt
tee	guruc	higi’ų́že,"	a	"nųnįgé	wiagigoną.	Težesge	hinįgekjawigejinį."	Wąknųnąka	Wakąjá
this	to eat	he gave me,"	he said,	"but	I gave a feast.	Thus	I wanted to ask you of this."	The old man	Thunderbird

		Notebook 16: 65
Ao KL	w o nK deAe.	e rKe.	w Lo xl lL.	ttiAi L.	Ao Ki Kixi deAe.	ttAi rAe Le tti d	Ae Le Ki di.
hųgᵉra	wa’ųnąkše.	Ésge,	Waruǧábᵉra	cira	hogįgį́xše.	Ciserejižą	heregíži
the chief	he was.	Therefore,	[the Warbundles]*	the tent	[encircled.]†	A long tent	it was, and

* this time Waruǧáp is mistranslated as "warclubs." A warclub is a nąmące.
† the translation has, "full".

ttiAi doAo Lo too li d	ttAi L.	Ao Ki Kixi	Ao we Ki di.	e tt	Ai Loy dKe	n di Le de.	ttiAi L	Ao Ki Kixi deAe.
cišurut’ǫbižą	cira	hogįgį́x	howegiži,	éja	hiroášge	nažireže.	Cira	hogįgį́xše.
a long pole	the tent	[encircling]	around,	there	[near]	[they stood.]	The tent	they were all around.

	Notebook 16: 66
w Lo xl lL.	w no n Ke	de rKe	Ai L KA Ly d	w o nK deAe.	e Ki	Ki Ko L.	Lo dtt	Ai Le Ki di.	e Ki.
Waruǧábᵉra	wanunage†	žesge	hirakaraižą	wa’ųnąkše.	Égi	gigóra	rušją́	hiregiži,	égi
[The Warbundles]*	[?]	[that kind]	a keeper	he was.	And	the feast	to be over	when it was,	then

* translated as "warclubs".
† this key term is untranslated, and can be transliterated as, wanunage, wanunąke, wanonage, etc. Nothing seems to answer to it.

w Ky Le de.	A Ai	ne	L Ki dtt Ktt n Ae n.	ttiAi L	Ao Ki Ki x KeLe	A ttA tte K.	doAo Lo riKi di.
wagaíreže,	"Hahi,	ne	ragišjákjanaheną.	Cira	hogįgį́xagᵉre	hacąjega	šurusgiži,
they said to him,	"Now then,	you	[you should examine them.]*	The tent	what is around	whichever one	you take,

* translated as, "you will take your choice".

		Notebook 16: 67
A Ki d	w d	a ni Ktt n Ae n.	Ai Ky Le de.	e Ki	Ao Ki Kixi	wo Lo xotto Le de.	o tt o	de e
hąkížą	wažą	anįkjanaheną,"	higaíreže.	Égi	wa’ųnąkše.	Woruǧújereže.	’Ųja’ų,	žee
no one	anything	they will not have to say,"	he said.	[Here]	[they were.]	He went and looked at them.	Finally,	[that]

e tt.	ttiAi no xeKe	ni Ke tt	Ai d	tte de.	A Ke	A tt L.	liAi xitti ni de.	e Ki.	we de.	liAi L de.
éja	cinų́xge	nįgéja	hižą	ježe.	Hąké	hajára	pįxjįnįže.	Égi	weže,	"Piraže,
there	in back of the tent	[at that place]	one	[it stood.]	Not	to look at	it was not good.	Then	he said,	"Good ones,

		Notebook 16: 68
Lo AK	no ni Ke.	n tteKe ni Ktt n A wi K tt.	di Ke	w d	w Ki liAi Kette de	Ai Ko	te e
rohą́k,	nųnįgé	nącgenįkjanahawigają.	Žigé	wažą	wagipikježe.	Higų	tee
there are plenty,	but	I will make you sorry.*	Besides	[something]	I will not be able to take care of it.	So	this

* literally, "I will make your hearts small."

niKi	Ae Le Ktte n.	a n K.	Loro deAe	K tt.	ti n KeLe	A ntt	w Ko	Ai n Ki Le de.	e dA n.
nįk	herekjeną,"	ánąga	rúsše.	Gają	tinągᵉre	haną́c	wakú	hinąkireže.	Éšana
[little]	[let it be,"]*	he said, and	he took it.	[Then]	[these]	all	to bow their heads	[they sat slumped over.]	[It alone]

* the translation has, "I will take."

		Notebook 16: 69
Ai Ly tteAe L tte Ki di.	w Ki o de.	e rKe	e dA n	Ai K L diAi diAiKi n Ki di	w Ki o Ke.	xK	Ai Le de.	A Ao.
hiraicerajegiži	wak’iųže.	Ésge	éšana	hikarašíšigᵉnąkiži	waki’ųge,	ǧak	hireže.	"Hąhó,
the foremost	it was.	So	the only one	they thought the most of	it was, therefore	to weep	they did.	"There,

w Lo Kidi d	w doo K tt.	e dA n	Ai L tty L n.	tt n K KeLe.	e rKe	ttAi	Ao dow KeLe	Ai K L diAi diAi Ki Le n.
warukšižą	waš’ųgają.	Éšana	hirajaíraną,	janagagᵉre.	Ésge,	ci	hožuagᵉre,	hikarašíšikireną,
it just happened	you have done it.	[It alone]	it is the greatest	of all of them.	Therefore,	tent	all who are in,	they thought the most of it,

Notebook 16: 70					Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 9
no ni Ke	Ai A wi K tt.	Ai K K	w d L.	Ai d	Ai doAo Lo daK Kini Ktt ne n.	Ai Ky Le de.	e Ki.
nųnįgé	hihawigają.	Hįkaga	wažąra	hižą	hišúruš’agᵉnįkjaneną,"	higaíreže.	Égi
but	we have given our word.	Never	anything	[one]	you will fail to get,"	they told him.	So

K L Kiiy n K	Ko de.	e Ki.	wy Le de.	de tt ny xitti	Ai ttA Ai Ai wi L	Ke Le Ktte n.	n di
karak’įanąga	guže.	Égi	waíreže,	"Tejanaixjį	hicąhihiwira	kerekjeną.	Nąžį
he packed it, and	he came home.	Then	they said,	"It is about time	our brother-in-law	he should go home.	It is about time

Notebook 16: 71
Ko no ni ne Ko n.	ay Le de.	rii	Ai tt o de.	e rKe	ni Ktt Ki d	dKe	A ni ne de.	wK Kini Ki d.
konuninegųną,"	aíreže.	S’i	hija’ųže.	Ésge	nįkją́gižą	ške	haníneže,	wągᵉnįgížą.
they will be lonesome for him,"	they said.	A long time	he was there.	Therefore,	a child	[also]	he had,	a boy.

										Notebook 16: 72
e Ki.	m L	Ao w Ko	Ai Le de.	w K tt	ttiAi n Ke tt	A Ai	w o tte de.	e tt	w Lo xl lL.	K L Kiiy n K
Égi	mąra	howágu	hireže,	Wakąjá	cinągeja	hahí	wa’ųježe.	Éja	Waruǧábᵉra	karak’įanąga
Then	the earth	[to return]	they did,	Thunderbird	from the village	to go	he did.	There	[the Warbundle]*	on his back, and

* translated as, "war weapons".

Ko de.	e Ki	Aele n Ai L n K	A Ki Li Le de.	ni Ktt	deKe	ttoAo	Ki Li de.	e Ki.	A Ko Ley d.
guže.	Égi	hebᵉnąhiranąga	hakiríreže.	Nįkja	ške	cų	kiriže.	Égi	hagoreižą,
he came home.	Then	they camped one night, and	they got home.*	[Child]	[also]	he had	he came home.	Then	one day,

* the translation adds, "the next day".

							Notebook 16: 73
we de	Ai noKo tt ne.	Ai K n L	w Ke de.	tt Ko o K tt.	Ai att L K.	Ai K K.	Ki K niy Ko ni.	e de.	tt tty xitti
weže,	hinųkjąne	hikánara,	wageže,	"Jagú’ųgają	hi’ącaraga	hįkaga	kikanįagųnį,"	éže.	Jajaį́xjį
she said,	the woman	her husband,	she said,	"Why is it	your father	never	he does not rise,"	she said.	As long as

							Winnebago IV, #8o²: 9
y leAe Le rL	Ao rKe	de rKe n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai Ki wx	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	we de.	tteAe Ke tt.	w doo A L tt wi ne
yaperezᵉra,	hosgé	žesgéną,"	éže.	Égi	higiwą́x	hireže.	Égi	weže,	"Cegéja	waš’ųharajawine,
I knew him,	[just]	he was that way,"	he said.	Then	to ask him	they did.	Then	he said,	"In the beginning,	I was like you,

		Notebook 16: 74
m nK KLe	Ao L tte L.	A Ke	w d L	Ai d	to da Kini n.	e Ki.	ni Ko A Le Ki	Ae Le L.	wy o	Ai Le n.
mąną́gᵉre	horajera.	Hąké	wažąra	hižą	tuš’agᵉnįną.	Égi	nįkųhą́regi	herera,	wai’ų	hiréną.
about the earth	I went about.	Not	anything	[one]	I never failed.	Then	the underwater ones	it was,	to do this to me	they did.

									Notebook 16: 75
tee wi	n i	Ai L	no ni Ke.	Ai Ke	tee wi L ni n.	wo tteAe xiAi	wy o mK dA n.	de Ko	A o m Ki Kette n.
T’ewį́	ną’į́	hira	nųnįgé	hįké	t’ewį́ranįną.	Wocéxi	wai’ųmąkšaną.	Žegų	ha’ųmągikjeną.
To kill me	to try	they did,	but	not	[they did not kill me.]	A bad thing	[I am undergoing.]	[But]	I will stand it.

Ai Ko	niy al m K tt.	A Ke	n ttKe woy L ttiAi wi ni Ki di.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai noKo tteAeKe n K.	Ao Ki Lo xotto	tti Ktte	e Ki di.
Higų	nį’ąbᵉmąkają.	Hąké	nącgewoiracįwinįgiži,"	éže.	Égi	hinųkcegᵉnąka	hogiruxúc	jikje,	egiži
[Yet]	I am living.	Not	do not worry,"	he said.	Then	the daughter-in-law	to see	she would come,	so

				Notebook 16: 76
Ao Lo xotto	Ki Ki de.	my tt.	n	Le tto	xeAe teyi d	Ao w tti Ki di.	Lo Aiye tt.	Ai Ki rK de.	rA ni Ke tt
horuxúc	gigiže.	Maįja	ną	rejų́	xeteižą	howajigiži.	Rohieja	higisgaže,	sanįgéja
to see	he caused.	From the earth	tree	root	a big one	it came from.	[Into his body]*	[it pierced through,]	out on the other side

* the translation has, "into his side".

my tt.	Ao Ke we de.	my tt.	Ai L Lo roAotto	w owK deAe.	e Ki.	we de.	Lo dtt	A n n.	e de.	A Ao
maįja	hoikeweže.	Maįja	hirarusuc	wa’ųwąkše.	Égi	weže,	"Rušją́	haną́ną"	éže.	"Hąho,
into the earth	it entered.	To the earth	to be bound	he was.	Then	she said,	["To terminate]	I can do,"	she said.	"Very well,

	Notebook 16: 77
e Ki	Ai noKo tteAe KL.	liAi n tte Ke	w dAe Ki di	o Le	e doKo ni de.	e Ki.	w o de.	i ni d.	Ai tt	A ni Ki Li de.	leAe tte tt
égi	hinųkcegᵉra,	pįnajege	wašegíži,	’ųre,"	ešguniže.	Égi	wa’ųže:	įnį́žą	hija	hanikiriže.	Pejéja
[and]	daughter-in-law,	if it is best,	if you think,	do so,"	he said.	Then	she did it:	a stone	there	she brought.*	Into the fire

* the translation adds, "to the tent."

Notebook 16: 78

Ao K nK deAe.

e Ki.

ttAi L

o de.

i no Ke we

Ao ttAi L.

e Ki

de de Ko

Aiy n K.

m Ai d

Ai ow n K.

Le tto L.

hokanąkše.

Égi

cira

’ųže,

inokewe

hocíra.

Égi

žežegų

hianąga

mąhį́žą

hi’ųanąga

ną

rejų́ra

she put it.

Then

the tent

she made,

sweat house

tent.

And then

this

she did, and

a knife

she took, and

tree

roots

w wi Ki Ki deAe Le de.	A LK KL	Lo K n	we de.	w m wx xK tt.	A LK KL	L dtt de.	tee de.	de rK no ni Ke.
wawikikišereže.	Hąrą́gᵉra	rokana	weže.	Wamawaxgają	hąrą́gᵉra	rašją́že.	t’eže.	Žesganųnįge,
she worked on them.	Groans	very much	[he uttered.]	When she cut them,	groans	they stopped.	He died.	But anyhow,

		Notebook 16: 79			Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 10
i no Ke we	Ao ttAi	Lo e tt	Ao toolo deAe.	e Ki.	ttiAi Lo Ke tt.	i ni L.	Ao K nK deAe.	t doAo ttiAi.	e Ki.	Ao Lo doAo de.
inokewe	hocí	roéja	hot’ųpše.	Égi	cirogeja	įnį́ra	hokanąkše,	tašúcį.	Égi	horušų́že.
sweat house	tent	inside	she put him.	Then	in the tent	the stone	she put it,	red hot.	Then	she closed it.

								Notebook 16: 80
de Ko	Aiy n K.	i ni L.	w Ki ni	A w xoAo de.	Ai L Le xitti K tt.	A LK tti Le de.	A Ao	Ai noKo tteAe KL.	Ai Ki Lo Ar Le
Žegų	hianąga	įnį́ra	wakįnį́	hawaxųže.	Hirarexjįgają,	harakjireže.	"Hąhó,	hinųkcégᵉra,	higiruhazᵉre.
Thus	she did, and	the stone	oil	she poured it.	After awhile,	he groaned.*	"Ah,	daughter-in-law,	[open it for me.]†

* the translation has, "he began to groan again."
† the translation has, "let me out of here."

ni al Ai L L.	di Ki tee Ai	L Ktt n Ae n.	a	no ni Ke	de Ko	i ni L.	w Ki ni	A w xoAo nK deAe.	w L A	no ni Ke
Nį’ą́p hirara	žigit’ehi	rakjanaheną,"	a	nųnįgé	žegų	įnį́ra	wakįnį́	hawaxųnąkše.	Waraha	nųnįgé
You saved my life,	to kill me again	you will,"	he said,	but	[thus]	the stone	oil	she poured it.	He pleaded	but

			Notebook 16: 81
A Ke	L xoAo Lo Kini de.	e Ki	Ai L Le xitti Ki di.	L dtt de.	Ai tt ne n K	tee Ai Ko ni	Ai Ly Le de.
hąké	raxurugᵉnįže.	Égi,	hirarexjįgiži,	rašją́že.	Hijanénąka	t’ehigųnį	hiraíreže.
not	[she could not be persuaded.]*	Then,	after awhile,	[he stopped.]†	The others	she must have killed him	they thought.

* the translation has, "all in vain."
† the translation has, "he quieted down."

e Ki.	Ai L Le xitti K tt.	Ao Ki Ke we xo xo de.	A Ao	de Ko A n.	e Ki.	K tt K	Ki Lo Ar	Ai Le de.
Égi,	hirarexjįgają,	hokíkéweǧųǧųže.	"Hąhó,	žegųhaną,"	égi	gająga	giruhas	hireže.
Then,	after awhile,	he began to blow on himself.	"There,	I am through,"	he said, so	then	to open it for him	she did.

	Notebook 16: 82
w ni	Ao w xo Ki Kette L.	Ai Lo dtt	Ao Ai L n K	w o n Ki di.	wo Koo	Ai Le Ki di.	w K L ni
Wani	howaxukikjera	hirušją́	huhiranąga	wa’ųnąkìži	wok’ų	hiregiži	wagarani
The clothes	he was to wear	they were made ready	before she started,	they were, and	to hand them to him	they did, so	[he took them]

						Winnebago IV, #8o²: 10
							Notebook 16: 83
Ai Ai n l n K.	ttA Ke tt.	wo K w xoKo deAe.	Ai L Le xitti K tt	A Ki Li Aoy Ke we de.	te tte de.	wK Kono	ni Ae L.
hihinąpanąga	cągéja	wokawaǧukše.	Hirarexjįgają,	hakirihoikeweže.	Teježe.	Wąknu	nihéra,
he went out, and	outside	he put them on.	After awhile,	he came back in.	There he was.	The old man	he used to be,

A Ke	deKe	de rK ni de.	w KL.	w ttAo Ki d	Ae Le de.	e Ki.	w i nl dAe.	e liAi n.	Ai noKo tteAe KL.	Ai niKi A xitti
hąké	ške	žesganįže.	Wągᵉra	wacogižą	hereže.	Égi	wa’inąpše.	"Epį́ną,	hinųkcégᵉra.	Hinįkhaxjį,
not	now	he was not so.	Man	a handsome one	he was.	Then	he thanked her.	"It is good,	my daughter-in-law.	My son,

					Notebook 16: 84
e liAi n.	te de rKe	w Ke Ke.	te e.	Ai ttAe xiAi	ni diAi L	w Ae n.	e dA n.	te de rKe	Ai Ki Ki n Ke	w Ae L
epį́ną.	Težesge	wāgege,	tee	hicexí	nišíra	wahéną.	Éšana	težesge	hįgiginąke,	wahéra.
it is good.	This	I wanted,	this	to try	I told you	[it is what I meant.]	Only	this	it could do,	it is why I said it.

Ao w Le L.	Ai K L Ki rKe wi n.	e liAi n.	e de.	A ntt	w i nl li Le de.	e Ki.	m dtt	wo Ki xeAe te	Ai Le de.	e
Howarera,	hikarakisgewiną.	Epį́ną,"	éže.	Haną́c	wa’inąpireže.	Égi	mąšją	wogixete	hireže.	E
Sure enough,	I have become the same as you.	It is good,"	he said.	All	they thanked him.	And	very much	to love him	they did.	He

Notebook 16: 85
wi Lo K n de.	e Ki.	w K tt	ttAi nK	n Ki di.	e tt.	w K tt	AoKo	n Ki di.	Ai noKo	Ai Ki di.	w Kidi Ki d.
wirukanaže.	Égi	Wakąjá	ciną́k	nąkiži	éja	Wakąjá	hųk	nąkiži	hinų́k	higiži,	wąkšigížą
he could command them.	[And]	Thunderbird	village	[it was, and]	[there]	Thunderbird	chief	[he was, and]	daughter	she was, and	a human

Ao Lo Ke.	e rKe.	w K tty tt.	w Lo xl lL.	Ai d Ki L	Ai L tty L Ki di	m Le Ki.	A ni A Ki Li Le Ke.
horoke.	Ésge	Wakąjaija	Waruǧábᵉra	hižąkíra	hirajairagiži	mąrégi	hanihakerirege.
she married.	Therefore,	[among the Thunderbirds]	[the Warbundle]*	one	the foremost they had,	to earth	it was brought back.

* still being translated as, "warclub".

Notebook 16: 86
e rKe.	w K tt n KLe.	Aoy diAili	w Lo xl ln KeLe.	Ai wo roAo ttiAi	wo Ko Lo xotto n dA n.	w Lo xl n KLe.	e tt	Ao w tti
Ésge	Wakąjáną́gᵉre	hoišíp	waruǧábᵉnągᵉre	hiwusųcį	wokuruǧojᵉnašaną.	Waruǧábᵉnągᵉre	éja	howaji
Therefore,	the Thunders	always	[the Warbundle]	nearby	they were watching it.	[The Warbundle]	there	to come from

			Notebook 16: 87
w o n Ke.	w xoAo liAi ni	w L tti Le tt	n Ki Ki di.	e dA n.	Ai L tty L xitti	w Kidi KL.	w Ki ni xitti	ow tti Le de.
wa’ųnąke,	waxopį́nį	warajireja	nąkigiži	éšana†	hirajairaxjį	wąkšigᵉra	wakinixjį	’ųajireže.
as it did,	Spirits	[the various ones]*	there are,	only	[the greatest]	the humans	to be intimate	they made themselves.

* translated as, "all of them".
† nąkigiži éšana is translated as, "These only ~~were~~".

								Notebook 16: 88
w wi Ki Lo lA n.	A tti Le de.	e rKe	w K tt	Ai Ki K Ltt nK KeLe.	tt tt n.	ni do	Ai L n Ki di.	oyi L n n.
Wawikirupąną	hajíreže.	Ésge	Wakąjá	Hikikarajᵉnągᵉre	jają́ną	nįžú	hiranąkiži,	’ųirananą.
They were mingled with them	they came.	Therefore,	Thunderbird	Clansman	whenever	rain	they wished for,	they could get it.

					Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 11
di Ke	tt tt n.	ni do L.	rii o K[i] di.	tt tt n.	Lo dtt	Ai L n Ki di	oyi L n n.	de rKe	Ai nK dA n.	ni do tt ne	Ai Lo K n nK dA n.
Žigé	jają́ną	nįžúra	s’i’ųgiži,	jają́ną	rušją́	hiranąkiži,	’ųirananą.	Žesge	hinąkšąną.	Nįžujáne	hirukánąnąkšąną.
Or	at any time	the rain	if it was too long,	[whenever]	to stop	[if they wished for,]	they can do it.	That	they do.	The rain	they can control.

			Notebook 16: 89
e rKe.	w K tt L.	w Ki liAi Le n	e Ki.	wK	de e	deKe.	w K tty tt.	A Ai	w Kidi[Ki] i n.	Ai tt ne	deKe.
Ésge	Wakąjára	wagipįreną.	Égi	wąk	žee	ške	Wakąjaija	hahi	wąkšik’į́ną.	Hijane,	ške
Therefore,	the Thunderbirds	[they liked him.]*	Then	man	this	[also]	among the Thunderbirds	he went	[to live.]	The other,	[also]

* the translation has, "they intimate with".

										Notebook 16: 90
wK Kidi Ktti	w K tt	ni	K n KeLe	e tt	Ai L	ni Ae n.	m nK KeLe.	tteAeKe	tti n Ki di.	w xoAo liAi ni
wąkšikjį	Wakąjá	nį	kąną́gᵉre,	éja	hira	nįhéną,	mąną́gᵉre	cek	cinąkiži.	Waxopį́nį
human	Thunderbird	[to take]	that he married,	there	she was	[she was around,]	about the earth	the beginning	she had lived.	The Spirits

w L tti Le L.	e Ki.	wK KidiKi i ne n.	e Ki.	m n KeLe	w liAi	Ai Le n.	tt n K.	w d L.	A Ke	w liAi ni Ki di.	w liAi
warájirera,	égi	wąkšík’į́neną.	Égi	mąną́gᵉre	wapį́	hiréną.	Janąga	wažąra	hąké	wapįnįgiži,	wapį́
[the various ones,]	here	they lived.	And	on this earth	to tame	they did.	All	things	not	that were not tamed,	to tame

			Notebook 16: 91
Ai Le n.	e rKe	te de Ko ne Ki.	w niyo ttKe.	wK KidiKi	Lo ttL	ttAo doKo ni Ke.	e rKe	K tt K.	e Ki.	w KidiKi n KLe.
hiréną.	Ésge	težegų́negi,	waniócge	wąkšik	rujᵉra	cųšgų́nįge	ésge	gająga	égi	wąkšigᵉnągᵉre
they did.	That is why	at the present time,	animals	humans	that eat	they are all gone,*	that is why	now	here	humans

* the translation has, "~~extinct~~ all gone".

							Notebook 16: 92
i ne Ke	m n KL.	Ao L tt nK dA n.	ttAo ni Le tt.	m n KeLe	e Ki.	wK KidiKi i L	ni Ae L.	w xoAo liAi ni	w L tti Le.
ineke	mąnągᵉra	horajanąkšąną.	Conireją	mąną́gᵉre	égi	wąkšik’į́ra	nihéra,	Waxopį́nį	warájire
alone	the earth	they roam.	Before	on this earth	here	living	they used to be.	The Spirits	[various ones]

w o	Ai Le L.	wK KeLe K	A Ki nK dA n.	e Le Le n.	t ni	wo Ki do nK KLe.	di Ke	m Ko A Le Ki	Ao t	A Ki nK dA n.
wa’ų	hirera,	wągᵉrega	haginą́kšąną.	Erereną,†	tani	wogížunągᵉre.	Žigé	mąkúhąrégi	hotá	haginą́kšąną.
to do it	they did,	up above	[they returned.]*	[They are the ones,]	tobacco	they offered them.	Again	under the earth	some	[they returned.]‡

* translated as, "they are now."
† an initial /h/ has been dropped from external sandhi.
‡ translated as, "they all are now."

Notebook 16: 93
A ntt	te e	Ae Le Le n.	w KidiKi Lotto L.	ttAe Ke tt.	tt n K.	w Ki Li L.	w K L xttK nK wi Le.	Ao Ai L wi Ke.
Haną́c	tee	herereną.	Wąkšigᵉrúcgᵉra	cegéja	janąga	wakirira	wągaraxjágᵉnągwire	hohirawige.
All	these	they are the ones.	The human eaters	at first	all	the insects	that bit us	they were beaten.

					Notebook 16: 94
e rKe	xoAo no niKi	Ai L	no ni Ke.	Ai Ko	w K Lotto nK wi n.	A ntt	de e.	m n KeLe	Ki r	A tti Le n.	w xoAo liAi ni
Ésge	xųnųnį́k	hira,	nųnįgé	higų	wągarujᵉnągᵉwiną.	Haną́c	žee	mąną́gᵉre	kizá	hajiréną.	Waxopį́nį
Therefore,	small	they are,	but	still	they eat us.	All	these	on this earth	to war	they came.	The Spirits

										Notebook 16: 95
w L tti Le L.	te e	e	Ae Le Le n.	wo LK	de e.	A Ko Ley d	de rKe	Ai Le n.	wy K n KeLe	e rKe.
warájirera	tee	e	herereną.	Worák	žee	hagoreižą	žesge	hiréną.	Waikąnągᵉre,	ésge,
[the various ones]	these	[they themselves]	they were.	Stories	these	once	as	they were.	These myths,	[therefore,]

Winnebago IV, #8o²: 11
wo LK	te de rK n KeLe.	tteKKe *	m n KL	tti nK KeLe Ki	e tt Le tt.	Ai L Ki w Le	wo LK	A tti Le Ke
worák	težesganągᵉre	cek	mąnągᵉra	jinągᵉregi,	ejareja	hiragiware,	worák	hajírege.
stories	that are like this	beginning	the earth	they are from,	[over here]	they were handed down,	stories	[as they have come.]

* this violates spelling rules. It is probably for tteKe.

					Notebook 16: 96
e rKe	di d	A Ke	AK Kitti Le Ki.	wo we wi L.	Ao w Le	Ai ni n Ki di.	de Ko Le Ki	tt rK KLe
Ésge,	žižą	hąké	hakjiregi	wowewira	howare	hinįnąkiži	žegųregi,	jasgágᵉre
[Therefore,]	[?]*	not	[back ?]†	their thoughts	[to go]‡	they will not do, and‡‡	as of the present day things,	[as ?]

* could this be šižą, "a telling"?
† elsewhere this is translated as, "the one behind".
‡ this is translated as, "keep," which follows, "~~think seriously~~".
‡‡ this whole clause is translated, "but in these latter days, if people don't keep these thoughts on them, and".

Notebook 16: 97

Aoy diAili

de rK

ni Ae Ko ni

Ai L tte Ki di.

wK Kidi Ki

wo LK

te e

Ki l

w Ai n n.

wo LK

te e.

tt Ko o

o Ai L ni Ae

hoišíp

žesga

nįhegųnį

hirajegiži,

wąkšik’į́

worák

tee

kiba

wahiną́ną.

Worák

tee

jagú’ų

’ųhiranihe

[always]

to be that way

he thinks, and

[life]

stories

these

doubt

he would do it.

Stories

these

why

[they were then and ever are]

wo L Ki Le L	m Ai A KeLe Ki.	Ai Ko	ttA tii nK dA n.	e Ki.	Ai Ko	ttAo we Le Ki.	Ao ti Le L.	Aoy diAili	Ai tt L.
woragirera,	mąhihagᵉregi	higų	cat’įnąkšaną.	Égi	higų	cowéregi	hotirera	hoišíp	hijąra
[telling the stories,]	on earth	still	it is visible.*	And	[still]	in the future	climbing	[always]	others

* this sentence is translated, "The things that spirits did on earth are still visible to this day."

				Notebook 16: 98
ti Le	L Ae n.	e rKe	Ko tt xitti	AK Kittiye tt.	te e	Ae Le L.	Ai tt xitti n.	e rKe.	Ki l	Ai L.
tiré	rahéną.	Ésge,	gojáxjį	hakjįeja	tee	herera	hijaxjįną.	Ésge,	kiba	hira,
to grow	to be going there.*	Therefore,	olden times	way back	these	they were.	It was very different.	Therefore,	doubt	there is,

* this sentence is translated, "And if it goes as it goes, it will be different."

ttAo n.	A ntt	Ki dKe	Ki l	Ai Le Ko ni	A tt n K	dA n	Ai reKe de	Ai L n Ke	e rKe.
cų́ną.	Haną́c	gišge	kiba	hiregųnį.	Hajánąka	šana	hisgeže,	hiranąke.	Ésge,
there is much.	Everyone	[to do]	to doubt	perhaps they do.	The ones who saw it	[only]	it was true,	since they knew.	Therefore,

Notebook 16: 99							Winnebago IV, #8o¹: 12
Ai deAe d L *	Ai d ni A ni n.	di Ke	A Ko Le d	deKe.	ttAo we Le Ki	Ai ow tt wi L.	A Ke	de rK ni Ktt ne n.	e tt
hišéžara (?)	hižąnihaniną.	Žigé	hagoréžą	ške	cowéregi	hi’ųajawira,	hąké	žésganįkjaneną.	Éja
[they said ?]	[?].†	And	[in time]‡	also	in the future	as we go,	not	it will not be as it is.‡‡	[There]

* the deAe in this expression looks like leAe, but the latter appears to be meaningless.
† the translation has the incoherent, "as they story." Winnebago IV, 8o, Version 1: 11 - 12 has, "They think, 'So it was not as it is these days'." Winnebago IV, 8o, Version 2: 11 has, "Nothing was much earlier than the happenings of this story".
‡ the translation has, "~~sometime~~".
‡‡ "not be as it" is written above "~~never be again~~".

						Notebook 16: 100
Ai d	tt rKe	Ai Ai	A tt wi Le.	Ao L Ki Le	deKe	Ki l	Ai L n n.	tt rKe	Ai n Ki	A Ke	de rK ni Ki di.
hižą	jasge	hihi	hają́wire	horágire,	ške	kiba	híranąną,	jasgé	hínągí	hąké	žesganįgiži.
someone	how	it goes	we are doing*	they told,	[also]	doubt	they would do it,	what	they were doing	not	as it would not be like.

* the translation adds, "at the present time, a few years hence".

									Notebook 16: 101
de Ko Ki L.	Ai Lo xoAo LoKo tte Ki	e rKe.	Ai tt	ni Ae n.	ay Le Ki di.	A Ke	tt Ko	o n	w o tte Ki di
Žegų́girá	hiruxurukjegi,	ésge	hija	nįhéną.	Airegiži	hąké	jagú	’ųną	wa’ųjegiži,
They would be doing all	they could, so	therefore	there	it is around.	If someone said	not	[what]	he is doing	as he was doing it,

de rKe ni Ki di.	Ki l	Ai n n.	w d L.	A ntt	o Lo xoAo LoKo Kette de*	Ai L tte Ke	e rKe.	de rK n Ki di
žesgenįgiži,	kiba	hiną́ną.	Wažąra	haną́c	oruxurukježe,	hirajege,	ésge,	žesganągiži,
if they could not do things,	to doubt	he would do.	The things	all	he could do,	he believes, so	[therefore,]	if they are that way,

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

				Notebook 16: 102
de rKe	Ai Lo xoAo Lo Kn de	Ai L tte Ke	e rKe	wo Ki roKo.	Lo K n	tte de	Ai Ki L tte Ke	e rKe.	w d L.	Ai d.
žesge	hiruxúrųgᵉnąže,	hirajege,	ésge,	wogizok	rokana	jéže,	hikirajege	ésge	wažąra	hižą
[that kind]	he could do,	he believes, so	yet,	[really]	[very much]	[there is,]	if one thought,	[then]	[the things]	one of them

								Notebook 16: 103
A Ki leAe Le rini Ki.	Ai Kow n	Ki l	Ai n n.	A ntt	Ai lAe Lere tte Ke.	A Ke	deKe	de rK ni n Ko ni.	m te Ki. witti
hąkiperezᵉnįgi,*	higuą́ną	kiba	hiną́ną.	Haną́c	hiperezᵉjege,	hąké	ške	žesganįnąkųnį.	Mątégi wíc,
he could not understand,	right away	to doubt	he would.	All	because he knows,	not	even	it was not true.	On this continent,

* < hąke-hiperes-nį-gi.

e Ki.	tteAe Kitti	Ao Ao L.	Ai Ke	ni Ke	Ai d.	w Kx	A ni ni nK dA n.	te e	Ae Le Le n.
égi	cekjį	hohúra	hįké	nįgé	hižą	wagáx	haninįnąkšąną.	Tee	herereną,
here	the beginning	[the place where it comes from]	not	[somewhere]	anyone	to write	he has not.	These	they are,

			Notebook 16: 104
w Kx L.	e dA n.	Ai wo roAott dA n	de rKe.	Ao LK	wy Le n.	wy K n KLe.	tt Ko o	te e	w n KL.
wagaǧᵉra	éšana	hiwosųcšąną.	Žesge	horák	waireną.	Waíkąnągᵉre	jagú’ų	tee	wanagᵉra
the accounts	only	[that are near at hand.]*	That	[telling]	[they have told them.]	These myths	it is the reason	this	the history

* the translation has, "get to learn."

te de rKe	A w o w nK dA n.	witti te Ki.	tteAe Ke	tti Ke Le L.	Ao LK	we n.
težesge	hawą’wąnąkšąną.	Wíjᵉtégi,	cegé	jikérera	horák	weną.
this	[I have told.]	This continent	beginnings	[the start]	history	they mean.

Source:

Paul Radin, "The Thunderbird," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Notebook #16: 1-103 (syllabic text with interlinear translation); Paul Radin, "The Thunderbird," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Winnebago IV, #8o, Version 1: 1-12, Version 2: 1-11. Interlinear Hocąk and English on unnumbered pages. Told by James St. Cyr (Thunderbird Clan?), who obtained it from an unidentified Frenchman.