p. 4 --

Égi	tcinóñgíjâ	edjanañkcanâ	égi	uañgíjâ	juratcû´
And	a village	it was there	and	a man	much money

hitcáwina	egotcíntciniñgìjâ;*	eguáñgera**	t'é.	Hinúñgenoñka	hotcintcíniñgra
his wife	and a little boy;	and the man	died.	That woman	the boy

* < égi-hotcíntciniñg-ijâ
** < égi-uañgera.

píñxdjî	xedekáragi	égi	waréra	rucák.	Égi
very good	to make large/old	and	[the work]	he could not.	Then

hidégera	édja	waré.	Bagáxge	hirakára.
the mother's brother	there	to work.	Chickens	they took care of them.

Égi	wok'í'û.	Bagáxge	jige	xguxgúcera	étcâ
And	[he gambled].	Chickens	again	the pig	toward

wirakára	égi	wok'i'û.	Jige	égi	tcíra
attendants, servants, watchers	and	he gambled.	Again	here	the lodge

p. 5 --

hirakárek	hâhík	tcíhotci-édja	édja	ciberáje.	Égi
[to arrive home]	[to be there]	at the lodge	there	he flopped down.	And

Uañkwacocéga,	"Hure,	hiwarúdj[w?]ikdje."	Hitcûhídjega*	hañké	'uni,
Brave Man (or Warrior),	["Hooray, ?]	we will eat."	The other ones	not	they did not,

*apparently for hitcâhídjega.

Uañkwacocéga	djobóhâ	égi	wogídek	égi	gisákce.
Brave Man	four times	and	he became angry	and	he knocked them down.

Hidjobóhôna	gádjuñga,	"Huré-e,"*	égi	mínañk	égi
The fourth time	then,	["Hooray,"]	and	he sat down	and

*huré-e so written indicates a prolonged expression of the last syllable, a feature normally found only in exclamations. Given its pronunciation, it appears to be the Anglo-American "hooray."

bik'û.	Uañkwácocega	hohiré.	Jura	sátcâ	hogidá.	Égi	wahasónâ.
he played cards.	Brave Man	was being cheated.	The money	five	he had left.	And	[?].

p. 6 --

Tcínañk	hidjâ´hi	howáre.	Édja	jigé	wowáñkere	Uañkwácocega	jigé
Village	the other one	he went.	There	again	[the evil ones]	Brave Man	again

hidjáhi.	Jigé	gipsíntcxede.	Gádjuñga	kére	Uañkwácocega.
he stayed there.	Again	he was whipped greatly.	Now then	he went home	Brave Man.

Hináñgra	wok'u-inénâ	hañké	'unínâ.	K'éni	djádje
[The mission]*	he gave him	not	he did not do it.	Before	[?]

*cf. hináñkcanâ, "they did".

nañghidégi	égi	hinúñk	hakánañk	gikdjanénâ.	Ásge
[ghost ?]	then	woman	he crossed over to	she will touch him.	And so

Hidokéniñgenòñka	nañghirehínâ.	Waiskáp	xede	édja
Old Woman	[ghost-she-made].	Bread	large	there

p. 7 --

tcuwék pecóra	nûpíwi	hokerégádjâ,	Uañkwácocega	rukcáp.
species of plover*	two	having set,	Brave Man	she broke or cracked something brittle by hand or by pulling.

*"tcuwekpecogara -- a species of plover; has lumps on the forehead" -- J. O. Dorsey.

Idjâ´nige.	Réhi,	nañghíre.	Wamináñgera	hojúkinip	kâné.
He cried out.	She sent him off,	the ghost.	The seat	in the seat	he flopped [slumped] down.

Ásge	jédjuñga	hinúñk	kánañkcanâ.	Égi	uañgeníñgijâ
And so	then	woman	she took it.	And	an old man

haganíne	Mañkewehuñka.	Égi	Uañgwacocéga	kérekdjî.
they had for him	[Chief of Entering the Earth.]	Then	Brave Man	he was very quiet.

Mâ´'una	é,	hiníñka	Uañgwacócek[a],	égi	waxopini
Earthmaker	he,	his son	Brave Man,	here	spirits

cícigera	djigí	jigé	hicgé	djikdjanénâ.	Ásge,
the bad ones	[if they come]	again	also	he would come.	Therefore,

p. 8 --

Waisepína	wonâjíra	hiñké	jedjániñkdje,
the Black Robes (Christians)	the coat	not	it should not be ended,

éje,	aírenâ.	Mâ'unihíniñgra	e	wocgâ´*
he said,	they said.	Earthmaker's son	he	[religious movement]

*wocgâ´gre = great endeavor, religious movement.

haní.	Hiniñgra	e	wahók'û	s'áje,	aírenâ.
to have.	The son	he	to preach	he would,	they said.

Higû´	jegúnegi	e,	wagi'únañkcanâ,	wáxopininàñgere
Still	at this time	he,	he was made,	the spirit that is

United States.	Égi	wagénâ	jégû	jedjâ´nâ.
over the U. S.	And	what I tell	thus	it ends.

Source:

Frank Ewing, Story of the Boy who Ate too Much, in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Winnebago III, #19, Freeman Number 3899 [1254] (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1909?) Story 19c (1), 4-8.