Hotcâk Text -- A Giant Visits His Daughter

A Giant Visits His Daughter

with an interlinear translation by Oliver LaMère

p. 28 --

Édja	tcinókgiánañkcgùni	égi	tcaninégi	hodá	tcíra.
There	a town was	and	in the fall	some	houses.

Uañgíjâ	hitcáwina	hakaraíkiju	niñkdjóñk xonúnigi	hijañkíra
A man	and his wife	with him	a small child	one only

hakaránije	égi	gixánaharaìre.	Édja	tcíreje.	Uáñgera
took with them	and	move they started.	There	they lived.	The man

nañkíkera.	Wahó-o-o!	tcára,	hûdjera	édja	rokóno.
hunted.	O dear me!	deer,	bear	there	many.

p. 29 --

Wagi'û´	pîñxdjî:	warútc	wakinína	rok'óno	wagi'únâ.
He did	very good:	food	lard	much	he got.

Hagaréjâ	uáñgera	nañkikárareje	haríniñk.	Édja	Uañgerutcgéjâ
At a time	the man	went hunting	quite a distance.	There	a Giant

s'íra	hadjagádjâ	tcíra	howáreje.	Uáñkdjega	nañgíreje:
footprints	he saw	the house	he went toward.	That man	got frightened:

"Hohó!	hitcáwîhàra,	niñkdjóñgeniñgra	t'e	waigigídjane,"	hiregí.
"O my!	my wife,	my child	killed	he will for me,"	he thought.

Wok'ína	piñk'û'jé	jégû	wajínarehìje	égi	s'íra
His pack	he fixed	and	he put down	and	tracks

p. 30 --

jégû	tcíra	howáreje	ásge	uáñkdjega	hijugrá
thus	the house	he went	and so	the man	his gun

pîhíhokcùje	égi	kerejé	tci.	Ho-ácgeniñgèdja	gigádjâ
again he loaded it	and	he went home	house.	Near at	when he got

niñkdjóñgeniñgra	jagenáñkce	ásge	tcirobédja	gigádjâ	werakirakúni*
the small child	it was saying [speaking]	and so	at the door	he got	it happened

*Radin says, "i.e., his expectations were different from what they would be (!)." However, this is just an exclamation of amazement.

hitcawína,	"Djadjí, "	anañga.	De	hit'at'ánañkce	uáñkdjega.
his wife,	"Father,"	she said.	This	she was talking	the man.

égi	hoikawakéreje	gádjâ	de	hitcáwina	niñkdjóñgeniñgra
And	he just went in	and so	this	his wife	the little child

p. 31 --

kúru-â	mináñgenañkce	égi	uañkdjéga	kibohíje	ásge
holding it	sitting down she was	and	the man	doubted it	and so

hicdjára	píñk'uñk'û	jigé	horuxútc	dëtcáwina	ni-âbenáñkcanâ.
his eyes/face	fixed he over	again	he looked	there his wife	was alive.

Hinúñgenañka	wéje,	"Djádjiga	djínâ,"	éje,	"ásge
The woman	said,	"My father	has come,"	she said,	"and so

tcíra	xedehínâ."	Tci-ábokija*	xedéjâ	'û´je.	Agákinok
the house	make it larger."	The teepee	a large one	he made.	Opposite side

*The teepee with poes piled against [one another].

p. 32 --

mináñgenañkce,	s'úrus'ùrutcî	mináñgenañkce.	"Wadohótcira	hosgé.	Mâ dée
he was sitting,	naked	he was sitting.	"My son-in-law	greetings.	This year

wajâ´niñk	niñgidjídedekdjege	wa'û´.	Hadjínâ,"	éje,	jésga
little things	I would help you	I did.	Come here,"	he said,	but

nunigé	uañgenuñká	hoicípdjî	nañkewéje.	"Hitcawiháñxdjî,	jégû
then	the man	at the time	was afraid.	"My wife,	indeed

niñkdjóñgeniñgra	hok'uñkdjénâ;	rutcgíji	wañgaícdjañkège	wa'úñkdjanènâ,	égi
the child	let us give him;	if he eats it	fooled us	he has,	and

p. 33 --

hiñgi-ázikdje,"	éje,	aírenâ.	âsge	niñkdjóñgeniñgra	hok'ú-inege.
run away we will."	he said,	they said.	And so	the child	they gave him.

"Radjikdjégi	c'uñkdjénâ,"	higaíreje.	Hañké	rudjeníje.	"Hiñké
"If you wish	to eat it, you can,"	they said to him.	Not	eat it he did not.	"Not

uañkcik	hatc	hadjinínâ,	daninácanâ	ro-ágû,"	égi	wok'ú-înegìji
people	eat	came I for,	tobacco only	I long for,"	and	they gave him to eat

tcanípononàcanâ.	ratcgâ	s'áje.	"Wenañgícanâ	hakérekdjanènâ,"
deer soup only,	drink	he would.	"Until spring only	I will go home,"

éje,	aírenâ,	"hiñké	nañgírawinìne,"	jesga núnige	uáñkdjega
he said,	they said,	"not	fear not of me,"	but even then	the man

p. 34 --

hoicípdjî	nañkéweje.	âsge	uañgíjâ	t'ehi,	égi
all the time	feared him.	And so	a man	he killed,	and

Uañgerútcgenoñka	hok'û´je.	Uañgerútcgenóñka	wéje,	"Hohó!	dja cícik
the Giant	he gave it to (him).	The Giant	he said,	"Hoho!	a real bad thing

wac'únâ."	"Hañká-a!	honiñk'únâ	nidádjikdjège."	"Ho,	epínâ."
you did."	"No,	I give it to you	for you to eat."	"Ho,	it is good."

égi	Uañgerútcgenoñka	tcira	wapiñgi'û´je.	Inéki	tcíje ge.
And	the Giant	house	fixed he for them.	Alone	he lived.

p. 35 --

Niñkdjóñgeniñgenoñkà	'umañkdjî´dje	Uañgerútcgenoñka.	Niñkdjoñgeníñgenoñka
The small child	was used to him	the Giant.	The small child

ghagaks'áje	hagaréjâ.	"Wadohótcira,	dée	herénâ	hopójera	hû´djera
cry it would	at times.	"The son-in-law,	this	it is	the hole	bears

hotcíra,"	ásge	uáñkdjega	róhâ	t'éhije	égi
their place of abode,"	and so	the man	many	he killed	and

hû´djera	kereponaíjâ	t'éhigi	égi	Uañgerútcgedjega	hirokícgecge
bears	ten	he killed	and	the Giant	tied together

warudís'ajé.	Warúdjera	rokóno	wak'û´je	uañkcíkdjega.	"Hâhâ´,
he would carry them.	Food	much	they got	the human (that man?).	"Yes,

p. 36 --

hinúñkáxdjî,	djobóhañgi	hakerékdjane,"	éje,	Uañgerutcgénañka.
my daughter,	four times/days	I'm going home,"	he said,	the Giant.

"Hâhâ´,	jedjuñga,	djobóhânâ.	Hakerekdjàne.	Piñxdjî	uáñkcik
"Yes,	now then,	it is four days.	I'm going home.	Very good	human being

c'iñkdjonáwinâ,	égi	hiñkagá	wajânaíjâ	roráronikdjenàwinâ.
you will be,	and	never	anything	you will not want.

Hagaréjâ	cdjawígi,	égi	watci-édja	ragikdjonáwinâ,	égi
At a time	when you die,	here	my house	you will come to,	and

p. 37 --

hitcûcgéniñkara	écanâ	hiro-ágeniñxdjî	gikdjanénâ."	Hâhâ´,	hainigádjâ
my grandson	only	he is the last one	to arrive home."	Indeed,	in the morning

hiñkinegádjâ	hañkéwajìni.	Uañgerútcgera	kerénâ.	égi	hisgéxdjî
when he awoke	he was not there.	The Giant	went home.	And	the truth

wéje	aírecanànâ.	Hâhâ´	jedjâ.
he told	[they said].	Indeed	it is finished.

English Translation

Source:

Charlie N. Houghton, A Story about a Giant, with an interlinear translation by Oliver LaMere, in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Winnebago III, #11a, Freeman Number 3892 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) Story XXVII, pp. 28-37.