Hotc‰k Text -- The Gift of Shooting
narrated by Sam Blowsnake|
'ƒki
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wokž«zra
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tc”k’reki
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Wactc”kŽka
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h’k'or—kirˆ
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And
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[the creation]
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the first time
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Rabbit
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his granr
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hak'arak'’ju,
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waxop'’n”
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waratcire
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wak'’jurera,
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wak'‡rak'iju
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with him,
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the spirits
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[the various]
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these with them,
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with him
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'ž”«reje,
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'a”ren‰.
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'ƒki
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tc'’ro”xtc”`
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w”r‰«kirek
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[they did it,]
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[they said.]
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And
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filling the lodge
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[-]*
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waxop'’n”
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waratc’re.
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'ƒki
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Wajakž«zra
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wa'žjŽ,
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spirits
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the various.
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Then
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the Creator
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he did this,
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'a”«ren‰.
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K'er‡tc'o
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n”kŽ
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rœzanaka
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m‰x’ska
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[they say.]
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Blue sky
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a piece of
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he took and
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white clouds
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hirok'’
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wap'orokce,*
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'a”«ren‰.
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Je'Ž
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waxuxke”«j‰
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with
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he rolled it by hand,
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they said.
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That
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a shell
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herek’.
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Hatcara
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p'”jŽ,
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'a”«ren‰.
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M‰x’skara
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that was.
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[The sight]
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it was good,*
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[they say.]
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White clouds
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k'er‡tc'ora
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hiwak‡xki,
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k'arap'”Žskeje,
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'a”«ren‰.
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Je'Ž
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blue sky
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(as) it was marked with,
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it looked pretty,
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they said.
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That
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m‰rŽki
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hew‡huk’ki
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tc'axcŽp'
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wirœk'‰n‰r‡
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h‰«pokurˆ
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down to earth
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he sent and
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eagles
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the leader
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the east
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hap'ah’
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kis‰s‰«kce,
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'a”«ren‰.
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Jekž«ki
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tc'i—kis‡ketca
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[he went towards]
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he shook,*
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[they said.]
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And
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in the center of the lodge
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hox’wi
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tcirek’je.
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WaxoxkŽn‰k'a
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kic—rotccŽ,
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'a”«ren‰.
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to cough
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he started.
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That shell
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he made come out from a hole,
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[it is said.]
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'ƒki
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r‰«pok'‰n‰ka
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han”an‰ka
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tc'ir—k”k”xir‡n‰ka
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And
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he picked it up and
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[he took it and]
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he went around the lodge and
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tc'”—k'isaketca
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'”«etcot'žrŽki,
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m‰”«tca
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ruk'irik'’ri
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n‰kcŽ,
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in the center of the lodge
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when he threw it into his mouth,
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on the ground
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he shook
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[he lay,]
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'a”«ren‰.
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'ƒki
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w‰kc’k'
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Wactc”kŽka
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hitekn”kwahirij‰
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[it is said.]
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Then
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[man]
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Rabbit
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one of his little uncles
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'Ž
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wock‰«
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hikž«zn‡k'i
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ghagh‡k'
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tc'ir—k”k”xak'ir”an‰ka
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[he]
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[the rite]
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they were teaching
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crying
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he went around and
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kutccŽ,
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'a”«ren‰.
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Jekž«ki
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m‰”tca
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hak'aracž«xtc”
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they shot him,
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[it is said.]
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Then
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on the ground
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[lying face down]*
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s'atc'”«
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ruk'irik'’riakce,
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'a”«ren‰.
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'ƒki
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h‰«pokurŽki
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very stiff
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he shook
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[it is said.]
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Then
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from the east
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hijâ´
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t'aiptciránaka
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'aî´tca
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haruk'ózanâka
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one
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got up quickly and
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by the arm
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he took him and
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nâtckómînâ´ketca
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haruk'ózanâka
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Mâk'â´ni
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on his heart side
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he held and
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the Medicine People
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n”h‡h”‡n‰ka
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k'ik'‡wa'ž
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kikijŽ,
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'a”«ren‰.
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'ƒske
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they chanted and
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to get up
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he made him,
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it is said.
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So
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k'ikœtc'
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n‰«kre
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je'Ž
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'Ž
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waki'ž«
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shooting each other
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[the ones who]
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that
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they
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for that reason
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wa'œnˆkc‰n‰.
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they do it.
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Amelia Susman, Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, January, 1939) Book 9:100-107.