Hotcâk Text -- Journey to Spiritland, Version 4

The following are Greek letters used as morpheme abbreviations in Radin's original text. The Culture of the Winnebago: As Described by Themselves can be used as a kind of Rosetta Stone for interpreting their values:

alpha	beta	epsilon	eta	theta
égi	édja	gádjâ	jésge	djánâga

rho	tau	∂	T
ánâga	gíji	-kdjanénâ	wâkcigo'î

In the interlinear text where the translation is missing, it has been supplied whenever possible from the English text of The Road of Life and Death (see Source below) and from The Culture of the Winnebago: As Described by Themselves. Where a missing translation has been supplied from other sources, it is enclosed in brackets, [ ].

In The Culture of the Winnebago: As Described by Themselves, Radin has used a dot (.) after the unvoiced terminal consonant of a stem to indicate its transformation into its voiced counterpart. Here that transformation has been directly expressed. I have not done this for such consonants preceeding a hyphen.

Key --

First Row	"raw" text from Paul Radin, Notebook Winnebago II, #6: 169-176.
Second Row	revised text based on the revised MS text of Winnebago III, #6: 362.91-372.140, and the published revised text of The Culture of the Winnebago: As Described by Themselves (CW)
Third Row	English translation based on the interlinear text of Winnebago II, #6: 169-176, and the published translations of The Road of Life and Death (RLD) and The Culture of the Winnebago: As Described by Themselves (CW)

English Translation

Winnebago II, #6: 169 = Winnebago III, #6: 362 = CW 66 --

Dee	nâgúra	honîgidaikdjenáre	djagúonîgidaíkdjenáre**
Dee	nâgúra*	hónîgidaikdjanáre,	djasgú	honîgidáikdjanàre
This	road	I will tell you about,	what	I will tell you

*Winnebago III, #6: 362 omits -ra.
**the syllable /gi/ is inserted above he line with a caret.

Winnebago II, #6: 170 = Winnebago III, #6: 363 --

djasgéra	cerekdjéra	jé	onîgídaik	wahekdjene.
djasgéra	cerekdjéra,	je	hónîgidaìk	wahékdjane.
how	you will go,	that	this is what	I am going to speak about.

Degi	tcekdjî´na	cére[tau´]	c'uârahi[epsilon´]	[beta]
Dégi	tcekdjî´na	céregíji	c'uâ´rahigàdjâ,*	édja
Now	the very first thing	[as you go]	you will encounter,	[there]

*CW 66.2 concludes a sentence here.

mâ´na	kónugeradjikdjanéna	[tau´]	[psi]	hikoágîx
mâ´na	kónugeradjikdjanénâ,*	giji.	Hâké	hikoágîx
the land	there will be a ravine**	[.]	Not	to go around

*CW 66.3 has "kónuk.radjikérekdjanènâ [kónâk- ?]".
**in the original MS, "(precipice)" is lined out and "ravine" written above it.

p'î´ni	wa'wâ´gikdjenéna	hojedjâ	hakiwaké	mojedjâna
p'î´ni	wa'uâ´gikdjanénâ.	Hojédjâ	hakíwake	mojedjâ´na,
not good	that way it will be.	End	at each	of the earth,

ninot'âp	[eta]	wa'uâgi[∂]	akiwaké
ninot'âp,*	jesge	wa'uâ´gikdjanénâ.	Akíwake
all the way to the water,	that kind	it will be.	From one end to the other,

*CW 66.5 has nira-hot'âp.

raicdja[epsilon]	[psi]	hiroágîx	p'îni[∂]	[tau´]
raicdjagádjâ,	hâké	hikoágîx	p'înikdjanénâ,	giji.
you will look about, but	[not]	to circumvent	[it would not be good]	[.]

tcokagá	hînági[∂]	jegnâdékdjanéje	éjare	hiraré
Tcokagá	"Hîrágikdjanénâ,	jeguâdékdjanéje?"	éjare,	hiraré,
Grandfather	"You will ask,	What way I'll go?"	he said,	you thought

[tau´]	hiwaponuskere*	jegû	raicére[∂]	[epsilon]
giji.	Híwapunùskere.	Jegû	raicérekdjanénâ.	Gádjâ,
[.]	Plunge right through.	Thus,	you'll go through.	[Then]

*/onpere/ is crossed out and /uskere/ written above it.

pîxdjî	raicére[∂]	mâkâninágura	siókerérera	warujáxdjî
pîxdjî	raicérekdjanénâ.	Mâkâninágura	siókerérera	warujáxdjî
very well	you'll go through.	The Medicine Road	the footprints	plainly

jésgadje[tau´]	ióraídje[∂]	[tau´]	pîxdjî	cére[∂]
jésgadjegíji,	hióraídjekdjanénâ,*	gíji.*	Pîxdjî	cérekdjanénâ.
the way it will be, and	you'll step in	[.]	[Very well]	[you will go.]

*CW 67.10 has horáidje-gìji. Winnebago III, #6: 363.94 has i-oraídjekdjonènâ giji.

c'uânahi[epsilon]	[beta]	djanû´ga	nâksígera	pahiákijí
C'û´ânahigàdjâ,	édja	djánâga	nâksígera	pahíakijí
You will come,	[there]	quite a number	sticks, brushwood	sharp-criss-crossing-tangled

Winnebago III, #6: 364 --

[theta]	x'awî´na	pahiákijí	jenûga	[psi]
djánâga	xawî´na	pahíakijí,	jenûga.	Hâké
quite a number	weeds	sharp-criss-crossing-tangled,	[that's all.]	Not

hirép'ini	hikirúni	[psi]	wapónapíni	jésgahi[∂]
hirepîni	hikirúni	hâké	wapónapíni	jésgahikdjanénâ,
impossible to get through	tangles	not	it is not penetrable	stop there,

núnige	jegû´	raicérenâ	nac'î[∂]	hojédjâ
nunigé	jegû	raicérenâ,	nác'îkdjanénâ.*	Hojédjâ
but	nevertheless	you go through,	you will try.	End

*CW 67.13 has rác'îkdjanènâ.

akíwaké	waraic'djáicge	hâkirowágîxp'ínni	[beta]*	wa'wâ´gi[∂]
akíwake	wáraic'djaícge,	hâkirowágîx pî´ni	édja**	wa'uâ´gikdjanénâ.
[from one end to the other]	you'll look at,	you can't get around	[there]	[that way it will be.]

*eta is crossed out and beta written above it.
**omitted at CW 67.14.

tcokagá	hiwapúnuskére*	haidánâjé	hîgéjaré	jegû
Tcókaga,	"Hiwapúnuskere,"	haidánâje,	hîgéjare.	Jégû,
Grandfather,	["Plunge right through,"]	I would go through,	he said to me.	Thus,

*the original MS text has (ya)púnuskére, with /hiwa/ written above "(ya)" in small letters.

raicére[epsilon´]	[psi]	nîge*	wajô´niuni[∂]	[tau´]
raicéregadjâ.	Hâké	nîge	wajô´ni'ûnîkdjanénâ,**	gíji.
you should go.	Not	anywhere	nothing will happen to you	[.]

*at CW 67.17, nîge is omitted, whereas Winnebago III, #6: 364.97 retains nîge..
**Winnebago III, #6: 364.97 has wajâni 'ûnîkdjonènâ. CW 67.17 has wajâ´-honi'únîkdjanènâ.

Winnebago II, #6: 171 --

jéji	higû´ djadjâ´nagi		wanîk	cícigenîgra
Jéji*	higû	djadjâ´nagi**	wanîk	cicígenîgra***
But then	at all times		birds	bad little ones

*CW 67.18 inserts before this word jegû´, which does not appear in the original text of Winnebago II, #6: 171, nor the corrected text of Winnebago III, #6: 364.98.
**CW 67.18 has djadjâ´ragi.
***CW 67.18 has cicík.nîk.ra.

nûx'opógh'akí*	ghiági[∂]	núnigé	hîge	wanânaxgúni[∂]
nû´ghopox'áki*	ghiágikdjanénâ,	nunige	hîge,	"Wánânaxgû´nîkdjanénâ."
in both ears	noise they will make,	however	he said,	"You should simply listen."

*after this word in the original MS, wanîk cicigenî´gera is lined out.

c'uâ´nahí[epsilon]	tcaxkírikírik	cícigera	nî´gianísdakdjenáî[∂]	[tau´]
C'uâ´nahígàdjâ.	Tcáxkirikìrik	cícigera	nîgianísdakdjenaîkdjanénâ,	giji.
Then go on.	Bile, phlegm	foul	it will try to stick to you	[.]

[psi]	gisî´djerehíniâ´dje	[psi]	hidjóruxúdjeniâ´dje**
Hâké	gisî´djerehiniâ´dje.*	Hâké	hidjóruxúdjeniâ´dje.***
Not	don't try to brush it off.	Not	do not pay any attention to it.

*CW 67.22 has gisî´tc.re-hiniâ`dje.
**originally written as hidjóruhídjeniâ´dje, the syllable /hi/ was lined out with a diagonal line and /xú/ written above it.
***CW 67.22 has hidjá-horuxutc.niâ`dje.

Winnebago III, #6: 365 --

hiwáuinaícge	raisî´djererági.**	[psi]	jeérenína	p'înac'ûgíji
Hiwa'uînaícge*	raisî´djererági.	Hâké	jeerenínâ.	P'înac'û´gíji,
You might forget yourself and	you brush it off.	Not	that is not.	If you do right,

*CW 67.23 has, "hiwa'uînaícge [hiwa'û-hiraicge]".
**a lattice-like symbol is placed after this word indicating a new paragraph.

[T]	éje	eréna	[alpha]	jige	[beta]
wâkciko'î´ra,*	e	jeerénâ.	Égi	jigé	édja
life	it	that it was.	[And]	[again]	[there]

*Winnebago III, #6, 365.100 has uánkcigo'ína; CW 67.24 has wâkcik-ho'î´ra.

pédjera	mâ´ná	gitcgúx	daeági[∂]	[psi]
pédjera	mâna	gitcgúx	daéagikdjanénâ.*	Hâké
fire	the land	half	it will be burning.	Not

*CW 67.25 has daé agikdjanénâ.

hirépini	[eta]	wa'wâ´gi[∂]	[psi]	hiroagix
hirepîni	jésge	wa'ûâ´gikdjanénâ,	hâké	hiroágîx
you can't pass through	[this way]	[that way it will be,]	not	to circumvent

pîni	[eta]	wa'wâ´gi[∂]	[tau´]	hiyapúnusk'ere**
pî´ni	jésge*	wa'ûâ´gikdjanénâ,	gíji.	Hiyapúnuskere
[not good]	[this way]	[that way it will be.]	[.]	[Plunge on through]

*CW 67.26 omits this second jesge in the sentence, although it is present in the revised text of Winnebago III, #6: 365.
**the text originally had hiyapanak'ere, but the second /a/ was lined out and /o/ written below it, then /ú/ written above it; the last /a/ has /us/ written above it. See Radin's note at CW 72 nt 4 where he indicates that Jasper Blowsnake seemed uncertain of this word. Radin's texts have "it will be scorching you," but this word elsewhere clearly means "plunge on through".

naicére[∂]	djagu	tcokagá	jeguaîdékdjenéje	éjare
raícerekdjanénâ.	Djagu	tcokága	"Jegûaîdékdjenéje,"*	éjare,
you'll go through.	[What]	grandfather,	"You'll pass through it,"	he said,

*CW 67.28 has jegû-hî´dekdjenèje.

hiraré	[tau´]	hiwapánakére	raicére[∂]	sánigrá
hiraré,	gíji.	Hiwapúnuskere	raicérekdjanénâ.	Sánigra
you thought	[.]	Plunge through it	you will go on.	On the other side

horawáraicére[epsilon´]	[psi]	nîgè	wajâ´niû´ni[∂]	p'îxdjî
horawáraicéregadjâ	hâké	nîgé	wajâ´ni'û´nîkdjanénâ.*	P'îxdjî
you went through	not	anything	it will happen to you.	Very safely

*CW 67.30 has "wajâní-'unîkdjanènâ [wajâ-hi'únîkdjanenâ]".

sánigrá	horawáraicére[∂]	[tau´].	hâ´kaga	harorákikcínî[∂]*
sánigra	horawáraicérekdjanénâ,	gíji.	Hâ´kaga	harorákikcínîkdjanénâ,
to the other side	you will go through	[.]	Never	do not be discouraged.

*this word is put in brackets preceded by a question mark. Radin explains in CW 72 nt 9 that the analysis of the word is problematic and that its translation is uncertain.

[tau´].	[T]	jee	érena.*	[alpha]
gíji.	Wâkcigo'î	jée	herénâ.	Égi
[.]	Life	this	[it is].	Then

*this word is followed by two bars, ||.

c'uânahí[epsilon]	hidjobóhôna	nîjera	hikitcgískère	[psi]
c'uânahígadjâ.	Hidjobóhâra	nîjera	hikítcgískere,	hâké
go on.	The fourth	cliffs	perpendicular,	not

Winnebago III, #6: 366 --

hirépini	jesgági[∂]	[tau´]	hojédjâ	akíwaké
hirepî´ni	jesgágikdjanénâ,	gíji.	Hojédjâ	akíwake
you can't pass through	[if you were to go that way]	[.]	End	at each

[psi]	hiroagîx pîni		akíwaké	dedjô´na
hâké	hiroágîx	pî´ni,	akíwake	dedjâ´ra
not	to circumvent	[not good,]	at each side	the ocean

Winnebago II, #6: 172 --

hot'âp´	[eta]	waúnâgi[∂]	tcokagá	jeguaîdékdje
hot'âp´	jesge	wa'únâ´gikdjanénâ.	Tcokagá,	"Jegûaîdékdje,"*
[jut into]*	that way	they will be.	Grandfather,	"You'll pass through it,"

*Radin has "step into", but Miner defines the word hot'âp´ as "to come into a place suddenly". Thus Dorsey has "leapt into".

éjare	hiraré	[tau´]	hiyapúnuskére	[hic'ûkdje]*
éjare,	hiraré,	gíji.	Hiyapúnuskere	hic'û´kdje
he said,	you thought	[.]	Plunge on through	use it

*this makes no sense, although it is easy to confirm that hic'ûkdje means "you should/will use". It seems plausible that it was confused with the similar hic'ûcdja, "you try to do". Radin omits this in his translation at CW 70.39.

raicére[epsilon]	[psi]	nîge	wajô´niúnik[∂]	p'îxdjî
raicéregadjâ.	Hâké	nîge	wajô´ni'ûnîkdjanénâ.	P'î´xdjî
you will pass through it.	Not	anywhere	nothing will happen to you.	Quite safely

raicére[∂]	[tau´]	[T]	p'îc'û´[∂]	dée*
raicérekdjanénâ,	gíji.	Wâkcigo'î	p'îc'û´kdjanénâ.	Dée
you'll pass through	[.]	Life	you will obtain life.	This

*this word is followed by two bars, ||.

ruxúrugenâ'înâkcana	[tau´]	c'uânahi[epsilon´]	x'éjâ
ruxúrugenâ'înâkcanâ,	gíji.	C'uâ´rahìgadjâ,	xéjâ
it is what they are trying to accomplish	[.]	You will encounter,	a hill

tcât'î	djîpdjanéna	etcaráwe[∂]		gíji	xeáka
tcâ´t'î-djîpdjanénâ.