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Dorsey's /l/ has been changed to the standard /r/, his /q/ has been changed to the standard /x/, and the superscript /n/ has been indicated by a circumflex over the vowel. The transliteration follows the system used by Paul Radin, which is itself based on a transliteration system used later on by Dorsey himself.

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III.1 (p. 53) --

Edjá	tci	póropóro*	hijâ´	nañk	ckúni.	Wañg-rá	hijañkí-ra	áedja	nañk
There	lodge	round-round	one	sat	perhaps	Man-the	one-the	right there	sat

*póroporo, reduplicated form of poro (¢[egiha], b¢u, in b¢uga), seldom if ever, used except in the derivative (poroporo), with whch compare the ¢. frequentative, b¢ub¢uga, although the latter has a different meaning. (Dorsey)

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ckúni.	Hâp-gá	mâ*	û´-ra	û´	náñk	s'á	ckúni.	Jegû´	gadjáñga	mâ-rá
perhaps.	Every day	arrows	making-the	doing	he sat	always	perhaps.	So	at length	arrows-the

*mâ-û-ra û nañk s'á, "he always sat doing arrow-making," instead of mâ-ra 'û nañk s'a, "he always sat making arrows." See 72.2. (Dorsey)

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tciróhogîgîx´-hi	ckúni.	Wañk	náñg-ra	hagáracaná	warútc	s'á
he made them all around inside the lodge	perhaps.	Man	sat-the	once in a while	he ate	habitually

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ckúni.	Egí	hagórejâ	wi	dánihâ	hiñké	warútc	ni	ckúni.	Hagórejâ´
perhaps.	And	at one time (in the past)	moon	during three	not	he ate	not	perhaps	At one (past) time

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warudjí	ktcé	é	ckúni.	Jedjáñga	mâ´-ra	wakurúz	anañgá	hahíhinâp´*
he sat	would	he said	perhaps.	At length	arrows-the	he took his own	after	he went out

*hahihinâp. This might be slightly different from hihinâp. (Dorsey)

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ckúni.	Egí	híraréxtcíniñgádjâ	hûdj-	-íjâ	haní kirí	ckúni.	Egí
perhaps.	And	in a very little while	black bear	one	he brought it back	perhaps.	And

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hohâ´	nañgá	warútc	hikorohó	ckúni.	Jedjáñga	hohâ´	ructcâ´	na.
he boiled it	the s[i]tting one (or: when he sat)	to eat	he prepared	perhaps.	At length	boilings	he finished	.

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Egí	mináñg	anañgá	warútc	hikoroho-xtcî	gádjâ	wañkcíg-ijâ´	hádj
And	he sat down	as they sat (or: when)	to eat	he was just ready	just then	person-one	came

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III.2 (p. 54) --

gijídj	ckúni.	Wañk	nañgére	hihinâp´	ánañgá	horoxútc	ckúni.	Hiñké
blew out the breath between his teeth?	perhaps.	Man	the st[an]d[ing]. one	he went out	as they sat (or: when)	he looked around	perhaps.	Not

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wajâ´	hadjá	ní	ckúni.	Jigé	kíri	anañgá	hiûdjá	nûniñgé	jigé.
some one	he saw	not	perhaps.	Again	he came back	as they sat (or: when)	he tried it again	a little while	again.

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Jiské	gigíre*	ckúni.	Jedjáñga	wohâ´-ra**	ruz	ánañgá	tcañgédja	howaxû´
Just as	they did it to him	perhaps.	At length	soup-the	he took up	as they sat (or: when)	out of doors	he poured it out

*jeske gigire, they did just so to him, but only one person acted: a case of the use of the plural for the singular. (Dorsey)
**wohâ-ra howaxû, "he poured the soup on the ground." Perhaps the man thought that the noise was caused by a ghost, to whom he made an offering by pouring the soup. This custom prevailed among some of the Siouan tribes. (Dorsey)

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ckúni.	Jegû´	-he	ánañgá	hahíhinâp´	ckúni.	Hihinâp´	ánañgá	hiñké
perhaps	So	he did	as they sat (or: when)	he went out	perhaps.	He went out	as they sat (or: when)	not

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wajâ´	hadjâ´	ní	ckúni.	Egí	gadjáñga	wogítek	ckúni.	Egí	tcóni
some one	he saw	not	perhaps	And	these	he became angry	perhaps.	And	first

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maxí-wañg-rá	howáre	ckúni.	Janâ´hâ	hijíñkipá*	-ga	wigíwâx	s'á	ckúni.
up to the clouds (the upper world)	he went thither	perhaps.	Every time	he met someone	when	he questioned them	regularly	perhaps.

*hijiñkipa-ga, "when he met some one." Hijiñkipa is probably a contraction of hijâ, "one," and hikipa, "to meet him." (Dorsey)

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"Jeské	né	wace	jé	híñgijídjre	-ra"	wigé	s'á	ckúni.*	Mâ´	ijâ´
"Just so	you	you said (it)	?**	you (pl) blew at me through your teeth	the"	he said to them	often	perhaps.	Year	one

*Jeske ne wace je hingijidjre-ra, wige sa ckuni. "it is said that he often said to them, Did you say the following just so, that is, with reference to their blowing sharply at me?" Hingijitc-re-ra used where hîragijitc-ra, with reference to your blowing sharply at me, might have been expected -- another case of the use of the 3d. pl. subject with a singular object to denote the passive. (Dorsey)
**the question mark appears in the text.

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maxí-weñgedjá	hahí û	ckúni.	Hiñkága	wajó	hówesíwi	ni	ckúni.
up in the clouds, or upper world	he stayed	perhaps.	Never	any thing	he found out	not	perhaps.

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III.3 (p. 55) --

Egí	mâ	regí	kíri	gádjâ	jigé	mâ	kûhâ	-ra	jigé	howáre	ckúni.
And	earth	here	he had come back	where	again	earth	beneath	the	again	he went thither	perhaps.

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Egí	mâ´	ijâ´	hidjá	hí û	ckúni.	Hiñkagá	wajâ´	hadjá	ní	ckúni.
And	year	one	there	he stayed	perhaps.	Never	some one	he saw	not	perhaps.

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Egí

jigé

mâ

ihág

regí

kíri

ckúni.

Jegû´

mâ

-ra

hoû´

djiré

ckúni.

And

again

earth

on top of

here

he had come back

perhaps

so (-- --- ---)

earth

the

he? went? around

he started

perhaps

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Egi	hágoréja	û´ hahí*	gadjâ´	deé	wañkcík	hikipá	dji-náñk	ckúni.
And	at one (past) time	he was going	just then	there	people	he met	he did it suddenly (?)**	perhaps.

*û hahi gadjâ, "just as he was reaching there," rendered freely, as "he was going." (Dorsey)
**the parenthetical question mark is in the text.

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wogit'é	gadjâ´	hiñkága	gixap'a	ní	ckúni.	Égi	gadjáñga	wáñg	-ra
he spoke to them	when	never	they replied	not	perhaps.	And	just then, at length	man	the

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wogítek	ckúni.	Gadjáñga	mâ´	-ra	kurúz	anañgá	hijâ´	gútc*	ckúni.
he got angry	perhaps.	Just then	arrow	the	he took his own	after	one	he shot at	perhaps.

*hijâ gutc, he shot at one of the people who did not reply to him. (Dorsey)

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Égi	we	ckúni:	"Tcagú û	honíkit'áwi	-ra	hiñké	hîrágixápwi	ní	jé,"	é
And	he said	perhaps:	"Why	I speak to you	the	not	you (pl) reply to me	not	(?),"*	he said

*the parenthetical question mark is in the text.

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ckúni.	Égi	jegû´-hi	nañgá	keré	ckúni.	Haíni	gadjâ´	jigé	warudjí
perhaps.	And	he did so	after	he started homeward	perhaps.	Morning	when	again	he eats

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III.4 (p. 56) --

ktce,*	e	ckúni.	Wañg-	íjâ	hokáwa	dji-náñk	ckúni.	Égi	wé	ckúni	"Hau
will,	he said	perhaps.	Man	one	entered	he came suddenly	perhaps.	And	he said	perhaps:	"Ho

*warudji ktce. Ktce causes the preceding verb in s, tc, etc., to end in zi, dji, etc., the final surd becoming a sonant-surd before the introduced vowel i. (Dorsey)

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hisúñgaxtcî´,"	é	ckúni.	Égi	wé	ckúni:	"Hisúñgaxtcî´,	híñgiaz'í	ktcé ge
O little brother,"	he said	perhaps.	And	he said	perhaps:	"O younger brother,	we run away for fear	will

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dée	waû´	hadjí	na."	Egí	hidjâhí	nañká	we	ckúni:	"Wañk-wácocé
here	in order to do it	I have come	."	And	other one	the st[an]d[ing]. one	said	perhaps:	"Brave men

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híni	gádjâ"	e	ckúni.	Xeté-	-ra	we	ckúni:	"Haíni	gadjâ´	kizá	wirá
we are	[when],"	he said	perhaps.	Large (----)	the	said	perhaps:	"Tomorrow	when	--- fight	they come

*Xete-ra, the elder of the men; xununiñg-ra, the younger. (Dorsey)

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-djiré	ktcâné,"	é	ckúni.	Egí	xunúniñg	-rá	we	ckúni:	"Haínigi	wakizá
to them	will,"	he said	perhaps.	And	younger brother	the	said	perhaps:	"Tomorrow	I fight

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ktcâné,"	é	ckúni.	Haíni	negí	hâp	séretc	wakizá	ckúni.	Róhá*
will,"	he said	perhaps.	The next morning	when	day	long	he fought them	perhaps.	Many

*Rohâ ... t'ehi. The singular verb, t'ehi, used for the plural t'awahi, he killed them. (Dorsey)

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xtcî´	t'ehí	ckúni.	Égi	"Haíni negí	jigé	hadjíre	ktcâné,"	aíre	ckúni.
very	he killed him	perhaps.	And	"In the morning	again	he came	will,"	they said	perhaps.

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Egí	hiní	-ra	we	ckú:	Niñgé	howáre	ga	na'î´	ckúni.*	Egí	hisúñ'g
And	other brothers	the	said	perhaps:	Somewhere	?to ?go thither	[when]	he tried	perhaps.	And	his younger brother

*Niñge howáre ga na'î´ckúni, it is said that he tried to (persuade him) to go somewhere. The elder man tried to induce the younger to go. (Dorsey)

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III.5 (p. 57) --

-ra	we	ckúni:	hakíju	ré,	ktcáné	e	ckúni.	Égi	haíni gadjâ´	náñgire
the	said	perhaps:	he with him	go	will	he said	perhaps.	And	in the morning	they went away running

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ckúni.	Xéjâ	hiráhiré	gadjâ´	édja	tciróp	ijâ´*	ruhás djirére	ckúni.
perhaps.	Hill, one	they reached there	when	there	door flap	one	they pulled it up slowly	perhaps.

*tciróp ijâ´. Should not this be either (1) tcirop hijâ, or (2) tcirop-ijâ? (Dorsey)

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Jegû´	hahí	hokáwawi*	ckúni.	Egí	wawí	ckúni:	giáz	adjiwí	je,	áwi	ckúni.
So	they were there	they two entered	perhaps.	And	they two said	perhaps:	running fled for fear	they two had come	that	they two said	perhaps.

*hokáwawi, du[al]; hokawaire, 3d. pl., of hokawa. (Dorsey)

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Egí	wañk-míniñg	-ijâ´	hidjá	nañkí	wé	ckúni:	wakíju	ré	ktcâné,
And	old man	one	there	he sat (dwelt)	said	perhaps:	be with them	go	will,

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wawigé	ckúni.	Jadjáñga	hadjíkaraíre	ckúni.	Jegû´	niñgé	dé	jâ
he said it to them	perhaps.	Just then	they (pl) started	perhaps.	So	somewhere	lake	one

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nañkí	édja	hówaraíre	ckúni.	Egí	ní	tcedjédja	hadjíre	gádjâ	deé
sat (dwelt there)	there	they went thither	perhaps.	And	water	near to, or at the edge	they came	when	there

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widj	-íjâ	hadjá	-rehíre	ckúni.	Égi	wañk-nû´niñk	náñg-re	we	ckúni:
island	one	seeing	they sent off *	perhaps.	And	old man	the st[anding].	said	perhaps:

*Dorsey, below the English line, translates the compound as, "they saw it in the distance".

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"Gáedja	howíne	ktcanáwi	na,"	wawigé	ckúni.	Égi	wadjédja	homínañgi
"Yonder	we go thither	we will	."	he said it to them	perhaps.	And	in a canoe	they were sitting in

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III.6 (p. 58) --

-he-nañgá	harutcaíre	ckúni.	Égi	wítc	regi	hahítcire	ckúni.	Jegû´
when	they went across	perhaps.	And	island	there	they dwelt there	perhaps.	So

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kû´'û	náñk	ckúni.	Egí	hagórejâ´	wañk-núniñk	náñg-re	wé	ckúni:
while	they were down and sitting	perhaps.	And	at one (past) time	old man	the st[anding].	said	perhaps:

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je	tcikeré	ktcâné,	é	ckúni.	Wawagé	ckúni:	mâ	kû´hâ	-ra	howádji	-jé,
that	he start home	will,	he said	perhaps.	He said to them	perhaps:	earth	down within	the	he had come hence	that,

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e

ckúni.

Egí

gadjáñga

horuc'ak

je,

e

ckúni.

Ho

wirúkana

-ná

e

here

he said

perhaps.

And

at length

he had enough of it

that,

he said

perhaps.

Fish

ruler

the

that one

he was (identical with)

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je,	e	ckúni.	Egí	hiraréxtcîníñgadjâ´	ho	ke	á-nañgá	tcikére	ckúni.
that	he said	perhaps.	And	in a very little while	fish	he turned into	after	he started home	perhaps.

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Jegû´	hiníñkwahi	-rá	wat'û´ra	kére	ckúni.	Deé	hójédjâ	-na	heré	na.
So	he had them for sons	the	he left them	he went home	perhaps.	This	therefore (and)	the	it is (identical with)	.

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English Translation

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Source:

Philip Longtail, "The Man who went to the Upper and Lower Worlds," text with interlinear translation by James Owen Dorsey, 4800 Dorsey Papers: Winnebago 3.3.2 (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, October and November, 1893) III.1-6 (pp. 53-58).