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p. 18 —
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Wākdjeⁿkā´gā
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édja
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rāhē´no
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[n]iⁿtcēdjĕ´djā
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waⁿkshĭgíjeⁿ
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Wakjąkága
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éja
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rahéną.
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Nįčejéja
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wąkšigižą
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[Trickster]
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there
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he went.
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By the creek
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a man
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ë´dja
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neⁿj/ⁿ´djāaⁿ´*
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hādjānŏ
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nīā´gĕdjā
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hīmiⁿ´r/ak'djē´nŏ
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éja
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nąžį´jahą´
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hajaną.
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Niágeja
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himį´nakjéną.
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there
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standing
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saw he.
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Across the creek
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he was pointing.
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wāē´nīsēbiwā´nāgă
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Wākdjeⁿkā´gā
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hōkiⁿt'ēgādjeⁿ
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heⁿkĕ´
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gīxā´bĭranī´năⁿ
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Waínisebianąnga
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Wakjąkága
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hokįt'egają
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hąké
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gixábiraníną.
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He had a black suit, and
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[Trickster]
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when he talked to him
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not
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he did not answer.
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p. 19 —
*these words are written under a lined out "then".
*the asterisk is in the text. At the bottom of this page after an asterisk, Radin has, "a call as if challenging".
**the parentheses are in the text. The word tcakó is probably for djagu (jagu), "what".
*there seems to be a terminal "ăⁿa", the last /a/ of which is apparently overwritten with a /g/.
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jīgĕ´
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hōkĭt'ē´gāshgĕ
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heⁿkĕ´
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gīxā´bĭranī´shōnū´năⁿ
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ä´sgĕ
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Žigé
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hokit'égašge
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hąké
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gixábiraníną.
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Ésge
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Again
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he talked, but
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not
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he did not answer.
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And so*
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gā´djŭⁿgā
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wōgīdē´k'shŏnŏ
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hō´*
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tcākŏ´
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hīŭⁿ´k'djē´nŏ
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gájąga
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wogitékšaną.
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"Ho,
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čako
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hių´kjeną,"
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then
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he grew mad.
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"Well,
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(see here)**
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we are doing,"
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**the parentheses are in the text. The word tcakó is probably for djagu (jagu), "what".
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Ánāgă
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wōnéⁿjīsēbī´jeⁿ
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hōkā´wāxūgĀ´nūga
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ā´gĕdjā
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ánąga,
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woną´žisebižą
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hok´waxugánąga
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ágeja
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he said, and
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a black coat
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he put on, and
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across
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hīmānā´k'djegī´jī
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hĭshgĕ´
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ū´nŏ
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heⁿp'sĕ´rĕtcīⁿ
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jē´skĕ
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himanákjegiži,
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hišgé
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'ųną.
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Hąpsérečį
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žeske
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the other was pointing, and
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so
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he did.
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All day long
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that kind
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hī´nŏ
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gā´djuⁿgā
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hōxdjÁnăⁿgī´jī
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hēdjō´rōxū´dj-gādjeⁿ
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dĕĕ´
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híną.
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Gájąga
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hoxjánągíži,
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hejóroxújgáją,
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deé
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he did.
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And then
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in the evening,
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when he looked around,
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then
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ābī´jeⁿ
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wā´ŭndjē´nŏ
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ä´sgĕ
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hōhō´
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HAnūgă
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abížą
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wa'ųjéną.
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Ésge
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"Hohó!"
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hanąnga,
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a stump
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it was.
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And so,
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"Oh dear!"
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he said, and
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djāxdjīnāŭⁿ´na
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wā'wā´ndjēgī´jī
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horūxŭ´djÁnūgă
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úⁿpĭanīgā´djeⁿ
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"Jaxjįna'ųna
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wawą´jegíži,
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horuxújánąga
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'ų´pianigáją.
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"Why I didn't
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all this
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I should have looked, and
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I do it well.
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jēskĕ´xdjĭⁿgĕ´
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wak'djŭⁿkā´gā
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hiⁿgā´rnăⁿ*
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hōtcŏⁿ´gĕrā
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jēwăⁿ´gāskāwī´nŏ
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Žeskéxjįge,
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Wakjąkága
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[hįkaíreną]."
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Hočągara
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žewą´gaskawíną.
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No wonder,
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'Foolish One'
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they call me."
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Winnebagoes
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we are the same.
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p. 20 —
*the space from /r/ to /x/ is smudged.
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wājŏⁿ´
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nīgē´rīgā
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heⁿkĕŏrō´xūdjwī´nī*
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hīgwánă
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hīúⁿwīÁnūgă
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Wažą´
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nigériga,
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hąkeoróxujwíni,
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higwána
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hiųwiánąga
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Anything
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that is
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we never look,
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right then
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we do, and
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nĭngē´shgĕ
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hAneⁿtcĭⁿpĕ´rĕzwījĕ´
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hĭnkīrāwīshŏnū´năⁿ.
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nįnéšge
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hanąčįpérezwižé,
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hįkirawišonúną.
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or else
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we know all about it,
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we think of ourselves.
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Source:
Oliver LaMère, Untitled, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3862 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago I, #3: 18-20. An English translation is found in Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 [1923]) 376-377.