Hotcâk Text -- South Seizes the Messenger

English Translation

The following are Greek letters used as morpheme abbreviations in Radin's text. Their values correspond, with the exception of gamma, to those given in Radin's notebook Winnebago II, #6, on the interstitial page between 107/108:

alpha	gamma	epsilon	eta	theta	rho	T	9
égi	pegh	gádjâ	jesge	djanâga	ánâga	wâkcigo'ina	xdjî

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). Where a missing translation has been supplied from other sources, it is enclosed in brackets, [ ].

p. 257 --

wiórotcâdjerégi	wídjirawaséwexédera	hijânâ´kijí
Wiórotcâdjerégi	Wídjirawaséwexédera	hijânâ´kijí,
In the south*	Island Anchorer	one that is,**

*this is written above "at noon" which was later crossed out.
**before these words, "whenever" has been crossed out.

wiroragíjâ	[gamma]	tcírirogíkonokí**	kúruz[rho´]	rúx'ó
wiroragíjâ	[pegh]*	tcírirogíkonokí	kúruzánâga	rúx'ó***
[a messenger]	gourd	the one dwelling within the lodge	he seized and	to shake

*beneath [gamma] is only the English word "gourd".
**below this word is written "gourd", which is crossed out.
***the word "pinpoint" is crossed out as is the word below it, "raised". The translation is from The Road of Life and Death.

djiréje	djobóhâ	rúx'o[epsilon´]	hinûgrá	héseretcî´jâ
djiréje.	Djobóhâ	rúx'ogádjâ	hinûgrá	héseretcî´jâ
[he began.]	Four times	he shook it and	woman	long haired

hérigimî´cdjirejé	hinûbóhô´na	djobóhâ	rux'ó[epsilon´]
hérigimî´cdjirejé.	Hinûbóhô´na	djobóhâ	rux'ógádjâ,
horns almost touching the ground.*	[For a second time,]	four times	he shook it and**

*the interlinear translation has "almost touching ground with horns" which is crossed out; The Road of Life and Death has, "almost touching the ground".
**the interlinear translation has "puff (?)", which was later crossed out.

[theta]	wajo	cicígera	mâtcucícik	cicígera
djanâga	wajo	cicígera,	mâtcucícik	cicígera,
[immediately]	things	evil,	dust*	evil,

*"dirt" is crossed out and "dust" written above it. The interlinear has "bad dust".

djasgákiji	hanâtcî[9]	howucgúninégi*	hoisîtc´
djasgákiji	hanâtcîxdjî	howucgúninégi	hoisîtc´
[as how ?]	all of it	in the bad place	to sweep

rehíje	tcíra	karapiésge	djínokce	[alpha]
rehíje.	Tcíra	karapiésge	djínokce.	Égi
he pushed towards.	The lodge	it looked clean	[it did suddenly.]	Then

p. 258 --

hidanihôna	djobóhâ	rux'ó[epsilon´]	hinugrá	[T]
hidanihôna,	djobóhâ	rux'ógíji,	hinugrá	wâkcigo'ina
for the third time,	four times	when he shook it,	woman	life

hixdjî	perácáraxdjî	jesgádjirejé	waxopíni
hixdjî	perácáraxdjî	jesgádjirejé.	Waxopíni
somewhat advanced (in years)	bald to the head	[she appeared that way.]	Spirits

tcitcábiréra	djasgágere	hanâtcî[9]	hocicigera
tcitcábiréra	djasgágere	hanâtcîxdjî	hocicigera
[from everywhere ?]	[?]	everything	evil

howucgúnina	waísîtc	reh[rho´]	hâ´berikokíri	djî´pce
howucgúnina	waísîtc	rehánâga	hâ´berikokíri	djî´pce.
in the bad place	to sweep it	[he pushed it towards and]	the light sparkled and glittered	[it became.]

aírera	[eta]	djîpcéje	tciokiságonâjî´na	hodapî´nina
aírera.	Jesge	djîpcéje.	Tciokiságonâjî´na	hodapî´nina
[they say.]	This way	I wish it would be.	He who Stands in the Middle of the Lodge	[flames]*

*the interlinear has only the word "bent". Marino's dictionary has "blaze".

rotcâ´	hâkiabozókp'î´ni	djidjehíje	mâ´xicícigerá	djásgakirècge
rotcâ´	hâkiabozókp'î´ni	djidjehíje.	Mâ´xicícigerá	djásgakirècge
straight	it can't be bent	[it was made to stand.]	The evil clouds	[how they went and]

hanâ´tcî[9]	howucgúninegí	hoisîtc´	rehíje
hanâ´tcîxdjî	howucgúninegí	hoisîtc´	rehíje.
all of them	to the bad place	sweeping	he pushed them towards.

Source:

Untitled, in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Freeman #3887 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Library, n.d.) Winnebago II, #7: 257-258; an English translation exists in Paul Radin, The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians. Bollingen Series V (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973 [1945]) 326-327.