Hotck Text -- Testing the Slave, Version 2
narrated by Sam Blowsnake|
'ki
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wock«
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te'
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M'«ra
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jesk
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hij,
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[And]
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religion
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this
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Earthmaker
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this
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he made,
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'a«ren.
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Hij«
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hork'
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'k,
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wock«
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te'
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they say.
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One
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he joins
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[if he does,]
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[rite]*
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this
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'cn
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hip'eresktcann,
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'a«ren.
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'ki
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h«k'ork'n«nkre
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the only one
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[he will know this,]*
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they say.
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[And]
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one who does not join
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hk'
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wock«
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tki
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hap'ah
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wajrij«
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not
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[rite]
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this
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towards
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anything
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hip'eresn«nkcan.*
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Hip'ers
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rok«ktcinkcn.
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H«k'aka
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hij«
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he does not know.
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To know
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they want to very badly.
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[Never]
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[one]
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hon«ke
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te'
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hip'eresn«ktc'e,
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'a«ren.
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'ske
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not free
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this
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he would not know,
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they said.
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So
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hij«
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horok'«ktcanki,
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weswxtc«rnaka
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p'r
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wokniktc'`
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anyone
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if he is going to join,
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they look at him and
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very well
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[they scrutinize]
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hip'ersirnaka
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katcka
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'ki
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'«kikrank
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hakore«j
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to know and
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then
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[then]
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[they permit it and]
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sometime ago
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wanhj
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wock«
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te'
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hip'ershreki.
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a slave
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[rite]
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this
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they let him know.
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Nktc«k'
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'«reje,
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'a«ren.
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Woxte
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hreje,
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Child
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they adopted,
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[it is said.]
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To love
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[they did,]
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'ki
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wan'ksapc.
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'ske
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hork'
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'«kikreje.
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and
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he was smart, good, right.
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So
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to join in
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they let him.
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Te'
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t'ehrin«ki
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ki'«ran`n,
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wa'«tcn.
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Hip'erstcn,
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[That one]
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they could kill and
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they could do it to him,
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[it was]
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They know it was so,
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jeskra.
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'ki
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hutc'tc'«
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wonak'
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worh
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[as he was that kind.]
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[And]
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a bunch of
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bad
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group
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wj.
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Kixa«tca
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nk
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hironreania
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hranka
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[they were.]
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Out there
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someplace
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they took way out
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to go and
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'ki
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rusktcirn.
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'ki
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wap'ah
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'ki
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[then]
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they tied him up.
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[And]
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something sharp
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[here]
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hakan«reje.
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"Hirap'resan,
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wanhj
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wa'«ratcn.
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T'en«
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[they took.]
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["You know it,]
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a slave
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you are.
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To kill you
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ran«nnikenr
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'«pratcn.
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'ki
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n
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rakik'«ktcann.
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[you know you should be]
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you are alive.
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And
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you
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you are going to do it to yourself.
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Ctcnka
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nkcke
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nir'piktcki --
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'ki,
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Mk'«'`
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You are dead and
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or*
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if you will want to live --
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[well,]
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the Medicine Lodge
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nkikren`.
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Je'
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'tca
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win«kip'aghktcanahwin.
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Hrkicarakiki
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they put you in.
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That
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about
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we are going to ask you something.
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If you tell us,
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hk'
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t'en«nktcanahni.
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Hk'
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carakn«ki
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t'en«ktc'anahwin."
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not
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we are not going to kill you.
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Not
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if you do not tell,
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we will kill you."
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'ki
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wej,
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"H«hiwatc'apra*
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wa'«reki,
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n'patcn.
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And
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he said,
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"Our chief's will
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it is,
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I am alive.
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'ki
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s'retctc'n.
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Jesk
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yak'ske.
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'ki
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And
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I am dead long ago.
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This
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I be so.
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And
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hisk
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c'k'iwiwh'ira
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woxtewren.
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'ske
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Mk'«'
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[truly]
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my foster parents
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they loved me.
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So
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Medicine Lodge
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hork'`
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hkikren.
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Tcakú
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hka«rera
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hantc«
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[to join]
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[they let me.]
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What
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they said to me
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all
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wxkún.
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Wkcko'`
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tc'owreki,
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nghrak'
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wkcko'ra
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I understood.
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Life
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in the future,
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soul
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the life
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hahik,
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h«k'aka
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tc'n«ktcane,
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'a«ren.
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'ske
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after I get to,
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never
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I will not die,
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they said.
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So
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r
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wkcko'«nka
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tc'askki
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tc'ektc«ne
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w'tcn.
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bodily
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life and
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anyway
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I will die
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[I will do it.]
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T'raktcanawiki,
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wowt'ektc,
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nkcan
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nghrak'
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wkckra
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If you are going to kill me,
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very easy,
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but
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soul
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life
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hawan«hira
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wotc'xna.
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Hk'
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tapnktcann.
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T'ewwir."*
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to lose
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it is hard.
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Not
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I am not going to feel.
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Kill me."
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Jek«kiji
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wkn«kre
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hok'irúghutc
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nj«n.
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Hk'
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Then
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these men
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looking at each other
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they stood.
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Not
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xpiran«
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rusktceki.
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Kirucka«ranak
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nikwak'ara«reje.
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they did not answer*
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to the one who was tied.
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They untied him and
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they went away.
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"Hh
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hin«k'haxtc«,
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te'
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rske
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hk'rakn«n.
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"All right
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little brother,
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this one
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even
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he did not tell.
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Te'
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wirrakra
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hern.
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H«k'aka
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tc'ktca
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This
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illustration
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it is.
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Never
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to outsiders
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tc't'«nktce
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jeskn.
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not to be shown
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[this.]
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Amelia Susman, Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, January, 1939) Book 8:82-92.