Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Nannyberry Picker

Hocąk Syllabic Text — The Nannyberry Picker (Wuwukihíga)

Translated by Richard Dieterle
Based on the Translation of Oliver LaMère


Oliver LaMère, Translator		Winnebago V, #16: 1		Notebook 45: 1

English Translation

wu wu Ki Ai K
Wuwukihíga
The Nannyberry Picker

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de e	e tt.	ni Ao tt Ki d Keyi d	n di de.	wu wu L*	Lo K n de.	e tt
Žee	éja	niocąkižakeižą	nąžįže,	wuwura	rokanaže.	Éja
There	at	a fork in the river	[it stood,]	mulberries	many.	There

* uis not a character in the Hocąk syllabary. The sound [u] is represented by the letter o.

Ao we.	Ao ttAi ttAi ni Ki d.	uwK deAe.	roAo Lo roAo Lo ttAi.	w u tte de.
howe	hocįcį́nįgìžą	’uwąkše.	Surusúrucį	wa’ųježe.
going about	a little boy	he was.	Naked	he was.

n Lo K xitti.	Ao we.	tt Ko	u Kette	ni Kini -?- Ke tte de.
Narokaxjį	howe,	jagú	’ųkje	nikni[...]geježe.
Without any clothes	he was going about,	what	to do	seemingly not knowing.

e tt	wu wu Au n K.	Ai d	e tt.	tti de.	wu wu n K	Ai d
Éja	wuwuhunąka	hižą́	éja	jiže.	Wuwunąka	hižą́
There	the mulberry trees	one of them	there	he came.	The mulberries	one of them

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niKi	Lo r n K	Lo ttK tt	m dtt	Ki liAi de.	e tt.	de rKe	Lo ttL
nįk	rusanąga	rucgáją,	mąšją	gipįže.	Éja	žesge	rujᵉra
[little]	he took, and	he ate it, and	very much	he liked it.	There	[these]	eating

u xitti de.	Ai rKe	niKi dKe.	Ki Aiy n K.	e tt	niKi	roto
’ųxjįže.	Hisgé	nįkšge	kihíanąga	éja	nįk	sto
he did many of them.	Also	some	he picked, and	there	[some]	pile

niKi	do de.	e tt	u niKi tte ra de.	de Ko	e tt	Ai Ke	ni Ke
nįk	žužé.	Éja	’ųnįkjes’aže.	Žegų	éja	hįké	nįgé
[little]	he put.	There	he would be always.	[How]	there	never	there

Ao wi L ni de.	A lK	wu wu	Ai Ki deAe Le tte ra de.	Ai rKe
howirenįže.	Hą́pga	wuwu	higišerejes’aže.	Hisgé
he would not leave.	Every day	mulberries	he would be looking for.	[Also]

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niKi	ni Ke	Ao Leyi d Ki L	do de.	A Ai	Lo A niKi	Ai de.	e Ki.
nįk	nįgé	horeižąkira	žužé.	Hahi	rohą́nįk	hiže.	Égi
some	place	he stored some away	he put.	Finally,	a lot of it	he had.	[And]

n xA	Ao loAo xi d	e tt	wo do de.	w Ki riAi niKi deAe.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi d.
nąxa	hopoxižą	éja	wožuže.	Wakisínįkše.*	Égi	hagoreiža,
log	a hollow one	there	he put them.	He stored them.	And	one day,

* Helmbrecht-Lehmann translate kisías, "to save something for oneself."

te we L Ki.	Ai no Kini Ki d	Ai L tti de.	Ai no KiniKi tt ne di.
tewéraki,	hinųgᵉnį́gižą	hirajiže.	Hinųgᵉnįkjaneži
unexpectedly,	a girl	she came to see him.	The little girl

Ai tee	tu.	w L liAi xitti d	Ae Le de.	Ai Ko	xeAe te ni Ki d	Ae Le de.
hit’é	tu	warapįxjįžą	hereže,	higų	xetenįgižą	hereže.
she spoke	plainly	one who was able	she was,	as	a little older	she was.

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Ai noKo KiniKi tt ne	we de.	w n	Ai roAo KiniKi A L.	e Ki	niKi	u tte de
Hinųgᵉnįkjane	wéže,	"Waną́	hisųknįkhara,	égi	nįk	’ųjéže,"
The little girl	she said,	"Well	my little brother,	here	[the little one]	he is,"

tte L	e de.	Ao ttAi ttAi ni Ki tt ne.*	Ao Ki L de.	w n
jera	éže.	Hocįcįnįkjane	hokiráže,	"Waną́
[the one who is this,]	she said.	The little boy	he repeated what she had said,	"Well

* this should be spelled, Ao ttAi ttAi niKi tt ne, otherwise it yields, hocįcįnįkijane.

Ai roAo Kini K L.	e Ki	n tte de	tte L	e de.	e Ki.
hisųknįkara,*	égi	nąjéže,"	jera	éže.	Égi
my little brother,	here	[he goes by foot,"]	[the one who is this,]	he said.	Then

* apparently a contraction of hisųknįkhara.

Ai noKo niKi tt ne	we de.	ne	Ai roAo KiniKi ni n	e de.	Ai deKe	e de.
hinųgᵉnįkjane	wéže,	"Ne	hisųgᵉnįgᵉniną,"	éže.	Hisgé	éže,
the little girl	she said,	"You	you are my younger brother,"	she said.	Also	he said,

ne	Ai rAo KiniKi ni n	e de.	Ao Ki L de.	e Ki.	Ai K K	de rKe
"Ne	hisųgᵉnįgᵉniną,"	éže.	Hokiráže.	Égi	hįkagá	žesge
"You	you are my younger brother,"	he said.	He mocked her.	[And]	never	[such things]

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Ai leAe Le rini tte Ki.	A Ke	Ai tee tee	Ai leAe Le rini Ke	w tte de.
hiperezᵉnįjegi,	hąké	hit’et’é	hiperezᵉnįge,	waježe.
as he had never known,	not	to talk	[as he had not known, that is why]	he said it.

e Ki.	di Ke	w Ke de.	Ai roAo KiniKi A xitti	to ni Ke we Ai de.	e K tt.
Égi	žigé	wageže,	"Hisųkhaxjį,"	tonikéwehiže?"	egają,
Then	again	she said to him,	"My little brother,	are you hungry?"	she said, and

di Ke	Ao Ki L de.	Ai roAo KiniKi A xitti	to ni Ke we Ai de	e de.	e Ki.
žigé	hokiráže,	"Hisųkhaxjį,"	tonikéwehiže?"	éže.	Égi
again	he mocked her,	"My little brother,	are you hungry?"	he said.	Then

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Ai noKo niKi tte K	w u de.	beAe tti d	Ao too de.	n Ke we de.	leAe tto too K.
hinų́gᵉnįkjegá	wa’ųže:	pejižą	hot’ųže.	Nąkeweže,	pejot’ųga.
the little girl	[she did this:]	a fire	she built.	He was afraid,	the fire she built.

e Ki.	wo A de.	w Kii	niKi	w u de	ay Le n.	Ai noKo KiniKi tte K.	e rKe.
Égi	wohąže	wak’į́	nįk	wa’ųže,	aíreną,	hinų́genįkjegá.	Ésge
Then	she boiled something,	pack	little	she had,	they say,	[the little girl.]	So

e tt	w Kii tte K.	Ko Lo ey n K.	e tt	Ao niKi Ao xA ttAo doKo ni	Lo r n K
éja	wak’íjega	kuru’eanąga	éja	hųnį́k huxacųšguni	rusanąga
there	her pack	she opened, and	there	beans without backs	she took, and

de rKe	Ao A de.	Lexe Ktt leKe	ni Ki d	deKe	Ai L rA	Kii	w u de.
žesge	hohą́že.	Reǧ kcabᵉge	nįkižą	šge	hirasá	k’į	wa’ųže.
them	she boiled.	Kettle	a little one	and	also	pack	she had it.

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e tt.	tu tti Ki di.*	w rKe	ni K[i d]†	e tt	Aoyi riy n K.‡
Éja	tujigiži,	wasgé	nįgižą	éja	hoisianąga
There	after she had cooked it,	dish	a little one	[there]	she dished it, and

* an ink blot obscures the syllable Ki.
† the presumed i dis obscured by an ink blot.
‡ the text appears to have Aoyi rey n K.

Ai tt Ki Ke Le de.	Aoyi rAi niy n K.	A A.	Ai rAo KiniKi A xitti	w Lo ttLe
hijakikereže.	Hoisinianąga,	"Hąhą́,	hisųgᵉnįkhaxjį,	warujᵉre,"
she placed it before him.	She cooled it, and said,	"Now then,	my little brother,	you must eat,"

e de.	di Ke	Ao Ki L de.	Ai rAo KiniKi A xitti	w Lo tteLe	e de.	e Ki.
éže.	Žigé	hokiráže,	hisųgᵉnįkhaxjį,	warujᵉre,"	éže.	Égi
he said.	Again	he mocked her,	my little brother,	you must eat,"	he said.	Then

di Ke	w u de.	Ao niKi L	Ai d	Lo r n K.	i K nK K n K	Lotto deAe.
žigé	wa’ųže:	hųnį́gᵉra	hižą́	rusanąga	ikanąkąkanąga	rucše.
again	[she did this:]	beans	one of them	she took, and	put it in her mouth, and	she ate it.

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Ki Koro	w u de	e Ki.	Ao ttAi ttAi niKi n KLe	w u de.	ni ttAe tte tt
Kikų́s	wa’ųže.	Égi	hocicinįgᵉnągᵉre	wa’ųže:	nįcejeja
To show him	[she did this.]	Then	the little boy	[he did this:]	to the water's edge

Ao w Le de.	e tt.	i ni	Koro	Kiri KiniKi	we Ai	Ki Li de.	Ai tt
howareže.	Éja	ini	kus,	ksįknįk	wehí	kiriže.	Hija
he went.	There	stones	he brought,	small	[he gathered]	[he came back.]	[There]

wo do de.	w wi Ki rKe	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	di Ke	Ai no Ko niKi n KLe
wožuže.	Wawigisge	hireže.	Égi	žigé	hinų́gᵉnį́gᵉnągᵉre
he put them.	[They were as big as them]	they were.	Then	again	the little girl

w u de.	i ni n K.	Ai d	i K n K n K.	Aiye tt	Ki ttA ttAd
wa’ųže:	ininąka	hižą́	ikanąkanąga	hieja	gicacáš
[she did this:]	the stone	one of them	put it in her mouth, and	on her teeth	to rattle against

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Ai de.	e Ki.	di Ke	Ao niKi n K.	Ai d	Lotto deAe.	Ao ttAi ttAi niKi n KLe
hiže.	Égi	žigé	hųnį́gᵉnąka	hižą́	rucše.	Hocicinįgᵉnągᵉre
[she did.]	Then	again	the beans	one of them	she ate.	The little boy

w u de.	Ao niKi n K.	Ai d.	i K nK dAe.	L ttK de.	Ko L.
wa’ųže:	hųnį́gᵉnąka	hižą́	ikanąkše.	Rackáže.	Korá!
[she did this:]	the beans	one of them	he put it in his mouth.	He tasted it.	[Well!]

de Ko	tt lini rK tti nK deAe.	di Ki d	i K nK deAe.	e Ki.	di Ke.
žegų	ją́pnisgajinąkše.	Žigižą	ikanąkše.	Égi	žigé
then	he seemed to open his eyes.	Another one	he put it in his mouth.	Then	again

ttAo Ki d.	Ai u	Ki Koro dAe.	di Ke	ttAo Ki L	Ai u de.	de Ko	Ao niKi
cugižą	hi’ų	kikųsšé.	Žigé,	cugira	hi’ųže.	Žegų	hųnį́k
a spoon	to use	[she taught him.]*	Again,	the spoon	he used.	[Thus,]	beans

* the translation has, "she motioned him."

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Lo ttL	u xitti de.	e Ki.	K tti n.	ttAe li Le	Ai de.	e Ki.	w u de.
rujᵉra	’ųxjįže.	Égi	gajiną	cepire	hiže.	Égi	wa’ųže:
[eating]	he did very much.	Then	[repented]*	they ate it up	he did.	Then	[he did this:]

* the translation has, "he liked it so well".

w rKe L.	A ni tal tti Le de.	e Ki.	n xoAo lAo x KLe.	A Ai	Ao Lo K L K n K.
wasgéra	hanít’ą́pjiréže.	Égi	nąxopoxaǧᵉre	hahi	horukárakanąga
the dish	he arose.	And	the hollow log	he went	he reached in, and

w rKe tt.	Ai rKe	Ao do de.	wu wu L.	Ai noKo niKi n KLe	A Ki Li
wasgéja	hisgé	hožuže,	wuwura.	Hinųgᵉnįgᵉnągᵉre	hakirí
in the dish	some	he put,	[the nannyberries].	The girl	he came back

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Ai tt	Ki Ke Le de.	Ai deKe	Ai Ke	wo Lotto de L.	Ai leAe Le rini nK dAe.
hija	gikereže.	Hišgé	hįké	worucšera	hiperezᵉnįnąkše.
[there]	he placed it before her.	In turn,	not	that food	she was not familiar.

e rKe.	de Ko	Ai Ke	A m Ke ni	ni rKe de.	Ai dKe
Ésge	žegų	hįké	hamąkenį	nisgeže.	Hišgé
Therefore,	[thus]	not	to be backward	she was kind of.	[Therefore,]

Ki n de.	Ai d.	i K n K n K.	Lotto deAe.
ki’ųže.	hižą́	ikanąkanąga	rucše.
he did the same to her as she had to him.	one of them	put it in her mouth, and	she ate it.

Ai deKe	Ki Koro dAe.	K tt K.	Ai noKo ni Kn KLe.	Ai d	L ttK de.
Hišgé	kikųsšé.	Gająga	hinųgᵉnįgᵉnągᵉre	hižą́	rackáže.
[Thus]	[he taught her.]*	[Finally,]	the girl	one	she tasted it.

wo Ki ro Kitti	ar deAe.	Ai Ke w di Lo K n Ai ni de.	ttAe li de.
Wokižuxjį	asše.	Hįké wažirukanahinįže.	Cepiže.
[She filled herself completely]	it was delicious.	She was very delighted.	She ate it up.

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tt n K	Ao Koo K.	e Ki.	Ai Ko	Ai no Kini Kn KLe.	Ai tee K.
Janąga	hok’ųga,	égi	higų	hinųgᵉnįgᵉnągᵉre	hit’éga,
All	he gave her,	and	[yet]	the girl	everytime she would speak,

Ao Ki L ra de.	e Ki.	w u de.	ttAi doAo	Ki ttiKr deAe.	e Ki.
hokiras’aže.	Égi	wa’ųže:	cišú	kijigasše.	Égi
he would mock her.	[Then]	[she did this:]	poles	she cut.	And

ttAi d	u de.	wi ttAi ttAi	ttAe Kitti d	u de.	e tt	ttAi wi de.
cížą	’ų́že.	Wicici	cekjįža	’ų́že.	Éja	ciwiže.
a lodge	she made.	Reed lodge	a new one	she made.	There	they lived.

e Ki.	Ai noKo niKi tte K.	w u ra de.	m wo tt
Égi	hinų́gᵉnįkjegá	wa’ųs’aže.	mą́wojá
[And]	the little girl	[she would always do this:]	the products of the earth

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Ai Ki dAe Ley n K.	m wo tt	Ai m ttAi wi ra de.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi d.
hįgišereanąga	mą́wojá	himąciwis’aže.	Égi	hagoreižą,
she would look after, and	the products of the earth	they would live.	[And]	finally,

Ao ttAi ttAi niKi tte K.	xeAe te ni Ki di.	m	ni Ki d	Ki u de.
hocįcįnįkjega	xetenigiži,	mą	nįgižą	ki’ųže.
the little boy	he was grown up,	arrow	[a little one]	she made for him.

e Ki.	m wi Ko ttL	Ki Koro deAe.	u niKi tt u	w Lo liAi de.	ttAi Lo Ke tt.
Égi	mąwigujᵉra	kikųsšé.	’Ųnįkja’ų,	warupįže.	Cirogeja
And	how to shoot arrows	she taught him.	Finally,	he learned how.	Inside the lodge

m	wi Kotto tte ra de.	A Ai	di Ke.	ttA KL	Ao u de.	A t Ki ntt
mą	wigújes’aže.	Hahi	žigé	cagera	ho’ųže.	Hątáginąc
[arrow]	he would be shooting them.	Finally,	[again]	outside	he went.	To fast

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w u nK dAe	ay Le n.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi d.	Ai dtt diAi Li Li tteKe	ni Ki d.
wa’ųnąkše,	aíreną.	Égi	hagoreižą,	hišjaširiricge	nįgižą
they did it,	they say.	And	finally,	[sparrow]	a small one

tee Ai o	m	Ai o de.	Ai no Kini KL	w i nl lL	Lo K n de.	Lo Kii ni K n K.
t’ehi’ų	mą	hi’ųže.	Hinųgᵉnįgᵉra	wainąbᵉra	rokanaže.	Rok’įnįkanąga
he killed	arrow	he used.	The girl	thankful	she was very.	She cooked it, and

Lo tte de.	to we u tti Le Ki di.	A Lo xA	Ai L tty L Aiy Le de.	A Ai	u tt u
ruježe.	Towe’ųjiregiži,	haruxa	hirajaira hiareže.	Hahi,	’ųja’ų,
she ate it.	Thus he started out, and	he kept on	he got better and better.	Finally,	[finally,]

ttA ni Ke Le deKeyi d	tee Ai de.	e lA.	w tee Ai Ke xitti de.	ttA L.
canikerešgeižą	t’ehiže.	Epa,	wat’éhikexjįže.	Cara,
a young deer	he killed.	From this time on,	he killed much game.	Deer,

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Ao ttL	Ao w L.	ttAe L.	Ao lo wotto dAe.	tt Ko L	A ntt	tee Ai de.
hų́jᵉra,	hųwą́ra	céra,	hobowocše.	Jagúra	haną́c	t’ehiže.
bears,	elk,	buffaloes,	he killed.	These	all of them	he killed.

wo Ki ro Kitti	w tee Ai Ke de.	A Ai	K tt K.	Ao ttAi ttAi	wo Ki ro Kitti de.
Wogizukjį	wat’éhikeže.	Hahi	gająga	hocįcį	wogizukjįže.
Nearly everything	he killed.	Finally,	[finally,]	[boy]	he was great.

A Ko Leyi d.	Ai noKo n KeLe.	we de.	Ai roAo KiniKi A xitti	w d	y L nK dA n
Hagoreiža,	hinųgᵉnągᵉre	wéže,	"Hisųknįkhaxjį,	wažą	yaranąkšąną,"
One day,	the girl	she said,	"My younger brother,	something	I am thinking.

e de.	de tt ny xitti L.	Ai noKo L	K n Ki di.	Ai no KL	Ai diAi K	ttAo Ai Le
éže.	"Žejanaíxjį,	hinųgᵉra	kąnąkiži,	hinųgᵉra	hišigą́	cųhire
she said.	"About now,	a woman	you should marry,	women	sister-in-law	they have

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K w Ki liAi doAo no n.	e de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ao ttAi ttAi n K.	Ai no A xitti
kawagipįšųnųną,"	éže.	Égi	wéže,	hocįcįnąka,	"Hinų́haxjį,
I always admire them,"	she said.	Then	he said,	the young man,	"My older sister,

de rKe	Ai L Le Ke	w dA	no ni Ke.	w Kidi K ttAi tt	w d K tt
žesge	hirarege	waša,	nunįge	wąkšigacįja*	wažągają
[this]	your desire	I understand,	but	where people	any

* < wąkšik-hacįja.

Ai no K K n Ki Kette de	e de.	e Ki.	di Ke	we de.	Ai nu Kn K.
hinųgakąnąkikježe?"*	éže.	Égi	žigé	wéže,	hinųgᵉnąka,
I should marry?"	he said.	Then	again	she said,	the young woman,

* < hinųk-hakąnąk-hi-kje-že.

Ai roAo K xitti.	w Kidi KL	ttAow Kd n.	te Ki	deKe	ttAi n Ki d.
"Hisųkaxjį,	wąkšígᵉra	cųakšaną.	Tégi	šge	cinągižą
"My younger brother,	people	there are many.	Over here	[also]	a village

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mi n KL.	de e.	Ao KL.	Ai d	Ai noKo Ai L.	de e	e	w Ke Ke
mįnągera,	žee	hųgᵉra	hižą́	hinųkhira	žee	e	wāgege,
there is,	[this]	the chiefs	one of them	the daughter	[this]	[she]	I wish,

w A nK dA n.	de e	Ai noKo liAi de Le n.	de e	Ai diAi K	Ai Low Ko n.
wahaną́kšaną.	Žee	hinųkpįžereną.	Žee	hišigą́	hiroagúną."
it is why I say this.	[This one]	she is a good woman.	[This one]	sister-in-law	I wish to have her."

e Ki.	Ai no A xitti	Ai Ko	liAi Ke	i ne Ki	Ai ni L	dKe	liAi
Égi	hinųhaxjį,	higų	pįge	inéki	hiníra	šge	pį
"Well	sister,	[yet]	very nicely	[alone]	[the older brother]	[also]	[good]

Ai Le w Ai	no ni Ke.	w dAe K tt.	tt rKe	liAi n tte K tt	w dAe Ki di.
hiréwahi,	nunįge	wašegają,	jasgé	pįnajegają	wašegiži,"
it seems,	but	[as you have said,]	[what]	if it is for the best,	if you think,"

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e de.	e Ki	Ai noKo n KeLe	w i nl dAe.	Ai rAo KiniKi A xitti	Ay ni Ki di
éže.	Égi	hinųgᵉnągᵉre	wainąpše.	"Hisųgᵉnįkhaxjį	hainigíži,
he said.	Then	the woman	she thanked him.	"My younger brother,	in the morning,

dAe Le Kette n.	Ai ni Ki Ko Lo Ao Kette n	e de.	e Ki.	m wo doyi d.
šerekjeną.	Hinįgikuruhokjeną,"	éže.	Égi	mąwožúižą
you may go.	I will get things ready for you,"	she said.	And then	an arrow sack

Ki u de.	w r KrKy d.	e Ki.	to dA n Ky d	Ao K nK deAe.	e Ki.	wy doAotto
ki’ųže,	waząksgaižą,	égi	tošanąkižą	hokąnąkše.	Égi	waišúc,
she made,	a white marten,	and	an otter*	[he wore on his head.]†	And	[red blanket,]‡

* the translation has, "a cape out of otter skin."
† the translation has, "he wore".
‡ the translation has, "red leggings".

w Ko ttAy d	Ao ttA de.	e Ki.	w A reAe li d	Ao tt de.	e Ki.
wagucaižą	hucaže.	Égi	wahasepižą	hoją́že.	Égi
a pair of moccasins	[it was of bear skin.]	And	[a black skin]	[he wore on his feet.]	And

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Lo Ki Ke we Ki di.	Lo KL.	w reAe	xi	Ai ow n K.	Ai A KL	m Kx
rokikewegiži,	rogᵉra	wasé	ǧi	hi’ųanąga	hihágᵉra	mąkáx
he painted his face,	[inside]	paint	[light brown]*	[he used, and]	on top	mud

* the translation has, "blue".

ttAo we xitti niKi	A Lo Aitti deAe.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai no Kn K.	Ai rAo KiniKi A xitti.
cowéxjįnįk	haruhįcše.*	Égi	wéže,	hinųgᵉnąka,	"Hisųkhaxjį,
just the least bit	he put on.	Then	she said,	the young woman,	"My little brother,

* < ha-ru-hįc-še: ha-, "on"; ru-, "by means of the hand"; hįc, "to cover" (attested only in Marino); -še, indicates that the truth of the statement is not known first hand.

te	dAe Le Ktt n Ai Le.	ttAi n Kn K.	Ai L L Ai Ki di.	Ao w Ai Le Ki.
te	šerekjanahire	cinągᵉnąka	hiraráhigiži,	howahiregi,
[this]	as you go,	the village,	when you get there,	[at the end,]

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ttAi nK Ki lA Le Ki.	ttAi lAo Lo Ke ni Ki d	n Ki Ktt n Ae n.	e tt	Ao K w tte.
cinągiparegi,	ciporokeižą	nągikjanaheną.	Éja	hokawaje.
on the outskirts of the village,	an oval lodge	you will come to.	There	you must enter.

Ai to Ke niKi n K.	ne	Ai ttAowi Ai Ai n.	Ai tt L Ai Ki di.	Ai ni Ki Ktt n Ae n.
Hitokenįgᵉnąka	ne	hicųwįhįhina.	Hijarahigiži,	hinįgikjanaheną.
The old woman	your	your aunt.	When you get there,	she will recognize you.

e Ki.	Aiyo Ki wi L.	e tt	n Kii	A tti nK dA n.	Ao Ki wi L.	Ai ttA Ko Lo w Ai L.
Égi	hių́kįwįra	éja	nąk’į	hajinąkšaną.	Hųgiwįra,	hicakorowahira
[And]	the princess	there	to pack wood	she comes.	The princess,	her friends

w K L Ki do.	e tt.	Ai ttAo wi niKi Ai Ai L.	n Ki Kii nK dA n.	Ao xtt n	Ao K Ai.
wakarakížu,	éja	hicųwįnįkhįhíra	nąkik’įnąkšaną,	hoxjaną́	hokahi.
with her,	there	our aunt	they came to pack wood,	evening	every.

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e tt	A ntt*	Ai Le Ktt n Ae n.	Ai Ke di.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di	Ao de.
Éja	haną́c	hirekjanaheną,"	higéže.	Égi	hainigíži,	huže.
There	all of them	they will be,"	she said to him.	So	in the morning,	he started out.

* the text appears to have, A ni tt.

Ao xtt n K tt	Ai tt	tti de.	Ao w Le L.	a ni Ae L.	Ao w ttiye tt.
Hoxjanągają,	hija	jiže.	Howarera,	anihera	howajieja
In the evening	there	he arrived.	Sure enough,	as she had said,	on the edge

ttAi loAo Lo Keyi d	nK deAe.	e tt.	A tti	Aoyi rii de.	e Ki.	Ai to Ke ni Ki d.
ciporokeižą	nąkše.	Éja	haji	hois’įže.	Égi	hitokenigížą
an oval lodge	[there was.]	There	he went	he peeped in.	And	an old woman

Ai tt	nK deAe.	we de.	tt Ko	Ai ttAo dKe.	Ai Ke	Ao L K w ni.	A Lyi rii L tte
hija	nąkše.	wéže,	"Jagú	hicųšgé,	hįké	horakáwani	harais’įraje.
[there]	[she was.]	She said,	"Why	nephew,	not	you don't come in	instead of peeping.

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Ao K w Le	e de.	e Ki.	Ao Ke we de.	e Ki.	Ai ttAo dKe	L tti Ktt n Ae y Le Ke
Hokaware,"	éže.	Égi	hokeweže.	Égi	hicųšgé,	rajikjanahearege,
Come on in,"	she said.	So	he went in.	[And,]	nephew,	I thought you would come, so

wo ni K A n	e de.	e Ki.	wo A L.	Ai tt tte Ki di	w Ki re de.
wonigihąną,"	éže.	Égi	wohą́ra	hijájegiži	wagiseže.
I am boiling for you,"	she said.	Then	from the pot	[that it was in,]	she dished out for him.

e Ki.	w Lo tt n K.	Lo dtt de.	e Ki.	Ai ttAo deKe	n di ne.	Ai Ki dKe
Égi	warujanąga	rušjąže.	Égi,	"Hicųšgé	nąžíne,	higišge
So	he ate, and	he finished.	Then,	"My nephew	stand up,	and [so]

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Ao K w tti n Ki Le doAo no n.	w d ni KL	Ai d	Ai tto	ni Ki mi di Kette n.
hokawajinagirešųnųną.	Wažánįgera	hižą́	hijo	nįgimįšikjeną,"
as they come in and out all the time.	[Some little thing]	one	[towards]	let me spread for you,"

e Ki di.	n di de.	e Ki.	Ai to Ke niKi n K	w u de.	w A rAe li d	Ai tt
egiži,	nažiže.	Égi	hitokenįgᵉnąka	wa’ųže:	wahasebižą	hija
[she said, so]	he stood up.	And	the old woman	[she did this:]	a black rug	[there]

Ao Ki midi deAe.	e Ki.	Ai L Le xitti K tt.	ttA KeLe Ki.	n	w xiAi Lyi Le de.
hogimįše.	Égi	hirarexjįgają	cągeregi	ną	waxiraireže,
she spread out.	[Then]	soon after	outside	wood	they put down,

no w xiAi L Le Ki.	e Ki	Ai Kdyi tee	Ai Le de.	wy Le de.	Aoyi ni Ke.
nowaxiraregi.	Égi	hikšait’e	hireže.	Waíreže,	"Hoinį́ge
at the woodpile.	And	to laugh	they did.	They said to one another,	["In vain]

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Ai noKo tteAeKe	n Kii	ni rKe	ay L n K.	Ai Kd	Ai Le de.
hinųkcek	nąk’į	nisge,"	airánąga	hikšá	hireže.
daughter-in-law	she carries wood	like,"	they said, and	to laugh	they did.

e Ki.	Ai d	Aoyi rii tti n K tt.	w Kn KLe	A tt de.	te we L Ki.	wK
Égi	hižą́	hois’įjinąkają	wą́gᵉną́gᵉre	hajaže.	Tewéraki	wąk
Then	one of them	peeped in, and	the young man	he saw her.	Unexpectedly,	man

liAi	Lo K n xitti d.	e Ki.	mi nK nK deAe.	Ai Kd tti K L n K.
pį	rokanaxjįžą	égi	miną́gᵉnąkše.	hikšajikaranąga
handsome	one who was very much so,	there	he sat.	She gave a little laugh, and

A Ktt	xA w ni tti Ke Le de.	e Ki.	tt Ko u	w deAe de.	Ai Ky Le de.	e Ki.
hakjá	xawanijikereže.	Égi	jagú’ų	wašéže,	higaíreže.	Égi
back	[disappeared.]*	Then	why	she said it,	they asked her.	And

* the translation has, "withdrew."

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we de.	Ao rKe	w Ae n	e de.	e Ki	di Ke	Ai d	u de.	di Ke
wéže,	"Hosgé	wahéną,"	éže.	Égi	žigé	hižą́	’ųže.	Žigé
she said,	"Not anything	I mean,"	she said.	Then	[again]	one	she did it.	[Again]

Ai Kd tti K L n K.	A Ktt	xA w ni tti Ke Le de.	di Ke	Ai Ki w xi Le Ki di
hikšajikaranąga	hakjá	xawanijikereže.	Žigé	higiwąxiregiži,
she gave a little laugh, and	back	she drew back.	[Again]	they asked her, but

Ai Ke	Ao L Kini de.	e Ki.	Ao Ki wi L.	Ai tto l A L.	Ai tto Ke we de
hįké	horaknįže.	Égi	hųgiwįra,	hijopahąra,	hijokeweže.
not	she would not tell.	Then	the princess,	the fourth one,	she entered in.

de e di	Ai tt	Ao K w n K.	n o rete	Ao xo Ke tt	mi nK
Žeeži	hija	hokawánąga	ną’ųste	hoxukeja	mįną́k
And	[there]	[she went in, and]	fire log	by	she sat

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tti nK K n K.	wo u A Le Le ttn Koo	A Ki Ai Ai nl deAe.	e Ki.
jinąkanąga	wo’ų harerejᵉnąk’ų	Hakíhihiną́pše.	Égi
she went, and	she seemed embarrassed.	She went out.	Then

A ttiy K Ly Le de.	Ai Ki Le Ki di.	Ao LK Ki Le de.	e Ki.	e tt
hajiakaraireže.	Higiregiži,	horakíreže.	Égi	éja
they went home.	When they got home,	they reported it.	[And]	there

Ki u nK deAe.	e tt	Ke ttA Ke K	Ao LoKo u nK deAe.	Ai noKo n KLe.
ki’ųnąkše.	Éja	Kecąkega	horok’ųnąkše.	Hinųgᵉnągᵉre
they were gambling.	There	Turtle	[he had joined them.]*	The young woman

* the translation has, "was there also".

Ai Ki.	Ao L K n K.	w n xo Ki de.	Ke ttA Ke K.	e Ki.	Ke ttA Ke K
higi	horákanąga	wanaxugiže,	Kecąkega.	Égi	Kecąkega
[she came]	she told, and	he overheard her,	Turtle.	So	Turtle

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we de.	A A.	Ko L.	de Ko A n	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	tti Ktt n Ae de.
wéže,	"Hąhą́,	korá,	žegųhąna.	Hicakorohara	jikjanaheže,
he said,	[Exclamation]	"Say!	I have quit.	My friend	he was coming,

e L.	Al te e.	Ae Le n.	ny di xitti	tti Ktt n Ae Ko ni	y Le Ke	de Ko
era	hąp tee	hereną.	Náįxjį	jikjanahegųnį,	yarége.	Žegų
he said,	today	it is.	[I hope]	perhaps he is here,	I am thinking.	That is why

A n	e de.	e Ki.	w Ky Le de.	Ke ttA Ke.	Ai d	tti de	a nK dA n.
hana	éže.	Égi	wagaíreže,	Kecąge,	hižą́	jiže,"	ánąkšaną.
I quit,"	he said.	Then	they told him,	"[Turtle,]	[someone]*	he has come,"	[they said.]

* the translation has, "a stranger". The quotation is treated as indirect.

Ai Ky Le de.	A.	e de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	to dA nK.	Ay d.	Ao K n K n K.
Higaíreže,	"Hą?"	Éže,	"Hicakorohara	tošą́nąk	haižą	hokąnąkanąga
He said,	"Is that so?"	He said,	"My friend	otter	a skin	he wears a cap, and

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e Ki.	m wo do L.	w r K rKyi d	A ni dAo no n	e de.	e Ki.	Ai no Kn K.
égi	mąwožúra	waząksgaižą	hanį́šųnųną,"	éže.	Égi	hinų́gᵉnąka
and	the arrow sack	a white marten	[he usually has,"]	he said.	Then	the women

wy Le de.	de rKe a n K	ay Le de.	e Ki.	Ao Ki L Ki Le de.	e Le de
waíreže,	žésge-ánąga	aíreže.	Égi	hokirákireže,	ereže,
they told them,	they said it was him,	they say.	So	they told him,	they did,

a nK dA n.	Ke ttA Ke.	Ai Ky Le de.	A Ao.	e de.	wo Ai n Koo
ánąkšaną.	Kecąge	higaíreže,	"Hąhó,"	éže.	Wohínąk’ų
[they said.]	Turtle	he said,	"Alright,"	he said.	He was winning

Ae Le Ki di.	de Ko	Ki rA Ke tt	Ao w Koxo deAe.	Ai noKo Ko wK niKi
heregiži	žegų	kiságeja	howaxúkše.	"Hinųgową́genįk,
when he was,	[then]	the middle of	[he had placed.]	"You womanly men,

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A dA n KLe.	A K L ni wi Le.	Ao Ai L.	a n K.	Ki rA Ke tt
hašanągᵉre	hakarániwire,"	huhira	anąga	kiságeja
[that which remains]	take back,"	shoving back	and	the middle of

wo Ki w Koxo	Ai n Kiy n K.	n di	Ki Li Ke Le de.	e Ki.	e
wogiwaxu	hinąkianąga	naži	kírikéreže.	Égi	e
he put them	[he put, and]	he stood up	he went home.	And	[there]

Ao ttAi Ki di	e	Ao Ki we de.	Ai to Ke ni KL.	Ai tt	w d ni KL
hocigiži	e	hokíwéže.	"Hitokenįgᵉra,	hija	wažánįgᵉra
he lived, and	[there]	he went by.	"Old woman,	there	something

Ai d.	t xA w Ai	n iy tte.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L	tti de	ay Le n.	e de.
hižą́	taxą́wą hi	ną’įaje,	hicakorohara	jiže,	aíreną,"	éže.
a	to cook	try,	my friend	[he has come,]	it is said,"	he said.

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Ai no Kn K.	we de.	w n	Ai diAi Kee A L	tti Ko ni	e de.	e Ki	Ai tt
hinų́gᵉnąka	wéže,	"Waną́,	hišik’ehara	jįgųnį,"	éže.	Égi	hija
The woman	she said,	"Oh!	my brother-in-law	he is here?"	she said.	Then	[there]

Ao w Le de.	Ai to Ke ni K	Ao ttiAiye tt.	A Ai Ao Ki we de.	Ao Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo
howáreže.	Hitókenįka	hocieja	hahí hogiwéže.	"Hohó	hicakóro,
he went over.	The old woman	to the lodge	he went and entered.	"Oh my!	friend,

L tti de tte L.	xtt n ne tt	deKe	ni K L Kttl dA n.	A A a
rajížejèra?	Xcaną́neja	šge	nįkararakjąpšaną"	"Hąhą’ą,"
you have arrived, have you?	Since yesterday	[also]	I have expected you."	"Yes,"

e de.	K tt K	A tti K tt	e de.	e Ki.	te we L Ki.	A Ai	Ai d	Aoyi rii de.
éže.	"Gająga	hajigają,"	éže.	Égi,	tewéraki,	hahi	hižą́	hois’įže.
he said.	"Just now	I came,"	he said.	Then,	unexpectedly,	he came	one	he peeped in.

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te we L Ki.	Ao ttAi ttAi ni Ki de Le Ki di.	w n tto tty rKe xitti deAe.
Tewéraki,	hocįcįnįkižeregiži,	wanąjojaisgexjįnįkše.
Unexpectedly,	it was a little boy, and	[he was very poor.]

A Ke	w d	w Ai ttAo niKi ni de Le de.	wy n ni Ki d.	Ae Le de.	e Ki.
Hąké	wažą	wahįcųnįgᵉnįšereže.	Wainánįgìžą	hereže.	Égi
Not	[anything]	[he did not have.]*	An orphan	he was.	[And]

* the translation has, "[he] had no home and he had no relatives."

Aoyi ri Ki di.	wu wu Ki Ai K	we de.	A Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo	Ao K w Le
hoisigiži,	Wuwukihíga,	wéže,	"Hąhó	hicakóro,	hokaware,"
when he peeped in,	[Nannyberry Picker]	he said,	"Well!	my friend,	come in,"

e de.	Ao Ke we de.	e Ki.	Ke ttA Ke K.	we de.	Ko te	Ai ttA Ko Lo.
éže.	Hokeweže.	Égi	Kecąkega	wéže,	"Koté,	hicakóro,
he said.	He went in.	Then	Turtle	he said,	"Say!	friend,

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Ai to Ke L.	ny di	w d	niKi KL.	Ai d.	t xA w A Ko ni.
hitokera	naį́ži	wažą	nįgᵉra	hižą́	taxą́wągųnį,
the old woman	by this time	something	the little	[one of them]	perhaps it is cooked,

Ai tt	Ao wi Ke Le Ktt wi n	e de.	A Ao	a wi de.	e Ki.	Ai tto w K L wi de.
hija	howįkerekjawiną,"	éže.	"Hąhó,"	awiže,	égi	hijowakarawiže.
there	let us go back,"	he said.	"Alright!"	they said,	and	they went over.

e Ki.	wu wu Ki Ai K	we de.	Ai tt	Ai ttA Ko Lo	K L A Le.	e Ki.	A Ai.
Égi	Wuwukihíga	wéže,	"Hija	hicakóro	karahare,	égi	hahí
Then	[Nannyberry Picker]	he said,	["There]	friend	you may go on,	[and]	later

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Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	Ai L Ktt n Ae L.	A lAe Ktt n Ae n.	A Ai Ktt wi n	de Ko
hicakorohara	hirakjanahera	hapekjanaheną.	Hahikjawiną,	žegų
my friend	while he takes a bath	I am going to wait.	Then we will come,	[then]

Ai Ki di	e de.	A Ao.	e de.	e Ki.	e tt	m i d	n di Ki di.	e tt	A Ai Le Ki di.
higiži,"	éže.	"Hąhó,"	éže.	Égi	éja	mąížą	nąžįgiži,	éja	hahíregiži,
[when he is done,"]	he said.	"Alright,"	he said.	[And]	there	a spring	it was, and	[there]	when they got there,

A A.	Ai ttA Ko Lo.	e Ki.	A Ai leLe.	tto l A	L Ko wo Ki Kette n.	tto l A.
"Hąhą́,	hicakóro	égi	hahįbᵉre	jopahą	rakorokįkjeną.	Jopahą
"Now	friend	[here]	to dive	four times	you may go in.	Four times

tt tt	ni A ni tteAe lette ni rKe	K dA n.	A L Ki xele dAo no Kette n
jają́	nihanįcebᵉjenįsge	gášana	haragixépšųnųkjeną,"
when	[you are about to suffrocate]	only when	[you will each time come up from beneath,"]*

* the translation has for this sentence: "and you must stay under as long a you can stand it".

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e de.	e Ki.	Ai tto miKi dAe.	de rKe Ai de	tto l A	Ko wo K tt.
éže.	Égi	hijomįkše.	Žésgehìže.	Jopahą	kųwųkają
he said.	Then	he entered and laid there.	[This way he did.]	Four times	when he had dived,

Ai ttA Ko Lo L.	wK	liAi Ai Le	w Ai Ki di.	e	deKe
hicakoróra	wąk	pįhíre	wahigiži,	e	šge
his friend	man	he was handsome	[after he had done it,]	[he himself]	[also]

Ai Ly tteAe L de.	e Ki.	Ai Ko	Ai Ki Ki rKe xitti	Ai Le de.	e Ki.	Ai ttAo wi L
hiraiceraže.	Égi	higų	hikikisgexjį	hireže.	Égi	hicųwįra
even more.	[And]	[now]	very much alike	they were.	Then	aunt

e tt	Ki Li wi de.	ttAo wi.	Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	wy ni.	Ao w xo Ki Kette L.
éja	kiriwiže.	"Cų́wį,	hicakorohara	wainį́	howaxukikjera
there	they came back.	"Auntie,	my friend	clothes	to wear

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Ai rKe	Ao Koo Le.	e Ki di.	wyi ni	tt rKe	u tte K	de rKe.	Ai tto w tti
hišgé	hųk’úre	egíži,	wainį́	jasgé	’ųjega	žesge	hicowaji
[also]	give him,"	he said, and	clothes	[what]	[there were]	just like	[she sent ?]

Ao Ki Ki de.	de e	wo K w xo K n K.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ai wi L.
hugigíže.	Žee	wokawaxúkanąga	égi	hicakorohiwira
she handed over.	These	he put on, and	[and]	their friends

e	Ao w Ao wi de.	Ai tt	tti wi de.	A Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo wi L.
e	howahuwiže.	Hija	jiwiže.	"Hąhó,	hicakorowira,
there	they went over.	There	[they arrived.]	"Now then,	my friends,

Ae t Ke tt	A Ai	mi nK wi Le	e de.	e Ki.	e tt
hetágeja	hahi,	mįnąkwire,"	éže.	Égi	éja
to the back	come around,	sit down,"	he said.	And	there

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mi n Ki Le Ki di.	tt tti ne tt	w w Ki Le de.	e tt	w Lo ttL
Mįnąkiregiži,	jajineją	wawagireže.	Éja	warujᵉra
They sat down, and	[right away]	[they brought something.]	There	eating

o xitti wi de.	Ll	riAitti	ttA	n Ke Lo.	wi L Ki u	w Ki u de.
’ųxjįwiže.	Rap	sįc,	ca	nąkero	wiráki’ų́	waki’ųže.
they did very much.	Beaver	tail,	deer	loin	[flavoring]	[they did it.]

e Ki.	tt tti ne tt.	Ke ttA Ke K.	Ai noKo	K e	Ai Ai	tti Le de.
Égi	jajineją	Kecąkega	hinų́k	ka’e	hihį	jireže.
[And]	[right away]	Turtle	women	that	he came	he began.

e	Ai leAe Le rn Ke.	Ai no Ki Ki deAe Le	Ai w n L.	Ao Ki wi L
E	hiperezᵉnąge,	hinųgį́kišere	hiwanąra,	hųgiwįra
It	he knew, so	[to pick girls]	[he was talking,]	the princesses

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A e w Ai nK deAe.	Ai ttA Ko Lo wi L.	Ao Ki wi L.	w Lo K n xitti nK dA n.
haéwahinąkše.	"Hicakorowira,	hųgiwįra	warukąnąxjįnąkšaną.
he was talking.	"My friends,	the princesses	they are being courted very much.

Ai Ke	w wo Ki dK ni nK dA n.	tt rKe L	A tte K tt	w n Ki di.	ni dA n
Hįké	wawogišgąnįnąkišaną.	Jasgera	hajegają	waną́giži,	nįšana
Not	they don't pay attention to them.	How	I do,	[to outdo, but]	[I alone]

Ai tt	A di di xitti	A tte de	a wi n	e de.	Ke ttA Ke K.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo wi L.
hija	hažižixjį	haježe,	awiną,"	éže,	Kecąkega.	Égi	"Hicakorowira,
[there]	whisper	[I do,]	they say,"	he said,	Turtle.	[And]	"My friends,

Ao rKe	te e di	w u A tte n.	te e di.	tt Ko	Ai to Ke niKi Ki d.
hosgé	teeži	wa’ųhajeną.	Teeži	jagu	hitokenigížą
[for nothing]	this	[I am doing this.]	[This]	[how]	an old woman

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ow mK n K tt.	di Ke dKe	Ai L K L L.	liAi wi n K n K.	e rKe.
’ųamąnąkają.	Žigéišge,	hirakarara	pįwinąkanąga	ésge,
as I have grown used to her.	Besides,	to take care of	she does good, and	therefore,

Ao rKe	w u A tte L.	w Ki t Kn n.	e	Ai d	w di L K wi dKe.
hosgé	wa’ųhajera,	wagitaknaną.	E	hižą́	wažįragawišge,
[for nothing]	I did it,	I told them.	Them	one	if you say anything,

A Ke.	Ao Ki d ttini n n.	a nK dAe.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai Kow n	Ai Le K tt
hąké	hokižájᵉnįnaną,"	ánąkše.	Égi	wéže,	"Higuą́ną	hiregają
not	they will not hesitate,"	he was saying.	Then	he said,	"Now	let us go as

wi n.	xA lee niKi	nyi Le doAo no n.	e de.	A Ao.	a wi Ki di.
wina	xap’enįk	ną́įreišųnųną,	éže.	"Hąhó,"	awigiži,
[the moon]	very early	they usually go to sleep,"	he said.	"Alright,"	they said, so

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L wi de.	e Ki.	Ao w Le L.	leAe ttL	A t xtt ttAi de.	K tt	A Ai Le de.
rawíže.	Égi	howarera,	péjᵉra	hataxjaciže,	gają	hahíreže.
they went.	[And]	sure enough,	the fire	it was burning low,	when	they got there.

A Ao.	Ai ttA Ko Lo wi L.	L wi n ne	e de.	e Ki.	w Ky Le de.
"Hąhó,	hicakorowira,	rawinane,"	éže.	Égi	wagaíreže,
"Now then,	my friends,	go on in,"	he said.	But	they said to him,

wi L Ki leAe Le rL tte n.	ttAo ni	L Le	L Ki Li Ki di.	Ai dK K te Ktt wi n.
"Wiragiperezᵉrajeną.	Coni	ráre,	rakirigiži	hišgagatekjawiną,"
"You are acquainted with them.	First	you go,	when you get back,	we will go,"

wy Le de.	e Ki.	A Ao.	de rKe Kette n.	w n K Le de.	e Ki.	A r tti
waíreže.	Égi	"Hąhó,	žesgekjeną,	wanąkereže."	Égi	hasąji
they told him.	[And]	"Alright,	[let it be,]	[as you say."]*	[And]	platforms

* this is omitted in the translation, and instead it has, "he said, and went."

miKi nK dAe.	ttiAiyo reAe we	Ao ttAi Le de.	e rKe.	A r tt
mįgᵉnąkše.	Cíosewe	hocíreže.	Ésge	hasąja
[they lay.]	Bark house	they lived in.	That is why	on platforms

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mi n Ki Le de.	e Ki.	Ai Ki l.	e tt	Ai l n K.	we de.	Ao Ki wi L.
mįnąkireže.	Égi	hikipá	éja	hipánąga	wéže,	"Hųgiwįra,
[they sat.]	[Then]	[to meet]	there	near, and	he said,	"Princess,

Ai ttA Ko Lo A L.	w Ki Ki w Le tti tte L.	a n K.	Ai Kd tti Ke Le de.	e Ki.
hicakorohara	wąkigiwarejijera ..."	anąga	hikšajikereže.	Égi
my friend	the traveler ..."	he said, and	he laughed.	[And]

wK	Ki liAi L.	e tt	w d L	Ai d	e diAi Ke.	w u tti Ko ni
wąk	gipįra	éja	wažąra	hižą́	ešige	wa’ųjegųnį,
man	she liked	there	[the things]	[one of them]	because	[perhaps she did it,]

Ai Le Ke	A n Ki xoKo de.	Ai Ko	di Ke	e ra de.	w Ki Ki w Le tte L.
hirege,	hanąkixgųže.	Higų	žigé	es’áže,	"Wąkigiwarejera ..."
as she thought,	she listened.	[Yet]	again	he would say it,	"The traveler ..."

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a n K.	Ai Kd tti Ke Le ra de.	aK Koo.	te e	tt Ko	e K tt.	wK deAe.
anąga	hikšajikeres’aže.	Ak’ų,	tee	jagú	egają,	wákše
and	he would laugh.	Finally,	[this one]	[what]	he said,	[he was saying]

tt Ko	w d	Ao L Ki Kette Ke.	we n	y Le L.	a n K.	w xA w Le Ai Le de.
jagú	wažą	horágikjege,	wéną	yaréra	anąga	waxawá rehíreže.
[how]	[something]	[as he was telling,]	she said	believing	and	she shoved him over.

w KL.	A r tte tt	diAi leLe de.	Ai Kdyi tee xitti	A Ki Li Ai Ai nl deAe.
Wągᵉra	hasajeja	šibreže.	Hikšait’exjį,	hakirihihinąpše.
[The man]	on the platforom	he fell off.	Laughing very much,	he went out.

we de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo wi L.	A r tte tt.	Ai diAi leLe n.	de Ko	Ai Kd L
Wéže,	"Hicakorowira,	hasajeja	hišibreną.	Žegų	hikšára
He said,	"My friends,	on the platforom	I fell off.	[How]	laughing

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Lo K n	w Ae Ke	e rKe Ko n.	Ai Ki no	diAi leLe wi n.	Ao Ki wi L.
rokana	wahége,	esgegųnį.	Hikinų́	šibrewiną.	Hųgiwįra,
so much	[because I uttered it,]	it is why.	[By accident]	[I fell off.]	The princess,

A r tti	ttAe ttAi	ni KL	A miKi	no ni Ke.	Ai Lo da da K tt.	now w K tt.
hasaji	cĕcĭ	nįgᵉra	hamįk,	nunįge	hiruš’aš’agają,	nųą́wąkają,
platform	the edge	[a little]	I lay,	but	when she tickled me,	I jumped up, and

Ao w n n.	Ai KiriKi	a Ki	Ai ni tti n K tt.	Ai Lo da da Ke.
howanąna	hikišík	akí	hijínąkają,	hiruš’aš’age,
to roll over	[hung up]	on my sides	she caught hold of me, and	because she tickled me,

now w K tt.	Ai diAi leLe n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo	Ki n K
nųą́wąkają,	hišibreną,"	éže.	Égi	hicakóro	kiánąga
I jumped up, and	I fell off,"	he said.	Then	his friends	they set out, and

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A Lyi Le de.	Ai tt	Ai wi Ki di.	A t d	w Ai Le de.	w wi Ki Le Ki di.
haraíreže.	Hija	hiwigiži,	hatažá	wahíreže.	Wawigiregiži,
they went.	There	when they arrived,	a light	they held.	They recognized them, so

w lo Ki reAele	Ao Ai Le de.	e Ki.	wu wu Ki Ai K.	Ao Ki wi L	A Ki do
wabokisep	huhiréže.	Égi	Wuwukihíga	hųgiwįra	hakižu
to blow them out	they started.	Then	the mulberry picker	the princess	with her

miKi deAe.	e Ki.	Ao Ki wi L	Ai ttA Ko Lo w Ai L.	Ai d	A Ki do
mįkše.	Égi	hųgiwįra	hicakorowahira	hižą́,	hakižu
he laid.	And	the princess	her friend	one of them,	with her

miKi de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo L.	e Ki.	A li tt n Ki di.	A ttAo wi Ai wi L.
mįkše,	hicakoróra.	Égi	hąbijaną́giži,	hicųwįhiwira
he laid,	his friend.	Then	at daylight,	their aunt

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e tt	w Ki do	Ko wi de.	Ai tt	A Ki Li Le K tt.	te we L Ki.
éja	wakížu	guwiže.	Hija	hakiriregáją,	tewéraki,
[there]	with them	they came home.	There	when they got back,	unexpectedly,

Ao mi KL	no liAi wi	liAi u xitti	A tt wi de.	e tt	mi Ki Le Ki di.
homįgᵉra	nųpiwi	pį’ų́xjį	hają́wiže.	Éja	mįgiregiži,
beds	two	to fix up	they did.	There	they lay, and

Aotto	A.	w i	wi L Lo K de.	e Ki.	Ay ni Ki di.	Ai ttAo wi Ai Le L.
hųc	ha	wa’į́	wirarukaže.	Égi	hainigíži,	hicųwįhirera
bear	skin	robes	she covered them.	[And]	in the morning,	their aunt

w diAi diAiKi L	A ttA	Ao Lo ri Le rKe de.	Lo K n xitti	dA n	Ai tt
wašišigᵉra	hacą	horusiresgeže.	rokanaxjį	šana	hija
goods	[where]	she had an endless store.	Very much	apiece	[there]

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w Ki do de.	Ai Ko	Ao mi nK n K.	ttAi no xeKe tt
wakížuže.	Higų	homįnąkanąga	cinuxgéja,
she placed before them.	[Still]	from where she sat, and	from the back of the lodge,

w Loro	w u de.	e Ki.	Ai deKe	Ai noKo n KLe.	w d
warus	wa’ųže.	Égi	hišgé	hinųgᵉnągᵉre	wazą
to take them	[she did it.]	Then	also	the women	[anything]

w ni ne Ki di.	A ntt	Ai tt	w K ni	A tti Le de.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo
waninegiži,	haną́c	hija	wagąni	hajíreže.	Égi	hicakóro
what they had,	all	there	to bring	they came.	And then	friends

Ki n KLe.	w do ni	A Ly Le de.	n Ki K L L wi Ki di.	ttAe L.	lA reAe
kinągᵉre	wažónį	haraíreže.	Nąkikararawigiži,	céra	pasé
the two of them	hunting	they went.	[They went hunting, and]	buffalo	cornered

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tto li d	Ai L w Ar	A Ki Li L n K	no Kii	A lAy tt	A Ki Li
jobižą	hirawáhas	hakiriranąga	nok’i	hapaija	hakirí
a four	to drive	[they came back, and]	to pack wood	the place where	[to come back]

tee w Ai Le de	e Ki.	Le ri L	dA n.	w m doAo Lo tti L n K.	ttAe	ni xA.
t’ewahireže.	Égi	resira	šana	wamąšórojiranąga	ce	nįxá
they killed them.	Then	their tongues	only	they cut out, and	buffalo	intestine

Ao ri L n K.	de rKe L.	Ai d	dA n	Aoyi xitti	Kii Ko wi de.	Ao Ko ttAiye tt.
hošįranąga	žesgéra	hižą́	šana	hoixjį	k’iguwiže.	Hųgocieja
[the fat parts, and]	[that kind]	one of them	only	full	they packed.	At the chief's lodge

w w xiAi L wi de.	e Ki.	Ai ttAo wi Ai Le L	e tt	di Ke	Ki Li wi de.	e Ki.
wawaxirawiže.	Égi	hicųwįhirera	éja	žigé	kiriwiže.	Égi
they set them down.	Then	their aunt	[there]	[again]	they came back.	Then

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Ai ttA wi w Ai Le L.	A ttAi tt	w u wi Ki di	w wo Ki LK	A Ai Le de.	e Ki.
hicáwįwahíréra	hacįja	wa’ųwigiži,	wawogírak	hahíreže.	Égi
their wives	where	they did it,	to tell them	they went.	Then

wi tt tt L.	w wo Ki L	Ki L n K.	ttiAi n KL.	Ao we	wi tt tt	Ai Le de.
wijájara	wawogírak	kiranąga	ciną́gᵉra	howe	wijája	híreže.
the crier	he told him	he went, and	the village	they went over	criers	[they did.]

w to Ao ttAi L.	no Kii	A lA Le Ki.	ttAe L.	lA reAe	tto li d.	tee Ai Le Ke.
"Watohócira	nok’i	haparegi	céra	pasé	jobižą	t’ehirege,
"The sons-in-law	to pack wood	the place where	buffalo	cornered	a four	as they killed,

tt n K	w Kii	Ki liAi L.	tt n K.	L Ki Ko A Ki Ktt wi Ki di
janąga	wak’į	gipįra	janąga	rakiguhakįkjawigiži,
everyone	to pack some	who is able	[everyone]	you are requested to pack for yourselves,

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a nK dA n.	ay Le de	de Ko	wo ni A L xe de.	e tt	ttAe
ánąkšaną,	aíreže.	Žegų	woniharaǧeže.	Éja	ce
they said,"	they said.	[Thus]	there were many uttering thanks.	There	buffalo

Ai Ki dAe Le L.	u xitti ne de.	tt n K.	w Kii	Ki liAi Ki di.	tteAe
higišerera	’ųxjįneže.	Janąga	wak’i	gipįgiži,	ce
attending to	they did diligently.	All	to pack anything	if they were able,	buffalo

Ki Ko A KL	u xtti ne de.	e Ki.	Ai ttA Ko Lo Ki n K.	Ao KL
kiguhagᵉra	’ųxjįneže.	Égi	hicakoròkį́nąká	hųgᵉra
packing for themselves	they did much.	Then	the two friends	the chief

e tt	w Ki Ko	A tti Le de.	e tt	ttA	A	Ai u wi de.
éja	wagigo	hajíreže.	Éja	ca	ha	hi’ųwiže.
there	they were called	they went and stayed.	There	[deer]	[skin]	[they used.]*

* in the text, this sentence is untranslated.

e Ki.	tt tt n Ki K L wi K de	de rKe	Ai wi ra de.	w m tteKe L.
Égi	jajanąkikarawigaže,	žesge	hiwis’aže.	Wamaicgera
And	every time they went hunting,	the same	they would do.	[Cutting them off]

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Ao ni Ae L.	Ai d	Ai L w Ar	A Ki Li L n K.	no Kii
honihera	hižą́,	hirawáhas	hakiriranąga	nok’i
[the herds]	[one of them,]	to drive	[they came back, and]*	to pack wood

* Wamaicgera honihera hižą́ hirawáhas hakiriranąga, is translated as, "They would drive some certain kind of animals ..."

Ai lAy tt.	tee w Ai Le ra de.	e Ki.	A Ko Leyi d.	Ai noKo n K
hipaíja	t’ewahires’aže.	Égi	hagoreižą	hinų́gᵉnąka
the place where	they would kill them.	[Then]	finally,	the women

ni Ktt K ni ne de.	e Ki.	xeAe te niKi Ki Le Ki di	e Ki.	tti K L wi de
nįkjąkanineže.*	Égi	xetenigiregiži	égi	jikarawiže.
they gave birth to a child.	And	when they had grown up a little,	then	they went home.

* < nįkjąk-hanire-že.

K tt K.	e Ki.	A Ki Le Ki di.	e tt	Ai noKo L	mi n Ki L n K.
Gająga	égi	hagiregiži,	éja	hinųgᵉra	mįnągᵉranąga
[Then]	then	when they were near home,	there	[the women]	they sat down, and

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i ne Ki	tti K L wi de.	Ai ttA Ko Lo L	A K K L Ki do.	Ai no Ai Le L.
inéki	jikarawiže,	hicakoróra	hakakarakižu.	Hinų́hirera
alone	they went home,	his friend	with him.	His sister

wo Ki d w L	Lo K n de.	e Ki.	we de.	Ai no A xitti	Ko no K
wogižawa	rokánaže.	Égi	wéže,	"Hinų́haxjį	Kunuga
delighted	she was very much so.	And then	he said,	"Older sister,	[eldest male]

dKe.	A tti	e Ki	n nK dA n	e de.	e Ki.	w n.	a n K.
šge	haji	égi	nąną́kšaną,"	éže.	Égi,	"Waną́,"	anąga,
[also]	over here	[here]	he is asleep,"	he said.	[And,]	"Oh!"	she said, and

Ai tto w Le de.	te we L Ki	Ai de.	Ai diAi K w Ai L.	e tt.
hijowáreže.	Tewéraki,	hiže,	hišigą́wáhira	éja
she went over there.	Unexpectedly,	she arrived,	her sisters-in-law	where,

e Ki.	Ai noKo n K.	Ai noKo	liAi	Ai Le de.	Ai Li n Ki di.	de Ko
égi	hinų́gᵉnąka	hinų́k	pį	hireže,	hiranąkiži,	žegų
and	the women	women	handsome	they were,	they thought, but	now

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Ai to Ke	Ai L n Ki Kii	Ai Le de	wo Ki ro Kitti	Ai noKo
hitóke	hiranákík’į	hireže.	Wogizukjį	hinų́k
old women	to consider themselves	they did.	[Truly]	woman

liAi de.	de Ko	Lo L.	Ki diAi ni diAi ni de.	do L Le Ki de.
pįže.	Žegų	rora	gišį́nįšį́nįže,	žúraregiže.
she was handsome.	[Indeed]	[her body]	it shined,	from money metal.

* translated as, "her person shined as she wore much money metal".

e Ki.	ni Ktt Kini KL	a	a Ki	w Aiy n K	Ki Li de.	e Ki.	e tt.
Égi	nikjągᵉnįgᵉra	a	akí	wahianąga	kiriže.	Égi	éja
Then	a child	arm	in each	she carried, and	she came home.	Then	there

Ai diAi K w Ai L.	w K w di Ki di.	Lo K n de.	w diAi diAi KL.
hišigą́wáhira	wakawažigiži,	rokánaže.	Wašišigᵉra
her sisters-in-law	she gave them presents,	very much.	Dry goods

K tto w Ki Li Ke Le	Ai	Ai tt	w Ki do de.	e Ki.	Ai tt
kąjowakírikére	hi	hija	wakížuže.	Égi	hija
to be stacked up high	[she made]	there	[it was together with them.]	[And]	there

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u wi de.	rii niKi.	e Ki	A Ko Ley d.	ttAi n KL	Ao w Koyi Le Ktt n Ae Ki di.
’ųwiže,	s’inik.	Égi	hagoreižą,	ciną́gᵉra	howakoirekjanahegiži,
they stayed,	for some time.	[Then]	finally,	their village	they came home, and

A ntt	A Aoyi Le de.	ttAi n Ke tt.	A ntt	A tti Le de.	w to Ao ttiAi L.
haną́c	hahúireže.	Cinągeja	haną́c	hajíreže.	"Watohócira
all	they came.	To the village	all	they came.	"The sons-in-law

Ai noKo ttA li Le L.	A K L ni	A Ki Li Le n.	ay Le de.	wo Ki ro Kitti
hinų́kcabirera	hakarani	hakirireną."	aíreže.	Wokižuxjį
their sister	to bring	[they came back"]	they said.	[Truly]

Ai noKo	liAi de.	Ai K K	Ai noKo	liAi	de rKe L	Ai d
hinų́k	pįže.	Hįkaga	hinų́k	pį	žesgéra	hižą́
[woman.]	she was handsome.	Never	woman	handsome	[that kind]	[one]

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A tty L ni de.	Ao ttAi ttAi L.	de Ko.	ttA xL	w K Ly ttoKo Ki Le de.
hajaíraniže.	Hocįcįra	žegų	cáǧᵉra	wakaraickųkireže,*
they had never seen.	The young men	[thus]	their spit	they swallowed it,

* the nearest word to this that could be found was kick’ų́k, "the sound of swallowing a liquid, gulping" (Susman).

iyo roKoyi Le de.	e Ki.	Ao KL	Ai d	Ai niKi	Ai Ki di.
iosgoireže.	Égi	hųgᵉra	hižą́	hinį́k	higiži,
as she made their mouths watery.	[And]	the chiefs	one of them	son	he had, and

Ao Koo	Ai Le de.	Ai noKo ttA li Le L.	e Ki.	de Ko	e	Ao KL
hok’ų́	hireže,	hinųgᵉcabirera.	Égi	žegų	e	hųgᵉra
to give	they did,	their sister.	And	[then]	they	the chiefs

dKe	Ae Le wi de.	e Ki.	A Ko Ley d.	de e.	A Koyi Le Ktt n Ae de.
šge	herewiže.	Égi	hagoreižą,	žee	hakoirekjanaheže.
also	they became.	And	finally,	[these]	they were to come home.

Ai ttA Ko Lo Ki n K.	Ai ttA wi w Ai Le L.	w Ki do.	A Ko
Hicakoròkį́nąká	hicáwįwahíréra	wakížu	hagú
The two friends	their wives	with them	[to obtain on request]*

* "to get, to obtain, to fetch, to retrieve, to obtain on request (from an uncle) according to tribal custom, to ask for and get from maternal uncle" (Helmbrecht-Lehmann).

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Ai Le Ktt n Ki di.	ni Ktt KL di.	w too L	Ko Ktt n A wi de.
hirekjanagiži,	nįkjągᵉraži,	wat’ų́ra	gukjanahawiže,
they were to come home, but	the children, in any case,	to leave behind*	they left to go home,

* the translation adds, "in the village".

a wi de.	ni KttK w ni Le L.	Ai no li Ke	w Ki Le de.	wo Ki ro Kitti
awiže.	Nįkjąkwanirera	hinųpike	wagireže.	Wogizukjį
they said.	Their children	both	[they brought them.]	[Truly]

dA n tte Ki Le de.	e Ki.	Ai no Ai wi L	Ai dKe	Ko Ktt n Ae de	e de.
šanajekireže.	Égi	hinų́hiwíra	hišgé	gukjanaheže,	éže.
they were mischievous.	And	their sister	also	she is coming home,	she said.

e Ki.	A Koyi Le de.	Ai noKo niKi tte K	Ai K n L.	A Ke	A Ki do
Égi	haguireže.	Hinųknįkjega	hikánara	hąké	hakižu
And	they came away.	The woman	her husband	not	with her

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A Koyi L ni de.	Ai no Ai Le L.	i ne Ki	Ke Le de.	Ai ttA Ai Le L.	too ne
haguiranįže.	Hinų́hirera	inéki	kereže.	Hicąhirera	t’ųné
he did not come away.	Their sister	alone	she came.	Their brother-in-law	[leaving behind]

A Koyi Le de.	e Ki.	w Ktte xiAi L	Ao w Ke Le	w uyi Le de.	w Kette xiAiye tt.
haguireže.	Égi	Wakjexira	howakere	wa’ųireže,	Wakjexieja
they came away.	And	Waterspirits	to go home	[they did it,]	at the Waterspirits

Ao w tti	w u Ai Le de.	wu wu Ki Ai K.	Ai no L	A K L Ki do.
howaji	wa’ų́hirežé.	Wuwukihíga,	hinųra	hakarakižu,
to come from	[they did it.]	[The Nannyberry Picker,]	his sister	[she was with him,]

my A KLe Ki.	A t Ki ntt	w u A tti Le de.	w Kette xiAi	ttAi n Ki d	e tt
maihagerégi	hątáginąc	wa’ųhajíreže.	Wakjexi	cinągižą	éja
upon the earth	to fast	[it is why they came.]	Waterspirit	a village	from

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Ao w tti Le Ki di	e	Ao KL.	Ae Le Le de.	daK w Ai Le L.	e rKe	AoKo
howajiregiži,	e	hųgᵉra	herereže,	š’akwahirera.	Ésge	hųk
they come, and	they	chiefs	they were,	their parents.	So	rulers

ni Ktt Kow u nK dAe.	e Ki.	e tt	A Ki Le de.	A ntt.	w Kn K.	Ai noKo
nįkjąkwa’unąkše.	Égi	éja	hakireže.	Haną́c	wągᵉnąka	hinų́k
they were children of them.	So	there	they returned.	[All]	the men	women

ttAo Ke Le L n K.	ni KttK	Lo K ni	A Ki Le de.	e Ki.	Ai ttAi Ai Le L.	Ao KL
cokéreranąga	nįkjąk	rokáni,	hakireže.	Égi	hicihirera,*	hųgᵉra
with them, but	children	without,	they returned.	[And]	their brother-in-law,	the chief

* apparently, a contraction of hicąhihirera.

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Ai ni KL.	Ai Ke	w d	de rK ni de.	wo w ri lL	Lo K n de.	e Ki.	Ki Ktte di
hinígᵉra,	hįké	wažą	žésgenįže.	Wowázibᵉra	rokanaže.	Égi	gikjéži
his son,	not	anything	he was not like.	Lonely	he was very.	[Then]	he could go, at least,

Ai Ky Le de.	A Ko Ley d.	tee Ki di.	e Ki	K tt K	Ki Kette	Ai Ky Le de.
hikaíreže,	hagoreižą,	t’egiži,	égi	gająga	gikje,	hikaíreže.
they said to him,	[in time]	when he died,	[then]	[at last]	he could go,	they said to him.

de rK no ni Ke	Ai Ke	w d	de rK ni de.	Ki xA L	Ao w L n K.
Žesganųnįge	hįké	wažą	žesganįže.	Gixara	hówaránąga
But still	not	[anything]	[he was not like.]*	The wilderness	he went, and

* the translation has for this sentence, "But still he could not stand it."

x Kr de*	dKe.	A Ai deKe	Ai Le niKi deAe.	A Ke	w Lo ttini ra de.
ǧaks’áže.	Šge	hahíšge,	hirenįkše.	Hąké	warujᵉnįs’aže,
he would weep.	[Also]	finally,	he became thin.	Not	he would not eat,

* this should be spelled, x Kra de.

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e rKe.	Ai Le xitti niKi de.	e Ki.	Ao ttAi ttAi ni K tt Le*	wi wi de.	Ko te
ésge	hirexjįnįgiže.	Égi	hocįcįnįgᵉjąré	wiwiže,	"Koté,
[that is why]	he became very thin.	Then	the young boys	they said,	"Say!

* this should probably have been spelled, Ao ttAi ttAi niKi tt Le (hocįcį-nįk-ją-ré).

Ai te Ki Ai L.	Ai tt	Ai Ke Le Ai Le Kette L	a wi de.	Ai ttAo wi Ai Ai L	e tt
hitekihira	hija	hį́kerehirekjéra,"	awiže.	Hicųwįhihira	éja
our uncle	[there]	[let us take him home,"]	they said.	Our aunt	there

Ai Ke Le Ai Le Kette n	a wi de.	e Ki.	w K Ai Le de.	te K.	ttAo wi K
hį́kerehirekjéną,"	awiže.	Égi	wagahireže,	"Téga,	cų́wįga
[let us take him home,"]	they said.	Then	they said to him,	"Uncle,	aunt

e tt	ni Ke Le	te Ktt wi n.	Ai Ky Le de.	Ao ttiy	Ai tt	Ai Ai n tte wi Ki di.
éja	nįkere	tekjawiną,"	higaíreže.	"Hojiá,	hija	hihinajewigiži,
there	to take you	we will go,"	[they told him.]	"Alright!	there	if it is possible to go,

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e liAi n.	Ai ttAo deKe wi L	e de.	eKi.	A Ki doyi L n K.	to w L wi de.
epįną,	hicųšgewira,"	éže.	Égi	hakižuiranąga	towarawiže.
it is good,	my nephews,"	he said.	So then	they took him with them and	they went.

A Ko Ley d.	Ai L Ai wi de.	w Kette xiAi	ttAi nK n K.	A ttAi tt.	Ao Ko ttAi L
Hagoreižą,	hiráhiwiže.	Wakjexi	cinągᵉnąka	hacį́ja	hųgocíra
Finally,	they reached her.	Waterspirits	village	where	the chief's lodge

Ae Le Ki di.	e tt	Ai wi de.	A Ao	Ai niKi w A L	A tti Le n.	ay wi de
heregiži,	éja	hiwiže.	"Hąho,	hinįkwahara,	hajiréną,"	aiwiže,
he was, but	there	they went.	"Well!	our sons	they have come,"	they said,

Ai att w Ai wi L.	te we L Ki.	Ai teKe Ai Le L*	A Ki do	A Ai Le de.
hiącwahiwira.	Tewéraki,	hitekhirera	hakižu	hahíreže.
their fathers.	Unexpectedly,	their uncle	with him	[they had come.]

* the text appears to have,Ai deKe Ai Le L, but this is due to a failure to cross the t, which gives it the appearance of a d.

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e Ki.	Ao Ke we Ki di.	Ai ttA wi L	e tt	mi nK n Ki di.	e	A tti ttA we de.
Égi	hokéwegiži,	hicawįra	éja	mįnągᵉnąkiži	e	hajicaweže.
And	when he went in,	his wife	there	she sat, and	he	[he came towards her.]

e tt	A Ai mi nK deAe.	w Kette xiAi L	Ko Le	Ai Le de.	w Kdi KL
Éja	hahimįnąkše.	Wakjexira	koré	hireže,	wąkšígᵉra
There	he sat down.	The Waterspirits	to be surprised	they were,	humans

Ao ni Ae xAe te wi L	Ai Le Ki di.	e Ki.	wy Le de.	e Ki di	Ai Ke
honihéxetewira	hiregiži.	Égi	waíreže,	"Egiži	hįké
his great herd	[as they were.]	Then	they said,	["It is said that]	not

de rK ni n	ni Ktt Kini K xitti wi L.	Ai Ke	de rKe.	Ai ni nK dA n.	Ai Ke
žesganįną.	Nįkjąknįkwira,	hįké	žesge	hinįnąkšaną.	Hįké
it cannot be thus.	My children,	not	this	they do not do.	Not

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te de rKe.	w KidiKi	[...]i[...] wi ni n.*	ay Le de.	e Ki.	wy Le de.	e Ki.
téžesge	wąkšik	[...]i[...]winįną,"	aíreže.	Égi	waíreže,	"Égi
thus	[humans]	you were not created,"	they said.	Then	[they said,]	"Then

* the empty brackets [...] represent letters the lower parts of which are blotted out at the bottom of the page.

te e di	A Ke Le Ktt n A wi n.	Ao rKe	te K K	Ai Ki	A K L Ke Le
teeži	hakérekjanahawiną.	Hosgé	tegaga	higí	hakarakere
again	we are going back.	Just	uncle	over here	to bring him

A tti wi Ke	w u A tti wi n.	te K K.	wo w ri lL	Lo K n tte Ke.
hajiwige,	wa’ųhajíwiną.	Tegaga	wowazibᵉra	rokanajege,
as we came,	[that is why we came.]	Uncle	lonesome	he was very much, that is why

Ai Ki	A Ke Le	A tti wi Ke	w u wi n.	di Ke	A Ke Le Ktt n A wi n.	ay Le de.
higí	hakeré	hajiwige	wa’ųwiną.	Žigé	hakérekjanahawiną,"	aíreže.
over here	to bring him	as we came	[we did it.]	Again	we are going back,"	they said.

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e Ki.	di Ke	w wi de.	Ai att w Ai Le L.	Ai Ko	e	w nK deAe.	eKi.	Ao tt
Égi	žigé	wawíže,	hi’ącwahirera	higų	e	wanąkše,	"Égi	hojá
And	again	they said,	their fathers	[still]	talking	they did,	["But]	[already]

Ai teKe L wi K.	Ai Ki Ki Li Kette	y K wi n.	Ai Ke.	Lo	w u n KLe
hitegᵉrawiga	higigirikje	yakąwiną,	hįké	ro	wa’ųną́gᵉre
your uncle	he could come	we told him,	not	flesh	one who is

de rKe	e Ki	tti ni Ki di.	liAi n Ke	w A wi n.
žesge,	égi	jinįgiži,	pįnąke,	wahawiną.
[this way,]	[and]	[if he did not come]	[it would be good, that is why]	[we are saying it.]*

* the translation has, "as he is now, as it would not do."

A Ke	de rK ni n.	ay Le de.	e Ki.	di Ke	Ao ttAi ttAi niKi n KLe.	wy Le de.
Hąké	žesganįną,"	aíreže.	Égi	žigé	hocicinįgᵉnągᵉre	waíreže,
Not	it cannot be thus,"	they said.	And	again	the boys	they told them,

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tt rKe K tt.	te e	te K K	dA n.	Ai Ke	Ai Ki u ni n n K.	Ai u ni w A wi L
"Jasgegają	tee	tegaga	šana	hįké	hígi’unįnánąga	hių́niwahawira
"How is it	here	uncle	only	not	he cannot remain, but	our mothers

dA n.	Ai Ki u Lo xoAo Lo Ki Le de.	de de rK n Ki di.	Ai u ni w A wi L.
šana	hįgių́ruxúrukireže?	Žežesganagiži,	hių́niwahawira
only	[they can remain?]	If that is the case,	our mothers

Ai deKe	A Ke	e Ki	u ni nK dKo ni n de.	a wi de.	Ai lA n	w di L
hišgé	hąké	égi	’ųninąkšųnįnaže,"	awiže.	"Hipąną́	wažįra
either	not	here	they should not stay,"	they said.	["To have enough]	[things]

leAe Le riwi	Ai deKe	ttA wi K.	Lo K L Ko nK n Ko ni	dKe.	ay Le de.
perezwi,	hišgé	cawį́ga	rokarakonągᵉnąkųnį	šge,"	aíreže.
[they are aware,]	[she also]	[his wife]	perhaps she wishes for him	also,"	they say.

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e Ki.	A tt.	Ai att w Ai wi L.	daK w Ai Le Ki di	n Ki di.	e Ki.
Égi	hajá	hiącwahiwira	š’akwahiregiži	nągížį	égi
Then	[he saw]	their fathers	their parents	[they stood up for them,]	and

wy Le de.	Ai niKi A xitti wi L.	Ai ttAo dKe niKi w A L	Ai rKe xitti	w nK dA n.
waíreže,	"Hinįkhaxjįwira	hicųšgenįkwahara	hisgéxjį	wanąkšaną.
they said,	"My sons,	my grandsons	the truth	they speak.

Ai no L wi K.	Ai Ke	tt rKe doAo no L	de rK ni nK dA n.	te de rKe.
Hinųrawíga	hįké	jasgešųnųra	žesganįnąkšaną.	Téžesge
Your older sister	not	how she used to be	she is not like that.	This

w u nK KL	y lAe Lere	A aK dA n.	no ni Ke	ne
wa’uną́gᵉra	yapéres,	ha’ąkšaną,	nųnįgé	ne
it is the cause of it	I know,	[I do,]	but	on your account

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A ni wo tti wi Ke.	Ai Ke	w d	a ni nK dA n.	ay Le de.	tt Ko
hanįwojį́wige,	hįké	wažą	anįnąkšaną,"	aíreže.	"Jagú
she dreads,	not	anything	she does not say,"	they said.	"What

Ai Lo Ai Le de.	Ai teKe Ai Le L.	Ai Ki	K L Ke Le	A tti Le Ke	w n Ki di.
hirohireže,	hitekhirera	higí	karakére	hajírege,	wánąkíži?
harm,	their uncle	here	to bring	as they came,	[they are saying?]

liAi n.	ay Le de.	e Ki.	e tt.	Ao ttAi ttAi niKi n K.	w Kette xiAi
pįną,"	aíreže.	Égi	éja	hocicinįgᵉnąka	Wakjexi
it is good,"	they said.	Then	there	the boys	Waterspirit

Ao ttAi ttAi niKi	Ki dKtt nK ra de.	A Ko Ley d.	Ai d	dA n	Kii
hocicinįk	kišgajᵉnąks’aže.	Hagoreižą,	hižą́	šana	k’į
boys	they would play with them.	One day,	one	each	to pack

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A Ki Li Le de.	Aotto.	tee Ai Le de	ay L n	K	wi u	Ai Le de.
hakiríreže.	Hųc	t’ehireže,	aíraną.	Ka	wi’ų	hireže.
[they returned.]	Bear	they killed,	they said.	[Over there]	[to shoot them]	[they did.]*

* this sentence was untranslated.

daK w Ai wi L.	i Lo d Kitti	w Ai wi de.	w Kno n K.	ni al
Š’akwahiwira	irušakjį	wahiwiže.	Wąknųnąka	nį’ą́p
Their parents	to be very much taken aback	they were of them.	The old man	life

w Ki Kiy n K.	t ni.	A ni Ke Le	w Ki Ki de.	Ai Ko	di Ke
wagigianąga	tani	hanį́keré	wagigíže.	Higų	žigé
[he made them, and]	tobacco	he sent them home	[he did to them.]	But	again

u wi de.	tto l A	de de rKe	Ai Le ra de.	e Ki.	di Ke.	w Kdi KL
’ųwiže.	Jopahą	žežesge	hires’aže.	Égi	žigé	wąkšígᵉra
they did it.	Four times	to do it	they did.	Then	[again]	the humans

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Ao w	Ko wi de.	Ai te KL.	K L too Le	e tt	A Koyi Le de.	e Ki.
howa	guwiže.	Hitégᵉra	karat’ųre	éja	haguireže.	Égi
[here]	they came back.	His uncle	[he left behind]	there	they came away.	[Then]

A Ki Li Le Ki di.	e tt.	wi n di ne de.	ttAi nK n K	e tt.	Ai Ke
hakiriregiži,	éja	winąžįneže.	Cinągᵉnąka	éja	hįké
when they got back,	there	they helped them very much.	The village	there	not

w d L	Ai d	Lo da Ki L ni de.	ay Le n.	e lA	de tt n.
wažąra	hižą́	roš’akiranįže,	aíreną.	Epa	žejáną.
anything	[one of them]	they did not want for,	it is said.	[Thusfar,]	it is ended.

Source:

Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago V, #16: 1-67 (syllabic text); with an English translation in Paul Radin, "Wuwukihiga," Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Notebook 45: 1-67.