The syllabic text appears to have been written in pencil in large and, for the most part, clear letters. It was transcribed in syllabic script by Sam Blowsnake from oral presentations made by an old member of the tribe living in Nebraska in 1912. The interlinear translation for the Trickster Cycle was done initially by John Baptiste, who was later replaced by Oliver LaMère. This portion of the cycle was translated by Oliver LaMère.

p. 404 --

e Ki.	w Ktt K K.	e tt	Ao we	owK deAe.
Égi	Wakdjâkaga	édja	howé	'uwâkce.
Then	Trickster	[there]	was going about	[he was].

e tt	w deAe se Ke ni K.	A Ki tt de.	we de.	Ao Ao
Édja	Wacerekénîka	hagidjaje.	Wéje,	"Ho ho,
There	Little Fox*	he came across.	He said,	"Oh my!

*translated by LaMère as "Coyote". For a discussion of the identity of Wacerekénîka, see Little Fox.

p. 405 --

Ao we deKe	n tte ni K tt.	Ai roAoKo niK.	A s.	e Ki
howecge	nâdjénîgadjâ	hisûknîk	hara	égi
it is not possible to go about it seems, but		little brother	my	here

Ao we	owK.	e de.	Ai roAo Ki tti.	w d
howé	'uwâk,"	éje.	"Hisûgidjî,	wajâ
going about	he is,"	he said.	"Little brother,	something

y se n.	xeAe n Kse.	Ai A Ke tt.	Ao wy se Kette n.	e Ki di.
yarénâ.	Xenâkre	hihagédja	howairékdjenâ,"	egíji.
I think.	That hill	on the top of it	let us go,"	he said.

p. 406 --

xeAe s	Ao ti se de.	Ai A Ke tt	A Ai se Ki di.	m s
xera	hotireje.	Hihagédja	hahíregíji,	mârá
The hill	they climbed up.	On top	when they got,	country

Ao Ki Kixi	A ntt	ttA tii de.	A A.	Ai rAo Ki tti.
hogigîx´	hanâtc´	tcât'îje.	"Hâhâ´,	hisûgidjî,
surrounding	all	it was visible.	"Now then!	my little brother,

e Ki.	w lA leAe sere	Ai o Kette n.	w lA leAe sere	s Ki Ki doAo no n.
égi	Wapaperes	hi'ûkdjenâ.	Wapaperes	ragigicûnûnâ.
here	Keen Scenter	we will play.	A keen scenter	you always let on to be."

p. 407 --

Ai deKe	de rKe	A s n Ki Kii doAo no n.	A ttiAi tt.
Hicgé	jésge	haranagik'icûnûnâ.	Hatcî´dja
Also	that way	I always think of myself.	Where

p. 408 --

w K diKi	Ai wo roAotto	Ai s ni Ae Ki di.	Ai wo so lA n Kette n.
wâkcik	hiwusûtc´	hiranihegiji,	hiwurupânâkdjenâ,"
people	near	if there are	we shall scent them,"

e de.	e tt Ki	lA	A xA s.	A ni s n K.
éje.	Édjagi	pa	haxará	haniranâga
he said.	So then	noses	they held up	they had and

wo s ri ri Ki se de.	w deAe se Ke ni K	so K n de.	Ai Ko	Ai deKe
worazizîgireje.	Wacerekénîka	rokánaje.	higû	hicgé
began to smell.	Little Fox	was very much.*	[Now]	also

*for "much" the translation has "diligent".

w Ktt K K.	A Ke	w di	so K n	Ai ni de.
Wakdjâkaga	hâké	wajî´	rokána	hinije.
Trickster	not	anything	very much	[he was made].*

*hâké wajî´ rokána hinije, has been incorrectly translated as, "[he] was very diligent."

w Ktt K K.	Ao rKe xitti	w o nK deAe.	Ao rKe	w deAe se Ke ni K
Wakdjâkaga	hosgéxdjî	wa'ûnâkce.	Hosgé	Wacerekénîka
Trickster	very much was it not so	that he could do it.*	Just	Little Fox

*the translation has for hosgéxdjî wa'ûnâkce, "[he] was unable to scent anything but he did thus."

p. 409 --

we rAi wi	w o nK deAe.	Ai Ko	de e	e tt.
wesîwî	wa'ûnâkce.	higû	je'e	édja
to observe	is why he did it.	[Now]	[this]	there

rii	Ai wo dA ra de.	lAtt e tt	mi n Ki di	e tt.
s'i	hiwucas'aje.	Padjedja	minâkiji	édja.
for some time	he would stop.	Forest	it sat	there.*

*the translation renders this as, "It was in the direction of a timber that was there."

e tt	w di s	n i n Ko ni	Ai se de.	e rKe
édja	wajîra	nâ'îgûnî,	hireje.	Ésge
There	something	[he might try,]*	he thought.	So

*the translation has, "he must scent".

p. 410 --

w Ktt K K.	we de.	Ai roAo Ki tti.	lAtt n K.	e tt
Wakdjâkaga	wéje,	"Hisûgidjî,	padjnâka	édja
Trickster	said,	"My little brother,	that timber	there

Ai rKe	ttAi nK dA n.	Ai roAo Ki tti	Ao doAo so ttiri rK tt
hisgé	tcinâkcânâ.	Hisûgidjî	hocurudjisgadjâ
some	there are living.	My younger brother	I am equal (to you)

wo so lA n s	e de.	A Ke	w di	leAe rini nK
wurupânâra,"	éje.	Hâké	wajî´	pesinînâk
the scenting,"*	he said.	Not	anything	he did not know of,

*hocurudjisgadjâ wurupânâra, is translated in the MS as, "you cannot scent as well as I can".

p. 411 --

no ni Ke.	Ao rKe.	w deAe se Ke ni K.	e tt	w do	we riAi wi Ki di.
nunige	hosgé	Wacerekénîka	édja	wajó	wesîwîgiji
but	just because	Little Fox	there	something	[perceive]* and

*the translation has "scent".

wi ttA tii Ki di	e rKe	we de.	tt A a.	Ai roAo Ki tti
witcât'îgiji,	ésge	wéje.	"Djáha-á!	hisûgidjî,
he showed it in his actions,	that is why	he said it.	"Well!	my little brother,

Ai dKe	A Ke	deKe	ni Ke	w do
hicgé	hâké	cke	nîge	wajó
also	not	also	someplace	something

p. 412 --

deAe we rAi wi ni de	Ai Ke de.	Ai dKe	w s Ke K.	e tt
cewesîwînîje,"	higeje.	Hicgé	waragéga,	"édja
don't you perceive?"	he asked him.	Also	he said,	"There

w d Ko ni	y se n.	e de.	Ao Ao.	Ai roAo Ki tti
wajâgûnî	yarénâ,"	éje.	"Hoho,	hisûgidjî,
something [perhaps]	I think,"	he said.	"Ah!	my little brother,

Ai Ko	Ai deKe di.	wo doAo so lA n niKi s	tte de tte s.
higû	hicgéji	wucurupânânîkra	djejedjera,"
still	also	you can scent a little	[the one who is],"

p. 413 --

e de.	A Ao.	Ai rAo Ki tti.	e Ki	w w te Ktt ne n.
éje.	"Hoho,	hisûgidjî,	égi	wawátekdjanenâ."
he said.	"Hoho,	my little brother,	there	I will be going to."

e Ki.	w K n K	e tt	Ao w se de.	Ai tt Ai K tt.
Égi	wagánâk	édja	howareje.	hidjahigadjâ,
Then	to what he meant	there	he went.	When he got there,

Ao w se s.	w KidiKi	ttAi n Ki d	e tt	nK dAe.
howarera	wâkcik	tcinâkijâ	édja	nâkce.
sure enough	human	a village	there	it was.

e tt.	A Ai Ao soKo o de.	A Ko se d	deKe
Édja	hahíhorók'ûje.	Hagoréjâ	cke
There	he went and stayed.	Finally,	[also]

p. 414 --

Ai noKo K nK deAe.	e Ki.	de e.	A Ko sey d.	rii de.
hinûknâkce.	Égi	je'e.	Hagoreijâ	s'ije.
he got married.	Then,	thus it was.	Time had passed	long.

ni KttK deKe	ttAo de.	e Ki.	ttA ni Ki xA n	A Ay se Ki di.
Nîkdjâkcke	tcûje.	Égi	tcanîgixana	hahairegiji,
Child [also]	he had.	Then	the fall moving	when they went,*

*translated as, "was on."

Ai deKe	i ne Ki	ni Ke	A Ai ttAi de.	e tt.
hicgé	inéki	nîgé	hahítcije.	Édja
so	alone	in a certain place	he went and lived.	There

p. 415 --

de Ko	ttAinK ra de.	de Ko	Ai rKe xitti	e tt
jegû´	tcinâks'aje.	Jegû´	hisgéxdjî	édja
[now]	he would be.	[Now]	[truly]	there

m ttiAi de.	A Ke	A Ktt	ttiAi n Ke tt
mâtcíje.	Hâké	hakdja	tcinâkedja
he made his permanent home.*	Not	back	to the village

*mâtcí means more precisely "to winter".

A K Ki ni de.	e Ki	de e	A Ko se d.	we de.
hakaginîje.	Égi	je'e	hagoréjâ	wéje,
he would not move back.	Then	[this one]	finally	said,

p. 416 --

Ai roAoKo A s.	de tt ny xitti	Ao m K s Ki ni te Ktt n Ae n	e de.
"Hisûghira,	jedjánaíxdjî	homâkrakinidekdjanahenâ,"	éje.
"My younger brother,	about now	I will go and visit,"	he said.

Source:

"Wakdjukaga," in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, ca. 1912) Winnebago V, #7: 404-416. A translation has been published in Paul Radin, The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology (New York: Schocken Books, 1956) 40-41.