p. 225 --

e Ki.	e tt.	w Ktt K K.	ni Ko Ki nK deAe.	A Ao
Égi	édja	Wakdjâkaga	nîgoginâkce.	"Hâho!
Then	there	Trickster	ran away.	"Ho!

tt Ko	A o K tt	w o A tte Ko ni.	w Ktt K K.
djagú	ha'ûgadjâ	wa'ûhadjegûnî,"	Wakdjâkaga
what	[having stayed in a place for a time]	I am doing I wonder,"	Trickster

e de.	de tt ny xitti.	Ai noKo K	K nK A ni Ae s.
éje.	"Jedjanaíxdjî	hinûka	kanâkhanihera
said.	"About now	the wife	that I married

p. 226 --

e	w w Ke se Kette	ny di	Ko no
e	wawakerekdje.	Naiji	Kunu
[to her]	I will go.	About now	Kunu

Ai Ki xeAe te Ko ni	e de.	e Ki.	te	a K Ki nK.
higixedegûnî,"	éje.	Égi	de	agákinâk
must be getting big,"*	he said.	Then	lake	across

*the translation has "must big for me."

Ai noKo	K nK ni Ae K.	eyo w Ko de.	e Ki	Ai tt
hinûk´	kanâknihega	eyowaguje.	Égi	hidja
woman	he had married	there he went home to.	And	there

Ki si K tt	te we s Ki.	w Ki d.	A K ni se Ki di.
kirigádjâ	dewéraki	wâkijâ	haganiregiji
he got to and	unexpectedly	a boy	that was born to him

p. 227 --

Ki xeAe te K tt	Ki si de.	Ao Ks.	wo Ki d w de.
gixedegadjâ	kirije.	Hûgra	wogíjawaje.
he was very big for him	when he got back.	The chief	was happy.

w to Ao ttAi K	Ki si n	a n K.	Ai Ke	w di
"Wadohótciga	kirinâ,"	ánâga.	Hîké	wajî´
"The son-in-law	he has come home,"	he said.	[Not]	[something]

so K n Ai ni de.	e tt.	w Ktt K K.	niKi	n K s de.
rokanahinîje.	Édja	Wakdjâkaga	nîk	nâkaraje.
[he did not cause] very much.*	There	Trickster	for his child	he hunted.

*this sentence is translated as "and very happy he was."

p. 228 --

w tee	Ai Ke s	so K n de.	e tt.	rii o de.
wat'é	higéra	rokánaje.	Édja	s'i'ûje.
Kill	he did	very much.	There	he stayed a long time.

ni Ktt Ks.	xeAe te K s Ki de.	A Ki Koxo so xoAo so Ki di.
Nîkdjâkra	xedekaragíje.	Hikikxuruxurugiji,
His child	he raised to be big.	When he was able to take care of himself,

e Ki.	we de.	A Ao.	de tt ny xitti	Ao we.
égi	wéje,	"Hâho,	jedjanaíxdjî	howe
[then]	he said,	"Ho!	about now	around

p. 229 --

A o Ktt ne n.	Ao tt di Ai	niKi A s	xeAe te K tt.
ha'ûkdjanenâ.	Hodja[jihi?]	nîkhara	xedegadjâ,
I will go.	As*	my boy	has grown up,

*added above the line is "one that is".

m n Kese	Ao s tte Ktt ne n.	de tt ny xitti	Ao to d aK dA n.
manâgre	horadjekdjanena.	Jedjanaíxdjî	hodoc'akcânâ.
the earth	I will visit.	About now	I am tired.

s doKo ni	m n Kese	w ow tte doAo no s.	e Ki
Racgúni	manâgre	wa'ûwadjecûnûra.	Égi
In peace	the earth	I used to go about.	Here

p. 230 --

Aoyi dA Kiy tte n	e de.
hoicagiyadjena,"	éje.
I am bothering myself,"	he said.

Source:

Oliver LaMère (trs.), "Wakdjukaga," in Paul Radin, Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, ca. 1912) Winnebago V, #7: 225-230.