Hotcâk Syllabic Text -- The Twins Retrieve Redstar's Head
Part I
Page one of the manuscript bears the title of the whole collection of stories in Winnebago V, #2 -- Ao ttAi ttAi ni Ks no liAi wi (Hotcîtcînîkra Nûpiwi, "The Two Boys"). It is written in very legible Hotcâk syllabary in what appears to be the hand of Sam Blowsnake.
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e tt.
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Ai no ttA l
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K sy Ki ttAi d nK deAe.
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ttAi loAo so Keyi d.
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Édja
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hinûtcapa
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karaíkitcíjânâkce.
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Tciporokeijâ
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There
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his sister
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one lived with her.
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An oval lodge
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Ao ttAi
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w o nK deAe.
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e Ki.
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Ai noKo ttA ls
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wo K s Ki
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hotci
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wa'ûnâkce.
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Égi
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hinûktcapra
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wogáragi
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to live
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[they did it.]
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And
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his sister
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he loved
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xeAe te de.
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wK tte K.
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wK so K ny d
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Ae se de.
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A Ke
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xedeje.
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Wâkdjega
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wâkrokanaijâ
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hereje.
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Hâké
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very much.
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[This man]
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a great man
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he was.
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Not
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w d s
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Ai d
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so da Kini de.
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w tee Ai s.
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so K n de.
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wajâra
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hijâ
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ruc'agînîje.
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Wat'ehira
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rokánaje.
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anything
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[one]
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he did not fail to get.
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The hunter
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he was great.
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A lK
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w no tteKe
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Ao Ki s tts
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Kii Ki si tte ra de.
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e Ki.
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hâpgá
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wanotcge
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hokiradjra
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k'ikiridjes'aje.
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Égi
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Every day
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animal
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all kinds
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he would bring home.
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And
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n Ki K s s.
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Ko K.
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a deKe
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Ki si K
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nâkikarara
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guga,
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acge
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kiriga,
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hunting
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[when he came back,]
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near
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when he got home,
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w o ra de.
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n s do do leKe rAe ls.
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Ao ni Ae xeAe te.
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ttiAi s.
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wa'ûs'aje.
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Nârajojopgesepra
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honihe xede
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tcira
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[this would always happen.]
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The black swallows
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a bunch
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the lodge
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Ao K w n Ki se ra de.
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ttAi wi
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A Ki si se ra de.
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de e
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e
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hokawanâkires’aje.
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Tcîwî
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hakirires'aje.
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Jee
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e
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they would rush.
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A loud noise
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they would always come.
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These
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him
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ttAo we s
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Ao o nK deAe
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A ttAi tt
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Ao w se K.
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e Ki.
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tcowéra
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ho'ûnâkce,
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hatcîdja
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howarega.
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Égi
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in front
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they did,
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wherever
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he went.
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And
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Ki si K.
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m s.
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roAowe tt
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Aili w K s Ki K.
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w K.
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kiriga,
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mâra
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sûedja
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hîpwakaragiga,
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wakâ´
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when he got home,
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his arrows
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back next to the wall
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when he would put them,
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snakes
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Ao Ki s tts.
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Ai s Ki we tt
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mi Ki se ra de.
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e Ki
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di Ke.
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hokiradjra
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hirakiwedja
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mîgires'aje.
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Égi
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jigé
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different
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around each other
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they would lay.
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And
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again
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w Ko ttAi s.
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w Ko so doAo so tt n K.
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s rty tt
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Ai Ki diAi Ki nK
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wagutcira
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wakurucórotcànâga
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rasdaidja
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hikiciginâk
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his moccasins
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he took them off and
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at the ceiling of the lodge
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to be hung
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w Ai K.
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w K reAe se tts
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no liAi wi
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Ai s K[i] we tt
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wahiga,
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wakâ´seretcra
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nûpiwi
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hirak[i]wedja
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[when he made them,]
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long snakes
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two
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coiled around one another
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tti s wi ra de.*
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de Ko Ki
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so Ki Ki di se ra de.
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djirawis'aje.
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Jegûgi
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rugîgîjires’aje.
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[they would come to be].**
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And
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they would make a squeaking sound.
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x x Ki se ra de
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deKe.
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de de rKe
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Ai ra de.
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Ghaghakires'aje,
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cke
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jejesge
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his'aje.
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They would make a sound with their voice
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and
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this
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he would do.
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Ao rKe
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de rKe de.
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tt n A
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Ki siy n K.
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Ki Ko so doAo so ttK.
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Hosge
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jesgeje.
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Djanâhâ
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kirianâga
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kikurucorotcga,
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[Just so]
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[it was thus.]
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Whenever
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he came back and
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when he undressed himself,
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w d s
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ni Ke
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w Kodo K
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de rKe ra de.
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e Ki.*
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wajâra
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nîge
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wakcuga,
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jesges'aje.
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Égi
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his things
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[somewhere]
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when he put them,
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it would be that way.
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Then
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de e
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A Ko sey d.
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Ai ttAi to s.
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n Ki K s s.
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se Ki di.
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jee
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hagoreijâ
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hitcidora
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nâkikarara
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regiji,
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[this one]
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once
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her older brother
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hunting
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when he went,
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Ai Ko
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A Ai xA w ni K tt.
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di Ke.
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n s do do leKe s.
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higû
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hahixawanigadjâ,
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jigé
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nârajojopgera
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as soon as
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he had gone out of sight,
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again
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the swallows
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Aoyi K w n Ki se de.
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K tt
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Aoyi K w Ki si nK deAe.
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e Ki.
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hoikawanâkireje.
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Gadjâ
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hoikawakirinâkce.
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Égi
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they returned and came back in.
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[Then]
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he returned and came back in.
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And
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Ai ttAi to s.*
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a Kse Ki
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Ki si nK deAe.
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m s.
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roAowe tt
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hitcidora
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Akregi
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kirinâkce.
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Mâra
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sûedja
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her older brother
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Across
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he came and sat.
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His arrows
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back next to the wall
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Aili w K s Ki de.
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w K s.
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de Ko
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A Ki w roAo wo de.
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w K.
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hîpwakaragije.
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Wakâra
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jegû
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hakiwasuwûje,
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wakâ´
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he put them.
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Snakes
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[thus]
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they began to coil around one another,
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snakes
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Ao Ki s tts.
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di Ke
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w Ki ttA s*
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Ko so doAo so tt n K.
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hokiradjra.
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Jigé
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wagitcara*
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kurucorotcanâga
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many different kinds.
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Again
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moccasins
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he took them off and
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Ai Ki diAi Ki nK K s Ki K tt.
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w K rAe se tts
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no liAi wi
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Ai s Ki we tt
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hikiciginâkaragigadjâ,
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wakâ´seretcra
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nûpiwi
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hirakiwedja
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after he hung them up,
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long snakes (bull)*
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two
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to coil around one another
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tt wi de.
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de Ko Ki
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so Ki Ki di se de.
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we s Ki.
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s di tti se de.
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djawije.
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Jegûgi
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rugîgîjireje.
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weraki,
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rajidjireje.
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they began.
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And
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they made squeaking sounds.
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Unexpectedly,
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he began to tease her.
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Al reAe se ttAi
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s di ttede.
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Ai no Ks
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Ai so diAiKi deAe.
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Al reAe se ttAi
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Hâpseretcî
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rajitcce.
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Hinûkra
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hirucikce.
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Hâpseretcî
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All day long
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he teased her.
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The woman
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she was embarrassed.
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All day
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Ai K K
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Ao so xo tts se deKe
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o ni de.
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Ai reKe tt
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Ai so diAi Kide.
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hîkaga
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horughudjrarecke
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'ûnîje.
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Hisgedja
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hirocigije.
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[never]
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to even look at him
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she did not do.
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Very much
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she was embarrassed.
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w so Ke we
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Ai n Ki di
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de Ko de.
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Al reAe se ttAi.
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e Ki.
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Warokewe
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hinâkiji,
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jegûje,
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hâpseretcî.
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Égi
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Work
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she sat,
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[thus it was,]
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all day.
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There
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Ao xtt n Ki de.
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we de.
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A A.
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de tt ny xitti
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A tti Ke se Kette n.
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hoxtcanâkije.
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Weje,
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"Hâhâ´,
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jedjanaíxdjî
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hadjikerekdjenâ.
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[In the evening]
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he said,
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"Now then,
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about now
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I will go home.
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w d
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Ai Ki liAi se K tt
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w o n Ki Kette de.
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A Ke
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Ao so xo tts se deKe
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wajâ
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hîkipîregadjâ
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wa'ûnâgikdjeje.
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Hâké
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horughudjrarecke
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[Something]
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as she does not like me
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[I will be made to do it.]
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Not
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to even look at
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Ai Ki o ni n Kse
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e de.
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de Ko
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A Ai Ai nl deAe.
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K tt*
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higi’ûnînâkre,"
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éje.
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Jegû
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hahihinâpce.
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Gadjâ
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she refused me,"
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he said.
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And
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he went on out.
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[Then]
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di Ke
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tt tti ne tt.
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n s do do leKe s.
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ttAi wi Ki nili de.
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w Kii
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jigé
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djadjinedjâ
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nârajojopgera
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tcîwîkinîpce.
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Wak'î
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again
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[right away]
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the swallows
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[it became noisy].
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Pack
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Ki si de.
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Aoyi Ke we Ki di.
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wo Ki A Ke se ra Ke di.
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Ai Ke
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o ni de.
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kirije.
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Hoikewegiji,
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wogihakeres'ageji,
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hîké
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'ûnîje.
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he came home.
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When he came in,
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[it was doubtful that she had done her usual boiling,]
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not
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she had not done.
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tt Ko
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Ai d
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wo Ki A doAo no s.
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Ai Ki s di ttn K tt.
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e rKe
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Djagu
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hijâ
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wogihacûnûra
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higirajitcnagadjâ.
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Ésge
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[How]
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the one
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for whom she used to boil
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he was here teasing her.
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That was why
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Ai Ke
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wo A ni de.
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w Kii s
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ttAi
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Ao K s Ke sey n K.
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hîké
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wohanîje.
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Wak'îra
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tci
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hokarakereanâga
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not
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she did not boil anything.
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The pack
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lodge
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he carried it, and
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wo Ki A n K.
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wo sotto deAe.
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wy tteKe s di.
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rAo no ttA
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Ai n Ki di.
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wogihanâga
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worutcce.
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Waitcgeraji
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sûnutcâ
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hinâkiji,
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he boiled it and
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he ate it.
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His sister
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facing the wall
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she sat, and
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de Ko de.
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Ai ttAi to s.
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Ao so xo tts
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deKe
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Ki ttAe xAi de*
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jegûje.
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Hitcidora
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horughutcra
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cke
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gitcexije.
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[thus she did.]
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Her brother
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to look
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[also]
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she dreaded it.
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Ai rKe tt
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Ai so diAiKi deAe.
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di Ke
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Ay ni Ki di
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n Ki K s s
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Hisgedja
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hirucikce.
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Jigé
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hainigíji,
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nâkikarara
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Very much
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she was embarrassed.
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Again
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in the morning,
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hunting
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se de.
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di Ke
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A Ai
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Ai so Ki no K tt
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di Ke.
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reje.
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Jigé
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hahi
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hirokinogadjâ,
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jigé
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he went.
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Again
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to go
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once he was out of sight,
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again
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w ni Ks
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A Ki si se de.
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di Ke
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A Ki si
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Aoyi Ke we de.
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wanîkra
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hakiríreje.
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Jigé
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hakirí
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hoikewéje.
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the birds
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they returned.
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Again
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he came back
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he came in.
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di Ke
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o de.
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m s.
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roAowe tt
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Aili w K s Ki di.
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Jigé
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'ûje.
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Mâra
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sûedja
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hîpwakaragiji,
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Again
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he did.
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His arrows
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back next to the wall
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when he would put them,
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w K s.
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A Ki w roAo wo de.
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di Ke.
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w Ko ttA s.
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wakâra
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hakiwasuwûje.
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Jigé
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wagûtcra
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the snakes
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they began to coil around one another.
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Again
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his moccasins
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Ai Ki diAi Ki nK w K s Ki Ki di.
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w K reAe se tts
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no liAi wi
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Ai s Ki we tt
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hikiciginâkwakaragigiji,
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wakâseretcra
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nûpiwi
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hirakiwedja
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after he hung them up,
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[bull snakes]
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two
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coiled around one another
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tti s wi de.
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de Ko Ki
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so Ki Ki di se de.
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de Ko Aiy n K
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di Ke
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djirawije.
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Jegûgi
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rugîgîjireje.
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Jegûhianâga
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jigé
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they began.
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And
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they made squeaking sounds.*
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[Thus he did, and]
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again
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so di tti se de.
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Ai Ko
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K tt K
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dKe.
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w d
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rujidjireje.*
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Higû
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gadjâga
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cke
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wajâ
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he began to tease her.
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Even
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now
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[also]
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things
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rajitc = to tease with the word
rujitc = to tease by actions.
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niKi
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Ai so tti ra de.
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di Ke
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Al reAe se ttAi.
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w so Ke we de.
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nîk
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hirudjis'aje.
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Jigé
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hâpseretcî
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warokeweje.
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little
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he would throw.
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Again
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all day
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she worked.
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roAo so ttA
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mi n K n K.
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di Ke
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Ao xtt n Ki di.
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we de.
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Sûrutcâ
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mînâkanâga
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jigé
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hoxdjanagiji,
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weje,
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To sit with her face towards the wall
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she sat, and
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again
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in the evening,
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he said,
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A A
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de tt ny xitti
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A tti Ke se Kette n.
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w d
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Ai Ki liAi se K tt.
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"Hâhâ´,
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jedjanaíxdjî
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hadjikerekdjenâ.
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wajâ
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hîkipîregadjâ.
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"Now then,
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about now
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I will go home.
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[Something]
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as she does not like me.
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Ai Ke
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Ao so xo tts se deKe
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Ai Ki o ni n Ki Kette de.
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a n K
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A Ki Ai Ai nl deAe.
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Hîké
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horughudjrarecke
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higi’ûnînâkikdjeje,"
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ánâga
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hakihihinâpce.
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Not
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to even look at
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[she will refused me,"]
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he said and
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he went on out.
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e Ki.
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di Ke
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tt tti ne tt.
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n s do do leKe reAe ls.
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ttAi wi Ki nili deAe.
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Égi
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jigé
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djadjinedjâ
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nârajojopgesepra
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tcîwîkinîpce.
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And
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again
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right away
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the black swallows
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[it became noisy].
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di Ke
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Ai ttAi to s.
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Aoyi K w Ki si nK deAe.
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w Kii
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Ki si de.
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Jigé
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hitcidora
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hoikawakirinâkce.
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Wak'î
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kirije.
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Again
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her older brother
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he came back in.
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Pack
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he came.
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di Ke
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de Ko de.
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Ai Ke
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deKe
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Ai tt
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Jigé
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jegûje.
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Hîké
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cke
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hidja
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Again
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thus it remained.
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Not
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also
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there
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Ao so xo ttini de.
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roAo so ttA
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Ai n Ki di
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de Ko de.
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e Ki
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horughudjenîje.
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sûrutcâ
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hinâkiji,
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jegûje.
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Égi
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she did not look at him.
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To sit with her face towards the wall
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she did, and
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[thus it was.]
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And
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di Ke
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wo Ki A n K.
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wo so tt n K.*
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di Ke
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Ay ni Ki di.
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jigé
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wogihanâga
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worudjanâga
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jigé
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hainigíji,
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again
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he boiled it and
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he ate it, and
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again
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in the morning,
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n Ki K s s.
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se de.
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Ai Ko
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di Ke
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o de
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nâkikarara
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reje.
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Higû
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jigé
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'ûje,
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hunting
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he went.
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The same
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again
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he did,
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tt rKe
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Ai ni Ae K.
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de tt K.
|
o xiAi ni Aoyi reAele.
|
Ai so tti
|
|
djasge
|
hínihéga.
|
Jedjâga
|
'ûxini hoisep
|
hirudjî
|
|
what
|
as he had done.
|
This time
|
he threw charcoal
|
[for some time]
|
|
Ki deKe
|
de rKe s.
|
Ao mi n Ks.
|
A Ai
|
Ao e se de.
|
|
gicge,
|
jesgera
|
homînâkra
|
hahi
|
ho'ereje.
|
|
he did,
|
[of that kind]
|
where she sat
|
around
|
there were scattered.
|
|
e Ki.
|
di Ke
|
Ai Ai n l n K.
|
di Ke
|
Ki si Ki ni de.
|
|
Égi
|
jigé
|
hihinâpanâga
|
jigé
|
kiriginîje.
|
|
And
|
again
|
he went out and
|
again
|
he returned right away.
|
|
e Ki.
|
Ki si Ki di.
|
we de.
|
wy tteKe A xitti
|
i ne Ki
|
|
Égi
|
kirigiji,
|
weje,
|
"Waitcgehaxdjî,
|
inéki
|
|
And
|
[when he returned,]
|
he said,
|
"Younger sister,
|
alone
|
|
niKi
|
Ai miy n K.
|
wy n doKo ni
|
Ao K s Ki tee A nK doAo no s.
|
tt Ko o
|
|
nîk
|
hîmîanâga
|
wainacguni
|
hokarakit'ehanâ`kcûnûra,
|
djagu'û
|
|
[little]
|
you and I sat and
|
freely
|
we used to talk to one another,
|
why
|
|
te e
|
w doo dA n Ko ni.
|
Ao tt
|
t ni A
|
me de rKe s se.
|
|
dee
|
wac'ûcanagûnî?
|
Hodjâ´
|
danihâ
|
mejesgerare,"
|
|
this
|
are you doing it?
|
[Since]
|
three
|
you have done thus,"
|
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
we de.
|
wy tteKe s.
|
w d
|
|
éje.
|
Égi
|
weje
|
waitcgéra,
|
"Wajâ
|
|
he said.
|
And
|
he said
|
his younger sister,
|
"Something
|
|
liAi
|
doo s tte de.
|
Ai soyi diAi Kd n.
|
m dtt xitti.
|
e de.
|
|
pî
|
c'ûradjeje.
|
Hiroicikcanâ,
|
mâcdjâxdjî,"
|
éje.
|
|
good
|
you are doing.
|
I am embarrassed,
|
very much,"
|
she said.
|
|
e Ki.
|
we de.
|
A A.
|
wy tteKe xitti
|
Ai leAe sere
|
|
Égi
|
weje,
|
"Hâhâ´
|
waitcgexdjî,
|
hiperez
|
|
And
|
he said,
|
"Now then
|
younger sister,
|
to know
|
|
liAi s ni K tt
|
Ai Ke
|
Ai s leAe se rini K tt.
|
Ai s leAe se ri Ktt n Ae n
|
|
pîranigádjâ,
|
hîké
|
hirapereznîgadjâ.
|
Hiraperezikdjanahenâ,
|
|
you ought to have,
|
not
|
you did not know it.
|
You would know it,
|
|
y se Ke
|
Ai Ke
|
w di A ni n.
|
e de.
|
w d
|
|
yarége,
|
hîké
|
wacihanînâ,"
|
éje.
|
"Wajâ
|
|
I thought,
|
not
|
I did not say anything,"
|
he said.
|
"Something
|
|
diAi diAi Ki d.
|
m n Kese
|
e Ki.
|
Ai no Ks
|
tt n K.
|
|
cicikijâ
|
mânâkre
|
égi
|
hinûkra
|
djanâga
|
|
a bad one
|
over this earth
|
and
|
the women
|
all
|
|
wi K s diAi diAi Ki se s.
|
A ntt
|
roto w Ai tte n.
|
w K nK tt
|
no ni Ke
|
|
wikaracicikirera
|
hanâtc´
|
sdowahidjenâ.
|
Wakanâkádjâ,
|
nunige
|
|
that are most valued
|
all of them
|
he is gathering.
|
He is marrying them,
|
but
|
|
w ni Ai
|
w o tte n.
|
w n tto tty rKe
|
w Ai tte n.
|
e
|
|
wanîhí
|
wa'ûdjenâ.
|
Wanâdjodjaîsge
|
wahidjenâ.
|
E
|
|
slaves
|
he makes of them.
|
[Poor]
|
[he makes them.]
|
He
|
|
w o tti tte n.
|
y Ki rKe n.
|
xeAe tey d
|
w o tte n.
|
tt rKe Ktt n Ae Ki di.
|
|
wa'ûdjidjenâ.
|
Yagisgenâ.
|
Xedeijâ
|
wa'ûdjenâ.
|
Djasgekdjanahegiji,
|
|
it is he who came.
|
He is like me.*
|
A Great One
|
he is.
|
How it is going to be,
|
|
A Ke
|
Ai lAe sere*
|
liAi ni n.
|
lA n Ktt n Ae Ki di.
|
xeAe te
|
|
hâké
|
hiperez
|
pînînâ.
|
Panakdjanahegiji,
|
xede
|
|
not
|
to know
|
it is not good.
|
Whether I will overcome him,
|
Great Ones
|
|
m o s.
|
w o s di
|
ne
|
Ai d
|
wi ne n.
|
|
Mâ'ûra
|
wa'ûraji
|
ne
|
hijâ
|
winenâ.
|
|
Earthmaker
|
whom he created
|
I
|
one
|
I am it.
|
|
A ni ni Ke se Kette
|
w o tte n.
|
Ay ni Ki di.
|
A ni ni Ke se Ktt n Ae s
|
|
Haninikerekdje
|
wa'ûdjenâ.
|
hainigíji,
|
haninikerekdjanahera
|
|
He will take you away with him
|
he means it.
|
Tomorrow
|
that he will take you
|
|
Ae se n.
|
wy tteKe A xitti
|
Ai w n Ki dA n.
|
e Ki
|
tt rKe
|
|
herenâ.
|
Waitcgehaxdjî
|
hiwanâgicanâ,
|
égi
|
djasge
|
|
it is.
|
My sister
|
only if he overcomes me,
|
[here]
|
[how]
|
|
Ai Kette Ki di
|
o Ktt n Ae n.
|
e de.
|
e Ki
|
Ay ni Ki di
|
|
hikdjegiji,
|
'ûkdjanahenâ,"
|
éje.
|
Égi
|
hainigíji
|
|
[if he will do it,]
|
he will do it,"
|
he said.
|
And
|
in the morning
|
|
we de
|
wy tteKe A xitti.
|
Ai Ke
|
w d
|
de rK ni Ktt n Ae n.
|
|
weje,
|
"Waitcgehaxdjî,
|
hîké
|
wajâ
|
jesganîkdjanahenâ.
|
|
he said,
|
"Younger sister,
|
not
|
anything
|
[it will not be like.]
|
|
Ai ttAo Ke Ai Ai s.
|
t ni
|
Ao Ki do s se.
|
ttAo K.
|
Ai Ki tti s wi se.
|
|
Hitcokehihira,
|
dani
|
hokijurare.
|
"Tcoka,
|
higidjirawire.
|
|
Our Grandfather,
|
tobacco
|
go and offer it.
|
"Grandfather,
|
help us.
|
|
n tto Ki tt wi s.
|
ttAe xiAi
|
Ai so riwi n.
|
Ai deAe Ktte n.
|
tt ni s.*
|
|
Nâdjokidjâwira,
|
tcexi
|
hiruswinâ,"
|
hicekdjenâ.
|
"[D]anira
|
|
Take pity on us,
|
difficulties
|
[we took up with,"]
|
you must say.
|
"The tobacco
|
|
dA w xAo Ki di.
|
rA niKi
|
Ao so ttA tte se Ki.
|
ttA deKe Ko s.
|
A s.
|
|
câwaxûgiji,
|
sanîk
|
horotcádjeregi
|
tcacgegura
|
hara
|
|
when you pour,
|
towards
|
the south
|
oak
|
bark
|
|
A rA n rA n.
|
de e.
|
w d Ko rs
|
n s
|
e
|
|
hasanasana,
|
jee
|
Wajâgûsra
|
nâra
|
e
|
|
smooth,
|
this one
|
[the Creator of Things]
|
[the tree]
|
it
|
|
ttAo ni
|
o s.
|
Ae se n.
|
de Ki
|
tti se
|
diAi s se
|
|
tconi
|
'ûra
|
herenâ.
|
Jegi
|
djire
|
cirare,"
|
|
first
|
that he made
|
he did.
|
To that
|
go
|
ask,"
|
|
Ai Ke de.
|
e Ki.
|
t ni
|
wo do s.
|
tto liAi wi n K.
|
|
higeje.
|
"Égi
|
dani
|
wojura
|
djopiwinâga
|
|
he said to her.
|
"And
|
tobacco
|
bags
|
four and
|
|
e Ki
|
di Ke.
|
ttA A rK s.*
|
tto liAi wi de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
égi
|
jigé
|
tcahasgara
|
djopiwije.
|
Égi
|
|
and
|
again
|
the white deerskins
|
there are four.
|
And
|
|
di Ke.
|
ttAx deAele
|
m doAo s.
|
tto liAi wi de.
|
Ai wi m doAo s.
|
|
jigé
|
tcaxcep
|
mâcûra
|
djopiwije,
|
hiwimâcûra.
|
|
again
|
eagle
|
feathers
|
there are four,
|
tail feathers.
|
|
e Ki.
|
ttAe
|
Ai s.
|
w so K w n K.
|
de de rKe
|
|
Égi
|
tce
|
hîra
|
warukawanâga
|
jejesge
|
|
And
|
buffalo
|
hair
|
she made it and
|
this
|
|
o w o nK deAe.
|
tteAe
|
Ai.
|
o w o nK deAe.
|
e Ki.
|
|
'ûwa'ûnâkce.
|
Tce
|
hî
|
'ûwa'ûnâkce.
|
Égi
|
|
she was working on.
|
Buffalo
|
hair
|
she was working on.
|
Then
|
|
se de.
|
e Ki.
|
Ai tt Ai Ki di.
|
n tt[e] K.
|
Aoyi tte tt.
|
|
reje.
|
Égi
|
hidjáhigiji,
|
nâdj[e]ga
|
hoidjedja
|
|
she went.
|
And
|
when she got there,
|
the tree
|
at the foot
|
|
n li so x tts
|
w do de.
|
ttAo K.
|
Ai Ki tti s wi se.
|
ttAe xiAi
|
|
nâpiruxadjara
|
wajuje.
|
"Tcoka,
|
higidjirawire.
|
Tcexi
|
|
the offerings
|
she placed them.
|
"Grandfather,
|
help us.
|
Difficulties
|
|
A w wi n
|
e de.
|
e Ki.
|
Ao ni Ki A de.
|
e Ki.
|
|
hawawinâ,"
|
éje.
|
Égi
|
honîgíhaje.
|
Égi
|
|
we are,"
|
she said.
|
And
|
[he nodded slightly in affirmation.]*
|
And
|
|
ni Ke
|
diAi lese de.
|
no li Ai.
|
de e
|
w Kiiy n K.
|
|
nîge
|
cipereje,
|
nûpihi.
|
Jee
|
wak'îanâga
|
|
pieces
|
they fell off him,
|
two.
|
These
|
she packed and
|
|
Ko de.
|
Ki si Ki di.
|
leAe tte tt
|
Ao too de.
|
leAe tts
|
|
guje.
|
Kirigiji,
|
pedjédja
|
hot'ûje.
|
Pedjra
|
|
she came home.
|
When she got back,
|
into the fire
|
she put them.
|
The fire
|
|
so K n xitti
|
t e ttAi se de.
|
lAe tts
|
Ao t
|
liAi ni s.
|
|
rokanaxdjî
|
daetcireje.
|
Pedjra
|
hoda
|
pînira,
|
|
very much
|
it was burning.
|
The fire
|
[light]
|
[it was good,]
|
|
m xiAi s
|
Ai s Ke se
|
n di de.
|
A A.
|
te Ktt n Ae n.
|
|
mâxira
|
hirakere
|
nâjîje.
|
"Hâhâ´,
|
dekdjanahenâ,
|
|
the heavens
|
it reached
|
it stood.
|
"Now then,
|
I am going,
|
|
no ni Ke
|
A Ki si Ktt n Ae n.
|
tti Ki di
|
e de.
|
a n K.
|
|
nunige
|
hakirikdjanahenâ,
|
djigiji,"
|
éje,
|
ánâga
|
|
but
|
I will come back,
|
when he comes,"
|
he said,
|
and
|
|
A Ai Ai Ai nl daé.*
|
tt tti ne tt.
|
di Ke
|
tti Ki ni de.
|
|
hahihihinâpce.*
|
djadjinedjâ
|
jigé
|
djiginîje.
|
|
he went out.
|
Right away
|
again
|
he came in.
|
|
wK n Kse
|
Ao Ke we K tt.
|
n s do do leKe s.*
|
di Ke.
|
ttAi
|
|
Wâknâkre
|
hokewegadjâ,
|
nârajojopgera
|
jigé
|
tci
|
|
The man
|
when he came in,
|
the swallows
|
also
|
[lodge]
|
|
wi Ki nili deAe.
|
A Ki si Aoyi Ke we de.
|
A Ao.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
s Ki si K tt
|
|
wikînîpce.
|
Hakirihoikeweje.
|
"Hâhó
|
hotcîtcîra,
|
rakirigadjâ,"
|
|
he came in.
|
He came back in.
|
"Hâhó
|
young man,
|
you have returned,"
|
|
e de.
|
A A a
|
e de.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
s tti K tt
|
|
éje.
|
"Hâhâ'â,"
|
éje.
|
"Hotcîtcîra,
|
radjigadjâ,"
|
|
he said.
|
"Yes,"
|
he said.
|
"Young man,
|
you have come,"
|
|
e Ki di
|
A A a
|
e de.
|
Ko s.
|
Ao ttAi ttAi s.
|
|
egíji.
|
"Hâhâ'â,"
|
éje.
|
"Korá
|
hotcîtcîra,
|
|
he said.
|
"Yes,"
|
he said.
|
"Say
|
young man,
|
|
Ai noKo s.
|
ttA ls.
|
|