Hocąk Text — The Canine Warrior

Hocąk Text — The Canine Warrior

narrated by Jim Pine

The following are Greek letters used as morpheme abbreviations in Radin's text. Their values generally correspond to those given in Radin's notebook Winnebago II, #6, on the interstitial page between 107/108:

α	β	γ	ε	λ
égi	éja	gíži	ésge	žesge

ρ	υ	ϕ	ϕ-i	ω	·נ
ánañga	-regi	hañké	hiñké	žigé	nunige

X	-	/	⨪	2	ɕ
wañkšik	-ra	-ną	-nañk	-že, -še	-xjį

Where a missing translation has been supplied from other sources, it is enclosed in brackets, [ ].

English Translation

p. 237 —

nañga*	[α]	hąhé[υ]	hadjíre	[α]
Nañga	égi	hąhéregi	hajíre.	Égi
[And]	[then]	[during the night]	[they came.]	[And]

*before this word, gagu'ų has been crossed out.

[X][-]	hogigiñx	tciré	[X][-]	rohą
wañkšigera	hogigiñx	ciré.	Wañkšigera	rohą
[the men]	around	they lived.	[The men]	[many]

[ρ]	[α]	wañg[-]	hijañki[-]	[α]
ánañga	égi	wañgera	hižañkira	égi
[and]	[then]	[the men]	[the one]	[here]

hinuñg[-]	hitcawina	[α]	cuñg[-]	hijañkí[-]
hinuñgera	hicawina	égi	šuñgera	hižañkíra
[the woman]	[his wife]	[and]	[the dog]	[one]

[α]	[X][-]noñka	cuñg[-]	hit’era	nañxgų
égi	wañkšigeranoñka	šuñgera	hit’era	nañxgų.
[and]	[that man]	[the dog]	the talk	he understood.

[α]	cuñg[⨪]a	hogírak	[ρ]	[α]
Égi	šuñgenañka	hogírak	ánañga	égi
[And]	[that dog]	he told	[he said]	[and]

woroghudjerekdjane	h[ρ]	cuñge[⨪]a	worughúdjere	[X]a
woroǧujerekjane	hanañga	šuñgenañka	woruǧújere.	Wañkšiga
he was to go and look	[then]	[that dog]	he went and looked.	Person

[α]	cuñge[⨪]a	kirigi	[X][-]
égi	šuñgenañka	kirigi	wañkšigera
[and]	[that dog]	when [they returned]	[the men]

roháñ[ɕ]	hogigiñx	tci[-]	[α]	xonuhíniñk
roháñxjį	hogigiñx	cire?.	Égi	xonuhíniñk
[a great many]	[around]	[they lived.]	[And]	very small

p. 238 —

hiñke	homiñgirani	[α]	cuñge[⨪]a	wé[2]
hiñke	homiñgirani,	égi	šuñgenañka	wéže.
not	they did not live on,	[and]	[that dog]	[he said it.]

kirigi*	hogirak	[α]	hinuñge[⨪]a	wagé[2]
Kirigi	hogirak,	égi	hinuñgenañka	wagéže,
When he came back,	he told them,	and	to the woman	he said,

*the syllable /gi/ is written over γ.

saniñg[β]	kererekdjone	[α]	gu	hąhe dée
saniñgeja	kererekjone	égi	"Gu	hąhe tée
on the other side	they would put him	[and]	"Even	tonight

[α]	ragi[γ]	[ρ]	[α]	gų
égi	ragigiži,"	ánañga	"égi	gų
here	when you get back,"	[he said,]	"then	[now]

hadjirekdje	[ρ]	[α]	hijuk	hiñgudji[υ]
hajirekje	ánañga	égi	hižuk	hiñgujiregi
they will come,	[and]	[then]	guns	when they shoot me,

[α]	jegų	wagudji	hirekdjé[/]	[ρ]
égi	žegų	waguji	hirekjéną.	Ánañga
[and]	then	to shoot them	they may do it.	[And]

[α]	cuñgeniha[-]	hicge	gų	yakisgekdjane[/]
égi	šuñgenihara	hišge	gų	yakisgekjaneną.
[then]	my dog	also	[now]	I will be equal to.*

*the translation has, "you will be equal to".

[ϕ]	nañkawairaniñkdje	[ρ]	[α]	cuñkdjega
Hañké	nañkawairaniñkje.	Ánañga	égi	šuñkjega
Not	they should not be afraid.	[And]	[then]	the dog

waicgab[ρ]	[α]	[X]e	hidjané[/]	cuñtcgé[-]
waišgabanañga	égi	wañkšike	hijanéna	šuñcgéra
he will run over them and	[then]	people	other	their testicles

waratche	gų	[β]	xap'é[ɕ]niñk	[β]
warache	Gų	éja	xap'éxjįniñk	éja
he will bite off.	[Now]	[there]	soon	[there]

p. 239 —

t'aire	[ρ]	[α]	cuñkdjega	[ϕ]
t'aire."	Ánañga	égi	šuñkjega	hañké
they'll die."	[And]	[and]	[the dog]	not

xedéni	[·נ]	[α]	xede	k'įje
xeténi,	nunige	égi	xete	k'įže,
he was not big,	but	[then]	big	he made himself,

aíre[/]	[ε]	cuñkdjega	nañkáwaine	[·נ]
aíreną.	Ésge	šuñkjega	nañkáwaine	nunige
[it is said.]	[Therefore,]	[the dog]	they were afraid,	but

[α]	[ϕ]	tceg[β]*	hipigigudjirani	[·נ]
égi	hañké	cegéja	hipigigujirani	nunige
[and]	not	at first	they didn't shoot at it,	but

*just before this word, /je/ is crossed out.

[α]	t'ewahidjege	[ε]	hiju	higudjiraniñgi
égi	t'ewahijege.	Ésge	hižu	higujiraniñgi,
[and]	he was killing them.	[And so]	[guns]	as they shot him,

[ϕ]	t'ehip'ini	[ε]	nañkawaire[/]	iñke
hañké	t'ehip'ini.	Ésge	nañkawaireną.	Iñke
not	it was impossible to kill him.	[So]	they were afraid.	Not

k'izairat'ehipini	[ρ]	[α]	tci	[X]
k'izairat'ehipini.	Ánañga	égi	ci	wañkšik
in war it was impossible to kill him.	[And]	[and]	[lodge]	people

ewak'íjure	[β]	gire	[ρ]	[α]
ewak'ížure	éja	gire.	Ánañga	égi
[these with him]	[there]	he returned.	[And]	[then]

[X]noñka	nañk'awaíre[2]	[ρ]	hanątcį
wañkšigenoñka	nañk'awaíreže.	Ánañga	hanącį
the people	they were afraid of him.	[And]	all

[X][-]	dj[ρ´]	[ε]	wagixedére[/]
wañkšigera	janañga	ésge	wagixetéreną.
people	[as many as there were]	[therefore]	they loved him.

[X][-]	hit’et'ere	wanáñxgų	noñgigų*
Wañkšigera	hit’et'ere	wanáñxgų,	noñgigų
The people	talk	he understood it,	[and still]

*[ρ]i has been crossed out before this word, which appears to be derived from ánañga + higų.

p. 240 —

cuñkdjega	wasgé	ho-uñgigi	warutcga	[ρ]
šuñkjega	wasgé	ho-uñgigi	warucga	ánañga
[the dog]	plates	he was made to use	when he ate,	and

nątcį*	hiñkaracicigire	gų	wañkwacocere	hiwikisge
nącį	hiñkarašišigire.	Gų	wañkwašošere	hiwikisge.
all	they thought very much of him.	[Now]	[warrior]	he was equal to.

*normally hanątcį, but the /ha/ has been assimilated from external sandhi.

wañkwacocere	wikisge	[α]	hit’et'era	wanáñxgųge.*
Wañkwašošere	wikisge	égi	hit’et'era	wanáñxgųge.
[Warriors]	he was equal to	as	[language]	[he understood it.]

*/ge/ seems to have been written over an original "g[β]".

jegú[/].

Žegúną.

So it was.

Source:

Jim Pine, [untitled,] in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Notebook 26, 237-240.