Hocąk Text — The Creation of Man, Version 8

Hocąk Text — The Creation of Man, Version 8

narrated by Jasper Blowsnake

Winnebago II, #6: 163a Winnebago III, #6: 355

As is the case with a number of other Radin interlinear MSS, this text is full of abbreviations for common word terminations.

α	β	ε	η	ρ	τ	ϕ	ω	6
égi	éja	-gają	žésge	ánąga	giži	hąké	žégų	nąkše*

* at the top of p. 165, Radin writes, "6 = naⁿkce".

In the interlinear text where the translation is missing, it has been supplied whenever possible from the English text of The Road of Life and Death (see Source). Where a missing translation has been supplied from other sources, it is enclosed in brackets, [ ].

Key —

First Row	"raw" interlinear text from Paul Radin, Winnebago II, #6: 163a.60-166a.71.
Second Row	revised text from Paul Radin, Winnebago III, #6: 355.52-357.64.
Third Row	revised text in current orthography.
Fourth Row	English translation based in part on that of The Road of Life and Death and Winnebago Culture as Described by Themselves (revised text and translation).

Winnebago II, #6: 163a.60 = Winnebago III, #6: 355.52 = Winnebago Culture, 20.60 —

⁶⁰ wāuⁿjĕ́	maⁿkā́x	nï̆ⁿgī́rūz[ρ´]	waⁿgíjaⁿ	uⁿjĕ́	⁶¹ waⁿgĕnĭ́kā
⁵² wa’ųjĕ́	maŋk‘áx	nį́giruzá‧ną‧ga	ŭaŋgíją	’ųjĕ.	⁵³ ŭaŋgĕnąk‘a
⁶⁰ Wa’ųžé:	mąkáx	nįgíruzànąga†	wągížą.	-*	⁶¹ Wą́gᵋnąka
[He did this:]	dirt	a piece he took, and	a man	he made.	This man

* omitted in CW.
† < nįgé-hirus-ànąga.

Winnebago II, #6: 164.61 —

ŭⁿtcĕbī[ε]	je [ω]hi[ρ´]	hokĭt’ḗjĕ	[ε]
’ų́tcĕbigàdją	jejégųhi-ànąga	hokit’éjĕ	gadją.
’úcebigàją,*	žežégųhiànąga†	hokit’éže,	gają.
when he had finished,	[thus he did, and]	he spoke	[.]

* < ’úcep-hi-gają.
† CW has jigé hi-ánąga.

⁶² ke	xabenī́jĕ	wīkĕ́rĕk	mī́nŏkcĕ	wĕwĭⁿ[ε´]
⁵⁴ ke	γabĕníjĕ	wikérĕk	miną́kcĕ	wewĭŋgàdją.
⁶² Ke*	xabeníže,	wikérek	miną́kše.	Wewįgáją,
Not	he did not answer,	quiet	he sat.	So he concluded

* CW has hąké.

[ϕ]	wanaxgūnīnaⁿgra	hiperĕzsĕ́	⁶³ wā́gīŭⁿje	nuⁿx̣opŏ́x̣era
⁵⁵ haŋkĕ́	wanąxgúninągrĕ	hipérĕssĕ	wagi’ų́jĕ	nųγopŏ́γĕra
hąké	wanąxgų́ninągᵋra	hiperesé.	⁶³ Wagi’ų́že:	nųǧopóǧᵋra
not	hearing	[he did not know.]	He did this:	his ears

hōkū́rūkā́rāg[ρ´]	[α]	waⁿkcĭ́gĕnaⁿka	nuⁿx̣opŏ́x̣ĕrắ	hōgīrūkā́rākcĕ
hogiruk‘árakcĕ	-	-	-	-*
hokururkáragànąga	égi	wąkšígᵋnąka	nųǧopóǧᵋra	hogirukárakše,
he stuck his fingers, and	[then]	this man	his ears	he worked it into,

* this whole sentence is omitted from Winnebago III, #6: 355.55.

[ε]	wanaxgū́ⁿdjinŏkcĕ́	[α]	hōkīt’ḗje	[ε]
gádją	wanąxgų́djinạ̀kcĕ.	⁵⁶ ä́gi	hokit’éjĕ	jigĕ́ gadją*
gáją	wanąxgųjíną́kže.	⁶⁴ Égi	hokit’éže,	žigé gáją
and then	he could hear.	[Then]	he spoke,	and still

* normally the value of [ε] is just gadją.

Winnebago II, #6: 165.64a —

[ϕ]	xāpĕnĭ́jĕ	^64a jīgĕ́	wewĭ́[ε]	hīpĕ́rĕzsĕ́
haŋkĕ́	γabĕníjĕ.	⁵⁷ jigĕ́	wewĭŋgádją	hipéressĕ
hąké	xabᵋníže.	^64a Žigé	wewįgáją,	hiperesé
not	he did not answer.	Then	he thought over the matter, and	he realized

[ϕ]	wadjā́nīnā́kcĕ	ĭcdjāsū́rā†	⁶⁵ hīkā́rākīu[ρ´]
haŋkĕ́	wadjáninąkcĕ	icdjasúra	hik‘arak‘iwànąga.
hąké	wajáninągᵋre.*	⁶⁵ Hišjasúra	hakárakiwànąga‡
not	he could not see.	His eyes	he touched his own, and

* the /r/ might be in error for an /š/.
† the initial /h/ has been lost through sandhi.
‡ < hakáraki’ų-ánąga.

hicdjā́suḗdja	hīkīṓjĕ	[ε]	wadjā́djīnáⁿkce	⁶⁶ [α]
⁵⁸ hicdjasu-édja	higik‘i-ójĕ	gadją	wádjadjinąkcĕ.	⁵⁹ ä́gi
hišjasuéja	higíki’ože,	gają	wájajinạ̀kše.	⁶⁶ Égi
on his eyes	he touched,	then	he could see.	Then

Winnebago III, #6: 356.59 —

jigĕ	hṓkīt’ĕ́jĕ	[ε]	jige	haⁿke	x̣abenī́jĕ†
jigĕ́	hokit’éjĕ	gadją	-	haŋkĕ́	γabĕníjĕ
zigé	hokit’eže,	gają*	Žigé	hąké	xabᵋníže.
[again]	he spoke	[.]	[Again]	not	he did not answer.

* CW has, hokit’eže,gadją.
† this word is preceeded by ~~xap~~.

hīdjōp‘ahí	djī́nŏkce	naⁿxgaⁿdjīnū́nīgĕ		hādjā́xdjīnū́nīgĕ́
hidjop‘áhi	djiną́kcĕ	ną́xgųdji	núnigĕ	hadjáxdji	nunigĕ
Hijopáhi*	jiną́kže.	Nąxgų́ji	núnige	hajáxjį	núnige
Towards him	he turned.	He heard,	but	he could see,	but

* < hija-hopáhi.

[ϕ]	hīt’ĕ́rūxū́rŭgĕnī́nā	hīpĕ́rĕzsĕ́	⁶⁷ [α]
haŋkĕ́	hit’éruxùrŭgĕnìną	hipéressĕ.	⁶⁰ ägi
hąké	hit’eruxugᵋnìną	hiperese.	⁶⁷ Égi
not	he did not have speech,	he knew.	Then

wā́gīúⁿjĕ	īrŏkūrūsā́g[ρ´]	waⁿgĕnŏ́kā	ī́rā
wag’ųjĕ	írok‘uruzànąga	wą́gĕnąk‘a	íra
wagi’ųže:	irokúrusagànąga*	wą́gᵋnąka	íra
he did this:	he put his fingers into his mouth, and	that man	his mouth

* < ira-hokúrusak-ánąga.

hōrūrā́kcĕ	[τ]	hit’et’ĕ́-warapíⁿdjīnáⁿkcĕ*		nūnigĕ́	[ϕ]
horusákcĕ	giji	hit’et’é	wárapiŋdjinạ̀kcĕ	⁶¹ nunigĕ	haŋkĕ́
horusákše,	giži.	Hit’et’é	warapį́jinạ̀kše,	nunige	hąké
he stuck his fingers	[.]	To speak	he knew how to do it,	but	not

* across from this word on page 164 verso, Radin writes, "He had a voice but he didn't know what to say because he didn't have a mind or heart."

hĭt’ĕ́rūxū́rūgĕnī́́je	[τ]	[ϕ]	wāwēwíⁿ	ruxū́rŭgĕnĭ́náⁿgerĕ
hit’éruxùrŭgĕnìjĕ	giji	haŋkĕ́	wawéwį	ruxúrŭgĕninạ̀gĕrĕ
hit’eruxugᵋnìže,	giži.	Hąké	wawewį́	ruxúrugᵋninạ̀gᵋra,
he could not talk	[.]	Not	mind	he did not have,

hĭⁿpĕ́rezsĕ́	naⁿtcgĕ́rā	tcuⁿcgū́nīnaⁿkcĕ́	[τ]	^{¶ 68}wagīúⁿje
hįpérĕssĕ	nątcgéra	tcųcgúninąkcĕ.	⁶²giji	wagi’ųjĕ
hipérese,	nącgéra	cųšguniną́kše,	giži.	Wagi’ų́že:
[he knew,]	heart	he did not have	[.]	He did this:

maⁿkāx	niⁿgĕ́	rūz[ρ´]	rōīdjắ	niⁿge	kūrū́z[ρ]
mąk‘áx	nįgĕ	ruzánąga	roídja	nįgĕ	k‘uruzánąga
mąkáx	nįgé	ruzánąga	roíja*	nįgé	kuruzánąga
dirt	piece	he took, and	from his body	portion	he took, and

* < ro-éja.

hīkīrū́poⁿna*	wāpŏ́rōg[ρ´]	naⁿtcgĕ́	uⁿgīgī́jĕ
hik‘irúpǫna	wáporogànąga	ną́tcgĕ	’uŋgigíji†
hikirúpǫną.	Wapórogànąga	nącgé	’ųgigíže.
he mixed them up.	He rolled them up, and	heart	he made.

* on the opposite page (164 verso), Radin writes:

hikirupŏ́nna	ha	｝
	ra		to mix
	hi

The ha-, ra-, and hi-, are the initial two letters for respectively the first, second, and third persons singular.
† sic.

⁶⁹je	[ω][ε]	hōkit’ĕ́[ε]	ep‘íⁿnā*	ā́k‘ĕrĕjĕ
jĕ	jegųgádją	hokit’égadją	ep‘įṇa	ak‘érejĕ
Žežegųgáją,		hokit’égają,	epį́ra	akéreže.
[Thus he did, and]		he spoke, and	it was good	he said.

* in the text this word has an asterisk in front of it corresponding to the asterisk on page 164 verso, which reads, "the man newly created uttered its fine".

wānaíⁿcgūni	hōkīt’ắdjīrḗjĕ	⁷⁰[α]	máⁿṇā	howā́hū
wanaįcgúni	hokit’ádjirejĕ.	⁶³ägi	mąna	howáhu
Wanaį́šguni	hokit’ájireže.	⁷⁰Égi	mą́ra	howáhu
Nice and quiet	they spoke.	Then	the earth	to send

gīgī́jĕ	waⁿgĕrĕ́gī	hatcíⁿdjā	hokīsā́gĕrā	hĕrĕ[τ´]
gigíjĕ	wáŋgĕrĕgi	hatcĭ́ndja	hok‘iságĕra	heregíji
gigíže.	Wągᵋrégi	hacį́ja	hokiságᵋra	heregíži,*
he caused.	From above	where	the center	it was, and

* CW has heregíjiū.

Winnebago III, #6: 357.63 —

[β]	naⁿkcā́pnáⁿkīji	⁷¹[β]	djï̄[ε´]	naⁿkcā́pdjīk‘érējĕ́
édja	nącápnąkìji*	edja	djigádją	nąkcápdjik‘èrejĕ
éja	nąkšánąkíži.	⁷¹Éja	jigáją	nąkšapjikéreže,
there	he split.	There	[when he came,]	he split and dispersed.

* the /k/ was dropped before the /c/.

[τ]	hīt’eṓkirā́djĕrā	hikōrokehīwīra	djasgĕ́ajūnŏ́gĕrĕ		[η]
giji.	⁶⁴hit’eók‘iràdjera	hik‘ấrokĕhìwira	djasgé	ajuną́gĕrĕ	jesgĕ
giži.	Hit’eókiràjᵋra*	Hikórokehìwira	jasgé	ažuną́gᵋre,†	žésge
[.]	The different languages	[Our Grandmother]	how	[they spread over,]	thus

* < hit’é-hokirac-ra.
† an initial /h/ was lost from external sandhi.

Winnebago II, #6: 166a.71 —

hajū́djiⁿpcĕ	hīt’eṓkirā́djĕra	hanáⁿtciⁿxdjiⁿ	hĕrĕjĕ́	je [ω]	hī́jĕ†
hajudjį́pcĕ	⁶⁴hit’eók‘iràdjera	haną́tcįxdjį	herejĕ́	jejégų	hijĕ.
hažújipše.	Hit’eókirajᵋra	hanącį́xjį	herežé.	Žežégų*	hiže.
they came into existence.	The different languages	all of them	they were.	Thus	he did.

* CW has je jige.
† after this word, Radin writes, "= [This story ends here]".

Source:

The original text with partial English interlinear translation is found in Paul Radin, Untitled, Freeman #3876 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Library, n.d.) Winnebago II, #6: 163a.60-166a.71. A revised handwritten text is found in Paul Radin, Untitled, Freeman #3886 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Library, n.d.) Winnebago III, #6: 355.52-357.64. For a revised text with an English translation, see Paul Radin, The Culture of the Winnebago: As Defined by Themselves, International Journal of American Linguistics, Memoirs, 3 (1950). For a loose English translation, see Paul Radin, The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians. Bollingen Series V (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973 [1945]) 255.