Hocąk Text — The Pointing Man, Version 2

Hocąk Text — The Pointing Man, Version 2

p. 18 —

Wākdjeⁿkā́gā	édja	rāhē´no	[n]iⁿtcēdjĕ́djā	waⁿkshĭgíjeⁿ
Wakjąkága	éja	rahéną.	Nįcejéja	wąkšigižą
[Trickster]	there	he went.	By the creek	a man

ë́dja	neⁿjiⁿ´djāaⁿ´*	hādjānŏ	nīā́gĕdjā	hīmiⁿ´rak’djē´nŏ
éja	nąžį́jahą́	hajaną.	Niágeja	himį́nakjéną.
there	standing	saw he.	Across the creek	he was pointing.

*this word is written under a lined out, nenx neⁿxē´djāhăⁿ.

wāē´nīsēbiwā́nāgă	Wākdjeⁿkā́gā	hōkiⁿt’ēgādjeⁿ	heⁿkĕ́	gīxā́bĭranī́năⁿ
Waínisebianąnga	Wakjąkága	hokįt’egają	hąké	gixábiraníną.
He had a black suit, and	[Trickster]	when he talked to him	not	he did not answer.

p. 19 —

jīgĕ́	hōkĭt’ē´gāshgĕ	heⁿkĕ́	gīxā́bĭranī́shōnū́năⁿ	ä́sgĕ
Žigé	hokit’égašge	hąké	gixábiraníną.	Ésge
Again	he talked, but	not	he did not answer.	And so*

*these words are written under a lined out "then".

gā́djŭⁿgā	wōgīdē´k’shŏnŏ	hṓ*	tcākŏ́	hīŭⁿ´k’djē´nŏ
gájąga	wogitékšaną.	"Ho,	cako	hių́kjeną,"
then	he grew mad.	"Well,	(see here)†	we are doing,"

*the asterisk is in the text. At the bottom of this page after an asterisk, Radin has, "a call as if challenging".
†the parentheses are in the text. The word tcakó is probably for djagu (jagu), "what".

Ánāgă	wōnéⁿjīsēbī́jeⁿ	hōkā́wāxūgĀ´nūga	ā́gĕdjā
ánąga,	woną́žisebižą	hok´waxugánąga	ágeja
he said, and	a black coat	he put on, and	across

hīmānā́k’djegī́jī	hĭshgĕ́	ū́nŏ	heⁿp’sĕ́rĕtcīⁿ	jē´skĕ
himanákjegiži,	hišgé	’ųną.	Hąpsérecį	žeske
the other was pointing, and	so	he did.	All day long	that kind

hī́nŏ	gā́djuⁿgā	hōxdjÁnăⁿgī́jī	hēdjṓrōxū́dj-gādjeⁿ	dĕĕ́
híną.	Gájąga	hoxjánągíži,	hejóroxújgáją,	deé
he did.	And then	in the evening,	when he looked around,	then

ābī́jeⁿ	wā́ŭndjē´nŏ	ä́sgĕ	hōhṓ	HAnūgă
abížą	wa’ųjéną.	Ésge	"Hohó!"	hanąnga,
a stump	it was.	And so,	"Oh dear!"	he said, and

djāxdjīnāŭⁿ´na	wā’wā́ndjēgī́jī	horūxŭ́djÁnūgă	úⁿpĭanīgā́djeⁿ
"Jaxjįna’ųna	wawą́jegíži,	horuxújánąga	’ų́pianigáją.
"Why I didn't	all this	I should have looked, and	I do it well.

jēskĕ́xdjĭⁿgĕ́	wak’djŭⁿkā́gā	hiⁿgā́rnăⁿ*	hōtcŏⁿ´gĕrā	jēwăⁿ´gāskāwī́nŏ
Žeskéxjįge,	Wakjąkága	[hįkaíreną]."	Hocągara	žewą́gaskawíną.
No wonder,	'Foolish One'	they call me."	Winnebagoes	we are the same.

*there seems to be a terminal "ăⁿa", the last /a/ of which is apparently overwritten with a /g/.

p. 20 —

wājŏⁿ´	nīgē´rīgā	heⁿkĕŏrṓxūdjwī́nī*	hīgwánă	hīúⁿwīÁnūgă
Wažą́	nigériga,	hąkeoróxujwíni,	higwána	hiųwiánąga
Anything	that is	we never look,	right then	we do, and

*the space from /r/ to /x/ is smudged.

nĭngē´shgĕ	hAneⁿtcĭⁿpĕ́rĕzwījĕ́	hĭnkīrāwīshŏnū́năⁿ.
nįnéšge	hanącįpérezwižé,	hįkirawišonúną.
or else	we know all about it,	we think of ourselves.

Source:

Oliver LaMère, Untitled, in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3862 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n.d.) Winnebago I, #3: 18-20. An English translation is found in Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 [1923]) 376-377.