Hočąk Text — Shakes the Earth (Manáksųtcnįka)

Hočąk Text — Shakes the Earth

narrated by James StCyr

from a story related to him by a Frenchman

The manuscript, which is in the hand of Paul Radin, is not too difficult to read. About 40% of the hand written interlinear text has no English translation, but almost all of the untranslated words could be found elsewhere, usually within this manuscript. The orthography is of Radin's later syle: vowel-n-tilde (_ñ) is replaced by vowel-superscript-n (_ⁿ); and certain examples of initial /u/ (uañk) are now replaced by a /w/ (waⁿk). In this manuscript, Radin still uses Greek letter abbreviations for common whole words or syllables, but fewer than in other texts (cf. Worúxega). These abbreviations are interpreted in other manuscripts. The values of the Greek symbols used in the text appear on the table below:

α	β	ε	ρ	τ	ω	-
égi	éja	gają	ánąga	giži	žégų	-ra

Words supplied by the editor (Richard Dieterle) are found in brackets '[ ]'. It was also necessary for the editor to supply all punctuation and to determine the beginning and ending of sentences.

p. 1 —

jegi	tcinŏ́giaⁿnaⁿkcgū́ni	hŭ́ⁿgra	núⁿbanī́nēje	huⁿgenaⁿkī́jaⁿ
Žegi	činógiąnąkšgúni.	Hųgra	nųbaníniže.	Hųgenąkížą
[Again]	there was a village.	[The chiefs]	two they had.*	One of their chiefs

*"were" is crossed out and "had" written above it. ī́

hijaⁿ	hīniⁿk	hī́je	[α]	huⁿk[-]	hidjaⁿnḗnaⁿka
hižą́	hinį́k	híže,	égi	hųgera	hijąnénąka
one	son	he had,	[and]	chief	the other one

hījáⁿ	hīnŭ́ⁿk	hī́jaⁿ*	huⁿdjeniⁿkdjŏ́ⁿknáⁿgĕrĕ	kīkŏ́nŏkīrḗje
hižą́	hinį́k	[híže.]	Hųjenįkjǫ́kną́gere	kikónokiréže
[one]	[son]	[he had.]	The chief's children	they married

*the word hī́jaⁿ is crossed out without emendation, but the correct word should be híje.

hīúⁿgiwīnaⁿka	hīā́djĕrā	tcā́ⁿnī	hōkā́hī	wā́gīgōs’ā́je
hių́giwinąka.	Hią́jera	čąni	hokáhi	wágigos’áže.
[princesses.]	[The father]	fall	every	he used to give a feast.

tcinŏ́genoⁿka	dḗjaⁿ	hamī́nokcĕ	[α]	sanĭⁿgĕ́dja
Činógenǫka	téžą	hamínokše,	égi	sanįgéja
The village	on the [or: a] lake	it lay,	[and]	on the other side

nīⁿxĕdḗjaⁿ	mĭⁿkcĕ	dĕĕ́	nī́ⁿdĕĕ	wādjṓwĕ
nįxetéžą	mįkše.	Teé	nį́tee	wajówe
[a big] river	it lay.	[This one]	[river-this]	boating

wōūī́nēs’ā́jĕ	kikŏ́nŭktcĕkᴇnáⁿkā	wājṓnĭⁿ haraī́reje	wadjĕrāhōmīkŏ́nŏga
wouínes’áže.	Kikónukčekeną́ka	wažónį haraireže.	Wajerahomikónoga
they used to do.	The new married couple	they went hunting.	They rode in a boat

p. 2 —

hīrā́na	djobōháⁿhṓnaⁿ	naⁿdjĕ́xdjĭⁿ	hōwaraī́rējĕ	[β]
hirána	jobohą́hóną	nąjéxjį	howaraíreže.	Éja
they did	four days journey	about	they went.	[There]

hīaⁿdjī́nŏgīrḗjĕ	[α]	tcīkīk’uī́neje	waⁿk‘djēgā	haⁿhĕ́rĕgī
hiąjínogiréže,	égi	čikik’uíneže.	Wąkjega	hąhéregi
they landed,	[and]	they made a camp.	[That man] (husband)*	[during the night]

*parenthetical material added by Radin.

nīⁿtcēdjĕ́dja	mĭⁿg[ρ´]	tcā́rā	wīrāp‘ĕ́kdjŏnḗjĕ	dejĕdjā́nāṇegí
nįčejéja	mįgánąga	čára	wirap’ékjonéže.*	Težejánąnegí
[near the waters]	[he lay, and]	[the] deer	he's going to watch.	About this time

*after this word the expression degĭ haⁿhĕ́ is crossed out.

tcā́ra	nī́ⁿnātcgáⁿ	hatcī́res’ā́jĕ	ḗ·sgĕ	[β]
čára	nį́načgą́	hačíres’áže.	Ésge	éja
[the deer]	they came and	drank water.	[Thus]	[there]

mīg[ρ´]	nīnātcgaⁿ	hadjīrēgĭ	kīrāp’ĕ́	wagūī́tcānḗjĕ
migánąga	nįnačgą	hajíregi	kirap’é.	Waguíčanèže.
[he lay, and]	they came and	[when they came]	he [watched].	He'll shoot them.

dĕĕ́	[β]	niⁿtcedjĕ́dja	mīⁿgaⁿk’ŭⁿ	haⁿhḗ	kisā́gĕregī
Teé	éja	nįčejéja	mįgąk’ų.	Hąhé	kiságeregi
[This one]	[there]	[near the water]	[he was lying.]	[Night]	[about the middle ?]

p. 3 —

waⁿgĕrutcgḗjaⁿ	mīnŏ́genoⁿk’ăⁿ	hadjā́jĕ	tcīrōgirṓxūtcnáⁿkcĕ
Wągeručgéžą	minógenąk’ų.	Hajáže.	Čirogiráxučną́kše.
a Giant	[he was sitting].	He saw him.	He was looking at the camp.

ē·sgĕ	kīkū́rūdikĕ́rējĕ	waⁿkcĭ́genoⁿka	hicā́wīna	[β]
Esge	kikúrutikéreže.	Wąkšígenąka	hičáwina	éja
[Therefore]	he crawled back.	The man	[the wife]	[there]

hōwākĕ́reje	hīdjā́gīgī	hitcawī́na	hogī́rakcĕ	é·sge
howakéreže.	Hijágiži	hičawina	hogirakše.	Ésge
he went back to.	[When he got there]	[his wife]	he told her.	[Therefore]

kīkū́rŭdī	wā́djĕrā	tcagī́wāī́rēje	hīdjā́ hagī́rēgī	p‘ĭⁿhĭ́ⁿxjĭnĭk
kikúruti	wájera	čagíwaíreže.	Hijá hagíregi	p’įhį́xjinįk
they crawled	their canoe	towards they crawled.	When they got there	very quietly

wā̀djērōmikonog*	hīr[ρ´]	kāwādīrēhī́rējĕ
wajeromikonog	hiránąga	kawatírehíreže.
they got in their boat	[they did, and]	They pushed it out.

*~~kīrḗjĕ~~ occurs after this word.

dĕ́ĕ	nīⁿnā́djĕdjā	hāgī́rē[ε´]
Tée	nįnájeja	hagiregáją
[This one]	in the middle of the stream	[when they got there]

waⁿgerū́tcgenáⁿgērĕ	tcī́nĭⁿk hānī́nĕra	hāwāsŭ́ⁿtc hī́^mpce	dĕ́ĕ
Wągerúčgeną́gere	čínįk hanínera	hawasų́č hį́pše.	Tée
the Giant	their little camp	he fell over (he leaped over).*	[This one]

*the parenthetical expression is Radin's.

p. 4 —

haⁿkā́wajiⁿnĭ́nējĕ	é·sge	xā̀wĭⁿ	hṓrūpī́nipī́nī[ρ´]	nī́ⁿṇa
hąká-wažįníneže.	E’sge	xáwį	horupínipínianąga	nįna
they weren't there.	[Then]	dry hay	he twisted up, and	[the water]

hanáⁿtc	hadā́ja	hī́jĕ	dĕ́ĕ	nīⁿnā́djēdjā
haną́č	hatáža	híže.	Tée	nįnájeja
[all]	he lit (he made a torch)*	[he had].	[This one]	[at the edge of the water]

*parenthetical material is by Radin.

waⁿkcĭ́gĭnĭⁿknáⁿka	hakā́rahaī́rējĕ	wā́djagī́ji
wąkšíginįkną́ka	hakárahaíreže.	Wájagíži,
[the little people]	they're going.	When he saw them,

nīnṓt’u^mpce	nīnā howĕ́ wārūxĕ́je	p‘iⁿkaī́ndja
ninót’ųpše.	Nina howè waruxeže.	P’įkaínja
he started in the water.	He walked out in the river after them.	Up to the waist*

*Radin notes below the line: (p‘iⁿká = waist).

hīpā́	ninṓwe	wārūxĕ́gī	wṓxere x’djiⁿ[ε]
hipá	ninówe	waruxégi.	Wóxere x’jį́gają,
that far	[out into the river]	[when he walked after them].	When he was very near,

waⁿgenóⁿka	hāŭⁿcgū́ni	hījū́gĕrā	hīdjā́	djīrehī[ρ´]
wągenąka	haųšgúni.	Hižúgera	hijá	jirehiánąga
[the man]	he did it.	His gun	[when]	he pointed, and

waⁿgerū́tcgedjēgā́	hīk’cā́	hū[ε´]	dedjaī́ⁿxdjĭⁿ	djī[ε´]
Wągerúčgejegá	hik’šá.	Hugają	tejaį́xjį.	Jigają,
[the Giant]	he laughed.	He came	just a little ways.	[When he got there,]

aẋū́kōĕ́dja	hijū́k	hīgū́tccĕ	gīt’ḗhī́jĕ	jḗguⁿ
aǧúkoéja	hižúk	higúčše.	Git’éhíže.	Žegų
under the arm	[gun]	[he shot him ?].	[He killed him with the impact].	[And so]

p. 5 —

t’ēhī́gī	hitcā́wīnā	hakarāī́kījū́	xāp’ĕ	wṓrāk	hakārāwī́je*
t’ehígi	hičáwina	hakaraíkižú	xap’e	wòrak	hakarawíže.
[having killed him]	[wife]	with her	right away	told	they went back and.

*the initial /ha/ is written above the line.

hā́gī́rēgī́jī	horā́gīrḗjĕ	wáⁿgerū́tcgĕ́jaⁿ	t’ēhī́gī
Hágíregíži	horágiréže.	Wą́gerúčgéžą	t’ehígi,
When they reached home	they told the story.	A Giant	[having killed,]

ḗ·‘sgĕ	waⁿgwakizā́ra	kĕ́reponadjopdjiⁿ*	tcōjū[ρ´]	jīgĕ́
é’sge	wągwakizára	kéreponajopjį	čožuánąga	žigé
[therefore,]	men able to fight	about 40	he went with, [and]	again

*this word originally occurs before waⁿgwakizā́ra, but is circled and placed after it by an arrow.

hākdjārāī́rējĕ	jidjā́	hīre[ε´]	dĕ́ĕ	[β]
hakjaraíreže.	Hijá	hiregáją	tée,	éja
they went back.	[Then]	they got	[this one,]	[there]

t’ā́kcĕ	wáⁿgerū́tcgĕgā	ḗ·’sgĕ	naⁿnū́saīr[ρ´]	ha^mpsĕ́retc
t’ákše,	Wą́gerúčgega.	É’sge	nąnúsairánąga	hąpséreč.
he lay dead,	Man Eater [or, Giant].	[Therefore]	they gathered wood, and	[all day long].

waⁿgerū́tcgēgā	dāxū́hī́rējĕ	dee	dāxū́[ε]	hūcĕ́regra
Wą́gerúčgega	taxú-híreže.	Tee	taxúgają	hušéregra
Man Eater [or, Giant]	[he got burned up].	[This one]	[after they burned him]	the bones

skaxdjĭ́-hīrējĕ́	e·‘sge	wā́ⁿgwāt’ēhī́djēgā	waⁿgerū́tcgeakā	hūpŏ́rū
skaxjį́-hirežé.	É’sge	wą́gwat’ehíjega	Wągerúčgeaka	hupóru
very white they were.	So	the men who killed him	the Giant	knee

p. 6 —

hūcĕ́regĕrā	wāsgĕ́	kīrūsĕ́	[α]	naⁿmaⁿtcḗjaⁿ
hušéregera	wasgé	kirusé.	Égi	nąmąčéžą
cap	dish	he took it for.	[And]	a warclub

[α]	dā́hīhūī́jaⁿ	waⁿgwat’ḗhīdjēgā	hīáⁿdjĕrā
égi	tánihúižą	wągwat’éhijega	hią́jera
[and]	a pipe	[the one who killed him]*	[the father]

*Radin has "the giant killer."

dā́nīhūā́ka	[α]	naⁿmaⁿtceā́kā	wākīrū́se	[α]
tánihuáka,	égi	nąmąčeáka	wakirúse,	égi
the pipe,	[and]	[the warclub]	he took for,	[and]

waⁿgwat’ḗ hīdjēgā́	[α]	rā́c	kīk’ŭ́ⁿjĕ	waⁿgerutcgĕ́-hūpŏ́rū
wągwat’é hijegá,	égi	ráš	kik’ų́že:	"Wągeručgé-hupóru
[the one who killed him,]	[also]	a name	he made himself:	"Giant-knee

wā́sgĕ-hā́nĭⁿga	hīgāī́rējĕ	jigé	tcā́nī	nu^mbṓhaⁿgī
Wásge-hánįga,"	higaíreže.	Žigé	čáni	nųbóhągi
[Dish]-possessor,"	[they called him].	[Again]	fall	[when two]

yuⁿgī́wīni	hīaⁿdjēra*	jīgĕ	wagī́gōkdjĕ́	ḗjĕ
yųgíwini	hiąjera	žige	wagígokjé	éže.
[princesses]	[father]	[again]	he wanted to give a feast	[he said].

*/hī/ is inserted above the line by a caret.

ē·sge	jīgĕ́	wājṓni	nī́ⁿṇa	hārēk‘ū́
Esge	žigé	wažóni	nį́na	harek’á
[And so]	[again]	hunting	[the water]	down the stream

p. 7 —

hā̀rĕ[-]	kŏ́rōhoī́rējĕ	hīyuⁿgī́wĭnī[-]*	hīáⁿdjera	hōrṓgĕrĕkŏ́rohṓje
hàrera	kórohoíreže.	Yųgíwinira	hią́jera	horógirekórohóže.
going	they're getting ready.	[Princesses]	[the father]	he's going along.

*Radin has a superscript /y/ inserted between /hī/ and uⁿgī́wĭnī.

harāī́recgū́nī	wahū́hihījĕ*	haⁿhī́rĕgī	honáⁿdjobŏ́haⁿ	hōkīp‘ĭ́ⁿ
Haraírešgúni.	Wahúhihiže.	Hąhíregi	honą́jobóhą	hokip’į́
They went.	It snowed a little.	[When they arrived]	[sleep-four]	that far

*~~dĕ́e~~ occurs before this word.

hāhī́rējĕ	waⁿgerū́tcgĕ-hūpŏ̀rū-wasge-hā́nĭga	hāī́nīṇĕ́gī	wajṓnīnĕ́jĕ
hahíreže.	Wągerúčge-hup’óru-wasge-hániga	haíninégi	wažóninéže.
they came.	[He who has a Giant's Knee Cap for a Dish]	in morning	hunting.

tcāī́jaⁿ	gū́tcĕ́	ārābocī́cgī	ruxā́rejĕ́	ūnīhā́uⁿ
Čáižą	gúčé,	arabošíšgi,	ruxárežé.	Uniháų,
[A deer]	he shot,	[since] he crippled [it,]	he went after.	As he was doing it,

dĕ́ĕ	jīgĕ́	sī́rā	hōkārāī́djĕ[ε´]	dĕ́ĕ
tée	žigé	síra	hokaraíjegáją.	Tée
[this one]	[again]	[his track	he came into his own.	[This one]

waⁿgerū́tcgḗjaⁿ	hīrōwā́kcĕ	ḗ·‘sgĕ	wāī́wēwīwi[-][ε´]
Wągerúčgéžą	hirowákše.	É’sge	wáwewiwiragáją,
[a Giant]	was in his track.	[And so]	[after the two of them thought about it,]

p. 8 —

dĕ́ĕ	nījĕ́djā	hopŏ́xĭaⁿ	hagā́djagī́jī*	ē	hōnuⁿgī́waⁿkcĕ
tée	nižéja	hopóxią	hagájagíži.	E	honųgíwąkše.
[this one]	near the bluff	a hole	he once saw.	[It]	he ran for.

*/gā́/ is inserted above the line with a caret.

dĕ́e	hāgerĕ́gī	waⁿgerū́tcgeā́kā	dīdī	hāhāhĕ́je
Tée	hagerégi	Wągerúčgeáka	titi	hahuhéže.
[This one]	behind	[the Giant]	with stamping	he was coming.

[α]	hopŏ́xdjega	[β]	gī[τ´]	hī́djōk‘ĭ́wĕjĕ
Égi	hopóxjega	éja	gigíži,	híjokiweže.
[And]	[that hole]	[there]	he got [to,]	he went in.

dĕe	waⁿgerū́tcgedjēgā́	hīdjā́djīj[ρ´]	wḗjē	kōrā́
Tee	Wągerúčgejegá	hijájižánąga	wéže,	"Kora!
[This one]	[that Giant]	[he came, and]	said,	"Kora!

waⁿgerū́tcgĕ	kūpṓrawā́sgeā̀níⁿgā	tcīp‘ĭ́ⁿxdjĭⁿ
Wągerúčge	Hupórawásgeanįga	čip’į́xjį
He who has a Giant's	Knee Cap for a Dish	a nice tent

ŭ́ⁿdjējĕdjĕ́rā	[ρ]	hidjōī́s‘iⁿje
ų́ježejéra,"	ánąga.	Hijoís’įže,
he's got a nice place, hasn't he?"	he said.	He looked in,

[α]	nāī́ⁿjaⁿ	rūcī́j[ρ´]	howakā́rak naⁿĭ́ⁿjĕ
égi	naį́žą	rušížánąga	howakárak nąį́že
[and]	a tree	he broke down,	he tried to poke it in

nūnīgĕ	waⁿkcĭ́kdjḕgā	nīⁿhocgohĕ́djā*	gīdjḗjĕ	e·‘sge
nunige	wąkšíkjéga	nįš hošgobéja	gijéže.	E’sge
[but]	[that man]	in between the rocks	he stepped.	[And so]

*~~nij~~ occurs before this word.

p. 9 —

haⁿkī́kīṓnījĕ	guⁿ	jīgĕ́	hopŏẋedja	hōī́s’ĭⁿs’ā́je
hąkíkióniže.	Gų	žigé	hopóǧeja	hois’įs’aže.
he didn't touch him.	[He sought ?]	[again]	[at the hole]	[he peeped in.]

hīgījigĕ	hidjōī́s’ĭ́ⁿ[ε]	hīrap’k‘uⁿ.hāī́ⁿdjā
Higižigé	hijoís’į́gają.	Hirap’k’ųhaįja
Then he did it again	[after he looked in].	Under the jaw

jījū́gīgū́tccĕ	gīxĕ́k’ŭⁿhāī́ⁿdja	dṓwĕ
hižugigúčše.	Gixék’ųhaį́ja	tówe
[he shot him with the gun].	Down towards the foot of the bluff	[he went in that direction]*

*Radin has "(he made noise)" under dṓwĕ tcĭ́ⁿwĭⁿ.

tcĭ́ⁿwĭⁿ	rāhḗjĕ	wáⁿgerū́tcgĕ hūpṓrūwasge[ρ´]†	hihī́nŏbg[ρ´]
"Čį́wį,"	rahéže.	Wą́gerúčge Hupóruwasgeánįga	hihínobgánąga
[roaring]*	as he went.	He who has a Giant's Knee Cap for a Dish	he came out, and

†normally the Greek letter ρ stands for anąga, but here it is being used in assonance for ánįga.

hōmaⁿtcī́rā	hōnuⁿgī́waⁿkcĕ	hīdjā́gīgī́	jīgĕ́	wṓrāk
homąčíra	honųgíwąkše.	Hijágiží	žigé	wórak.
his camp	he started to run for.	When he got there	[again]	to tell story.

hakārāī́rḗjĕ	hāgī́rēgī	jīgĕ́	hisgetcṓjū	hādjīr[ρ´]
Hakaraíreže.	Hagíregi.	Žigé	hisgečóžu	hajíránąga
They went back.	They reached.	[Again]	he went with some	[they came, and]

jīgĕ́	waⁿgerū́tcgeā́kā	naⁿ hāīkaⁿwaⁿ*	hīr[ρ´]	[α]
žigé	Wągerúčgeáka	ną haikąwą	hiránąga	égi
again	the Giant	they piled wood on top of him	[they did, and]	[then]

*waⁿ is written below the line.

p. 10 —

jīgĕ́	datcĕ́p hī́rējĕ	waⁿgerū́tcge	dĕ́ĕ	dā́nīhūī́jaⁿ
žigé	tačép híreže.	Wągerúčge	tée	tánihuížą
[again]	they burned up.	Giant	[this]	a pipe

hānĭăⁿkī́	[α]	naⁿmaⁿtc’ḗjaⁿ	hānīā́ⁿki	hīnuⁿk’djēgā
haniąki	égi	nąmąčéžą	hanią́ki.	Hinų́kjega
he had	[and]	war-club	[he had].	[Daughter]

hīā́ⁿdjera	ḗhīcgā́ga	wanĭ́ⁿkdjānḗjĕ
hią́jera	éhišgága	wanį́kjanéže.
[the father]	this time	he's going to have them.

jīgā́hahī́tcānĭ́ⁿgī*	wogī́gora hĭⁿgī́rēnā	ḗjĕ
Žigáhahíčanį́gi,	wogígora hįgírena	éže,
When fall came again,	the time for feast (it's time for)†	he said,

*~~jīgĕ́ hitcan~~ is written before this word.
†the parenthetical material was added by Radin.

wáⁿgĕnū́nigĕnoⁿka	e·’sge	jīgĕ́	hīnŭⁿk-tcṓkĕrĕ
wą́genúnigenǫka.	E’sge	žigé	hínųk-čókere
the old man.	[And so]	[again]	he went with his wife

wādṓhṓtcī́rā	nīnā́harekū̀jĕ	jīgĕ́	djobŏ́haⁿ	hokī́p‘ĭⁿ
watóhočíra	nináharekùže.	Žigé	jobóhą	hokíp’į
[son-in-law]	he went down the stream.	[Again]	[for the fourth time]	[that far]

hahī́	tcīrējĕ	hoxdjā́nā́niⁿgī	gŭⁿxāp’ḗnĭⁿk	hīnŭ́kdjēgā
hahí	číreže.	Hoxjánánįgi	gųxap’énįk	hinų́kjega
[he arrived there]	[they lived].	In evening	not so very late	[the wife]

p. 11 —

tcīŭ[ρ´]	waⁿk’djēgā	wajṓnīṇā́gĭnī́jĕ	tcāī́jaⁿ	t’ēhī́gī
čiuánąga	wą́kjega	wažónináginíže.	Čaížą	t’ehígi,
she put camp up	[the man]	he went hunting already.	[A deer]	[having killed,]

k’ĭ́ⁿ-guhā́ŭⁿ	dĕe	waⁿgerū́tcge
k’į́-guhá’ų.	Tee	Wągerúčge
he packed coming [= he came carrying it on his back].*	[This]	[Giant]

*the bracketed phrase is my own gloss.

hīdānī́nā	nanājī́nēgī	naⁿxĕdḗjĕrĕgī́	sānĭⁿgĕ́djā
hitanína	nanažínegi	nąxetéžeregí	sanįgéja
[he thought of]	there were trees	there's a certain tree	behind

nāⁿjī[ρ´]	tcī́ra	hōgī́rōxū́tcrēhī́djējĕ
nąžiánąga	číra	hogíroxúčrehíježe.
[he stood, and]	[the lodge]	looking towards (every once in awhile).*

*parenthetical material added by Radin.

waⁿgerū́tcgedjēga	waⁿkcĭ́geniⁿkdjḗgā	hadjā́kōnōⁿkā́djaⁿ	mĭⁿk	ki^mpce
Wągerúčgejega	wąkšígenįkjéga	hajákonǫkáją	mįk	kįpše.†
The Giant	[the small person]	when he saw him*	[he laid]	[he laid].

*Radin's adds "(suddenly placed his eyes)", a phrase that expresses the literal meaning.
†< kínipše ?

wajōnīna	gī[τ´]	naⁿxĕ́djējaⁿ	gīwaⁿk’cĕ	[α]
Wažónina	gigíži.	Nąxétežą	giwąkše,	égi
The hunter	he came back.	[A big tree]	he chopped down,	[and]

djōbī́hī	wāītcgī́re	hūī́djĕrā	pedjĕdja	hot’ú^mpce
jobíhi	waičgíre.	Huíjera	pejéja	hot’ų́pše.
in four parts	he cut them.	The stump (next to the root)*	the fire	he put it.

*Radin has written "stump" above an original "but" (for "butt"), having crossed out "(trunk)" two lines below.

extention of page 11 on a separate sheet —

[ω]hī[ρ´]*	[α]	hīdjānḗnaⁿka	nāīⁿkīhā́rāzi	wāwāūī́ⁿje
Žegųhiánąga	égi	hijanénąka	naįkikárazi	wawaúįže.
[Then he went, and]	[then]	the other three	he put them †	he made them.

*before this expression, Radin has crossed out an initial /j/.
†Radin adds, "(near the fire (fire guards))".

p. 12 —

mĭⁿgīrḗjĕ	dĕ́ĕ	haⁿhĕ́kisā́gerĕgī	waⁿgerū́tcgedjḗga	djī[ρ´]
Mįgiréže.	Tée	hąhékiságeregi	Wągerúčgejéga	jiánąga
[They retired].	[This one]	[in the middle of the night]	[the Giant]	he came.

tcī́rāhĕ	hādjīoīs’ĭ́ⁿjĕ	waⁿgáⁿkā	hīkīŏ́ⁿkī	wagĕ́jĕ
Čírahe	hajiois’į́že.*	Wągą́ka†	hìkiǫki	wagéže,
Top of tent	[he came and peeped in].	The man	he was awake	he said to him,

*probably from haji, "he came," and hois’į́, "he peeped in."
†it appears that an initial hi was crossed out.

djāgū́ ŭⁿ	haⁿhḗ	dejadjaⁿṇaⁿṇe´gī	hṓwĕ nuⁿxā́waⁿ	huⁿcū́ruxutc
"Jagú’ų	hąhé	težejąnąnégi	hówe nųxáwą	hųšúruxuč
["Why]	[night]	this time of	are you sneaking around	and looking at me

radjĕ́jĕ	gūcĭ́gī	hāhī́	nĭⁿgĕ́	pḗdjōkīt’ŭ́ⁿge
rajéže?	Gušígi	hahí	nįgé	péjokit’ų́ge.
you do?	Over there	there	[someplace]	make a fire for yourself.

hāī́ⁿṇĕgī	hocgā́tc	djagū́ra	hījáⁿ	hīŭ́ⁿk’djĕ́
Haį́negi	hošgáč	jagúra	hižą́	huį́k’jé
Tomorrow	a game	what kind of	[one]	we're going to do

hīcĕ́gī	hīŭⁿkdjḗ´nā	hānā́naⁿī́ⁿṇa	hoicóⁿ hīnḗrādjḗna	hīgĕ́gī
hišégi	hiųkjéna.	Hanánąį́na	hoišǫ́ hinérajéna,"	higégi.
you say	we'll do.	I've been trying to sleep	you're bothering me,"	he said to him.

waⁿgᴇrū́tcgedjḗgā	hīrārūtcḗdja	hṓwār[ρ´]
Wągerúčgejéga	hiraručéja	hówaránąga
[The Giant]	some ways off	he went, and

hahī	pḗdjōkīt’ŭ[ⁿ][ρ´]	[β]
Hahi	péjokit’ųánąga	éja
[In time, over there]	[he made a fire for himself, and]	[there]

p. 13 —

hōdā́hŏ^mprānŭ́ⁿkce	há^mbera	kī́nĭpgī́ji	waⁿkcĭ́genoⁿka
hotáhǫpranų́kše.	Hą́bera	kínipgíži.	Wąkšígenǫka
he made (a big fire) so they could see his figure.	[The light]	[he laid down].	[The man]

hītcāwī́nā	hīhī́na^mp	cī́jĕ	hīkū́rūhṓkdjĕnĕgĭ́djĕnī	[α]
hičawína	hihínąp	šíže.	Hikúruhók’jenegíjeni.	Égi
[his wife]	to go out	he asked her to.	He'll get ready (now).	[And]

īhī́nŏ́pce*	hīnū́kdjēgā́	hāgōrḗjaⁿ	dĕ́ĕ	wēcgū́nī
hihinópše	hinúkjegá.	Hagoréžą	tée	wešgúni,
she went out	[the wife].	In awhile	[this one]	he [said,]

*/hī/ is inserted above the line by a caret.

tcī́rā	hīnāgī́cūrūxóⁿṇagī́cana	hĕrĕkdjŏnḗna	ḗjĕ	hīnuk’djēgā́
"Číra	hinagíšuruxǫ́nagíšana	herekjonéna,"	eže.	Hinúkjegá
"[The tent]	you have to pull down	[it will be,]"	he said.	[The wife]

tcīcū́rā	wārūcŏ́rōkjă[ε´]	dĕ́ĕ	hīkā́nānā	denaⁿkce
čišúra	warušórokjagáją.	Tée	hikánana	tewąkše.
tent poles	she pulled them out.	[This one]	her husband	there he was.

waⁿgerū́tcgĕnaⁿkā	hīkīsgĕ́xdjĭⁿ	waū́naⁿkcĕ	dĕ́ĕ	waⁿgerū́tcgexdjiⁿnoⁿka
Wągerúčgenąka	hikisgéxjį	waúnąkše.	Tée	Wągerúčgexjįnǫka
[The Giant]	as big as	he was.	[This one]	the real Giant

p. 14 —

hakdjo^mp’[ε]	kŏrĕ́jĕ	dewaⁿgīk‘isgexdjĭjaⁿ
hakjǫp’gają.	Koréže.	Tewągik’isgexjįžą.*
he looked back.	He was surprised.	[There he was really the same one ?].

*I analyse this as, tewąk, "there he was"; hikisge, "the same"; -xjį, the emphatic suffix; -ižą, "one.".

[β]	minŏ́genokcĕ	haⁿhṓ	ḗjĕ
Éja	minógenokše.	"Hąho,"	éže
[There]	[he sat down].	"[Hello,]"	[he said]

waⁿgerū́tcgĕ hū́porowā́sgehānī́nā	[α]	huⁿkī́nāgenĭkhī́kdjanḗna
Wągerúčge huporowásgehanína.	Égi	"Hųkínagenįkhíkjanéna.
the one who has a Giant's kneecap for a dish.	[And,]	"We're going to wrestle a little.

[α]	naⁿmā́tcērā	dā́nīhū́ra	[α]	wā́jūgā́ⁿ
Égi	nąmáčera	tánihúra*	égi	wážugą́.
[Both]	[the warclub]	[the pipe]	[here]	I'll place them.

*~~danuh~~ occurs just before this word.

hī́jaⁿ	mōⁿkīt’ūnēgi	maⁿwot’ū́ⁿṇadjḗgā	wauⁿk’djanḗna	dānīhū́ra
Hížą	mǫkit’unegi	mąwot’ų́najéga	waųk’janéną.	Tanihúra
One	who will get them	the one who throws him	[he will do].	[The pipe]

hōgū[ρ´]	dā́nihī[ρ´]	[α]	rūcdjóⁿgī	naⁿmatcéra
hožuánąga	tánihiánąga	égi	rušjǫ́gi	nąmačéra
he fills it, and	he'll smoke it, and	[then]	[when he gets done]	[the warclub]

rū́z[ρ]	hiⁿkīk’uⁿkdjonḗa[ⁿ]	dejegū́na
rúzanąga	hįkik’ųkjonéną.	Težegúna
[he took, and]	we're going to use it on each other.	This is the way

wáⁿdjōcgā́djera	[α]	hṓkīkī́nŏgĕrĕ
wą́jošgájera."	Égi	hókikínógere
to play man's game."	[And]	they commenced to wrestle

p. 15 —

ūī́nējĕ	wīnĭ́gĕrā	naⁿsawāī́djā	djīnoⁿkā́djaⁿ*
uíneže.	Winígera	nąsawaíja	jinǫkáją
[they did].	The sun	over, at top of the trees	[after it had come]

*above the Hočąk text it says, "(east side)."

[α]	maⁿṇā́	jḗguⁿ	tcī́wĭⁿ[ρ´]	jḗguⁿ
Égi	mąna	žégų	číwįánąga	žégų
[and]	the [earth]	[then]	it roared*	[then]

*"they shook" is crossed out and "it roared" is written below it.

k’suⁿtc	djīkĕ́rekĕ́re	hī́rējĕ	dĕ́ĕ	wī́rā
k’sųč	jikerekére	híreže.	Tée	wíra
and shook	[quickly ?]	[it did].	[This one]	[the sun]

naiⁿsawāī́djā	hīnaⁿkā́djaⁿ	waⁿgerū́tcgĕxdjĭⁿdjēgā́
naįsawaíja	hinąkáją	Wągeúčgexjįjegá
[over the tops of the trees]	when it reached (west side)*	[the Giant]

*parenthetical material added below the line by Radin.

kī́sāk	hāīcgī́tc	kīnĭ́bīrēgī́	maⁿṇā	gīksŭ́ⁿtc	djīkĕ́reje	[α]
kísak	haišgíč	kiníkiregí.*	Mąna	giksų́č	jikéreže.	Égi
about half	over	they fell.	[The earth]	[it shook]	[quickly].	[And]

*Radin adds above the line: "(i.e., he fell on top of real giant)." In the English line, between the words "they" and "fell," the word "he" is crossed out.

wēcgūúni	waⁿgerū́tcge hīpṓrūwā́sgĕānī́na	nĕḗjī	waⁿgerū́tcgep‘ĭⁿgā
wešgúni,	"Wągerúčge hipóruwásgeanína,	neéži	'Wągerúčgep’įga'
[he said to him,]	["One who has a Giant's kneecap for a dish,]	you yourself	'Good Giant'

hīgĕ́	piⁿṇerā́nī[ε´]*	[α]	hirā́gniⁿgera†	adanīhuniⁿgrā	huⁿgī́ⁿjūgĕ́
higé	pįneránigáją.	Égi	hirágnįgera	tanihunįgra	hųgį́žugé.
to call you	they might.	[And]	the last time	the little pipe	fill it up for me please.

*~~p‘iⁿṇānī[ε´]~~ occurs just before this word.
†/hi/ is inserted above the line with a caret at the beginning of this word.

p. 16 —

rap‘ṓnĭⁿk	hĭ́ⁿgīgira	ānū́nīge	waⁿgerū́tcgĕ hūpŏ́rūwasge hā́niⁿga	naⁿmáⁿtcĕrā
Rap’ónįk	hį́gigira,"	anúnige,	Wągerúčge Hupóruwasgehánįga.	Nąmą́čera
Puff	let me,"*	[he said,]	[He who has a Giant's Knee Cap for a Dish].	[The warclub]

*Radin adds the parenthetical remark, "(make me)", to indicate the more literal translation.

wazā́djēgī	hānĭ́ⁿgŭ[ρ´]	naⁿsū́rā	gī́kcāp	rehī́jĕ
wazájegi	hanį́guánąga	nąsúra	gíkšap	rehíže.
as it's sticking up in the ground	he took it [and]	his head	he split	[he sent it off].

dĕ́ĕ	waⁿgerū́tcge	hīdanī́nā	wagīŭ́ⁿjĕ	waⁿgerū́tcgep‘ĭⁿga
Tée	Wągerúčge	hitanína	wagių́že.	"Wągerúčgep’įga,"
[This one]	[Giant]	the third	he did it.	"Good Giant,"

hīgāī́rēgī	waⁿkcĭ́genigenáⁿgere	naⁿdjogī́djaⁿge	ḗ’·sge	waŭ́ⁿje
higaíregi.	Wąkšíganigeną́gere	nąjogíjąge.	É’sge	waų́že.
they would call him.	The [little] people	he pitied them.	[And so]	[he did it].

waⁿgerū́tcge	kīⁿṇĕ	deĕ́jeguⁿ	hī́gi	ḗgī
Wągerúčge	kį́ne.	Teéžegų	hígi	égi
[Giant]	[he made himself].	[This one then]	[to us ?]	[here]

hāgī́mīnŏg[ρ´]	hārūxĕ́	wakā́ⁿtcaⁿk	k‘ĭⁿj,,	xonū́niⁿk
hagíminogánąga	haruxé.	Waką́čąk	k’įže.	Xonúnįk
he went back and sat down	his back towards.	Holy	he made himself.	Small

p. 17 —

kĭⁿṇahī́je	jēsgā́nū́nigĕ	tcṓwĕ rū́c’āgenâⁿje	hitcāwī́nā
kįnahíže.	Žesgánunige,†	čówe rúš’agenąže.	Hičawína
he tried to make himself.*	[Nevetheless,]	he came near not doing it.	For his wife

*for xonúnįk kįnahí, Radin has, "he tried to reduce himself."
†between jēsgā́ and nū́nigĕ, Radin has a page with the following on it: "Frenchman, Blowsnake, Smith, Ewing, Harrison, Twin, Lamère, Houghton, O. Lamère, Baptiste." [These are various informants.] A line below this he has the following text: ’ya q!agwide k!ésis meslaxla nawalakwéx ts’ékwa yuxs k!élpálaéx. [This, obviously, is not Hočąk.]

wauⁿgĕ́djĕnĕ	waⁿkcĭ́gĕrā	wīkīsgĕ́xdjĭⁿ	k‘ĭ́ⁿjĕ	[α]	jīgĕ́
waųgéjene	Wąkšígera	wikisgéxjį	k’į́že.	Égi	žigé
had it not been.	[A human]	he made himself	like.	[And]	[again]

worā́gagī́rāgī	jegésgetcṓjū	hāhīⁿ[ρ´]	waⁿgerutcgĕ́rā	jīgĕ́
worágagíregi,	žegesgečóžų	hahįánąga	Wągeručgéra	žigé
[after telling them of it,]	with some again	he went back, [and]	[the Giant]	[again]

nāīⁿkā́wā́ⁿ hīr[ρ´]	[α]	dātcĕ́p	hī́rējĕ
naįkáwą́ hiránąga	Égi	tačép	híreže.
[they piled wood on top of him]	[and]	[burned up]	[they did].

dĕ́ĕ	waⁿgerū́tcge	mōjūnáⁿkī	waⁿgerū́tcge	sīcĭ́gĕrā
Tée	Wągerúčge	možuną́ki	Wągerúčge	Šišígera
[This]	[Giant]	all in the land	[Giant]	[the Bad]

hĭrĕ́rēgī	ḗ·’sgĕ	waⁿgerū́tcgĕ	wīrūkŏ́nōnă	ésge
hiréregi.	É’sge	Wągerúčge	wirukónona,	ésge*
[when they got].	That is why	the Giant	who was in charge (chief)	[thus]

*inserted here above the line with a caret.

waⁿkcĭ́giwíⁿgenáⁿgĕrĕ	naⁿdjodjáⁿjĕ	dĕĕ́	hīrā́gĕrā	waⁿgerū́tcge
wąkšíginį́geną́gere	nąjoją́že.	Teé	hirágera	Wągerúčge
[the little people]	[he blessed them].	[This one]	the last	[Giant]

p. 18 —

t’ḗhī	āī́res’ā́gī	jḗsge	hī́rējĕ.	worā́k
t’éhi,	aíres’ági.	Žésge	híreže.	Worák
[they killed,]	[they used to say].	[Thus]	[they did.]	[Story]

dĕĕ́	worakhī́sgèxdjĭ́ⁿjaⁿ*	hĭ́rējĕ	āī́rēgē	hodjáⁿ
tée	worak hísgèxjį́žą	híreže,	aírege.	Hoją́
[this one]	[a true story]	it is,	[they say].	When

*before this word Radin wrote ~~worag~~, then above it he wrote hi.

waūī́ṇegí	maⁿ kerepắna cāgṓwĭⁿgōnī́	āī́rēnā.
wauínegi	mą kerepana-šagówįgoní,	aírena.
they did this	it must have been about 70 years,	[they said].

Source:

[1] James StCyr, "Shakes the Earth," in Paul Radin, Winnebago Notebooks (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society) #19, Story 1: 1-18.