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wetatunaaʾiitíštA	šinihtaraʾoohú	wiinaáxtš	pítkUx	wešinaRAxáhAt.
Now I'm going to tell about it	what they always talk about	boys	two	when they grew up.

áxkUx	kuwiteešaáʾA	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ	–
One	he was named	Drinks Brains,	his father	–

wehniNAxAhátkA	–	weh-	ninuuwanú.
when he was reared by him	–	when he	was taken care of by him.

na	uunaákUx	aáhčes	witíʾ	AxtAhkawíʾuʾ.
And	the other,	Long Teeth,	he was	afterbirth.

nikutatuuxItkookUxuúkuʾ.

That is what I used to hear.

na	niikohnuuxitUhnaáhkUx	noowitotWAhuúnaʾ.
And	wherever the villages were clustered	then a prairie fire came.

noowiteéʾaʾ	niikóhnoʾ	sápat.
Then she came	whoever she was	a woman

–	witíʾ	súxtIt	weNUtwaawaníkA.
–	She was	an old woman	who set the fire.

–	noowi-	titiitUhnuuníNIt	–	weNUtWAhuuNIsAhkoorúhkUt	–
–	Then	she burned the village	–	when the prairie fire entered the village	–

iiʾAhneetúhkUx	na	witiinapaawaahíNIt	wačéh	wiítA
where the village was	and	it burned every- thing,	the poor things,	a man,

sápat	NAhkUhuúNIt.
a woman	as one would burn.

noowitiraahunuuwaahát	–	tsu	–	wačéh
Then everything was lost (from the fire)	–	but,	–	the poor things,

niikohniiNIštuuwaawáʾAx	NAhkukUxkataátA	na	NAhkukUxoókUt.
whoever they were who fled	his running up the hill	or	his running into the water.

atsú	tⁱnaákUx	wiítA	wituxtaawiíNAt.
But	this	man	he had gone hunting.

witiraa-	WIhkaʾiíšAt	NAhkuraaWIhkawaawanúʾ.
He went	hunting	as he went around hunting.

nooteéʾaʾ.

Then he came.

noowi-	tawísaʾ	niiʾAhnuuxitúhkUx.
Then	he returned	where the village was.

noowitiraataraniitúʾAt	wačéh	NAhkUhuúNIt	NAhkuraniitaáNA.
Then everything was burned,	poor things,	its being burned	when it became lighted.

nootiRAxweesítIt	AhnooxAhtakúʾU.
Then he began to look for her	his wife.

wituuxIsčiríkuʾ.

She was pregnant.

anuú	wehnaátA	na	inoowitiihaaweeRAxá.
There	when he went,	and	there she lay partly in the water.

wetehnuxkUxaʾiíšAt.

She must have run to the water (for safety).

noowitIhunáx	wačéh	wenačíkAt.
Then he found her,	the poor thing,	as he cried.

noowitištaʾuúkUt	kanaaníniʾ.
Then he touched her	on the abdomen.

noowititaruupásuʾ	kaaWIhíniʾ	WIsooWIhíniʾ.
It was moving around	inside,	in the stomach.

atsú	tⁱnaáxA	wetAxkoóʾAt.
"But	this one	now you are dead."

noowitikaNAhkatáRAt	na	nootikáWAt	piiráʾuʾ.
Then he cut open the stomach	and	then he took it out	the baby.

na	AxtAhkawíʾuʾ	noowitiroóʾa.
And	the afterbirth	then he took it off.

noowitUtkakUxiriwaápI	na	noowitIhoohaásAt	AxtAhkawíʾuʾ.
Then he wrapped it up	and	then he threw it into the water	the afterbirth.

tsu	tⁱnaákUx	piiráʾuʾ	noowituhniikawaakároʾ.
But	this	baby	then he cleaned it all over.

nootuunakaneéRIt.

Then he fixed up the lodge.

akanaanataáʾuʾ	witeéka.
An earth lodge	the lodge was.

tiwehnaraáhNA	wiinásts	NAhaáʾU	weNAhkukawooruutikú
After he had him	the little boy	his son,	when he would be killing them

NAhnunáhtš	pAxčiraánuʾ	na	etčiísuʾ	na	nikuwitIhuuts-	čiikaáhuʾ
deer,	the brains	and	the milk	and	that is what	he drank

čiinaniítuʾ	piiráʾuʾ.
soup	the baby.

a	nootiRAxAháNIt.
And	then he reared him.

na	noowitiRAxAháNIt	wiináxtš	niiwekohnaawítat	tišwačeehUxuúkuʾ
And	then he reared him	the boy	however old he was;	they used to say

číkuʾ	šíhUx	weNUtpsiwaáhNA	weNAhkoosškáxA.
perhaps	five	his having winters	when he was at an age to understand.

noowituuteéRIt	wiináxtš.
Then he saw him	a boy.

noowiteečirikaahUxítIt	suuxaakAhíniʾ.
Then he began peeping inside	in the smokehole.

tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	čukú náʾAt	haáʾAx.
"Drinks Brains,	where did he go	your father?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	Axtóh	tiraawiíNAt.
Then he said:	"Truly	he went hunting."

uu	wehnareewaawatíRA	–	kaahaahníniʾ	–	niiʾAhnačeehaanoótA
Oh,	as he looked all around	–	inside	–	where the interior was

tišiNUsaakunaakaáWI	uu	witireeWAtwá.
the (four) main posts,	oh,	he looked all around.

noowiteehuúkaʾ.

Then he came inside.

na	wiináxtš	nikuwiteewítat	niiʾAhnaawitaátA.
And	the boy	he was that age	what his age was.

noowitiroswá	weNAhkuwaawáʾA	hiʾáxtiʾ
There was (food) lying around	as he ate it	his father

NAhkuxtsaasItkatawaawíhA	NIšaátuʾ.
after he had put the meat by the fire	the ribs.

čituúʾuʾ	noowitikaniwaáhAs	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš.
Everything	then he ate it up	this	boy.

wah	wešiNAhkohtakoówa	wah	haáʾAx	wetaáʾ.
Now	after they played:	"Now	your father	he is coming."

noowituúNAx.

Then he ran.

noowitiihuunaʾuúkUt.

Then he ran into the water.

noowitawísaʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ.
Then he arrived	his father.

čituúʾuʾ	witaahkaniwaáhAs.
Everything	he had apparently eaten it all up.

atíštIt	teeNAxwaawaʾá.
"Well	you must have eaten.

teeNAxkaniwaáhAs.

You must have consumed it."

heeʾ	nikutatuutaánuʾ.
"Yes,	that is what I always do."

wewitiraanaaNIhuúʾU	nikukohnuutaánuʾ	naaha-
Now it was many times	whatever that one was doing	the one

waatAhú	wiináxtš.
coming out of the water	boy.

uu	číkuʾ nuukuWIšitiiʾaáNAt	–	šohnaʾaáhWI	–	AhnaʾaahwaáWI.
Oh,	he had long teeth (du)	–	his teeth,	–	his teeth.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	wiítA	wiitakaWAhaánuʾ	ee	wiináxtš	wetAxtaaníhtš.
Then he said	this	man	Lucky Man:	"Eh,	boy,	now you are older.

–	šuuNUxtaaʾít	tičé nuúʾUt	–	wena-	taakuhnoswaawíhA	čituúʾuʾ	nootAxaahkaniwaáhAs.
–	Tell me,	why is it	–	when	I leave things for you	everything	you apparently eat it up?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	heeʾ	koxtunaaʾít.
Then he said	this	the boy:	"Yes,	I will tell you.

wiináxtš	tAhuukaahUxuúkuʾ.
A boy	he always comes inside.

nuukutAhawaataahUxuúkuʾ.

He usually comes out of the water over there.

nooteéʾaʾ.

Then he comes.

wenaakUhuúka	nootireewaawátI	niitⁱNAhaapaáWI	niitⁱNAsihkaákUx.
When he comes inside	then he looks all around	where these posts are	here where we live inside.

–	nootiwiítIt.
–	Then he sits down

–	čikiituuxUhuhnaakawáʾAs.
–	'Let me eat something finally!'

wenakuwaawáʾA	čituúʾuʾ	nootikaniwaáhAs.
When he eats,	everything	then he eats it up.

wešiNItkohtakoówa	nootiwaákoʾ	wah	haáʾAx	wetaáʾ.
"After we have played	then he says:	'Now	your father	he is coming.'

nootíʾAt.

Then he goes.

nootiihuunaʾuúkUt.

Then he jumps into the water."

noowituhneésiš	tⁱnaákUx	wiítA.
Then he knew	this	man.

noowitiwaákoʾ	áNA	kutAxiíʾI.
Then he said:	"Brother	he is yours.

áNA	kutAxiíʾI	tⁱNAhuukAhú.
Brother	he is yours	this one coming inside.

wah	koxtuutuuníkUt.
Now	I will catch him."

natsú	tⁱnaákUx	wiítA	–	witiihUhwaáRUxtiʾ	čeésuʾ	–	noowe-
But	this	man	–	he was holy,	too,	–	then as

witⁱNAhkoowiráʾU	NAhnéswis.
he changed himself into it	a fire poker.

šitihnehkUxuúkuʾ	NAhnéswis	–	nakuhčeekareerikú	–	nakUhaahniiNAsačiwaapiinú.
They call it	a fire poker	–	to fix a fire	–	to gather the embers together.

noowitⁱNAhkoowiráʾU	NAhkitkatáxA
Then after he changed himself into it	after he lay by the fire,

witeehuuwiraáʾ	anináʾU	wiináxtš.
then he came running	the one	the boy.

witAhuúkaʾ.

He came inside.

tⁱnáxkUx	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	haáʾAx	–	čuwekunáʾAt.
"You her	–	Drinks Brains,	your fathe	–	where has he gone?"

haa	Axtóh	tiraawiíNAt.
"Hey,	truly	he went hunting."

weNAhkureewaawatíRA	noowitiwaákoʾ	tAxihčeešaanúʾ.
After he looked all around	then he said:	"You are lying.

anineéša.

There he lies."

noowitihnunáx.

Then he found him.

štoh	noowituutapitaáhAt.
Again	then he turned around.

noowitIhaʾuúkUt.

Then he went in the water.

atsú	tiwešohnuNAhwanú	wehnuhteeriiʾaáhNA	aatootuuníkUt	–
But	as they (du) were doing it	as he was spying around	'that I catch him,'	–

číkuʾ noowitⁱNAhkuuxaWIsawiráʾU	–	noowitiiteéRIt.
no matter what he even changed himself into	–	then he was seen by him.

wah	tⁱnaákUx	niikooNAsákuuʾU	noowitiwaákoʾ	koxtuutuuníkUt.
Now	this one	whatever day it was	then he said:	"I will catch him.

šikooxehtakoówaʾ	na	neešuutuuníkUt	awitaRAsíniʾ.
You will be playing	and	you'll grab him	quickly.

neškutkáxaʾ	na	neetuutuuníkut.
You'll call me	and	I'll take hold of him."

tⁱnaaríčI–	wiítA	–	noowiwiteewíroʾ	haanuútuʾ.
This–	man	–	so he changed into it	a blade of grass.

niiʾaNAhaakAxčíšWI	nikuwewitiká	wehnitčiríkUx.
Where a post stood upright	he was under that one	as he watched for him.

witAhuutuuNAhwaákaʾ.

There was a sound of someone coming.

noowiteehuúkaʾ.

Then he came inside.

aa	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	čuwekunáʾAt	haáʾAx.
"Ah,	Drinks Brains,	where did he go	your father?"

Axtóh	wetiraawiíNAt.
"Truly	he has gone hunting.

tiraaʾIhwaawanúʾ.

He is going around hunting.

kaakikaakUxuúkuʾ.

He is never at home."

weNAhkureewaawatíRA	noowitiroosaWIstuúWA.
While he looked all around	then he scrutinized everything.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	tuuxUhuhnaakawáʾAs.
Then he said:	"Now	let me eat finally!"

wehnawaawáʾA	wehnuhnáhkUx	wituutaaNIštát.
As he ate,	as he sat doing it,	he finished doing it.

wešohnaahtakoówa	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	–
While they (du) were playing,	–	Drinks Brains	–

nooWIšitohnuutuuníkUt	witištawiRAsxá	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ.
when they took hold of each other,	he clutched him tightly	Drinks Brains.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíʾAx	wetatuutaáhUt.
Then he said:	"Father,	I am holding him."

hiʾáxtiʾ	teehuuNIswaátaʾ.
His father	he came in sight.

nooWIšitiituuníkUt	aáhčes.
Then they (du) grabbed him	Long Teeth.

witiitIštAsareewaápI.

His hands were tied.

tuNAhuuninoosiwá.

He struggled with him.

nootiʾaaNAsawíRAt	kanítš.
Then he filed his teeth	(with) a stone.

uu	witiʾaa-	naanoohAswáNIt.
Oh,	he ground	his teeth down.

noowitikaniNAhkaáWI	čiNIsísuʾ.
Then he prepared a sweat lodge	a sweat lodge.

witUsiRAxkaáʾAt.

He took him inside.

witooNAhkataruuwaawáʾ	niikohnuxwaawaaNUxuúkuʾ
He threw everything up	whatever it was that he used to eat

NAhkUxaʾaáhNA	tsíniʾ	iiʾAhnačískUx.
when he was in the water	in the water	where the lake was.

wehnaRAhkataruuwaawaʾá	piíRUx	na	niinooNAhkuúʾU	sčéš
After he threw everything up	bugs	and	their being different things,	frogs

--	čituúʾuʾ	NAhkuwaawáʾA	--	a
--	everything	what he ate	--	and

noowitihčiikawaahIhnikUxítIt	kunaáʾuʾ.
then he began giving him various ones to drink	medicines.

na	–	aninoóčI	–	kaaxItčiraánuʾ	–	NAhnunáhtš	–	wewitirá.
And	–	the ones	–	a bladder	–	deer	–	he had it.

wewitIhuutUhká.

Now there was air in it.

noowewitUstareépI	Axteehaahníniʾ.
Then he tied it to it	on the pate.

witiraakAxíštoʾ.

He made it tight.

nawáh	witiihuuníʾit.
Now	he released him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ	anisuxtatatáʾAt.
Then he said	his father:	"Follow him there!

hánuʾ.

Go on!

anisuxtatataʾAt.

Follow him there!"

tⁱnaaríčI	–	wiináxtš	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	nootuhniraáNAt.
This	–	boy	–	Drinks Brains	then he chased him.

weteehuunukaáʾ	–	anuú	–	čiisuukaríkAt.
Now he jumped up	–	there	–	in the middle of the lake.

ani-	náʾU	kaaxItčiraánuʾ	–	weNAhuutUhkaáWI	–	noowewiteenuuNAhuusáʾ.
That	one	bladder	–	the one with air inside	–	then it brought him up to the surface.

hawá	–	štoh	witutuuʾiítIt	wehnuuNAhwanú.
Also	–	again	he submerged	while he was trying to do it.

–	tsu	noowiteewíʾAt	aáhčes.
–	But	then he tired	Long Teeth.

wah	síšWA.
"Now	let us go!

Axtóh	wetaawíʾAt.
Surely	you are tired now.

tsu	taani-	kutseenunuunáka.
But	this	is our home here."

nooWIšitiwanuuxítIt	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	šiNAhkohtakoowaakoóčI.
So then they (du) began to go around	this	boy	as they (du) played together.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	wiitakaWAhaánuʾ	na šikaakíWA	iihéʾ.
Then he said	–	this	–	Lucky Man:	"Don't go	there!

iihéʾ	–	tiíkUx	–	sápat.
There	–	she is	–	a woman.

tiʾaakawiroswaakarookUxuúkuʾ	nataraakunuuwaáWI.
She grabs different ones	us going around.

číkuʾ nakuWIskáʾA	nooteewíkuxIt.
When she wants	then she snatches him up.

nooteewíroʾ	niikarúxtš.
Then she makes him into it	a sack.

na šikaakíWA.

Don't go."

a	–	číkuʾ weNAhkoótA	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	wiítA	–	na
And	–	after he went somewhere	–	this	–	the man,	–	and

noowitiwaákoʾ–	tⁱnaaríčI–	aáhčes	–	čiraátoʾ síhWA–	haáʾAx
then he said–	this–	Long Teeth	–	"Let's go–	your father

niinawaákA	na šikaakíWA.
where he said:	'Don't go!'"

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	Axtóh	tiwaákoʾ	na šikaakíWA.
Then he said	–	this	–	Drinks Brains:	"Surely	he said:	'Don't go.'

tsakuunaanipákuʾ.

He does not want us to do it."

nookaneešiWIskáʾA	koxteekakáʾUs.
"If you don't want it	I will bite you."

noowewituninóʾ	aáhčes.
Now he feared him	Long Teeth.

tatíʾ	áNA	nuuxaahčeesíčI.
"I am	your brother	the one who had long teeth."

na	nooWIšitíWA.
And	then they (du) went.

nooWIšitikaʾiíšWA	niišininaataraʾó.
Then they went into the woods	what they talked about.

noowitiwaákoʾ	čiraátoʾ čukunanuunáka.
Then he said:	"Let's see where her house is."

šohnakawáNA	waraákAt	withaátAt.
After they (du) went in the woods	in the woods	there was a trail.

nooWIšiteekawáʾ	pítkUx	suúnatš	pítkUx	šohnaawaʾá.
Then they (du) came through the woods	two	girls,	two	as they (du) came.

WIšitiwaʾuuneérit.

They (du) stopped.

noowitiwaákoʾ	čukUšiNAxihwáʾ.
Then he said:	"Where did you come from?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	tišinawaaríčI	suúnatš	niiháʾ	atíkaʾ	tAhnaNAhnaanúʾAt.
Then she said	(one of) these (du)	girls:	"Over there	our grandmother	we are all living.

iinawaraačeéʾU	nikutatⁱniinaakáka.
Where the thick woods are	that is where our house is.

nikUšitatíhwaʾ.

That is where we came from.

šitsačipiínuʾ	nátš.
We are gathering it	wood.

nikUšitatihnaánaʾ.

That is what we came after.

šitatihnaanáʾ	nátš.
We came after it	wood.

wetaNAhwakaaNIštookúxtA	tiíNI	híNAx.
We are going to sing sacred bundle opening songs	tonigh	t.

atíkaʾ	wetiwakaaNIštookúxtA.
Our grandmother	now she is going to sing bundle opening songs.

nuunaákUx	kaawitáhtš	–	nikutIhaakariiwaʾuúxIt	–	naáNIt.
That	youngest one	–	that one knows the songs	–	really."

uunaaríčI	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	čukú kaneeneekuuriiʾUxšaánuʾ	–	Ah-
The other	she said:	–	"I cannot learn them,"	–	the

naraaNIhtíšU	suúnatš.
elder one	girl.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aáhčes	čee	čikištaánoʾ.
Then he said	Long Teeth:	"Sing	a song!"

nooWIši-	tíWA.
Then they	(du) went.

wewitiwaáRIt.

Now they stood.

noowitiwaákoʾ	čee	čikištaánoʾ.
Then he said:	"Sing	a song!

čee	šiitoonátkoʾ.
Let	us hear you.

tičé	nuutaanuuxuúkuʾ
What	does she do?"

witiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	wenakuutaánu	tákuʾ noo-	tIhaakawaanú.
She said:	"My grandmother	when she performs,	she blows	into someone's mouth.

nootiʾá	niikarúxtš.
Then he becomes	a sack.

nikutuu-	taanuuxuúkuʾ	atíkaʾ.
That is	what she does	my grandmother."

aa.

"Ah.

nawáh	čee	čikištaánoʾ.
Now	sing	a song!"

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	–	suúnatš	–	kaawitáhtš	nikutiriíʾux	nakuraanoóku.
And	then she said:	"This	–	girl	–	the youngest	she knows how	to sing.

kaakatiriíʾux.

I don't know how."

tⁱnaaríčI	suúnatš	čeétoʾ šiitoonátkoʾ.
This	girl,	"Let us hear you!

šuxtaánuʾ.

Do it!"

tⁱnaaríčI	suúnatš	noowitiraanookUxítIt.
This	girl	then she began to sing.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aáhčes	hee	kaakikUhaakariiʾUxšaánuʾ.
Then he said	Long Teeth:	"Eh,	I can't learn the song."

witiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	aáhčes	wah	Axtóh	kohnunaáhe	waáwi
He said	this	Long Teeth:	"Now	why,	it must be good	if we

aasihnaakačituúxI	naraatawé	natakukuraahniiʾUxšaáNA.
kiss,	perhaps	our learning them."

nawáh	kanawiteeraawiráʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	suúnaaxuʾ	AhnaraaNIhtíšU.
Now	she was not opposed to it	this	young woman	the eldest.

wah	tišinawaaríčI	nooWIšitihnaakačitúx.
Now	these (du)	then they kissed them.

aáhčes	weWIšitooNAhaakačituúxI	noowitihnaaka-	waanú.
Long Teeth	as they (du) kissed each other,	then he blew into	her mouth.

hawá	uunaaríčI	nikiišsuúxa.
Also	the other:	"You do the same!"

nuukuwitanuutUhuuNAsaapiraáʾAt	česčeewariínuʾ.
Then she rolled over the other way	skinless.

noowiWIšiteewíroʾ	suúnatš	šohnux-	waaríčI
Then they (du) changed themselves	girls	where they (du)	had stood

aáhčes	–	na	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ.
Long Teeth	–	and	–	Drinks Brains.

WIšitikoó-	tIt	suúnatš	ápIs	weWIšitohnakawaníkA
They (du) killed	them	girls	both,	when they (du) put them on

šohnux-	koóčI	skuúxuʾ.
what they (du)	wore	the skins.

nooWIšiteeránaʾ	nátš.
Then they (du) brought it	wood.

witikaákUx	súxtIt	tičiraahanoókuʾ.
She was sitting inside	the old woman.	She was cooking meat.

hee	–	šiišuxtoósI	nátš.
"Heh,	–	put it down	the wood!

–	kooNAhkuuxaWIstiiʾUxšá	wenataakuraahnaanookUxtáNIt.
–	Try to learn it at least	the song that we are going to sing!"

uu	waxtóh	tiíNI	–	tsu	–	wešiiniičíWI.
Oh,	why,	this time	–	but	–	they (du) were now different.

tiraaníNAt	tⁱnaákUx	wehnunaaʾiiwaawaátI	sápat	NAhkiisatwirooʾátA.
They sat down,	this one	while she was telling stories	the woman	as she would catch one in a basket.

witeekUxúʾaʾ	níkUs.
They were flying	birds.

noowitiskukaroósI	wehnihnaakawaawaásu	niinooNAhkuúʾU.
Then she put them in the fire	as they were eating them	whatever kinds they were.

nikuwituutaawaanúʾ	tⁱnaákUx	sápat	súxtIt.
That is what she was doing	this	woman,	the old woman.

na	noowitUtwáNIt	–	wewitⁱNAhkooxuuwohníkA.
And	then she set a prairie fire	–	after she put moccasins on herself.

–	wáRUx	witíʾ	xúhtš.
–	Rabbit	it was	the moccasin.

wewitⁱNAhkooxuuwohníkA	AhnoowitikuniNAhwiiruutíkuʾ.
After she put the moccasins on herself,	there were sparks just coming out.

nikuwitsuuxaanuuxuúkuʾ	wešohnuutuhčiriikawaáWI.
That is what she used to do	as they (du) watched what she did.

na	witikatiisiʾá.
And	it became dark.

noowitihwakaaNIštookUxítIt	wehnaraanoótA.
Then they began to sing bundle songs	as they sat.

kanawitiriiʾUxšaánuʾ.

He could not learn.

hee	kukaakAhaakariiʾUxšaánuʾ.
"Hey,	you don't seem to be able to learn."

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	witiʾaasihnaakačituúxI	kooxikuuriiʾUxšá.
Then he said:	"Grandmother,	if we were to kiss each other	I would be able to learn."

nikunoowituutá	tⁱnaákUx.
Then that is what she did	this one.

–	nawáh.
–	"Alright."

–	nooWI-	šititIhaakačituuwoóx	–	aáhčes	–	na	súxtIt.
–	Then	they (du) kissed each other	–	Long Teeth	–	and	the old woman.

súxtIt	tiweWIšitooNAhaakačituúxI	noowitIhaaka-	waanú.
The old woman	when they (du) kissed each other	then he blew	into her mouth.

noowitikoótIt	súxtIt.
Then he killed her	the old woman.

wah	šiiskukaʾús.
"Now	let's put her on the fire!"

nooWIšitiskukáʾus.

Then they (du) put her on the fire.

WIšititaraniínoʾ.

They (du) burned her.

nooWIšitiroosít	–	skarútš	–	AhnuxtAhwiwaátAt.
Then they (du) picked them up	–	skins	–	the ones that she wore.

čituúʾuʾ	WIšitiskukarooswaáWI.
Everything	they (du) put the things on the fire.

wiísuʾ	witUstákUx.
The heart	it hung down.

noowitiWIstaríkUt.

Then he picked the heart off.

noowitiskukoohaásAt	nuuháʾ.
Then he threw it on the fire	there.

WIšitiwaawaahíNIt.

They burned everything.

tⁱnaákUx	aáhčes	weNAhkuuNAxunaásAt	noowiti-	kuniNAhwiiruutíkuʾ.
This	Long Teeth	when he stamped his foot	then the	sparks came out.

čee	aráh.
"Hey,	say!

sí.

Look!

čeésúʾ	witiišuuxAxkawáNIt.
Yourself	put the moccasin on!"

uunaaríčI	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ–	áxkUx	–	witeškót.
The other	Drinks Brains–	one	–	he put it on his foot.

weNAhkuuNAxunaásAt	na	noowitikuniNAhwiiruutíkuʾ.
When he stamped his foot	and	then the sparks came out.

hee	atíʾAx	wetanuhniwá.
"Hey,	my father	they'll be good for him."

nooWIšitikaaʾiíšWA.

Then they (du) went home.

nooWIšiteešunána	wáRUx.
Then they (du) took the moccasins	rabbit.

na	atíʾAx	wešitatohnánaʾ	tⁱnaroósI.
"And,	father,	we have brought them for you	these.

kooxeešút.

You will wear them on the feet."

wewituutačiríkUx.

Now he looked at them.

wah	Axtóh	wetatⁱnihniwá.
"Now	truly	they are nice for me."

noowitiwaahíNIt.

Then he burned them.

WIšitiraahunuuwaahát	niiʾAhnuxtaawaaRUxtiíčI.
They (du) disposed of all the things	the things that were holy.

noowitiwaákoʾ	na šikaakíWA	iihéʾ.
Then he said:	"Don't go	there.

tanáhaʾ	ti-	kaʾá.
A buffalo	there	is in the woods.

uu	kaakúhne	na	šiʾeehkoótIt.
Oh,	it is not good,	and	it might kill you."

atsú	–	číkuʾ weNAhkoótA	–	witiwaákoʾ	–	aáhčes	–	čeétoʾ
And	–	when he went off	–	he said	–	Long Teeth:	–	"Let's

síhWA	haáʾAx	niinawaakAhú	na šitíWA.
go	your father	where he was saying:	'Go there.'"

na	noowitiwaakoʾ	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	Axtóh	tiwaákoʾ	na šikaakíWA
And	then he said	Drinks Brains:	"Certainly	he said:	'Don't go.'"

aa	nookaneešeétA	koxteekakáʾUs.
"Ah,	if you don't go,	I will bite you."

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

–	nuu	–	nooWIšitiwaraakaʾiíšAt.
–	There	–	then they (du) went into the woods.

na	inoowitiikaʾá	–	tanáhaʾ.
And	there it was in the woods	–	the buffalo.

uu	–	kanawitúhne.
Oh	–	it was not good.

wah	tsu	niiwešinaraanaáhNA	čirá siiNUhúhwaNIt.
Now	but	the way that they (du) had:	"Let's shoot it!"

noowituutá	pAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ.
Then he did it	Drinks Brains.

–	nootiináʾAx.
–	Then it chased him

–	noo-	tiinawiruuwíhuʾ.
–	Then	it was ramming into him.

noowitiraawiíNAt	tⁱnaaríčI	aáhčes.
Then he charged	this	Long Teeth.

noowituutaRIh-	naanuuníkUt	–	wehnihtaaRUxtuuwanú.
Then he grabbed	the horns	–	as he dragged it around.

–	noowitiratiinápit.
–	Then he broke its neck.

nooWIšituunukáWAt.

Then they (du) skinned it.

noowitíʾAt.

Then he went.

noowiteštAhkUxíhAt	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	šuuxiriwátAt.
Then he kicked his feet	and	then he said:	"Get up!

weNAxkítkA.

Don't sleep.

wetsihwaawanúʾ.

We are going around."

noowitiiriwátAt	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ.
Then he got up	–	Drinks Brains.

aa	–	wiwitičiriNAhkU-	xaruuwaátuʾ.
Ah,	–	he was rubbing	his eyes.

haa	wetehnatuuxItká.
"Ha,	I must have slept."

kunaakitkAxitikú.

"Don't be falling asleep.

tsihwaawanúʾ.

We are going around."

na	inoowitiišá	tanáhaʾ	AhniišawiriwíhA.
And	there it lay	buffalo	the one that ran into him.

nooWIšitíWA.

So they (du) went.

nooWIšitIhaaxkároʾ	hAxtačiítuʾ.
Then they (du) made them	ropes.

noowitIhaaxtáWI	tanáhaʾ	wešinawáNA.
Then he roped it	the buffalo	when they (du) went.

čee	síhWA	niinaákUx	atíʾAx.
"Let's	go	where he is	our father!

wetsinaawiroókuʾ	sakukuunaáxI	tanáhaʾ.
We'll be pretending	it chased us	the buffalo."

noowitaanáka	niiʾAhnaraanoótA.
There the lodge was yonder	where they lived.

noowitaahwanúʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ	niikooNUsuuxaanúʾ.
There he went around in the distance	their father	whatever he was doing.

nikuWIšitíWA.

That is where they (du) went.

hee	atíʾAx	–	wešitikuhniraánaʾ	tanáhaʾ	–	NAxuhtaraʾó.
"Hey,	father,	–	it is chasing us now	buffalo	–	the one you talked about."

kaawitáhtš	–	uu	noowititawitAhúNA	–	tanáhaʾ.
The youngest,	–	oh,	it was right behind him	–	the buffalo.

tsu	weneekoóʾAt.
But	it was already dead.

tsu	weWIšitiraawiroóku	nakutšičiítU.
But	they (du) were now pretending	that it was alive.

hee	noowititⁱnaahnoosít.
Well,	then he took his bow and arrows.

noowitiwaákoʾ	inoošinikuhkootíkA	–	wiináxtš	–	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	čeésuʾ
Then he said:	"If they kill mine	–	the boy	–	Drinks Brains,	too

koxtee-	koótIt.
I will	kill you."

noowitiiNAsštaʾá	aáhčes.
Then his feelings were hurt	Long Teeth.

kanawitiiwakuunooxiíkuʾ	wehnačíkAt	wehnaačitstaʾá.
He was not able to stop the sounds	as he cried,	as he cried.

atíʾAx	kaakunaáhe	niiweNAxkuhnáʾIt.
"Father,	it is not good	what you said to me.

tAxwaákoʾ	koxteekoótIt.
You said:	'I will kill you.'"

kaakíʾ.

"No.

–	tatuhnaʾíhkuʾ	hukós.
–	I meant it	the bull.

–	inooškunawiriwíhA	koxteekoótIt.
–	'If you run into him	I will kill you.'

nikutAtwaakaáhuʾ.

That is what I was saying."

štoh	noowituuNAsšeereétIt.
Again	then he felt better.

haa	tíʾ	taNAhá	skarútš.
"Ha,	it is	buffalo	hide.

koxtoohnaakíhAt.

We'll have it for bedding.

šikoosehníhIt.

We will have it as bedding."

tsu	tⁱnaákUx	wiitakaWAhaánuʾ	–	wituhneesiíšuʾ	–	tⁱnaákUx	tanáhaʾ	kanawituhné.
But	this	Lucky Man	–	he knew	–	this	buffalo	it was not good.

nuukuwitaanawáNIt.

He threw it away over there.

witiraanaaNIhuúʾU	wešohnuutaawaanú.
It was many times	their (du) doing things.

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

witIhaapé.

There was a tree.

uu	witIhaapičeéʾIs.
Oh,	it was a high tree.

koosAhaahníniʾ	witohkarós.
On the top	there was a nest.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aáhčes	šuxtáʾAt.
Then he said	Long Teeth:	"Climb it!

šuxtakaaráhAt	nikUsčireehániʾ
Drop it	the chick!"

wah	tiwehnataátA	noowitunaačiteeʾaanúʾ.
Now	when he climbed up	it was becoming difficult for him.

tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ–	noowititáʾAt.
Drinks Brains–	then he climbed up.

aNAhaápI–	noowitUsaakUhuu-	napitaawaahaákuʾ.
The tree–	then it swayed	back and forth.

wehnuutaánu	wačéh	tapAxčiRAh-	čiíkaʾ	noowititakaáhAt.
As it was doing it,	poor thing,	Drinks	Brains	then he fell down.

tihkoótIt.

He was killed.

wewitikostá	wehnihkootíkA.
Now he lay dead	after he was killed.

noowitiwaraahaána	čeésuʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	aáhčes.
Then he got angry	too	this	Long Teeth.

nikunee-	tUtwaaRUxtiíʾuʾ	niitⁱNAxuutuúʾA.
"I am	powerful that way	(just) as you are here."

tiraaWIhtáʾAt	čeésuʾ.
He climbed up angrily	himself.

wah	noowituúta	niiʾaNUsuuxaáNA.
Now	then he did it	as he had done.

wewitⁱneehuuničiraawaatú	nikuwituúʾUt.
When it was twisting itself	it was that way.

nuu	noowitičitáʾAt.
There	then he went to the top.

witIhuučitaʾuúkUt	nii-	ʾAhnohkaroósI.
He reached the top	where	the nest was.

witiroosít	nikUsčireehániʾ.
He took them	the little birds.

witikawoótIt.

He killed them.

hawá	suxtIhnáʾU	witikoótIt.
Also	the mother	he killed her.

–	hawá	witanáʾU.
–	Also	the father

–	nikUswáhAt	niikohnuutuúʾUt	WIšitiRIhuúʾU.
–	Red bird	whatever kind it was	they (du) were large.

nooteeranitawiraáʾ.

Then he brought them down.

tiwísAt	niiʾAhnaáxA	inaániʾ	–	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	haa	–
He arrived there	where he lay	his brother,	–	and	then he said:	"Ha,	–

tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	nooweNAxkítkA	tiwekaakiiraáʾAt	naaxItkásA.
Drinks Brains,	you who have been sleeping,	now it has been a long time	your lying sleeping.

šuuxiriwátAt.

Get up!"

noowitiiriwátAt	–	na	inoowitiiranaáRIt	–	AhnoóčI	níkUs	AhnooNUxkaroósI.
Then he got up,	–	and	there he stood with them	–	those	birds	that had been in the nest.

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

nooWIšitiwísWA	niiʾAhnaraanoótA.
Then they (du) arrived	where they lived.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	haa	wešitatohnanáʾ	–	tⁱnaroósI	níkUs.
Then he said:	–	"Ha,	we have brought them to you	–	these	birds.

nootuhniwá.

They are pretty.

nuutičiRAhpAhaátIt.

They are red."

haa	tiiháʾ	koxtiroósI.
"Hey,	here	I will lay them.

wetatⁱnihniwá.

Now mine are nice."

atsú	–	číkuʾ wešiNAhkuwáNA	–	noowitaahwaahíNIt.
But	–	after they (du) went somewhere	–	then he burned them.

na	noowitikUxaawaawáNIt.
And	then he threw them away.

wah	–	wekananuunaaheéRA	–	weši-	nakawooruutikú	niiNAhkuxtaawaaRUxtiíʾU.
Now	–	it was not good now	–	their	(du) killing various ones	ones having power.

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

wešinawáNA	WIšituxtaná	niíšuʾ.
As they (du) went	they (du) ha them	arrows.

nooWIšitiwaáWI	weWIšitⁱNAhkoowoósA.
Then they (du) put them upright	when they (du) lay down to sleep.

číkuʾ nehkuʾá	nút	číkuʾ niinooNAhkuúʾU	noowitiiNIskatáʾIt
Whenever one came	snake	whatever kind it was,	then it hit him on the face,

hawá	uunaariíčI.
also	the other one.

WIšitiihuuniruuWAtwaáhAt.

They (du) jumped up.

wah	–	weWIšitihteeriiʾá	awaaháxuʾ	čeésuʾ	–
Now	–	they were spying on them (du)	the powers of the universe–	too	–

šiʾaasih-	kootíkA	–	wenaraanaaNIhuúNU	–
'that we	kill them,'	–	its having been many times	–

wešinaraanaahUhkawaakaráʾU	wešinaraahunuuwaahátkA.
their (du) having spoiled various things,	their (du) having done away with many things.

wah	weWIšitičitAxá	waahíniʾ.
Now	they (du) lay on top	on a hill.

atsú	aniNAhuuNAsáWI	noowiteewiinúʾaʾ.
And	the one suspended in the air	then an arm came.

aáhčes	nikunoowitiinírut	áwit.
Long Teeth	then he was the one it picked up	first.

noowitⁱnoóʾAt	anuuskaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ	tⁱneskoóhAt.
Then it took him	in the sky there	this sky.

tⁱnaákUx	tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	noowitičirikaʾá	–	na	–	nooka-
This	Drinks Brains	then he awoke,	–	and	–	there

nawitiišá	inaániʾ.
he was not lying	his brother.

noowitiRAxweesítIt.

Then he began to look for him.

noowitiroosaWIstuúWA.

Then he searched everywhere.

nawáh	–	noowitiišá	–	wehnareewaawatíRA	áskAt.
Now	–	there he lay	–	when he looked all around	above.

wetireewaataánuʾ	na	noowitohnátA	áskAt.
He was looking,	and	there was a hole	above.

noowiwiteewíroʾ	niíšuʾ.
Then he changed himself into	an arrow.

nooteehuunukaáʾ.

Then he jumped up.

tiihuununáhAs	wehneehUhkaátA	tⁱneskoóhAt	tsu	NAhku-	waaRUxtiíʾU.
He disappeared	as he went into it	this sky	but	his	having been holy.

nootíʾAt.

Then he went.

wehnawaawanú	noowitikaa-	hunaaničíWI	inaániʾ	wehnaRAxwé.
When he was going all around,	then it was	a different country	his brother	as he looked for him.

inoowitaanitúhkUx.

There there was a village yonder.

–	uu	witiituuNIhuúʾU.
–	Oh,	it was a large village.

–	nikunoowitíʾAt.
–	Then that is where he went.

ituunuukaríkAt	witiRAhčiWIhaákuʾ	wehnareewaátU.
In the center of the village	they were dancing the Scalp dance	as he looked.

na	inoowitíʾ	inaániʾ	aáhčes.
And	there he was	his brother	Long Teeth.

inoowiteéwe	wehNUtčiríkUx	wešohNUtčiríkUx.
There he was out stretched	as he watched him,	as they (du) watched him.

noowituhneésiš	kananiiwaaRUxtíʾ	čeésuʾ.
Then he knew:	he had much power	too.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	šuuxičinaanuúna	siináNI.
Then he said:	"Now	hurry up,	brother!

weti-	kUhuúNIt.
I am	burning.

wešikaakikuuNAhuuNIšawíhAt	tⁱNAhunuúWI.
They have done their worst	these (people)."

tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	nuu	nootíʾAt.
This	boy	there	then he went.

ituuNUhuu-	nískAt	noowiteéka.
At the far end of	the village	there was a lodge.

súxtIt	witikaákUx.
An old woman	she lived in it.

noowitohneewíroʾ	wiinásts.
Then he changed himself into	a little boy.

haa	atíkaʾ	tatiínaʾ.
"Hey,	grandmother,	I have come.

tikuNAsáʾUx.

I am hungry."

hąąʾ	kooxiwiítikuʾ.
"Yes.	You will be sitting down.

–	kooxIhaakawáʾAs.
–	You will eat."

–	wah	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt	noowitičiraahánoʾ.
–	Now	this	old woman	then she was cooking.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	–	tičé nuutAxitiíkuʾ–	tⁱnawakaáhkUx.
Then he said:	"Grandma	–	what is happening–	this noise?"

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt	hee	šiteeniWIsáʾ
And	then she said	this	old woman:	"Hey,	they have brought him here

–	wiináxtš	–	anooNAhuukakaahunuuwaáWI.
–	a boy	–	one of those from below.

tišinawaaríči	wiináxtš	weWIšitiraahunuuwaahát
These (du)	boys	they (du) have been destroying things

niiNAhkuxtaawaaRUxtiíčI	nuxtaanooswaáWI	nuuháʾ	haawíNIt.
things that were holy	the things that were	there	below.

wešitiraahunuuwaahát.

They (du) have destroyed things.

wah	nikuneeraačítA	áwit	áxkUx	WIšiteénaʾ.
Now	that is the reason	first	one	they brought him.

na	áxkUx	wituuniíWIs.
And	one	he remains.

šinihkootíkA	aniwenaáWI	na	noošiniitúNAt	AhnuuniíWIs.
After they kill him	the one stretched out,	and	then they'll go after him	the one who remains."

či	nikuníʾ	tiʾAhnatkawookúxkUx.
Here	he was the one	this one who sat listening!

wah	–	atíkaʾ	–	čeétoʾ sihnaaʾeeríšWA	tuunaRAhčiWIhakú.
"Now,	–	grandma,	–	let's go see it	those dancing the Scalp dance."

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

witihtaahpiiná.

She packed him on her back.

noowi-	tiwísAt	teškúNIt.
Then	she got there	close.

noowewitiihAxtaWIhaákuʾ	súxtIt.
Then she was dancing around among them	the old woman.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiinásts	wah	atíkaʾ	síšWA.
Then he said	the little boy:	"Now,	grandma,	let's go!

wetikisčípi.

I am sleepy."

tsu	wewituhnaaʾiitáWI	inaániʾ	wetatiiNAhíštA.
But	he told him	his brother:	"I am going to come.

wetatarooʾaáništA.

I am going to take you down."

weWIšitiwísWA	niiʾAhnaanunuunakaáWI	tⁱnaaríčI	súxtIt.
Now they (du) arrived	where her lodge was	this	old woman.

wah	tsu	wewitiraawakuunoóxAt	AhnooxtAhkaáhu	Ahništaakaroóku.
Now	but	now the sound died down	where they were dancing,	where they were singing.

nuu	–	nootiiriwátAt	–	tⁱnaaríčI	wiinásts.
There	–	then he got up	–	this	little boy.

na	noowituunírut	neesítš.
And	then he picked up her's	knife.

nootii-	huuwiraáʾAt	nii	inaániʾ	wenaáWI.
Then he	ran to it	where	his brother	his being stretched out.

wewitičeekatakaáʾAt	iiʾAhnuxkáʾIt.
Now the flame had gone down	where the fire was.

noowituhnaxkákAt.

Then he cut the rope.

wekaakitaRAhčíš	inaániʾ	wehnuNAsáʾUx.
Now he was weak	his brother	after his being hungry.

uu	noowitiisáʾus.
Oh,	then he lay him over his shoulder.

noowitunikúxAx.

Then he ran off with him.

tsu	wetirá	neesítš.
But	he had it	a knife.

WIšitiwísWA	iiʾAhnaahatáWI.
They (du) arrived	where the hole was.

WIšiteehUhtakaáwaʾ.

They (du) came running down.

WIšiteenuhniraánaʾ	–	AhnaawihčeésU	–	neštáWI.
It chased them	–	the long arm	–	(with) the hand.

na	teškúNIt–	wehneešaWIsátA	–	na	–	tⁱnaaríčI	–
And	closer–	when the hand reached	–	and	–	this	–

tapAxčiRAhčiíkaʾ	nootiišúkAt.
Drinks Brains	so he cut the hand.

–	witištaríkUt.
–	He cut the hand off.

–	wah	nikuwitiraačítA	nooNIšáWI	skaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ
–	Now	that is why	there being an image of a hand	(in) the sky

sákaaʾA	noonawaáWI.
stars	their being marked.

atsú	nooWIšitiihUhtakaawaáhAt.
And	then they (du) dropped down.

WIšitaWIswáʾ	tiihéʾ.
They (du) came back	here.

uu	WIšitikaaʾíšWA.
Oh,	they (du) went home.

noowitiwaákoʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ	aa	čuwekUšiNAxuxwanúʾ.
Then he said	their father:	"Oh,	where have you (du) been?"

witiwaákoʾ	noowešitatuxkaawaáhAt	tⁱnakaahunaáhkUx.
He said:	"We have passed all around	this world.

šitatuxwaawanúʾ.

We went all around.

šineetihkaaʾišwáʾ.

Then we came home."

nawáh	taanikutiiraáʾAt	natuuxItkáʾU	aáhčes.
Now	this the end of it	what I heard	Long Teeth.

na	nikunootiiraaʾiitúxAt.
And	this is the end of the story.