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wekoxtuuNUxUhuuniíwat	–	xunáNIš	tiihéʾ	–	weh-
I will now talk about them awhile	–	soldiers	here	–	when

naraaninátA	itUhtaáwe.
they were settled	Bismarck.

itUhtaáwe	tuuháʾ	niiNAhuu-	katAhuúNU	–	niineétAt	–
Bismarck	over there	the other	side of the river	–	where the camp is	–

wiísuʾ	sAhaánuʾ	iinooNUxkUxkAhaáhkUx
Mandan		there where the former campground is

niiwenaraaNAxwíʾaxIt	uxčés	wehnaakiRAxkawátAt	xunáNIš.
where they started out	Custer	when he led them out	soldiers.

niihéʾ	piʾaapaáxuʾ	nikuwituxtaanúʾAt	xunáNIš.
There	Eagle Nose Butte	that is where they were stationed	the soldiers.

niihéʾ	nikuwewitiraaNAxwíʾaxIt.
There	that is where they started out.

uxčés	nikuweteekiRAxkawátAt	–	naawiinakuúnuʾ	–	wehnaWIskáʾA
Custer	that is where he led them out	–	(on) the warpath	–	his wanting

sanánat	aataraaphihnáʾU	Ahnuuxačeewaahú	saNIštaaká
the Sioux	'that I quiet them'	after his counting coups on them	white men

niitⁱNAhunaanoótA	hunaanapsíniʾ.
where this land extends	in the south.

nikuwituxtsawéʾ	sáhniš.
There were among them	Arikaras.

AhnuxtaanátA	wituxtaa-	NIhuúʾU	sáhNIš.
When they went	there	were many	Arikaras.

witsuxtaánuʾ	NAsawíʾuʾ.
They numbered	thirty.

aniwehnaraaNAxwiʾáxIt	aniweNAhunaanoótA	hunaanapsíniʾ
As they started out	while they went along	south

aniwenatuxtaataraʾó	–	wiísuʾ	sAhaánuʾ	nuu	–	hunaahkoohaáh-
as I was talking about it	–	Mandan		there	–	on the

kAt	anuú	wenaraanátA	nootiRAhkaʾiíšAt	waakatítkAt.
north	there	after they went	then they went into	Black Hills.

niiʾAhnawaaNAhkatisteewaáhAt	noowitiwáčiʾ	teenikutIhunaa-	NIsanaáxIt.
At the edge of the black hills	then they said:	"This is where	the land is rough.

–	nooNAhiínaʾ	toxtaapóʾ.
–	Farther away	let us go!

–	kaakunaáhe	tiiháʾ.–	tIhunaahčiteéʾIt.
–	It is not good	here.–	The land is rough

–	kaakíʾ nataakuraaNAsariiwaatátA.
–	We cannot cross through.

tsu	tuukiitoosuxtaahNAhwiʾuuxítIt	skaweéraaʾuʾ.
But	let us begin heading in that other direction	west!"

wah	na	nikutatuuxItkawookUxuúkuʾ	weNIhkuunaaʾiit-	Ihú	–
Now	and	that is what I used to hear	when they were tell-	ing of it	–

šeeniíčI	niiʾAhnuxtsaweekoóčI	–	sáhniš
the main ones	those who were among them	–	Arikaras

niiNIštaaʾiiwaátI	weNItkuunaakItkoóku	weNIhkuunaaʾiiwaátI.
when they told stories	when I was listening	when they told stories.

aniiháʾ	waakatítkAt	nootiRAhwísAt.
There	the Black Hills	then they arrived.

niikohnux-	taáʾAt	–	weNAhkuraanoótA	xunáNIš	niihéʾ	–
However long	it was	–	when they camped	the soldiers	there	–

wiiteešútš	NAhkUhunuuwaáWI	WIšitiisuxtaʾíhkuʾ	kuuNUxsaNAxwáhAt.
a young man	as they were going	they used to call him	Red Crazy Bear.

wituuxuuNAxaaničíWI	haáwaʾ	tsu	kaneeneetutuuNAxaaNAsiíšuʾ.
He had another name	also,	but	I do not know the name.

wituxčiikaahIhníkuʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	hináxtIt.
He was watering it	the horse	in the morning.

noowititsa-	waapísuʾ	niiʾAhnaačiisAhú.
Then the	water was sparkling	where the water was coming.

čipít	nii-	naatskaáhu	noowitiraatsawaapísuʾ.
Spring	where	the water came out	they were sparkling.

noowitiroswaakarookUxítIt.

Then he began to pick them up.

noowituhniwá	kanítš	wehnootačiríkUx.
They were pretty	the rocks	as he looked at them.

noowitikatáWI	áxkUx	čiškookúʾuʾ	AhnaraáhNA	hawá	haakaRAhkookúʾuʾ.
Then he put it on it	one	hat	the one he had;	also	the bridle.

noowitiraatsawaapísuʾ.

Then they sparkled.

nooteehuúwiraaʾ.

Then he came running.

noowitiwísAt	niiʾAhnaraanoótA	xunáNIš.
Then he arrived	where they were	soldiers.

natsú	wiiNAsaríWIš	kanaNIhnaasštáwa	nooWIšitiiteéRIt.
And	the officers	who always watched over things	then they saw him.

wehneehuuwiraaʾá	noowitiraatsawaapísuʾ	na	niinuhnaakaRAhkoóčI	naaničitawíʾuʾ.
When he came running	they were glittering,	and	his bridle,	the saddle.

hawá	načiškoóčI	noowititsawaapísuʾ.
Also	the hat he wore	it was sparkling.

noowiteeraánaʾ.

Then they came.

noowitiwáčiʾ	–	tiče náʾIt	–	tⁱnaroósI.
Then they said	–	"What are the	–	these?"

na	tiišiiNAstaraʾó	neesiRAhpát	nuuxA-	xaáNU	–
And	the one we are talking about	Bloody Knife	the one	who was name	–

noowitiwaákoʾ	--	saNIštaaká	–	wituxwákoʾ	--	tíʾ	íhUx	sanánat
then he said	--	English	–	he spoke	--	he was	half	Sioux

na	íhUx	sáhniš	--	kananiiraanaáNIš	piirata-	riíNAt.
and	half	Arikara	--	he truly was	a half	breed.

–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	čukú NAxuxtaanunáx	tⁱnaroósI.
–	Then he said:	–	"Where did you find them	these?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	tuuháʾ	titsá.
Then he said:	"Over there	there is water.

tatskaaʾaá-	huʾ	čipít.
The water is	coming out	a spring.

anuú	woohuunaakaWIhíniʾ	niku-	tatstawiraaʾaáhuʾ.
There	way up on top of the hill	that	is where the water is coming down.

nootIharoswá.

They are lying in the water.

nikutatuxpiná.

That is where I picked them up."

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaroósI	nikuwitíʾIt	waapIsštaapi-	RIhú.
Then he said:	"These	they are the ones	valuable	metal.

tⁱnaaríčI	saNIštaaká	tiwískaʾ	aatoohnaaʾeéRIt	niiʾaNAxuxpinaáhNA.
This	white man	he wants	that I see it'	where you picked them up."

na	noowitiraáNAt	xunaáNIš	niikohnuhnaánuʾ.
And	then they went	the soldiers	however many there were.

noowitiRAhwísAt	–	niiʾAhnaatskaáhu	čipít	–	niiʾAhnux-
Then they arrived	–	where the water came out	spring	–	where he

čiikaahIhníku	–	xaawaarúxtiʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	wiiteešútš	–	kuuNUxsa-	NAxwáhAt.
was watering it	–	(his) horse	this	young man	–	Red Crazy	Bear.

na	noowitiiharoswá.
And	there they were lying in the water.

noowitihpinaNIšítIt.

Then they began to pick them up.

nuu	noowitiraáNAt	noo	čitAhaáhniniʾ.
There	then they went	there	on top.

nikuwitatstawiraaʾaáhuʾ	tstoóxuʾ.
That was where water was coming down	the water.

noowitiwaákoʾ	uxčés	saNIštaaká	tⁱnaroósI	tiraapi-	RIhuúʾU.
Then he said	Custer	the white man:	"These	they are	valuable.

–	waapIsíšuʾ	tíʾIt.
–	Money	they are

–	aa	tiraasštáWIš	tiwe-	NAxtaanúNAx.
–	Ah,	they are valuable	these	that you have found.

wah	nikuwetAxiniinaahnaatáwiʾ	sáhniš	ačitaánuʾ	tsu
Now	you are the ones to have a share in it	Arikara	tribe,	and

atípAt	kooxanuhnaahnaasštáwa.
the President	he will take care of it for you."

wah	áxkUx	–	witíʾ	–	saNIsahníš	na	–	áxkUx	–	saNIštaaká.
Now	one	–	it was	–	an Indian,	and	–	one	–	a white man.

wah	šiišuxtáNAt	itUhtaáwe	–	tiiháʾ	–	niiwenakaá-	WI
"Now	you (du) take them	Bismarck	–	there	–	where the dwelling	is

naakAhwičeésU	xunaaNIščitawíʾuʾ	niiwenaraanoótA.
the tall dwelling	the commanders	where they are."

na	noowitunaniínoʾ	naawinaaʾiíwat.
And	then he wrote it	a letter.

a	nooWIšiteewáʾ	šinawaaríčI	nakaWAhaáNU	kuwituuxAxaáʾA
And	then they (du) came	the ones (du):	Fortunate One	he was named,

na	uunaaríčI	saNIštaaká	wiiNAsaríWIš	a
and	the other one	white man	an officer,	and

nooWIšiteeranáʾ	aninoóčI	waapIsštaapiRIhú.
then they (du) brought them	those	valuable metals.

nooWIšitiraniwísAt.

Then they (du) brought them.

wah	tuuhéʾ	niikohnuutAxiruútIt	kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ.
Now	over there	whatever happened	I do not know.

wah	tsu	tⁱnaraanoótA	xunáNIš	nootiraáNAt.
Now	but	these	soldiers	then they went.

tsu	wetitčiškaRAhwaáWI	niiweeNUsunaahkUxúʾ	niiwešiniWIhúNAx	waapIsíšuʾ.
And	they put up stakes	where the place was	where they found them	the metal.

noowitiraáNAt	niihéʾ	arikúsuʾ huukaahaah-	čiripásIt.
Then they went	there	the Little Big Horn	River.

nikunoowitiraáNAt.

Then that is where they went.

tiwehnaraanoótA	natsú	paatúh	wewitineeNAhčituúnoʾ.
Where they were	but	enemy	they had bunched up.

či	wewitišeeNAhčituúnoʾ.
Here	they had bunched up.

nikuwitsuuxačitanaánuʾ	nooxiniiwaáNA	weneetunaáhkUx.
The tribes numbered	nine	where their camps were.

witiituNIhuúʾU	sanánat	weh-	niinakuníkUx	tⁱnaraanoótA	–
It was a big village	the Sioux	when	they waited for them	these	–

xunáNIš	–	niRAhWIsátA.
soldiers	–	when they arrive.

wewitiraateehuúʾU	čituúʾuʾ	NIhkukawootíkA.
It was the plan	all	for them to kill them.

nikuweWIši-	tiroohúnoʾ	šeešiniíʾU	šeešineekiRAxaáhNA
That is what	they (du) planned	the main ones (du)	the leading ones (du)

xoosakhuúnuʾ	na	skatsUhiínuʾ	na	hukós tiíkUx.
Crazy Horse	and	Rain In The Face;	and	Sitting Bull.

na	–	xunáNIš	tiwenaraanátA	čituúʾuʾ	–	tⁱnaanuhkáʾIt	tⁱnaakúsuʾ
And	–	soldiers	when they went	everything	–	they had them	cannons

na	tⁱnaákuʾ	nuhniwaáRA	na	tirištaaNI-	huúʾU.
and	guns	ones that were good	and	there were	plenty of shells.

witiNAhkookuraná	xaawaarúxtiʾ	na	taNAhaataaká.–	tsu
They were driving them	horses	and	oxen.–	But

noowitiraaniráxAt.–	witsuxtaánuʾ	áxkUx	šihUxtaánuʾ wiitáʾuʾ na šíhUx
they went ahead.–	They numbered	one hun-	dred twenty-five (soldiers)

wenaraaniRAxátA	wenaakiRA-	xaáhNA	uxčés	xaanaaničitáWIš.
when they went ahead	when he led	them	Custer	the cavalry.

nikutihwačeehUxuúkuʾ.

That is what they used to say.

witiraaniráxAt	niiʾAhništištanaáhNA	na	tⁱnaákuʾ	–
They went in the lead	those who carried the cartridges	and	the guns	–

niiʾAhniinanaáhNA	–	na	niiʾAhninaakaanuunanaáhNA.
those who had them	–	and	those who carried the food.

nawáh	noowitiraaníNAt	xunaáNIš	wehnaakiRAxaáhNA.
Now	then they camped	soldiers	the ones in the lead.

na	kuwituuxAxaáʾA	--	tatsuuxeéRIt	--	sákaaʾA	tipAhaáʾAt	na
And	he was named	--	I saw him	--	Red Star		and

šohnuxtíRA	wiiteešútš.
they (du) were together	a young man.

noowiteeríhIt.

He was the only one.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tAtkoótIt	NAhnunáhtš.
Then he said:	"I killed it	a deer.

wetAtčiiwaánoʾ	neeniiraaNIhtatatawiíhAt.
As I butchered it	they did pass by.

čiitíʾIš	tuhnaánuʾ	sanánat.
Four	they numbered	Sioux.

tⁱnaná	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
They had them	horses.

tehniNAsaáhpA.

They were packing it.

tehniška-	woótIt	NAhnunáhtš	haáwaʾ.
They must	have killed them	deer	also.

taatAsíš	šitikuuteéRIt	šiʾaaxkuuteéRIt.
I think	they saw me,	'that you might have seen me.'

noowetiraaNUhtáʾAt.

Then they passed by.

nuuwekuti-	raáNAt.
They went	the other way.

číkuʾ niikohnaaraánaʾ	kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ.
Whence they came	I do not know."

wehnaaWIsá	noowitunaaʾít.
When he returned	he told it.

wehnunaaʾiitIhú	atsú	tⁱnaákUx	neesiRAhpát	noowitⁱniinaaʾít	uxčés.
While he was telling it,	but	this	Bloody Knife	then he told him	Custer.

hawá	tíNI	–	WIšitiisiráxAt	–	weNAhkunaaʾiitIhú	štoh.
Also	now	–	they took him	–	where he was telling of it	again.

witiwaákoʾ	sákaaʾA tipAhaáʾAt	kaakatⁱnihnaatéʾ	štoh	nooNAtkunaaʾiitIhú	noowenatiRAhuučitawó.
He said	Red Star:	I don't like it	again	my telling it,	my repeating it.

wetatsuuxaakeéRIt.

I saw them."

a	–	tⁱnaákUx	uxčés	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	kooxiraahnaáNAt.
And	–	this	Custer	–	then he said:	"You (pl) will go.

kooxuhnaánuʾ	tšaápis.
There will be	six.

sákaaʾA tipAhaáʾAt	kooxitawíʾAt	čiraátoʾ xiwáhNIš.
Red Star,	you'll go with them	to see if you are truthful.

nikunoowitsá	hináxtIt.
Then that is what they did	early in the morning.

siinoó	kanawituuxIha-	tawiítIt.
Yet	it was not day-	light.

noowitiihuuniriwátAt	tⁱnaákUx	sákaaʾA tipAhaáʾAt.
Then he jumped up	this	Red Star.

noowitiičitawiítIt	anuú	nootíʾAt.
Then he mounted,	there	he went off.

nuu	noowitiihUhka-	táʾAt	iinawaaNAhwičeésU.
There	then he rode up	a hill	where the high hills were.

aniiháʾ	arikúsuʾ huukaa-	haánuʾ	anuú	noowitiitúnaahkUx.
There	Little Big Horn	River	there	there were camps.

kanawituhnaaninoosičiraʾá	nuuhneetunaanoótA.
It was a huge one	the camps extending there.

naawiíšuʾ	noowitíʾ	aniNAhuukaa-	haanoótA.
Smoke	there was	where the	valley extended.

anuú	noowituutUhuunapitaáhAt.
There	then he swung around.

wewitawísaʾ	atsú	wewitiraáNAt	–	AhnuhnaanuúʾA	–	tšaápis	wiiNAsaríWIš.
Now he came back	and	now they went	–	those numbering	–	six	officers.

niku-	wituxtawéʾ	neesiRAhpát.
That	one was among them	Bloody Knife.

–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	Axtóh	wetatuxwísAt
–	Then he said:	–	"Certainly	I went there

aniweniitúnaahkUx	saNIštAhkúsuʾ.
where those camps are clustered	lots of people.

číkuʾ niikohnatohnaakaaníštA.

I do not know what we are going to do.

nooNAhwiíʾa	koxtakuuraakuNAhát.
When they come to fight	they will kill all of us."

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	uxčés	tičé nuhnaanaʾíhkuʾ.
Then he said	this	Custer:	"What is he meaning?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	neesiRAhpát	taanikuwetiwaákoʾ
Then he said	Bloody Knife:	"This is what he has said:

nooNAhwiíʾa	koxtakuuraakuNAhát.
'When they come to fight	they will kill us.'"

noowituhnaanapítaahAt.

Then they turned around.

witiwaákoʾ	kooxiraanaáNIš.
He said:	"It will be true.

koxteeraapóʾ.

We will go.

koxtakuuraaNAxUhuúna.

We'll have a battle with them.

koxteeraakároʾ	wakáʾuʾ.
We will make them	captives."

noowitiwaákoʾ	neesiRAhpát	Axtóh	kaakíʾ NAxkuutaáNA.
Then he said	Blood Knife:	"Surely	you cannot do it.

tiraaNIhuúʾU.

There are many.

koxtakuuraakuNAhát.

They will massacre us.

nootiituNIhuúʾU	aniwenunaaʾiítI	wehnuutaakeéRIt.
It is a large village	what he has told you	when he saw them."

noowitiwaákoʾ	nikukooxuúʾUt	niiNAtkuwaákA.
Then he said:	"That will be	whatever I say."

tⁱnaákUx	uxčés	nikunoowitiwaákoʾ	niiNAtkuwaákA	nikuwetuutáxtA.
This	Custer	that is what he said:	"What I say	that will occur."

wah	–	tⁱnaraanoótA	–	áxkUx šihUxtaánuʾ wiitáʾuʾ na šíhUx
Now	–	these	–	one hundred twenty-five

nikunoowituNAsaʾuúkUt	wehnaWIskáʾA	aatakaráʾU	wakáʾuʾ.
then they were the ones to strike	his wanting it	'that I make them	captives.'

tsu	–	sanánat	–	tuuhéʾ	–	pakúhtuʾ	–	či	šeenuutaakeé-	RIt.
But	–	the Sioux	–	over there	–	long ago	–	here	they had seen	them.

či	wešeenawireehaáʾAs	aniwehnaRAhkataátA	wehnuunaníWIs.
Here	they were now ready	when they went up the hill	when they showed themselves.

noowiteeRAhčitawaahUxítIt	nehkurikaahtaʾá.
Then they began to come over the hill	after their peep- ing over the hill.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	uxčés	niikohnuhnaánuʾ	–	wenaroósI
Then he said	–	Custer,	however many there were	–	their lying

hunaaníniʾ	na	xuúhuniʾ	wenaraanoótA	nakupaahuNAhwí-
on the ground,	and	closer	where they were	one's kneeling on

kUx	–	na	–	xuúhuniʾ	–	wenawaaríčI	–	wenaraanoótA	šitaaxapanikúxtA.
one knee,	–	and	–	closer	–	their standing	–	where they were,	"You are going to shoot them."

noowitiwaákoʾ	neesiRAhpát	--	noowituutAhnaaʾiitáWI	sáhniš	–
Then he said	Bloody Knife	--	then he told them	Arikaras;	–

witiwaákoʾ	nookiišuxtaNAsawiraáʾAt	–	tuuhéʾ.
he said:	"You (pl) go down the hill	–	over there!

číkuʾ aaxuhnaáka	tsu	taakunoxteéRIt.
Don't do anything	but	then I'll stand here!

wešitatuxtoohUh-	taRAhtštoókuʾ	uxčés.
I have been argu-	ing with him	Custer.

kaakatuuxískaʾ	nikunakuútA	atsú	kaneenuhtaRAhtšthuúʾU.
I did not want	for it to be that way,	but	he was obstinate.

wah	wetatakuuraakuNAhatčíštA	nooNAhwiíʾa.
Now	we are going to be killed	when they come.

tiraaNIhuúʾU.

There are many.

aninaawakhuutaʾaáhuʾ	sanánat	áxkUx.
"There he is yelling	Sioux	one.

tiwaakaáhuʾ	šuxtaahnanaʾuúhAt	niinawaákA	hukós tiíkUx.
He is saying:	'Go to one side	what he said	Sitting Bull!

saNIsahníš	wiiteešútš	tiRAsawéʾ.
Indians	the young men	they are among them

–	na číkuʾ kaakiNIštaʾuúkUt.
–	Do not lay a hand on him.

na šikaakihkoótIt.

Do not kill him.

tsu	saNIštaaká	niinoóčI	xunáNIš.
But	white men	those	soldiers.'"

nikuwitiwaakaáhuʾ.

That is what he was saying.

kanawituxtaačeéʾA	wehnohnaanuhčitaʾá.
It was not long	when they came up on the hill.

wešoh-	niinapaníku	číkuʾ kanawitihnaawiʾiirá.–	wewitiiNAhnaana-	wiruuwíhuʾ.
As they	were shooting them	they were not careful.–	They were running	into them (those on bended knees).

–	noowitiinakawoótIt.
–	Then they killed them

–	wah	WIšitihkoótIt	–	niinihčitawíʾU	–	na	–	íhUx–
–	Now	they killed him	–	the commander,	–	and	–	half–

noowitiinuuwáʾAx	xunáNIš.
then they ran away	soldiers.

noowitⁱnikUxpaahwá.

Then they hid.

íhUx	kanawitiiraanunáhAs	íhUx	nihnakawoótIt.
Half	they were not killed,	half	their being killed.

wah	uxčés	WIšitihkoótIt.
Now	Custer	they killed him.

neesi-	RAhpát	noowitIhunáhAs	na	kuuNUxatuúnuʾ	--
Bloody	Knife	then he died;	and	Bear's Trail	--

kutehnuuxAxaáʾA	xunaaNIščiripásIt	--	na	uunaákUx
he must have been named (then)	Little Soldier	--	and	that other

hukostaríkUs	weniihéʾ	nikuwitiraanunáhAs	waahuukaahaánuʾ
Bobtailed Bull	right there	they were the ones who died	Elk River

AhnaRAxUhúh-	kUx.
where the battle	was.

na	wetiraaʾíWA.
And	it was now the end.

tsu	nátkAt	wewitiwísAt	šeeniirakuuhuúNU	Ahnihtⁱ-
But	afterwards	now it arrived	the main one	the ones

naahnanaáhNA	AhnuxtsatataátA	AhnoxtaaNIhuúNU
who had the guns	he ones who were following	here being many

šeeniiraaNIhuúNU	xunáNIš	AhništⁱnaahnanaáhNA.
the main body	soldiers	the ones having guns.

wah	niiháʾ	nikuwitiiraaniwáNIt.
Now	there	that is where he erred.

nikuwituxtaateehuúʾU	AhniRAhčituuʾaáNA	–	tuuhéʾ	–
That was the plan:	when they got together	–	there	–

nikuwitoxtaanaáhu	hunaa-	napsíniʾ.
they were coming there	(from)	the south.

skaweéraaʾuʾ	nikuwitoxtaanaáhuʾ	hawá	xunaNI-	štAhkúsuʾ.
West	they were coming there	also	a large	body of soldiers.

aniihéʾ	atípaʾ	nikuwituxtawéʾ	šhiipiiráʾuʾ.
There	my grandfather	he was among them	Chippewa Baby.

wah	tuuháʾ	koohaáhkAt	Ahnaaraána	nátkAt	witiRAhwísat	wehniRAxUhuunaweétA.
Now	over there	north	when they came	afterwards,	they arrived	after the battle had ended.

xunáNIš	WIšitⁱnoohuuniričíšAt	uxčés	AhnuuxawiRIhuú-	NU.
The soldier	they killed him	Custer	the one who was	bullheaded.

wah	tⁱnaraanoótA	sanánat	noowitiraaNAxwíʾaxIt.
Now	these	Sioux	then they started out.

noowitikawaawáRIt.

Then they scattered.

niinehkuxtaána	noowitiraáNAt
Whence they had come	then they went there

weNAhkoohtakutaaweerooʾátA	weNAhkoohtakUhúh-	wo	wehnaRAxUhuunaweétA.
their going with their gear up the hillside	their going with	their gear	when the battle was over.

nawáh	nátkAt	wewitiRAhwísAt	–	niiʾAhnuxtsawé	–
Now	later	they arrived	–	the ones who were enlisted	–

nataraakíčI	haáwaʾ.
our people	also.

wah	nikuwituxtawéʾ	sčirí tuúNAx.
Now	he was one among them	Running Wolf.

wiiNAxtšu-	neešaánuʾ	na	kuuNUxwáhAt	--	wituxtaaNIhuúʾU	--	kuuNUxkanaánuʾ.
Boy	Chief	and	Red Bear	--	there were many	--	Bear's Belly.

wah	–	nikutíʾIt	nuxtsawé	niihéʾ	–	aniwehna-	RAxUhúhkUx.
Now	–	they were the ones	who were among them	there	–	there	where the battle was.

wah	íhUx	wetiRAhčíšIt	sáhniš	wehnaRAhkaaʾiišá.
Now	half	they were saved	the Arikaras	when they came home.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aniwenaWIsá	xunaaNIš-	čitawíʾuʾ	wah	šuxtaakaaʾišwóʾ.
Then he said	when he arrived	the com-	mander:	"Now	you (pl) go home!

wah	tsu	kukoxtuutAhniraá-	NAt	číkuʾ niiwenaahtakuwáNA.
Now	but	I will chase after	them	wherever the groups have gone.

naahtAhkuunaakawíhAt.

I might head them off."

atsú	–	noowitiiNAhkaawihUxítIt	–	niiwenaraanunáhAs	xunáNIš	niiwešohnihkawootíkA.
And	–	then they began to bury them	–	those who had died	soldiers	those they had killed.

noowitiiNAhkaawihUxítIt	weniisiinawaákoočI.
Then they began to bury them	as they all were working.

atsú	–	nataraakíčI	–	sáhniš	nooteeRAhkaaʾiíšaʾ	xaáhiniʾ.
And	–	our people	–	the Arikaras	then they came home	on horseback.

wah	neesiRAhpát	wetIhunáhAs.
Now	Bloody Knife	he died.

kuuNUxatuúnuʾ	weneehu-	náhAs.
Bear's Trail	he	died.

hukostaríkUs.

Bobtailed Bull.

wah	kuuNUxatuúnuʾ	AhnuuxičitáWI	xaawáčiʾ	Ahnaa-	wísaʾ.
Now	Bear's Trail	the one he had ridden	pinto	it	came back.

witawísaʾ.

It came back.

wekaakawísaʾ	kuuNUxatuúnuʾ.
Now he did not return	Bear's Trail.

anináʾU	–	xaawaarúxtiʾ	niikohnuuxawé	–	wehnaáʾa	čeésuʾ	taanikuWIšitihnunáx.
That one	–	horse	however many days it was	–	its coming	itself	that is the one they found here.

noowitihneésiš	AhnuuxičitáwI	kuuNUxatuúnuʾ.
Then they found out	the one he rode	Bear's Trail.

wah	taanikutatuutAtkookUxuúkuʾ	ništaataruuwaʾoóhu.
Now	this is what I used to hear	what they used to tell.

atsú	nakutawé	NIhúhtš	AhtanuunaaʾiitUxičí-	WI.
But	some (ie others)	a little	he has a slightly different	story.

wah	uunakuúkUx	AhtanuunaaʾiitUxičíWI.
Now	another	he has a slightly different story.

nikutatuuNUxAtkookUxuúkuʾ	wáh nuhwakareéRA.
That is what I used to hear from him	Nice Voiced Elk.

niku-	tuuNUxtaaʾiitihUxuúkuʾ	na	sčirí tuúNAx	niitiweNAtwaákA.
That	is what he used to tell	and	Running Wolf	this that I've said.