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anuú	naapakúhtuʾ	anuú	AhnuuxitUhwaáhAt	wiitee-	šútš
There	long ago	there	where the villages were	young	men

noowitiraáNAt	naawiinakuúnuʾ	niikohnuhnaánuʾ.
then they went	(on) the warpath	however many there were.

wituxtaáʾIt	–	číkuʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ–	witiʾaatootúNAx.
The purpose was	–	some	horse–	'that I find for myself.'

witiraáNAt	naawiinakuúnuʾ	nuuwehnaraanátA	hunaaníniʾ.
They went	(on) the warpath	as they went there	on foot.

nooWIšitihnunáx	kuúNUx	uu	kuuNUxkaátit.
Then they found it	a bear,	oh,	a black bear.

nooWIši-	tihkoótIt.
Then they	killed it.

witiraasštIhkaʾá	wehneenunuhnaanuúčI	AhništanuhkoóčI
The supply was low	when theirs were nearly depleted	the things they had

taakáxtš	na	štípiiʾIt	na	tapáhtuʾ.
dried meat	and	corn balls	and	pemmican.

noowitiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	aráh	šehniíʾU	AhnehčítA
Then he said	one:	"Say,"	the main one	the leader

niiʾAhniinakiRAxaáhNA	šiišuuNUxukáWAt	atíštIt	kuúNUx	na	skarútš.
the one who led them,	"skin it	well	the bear	and	the hide!"

nikunoowitIsá	atíštIt	nooWIšitiinukáWAt	skarútš
Then that is what they did:	well	then they skinned it	the hide,

šeenoóčI	kuuNUxIhaníhtš.
the real kind	a young bear.

wah	niiweNAhkuraaninátA	noowitiiniwáhIt	wehnataahIšikú.
Now	wherever they stopped to camp	then he spread it out	his drying it.

koxtirikaaʾiíšAt.

"I will take it home."

wewititaahIšaanúʾ.

Now it was getting dry.

wewitiskarutkaataaʾá.

The skin was getting dry.

noowitiwáčiʾ	aráh	–	nuu	–	tⁱneetunaáhkUx	paatúh	sanánat.
Then they said:	"Say,	–	there	–	here is a village	enemy,	Sioux.

tiituNIhuúʾU.

It's a big village.

xaawaarúxtiʾ	kaakuhnaaninoosi-	čiraʾá.
Horses	there is a huge	number.

uu	wenehnaNAhnaaneéhAs.
Oh,	we have already planned it.

tiituNIhuúʾU.

It is a big village."

wah	noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	AhnehčítA	aráh	piikaawá	tIhaaxtawíkUx
Now	then he said	this	leader:	"Say,	a stallion	it is picketed

nuu	ituunuukaríkAt.
there	in the middle of the village.

wah	wešitsiisiRAxAhíštA	piikaawá.
Now	we are going to bring it	the stallion."

wituhné	piikaawá.
It was nice looking	the stallion.

uu	witiraaNIhuúʾU	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Oh,	there were many	horses!

noowitiwaákoʾ	AhnehčítA	nawáh	šiišiisiRAxwísaʾ.
Then he said	the leader:	"Now	bring it here!"

nooWIšiteenuusiráxaʾ	híNAx.
Then they brought it back	at night.

wewitikatistátAt.

Now it was dark.

uu	witiwaákoʾ	nehčítA	aráh	wetAhnaawireé-	hAs.
Oh,	he said	the leader:	"Well,	I have already plan-	ned the way."

tⁱnaaríčI	xaakaatItkúsuʾ	witíʾ	piikaawá.
This	big black horse	it was	the stallion.

noowitUsaakarikUxwaáWI	iiNAhaakaratáWI.
Then he fastened it to the mouth	where its mouth was.

taRAhúhtš	witIhaakAhaaxtawá.
Rawhide (thongs)	they were tied to the mouth.

kanawitíʾ	nakučiškataWAhná.
It could not	whinny.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	šuxtaakawireehaáʾAs.
Then he said:	–	"Now	you all be ready!

–	tⁱnaaríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wetaatiʾitčíštA	niitⁱneetúhkUx.
–	This	horse	I am going to turn it loose	in this village.

wah	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wetiraniNUhatčíštA	čituúʾuʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	niikohnuxwaawaáRIt.
Now	the horse	it is going to frighten them	all	the horses	wherever they are standing.

nakoowitariísU	nakuutuuníkUt	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Be quick	to catch it	a horse.

wetatohnaahnanaaxíštA	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
We are going to run with them	the horses."

noowitiretkAxítIt.

Then everyone was asleep.

nooWIšitiisiráxAt	piikaawá	niiʾAhneetUhteéhAt.
Then they led it	the stallion	where the edge of the village was.

nuu	xaawaarúxtiʾ	witiwaawaáRIt.
There	horses	they stood here and there.

uu	witiraaNIhuúʾU.
Oh,	there were many!

tⁱnaákUx	wiiteešútš	nootuuNItkuuNAsareépI	piikaawá	–	na	kuúNUx
This	young man	then he tied its tail	the stallion,	–	and	bear

–	tiwehneskaruhnaáhNA	na	nikunoo-	witIhaaxtáWI.
–	the hide that he had	and	he then	tied it to that one (ie the stallion's tail).

nawáh	šiišuuxiʾít.
"Now	turn it loose!"

noowitiiʾít	ituunuukaríkAt.
Then he let it loose	in the middle of the village.

wah	tⁱnaaríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wehnarinuʾaáNA	kaakíʾ naku-
Now	this	horse	when it became frightened	it could not

čiškataWAhná	wehnootIsUxtareépI	wešohniiNIsUxtaʾiínat.
whinny	when its lips were tied	how they tied the lips.

na	tⁱnaaríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	noowitiraninuwaahát	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
And	this	horse	then it scared them	the horses.

AhnuxtaanaxtaweeríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	xeečitáWIš
The ones that stood there picketed	horses,	riding horses,

wehnaraninuʾaáNA	–	weNAhkUhaaxtákAs	–
when they became frightened	–	when one would be loose	–

weNAhkUhaaxukátkA	uu	noowitIhuutuNAhwáhnaʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wehniiNAhnanaáxI.
after it broke the rope,	oh,	then there was a trampling sound	the horses	when they ran off with them.

weNAhkUhuhtariiwaatátA	niitⁱneetUhteewaáhAt
When they ran past it	where the boundary of this village was

wititawátU	niišohniiNAhnátA.
there was an opening	where they drove them (from the village).

wah	tⁱnawaaríčI	wiiteešútš	wehninaaničitawiiruútIt
Now	these	young men	when they each mounted up,

noowitiinanáʾAx	xaaNAhkúsuʾ.
then they ran off with them	a big bunch of horses.

atsú	–	tⁱnaaríčI	–	wiiteešútš	–	noowituutuuníkUt	–	štoh	piikaawá.
But	–	this	–	young man	–	then he caught it	–	again	the stallion.

noowitiroóʾa	skarútš.
Then he took it off	the hide.

noowituutiriiwaápI.

Then he folded it up.

nootiičitawiítIt	na	nooteéʾaʾ.
Then he mounted it	and	then he came.

nootootAhniraánaʾ.

Then he came in pursuit of them.

uu	pítkUx	niikohnuuxawé	na	wewitaRAhWIswáʾ
Oh,	two,	however many days it was	and	they returned

niiʾAhnuuxitUhwaáhAt	niikohnuuxitUhwaáhAt	nataraakíčI	sáhniš.
where the villages were	wherever the villages were	ourselves	Arikaras.

nikutiiNIštaaʾiitihUxuúkuʾ.

That is what they used to tell.

wah	wewiteenani-	wísaʾ	xaaNAhkúsuʾ.
Now	they brought	them back	a big bunch of horses.

wituxtaanaaNIhuúʾU	–	nikuNAhkuutaáNA	–	tⁱnaákUx	wiiteešútš.
It was many times	–	his doing that	–	this	young man.

kaakíʾ číkuʾ nakuuxItkAxtíRA	číkuʾ niiNAhkuusuxkaapaatštíRA	tsu	noowituuxAsšUhuniiwaawaʾuúxIt.
He never fasted	to have been blessed by anything,	but	then he knew how to plan things.

číkuʾ niiNAhkuutaáNA	na	witunaahé	na	číkuʾ noowiteeraaničíšAt.
Whenever he did anything,	and	it was good	and	then he saved things.