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wah	koxtunaaʾít	atípaʾ	nuuNUxtaaʾiiwaawaatihUxukú
Now	I will tell it	my grand- father	(one of) the things he used to tell

wiiteešútš	AhništaaWIhkAhunuuwaaWIhú.
young men	when they were going around hunting.

WIšituxtiraáhuʾ	wiiteešútš.
They (du) were always together	a young man.

kutuuxAxaáʾA	kuuNUxíšuʾ.
He was named	Bear Paw.

nooWIšitiraaʾíhWA	nuunatskatAhkáʾU
Then they (du) went hunting	the other side of the river

niiʾAhnuuxitUhnoowiisákUx	–	ačitaánuʾ–	táWIt	niinaataraʾoohú.
where the village was on the edge of the bank	–	tribes–	three	the ones they talk about.

nooWIšitIhuukatáWA	ani-	náʾU	šohnaraaWIhkaʾaáhNA.
So they (du) crossed the river	that	one	as they went hunting.

tehnuxtaaNIhuúʾU	AxkaáʾA	aniNAhunaanoótA	haáwaʾ	čítUx sAhaánuʾ.
There must have been many	antelope	that land	also	Beaver Creek.

nuu	wešohnakoohaahkawaawanú	niiwešoh-	naawaʾá	witIsakUhteerípiRIt.
There	as they (du) went about on the prairie	where they	(du) were coming	it was afternoon.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	aráh	–	taasišwiiruútIt.
Then he said	this one:	"Say,	–	let's stay here!

anuunahUshaanoótA	–	NAhnunáhtš	taRAhčesWAtwaahUxuúkuʾ	hiíš.
That coulee over there	–	deer	they usually come out of the woods	in the evening.

číkuʾ naahtsehkukoótIt.

Perhaps we might kill one."

nooWIšitičitawiiruútIt.

Then they (du) sat down on top.

noowitatsUhiínaʾ.

Then a rain came.

uu	wititsUhiiNIhuúʾU	wehnaatsUhiína.
Oh,	it was a big rain	when it rained!

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wešiNItčitákUx	niišinatUtčiriNAh-	wiʾuúʾA
And	then he said:	"As we sat on top	where our eyes were	pointed

čikohnáʾU	tikoohaahkákUx.
something	it sat on the prairie.

nootuhkoohaáne.

It was a nice (ie flat) prairie.

nootitsapísuʾ	tuukuNIsaakaríčI	na	wenatsUhiihtoókUt	neešiineetikUxtawiraáWA.
It was shining	(with) the sun facing the other way	and	as the rain came down	we ran down (the hill).

WAxtaaká	tihUshaanúʾAt.
Birch	there was a coulee.

weši-	tItkawaáRIt.
We were	standing in the trees.

uu	titsUhiiNIhuúʾU	nawaawaapIsú	hawá	waaRUxtí	naWAhnaahú.
Oh,	it was a heavy rain,	its lighting,	also	its thund	ering.

naáNIt	Ahnootihnunaanaʾiwaníkuʾ.
Really	the ground was just shaking.

číkuʾ	teškúNIt	tehnoóxaʾ.
Something	close by	it must have come.

wah	tiweneehaanaáNA	wenatsUhiiNUhuuNUhtaátA	číkuʾ teeNAhneewaáta.
"Now	after it cleared up	after the rain had passed over	I must have looked off.

anuú	neskoóhAt	niinatsUhiihteéhAt	nakatistatátA
There	(in) the sky	where the border of the storm was	its being dark

niiwenatsUhiinátA	čikohnáʾU	nootuu-	tUhuunaawaanúʾ.
where the rain was going,	something	then it	was swinging around.

thaáwiʾ	haáxtš.
It looked like	a string.

haáxtš	tuutUhuunukaáʾiwoʾ.
The string	it was swinging.

neeniihuununáhAs.

It quickly disappeared.

wešitatuutAxwaáRIt.

"Now we stood there.

nookaneeniíkUx	iiháʾ	čikohnáʾU	nuxkoohaahkákUx.
Then it was not	there	anything	its having been on the prairie.

neešiineetiihuuwiraáWA	na	inootIhunaahnátA.
We ran over	and	there there was a hole.

číkuʾ šikaakAhnaawičirikaáʾAt	číkuʾ nii-	nakuútA.
We did not notice anything	whatever	it was.

tsu	neešiineetIhuukatáWA	niinuuxitúhkUx.
But	we crossed the water	where the village was.

nikuneeniiwaawáciʾ	aráh	taatsuuxeéRIt	nút.
"They were saying that:	'Say,	I saw it	a snake.

tehnuxkawataakUxuúkuʾ	na	nootaahwiítIt.
It used to come out	and	it sat down over there.

níkUs	nakUxunuuwaáWI	kásuʾ	číkuʾ nakiihuuNIhtatataweétA	nookanawiteewiʾooxítIt.
Birds	as they flew around,	a meadowlark	when it flew by	then it had not started to tire.

noowitunaačiteeʾá	naakiihuuwaáta	na	noowitihkanéʾIs.
Then it was difficult for it	for it to fly up	and	then it ate it up.

wah	nikutehnóʾ.
Now	it must have been that one.

tehniinawikúxIt	waarúxtiʾ.
It must have snatched it up	Thunder.'"

nikutištaataraʾoóhuʾ.

That is what they used to talk of.

tehnuxtaawaaRUxtíʾ	aniNAhunaanoótA.–	atsú	wetiraahunuuwaáhAs.
It must have been holy	that ground.–	But	the ways have disappeared.

–	aniiháʾ	nikunuuxunuuwaawíhuʾ	naáNIt	čitUx sAhaánuʾ	wenux-	taanawaawáNA.
–	here	that is where they used to be	really	Beaver Creek	where	they (the people) used to live scattered around.

wah	taanikutikunuuNUxtaaʾít	atípaʾ.
Now	this is what he told me	my grandfather.