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wetAhnaaʾiitawíštA	niišinihtaruuwaʾó
Now I am going to tell a story	what they used to tell about

súxtIt iNAhniítš	niinuxwaakahUxukú	atíʾAx	niinuuNUxtaaʾiitUxukú.
Old Woman's Grand- son	what he used to tell	my father	how he used to tell it.

pakúhtuʾ	pakUhnaawaawiriíkuʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	WIšituuxIt-	kAxčitAxá	haakaraahnaawíkAt.
Long ago,	a very long time ago	young women	they (du) lay	sleeping on top	on a drying scaffold.

WIšituxčitAxá	wešohnaahtaruuwaʾó	wiiteešútš
They (du) lay on top	while they (du) were talking about them	young men

tákuʾ	niinaakunusteéʾU.
someone	whom she liked.

áxkUx	witiwaákoʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	áxkUx	tatⁱnistéʾ	wiiteešútš
One	she said	young woman:	"One	I like him	young man."

na	uunaáxA	suúnaaxuʾ	noowitiwaákoʾ	tsu	naátU	tákuʾ kaakatⁱnistéʾ.
And	the other one lying	young woman	then she said:	"But	I	I do not like anyone.

anuunaaríčI	sákaaʾA	tatⁱnistéʾ	natsapIsú.
That one standing there	star	I like it	the shining one.

tiiháʾI	huukakaahaahníniʾ	iiwánu	na	iikohtakuúxa.
Here	down below (ie on earth)	if he were going around,	and	he would marry me."

nooWIšititkáwa.

Then they (du) slept.

witAheéšaʾ.

Morning came.

noošitiroosít	kooswaap-	síšuʾ.
Then they (du) picked them up	iron	pails.

noošititakásWA.

Then they (du) went for water.

wešohnačiraawaakará-	ʾU	tstoóxuʾ	–	na	–
After they (du) filled	them with water	water,	–	and	–

nooWIšituuteéRIt	suú-	nuʾ.
then they (du) saw it	a porcu-	pine.

noowitiíʾAt.

There it went.

nooWIšitunáʾAx.

Then they (du) ran after it.

áxkUx	suúnaaxuʾ	noowi-	tiwaákoʾ	–	tikoosšóʾ	hitčiíšuʾ.
One	young woman	then	she said:	–	"I want	the quills.

–	tikuunaaweešitiíkuʾ	niinatuutaánu	–	hitčiíšuʾ.
–	I am running short of them	what I am doing	–	quills."

na	–	nooWIšitunáʾAx.
And	–	then they (du) ran after it.

na	–	iiháʾI	–	witIhaapé	–	WAxakúsuʾ	–	niinoonitsteé-
And	–	there	–	it was a tree	–	cottonwood	–	where the edge of

hAt	na	áxkUx	–	suúnaaxuʾ	–	noowitunáʾAx.
the water was,	and	one	–	young woman	–	then she ran after it.

na	nátkAt	uunaaríčI	noowitiwaákoʾ	tsuxtáʾAt	kaatarátš.
And	later	the other one	then she said:	"Let me go after it	an ax!

neesihnaapirít.

We'll knock the tree down."

noowitiwaákoʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	Axtóh	tíʾ	NItkutaátA.
Then she said	the young woman:	"Surely	I ca	n climb up."

wešohnuuteerikú	suúnuʾ	wehnataátA	tiʾAhnuuxaápI	na
After they (du) saw it	the porcupine	after it had gone up	this tree,	and

–	noowitíʾAt	–	na	noowituhniRAsáʾAt	niiwehnataátA.
–	then she went	–	and	then she climbed after it	where it went up.

suúnaaxuʾ	noowituhniRAsáʾAt	suúnuʾ	anuú
The young woman	then she climbed after it	the porcupine	there

wenataátA	wenataátA.
her climbing,	her climbing.

uunuuxukakaaríčI	–	suúnaaxuʾ	–	noowitikaaʾiíšAt.
The other standing below	–	young woman	–	then she went home.

noowitiraaʾiitáWI.

Then she told about it.

–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	tiiháʾI	taanikuwetuu-	tAxítIt.
–	Then she said	–	"Here	this is what	happened.

wetuhniRAsáʾAt	suúnuʾ.
She has climbed up after it	a porcupine.

anuú	weneehunahAsíšAt.
There	she went out of sight.

–	kaakíʾ	NItkuuteéRIt.–	atsú	tⁱNAhaápI	a	čiišaaNIhaaNIhaákuʾ.
–	I could	not see her.–	But	this tree	and	here it was expanding (upward)."

kaakuhneesiíšuʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	anuú	wenataátA	wenuhniRAsaátA.
She did not know	the young woman	there	as she climbed up	when she chased after it.

nuu	wititáʾAt.
There	she climbed.

noowituhneésiš	wehnareeWAtwaawaáhNA	inoó	oopiínuʾ	witiihunaáʾA	wehnaWIsátA.
Then she knew	after she looked all around:	there	different	there was a land	when she arrived.

noowiteečitstáʾ	–	suúnaaxuʾ.
Then she cried	–	the young woman.

wehnačíkAt	–	tiʾAhnuuxátA	suúnuʾ	noowiwitiičiwiníhnoʾ.
While she cried,	–	this one that had gone	porcupine	then it changed itself.

noowitiíʾ	wiítA.
There he was	a man.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	tičé NAxuNAhčíkAt.
Then he said:	–	"What are you crying for?"

–	noowitiwaákoʾ	Axtóh	nuxkatiisíʾU	tAxuxwaakaáhuʾ	aninaaríčI
–	Then he said:	"Certainly	last night	you were saying:	'That

sákaaʾA	tiiháʾI	hunaaníniʾ	iiwánu	iíʾU	wiítA	na	iikohtakuúxa.
star	here	on earth	if he were going around,	if he were	a man	and	he would marry me.'

wah	nikuwetatíʾ	NAxuhtóxwo.
Now	I am the one	your admiring him."

noowitireewaáta	suúnaaxuʾ.
Then she looked	the young woman.

–	noowitiwískaʾ	–	a	či	kananaaxíʾ	wiiteešútš.
–	Then she thought	–	"And	here	you are not	a young man!"

witookarikúʾuʾ	witíʾ	wiítA	atsú	AhnuuNUxé	--
A middle aged man	he was	the man,	but	he was nice looking	--

AhnuuNUxé	tiwehNUtčiríkUx.
he was nice looking	when she looked at him.

noowitiisiRAxkaaʾiíšAt	–	niiʾAhnaanunuunakaáWI	–	sákaaʾA.
Then he took her home	–	where he had his home	–	the star.

noowitiisiRAxkaaʾiíšAt.

Then he led her home.

niiháʾI	nikuWIšitúxkUx.
There	that is where they (du) lived.

tsu	nuuwenaawaató	suúnaaxuʾ	wenuutaakawiítIt
But	when she became lonesome	the young woman	when she thought of them

anuú	huukakaahaahníniʾ	aNAhunuuwaáWI	nikukohnuutaakIs-
there	down below	the ones going around	the ones she was re-

waaWIšú	wenačíkAt	noowiteesšoóxIt.
lated to,	when she cried,	then she ceased crying.

tiraačítA	–	wiítA	–	híNAx	noowitikawátAt.
It was the reason	–	the man	–	at night	then he went out.

noowituuNItkhaanaánuʾ	wiítA	–	noowitíʾAt	–	číkuʾ niikohnux-	wooxuúkuʾ.
It was every night	the man	–	then he went	–	wherever it was	that he always went.

atsú	–	suúnaaxuʾ	–	kanohneesiíšuʾ	atsú	–	tⁱnaákUx	–
But	–	the young woman	–	she didn't know,	but	–	this	–

sákaaʾA	híNAx	–	weNAhkiihiʾaáNA	–	tsu	witiʾuuneéRIt	anuú
star	at night	–	when it would become	–	but	he stood upright	there

skaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ	niiʾAhnaaríčI.
in the sky	where he stood.

ee	wiináxtš	noowitúhnoʾ.
Eh,	a boy	so she bore it for him.

piiráʾuʾ	wenuh-	náʾU	wiináxtš	witíʾ.
The baby	when she	bore it for him	a boy	he was.

wehnuhnáʾU	wiináxtš	witoonawé	sákaaʾA	nikaakíniʾ.
When she bore it for him	the boy	he had an image (of)	a star	on the forehead.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	suúnaaxuʾ	tⁱnaákUx	–	wiináxtš	tikaaNAsšóʾ	WIsuúkaʾ.
Then she said	–	the young woman:	"This	–	boy	he wants to eat	turnips."

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	neeNAhtakúʾU	wah	tunaahé.
And	then he said	her husband:	"Now	that is good.

na tUtkaruúWAt	–	WIsuúkaʾ.
Dig them for him	–	turnips.

atsú	–	na kaakikaruúWAt	iina-	kuʾiitiíkUx.
But	–	do not dig them	where	there is a depression.

iinakUhunaahwičeésU	na nikutikaruú-	WAt.
Where the land is high	that is where	you must dig them."

na	noowitiwískaʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	waaxtóh	tsuxtáʾAt	WIsuúkaʾ.
And	then she thought	the young woman:	"Now certainly	let me go after them	turnips!"

anuú	–	wehnaátA	–	noowitiwískaʾ	tičé tAxuúʾUt
There	–	when she went	–	then she thought:	"I wonder why it is

tiwekaakAxkuhnaaʾiitawíhuʾ	iinaʾiitiíkUx	kananakukaruuwa-	tú	WIsuúkaʾ.
you did not tell me this:	'Where it is low	you should not	dig them	turnips.'

čiraátoʾ itaraaʾiiranít.

Let me try."

noowituhnunaahnatawihUxítIt.

Then she began to dig a hole.

anuú	AhnoowitⁱnoohUhkáʾAt	AhnuxtaáhNA	WIsuukAhkaruuwatúx.
There	then it went through	what she had	a turnip digging stick

–	noowitiihuununáhAs.
–	Then it vanished.

–	a	noowititkananooʾá	suúnaaxuʾ.
–	And	then she took the dirt out	the young woman.

witičirikaáʾAt.

She peeped through.

na	noowitiihunuuwá	nuu	haaWAhíniʾ.
And	there they were going around	there	on earth.

atsú	áskAt	nuu	wewitiíkUx	skaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ.
But	up above	there	she was living	in the sky.

a	noowitikaaʾiíšAt	wenačíkAt	wenuutaakeéRIt	niiʾAhnáʾU	ačitaánuʾ.
And	then she went home	as she cried	when she saw them	where it was	the tribe.

noowituuNItkóʾ	sápat	wehneh-	wakaraanúʾa.
Then she heard her	a woman	when	she called out to her.

sápat	wehnitwaaWAhtít	a	čiišaáʾA	–	Isíš	–
The woman	the one who spoke to her	and	here she was	–	a spider	–

suxtiikIsíš	–	natsú	–	noowiwitee-	wíroʾ	sáhniš.
Old Woman Spider	–	but	–	she changed	herself into it	a human.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tičé NAxuNAhčíkAt	natAhaáʾU.
Then she said:	"What are you crying for	my daughter?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	suúnaaxuʾ	tAtčíkAt	a	či
Then she said	the young woman:	"I am crying,	and	here

kaahunaanoopiínuʾ	–	NAtwanú.
(in) a different land	–	my going around

–	kukaakatihkaahunaáʾA.
–	It is not my country.

anuú	haawíNIt	kutatihkaahunaáʾA.
There	below	it is my country."

a	noowitiwaákoʾ	sápat	šiišáʾ	niinatⁱniinakaáWI.
And	then she said	woman:	"Come	where my house is!"

na	noowitiisiráxAt.
And	then she led her there.

witIhunaahnátA	niiʾAhnaanu-	nuunakaáWI.
It was a cave	where she had	her dwelling.

witiisiRAxuúkAt.

She led her inside.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	koxtootIštatataʾuúhAt.
And	then she said:	"Now	I will help you.

kooxi-	kaaʾiíšAt.
You'll	go home.

kooxuhnaaʾiitáWI	naahtakúʾU	nakaaʾiišá	kooxuhnaaʾiitáWI	–
You'll tell him	your husband,	when he comes home	you will tell him:	–

nakukootíkA	tanáhaʾ.
'Kill it	a buffalo.

–	tsu	čituúʾuʾ	niinoonuhnaanuúʾA	Axkásuʾ	–	tanáhaʾ	čituúʾuʾ	–	noonanoowaawaʾá.
–	And	all of them	wherever they are	sinews	–	buffalo	all	–	take them out!'

na	–	nooneenanáʾ	–	na	–	nooneeraánu.
And	–	then he'll bring them	–	and	–	he'll give them to you.

–	na	neškuuraánu.
–	And	you'll give them to me.

–	koxtoosaáxtoʾ	háxtš.
–	I'll make it for you	a string.

–	nuu	kooxiwísAt.
–	There	you'll arrive.

kooxuutaakeéRIt	niikunooNAxiiNAhnaawaáNU.
You'll see them	the ones you are related to."

kunoowituúta	suúnaaxuʾ	noowitikaaʾiíšAt.
Then she did that	the young woman:	then she went home.

wehnuhnaasštáWI	a	čeésuʾ	áriišIt	Axkásuʾ
As she waited for an opportunity	and	too	herself	(from) sinew

noowitIhaáxtoʾ	háxtš.
then she made a string	a string.

číkuʾ niikohniihaáxIt	tsu	noowitIhaáxtoʾ.
However long the string was,	but	then she made the string.

noowitiripaána	wehnuutaaNIštaátA	súxtIt
Then she hid it	after she had finished doing it	the old woman,

weeNAhaaxtáʾU	–	háxtš	–	Axkásuʾ	wenohnanaáNU.
after she had made the string	–	string	–	sinew	what she used.

na	wiináxtš	tsu	wewitUtpsiwá	číkuʾ	šíhUx	wehnawaákA
And	the boy	but	he was now winters	perhaps	five	when she said

súxtIt	wetatuutaaNIštát	natoosaxtoóku	háxtš.
the old woman:	"I have finished doing it	my having made it	the string."

anuú	nootíʾAt.
Over there	then she went.

wiítA	neeNAhtakúʾU	kanawituxkaákUx.
The man	her husband	he was not home.

noowitíʾAt	noowititáhpA	wiináxtš.
Then she went.	So she carried him on her back	the boy.

a	noowiteéRIt	súxtIt.
And	there she stood	the old woman.

wehnehnaxtaʾá	–	háxtš	na	–	nooWIšitista-	reewaápI.
After she brought the string	–	string,	and	–	then she tied	them (du).

na	noowitiirá	nátš.
And	there she had it	a stick.

noowiteehatawi-	RIhúnoʾ	niiʾAhnuxkawátI	WIsuúkaʾ.
Then she made a	big hole	where she had dug it	the turnip.

noowitiikári-	WIš.
Then she put it	across.

noowitUstareepI	háxtš	tiʾaNAhaásA.
Then she tied it	the string	here where the wood was.

na	–	suúnaaxuʾ	–	noowituutIsčeeriípI
And	–	the young woman	–	then she tied his face

AhnuxtaahpiinaáhNA	piiráʾuʾ.
the one she had on her back	child.

noowituutIsčeeriípI	kanaʾaaxiNIskawaanuuNIhú.
Then she tied his face	'so that the wind won't blow in your face.'

noowitUsteeniičíWAt	anuú	weneeʾátA	weNUsaxteeniičii-	ruuwatú
Then she unwound it	there	as she flew	when she was un-	winding it

tiʾAhnaáxA	nátš.
here where it lay	the stick.

nuu	–	naahuunéʾ	noowitAhaaxaweešítIt.
There	–	at length	then the string began to end

–	na	–	áriišIt	AhnuxaaxtaáhNA	suúnaaxuʾ
–	And	–	herself	the string she had	the young woman,

noowitsaxkawiʾoohtáWI	na	ítAt	noowitAhaaxaweešítIt.
then she connected the string,	and	even then	then the string became depleted.

niikohnuuxaapičeéʾIs	nikunoowitiihaáxIt.
Wherever the highest tree was	that was the length of the string.

tsu	tiweNUstákUx.
And	there she hung.

natsú	–	anuú	áskAt	neeNAhtakúʾU	wetiNAxwéʾ	–	na	NAhaáʾU	wiináxtš.
But	–	there	above	her husband	he looked for her,	–	and	his child	the boy.

noowitiWIsxá	Ahnuxtaraʾó	WIsuúkaʾ.
Then he remembered	her talking about it	turnips.

anuú	noowitíʾAt	niiʾAhniisuxtaaʾiitawíhA	naahtakúʾU	WIsuúkaʾ	Ahnuxkaruuwatú.
There	then he went	where she had already told him	his wife	turnips	where she had dug them.

noowitíʾAt.

Then he went.

inoowiteehátA.

There there was a hole.

a	noowitičirikaáʾAt	a	noowituuteéRIt.
And	then he peeped through	and	then he saw her.

noowitanustákUx	naahtakúʾU	wehnaahaaxawee-	šítIt.
There she hung	his wife	where the string	ended.

–	kanawitiiwísAt.
–	It did not reach it.

–	kanawiteštaanuNAhwiítIt	tⁱNAhunásA.
–	Her feet did not reach the ground	here on earth.

či	kanítš	weešaahkúxIt	wiítA	sákaaʾA.
Here	a stone	he picked it up	the man	star.

wiítA	noowitikaNItkúxIt.
The man	then he picked up a stone.

nikuwituútuʾ	niiʾAhnuutIšuúʾA	ščiškúsuʾ.
It was thus	how his finger was	the thumb.

noowitUtwaaWIhtít	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	kanítš.
Then he talked to it	–	this	–	stone.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	tateehUhtawiraawaníštA	tⁱNAhaaxtáWI.
Then he said:	"Now	I am going to send you sliding down	this string.

anuú	IšWIsátA	anuú	Axteehaahníniʾ	wetAxtiwíštA	sápat.
There	when you arrive	there	on the pate	you are going to hit her	the woman.

wetAxkootíštA.

You are going to kill her.

tsu	na kaakiraʾá.
But	do not hurt him.

na kaakithaahtakúx	natihnaáʾU.
Do not wound him	my son."

nikunoowituúta	tⁱnaákUx	kanítš	nuu	we-	neehUhtawiraátA.
Then that is what it did	this	stone	there	when	it slid down it.

nuu	witiwísAt	niiʾAhniisuxtaaʾiitawíhA	Axteehaahníniʾ	nootiníWI	sápat.
There	it arrived	where it was told:	"On the pate	hit her	the woman.

a	nootikoótIt.
Th	en kill her."

wah	–	niikohnuutAxítIt	–	nooWIšitIhuukakaaʾuúkUt
Now	–	whatever happened	–	then they (du) fell down below

wešohnuxtawiíNA	–	WAxakúsuʾ	tiʾaNAhaápI	–
where they (du) were caught on it	–	cottonwood	this tree	–

wehnuxtawiíNA	wehnaahaaxaweešítIt.
where she caught on it	after the string came to an end.

nooWIšitIhuukakaaʾuúkUt	hunaaníniʾ.
Then they (du) fell down on it	on the ground.

na	wiináxtš	noowitiihUhkáwatAt	niiʾAhništaahpiinaáhNA	šáxtiʾ.
And	the boy	then he jumped out of it	where she carried him on her back	his mother.

noowitiihUhkáwatAt	nuu	weNAhkiihuuwiraawaawanú.
Then he jumped out	there	as he ran all around.

witikatiisiʾá	a	noowiteéʾaʾ.
It became dark	and	then he came.

noowitikaáʾAt	štoh	niiʾAhnuxkaáWI	šáxtiʾ	weNAhkuʾeétI.
Then he went in	again	where he had been inside	his mother	when she had nursed him.

noowitAheéšaʾ	na	noowitikawátat	štoh.
Then morning came	and	then he got out	again.

nuu	noowitaáNAt.
There	then he would go off.

–	noowitiihunaáʾA	–	neéšuʾ	–	AhnaraanaáNU	–	WAhúx.
–	There there was–a garden,	–	corn	–	their being planted	–	squash.

noowititarookUxítIt	neéšuʾ.
Then he began to pick it	the corn.

noowitiwaʾá	čipaásuʾ	neéšuʾ	wehnawáʾA.
Then he ate it	uncooked,	the corn	when he ate it.

natsú	–	súxtIt	–	iišehnaanunuhnunaáNU	noowiteéʾaʾ.
But	–	the old woman	–	the primary one who owned the garden	then she came.

noowitaaxwá	piirátš.
There were tracks	a child.

noowitiwískaʾ	ka tAxíʾ	wiináxtš	na	kuʾaaxaáNU	suúnatš.
Then she thought:	"I wonder if you are	a boy	or	whether you are	a girl?"

tiwehnakaaʾiišátA	noowitiriškároʾ.
After she went home	then she made arrows.

súxtIt	noowitiriškároʾ.
The old woman	then she made arrows.

na	xáwos	noowitíroʾ	na	natš.
And	a ball	then she made it,	and	a stick.

–	noowititkaakaroósI	wehnaWIskáʾA	–	wah	inoošaáNU
–	Then she left them in the garden	her thinking	–	"Now	if you are

wiináxtš	na	šaahtⁱNAhnoswaakároʾ.
a boy,	and	you'll take the bow and arrows.

na	inoošaáNU	suúnatš	na	xáwos	kiišaahkúxIt.
And	if you are	a girl,	and	the ball	you'll pick it up."

noowitikaaʾiíšAt	wenaroswaawíhA.
Then she went home	after she put the things down.

wah	tsu	wiináxtš	nuu	nootikawátAt	šáxtiʾ	niiʾAhnuúsA
Now	but	the boy	there	then he got out	his mother	where she was lying

–	šáxtiʾ	–	wehnatsaskootaánu.
–	his mother	–	after the flesh was rotting.

nookaakiiwooxítIt	štoh	–	šáxtiʾ	–	niiʾAhnaáxA.
Then he didn't start going	back	–	his mother	–	where she lay.

na	noowitiirištós	na	inoowitiíkUx	xáwos	witohniisuxkUxwiNUxukú.
And	there the arrows lay,	and	there it sat	the ball	the one they used to play shinny with.

noowititⁱNAhnoswaakaróʾ.

Then he picked the bow and arrows.

nii	WAhúx	AhnatawaáWI	na	noowiteepanikUxítIt.
Where	squash	their growing	and	then he began to shoot them.

a	–	či	–	súxtIt	–	či	–	weešeeNItkaakaʾiíšaʾ.
And	–	here	–	the old woman	–	here	–	she came into the garden.

nootiiteéRIt.

Then she saw him.

noowitiituuníkUt.

Then she caught him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aa	atⁱnátš	wetatootaWIseéRIt.
Then she said:	"Ah,	my grandson,	I have finally seen you.

wetiraačeéʾA	natohnuníkUx.
It has been a long time	my waiting for you.

wetAxihwísaʾ.

Now you have arrived."

nootsiRAxkaaʾiíšaʾ.

Then she led him home.

iNAhniítš	nootsiRAxkaaʾiíšaʾ	nuuwešinakaákUx	ikaániʾ.
Her grandson	then she led him home	their (du) living there in it	his grandmother.

noowitiraačeéna	atsú	wiináxtš	tiRAxAhaátuʾ.
Then it was a long time	and	the boy	he was growing up.

súxtIt	noowituutaánuʾ	weNAhkuRAhkateenaáhNA	ničiíšuʾ.
The old woman	then she was doing it	her parching it	corn.

noowitiroswaáWI	čeehaahníniʾ.
Then she laid them out	in the lodge.

noowiteeWI-	sítIt	–	súxtIt.
Then she	went out	–	the old woman.

noowituutakáxaʾ	–	kaáxIt.
Then she called to the	–	blackbirds.

šištaahnaánaʾ.

"You (pl) come!

tiwetatohnaahnoswaáWI	ničiíšuʾ	NAxkuraapáʾA.
I have spread them out for you (pl) here	corn	for you (pl) to eat."

noowiteekUxúʾaʾ.

Then they came flying

kaáxIt.

blackbirds.

kanawituuneešawíhAx	tiwehnaakUxúʾaʾ.
There was a multitude	when they came flying.

noowitíʾAt	nooʾAhnaanunuhnunaáNU	tsu	níkUs	–
Then she went	where her garden was,	and	the birds	–

wewitikUxUhunuupóʾ	–	nehnihwaʾá	ničiíšuʾ.
now they were flying inside	–	as they ate it	the corn.

čituúʾuʾ	witihkanéʾIs.
All	they ate it up.

noowitikUxUhuunaWIsítIt.

Then they flew out.

wah	–	skaná	wehnakaákUx	–	wiináxtš	wehnaátA
Now	–	alone	when he was inside	–	the boy,	after she went

ikaániʾ	niiʾAhnaanunuhnunaáNU	–	noowitiwískaʾ	–	wiináxtš
his grandmother	where her garden was,	–	so he thought	–	the boy:

waxtóh	čeésiʾ	toosuuxá	–	atíkaʾ	–	niiNAxuutaánu.
"Surely	myself	let me do it	–	my grandmother	–	what you do!"

nootiRAhkateenaaNIšítIt	ničiíšuʾ.
Then he began to parch it	corn.

nookanawituuneeša-	wíhAx	wehnaRAhkateenaáhNA.
There was a large	quantity	after he parched it.

noowitikUxAhú	čeehaah-	níniʾ.
Then he scattered it	on the	floor.

noowiteeWIsítIt.

Then he went outside.

noowituutakáxaʾ	kaáxIt	ikaániʾ	niiʾAhnuutaánu.
Then he called them	blackbirds	his grandmother	as she would do.

wah	wetatohnaahNAhkateéna	ničiíšuʾ.
"Now	I have parched it for you	corn.

šištaNAhnuúkaʾ.

Come inside!"

wah–	tiwehnakUxUhunuukátA	–	čituúʾuʾ	níkUs	–	tiwehnakUxUhu-
Now–	when they flew inside	–	all	birds	–	after they flew

nuukátA	noowituuNAhneekáWI.
inside,	then he shut the door on them.

čituúʾuʾ	suuxaakAhíniʾ	noowituutIsawaaháNIt	kananakuukUxUhuunaWIsítIt.
All	the smokehole	then he closed all of them	so that they couldn't fly out.

wah	noowitiirút	–	nátš.
Now	then he picked it up	–	a stick.

wituuxItkatAxá	–	NAhnéswis.
It lay by the fire	–	a poker.

wehnaaNAhčiiNItwinú	čituúʾuʾ	witikawoótIt	níkUs.
After he hit them on the nape,	all	he killed them	birds.

noowitiRAsačiwaapí.

Then he gathered them.

noowitiRAhwaakúx.

Then he put them into a pile.

ikaániʾ	wehnaahuúka	noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ
His grandmother	when she came in	then he said:	"Grandma,

šitooNUxkaniwaahaásuʾ	–	tⁱnaroósI	–	níkUs.
they used to eat up everything	–	these	–	birds.

wenetkawoó-	tIt.
Now I have	killed them.

tiweneéros.

Here they lie.

íhUx	nootAxiroosít.
Half	you take them.

nootAxi-	waanáxIt	NAsIhkuwáʾA
Then you	cook them	for you and me to eat them."

noowitiwaákoʾ	ikaániʾ	naa	wetunaahé	nii-	weNAxuutaánu.
Then she said	his grandmother:	"Why,	that is good	what	you have done."

anuú	sškaaWIhíniʾ	–	tsu	–	wetiiNAsštáʾa.
There	in her mind	–	but	–	now she felt hurt.

a	či	níkUs	tⁱnaroósI	nikiišeenunuhnaasíštA	niiʾAhnaanu-	nuhnunaáNU.
And	here	birds	these	they had watched over it for her	where her	garden was.

na	noowitiRAsačiwaapí	súxtIt.
And	so she gathered them up	the old woman.

noowitiRAh-	kakúx	sAhuútš.
Then she put	them in it	a robe.

anuú	noowitiraniwaraakaʾiíšAt.
There	then she took them into the woods.

noowituutapaaWIhtít	wah	niišuxtaahnaáNAt.
Then she spoke to them:	"Now	you go on!

tiwaaRUxtíʾ	wiináxtš	niiwenuutaáNA.
He is holy	the boy	what he did.

niišuxtaahnaáNAt.

Now go on!"

štoh	noowitiRAhtšičiíta	níkUs.
Again	then they became alive	the birds.

súxtIt	a	či	nikiišeenuxtáʾAt.
The old woman	and	here	they belonged to her.

anuú	–	wenuúta	wenuúta	na	štoh	–	witiwaákoʾ
Then	–	after it was,	after it was,	and	again	–	she said

šuxtIt	na kaakíʾAt	iiháʾI.
the old woman:	"Do not go	there.

kaakunaáhe.

It is not good.

kaakíʾAt	iiháʾI.
Do not go	there.

tikaʾá	áxkUx	WAxtás.
There is in the brush	one	mountain lion."

noowititkaakaʾiíšAt	niiʾAhnaanunuhnunaáNU.
Then she went into the garden	where her garden was.

na	wiináxtš	wenuhkaahuuniíWIs	skána	noowitiwískaʾ	čeétoʾ itáʾAt
And	the boy	after he was left inside	alone,	then he thought:	"Let me go

–	niiNAxuxwaakAhú	–	atíkaʾ	axíʾAt.
–	where she said	–	my grandmother:	'Do not go!'"

nuu	witeekaáʾ	a	nuu	noowitíʾAt.
Then	he came out	and	there	then he went.

číkuʾ niikoh-	niiraawiiʾót	wehnaátA	noowiteeraaWIhčeswaátaʾ	WAxtás.
However far	it was	his going,	then it came charging from the woods	a mountain lion.

tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	noowitiwaákoʾ	pAhiítuʾ	šiíšaʾ.
This	boy	then he said:	"Quietly	come!

číkuʾ axuúta.

Do not do anything!

pAhiítuʾ	šiíšaʾ.
Quietly	come!"

nikunoowituutá	WAxtás	číkuʾ nookanawituúta	wehnuxwaraahaanaánu.
Then that is what it did	the lion:	it did not do anything	after its getting mad.

číkuʾ nookanawituúta	tiwehnaaʾá.
Then it did not do anything	when he came.

noowitIhaaxtáWI.

Then he put a rope on it.

nuu	noowitsiRAxkaaʾiíšAt	tⁱnaákUx	ikaániʾ.
There	then he led it home to her	this	his grandmother.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tiwetatanoosiRAxá	NAxkiičitáWI
Then he said:	"Grandmother,	I have brought it here for you	for you to ride

NAxkuwó	niiNAxinihnunaáNU.
when you go	where your garden is."

na	ikaániʾ	tiwehnuuteéRIt	nootiwískaʾ	a	či
And	his grandmother	when she saw it	then she thought:	"And	here

NAxwaaRUxtíʾ	tⁱnaaxaríčI	wiináxtš.
you are holy	you standing here	boy!"

a	–	noowituutuuníkUt	–	WAxtás.
And	–	then she took hold of it	–	the mountain lion.

anuú	noowitsiRAxwaraakaʾiíšAt	súxtIt.
There	then she led it into the woods	the old woman.

noowitiwaákoʾ	aniišuúxAt.
Then she said:	"Go on!

xeekoótIt.

He'll kill you.

tiwaaRUxtíʾ	wiináxtš	atⁱnátš.
He is holy	the boy	my grandchild.

–	xeekoótIt.
–	He'll kill you.

–	číkuʾ anuunaahnunaa-	náwaahAt	aniišuúxAt.
–	Some other land way	off	go there!"

wah	štoh	číkuʾ niiwehniihaweéNA	noowitiwaákoʾ	súxtIt	štoh
Now	again	after days had passed	then she said	old woman	again:

axíʾAt	anuunaahwaraákUx.
"Do not go	those woods over there!

axíʾAt.

Don't go!

ti-	kaʾá	kuúNUx.
It is	in the woods	a bear.

xeekoótIt.

It might kill you.

xeekanéʾIs.

It might eat you up."

nootitkaakaʾiíšAt	niiʾAhnaanunuhnunaáNU	súxtIt.
Then she went into the garden	where her garden was	the old woman.

nootitkaakaʾiíšAt.

Then she went into the garden.

atsú	noowitiwískaʾ	wiináxtš	čiraátoʾ itáʾAt	atikáʾ
But	then he thought	the boy:	"I think I'll go	my grandmother

niiNAxuxwaákA	na kaakíʾAt.
where she said:	'Do not go.'"

noowiteeWIsítIt.

Then he went out.

anuú	wenaátA	AhnoowiteeraaWIh-	česwaátaʾ	kuúNUx.
There	as he went	then it just charged	out of the woods	a bear.

witiwaroočíWI	niiwehnaraa-	WIhčeswaáta.
It was different woods	where it	came charging out of the woods.

wenuxwaraahaanaánu	–	na	wiinaxtš	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	axiwaraahaanaánuʾ.
When it was becoming angry,	–	and	the boy	–	then he said:	"Do not get mad!

tičé NAxuNAhwaraahaanaánuʾ.

Why are you getting mad?"

kuúNUx	wewitiʾoóxIt.
The bear	it calmed down.

noo	wehnaáʾa	wehnaáʾa	noowituutuuníkUt	wiináxtš.
Then	as it came	as it came	then he took hold of it	the boy.

noowitsiRAxkaaʾiíšAt.

Then he led it home.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tiweneetanoosiRAxwísaʾ	niinaakunuhnaasštawaáWI.
Then he said:	"Grandmother,	here I've brought it for you	one to watch over things for you."

súxtIt	nootiraawíroʾ	nakukačiíšU	atsú	wewi-	tanuunaátoʾ	sškaaWIhíniʾ.
The old woman	then she pretended	to be glad,	but	she	was angry	in her mind.

noowituutuuníkUt	kuúNUx.
Then she took hold of it	the bear.

noowitsiRAxwaraakaʾiíšAt.

Then she led it into the woods.

wekaakiiteérikuʾ	iNAhniítš	nuu	weNAsiRAxwaraakaʾiišátA.
He didn't see her	her grandson	there	as she took it into the woods.

wah	noowitIhaxtaríkUt.
Now	then she untied it

–	wah	aniišuúxAt.
–	"Now	you go on!

–	anuú	čikii-	niišuúxAt.
–	There	go off	somewhere!

anuú	–	naahnunaanawaáhAt	–	aniišuúxAt.
There	–	the land in the distance	–	go off there!

tiwaaRUxtíʾ	wiináxtš.
He is holy	the boy.

xeekoótIt.

He'll kill you."

witIhaxtaríkut	kuúNUx.
She untied it	the bear.

nuu	noowitíʾAt.
There	then it went.

wah	štoh	niikohniihawé	štoh	noowitiWIskáʾ
Now	again	however many days it was	again	then she thought

súxtIt	wah	číkuʾ niikohnatootaáništA.
the old woman:	"Now	I do not know whatever I am going to do.

koxteekoótIt	atⁱnátš	wiináxtš.
I must kill you	my grandchild	boy."

noowitiRAhkateenaaNIšítIt	ikaániʾ	ničiíšuʾ.
Then she began to parch it	his grandmother	corn.

a	noowitikawísAt.
And	then she ground it.

noowitiraahaanús	napakuxtaákuʾ.
Then she put it in it	a wooden bowl.

wah	iiháʾI	witeekaanukáriWIš	tanáhaʾ	wehnaaRUtkawaakaráʾU.
Now	there	there was a partition hanging	buffalo (hides)	ones she had tanned.

noowituuNAsaáRIt.

There they hung.

noowitiRAhwiraʾuú-	hAt.
Then she pushed them	aside.

nikunoowitiraahAhkaáWI	tiwehnuuxuunáʾU	ničiíšuʾ	na
Then she put a bowl under that	after she had made mush	corn	and

noowiteeWIsítIt	štoh	niiwenaáwo	niiʾAhnaanunuhnunaáNU.
then she went out	again	where she was going	where her garden was.

noowitiwískaʾ	wiináxtš	čiraátoʾ itareewaáta.
Then he thought	the boy:	"Let me look."

na	inookanawitiiRAxá	–	napakuxtaákuʾ	weNAhkukawátI
And	there was not any in it	–	the wooden bowl	when she would take it out

–	ikaániʾ.
–	his grand- mother.

noowitiRAhwiraʾuúhAt	tanáhaʾ	–	arúhtuʾ.
Then he pushed them aside	buffalo	–	hides.

na	–	inoo-	witiišá	wehnitčiríkUx	nuutawáčeš.
And	–	there	it lay	as it stared at him	a water monster.

a	noowitiirút	–	áxkUx	–	tⁱnaátš	–	na	–	niíšuʾ.
And	then he picked it up	–	one	–	bow,	–	and	–	an arrow.

noowituhnaakaratawikásIt.

Then he shot it into its mouth.

anuú	noowitiihUhtawíʾAt	wehnakootíkA.
There	then it slid down	after he killed it.

nuu	AhnoowitičiisUxaáhuʾ	wehnakootíkA.
There	then the water was just roaring	after he killed it.

noowitiihUhtawíʾAt.

Then it slid down.

na	ikaániʾ	wehnaakaaʾiišá	nootiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	wetatotkoótIt.
And	his grandmother	after she came home	then he said:	"Grandmother,	I have killed it for you.

wetItkoótIt	niinooNUxkaneehAsUxukú	weNAxkUhuunáʾU	weNAxkuraahaanúsA.
I have killed it	the one that was always eating it up	the mush that you cooked	what you had in the bowl.

a	či	nikunooNUxkaneehAs-	Uxuúkuʾ.
And	here	that was the one that used	to eat it up.

čikohnáʾU	wetAtkoótIt.
The thing	I have killed it."

na	súxtIt	noowitiwaákoʾ	na	wetAxkoosšteéRAt
And	the old woman	then she said:	"Why,	thank you,"

wehnaraawiroóku	aataasšteehuúNU.
as she pretended	'that I am thankful.'

a	či	wekooNAhnii-	NAsštaʾá	–	súxtIt.
And	here	now she felt	bad	–	the old woman.

tiraačítA	a	či	–	nikii-	šeeNAhtákuʾ	súxtIt.
It was the reason	and	here	–	that	one was her husband	the old woman.

noowitiwaákoʾ	sškaaWIhíniʾ	aa	wetAxkoótIt	ápaʾ
Then she said	in her mind:	"Ah,	now you have killed him	your grandfather,"

wehnuhneésš	súxtIt.
after she found out	the old woman.

a	či	–	NAxwaáRUxtiʾ	tⁱnaaxaríčI	–	wiináxtš.
"And	here	–	you are holy,	you here	–	boy!"

noowitiwískaʾ	nawáh	–	tičé tatootaáništA.
Then she thought:	"Now	–	I wonder what I am to do?

tⁱnaaríčI	–	koxteekoótIt.
This one	–	I must kill you."

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	súxtIt	atⁱnátš	axíʾAt	anuunaahwaákUx.
And	–	then she said	–	the old woman:	"Grandson,	do not go	that hill over there!

šitikaákUx	wiítA.
They (du) live there	men.

šitiwaá-	RUxtiʾ.
They (du)	are holy.

na kaakíʾAt.

Do not go."

na	nootitkaakaʾiíšAt.
And	then she went in the garden.

titkaakaʾiíšAt.

She went in the garden.

tsu	–	wiináxtš	–	noowitiwískaʾ	čeétoʾ itáʾAt	niiNAxux-	waakAhú
But	–	the boy	–	then he thought:	"Let me go	where you	were saying

atíkaʾ	axíʾAt.
my grandma:	'Don't go!'

čiraátoʾ šiitooteeríšAt	wiítA	šooNAxwánu.
Let me go see them (du)	men	you (du) who are going around!"

anuú	noowitíʾAt	wiináxts.
There	then he went	the boy.

na	nooWIšitiikoótIt	tanáhaʾ	taNAheesápat.
And	there they (du) had killed it	buffalo,	a cow.

a	noo-	WIšitiikoótIt.
And	there	they (du) had killed it.

wešohnačiiwaanáʾU	tiwešohnakaNAhkatarátA	atsú	wiináxtš
While they (du) butchered it	when they (du) opened its stomach,	but	the boy

–	weWIšituhnaaNAhčiríkUx.
–	now he was watching them (du) do it.

noowitiihuká	–	aniipáhAt.
There it was inside	–	a fetus.

na	áxkUx	niikanaahniraaNIhtíšU	wiítA	noowitií-	rut.
And	one	the one who was not old	man	then he	picked it up.

noowiteeráʾ.

Then he brought it to him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	súxtIt iNAhniítš	aniisuxtikaaʾiíšAt	tⁱnaákUx	ákaʾ.
Then he said:	"Old Woman's Grandson,	take it home to her	this	your grandmother!

šanuúxu.

Give it to her!"

na	noowituhneésiš	wehnaátA	nitsíniʾ	wiináxtš	wehnuníno.
And	then he realized it	when he went	backwards	the boy	his being afraid of it.

noowitiWIskáʾ	wiítA	a	či	NAxuninóʾ.
Then he thought	the man:	"And	here	you are afraid of it!"

atsú	wekuwituhnaaʾúʾ	AhnarátA	Ahnuhnitatataá-	tA
But	he continued	his carrying it,	his taking it	to him

niiwehnaátA	wiináxtš.
as he went	the boy.

na	wiináxtš	noowitikUxtáʾAt.
And	the boy	then he scampered up.

witIhaapé.

It was a tree.

na	noowitiisaWAtkaʾús	aniipáhAt.
And	then he laid it over a limb	the fetus.

noowitiisaWAtkaʾús.

Then he laid it over a limb.

witIhaačítA.

It was a fork in the tree.

atsú	wiináxtš	nooNAhiínaʾ	wewititáʾAt.
But	the boy	farther	now he climbed up.

niiNAhaakawiiʾátA	noowitiisaWAt-	káʾus.
Where the fork was	then he placed it over	the limb.

wah	–	kanatawiraaʾaáhuʾ	–	wiináxtš.
Now	–	he was not coming down	–	the boy.

tsu–	nuu	–	noo-	teéʾaʾ	wiítA.
But–	there	–	then	he came	the man.

nooWIšititsastanikaaʾiíšAt.

Then they (du) took the meat home.

WIšiti-	tsastoosít	wešohnačiiwaanoxtaátA	nii-
They (du)	took the meat	after they (du) had finished butchering it	where

šohnaanunuunakaáWI	atsú	wiináxtš	wenatákUx	wenuninó
their (du) lodge was	but	the boy	his sitting in the tree	his fearing it

aniipáhAt	kanaʾaateetawiraaʾá.
the fetus,	not wanting'that I come down.'

hUhtiísuʾ–	a	noowitiRAhčíš.
Finally–	and	then he was skinny.

noowiteéʾaʾ	–	áxkUx	wiítA	číkuʾ niikohniihawé	tsu	aniipáhAt
Then he came	–	one	man	however many days passed,	and	the fetus

wekaakúh-	ne.
it was not	good.

wititsaskoóʾAt.

The flesh was rotten.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiítA	inoó IškiíhA	ákaʾ	koxtiritákaahAt	tⁱnaákUx.
Then he said	the man:	"If you give me	your grandmother,	I will take it down	this one."

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	wetataʾú	atíkaʾ.
Then he said	the boy:	"I give her to you	my grandma."

nikunoowituúta	wiítA	noowitiritakaáhAt.
Then he did that	the man:	then he took it down.

na	wiináxtš	noowititakaáhAt.
And	the boy	then he descended.

anuú	noowitikaaʾiíšAt	wiináxtš.
There	then he went home	the boy.

tiwehnaaʾá	wiináxtš	noowitiwaákoʾ	ikaániʾ	čukú NAxuxwanúʾ.
After he came	the boy,	then she said	his grandmother:	"Where were you?"

–	tsu	ikaániʾ	witiwískaʾ	–	wešitee-	NAxihkoótIt.
–	But	his grandmother	she thought	–	"They	must have killed him."

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	wiítA	tuxWIskáʾ	aatakoo-	tíkA.
Then he said	the boy:	"A man	he wanted	that I kill	you."

noowitunaaʾít	aniipáhAt	nuuxukaáWI
Then he told about it,	the fetus	its having been in it

wešinačiiwaanáʾU	tanáhaʾ.
when they (du) butchered it	the buffalo.

neešiineekiihUxítIt	na	neetuNUxtinóʾ.
"They (du) started to give it to me	and	I was afraid of it.

na	neeneetikUxtáʾAt.
And	I ran up it.

iiháʾI	tIhaapeé.
There	there was a tree.

na	neeneetikUxtáʾAt.
And	I ran up it.

na	neeniisaWAt-	káʾus	–	aniipáhAt.
And	he laid it	over a limb	–	a fetus.

nikutiraačítA	–	wenikuNAsáʾUx	wenikuhAstaáhIš.
That was the reason	–	my being hungry,	my being thirsty.

neeniiwaákoʾ	akáʾ	inoó Iš-	kiíhA	–	na	–
He said:	'Your grandmother	if you give	her to me,	–	and	–

neetirooʾá	–	aniipáhAt.
I'll take it off	–	the fetus.'

na	–	neenee-	tiwaákoʾ	heeʾ	kooxirá	atíkaʾ.
And	–	I	said:	'Yes,	you can have her	my grandmother.'

na	neeniiritakaáhAt.
And	he took it down.

nikutiraačítA	tiwenatihkaaʾiišá.
That is the reason	my coming home."

wehnakaaʾiišátA	anuú	AhnaWIsátA	ikaániʾ	nootiwískaʾ
After he went home,	there	after he arrived,	his grandma	then she thought:

a	či	weNAxiínaʾ	atⁱnátš.
"And	here	you have now come,	my grandson!

neetískaʾ	wešiteeNAxihkoótIt.
I thought	they (du) must have killed you."

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	heeʾ	wetataʾaáku.
Then he said	the boy:	"Yes,	I gave you away.

kutiraa-	čítA	neeniiritakaáhAt	aniipáhAt	wenuuxIsaWAt-
That was	the reason	he took it down	the fetus	the one he put over the

koósA	niiNAhaakawiiʾátA.
branch	where the tree forked.

neeniiritakaáhAt.

He took it down."

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	weneetaʾaáku.
Then he said	the boy:	"I gave you away.

wetaataʾú	wiítA.
I have given you to him	the man.

nikutiraačítA	neeniirooʾá	aniipáhAt.
That is the reason	he took it off	the fetus."

číkuʾ kanawitiiwaákoʾ	súxtIt.
She said nothing	the old woman.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiítA	šitiwaaRUxtíʾ	šinakaá-	kUx.
Then she said:	"Men	they (du) are holy	the ones (du)	living there."

noowitiwaákoʾ	súxtIt	aniišuúxAt	nii-	šinakaákUx	wiítA
Then she said	the old woman:	"Go there	where	they (du) live	the men,

a	neešiwaákoʾ	tičé NAxkii-	híštA	atíkaʾ	wenateéhA.
and	you'll say:	'What are you going	to give me	my grandmother	my giving her to you?'"

na	noowitíʾAt	niišohnaákUx	wiítA.
And	then he went	where they (du) lived	the men.

tsu	ikáaniʾ	wewituhnaaʾiitáWI	iNAhniítš	nootuutuhtaakáhAt	hunaanapsíniʾ.
But	his grandma	she had told him	her grandson:	"Then run around	on the south side.

iiháʾI	šíhUx	tirištsaaweeRAxá.
There	five	there are bows and arrows leaning against (the wall).

uukaríkAt	tⁱnaáxA	tⁱnaátš	–	nikuneešiírut.
(In) the middle	this one	bow	–	you'll take that one.

–	na	neešiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaáxA	tⁱnaátš	nikukoxtiírut
–	And	you'll say:	'This	bow	I will take that one

wenateéhA	atíkaʾ.
for my giving her to you	my grandmother.'"

na	nikunoowituutá	wiináxtš.
And	then he did that	the boy.

noowitíʾAt	niišohnaa-	nunuunakaáWI	wiítA.
Then he went	where they	(du) had their lodge	the men.

noowituutuhtaakáhAt	wiináxtš	niiʾAhniisuxtaaʾiitawíhA	ikaániʾ.
Then he ran around	the boy	what she had told him	his grandmother.

nikunoowituúta	na	tišinaákUx	wiítA	šikanawitaanunuhnaatéʾ
So he did that	and	these (du)	men	they (du) did not like it

wehnaRAsaawátI	tⁱnaátš	na	niíšuʾ	uukaríkAt	AhnuxtoósI.
when he chose them	the bow	and	arrows	in the middle	the ones lying.

na	noo-	witikaaʾiíšAt	wiináxtš.
And	then	he went home	the boy.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	ikaániʾ	haa	tunaahé	niiweNAxuutaánu.–
And	then she said	his grandmother:	"Ha,	it is good	what you did.–

tatskáʾ–	nikuʾaaxtanaáhNA	–	tⁱnaáxA	–	tⁱnaátš	na	tⁱnaroósI	niíšuʾ.
I want–	for you to have those	–	this	–	bow	and	these	arrows.

wah	witikooxUtkawiítIt.
Now	you can avenge yourself.

witikoo-	xUtkawiítIt	tⁱnaáxA	napAhnaáhUx.
You can	avenge yourself	(with) this	flute."

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	ikaániʾ	tⁱneešá	napAhnaáhUx.
And	then she said	his grandma:	"Here it is	a flute.

kooxíʾAt	niišinakaákUx	na	neešiWAhnaanikUxítIt	niišinaakaníkUx.
You must go	where they (du) live,	and	you'll start to blow it	where they (du) have their home."

na	nikunoowituúta	noowitíʾAt	wiináxtš
And	then that is what he did:	then he went	the boy

niišohnaakaníkUx	wiítA.
where they (du) had their home	the men.

na	–	noowitiWAhnaahUxítIt	–	napAhnaáhUx	oowátkAt.
And	–	then it began sounding	–	the flute	outside.

atsú	–	kaahaáhniniʾ	wešohnatkáʾU	–	wiítA	nooWIšitirinuʾá.
And	–	inside	when they (du) heard it	–	the men	then they (du) became afraid.

nooWIšitiwaákoʾ	hásI.
Then they (du) said:	"Hark!

–	šuuxItkoókuʾ	–	weNUstaakA-	háku	niišohnakaákUx.
–	Listen!"	–	as he was	going around	where they (du) lived.

wah	–	tsu	–	weWIšituhwakarinuʾá	–	kAšinaaWIsiruutíku.
Now	–	but	–	now they (du) became afraid of the sound	–	their (du) not even going out.

–	čituúʾuʾ	nooWIšituutIsawaaháNIt	niišohnakaákUx.
–	All	they (du) stopped up every hole	where they (du) lived inside.

atsú	wiináxtš	wekuwituhnaaʾúʾ	AhnaWAhnaanikú	napAhnaáhUx
But	the boy	he continued it	his blowing it	the flute

tiwešohnakaawiraaníkUx	wiítA.
as he harassed them (du) inside	the men.

noowiwitUtkawiítIt	wiináxtš.
Then he avenged himself	the boy.

wešohnuhwakarinuʾaáNA	wiítA	šohnakaákUx	čituúʾuʾ
After they (du) became afraid of the sound	men	the ones (du) inside,	all

WIšituutaawaaNIšteéWA	naakaanuúnuʾ	na	tsástš.
they used it up	food	and	meat.

na	niišohnuxtanuhkoóčI	taakáxtš	čituúʾuʾ	weWIšitikaniwaáhAs.
And	whatever they (du) had,	dried meat	everything	they (du) ate up all of it.

nooWIšitiriWAhteekót	na	niišohnuxkaákUx	noowiteekaanúkUt.
Then they (du) starved to death,	and	where they (du) lived	then the lodge fell down.

–	nooWIšitihkaáWI	–	wiítA	wešinakoótI.
–	Then it buried them (du)	–	the men	after they (du) died.

na	noowitikaaʾiíšAt	wiináxtš.
And	then he went home	the boy.

noowituhnaaʾiitáWI	ikaániʾ	tunaahé	niiweNA-	xuutaánu.
Then she told him	his grandmother:	"It is good	what you	have done.

wewititAxUtkawiítIt	čeésiʾ	niišinoosuxtA-	huunuúʾA	–	šiʾaasihkootíkA.
Now you have avenged yourself	too	what they (du)	did to you	–	'that we (du) should kill you.'

na	–	wewitiineešUtkawiítIt.
And	–	now you have avenged yourself."

wah	niikohniiraawiiʾót	štoh	noowitiwískaʾ	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt
Now	sometime later	again,	then she thought	this	old woman:

a	či	NAxwaaRUxtiiNIhuúʾU	tⁱnaaxaríčI	wiináxtš
"And	here	you are greatly holy,	you who are here	boy!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	na kaakíʾAt	iinaahwaákUx.
Then she said:	"Now	do not go	that hill over there.

axíʾAt.

Don't go!

kaakunaáhe	iinaahwaákUx.
It is not good	that hill in the distance."

na	niiʾAhnuutaánu	wiináxtš	noowitíʾAt.
And	what he was doing	the boy,	then he went.

noowitiwískaʾ	tičé tAxuúʾUt	wekananaaxiWIskáʾA	aaxátA.
Then he thought:	"I wonder why it is	you do not want it	'that you go.'"

na	noowitíʾAt	wiináxtš	nuu	witiwaákUx.
And	then he went	the boy	there	it was a hill.

ti-	waawičeéʾIs.
It was	a tall hill.

noowiteehunaahnátA.

There was a hole.

noowitikaNItkúxIt	siinó–	kanaʾAhnuuxuupó	–	tiiʾaNAhunaahnatáWI.
Then he picked up a stone	yet–	his not having gone inside	–	where this cave was.

noowiti-	kaNItkúxIt.
Then he	picked up a stone.

noowitikanitskatóx.

It was a flat stone.

nootIhuúkAt.

Then he went inside.

iweNAhuukátA	na	inoowitiRAhká	nút.
When he went inside	and	there they were inside	snakes.

witiRAhká.

They were inside.

iwehnaákUx	tsu	noowiwituhnuxkakúx	anináʾU	kanítš.
When he was sitting	but	then he placed it under his rectum	that	stone.

noowitituhnuxkakúx.

Then he placed it under his rectum.

wehnuutáxkUx	noowitiwaákoʾ	thaáwiʾ	šikanaʾaaxkuunaa-	síhtš.
As he sat	then he said:	"It seems	that you don't want	to recognize me.

thaáwiʾ	kanaʾaaxinihnaatéʾ	tiwenatoh-	naakeeRIšá.
It seems	that you do not like it	my coming	here to see you."

áxkUx	noowitiwaákoʾ	heeʾ.
One	then it said:	"Yes.

wah	wetAxiwáhNIš	súxtIt iNAhniítš.
Now	you are truthful,	Old Woman's Grandson.

–	wetAxiwáhNIš.
–	You are truthful.

–	wešikoxteekaanúnoʾ.
–	We will feed you."

na	–	áxkUx	číkuʾ niikohnuúta	–	nooWIšitiiNIskukáʾus
And	–	one,	whatever it did,	–	then they put it on the coals

wehnaahaaNItkapIhnaʾá	wehnaahaaNItkapIhniwiʾá.
after it raked the coals	after it spread the coals out.

nooWI-	šitiiNIskukaʾús	neskaaʾiítAt.
Then	they put it on coals	a long gut.

WIšitiitUhuuniriwaapirít	NIhúhtš.
They flipped it over	a little.

nooWIšitiinú	wiináxtš.
Then they gave it to him	the boy.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	tiihíʾ	čéstIt	niiwenatiína	na	weneekuNAsáʾUx.
Then he said	the boy:	"It is	far	whence I came	and	I am hungry."

na	–	noowitiirút	wiináxtš	–	neskaaʾiítAt.
And	–	then he picked it up	the boy	–	the long gut.

nii-	ʾAhnaawíʾa	–	nooWIšitičituunóʾ.
Where	the end was	–	then he put them (du) together.

–	noowitipAxičirát	–	tsu	noowituunaakItkoókuʾ	–	wehnihwačíʾA
–	Then he twisted the head	–	but	then he heard them	–	their saying it

–	anuunaraanoótA	nút.
–	those	snakes.

wetipAxtaríkUt.

Now he took the head off.

noowitipAxkúxIt.

Then he picked up the head.

noowi-	tipAxIskukoohaásAt	haaNItkapítkAt.
Then	he threw the head in the fire	in the coals.

wetihkoótIt.

"He killed it."

tsu	wiináxtš	tuunaakItkoókuʾ.
But	the boy	he was hearing them.

tičipaáʾAs	tⁱnaákUx.
"It is raw	this one."

noowitiskukoohaásAt	–	AhnuuNUxiíWIs	–	neskaaʾiítAt.
Then he threw it in the fire	–	what remained	–	the long gut.

tiwehnuútaaNA	anuú	noowititaraniíta.
As he did it	there	then it became charred.

na	–	noowitiwaákó	wiináxtš	–	atsú	tⁱNAxtaNAhkaáWI
And	–	then he said	the boy:	–	"But,	you inside here,

NAxuxtaapiʾaananíkUx	waaxtóh	číkuʾ kaneetehnatoonaah-	naaʾiiwaáwat
you who were catching eagles,	surely	we must not be telling	stories."

noowitiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	nút	tAxiwáhNIš	súxtIt iNAh-	niítš.
Then it said	one	snake:	"It's true,	Old Woman's	Grandson.

wah	nikiišuuxiRAxá.
Now	you be the one to lead!

čikiišuuNUxtaaʾiíwat.

You tell a story!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	–	kaakíʾ.
Then he said	the boy:	–	"No!

–	áriišIt	kiišuxtaa-	kiRAxá
–	Yourselves	you (pl)	lead!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	nút	–	šehniičitawíʾU	--	–	wititakarúx	nút
Then it said	the snake	–	the leading one	--	–	it was big	the snake

--	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	heeʾ.
--	then it said:	–	"Yes.

–	nawáh	koxtiRAxá.
–	Now	I will lead.

koxt^unaaʾiíwat.

I will tell a story."

anuú	nikunoowitunaaʾiiwaatIšítIt	anuú	wiináxtš	šáxtiʾ
There	then that one began to tell a story	there	the boy,	his mother

niiwenuutAxítIt	nuu	wešinatáxA	haakaraahnaa-	wíkAt	wenatóxwo	sákaaʾA.
what happened:	"There	as we lay	on the scaf-	fold	my desiring him	the star."

–	nikunoowituúta	–	čituúʾuʾ	noowitunáxtAt	–	suúnuʾ	–
–	Then it did that:	–	all	then it told everything:	–	a porcupine	–

wehnuhniRAsaátA	kaahunaanoopiínuʾ	wehniisiRAxkataátA	sákaaʾA.
when she chased it up (the tree)	another country	when he took her up	the star.

čituúʾuʾ	nikunoowitunaaʾiíwat.
All	then it told that.

wehnuutaaNIštaátA	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	čeésuʾ
After it had finished doing it,	and	then it said:	"Now,	you

súxtIt iNAhniítš	čikiišuuNUxtaaʾít.
Old Woman's Grandson,	you tell something!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	hawáh.
Then he said	the boy:	"Alright."

čeésiʾ	–	noowiwituuniíwat	–	anuú	niiwenaraa-	hiRAxaáhNA
Himself	–	then he told about himself	–	there	where the way	began

šáxtiʾ	–	wenatáxA	–	haakaraahnaawíkAt
his mother	–	when she lay on it	–	on the scaffold,

wenataksátA	wešinatakswáNA	–	na	–
when she went for water,	when they (du) went for water	–	and	–

wešinuuteéRIt	–	suúnuʾ	–	wenakUxtaátA	AhnuuxaápI
when they (du) saw it	–	porcupine	–	when it ran up	the tree

WAxakúsuʾ	na	áxkUx	suúnatš	wenakaaʾii-	šátA.
cottonwood,	and	one	girl	when she went	home.

nuu	–	čituúʾuʾ	–	noowitunáxtAt	wewiwitⁱnuuniiwaátI	wiináxtš
Then	–	everything	–	then he related it,	his telling about himself	the boy

–	niiweniisiRAxtaátA	–	áxkUx	sákaaʾA	wiítA	na
	when she was led up by him	–	one	star	man	and

niiwenuutAxítIt	–	wenatakaaʾá	–	šáxtiʾ	weh-
what happened	–	when she came down	–	his mother,	when

nihkootíkA	kanítš	wenuhnaáNU	hiʾáxtiʾ.
she was killed by it	the stone	his having used it	his father.

Ahnoó	čituúʾuʾ	noowitunáxtAt.
Just	everything	then he related it.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	anuú	naakUhuutá	hunaahnaa-	wíNIt
Then he said:	"Now	there	when a wind comes	in the	south

naakUhuúta	na	niiʾAhnuxtaanoótA	nút	čituúʾuʾ
when the wind comes,"	and	where they sat	snakes	all

noowitiiNItkáwa	niiʾAhnaRAhkaáWI.
then they slept	where they were inside.

wituxtaataa-	hurúx	nátš.
It was cir-	cular	a wood.

AhnoowituuxaakukaríWIš.

The wood (ie log) was across it.

nikuwitiRAh-	pAxtaanuučitAhúNA	nút.
Their heads	were on top of that one	the snakes.

tiwehnawaákA	wiináxtš	hunaahnaawíNIt	–	wehnaahuutá	–
As he said	the boy:	"(From) the south	–	when the wind comes,"	–

niiʾAhnuxtaanoótA	hunaahnaawíNIt	noowitiinaakItkáNIt.
where they were	in the south	then he put them to sleep.

na	niiʾAhnuxtaa-	noótA	–	skaweéraaʾuʾ	–	noowitiinaakItkáNIt
And	where they	were	–	(in) the west	–	then he put them to sleep

niiʾAhnuxtaa-	noótA	nút.
where they	were	the snakes.

na	niiʾAhnuxtaanoótA	hunaahkoohaáhkAt	čituúʾ	noowitiinaakItkáNIt	nút.
And	where they were	in the north	all	then he put them to sleep	snakes.

noowituutIšá	iiʾAhnaraataahuruúxU.
Then he moved his hand	where the circle was.

noowituutIšá.

Then he moved his hand.

čituúʾuʾ	noowitiiNItkáwa	nút.
All	then they slept	the snakes.

noowitikáWAt	neesitAhuúnuʾ.
Then he took it out	a flint knife.

neesítš	Ahnuxtaáh-	NA	tAhuúnuʾ	witúx.
Knife	the one he	had	flint	it was.

noowitikáWAt	tiwehnaapAxkakAt-	kú	wehnakatawiíhAt	wehnareesawikakAtkú.
Then he took it out	as he was cutting	the heads,	as he passed along	as he was cutting the necks.

wituutaaNIštát.

He finished doing it.

AhnuuxatUhkáWI	wewitireewaáta.
The last one	now it looked.

wewitičirikaʾá.

Now it awoke.

nút	–	tiwehniiteéRIt	–	niiʾAhnuutaánu	wehnakawootíku
The snake	–	when it saw him	–	what he was doing	his killing them

čituúʾuʾ	tiʾAhnuxtAhkaáWI–	nút	–	noowitikUx-	kaáʾAt.
all	these inside–	snake	–	then it	quickly slithered into it.

noowitikaskáWI.

Then it looked back.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	witiisuuxAsíštA	tiweNAxwaawanú.
Then it said:	"Now	watch yourself	when you go around!

witiisuuxAsíštA.

Watch yourself!

nikuwetatanuúʾUt	paatúh.
I am the one to you	an enemy.

witiineešuu-	tAsštawíštA	niiwenatuutaaNIštáNIt.
You'll watch	yourself	what I am going to do."

wiináxtš	noowituxWIskáʾ	aatootuuníkUt	atsú	we-	witikaáʾAt.
The boy	then he wanted	'that I catch it,'	but	it	now went into a hole.

na	wewituuNAhnaaniwóʾ	wiináxtš	takohnoó šikanaNIhkukoósA	tⁱNAhunásA.
And	he was now begging them	the boy	that they not bite anyone	here on earth.

noowituúta	–	noowituhnaawiíʾAt	nút.
Then it did it:	–	then it was willing	the snake.

–	noowiti-	waákoʾ	haaʾ	kanaaxtuúta	takohnoó kananakukoósA.
–	Then it	said:	"Yes,	I won't do it	to bite someone."

noowitiihuununáhAs	hunaaníniʾ.
Then it vanished quickly	in the ground.

wah	–	witikaaʾiíšAt	–	wiináxtš	wenaakawoótikA	nút.
Now	–	he went back home	–	the boy	after he had killed them	snakes.

tsu	áxkUx	wetuhčíšAt.
But	one	it had survived.

wah	tsu	niiNAhkoótA	wiináxtš	noowitiríšWI	hawá
Now	but	wherever he went	the boy	then he stuck an arrow up,	also

uuháʾI	niišinapaatáWI.
the other there	where his knees (du) were.

na	uušinaáxA	niišuʾ	nii	wiireesakUxíniʾ	áxkUx
And	the other ones (du)	arrows	there	on the shoulder(s)	one

noowitíWI	na	áxkUx	tuuháʾI.
then he put it,	and	one	(on) the other side.

weNAhkitkAxítIt	wenehkuʾá	–	nút	na	–	áxkUx	noowitirišwíRIt.
After he fell asleep	when it might come	–	the snake	and	–	one	then an arrow fell over.

noowitihtaʾiwát.

Then it hit him.

noowitičirikaʾá	wiináxtš.
Then it woke him	the boy.

nikuwenuutaánuʾ	na	–	weNAhkuhAstaáhIš	–	anuú	noowitikatáʾAt
He was doing that,	and	–	when he was thirsty	–	there	so he went up

waanaaníniʾ	kanítš	iiʾAhnarooswaáWI	tstoóxuʾ–	naakuuxIsuúʾa
on the hills	rocks	where they were all around	water–	where it had rained

číkuʾ niiNAhkučískUx	–	nikuwitičiikaáhuʾ.
wherever the water sat in a pool	–	that is where he drank.

kanawituuxískaʾ	iinatskaawaahú	–	čipít	–	naku-	čiíka
He did not want	where the water came out	–	spring water	–	to	drink

tstoóxuʾ	kanaʾaxkuutUhuunookoótA	nút	wenihteeriiʾáahNA.
the water	not wanting'that you to slip into my mouth'	the snake	as it spied on him.

wah	–	naáNIt	wewitisčípi	–	wiináxtš.
Now	–	truly	he was sleepy	–	the boy.

naáNIt	wewitis-	čípi	wekanaahnitkáWA.
Truly	he was	sleepy	(from) his not sleeping.

na	tiwewitohneésA	tsu	noowitirišwaáWI
And	when he lay down	but	then he stuck the arrows upright

niiʾAhnuutaánu	a	tⁱnaátš	noowiwituutIsákux.
as he always did	and	the bow	then he put it under his head.

nuu	noowitítka	wehnaáʾa	nút.
There	then he slept	as it came	the snake.

áxkUx	noowitiwiináhat.
One	then it knocked it down.

witihtaʾiwát.

It hit him.

kanawitihčirikaʾaanít.

He was not awakened by it.

hawá	uunáWI	noowitihtaʾiwát.
Also	another	then it fell on him.

kanawitiičirikaʾá	wiináxtš.
He did not awake	the boy.

hawá	uuháʾI	hawá	uu-	háʾI.
Also	the other side,	also	the	other side.

nookanawitihčirikaʾaanít.

Then he was not awakened.

anuú	hUhtiísuʾ	noowiteéʾaʾ	WIsooWIhíniʾ	tiwehnaátA.
There	finally	then it came	on the stomach	as it came.

na	–	noowituúta	–	wiináxtš	atsú	–	AhnatšičiíʾIt	–	wiináxtš	tsu	tiwaaRUxtíʾ.
And	–	then he did it	–	the boy:	but	–	he was alive	–	the boy,	but	he was holy.

nootitšičiíʾIt.

Then he was alive.

noowitiišúhAt	neesítš	aatootuuníkUt.
Then he moved his hand	the knife	'that I take hold of it.'

noowitiitUhuunookúʾAt.

Then it slipped into his mouth.

nuuwenaáxa	wiináxtš	tsu	wititšičiíʾIt.
As he lay there	the boy,	but	he was alive.

hUhtiísuʾ	Ahnoowitiʾá	neksaánuʾ	čiíšuʾ	wenaʾaáNA.
Finally	then he just became	a ghost,	bone	when he became.

witíʾ	čištIhúxuʾ.
He was	only bone(s).

na	–	noo	–	áskAt	–	tsu	–	hiʾáxtiʾ	wituhnaaʾeérikuʾ
And	–	there	–	above	–	but	–	his father	he was watching him,

hiʾáxtiʾ	sákaaʾA.
his father	the star.

wetuhnaaʾeérikuʾ.

Now he was watching him.

nuuweNAhku-	ʾuuneéRIt	–	hiʾáxtiʾ	–	sákaaʾA	–	híNAx	anuú	–
When he stood	upright	–	his father	–	the star	–	at night,	there	–

wituuteéRIt	NAhaáʾU	niiwenuutiituúʾA.
he saw him	his son	what his condition was.

noowitIhutáWI.

Then it was windy.

noowititpAxIsaapiraawáNIt	pAxčiíšuʾ.
Then it rolled the head	the skull.

noowititpAxkatAhkaarawiíʾAt	tiwehnaasuúʾa.
Then the head turned over on its backside	when it rained.

noo-	wititstaareešítIt	na	ítAt	nookanawitiikawátAt	nút
Then	it filled with water	and	even then	then it did not get out	the snake

weNAhaʾaáhNA	anuú	pAxčiišíniʾ.
as it went in the water	there	in the skull.

anuú	witiwískaʾ	hiʾáxtiʾ	nawáh.
Then	he thought	his father:	"Now."

šakuúnuʾ	nikunoo-	witiʾá	–	naaʾištiráxuʾ	–
Sun	then he	turned to that one	–	with confidence	–

aaxihwiisá	teškúNIt	tⁱNAhunásA	naakuraananitaʾaáNA.
'that you come towards it'	close	this earth	to get warm.

nikunoowituúta	šakuúnuʾ	tiwehnaawiisá	tⁱNAhunásA
Then that is what he did	Sun:	as he moved towards it	this earth,

tiwehnaaraananitaʾaáNA	noowiteečiinanitaʾá	niiʾAhnačiráxA
as it got hot	then the water became hot	where the water lay in it

pAxčiíšuʾ	nút	niiʾaNAhaʾaáhNA.
the skull	the snake	where it was in the water.

wah	hUhtiísuʾ	na	ítAt	kanawitiikawataákuʾ	nút.
Now	finally	and	even then	it wasn't getting out	the snake.

na	–	hUhtiísuʾ	noowitetskataahUxítIt	–	tstoóxuʾ.
And	–	finally	then the water began to boil	–	the water.

na	hUhtiísuʾ	noowitikUxkawátAt.
And	finally	then it got out quickly.

noowitiihuuniriwátAt	wiináxtš	wehnakUxkawátAt	nút.
Then he jumped up	the boy,	after it ran out	snake.

noowituutuuníkUt	--	siinó	kanawituxkaáʾAt.
Then he took hold of it	--	yet	it had not gone into a hole.

noowituutuuníkUt.

Then he took hold of it.

wiináxtš	noowitIhaakaáRIt.
The boy	then he opened its mouth.

iiháʾI	wituxkanítkUx.
There	there sat a stone.

wehnaritaWIháku	sUxíniʾ	noowitikaNItkúxIt	wehnaʾaaNAsawiriwó.
As he was rub- bing it	on the mouth	then he picked up a stone	his rubbing the teeth.

wah	noowitiwaákoʾ	škuusuxtaaʾiitáWI	kaakíʾ	takóhnoʾ	NAxkukoósA	tⁱNAhunásA.
Now	then he said:	"You tell me	that yo	u will not	bite anyone	here on earth!"

noowitiíʾit.

Then he released it.

tiwehnakUxkaáwo	--	tiweh-	nakUxkaáwo	–	hunaaníniʾ	--
When it was slipping in	--	when it	was slipping in	–	in the ground	--

noowitikaskáWI	–	nút.
then it looked back	–	the snake.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tsu	nakuraatawé	witikoxteesšUhúnoʾ	na	tákuʾ	tAtkakáʾus.
Then it said:	"But	sometime	I will make up my mind,	and	someone	I'll bite him."

na	niiwewitsuuxá	wiináxtš.
And	he had done that	the boy.

witiiriwáNIt.

He missed it.

noowiti-	kUxkaáʾAt.
Then it	slipped into it.

na	wiináxtš	noowituhnaaʾiitáWI	ikaániʾ	niina-	koótA	natsú
And	the boy	then he told her	his grandmother:	"Go	on,	but

naátU	tuukukoxtíʾAt	ačitaanoopiínuʾ	hunaahnaawíNIt
myself	I will go the other way	a different tribe	in the south."

wah	–	tuxwaakahUxuúkuʾ–	atíʾAx	–	iiʾAhnuxtakaáhAt–	sápat
Now	–	he used to say–	my father	–	where she fell–	woman

iwituxkanítkUx	iinatsteéhAt	tswaarúxtiʾ.
the stone was there	where the edge of the water is	Missouri River.

na	Ahnuuxaapé	WIšitiisuuxaakeerikUxuúkuʾ	–	niiʾAhnuxtaátA	–	suúnuʾ.
And	the tree that was	they used to see the tree	–	where it climbed up	–	the porcupine.

na	niiʾAhnuxkootíkA	nuutawáčeš	wituxčískUx	haáwaʾ
And	where he had killed it	the water monster,	there was water	also,

na	niiʾAhnuxtAhkaáWI	nút	AhnišpiʾaananíkUx	witooNUxunaahnátA.
and	where the den was	snakes	where they hunted eagles	there was a cave.

wah	taanikutuxwaakaahUxuúkuʾ	atíʾAx	čeésiʾ	–	noo-
Now	this is what he used to say	my father	himself	–	when

nuuNUxtaaʾiitihUxukú	súxtIt iNAhniítš.
he used to tell the story	Old Woman's Grandson.

káNIt	hawá	tinaaʾiitihUxuúkuʾ.
Mandans	also	they used to tell the story.

AhteenunuuNUxtaaʾiitUxičíWI.

Their story was a little different.

sáhniš	–	ačitaánuʾ	–	čeésiʾ	hawá	tiiNIštaaʾiitihUxuúkuʾ	súxtIt iNAhniítš.
Arikara	–	tribe	–	itself	also	they used to tell the story	Old Woman's Grandson.

–	wah	–	taanikutuxwaakaahUxuúkuʾ	atíʾAx.
–	Now	–	this is what he always use to say	my father.

wah	wetiiraaʾiitúxAt.
Now	this is the way the story goes.