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tiwenatunaaʾiitštáNI	tiraaʾiitUxpákut.
What I am now going to tell	it is an old story.

iiʾAhnuuxítAt	nuuháʾI	nuuneesawatuúNU	–	Ahnuu-	xítAt
Where the village was	there	over the hill	–	where the	village was

wituxtawéʾ	wiináxtš.
he was among them	a boy.

nooxíniʾ na pítkUx	witUsuxpsiwá.
Twelve	he had winters.

wituxkaapaátš.

He was poor.

tsu	noowitIsih-	tawaawanúʾ	NAhkuwaawáʾA
But	he used to go around the	outskirts of the village	to eat

niinehkukUxaawaawanikú	niiʾAhneetuunoótA.
what they threw away	where the village was (lit extended).

noowitíʾAt	niiʾAhnaakaáWI	akanaanataáʾuʾ.
Then he went	where a lodge was	an earth lodge.

nuu	wituunátkoʾ	sápat	AhnačíkAt.
There	he heard her	a woman	her crying.

noowitiwískaʾ	wah	tičé tAxuúʾUt	NAxčíkAt.
Then he thought:	"Now	I wonder why it is	your crying?

čituúʾuʾ	wetAxtaaNAhpaaniíšAt.
All	they have gone on a communal buffalo hunt."

na	noowitíʾAt	na	noowitireekawiraʾuúhAt.
And	then he went	and	then he moved the hide door to one side.

tanáhaʾ	AhnuxteekawaaWIhú.
A buffalo (hide)	there used to be as a door.

wehnačirikaátA	na	noo-	wititkatákUx	sápat	AhnačíkAt.
When he peeped inside,	and	there	she sat by the fireplace	a woman	her crying.

nuukuwitUt-	wiʾúʾ.
She was turned	the other way.

noowitIhuúkAt.

Then he went inside.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tiče nuúʾUt	tiNAxčíkAt.
Then he said:	"Why is it	your crying?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	sápat	tAtčíkAt	–	tiraačítA
Then she said	–	the woman:	"I am crying	–	it is the reason

áNA	nuuwetiiNAhnáNAt.
your brothers and sisters	they took them there.

čiku niiwekohniiNAhnáNAt	aniwenaraanátA	wiítA	wenaRAhpaaniišátA.
It is not known where they took them	those who went	men	when they went on the hunt."

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	koxtíʾAt.
And	then he said	the boy:	"I will go.

čukú niíhiʾ.

Where is it?

koxtíʾAt.

I will go.

koxtiitaakAsiráxaʾ.

I will bring them back."

na	–	kanuhneesiíšuʾ	niiweniinaaniwó	–	sápat.
And	–	he did not know	why she was begging him	–	the woman.

noowitíʾAt.

Then he went.

noowiteekaáʾ	wiináxtš.
Then he came out	the boy.

sápat	noowitihnaaʾiitáWI	nootiweenaaxátA	a	nootiwaákUx.
The woman	then she told him:	"There where you go	and	there is a hill.

tiwaawičeéʾIs.

It is a tall hill.

nikuwetiRAhčitawiitíštA.

That is the one they are going to rest on.

nikuwetⁱnaaWIšaaníštA.

That is where they are going to smoke.

nikuneešiitáʾAt.

That is the one you'll go up."

wiítA	áxkUx	aniwenaáʾ	wiináxtš	nakaapaačíšU.
Man	one:	"Here he comes	the boy	who is poor."

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	–	tátskaʾ–	aatooteéRIt	sAhuuwaarúxtiʾ
And	–	then he said:	–	"Now	–	I want–	that I should see it	the holy robe."

niiʾAhnihnaaʾiitawíhA	sápat	nikukooxihwáčiʾ	nikunoowituúʾUt.
What she had told him	the woman:	"They will say that,"	then that is what happened.

tsu	nikunoowitiwaákoʾ	wiítA	áxkUx	tičé nuúʾUt.
And	then that is what he said	man	one:	"Why is it?"

šiišuuxawaraáNIt.

"Open it up!

tiwískaʾ–	aatooteéRIt	–	sAhuuwaarúxtiʾ.
He wants	'that I see it'	–	the holy robe!"

áxkUx	wiítA	nikunoowitⁱnihnaawiíʾAt	na	nooWIši-
One	man	then that one gave him his consent	and	then they

tistareečiiruúWAt	sAhuuwaarúxtiʾ.
untied it	the holy robe.

na	–	inooʾuukaríkAt	–	na	noowitikarós	saákAx	Ihániʾ
And	–	there in the middle	–	and	there they were in it	mice,	young

saákAx	AhnaRAhčiRAhpAhaátU	saákAx	–	siino	–	kanaNAhkuu-	reskuuníčI.
mice,	their being red,	mice	–	yet	–	their not	having any fur.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	tⁱnaroósI	nikutatihnaánaʾ.
Then he said	the boy:	"These	they are the ones I came for."

noowitiroosít.

Then he picked them up.

–	noowituúNAx.
–	Then he ran.

–	štoh	noowiteehUh-	tawiraáʾ.
–	Again	then he came	running down (the hill).

tiíNI	tⁱNAsaakaríčI	nikutiwaaxaáʾA	taNAhaa-	taakAhčiWIhnáhUx.
Now	today	that hill is called	Scraped White	Buffalo Robe.

sinoó	tⁱNAsaakaríčI	ineewaákUx	ineetuunoótA	wiisuʾ	sAhaánuʾ.
Still	today	that hill is there	where the town is	Mandan.

anuú	hunaahnaawíNIt	tiwaákUx.
There	to the south	it is the hill.

wiináxtš	iiwehneehUhtawiraáʾa	–	wehnuunáxI	–	wehnaátA	anuú	štoh
The boy	after he came running	–	his running	–	his going,	there	again

–	iiʾAhnatoxtaakítAt	–	ačitaánuʾ	sáhniš	anuú	witiwísAt.
–	where the village was	–	tribe	Arikara,	there	he arrived.

sinoó	inoowititkátakUx	–	sápat	–	na	noowitiwaákoʾ
Still	there she was sitting by the fire	–	the woman	–	and	then he said:

tⁱnaroósI	ka nikuNAxuutAhnaʾíhkuʾ.
"These	do you mean?"

na	noowiteečítstaʾ	sápat.
And	then she cried	the woman.

nikutíʾIt	áNA.
"They are the ones	your brothers and sisters.

áNA	tíʾIt	tiweNAxiiNAhnaniWIsá.
Your brothers and sisters	they are	these that you have brought.

nawáh	–	šikoxteeraáʾu	–	číkuʾ niinakuunaaheéRA.
Now	–	we will give you a way	–	something good (ie a blessing).

tⁱNAxkaapaačíšU	tⁱnooNAsawáʾUx	–	uuxaWIstaačiteeʾaáNA
Since you are poor	since you are always hungry,	–	even if it becomes difficult

–	niiNIhkuroosíhA	naakuunuúnuʾ	kanaaxoonaačiteeʾá.
–	where they put it	food,	it won't be difficult for you.

kooxiwísAt	na	IšikaawačiíʾIt.
You will reach it	and	you'll be full."

na	noonikuwituutAxítIt.
And	so that is how it happened.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	šiišIswaátaʾ.
Then she said:	"Now	come out!"

na	–	noowiteswaátaʾ	–	wiítA	neeNAhtakúʾU	tⁱnaákUx	sápat.
And	–	then he came out	–	a man	her husband	this	woman.

šuxwiítIt.

"Sit down!"

na	noowitiwiítIt	wiítA.
And	then he sat down	the man.

noowitiwaákoʾ	sápat	wah	áwit	kiišuuxiRAxá.
Then she said	the woman:	"Now	first	you lead!"

na	noowiteehuuwaátaʾ.
And	then he jumped up.

a	noowiteehuunukaáʾ	wiítA.
And	then he jumped up	the man.

haakaraxwitíniʾ	noowituxtaʾuúkUt.
On the side of the mouth	then he struck him.

noowitoo-	náwe	saákAx.
There there was	an image	a mouse.

noowitiwiítIt	wiítA.
Then he sat down	the man.

sapaahnáʾU	noowiteehuunukaáʾ.
His wife	then she jumped up.

uunakatAhkáʾU	haaka-	raxwitíniʾ	noowituxtaʾuúkUt.
On the other side	on the	side of the mouth	then she struck him.

a	–	noowitoonáwe	–	saákAx.
And	–	there there was an image	–	a mouse.

na	nikuwitiraačítA	–	šinihnéhku	wiináxtš	–	saa-	kAxaakaáwa.
And	that is the reason	–	their calling him	the boy	–	Mice	Mouth.

NAhaakaratáWI	saákAx	naakuunawaáWI	nikuti-	raaxaáʾA	saakAxaakaáwa.
His mouth	mice	there being images	that is	what it means	Mice Mouth.

na	nooWIšititwaaWIhtít	wetareešaanaaníštA.
And	then they spoke to him:	"You're going to be a chief."

tⁱNAxkaapaačíšU	kooxeereešaána.
Since you were poor	you'll be a chief.

natsú	wetaraáʾa	nátkAt	šikooxaanunuhtóʾ	–	tsu	–
But	a time is coming	later	they will hate you,	–	but	–

kanaaxoonaačiteewaahnúʾ	wešinaakohnaataraʾó	šinaakukootíkA.
it won't be difficult for you	when they talk about you	for them to kill you.

tsu	noowiti-	tiičiwiníhnoʾ	saákAx.
But	you'll	change yourself (into)	a mouse.

noowititeewíroʾ	saákAx.
Then you'll change yourself	a mouse.

aninooneešuunaakAtkáwoʾ	šinaakukootíkA.
Then you'll hear them	for them to kill you.

a	číkuʾ nuukunootíʾAt.
And	you'll go somewhere else.

nootuhkúxAx.

Then you'll run away."

nikunoowituutAxítIt.

Then that is what happened.

wiináxtš	tiwenawaawanú	hUhtiísuʾ	nookanawituhneereétIt.
The boy	as he went around	finally	then he became bad.

wiináxtš	–	áwit	–	wituu-	NUxtaahé	–	weNAhkoótA
The boy	–	first	–	his	way was good	–	when he went

naawiinakuúnuʾ	–	weNAhkoótA	číkuʾ weNAhkoočé	na	xaawaarúxtiʾ
(on) the warpath,	–	when he went	when he scalped them	and	horses

nehkohni-	WIsá	na	NAhkohnaawoóhA.
when he arrive back	with them	and	when he gave them out.

wituuNUxtaahé.

His way was good.

natsú	nátkAt	číkuʾ noowiwitohnuutaʾaáhuʾ	wiiteešútš
But	afterwards	he had an inflated notion of himself	the young man

wenaʾaáNA	wiiteešútš.
after his becoming	a young man.

tiwenatunaaʾii-	tIhú	witUsuxpsiwá	–	nooxíniʾ na pítkUx	–	nooniihiišaáNA.
This one I am	telling about	he was winter	–	twelve	–	at the start.

na	nooWIšitihnaataraʾoosítIt	–	weNUsuuxaawaanú	–	nii-	kananuunaahiwaáRA.
And	then they began talking about it	–	his doing things	–	their	being bad things.

–	ačitaánuʾ	nooWIšitihnaataraʾoosítIt	číkuʾ niišinehkuNAhuunuúʾA
–	The tribe	then they began talking about it	whatever they should do to him

wehnuutAhuunaawaanúʾ	niikanananuunaahiwaáRA.
now that he was doing things	their being not good.

na	noowitíʾAt	wiináxtš.
And	then he went	the boy.

–	nuu	noowitíʾAt.
–	There	then he went.

–	noowi-	tuuteéRIt	–	wiítA	–	niikohniíhiʾ	niikoNAhuuNAxaáʾA.
–	Then	he saw him	–	a man	–	wherever it was,	whatever his name was.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiítA	ahnootatiwískaʾ	saakAxaakaáwa
Then he said	the man:	"I just wish	Mice Mouth

šinihnéhku	aatooteéRIt.
the one whom they call	that I would see him.

nootatⁱnihtóʾ.

I just hate him.

číkuʾ aatooteéRIt	na	nooʾaatičiRIhnaaNIšuuxítIt.
If I should see him,	and	then I would start beating his eyes."

tsu	wewitetkawoókuʾ	–	šeeniíʾU	–	saakAxaakaáwa.
But	now he was hearing it	–	this very on	–	Mice Mouth.

nuunaaríčI	wiítA	wekaakiitIsiíšuʾ.
That one	man	he did not know him.

atsú	noowitiwaákoʾ	saakAxaakaáwa	nikutatíʾ.
But	then he said	Mice Mouth:	"I am the one.

nikutatíʾ	saakAxaakaáwa
I am the one	Mice Mouth."

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	tatanúhtoʾ.
And	then he said:	–	"Now	I hate you.

–	nuukiišuxtiš-	toósI.
–	Put your (bow	and) arrows down over there!"

nikunoowitirištoósI	saakAxaakaáwa.
Then those are the arrows that he put down	Mice Mouth.

uukunooWIšitihništoósI.

Then they (du) put their arrows on opposite sides.

niiʾAhnaaríčI	–	wiítA	–	kuwiteešaáʾA	–	huuhúhtš	–	wiítA	niiwešohnuutaaNIštáNI.
That	–	man	–	he was named	–	Huhuch,	–	the man	the one with whom he was going to do it.

kanaaseenohnánaʾA	tⁱnaátš.
"We will not use them	bows.

witikoosiínišuʾ	štiwiruuhíniʾ
We will hit each other	with fists."

nikunoowituutAxítIt	tiweWIšitohneskeéšu	tiweWIšitohnawaaweešú	štiwiruuhíniʾ.
Then that is how it happened:	their hitting their feces,	their hitting each other	with fists.

na	wešinehkuxti-	wiisátA	–	saakAxaakaáwa	–	niiʾAhnanuunoósI
And	when he was get-	ting closer	–	Mice Mouth	–	where his lay

tⁱnaátš	na	uunaaríčI	wiítA	huuhúhtš	noowitiRAhkUxíhAt.
bow (and arrows),	and	that other	man	Huhuch	then he kicked them away.

wah	–	tiwešohnuNAhwanú	–	áxkUx	šakuúnuʾ	wewitIsakuuniíšAt.
Now	–	after they (du) had been fighting	–	one	day	the sun went down.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	huuhúhtš	wah	–	wetsakuʾá	ookateéWA.
Then he said	–	Huhuch:	"Now	–	we are	even."

tⁱnaaríčI	huuhúhš	witiisuxkaapaačíštI	nikutawikúsuʾ	natsú	tⁱnaaríčI
This	Huhuch	he had been pitied by it	a hawk,	and	this

saakAxaakaáwa	wewitiisuxkaapaačíštI	saákAx	tiwehninoóhA	waaRUxtiíʾuʾ.
Mice Mouth	he had been blessed by it	a mouse,	the one who gave him	power.

noowewiteewakAhuutaahUxítIt	huuhúhtš	iineetúhkUx
Then he started hollering	Huhuch:	"That village

šiʾaxkuusiRAxIsAhkaʾiišátA	niineetúhkUx.
take me into the village	where the village is!"

čituúʾuʾ	–	wehnačiRIhnaanuutawáNA	–	wehneskAhuutawáNA
All	–	his eyes being swollen,	–	his face being swollen,

wehnawakAhuutaáhu	noowiteeraánaʾ	wiítA.
while he was hollering,	then they came	men.

nooWIšitii-	siRAxIsAhkaʾiíšAt	niiʾAhneetúhkUx.
Then they	took him into the village	where the village was.

noowitiwaákoʾ	číkuʾ niiwekohnáʾAt	saakAxaakaáwa.
Then said he:	"I do not know where he is	Mice Mouth.

aniwekohnawanúʾ.

I don't know where he is.

wetatuuNAhuninoosíwa.

I beat him up."

a	–	čeésuʾ	–	nikunoowewituúʾUt	huuhúhtš
And	–	himself	–	then that is the way he was	Huhuch,

tiwehneskAhuutawáNA	na	wehnačiRIhnaanuutawáNA.
his face being swollen	and	his eyes being swollen.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	súxtIt.
And	then she said	an old woman.

wituuxIsih-	tákUx.
She lived on the out-	skirts of the village.

sapaakIsuxtikIsíš	witúx	Isís.
Old Woman Spider	she was,	a spider.

noowitiwaákoʾ	koxtoohnaahnaaʾiitáWI	niiNAxkuhnaakaáNA	šiNAxkukootíkA	saakAxaakaáwa.
Then she said:	"I will tell you	what you should do	for you to kill him	Mice Mouth."

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	áxkUx	šuxtaahIštAhkateéNA.
And	then she said:	"Now	one (of you)	parch corn!

wetuNAsáʾUx.

He is hungry.

weteewíʾAt	anuunawaawanú	iinawaanaanúhAt.
He is tired	after his wander- ing around there	those hills.

kaakeeksihtaʾiišaáhuʾ.

He won't come to the out- skirts of the village.

áxkUx	–	ahnootiRAsawáx	–	ničiíšuʾ	nakukawísAt.
One	–	let it just be coarse	–	corn	to grind it.

hawá	uunaaríčI	ahtiRAsápAt.
Also	another	let it be rather fine.

uunaaríčI	–	naáNIt	–	nootiRA-	sapaánoʾ	ničiíšuʾ.
Another	–	really	–	make it	fine	the corn."

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	šiišuuteéRIt	arikúsuʾ.
Then she said	–	"You'll see it	a big horn.

–	ničitaaríčI	nikútiʾ	saakAxaakaáwa.
–	If it stands on a hill,	he'll be the one	Mice Mouth.

niihUhtawiraátA	aaxunaákAx.
When he runs down	don't run!

atsú	štoh	číkuʾ tuukukooxeehUhkatáʾ.
And	again	he will run up another one.

číkuʾ tuukukooxiči-	taáRIt.
He will stand on some	other one.

na	štoh	–	kooxiihUhtawiraáʾAt.
And	again	–	he will run down.

wah	–	wetuNA-	sáʾUx.
Now	–	he is	hungry.

kaakiraanaʾooxíštA.

He will not be careful.

ahnookunooxiškariwiiʾaanúʾ	ničiíšuʾ.
Then he'll just grab it	the corn.

nikaroosiíkuʾ.

He'll be taking it.

niitaakiiWIsátA	naáNIt	naRAsapáhtU	–	wah	áxkUx	awitarístIt	–
When he comes to it	really	the fine one,	–	now	one	quickly,	–

áxkUx	neešUtpaNI-	šuuníkUt.
one	you'll grab	his neck."

wewitiitAhnaaʾiitawíhuʾ	–	súxtIt	–	niiNIhkuusaáhNA
She was telling them	–	old woman	–	what they were to do

šiNIhkukootíkA	saakAxaakaáwa.
for them to kill him	Mice Mouth.

–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	tanuu-	nawaáhAt	saakAxaakaáwa.
–	Then she said:	–	"The	Powers have him	ice Mouth.

saxtš	šiišišpAxtaríkUt	neešiišeewáNIt	iinačiísA.
As soo	n as you sever his head	you'll throw it	where the water is.

–	neeširaapáčiʾ	–	tiNAxtaNAhnaanaátUx	wetaraakaawačiíta.
–	You'll say:	–	'You beings in the water,	you're going to get full.'

–	tákuʾ kananihkuukoósA.
–	Don't let it bite anyone

–	wetiwaa-	RUxtíʾ.
–	He is	holy.

neešiišipAxoohaásAt	neešunaahnuuwáʾAx.
When you throw the head in the water,	you'll run away.

tanuunáwaahAt.

The Powers have him.

číkuʾ niinakuukaniitawiiʾátA	neeširaahnikUxkaáʾAt.
Somewhere where there is a stone sticking out	you'll run under it (for shelter)."

na	nikunoowituúʾUt.
And	so that is what happened.

iwehnaraanátA	weh-	naraanátA	–	niiʾAhnawaanaanúhAt	–
After they had gone	when	they went	–	where the hills were,	–

nooWIšitiiteéRIt	arikúsuʾ.
then they saw it	a big horn.

noowitaahčitaáRIt.

There it stood on a hill yonder.

noowitiihUhtawiraáʾAt.

There it ran down (the hill).

kanawituxtaačeéʾA	–	wehneehUhtawiraátA	–	kanawituxtaačeéʾA	na
It was not a long time	–	after he ran down;	–	it was not long	and

štoh	uunawaákUx	noowitiičitaáRIt.
again	another hill	there he stood on it.

nikuwehnuutaánu	wehnatawiraátA	ahwitiraačeéʾA	wehnatawiraátA
As he was doing that	his going down,	it was a short while	his going down

a	noowitiRAhkawátAt	wiítA.
and	then they came out	the men.

noowitikUxU-	huuwiraáʾAt	na	inoowitiihuukaataáRIt	iiʾAhnačísA.
Then they	went running,	and	there he stood on the bank	where water was.

na	–	inoowitiihuukaatákUx	–	AhnuxkoóčI	arikúsuʾ.
And	–	there it sat on the bank	–	what he wore	the big horn.

noo-	witiihuukaatákUx.
There	it sat on the bank.

natsú	–	saakAxaakaáwa	–	wituuxačitaáʾA	NAhuukaátA.
And	–	Mice Mouth	–	his band was	By The Water.

číkuʾ niikohnawákoʾ	nikuwititWIhtšuunaánuʾ.
However they speak	that is the way they talk.

wewitiraanitaʾiíʾIt.

He was glad to see them.

aa	wetikuNAsáʾUx.
"Ah,	I am hungry.

wetunaahé	wenatohnaakeéRIt.
It's good	now that I see you."

noowitiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	wiítA	wititatuhnaakaanuná.
Then he said	one	man:	"I have a meal for myself."

noowiteeranikaáʾ	ničištsapáhtuʾ.
Then he brought it out	ground corn.

ahwitiRAsáwax	wehniitAhnaaʾiitawíhA	súxtIt.
It was just coarse	as she had told them	the old woman.

ahwitiRAsáwax.

It was rather coarse.

čiríkU	ahnoowewituúta	noowitiškariwiiʾaanúʾ	AhnawáʾA	AhnawáʾA.
Oh my,	then he just did it:	then he was grabbing it,	as he ate it,	as he ate it.

číkuʾ kanawitiraanaʾooxiíkuʾ	a	noowitikanéʾIs.
He was not at all careful,	and	then he ate it up.

noowitiwaákoʾ	uunaaríčI	wiítA	čeésuʾ	wititatuhnaa-	kaanuná.
Then he said	the other	man:	"Myself	I have a meal	for myself."

nikunoowituúta	haawá	noowiteeranikaáʾ.
Then that is what he did:	also	then he brought it out.

ahwitiRAsápAt	saxtš.
It was rather fine	a little.

štoh	witikanéʾIs.
Again	he ate it up.

noowitiwaákoʾ	noowekutuhnaáʾuʾ	nikuNAsáʾUx.
Then he said:	"It is still the way	my feeling hungry."

noowitiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	wiítA	čeésuʾ	wititatuhnaakaa-	nuná	čeésuʾ	NAtkuwáʾA.
Then he said	one	man:	"Myself	I have a meal for	myself,	myself	to eat."

noowituNAsareečíWAt	naáNIt	wehnaRAsapáhtU	AhnaakaWIsáxU	ničiíšuʾ.
Then he untied it,	really	its being fine	its being ground	the corn.

číkuʾ kanawiti-	raanaʾooxiíkuʾ	wehnawáʾA.
He was not at	all careful	as he ate it.

na	noowitiškariwiiʾaanúʾ	witohnuhnaanoohtikú.
And	then he was grabbing it,	his putting it into his mouth.

na	noowitUtkatakUxiinihUxítIt	naraačitáWI	ničiíšuʾ	wehnaRAsapáhtU	naáNIt.
And	then he started choking	because	the corn	its being fine	really.

tsu	wetiraateehuúʾU	nooWIšititpaNIšuuníkUt	saakAxaakaáwa.
But	it was already planned:	then they grabbed his throat	Mice Mouth.

nooWIšitⁱnatiinúkAt.

Then they cut his neck.

tiwešohnipAxtaríkUt	nooWIšititpAxteskunaanuuníkUt.
When they took his head	then they took hold of him by the hair.

a	nooWIšitiináʾAx	iihnačísA
And	then they ran off	where water was

šiNIhkupAxoohaásAt	atsú	ahnoowewitIhaalaawamúʾ	–
for them to throw the head into the water	but	it was just snapping	–

AhnaWIskáʾA	–	aatakoósA	tákuʾ	niiwekohnihpAxtaáhNA.
its wanting	–	'that I bite him'	whoever	held the head.

nooWIšitihpAxoohaásAt.

Then they threw the head into the water.

wah	–	tiNAxtaNAhnaanaátUx	–	tiweneešiniinaákUx	číkuʾ šiNAxkúʾA.
"Now,	–	these of you in the water,	–	here it is for you,	something for you to eat.

noowitiinuuwáʾAx.

Then they ran away.

noowiteeRAhkatáʾ	niiʾAhnawaákUx.
Then they came up	where a hill was.

sinoó	–	kanawituxtAhčitaʾuúhAt	–	na	wehneskatáʾ.
Yet	–	they had not reached the top	–	and	when a cloud came up.

naaniwiísuʾ	–	wewitiRAhwísat	niiʾAhnakaniitawiiʾátA	–	nohniini-
Immediately	–	they arrived	where a stone protruded	–	then they

kUxkaáʾAt	na	wehniitakunaawísAt.
ran under it	and	now it caught up with them.

tsu	–	sapaakIsuxtikIsíš	–	wewitiitAhnaaʾiitáWI	tanuuná-	waahAt.
But	–	Old Woman Spider	–	she had told them:	"The Powers	have him.

tanuunáwaahAt	saakAxaakaáwa.
The Powers have him	Mice Mouth."

nukunoowituutAxítIt	čituúʾuʾ	nátš	kanítš
Then that is what happened:	all	the sticks,	stones

ahnoowewitUtkUxuunanéš	–	tiwehnaáʾa	–	tuunaawaáhAt	tsu
they were just mixed together flying	–	as it came	–	the Powers,	but

wewitoh-	ninikUxkaáWA	niiʾAhnakaniitawiiʾátA.
as they	ran under it	where the stone stuck out.

noowitiihuuNUhtáʾAt.

Then it passed over.

noowitiRAhkawátAt.

Then they got out.

wah	tiiháʾI	niišitikuusuxtaaʾiitáWI.
Now	this	it is what they told me.