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ačitaánuʾ	sáhniš	–	wiítA	–	wituxtaáNAt	tUhkaakákAt.
Tribe	Arikara	–	men	–	they had gone	to Crow country.

NIhúxuʾ	wiítA	witíʾIt.
Only	men	they were.

anuú	noowitiRAsáʾAt	waahíniʾ	číkuʾ niikohna-	waákUx.
There	then they climbed up	on a mountain	wherever the	mountain was.

nuu	wituxtsčitákUx.
There	a lake was on it.

witiroohuNIhuúʾU	AhnuxtsčitákUx.
It was a large one	the lake that was on top.

na	–	noowiteeRAsawiraáʾ	–	čituúʾuʾ.
And	–	then they came down	–	all.

na	–	wiítA	–	áxkUx	noowitIhunáhAs.
And	–	man	–	one	then he was lost.

kanawituhneesiíšuʾ	niiʾAhnuxtsaátA.
He did not know	where they had gone up.

tiwenawanú	tiwenawanú	wehnahnaNAxwé
As he was going around	as he was going around,	when he was looking for them

hUhtiísuʾ	noowiteehawaátaʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
finally	then it came out of the water	a horse.

xaakaatít	noowiteehawaátaʾ.
A black horse	then it came out of the water.

noowitiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	šitohnuníkUx.
Then it said	the horse:	"They are waiting for you.

anuú	neehaahkAhunuuwá.
There	they are at the base.

šitaRAxwéʾ	atsú	koxtohnaaʾiitáWI	niinakoótA	nuu	nakutawiraátA.
They are looking for you	but	I will tell you	where to go	there	to go down."

niiháʾI	–	nikunootihnaaʾiitáWI	–	xaakunaáʾuʾ	niinakuutaáNA
Right there	–	then that is what it told him	–	horse medicine	what to do

xaawaarútiʾ	NIhkunaawihUxítIt	nakuNAhuunuúʾA	na	xaakunaáʾuʾ	nakuraanoóku.
a horse	when it gets sick	to doctor it	and	horse medicine	to sing.

nikunoowitihnaaʾiitáWI.

So that is what it told him.

hawá	nakutsUhihkAxaahú	nikunoowitihnaaʾiitáWI	wenaa-
Also	to call the rain	then that is what it told him	when the

kutsUhiiná	kananakuhnaanaawiʾuúʾA	nakutsUhiNIhuúNU.
rain comes	when it looks bad	its being a big rainstorm.

hawá	noowitihnaaʾiitáWI	–	niinakuutaáNA	–	číkuʾ oopiínuʾ	tuuku-	nakoótA.
Also	then it told him	–	what to do	–	to go over ther	e some-	where else.

noowitiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wah	škaaʾiišátA	nuu	tiisunaaniitáWI.
Then it said	the horse:	"Now	when you go home,"	there	it told him the land.

noowitiwaákoʾ	iiháʾI	thaátAt.
Then it said:	"There	there is a trail.

nikuneešaáNAt.

You'll go on that.

neešaahnunáx	piíNUx.
You'll find it	a whip.

neešaanírut	natsú	na tirá.
You'll pick it up	and	keep it.

nikutitáweʾ	xaakunaáʾuʾ	píNUx.
It is part of that	horse medicine	the whip."

wenikunoowitihnaaʾiitáWI	nuu	wehnawanú.
Then this is what it told him	there	as he went around.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	toosuuxiRAxtawiraáʾAt.
Then it said:	–	"Now	let me lead you down!

–	wah	hawá	xaawaarúxtiʾ	neešiRAxwéʾ	niitⁱnatuutuúʾA
–	Now	also	a horse	you'll seek	the way I am

IškaaʾiišátA	xaakaatít	číkuʾ kananakuučiišáwatAhtakUx
when you go home,	a black horse	its not having any white spot on it,

nuunakuú-	ʾU	xaakaatít.
its just	being	a black horse."

kunoowitihnaaʾiitáWI.

Then that is what it told him.

na	naaʾiitúxuʾ	tihnaaʾiitáWI	haáwaʾ.
And	songs	it told him	also.

noowiteetawiraáʾ.

Then he came down.

noowitihnaaʾiitáWI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	niinakoótA	nakutawiraátA.
Then he was told by it	the horse	where to go	to go down.

noowiteetawiraáʾ	na	inooWI-	šitihnuníkUx	siíno.
Then he came down	and	there	they were waiting for him	yet.

tiwehnaRAhkaaʾiišá	tiiháʾI	sAhkAhaáhniniʾ	noowitíʾAt	wiítA
When they came home,	here	in the village	then he went	the man

niiʾAhniisuxtaaʾiitawíhA	xaawaarúxtiʾ	tiišá	píNUx.
where it had told him	the horse:	"There it lies	a whip."

nuu	weNAhatUhkaátA	na	inoowitiišá	píNUx	pakúhtuʾ	piNUxpakúhtuʾ.
There	when he went on the trail,	and	there it lay	the whip,	an old one,	an old whip.

noowitipakút.

It was old.

noowi-	tiírut.
Then he	picked it up.

noowitiírut	píNUx	natsú	wetih-	naaʾiitáWI	–	niinakuutaáNA
Then he picked it up	the whip,	and	it had	told him	–	what to do

–	nakuraáhNA	xaakunaáʾuʾ	naku-	taʾiíNA	xehtakhuúnuʾ.
–	to keep it	horse medicine,	to put	it on it	a horse medicine bundle.

nikunoowituúta.

Then that is what he did.

natsú	tⁱnuxwanú	kuNAhúx	kutuuxAxaáʾA	watoohíʾA.
And	this one who was living	old man	he was named	Watohia.

–	watoohíʾA	–	kutuuxAxaáʾA.
	Watohia	–	he was named.

–	kuuNUxaánuʾ	–	hawá	kunuuxAxaáʾA.
–	Bear's Teeth	–	also	he was named.

nuusuuxaawaanuuxukú	tsuxtsUhihkAxaawaáhuʾ.
When he used to perform	he used to call the rain.

na	nikutuúʾUt	xaakunaáʾuʾ.
And	it was thus	horse medicine.

sápat	wenihkuraaNAhkaroóku	ničiíšuʾ	nooWIšititkáxaʾ	–	wah	NUsuuxá.
Women	when they planted them	corn	then they called him:	–	"Now	let him perform!"

–	a	noowiteéʾaʾ	kuNAhúx.
–	And	then he came	the old man.

noowituxčiiRAxkataatút	xaawaarúxtiʾ	niinuuthú	NAhkuwaawaapIsú.
Then he drew lightning streaks on it	the horse,	its being like	to be lightning.

nuu	noowiti-	katáʾAt	–	niiʾAhnawaákUx.
There	then he	went up	–	where the hill was.

noowitiraanookUxítIt.

Then he started singing

–	kaaka-	tuhnaaʾiitUxsiíšuʾ.
–	I do	know the song.

noowituhnanaʾuúhAt	niiwenaakaáWI	niiwenaakunuunaakaanuúNU	xaakunaáʾuʾ.
Then he waved his arm	where he now lives	the one who prepared the meal	horse medicine.

siinó	kanawi-	tiiWIswóʾ	na	wewitatsUhiinawísaʾ.
Yet	he had	not reached it	and	now the rain arrived.

hawá	noowitihnaaʾiitáWI	phiináNIt	AhnoonakoótA.
Also	then he was told by it:	"Slowly	just go there.

kananakiihUhkatariíNU.

Do not be fast."

witiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	nikukooxuú-	ʾUt	inoošiihUhkatariíNU
It said	the horse:	"It will be	thus:	if you are fast

kooxeetsUhiínaʾ	awitaRAsíniʾ.
the rain will come	rapidly.

atsú	phiináNIt	šuxweereetíkuʾ.
But	slowly	go (lit gallop).

nikukooxuúʾUt	hawá	atíštIt	kooxeetsUhiínaʾ.
This is how it will be	also:	nicely (ie gently)	the rain will come."

sinó	tⁱnúxkUx	wiítA	tatsuuxeéRIt	niiʾAhnii-	suxkaapaatštíRA	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Still	this one who lived	man	I saw him	the one who	was pitied by it	the horse.