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pakúhtuʾ	AhnuuxunuuwaawikoóčI	iiháʾI	wituuxitúhkUx	na
Long ago	the ones who used to be living	there	there was a village,	and

Ahnuxtawé	wiináxtš	kananakuhnaanaawiʾuúʾA.
there being among them	a boy	one who was not right (ie was simple-minded).

na	wiináxtš	nooWIšitⁱnaWAxkUxítIt.
And	the boys	then they began laughing at him.

atsú	–	neešáanuʾ	iiʾAhneetúhkUx	AhnuxteešaáNU	–
But	–	the chief	where the village was	the one who was chief	–

wituxtá	wiináxtš.
he had him	a boy.

–	nikuWIšituxtiraáhuʾ.
–	These (du) were always together.

–	atsú	uunawaawaaríčI	wiináxtš	nooWIšitihtAharaáhnuʾ	šinehkutAharaáhNA.
–	But	the other ones	boys	then they were ridiculing him,	their making fun of him.

atsú	piiraneešaánuʾ	–	noowitUsiráxAt	iiʾAhnanuunakaáWI	–	weNAh-
But	the chief's son	–	then he took him	where his lodge was	–	to feed

kukaanunoóku	–	weNAhkuraakaanuunúhA	–	AhnuxkaapaačíšU.
him,	–	to give him food	–	the one who was pitiful.

kutiraačítA	nooWIšituutAsšteéʾa.
It was the reason	then they (du) got used to each other.

nohniwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	kananuhnaanaawiʾuúʾA	--	noowi-	tiwaákoʾ	–
Then he said	the boy	the one who was not right	--	then	he said:	–

aasihwáNA	naawiinakuúnuʾ.
"Let's go	(on) the warpath.

–	skaná	aasihwáNA.
–	Alone	let's go.

nikuuneesiítuʾ	–	naRAhwó	–	naawiinakuúnuʾ.
We are thus (ie as good as	–	the ones going	–	(on) the warpath."

nootuhnaawiíʾAt	–	neešaánuʾ	–	NAhaáʾU.
Then he was willing	–	the chief	–	the one who was his child.

wiináxtš	nootuhnaawiíʾAt.
The boy	then he was willing.

nooWIšitíWA.

Then they (du) went.

nooWIšitIhuukatáWA	aninačii-	súhAt	tswaarúxtiʾ.
Then they (du) crossed it	that	river	Missouri.

nooWIšitIhuukatáWA.

Then they (du) crossed it.

naakaanuúnuʾ	šikaneetehniraaNIhúnoʾ.
Food	they (du) must not have made much.

nooWIšituNAsox-	tšítIt	wešinaaʾíwo	a	nooWIšituurapitaawaáhAt.
Then they (du) began to get	hungry	as they (du) tired,	and	then they (du) turned back.

siškaaʾíšWA.

"Let's go home!

wetsakuNAsáʾUx.

We are hungry."

na	nooWIšiteewáʾ	na	tⁱnakoohaanoótA	nooWIšituuteéRIt.
And	then they (du) came on,	and	(on) this flat prairie	then they (du) saw it.

noowitiišá	WAxakúsuʾ.
There it lay	a cottonwood (log).

wešiNUtčiríkUx	–	nuu	–	wešinawáNA	teškúNIt
When they (du) saw it	–	there	–	as they (du) went,	close by

wehniihiʾaáNA	na	inoowitiíʾ	nút.
when it got to be,	and	there it was	a snake.

noowitiišá.

There it lay.

nooWIšitiraaNAxweesítIt	niiʾAhneskaátA	šinakutarii-
Then they (du) began to look for it	where the end was	for them (du)

waatátA	šikanaʾaatootAxoótA.
to bypass it,	their (du) not wanting'that we step over it.'

noo číkuʾ kanawitiíhiʾ.

Then there was none.

na	–	štoh	–	nikunooWIšitíWA	–	na	–	číkuʾ
And	–	again	–	then that is where they (du) went	–	and	–	they

šikanawitiiraahunaáxuʾ	niišiNAhkuwáNA.
did not find any way	where they (du) might go.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wiináxtš	–	kanaʾAhnuhnaanaawiʾuúʾA	wah
Then he said	–	boy	–	the one who was not right:	"Now

tuxkAhíNIt	na	neesihnuuníNIt	–	na	–	nátkAt
"Let me make a fire	and	we'll burn it	–	and	–	afterwards

neesiitAxúʾAt	na	neesíhWA.
we'll step over it	and	we'll go on."

nikunooWIšituúta	nooWIšitipinuhkoot-	šítIt	–
Then they (du) did that:	then they (du) began to pick them	up	–

naNAsapáhtuʾ	–	nátš.
chips	–	wood.

nooWIšitikAhíNIt	nuu	weNAhuniikú.
Then they (du) made a fire	there	its burning.

noowitIhuúNIt.

Then it burned.

noowitiʾuúkAs.

Then it was cut.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	tsu	wekananuNAsáʾUx	--	ápAs
Then he said	the boy	yet	his being hungry	--	both

weWIšituNAsáʾUx	--	atsú	witiwaákoʾ	nootohkAhaanawiré
they (du) were hungry	--	but	he said:	"It smells good,

nakAhaanáWI	tsástš.
its being the smell	meat."

wešooNAhuuNIhníkA	nút	nikunoowituúta
After they (du) burned it	snake	then that is what he did:

noowiteeNIšítIt	na	noowitiihUxítIt	uunaaríčI	wiináxtš.
then he began to eat it,	and	then he began to give it to him	the other	boy.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	piiraneešaánuʾ	kaakátIskaʾ	aatáʾA	skaná	iwehnuhnaanaríčI.
And	then he said	the chief's son:	"I don't want	that I eat it,"	alone	as he stood there eating.

kohnakaawačiíta.

He must have got full.

noošohnuutAxúʾAt.

Then they (du) stepped over it.

–	nooWIšititariiwaátAt.
–	Then they (du) went through it.

–	nooWIšitíWA.
–	Then they (du) went.

WIšitUtkatiisiʾá.

It got dark on them (du).

nooWIšituté.

Then they (du) spent the night.

tiwenačirikaʾaáNA	–	wiináxtš	–	kanaʾAhnuhnaanaawiʾuúʾA	noo-
When he awoke	–	the boy	–	who was not right	then

witiwaákoʾ	hásI.
he said:	"Look!

–	škuusuuxAxweéRIt.
–	See my feet!

–	noowetatikaxčiRAhpAhaáIt	na	tareeʾuúxuʾ	noowetíʾIt	Axtaaníniʾ.
–	My legs are just red	and	blue	they are	on the feet.

kooxunaahé	itaraNAhkaahUxítIt.
It will be good	when we begin to dance.

witikanaxtiRAhpAhaahnoókuʾ.

I won't have to paint myself."

a	–	štoh	–	nuu	–	nooWIšitíWA.
And	–	again	–	there	–	then they (du) went.

–	wetanuhnaatéʾ	wehnatareeʾuxwaawaahnú	wehnačiRAhpAhatwaahnú.
–	Now he liked it	when he was becoming blue all over,	when he was becoming red.

štoh	–	nuu	nooWIšiteewáʾ.
Again	–	there	then they (du) came.

anuú	–	WIšitUtkatiisi-	ʾá	štoh.
Then	–	it got dark on	them	again.

nikunoowituhneesíš.

Then that one knew it.

tiwehnačirikaʾaáNA	noowitiwaákoʾ	hásI.
When he awoke	then he said:	"Look!

škuusuxkax-	weéRIt.
Look at my	legs!

noowetatitareeʾUxtaáRIt	na	pAhaátuʾ.
I am just blue on them	and	red.

nuuwetuúʾUt.

It's that way.

wekaakíʾ	witⁱNAtkuRAhpAhaahnoóku	itihkaahUxítIt	sihkaa-	ʾišwáNA.
Now I nee	d not paint myself	when we begin dancing	when we	go home."

atsú	–	uunaaríčI	–	wiináxtš	–	piiraneešaánuʾ	–	noowituh-	neesiíšuʾ.
But	–	the other one	–	boy	–	the chief's son	–	then he	knew.

AhwituhneesšUxaánuʾ.

He rather suspected it.

štoh	nuu	nooWIšiteewáʾ.
Again	there	then they (du) came on.

nooWIšitUtkatiisi-	ʾá.
Then it got dark on	them (du).

wah	štoh	nooWIšituté.
Now	again	then they (du) spent the night.

tiwešinačirikaʾaáNA	hináxtIt	noowitiwaákoʾ	škuusuuxeéRIt.
When they (du) woke up	in the morning	then he said:	"Look at me!

šitikukaxčituuʾá.

My legs have be- come joined.

NAtwiiraásuʾ	wetiʾaanúʾ.
A snake's tail	it is now becoming."

wiináxtš	piiraneešaánuʾ	wituhneesiíšuʾ	atsú	kana-	WIskáʾ	číkuʾ aatawaákA.
The boy	the chief's son	he knew,	but	he did not	want	'that I say anything.'

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	koxteeruuwanúʾ.
And	then he said:	"I will care for you."

noowititáhpA	tiwešinakaxčituuʾaáNA	wehnaʾaanú	nút.
Then he put him on his back	after his legs became joined	when he was becoming	a snake.

–	wekaakíʾ	nakuúwo.
–	He could	not go (ie walk).

–	a	nikunoowituúta	wiináxtš	noowititáhpA.
–	And	so that is what he did:	the boy	then he put him on his back.

noowititáhpA.

Then he put him on his back.

wetihnaʾíhkuʾ	–	inaániʾ	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	škúxtAt	iinakučísA.
He was meaning him	–	his brother	–	then he said:	"Take me	where water is!

neškuúkux.

Put me there."

iiháʾI	wituxčískUx	na	nikunoowitihkúx.
There	there was a body of water,	and	then that is where he put him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiináxtš	nút	wenaʾaáNA	a
Then he said	the boy	a snake	who had become:	"And

nookananeenunuhnaateéʾU	–	čiwáhtš	–	tiiháʾI	koxtohnaaʾiitáWI	na
if they don't like it	–	the fish	–	here,	I will tell you	and

oopiínuʾ	neškuúRAt.
another (place)	you can take me."

piiraneešaánuʾ	náʾU	nootiRAhuukaataʾiíšAt.
The chief's son	the one	so he took him to the river bank.

nootiiʾít	nút	wekananiiʾaanú.
Then he let him go	a snake	his having become.

tiweNAhoókUt	anoowitičiisUxaahUxítIt.
When he got into the water	then the water started roaring.

čiwáhtš	nookanawiteenunoohnaatéʾ.
The fish	then they did not like it.

noowiteehawaátaʾ	štoh.
Then he surfaced	again.

na	noowitihkúxIt	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	piiranee-	šaánuʾ
And	then he picked him up	and	then he said	the chief's	son

náʾU	koxteeruuwanúʾ.
the one:	"I will take care of you.

koxteeruuwanúʾ.

I will take care of you."

a	–	štoh	–	noowiteenáʾ.
And	–	again	–	then he brought him.

nooteetahpiináʾ	wenatahpiinaáhNA–	nuu	–	wenaraʾá.
Then he came packing him on his back	as he packed him–	there	–	as he brought him.

a	–	štoh	–	noo-	WIšituté	iiʾAhnačísA.
And	–	again	–	then	they (du) spent the night	where the water was.

štoh	nootiiʾít	nooweNAhoókUt	weh-	naʾaáNA
Again	then he released him	his going into the water	the	one who became

–	wiináxtš	–	nút.
–	the boy	–	a snake.

noowitIhaʾuúkUt.

Then he got in the water.

weeNAhaʾaáhNA	na	–	štoh	–	nikunoowituutAxítIt
After he was in the water	and	–	again	–	then that is what happened:

weeNAhaʾaáhNA	wehnačiisUxaáhu	nii-
when he went into the water	when the water was roaring	those

ʾAhnaraanaátUx	nookaakeenunuhnaatéʾ.
living in the water	then they did not like it.

noowiteehuukatáʾ.

Then he came to the bank.

noowitiwaákoʾ	kaakeenunuhnaa-	téʾ.
Then he said:	"They do not	like it.

a	škúxtAt	anuú	iinačiisúhAt	tswaarúxtiʾ.
And	take me	there	where the river is	Missouri!

nikuwitAtwanúxtA	iinačísA	tswaarúxtiʾ.
That is where I am going to go	where the water is	Missouri."

a	štoh	noowitihtáhpA.
And	again	then he carried him.

noowiteenáʾ	nuu	iiʾAhnačísA	tswaarúxtiʾ.
Then he brought him	there	where the water was	Missouri.

noowitiiniʾít.

Then he was put down.

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	kooxanuutAhnaaʾiitáWI	iinata-
And	–	then he said:	–	"Now	you will tell them	where

nuunaakítAt	nakuWIskáʾA	tooxuukatáʾAt	a	nootiwaákoʾ	wah	áNA	wešitatootAxáwoʾ.
our village is,	if one wants	'that I cross it,'	he	must say:	'Now,	brother,	I'm stepping over you.

tAhnaNAhnaanuukátawoʾ.

We are crossing.'"

na	nikunoowituutAxítIt.
And	then that is what happened.

naawiinakuúnuʾ	štaNAhwooxítIt	na nikutih-	wačiʾaáhuʾ
"(On) the warpath	whenever you begin to go,	they must	say this:

áNA	atíštIt	tuxtaahnaanuukatáʾAt.
'Brother,	well	let us cross!

tákuʾ ka-	nanuuxuučíNIt.
Let no	one drown!'

koxteerapakUhtaraʾóʾ.

I will heed your words."

nikunoowituúʾUt.

Then that is how it was.

noowitikaaʾiíšAt	piiraneešaánuʾ	natsú	noowitIhaʾiíšAt.
Then he went home	the chief's son,	but	then he went in- to the water.

wehnakaaʾiišátA	–	noowituutAhnaaʾiitáWI	–	niiwehnuutAxítIt
After he went home	–	then he told them	–	what had happened

wiináxtš	wehnaʾaáNA	–	nút.
the boy	when he became	–	a snake.

nootiwaákoʾ	ničiíšuʾ	na	taakáxtš	na šitikuhnanuuwaawáʾ.
"Then he said:	'Corn	and	dried meat	bring them for me!'

koxtuhneesiíšuʾ.

I will know it.

na	niku-	nootihwáčiʾ	wah	áNA	tíštIt	tuxtaahnaanuukatáʾAt.
And	this	is what they'll say:	"Now,	brother,	well	let us cross!

tákuʾ kananikuxtaakuučíNIt

Let no one drown!"'"

na	weNAhkuRAhwó	naawiinakuúnuʾ	–	na	–	nooWIši-
And	when they were going	(on) the warpath	–	and	–	then they

teenuhnanuuwaawáʾ	–	na	–	noowiteehawaátaʾ	weNAhawaáta	šiʾaxkuuteéRIt.
brought things for him,	–	and	–	then he surfaced,	his surfacing	'that you (pl) might see me.'

WIšitⁱnaawaawaʾú.

They gave him things.

nikuwitsuuxitikUxuúkuʾ	na	–	atíštIt	–	noowitiraanuu-
That is what used to happen,	and	–	well	–	then they

katáʾAt	nanuhčitáWI	wiináxtš	wehnaʾaáNA	nút.
crossed the water	his being the cause	the boy	who had become	a snake.