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niiʾaNAsuxtaaʾuúʾA	-	AhnuxunuuwaáWI	-
How it used to be	-	when they traveled around	-

wehnaahtakuwaʾá	nuu	naapakúhtuʾ	ništaaʾiitawaaWIhú	kanawituuNUxtaahé.
when they came as a group	long	, long ago	what they used to tell	it was not good.

na	niiNAhkiitúhkUx	na	tanáhaʾ	noowiteeRAhwísaʾ
And	where a village was,	and	the buffalos	then they came to it

weNAhkukhaanawiítIt	sáhniš	niiʾAhnihwačeehUxukú.
when they smelled him	a human,	what they used to say.

noo-	wituNAsaʾuúkUt	tanáhaʾ.
Then	they attacked them	buffalos.

wewitatakuraakuNAhát	wenehkoo-	kawooruutíkA	-
Now they killed us	when they	killed various ones	-

wenehkuNAhunuúWI	-	wenehkiitUhwirítkA	NAhkuuxitúhkUx.
when they attacked it	-	when they knocked down the village	where the village was.

na	witiinakawooruútIt	na	tanáhaʾ	witiinapaʾá	sáhniš
And	they killed many	and	buffalos	they ate them,	a human

weNAhkuʾiiníkUx	weNAhkuʾá	saNIškoótuʾ.
when it had a dead body	when it ate it	a dead human.

tanáhaʾ	nikuwitsúx.
Buffalo	that is how it was.

witsuuxaanuuxuúkuʾ.

They used to do it.

na	witiRAsaawátAt.
And	they moved away.

weNAhkuRAsaawátAt	noowiteeRAhwáʾ	na	niiNAhkuRAhčiiweešíkA
After they had departed	then they came	and	the ones (people) who survived

nooWIšitⁱnaaNIsáʾus	weNAhkukoótU	wačéh	-	tanáhaʾ
then they put him on (a scaffold)	after he was dead,	poor thing,	-	the buffalos

-	wešinehkuxkakátkA	tanáhaʾ	wešinehkuúxA.
-	after they cut him up,	the buffalos	after they ate him.

natsú	wiináxtš	wewitUtpsiwá	nooxíniʾ na tšaápis	weNAhkuwanú.
And	a boy	he now had winters	sixteen	when he would go around.

witikaapaátš	hiʾáxtiʾ	šáxtiʾ	wešohnihkootíkA.
He was poor	his father,	his mother	their (du) having been killed.

na	wiináxtš	weNAhkučíkAt	weNAhkihtatataʾaáhNA
And	the boy	when he cried	when he went beside it

niiNAhkuraaNIsáxA	wewitⁱNAhkiísA	weNAhkooweétA	-
where one lay on the scaffold,	when he lay down	when he was tired	-

weNAhkučíkAt	-	nooWIšituútIt	pítkUx	wiítA.
after he cried,	-	then he dreamed of them (du)	two	men.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	tAxtaRAhčíš	weNAxkučikAxwanú	tiweNAxkučíkAt.
Then he said:	"Now	you're strong	as you go around crying	as you've cried.

wah	nikuwešitatihwáʾ	číkuʾ sinataakunuutaáNA
Now	we've come here	to do something for you

niitⁱnoonahNAhuunuúku	tanáhaʾ	tⁱnaraapáʾA.
after what they have been doing to you (pl)	the buffalos	their eating you (pl).

nawáh	wetAxiraaNAhtšíštA	štoh.
Now	now you are going to be saved	again.

wah	štoh	kooxiRAhtšičiíta	niišakawooruutíkA.
Now	again	they will become alive	the ones who were killed.

haáʾAx	štoh	kooxuuteéRIt	na	xáx	štoh	kooxuuteéRIt.
Your father	again	you will see him	and	your mother	again	you will see her.

nawáh	wetAxúhtA	hináxtIt	niiNAxtaakitUhkákUx
"Now	you are going to go	in the morning	where your village is in the woods

na	neešuutAhnaaʾiitawaáWI	wiiteešútš	wiítA.
and	you will tell them	young men,	men."

nooWIšitihnaa-	ʾiitáWI	taanikutuutuúʾIt	tⁱnátš.
Then they told	him:	"This is what they are like	bows.

taanikuneešuúta	štáʾU	tⁱnátš.
This is how you will do it	when you make it	a bow.

na	kawíʾuʾ	niíšuʾ	neešikároʾ.
And	arrowheads	arrows	you will make them.

šuutAh-	naaʾiitáWI	taanikukooxuútuʾ.
You'll	tell them:	'This is the kind.'

nawáh	neešiiwísWA	niinakuraaNIsáxA	niiháʾ.
"Now	you'll go to various ones	where he lies on a scaffold	there.

nootAxitawíʾIš	na	neešiwaákoʾ	šuxčirikaʾá	parúNIt.
Then you touch him	and	you'll say:	'Wake up	quickly!

witⁱnakuunawireeríkA.

Fix yourself up!'

kooxeeRAhWIswáʾ.

They will all come.

a	noowitii-	širaakawireéhAs
'And	then you	all get ready!'"

šuhnaakaaNIštaátA	-	AxtAhniškaroóku	-	na
"After you (pl) finish doing it	-	your (pl) making (bows and arrows,	-	and

šuhnaakaaNIštaáta	wetiraahUhtačipiiruutíštA
after you (pl) finish doing it,	they are all going to come together

niinoonakuúʾU	niinoonakuuraáʾU	nataraakunuuwaáWI.
the different ones,	the different kinds	we who go around (ie are alive).

wetⁱnaataruuwaʾóstA.

They are going to talk about it.

wah	-	taanikuwetiraahiRAxá	-	niikohnuutAxitíštA
Now	-	this is what will be the first topic:	-	whatever is going to happen,

niinakuútA	tanáhaʾ	tⁱnaraapáʾA	na	kananakuútA.
whether it will be	buffalo	their eating you	or	(whether) it will not be.

nawáh	nikuwetⁱnaataruuwaʾóstA.
Now	that is what they are going to talk about.

na	neešiitohnaa-	ʾiitáWI	-	niiwekohnuutáxtA	-	niiwenuutAxitštáNIt.
And	we will tell	you	-	that is what is going to be	-	what is going to happen."

tⁱnaákUx	wiiteešútš	nootíʾAt.
This	boy	then he went.

nawáh	-	tsu	-	niiwenaraateehuúNU	wehninaateewaníkA
Now	-	but	-	what was planned	when they planned it

niinooNAhkuúʾU	--	tanáhaʾ	wáh	sčiríhtš	kuúNUx	niinooNAhkuúʾU
the different ones	--	buffalos,	elks,	coyotes,	bears,	the different ones

--	wehnaraahUhtačipiiruútIt	-	xaawaarúxtiʾ	-	noowi-	tiwaákoʾ	wah
--	when they gathered together,	-	the horse	-	then	he said:	"Now

nikukoxtIhiRAxá	číkuʾ nakuraaʾiitawíhA.
I will be the first one	to say something."

tⁱnaaríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	noowitiwaákoʾ	kaakatⁱnihnaatéʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	niitⁱnuutaánu.
This	horse	then he said:	"I do not like it	this one	what he is doing.

wah	čeésuʾ	saNIškaapaačíšuʾ	saNIščiraanarúhtuʾ
Now	himself	the pitiful human,	the weak human being,

weNAxkuNAhuninoosiwaáhNA	nootAxikoó-	tIt.
when you abuse him,	then you kill	him.

nootAxeeNAšítIt.

Then you eat him.

tsu	tⁱneekataahwá	niinaraateehuúNU	NAxkUhuhwaawáʾA	NAxkuwaawanú.
But	here is grass	which is the plant	that you should eat grass	that you should roam around.

tikaapaátš	sáhniš	tiNAxihkUhuunawiruuwaáhu.
He is pitiful	the human being	now that you have cut his life short."

noowitiwaákoʾ	tanáhaʾ	kaakíʾ tákuʾ nakukunuhčitaátA	NItwaawanú.
Then he said	buffalo:	"No one is getting ahead of me	my roaming around.

nawáh	-	koosíhWA.
Now	-	we will go.

wah	-	inooškuutUhtaátA	na	IškoowíRAt.
Now	-	if you beat me,	and	you'll win.

atsú	inooʾitootUhtaátA	wekukooxuúʾUt.
But	if I beat you,	it will be as it is.

wekukooxuhnaáʾuʾ.

It'll be that way.

-	koxtiwaʾá	sáhniš.
-	I'll eat them	human beings.

-	tatⁱnihnaatéʾ	sáhniš	NAtkutsaswaawáʾA.
-	I like it	human	my eating flesh."

nikuwitiwaákoʾ.

That is what he said.

kaneeneetii-	huunarúhtIt	niiNItkuWIskáʾA.
"I'll have	my way	as I think."

noowitiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ-	wah	nikuneetuúʾUt.
Then he said	the horse: -	"Now	I am that way.

-	koosih-	wáʾAx
-	We will	race."

nuu	wenaaríčI	tanáhaʾ	áxkUx	noowitíʾ.
There	when he stood	buffalo	one	there he was.

wah	tačé nikunóxtA	nuunáxI.
"Now	who is going to be the one	his running?"

noowitaaxwaátaʾ	áxkUx.
Then he put his foot out	one.

čiitíʾIš	wehnitapsiwaáhNA	nikuwitíʾ	hukós	nakucipiriíNU.
Four	one that had winters	he was the one	a bull	a young one.

wah	nikukoxtíʾ.
"Now	I will be the one.

nuukutAtkatariíʾI.

I am fastest.

kaakíʾ tákuʾ nakukusthunaáhWI.

No one can equal me (lit be close to me)."

noowitiraaninuʾá.

Then they became afraid.

wah	-	xaawaarúxtiʾ	-	xaaNAhkatá	-	čiitíʾIš	-	wehnitapsi-
Now	-	a horse	-	a palomino,	-	four	-	his winters

waahnuuxukú	wah	nikuneetuúʾUt.
were numbering:	"Now	I'll be the one.

tAtkatariíʾI.

I am fast.

niku-	tatiikUxihnuúNAt	čiitíʾIš	nakuuhaweéNA.
I can	run that long	four	its being days.

nikutatUsta-	RAhtšúʾ	nakuunáxI.
That is the	strength I have	to run.

-	nawáh	nikukoxtíʾ.
-	Now	I will be the one.

-	koosih-	wáʾAx.
-	We will	run.

tⁱNAhunaanúhAt	hunaahčeeríškAt	nikuwetsehwaahíštA.
This land that extends	on bare land	that is where we are going to come.

uu	kutiraáNIš	-	sihWIswáNA	niinatsteéhAt.
Oh,	it is true	-	when we get there	where the edge of the water is

--	niinatsteéhAt.
--	where the edge of the water is.

wah	-	škuutUhtaátA	wetAxkoowíRAt.
Now	-	if you beat me,	you will beat me.

tsu	-	inookiitiWIsátA	iinatsteewaáhAt	wetataawíRAt.
But	-	if I reach there	where the edge of the water is,	I'll beat you."

nawáh	weWIšitiraateewáNIt.
Now	they (du) planned it.

wačéh	xaawaarúxtiʾ	tⁱnawaaríčI	noowitiraaninuʾá.
Poor things,	horses	these	then they became fearful.

tanáhaʾ	kanawitiiwirooxuúʾU.
The buffalo	he was so strong.

nooWIšituhwáʾAx.

Then they (du) ran.

nuuwešinawáNA	tⁱnaaríčI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wenuunáxI
Then when they (du) went	this	horse	when he ran

kanawituhnaataRAhtščiraʾá	wešinawáNA.
he was exceedingly fast	as they (du) went.

na	tⁱnaaríčI	-	xaawaarúxtiʾ	-	nootIhiRAxUhunítIt.
And	this	-	horse	-	then he got in the lead.

nootIhiRAxUhunítIt.

Then he got in the lead.

tanáhaʾ	nooteehUhtačeewiíʾaʾ.
The buffalo	then he fell behind.

nootiihUhtaawátAt.

Then he swerved to one side.

wah	-	nikunoowehnuutaáNA	noowiteewakaáhtaʾ	-	sáhniš	čeésuʾ.
Now	-	when he did that	then they yelled out	-	the humans	themselves.

wehninaaničitawiítIt	nooWIšitiiNAhnuuwaawáʾAx	tanáhaʾ
After they mounted,	then they chased them	the buffalos

wešiniinapaníku	čeésuʾ.
as they were shooting them	too.

wetsú	tⁱnaátA	xaawaarúxtiʾ	nuu	nootíʾAt.
But now	this one going	horse	there	then he went.

nootiwísAt	niiʾAhnaraateehuúNU.
Then he arrived there	where it was planned.

tsu	tⁱnaaríčI	tanáhaʾ	noowituhkúxAx	-	wehnuhkUxáxI	-
But	this	buffalo	then he ran away	-	his running off	-

wešiniinawirátA	AhnuxwaákAhu	tákuʾ kaakíʾ nakukuutUhtaátA.
after they beat him	after he had been saying:	"No one can outdo me."

nawáh	nikuwitiraačítA	nataraahnaaničitáWI	xaawaarúxtiʾ
Now	that's the reason	our riding	horses,

šiNAskuNAhnaáxI	nuuxunuuwaáWI	tanáhaʾ.
for us to chase them	when they roamed	buffalos.

xaawaarúxtiʾ	nikuwitanuunaateehuúʾU.
The horse	that is what his plan was.

nikuwiwituhnaateewáNIt.

That is what he planned for himself.

nawáh	noowitiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wetateeričíšAt.
Now	then he said	the horse:	"I have now saved you.

wetsú	tatskáʾ	wačéh	NAxkukuraáhNA	tsu	wenee-
But now	I want it,	poor thing,	that you keep me,	but	I am

taraahníštA	nataakuhnaaNAxweekoóčI.
going to keep you	for me to look for things for you.

niiNAx-	kuWIskáʾA	aataátA	na	tatariwísAt.
Wherever	you want	'that I go'	and	I'll take you there.

wah	tsu	tiiháʾ	kunaáʾuʾ	wetAxkuhnanaahníštA	čeésuʾ.
Now	but	here	medicine	you are going to keep for me	too."

nikuwitanuhnaateehuúʾU	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
That was the plan for him	the horse.

nikukohniraačitáWI	xaawaarúxtiʾ	-	šiNAsiiničitáWI
That must be the reason	a horse	-	that we rode it

natoxtaakunuuwaáWI	-	naapakúhtuʾ.
when we lived	-	long ago.

siíno	tⁱneetohnaáʾAt	nataraahnaaničitawaáWI	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Yet	we are that way	our riding them	horses.

witiwaákoʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wah	-	tsu	-	wetⁱnaatáRIt.
He said	the horse:	"Now	-	but	-	here I am standing.

nikutatíʾ	xaakaatít.
I am the one	the black horse."

tⁱNAhunásA	huukaawiraátA	nikuteéRIt	xaaNAhkatá	tuuháʾ
This earth	(in) the east	that is where he stands;	the palomino	there

hunaanapsíniʾ	xaačiRAhpáhAt	skaweéraaʾuʾ	xaačiišawatá	hunaahčeeríškAt	hunaahkoohaáhkAt.
(in) the south;	a sorrel horse	(in) the west;	a white horse	on the bare land	(in) the north.

wah	tiiháʾ	nikuwetanuhwaa-	waáRIt	awaaháxuʾ	neskoóhAt
Now	here	that is where they have their	stations	the Powers	in the sky

šiNAsiinaanuuwaawanú	neešaánuʾ tⁱnačitákUx	na	tⁱNAhunásA
our asking for things (of him)	the Chief Above	and	(on) this earth

niitⁱnataraakunuúWI	natakuraahnanaáhNA.
here where we live	the one who keeps us.

wah	tanikuwituhnaaʾiitUxúʾ.
Now	this is how the story goes.

nikutatuuNUxaakAtkookUxuúkuʾ	atíkaʾ	wenakunaaʾiítI.
This is what I used to hear from her	my grandmother	when she told it.

na	atíʾAx	nuuNUxtaaʾii-	tUxuúkuʾ	haáwaʾ.
And	my father	he used to	tell it	also.