XML version dated February 14, 2024. © Douglas R. Parks, Indiana University.

5

Bloody Hands and the Star Boy

Alfred Morsette

wah štoh wetatunaaʾiitíštA šinikuusuxtaaʾii-
Now again I am going to tell a story the ones they used
tawaawaaWIhú natiniiNIštaanawáNA atikáʾ na atináʾ.
to tell me my relatives, my grandmother and my aunt.
atináʾ tikuhnunáhAs piiráʾuʾ AhnatuúxU atsú niina-
My mother mine died a baby when I was but what I
tuuxAtkawaawooxukú NIhkunaaʾiiwaawaátI atíkaʾ
used to hear when they told stories, my grandmother
wenakunaaʾiitIhú číkuʾ.
her telling it something.

wah tuuneskoóhAt neskaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ aNAhunuuwaáWI Axtóh
Now that sky there up in the heavens the ones living surely
nookanatuhneesiíšuʾ tsu taanikutuhnaaʾiitUxúʾ NIhku- naaʾiiwaawaátI.
I do not know but this is the story as they told it.

noo wiináxtš noowitiwaákoʾ atíʾAx tatinihnaatéʾ.
Then a boy then he said: "Father, I like it.
tatskáʾ aatataweekoóčI nuuNAhukakaahunuuwaáWI.
I want to be among them the ones living there below.
tatinihnaatéʾ naapaatúh.
I like it the enemy way.
tatskáʾ číkuʾ NAtkiihUhtaweekoóčI iiNAsaapaahnú tuuNAhunaanúhAt.
I want for me to be among them what they do that other land."

na noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx hiʾáxtiʾ wah tsu tAxíʾ wiítA.
And then he said this one his father: "Now but you are a man.
nikukooxuúʾUt.
It will be thus.
kooxíʾAt.
You will go.
na neeNAsšaWIsátA štoh tAxiiNAhíštA.
And when you are satisfied, again you'll come.
kooxiínaʾ Ištóh neeNAsšaWIsátA niikooNAxuutaawaaníštA niiweNAxwaawanuxtáNIt.
You'll come back when you're satisfied whatever you are going to do wherever you are going to be."

wah noowiteehUhtakaáʾ tinaaríčI wiináxtš.
Now then he dropped down this boy.
niikoh- nuúta niikohnuutAxítIt wehneehUhtakaáʾa
Whatever he did, whatever happened when he dropped down,
noowiti- ʾuúkUt niitinataraakunuuwaáWI tiNAhunásA čeésuʾ.
then he got there where we were living here on earth ourselves.

wah tinaákUx wiináxtš nuuwenaátA
Now this boy as he went there
nooweniwaawanú Ahnutunaahweewaarikú
as he was just wandering around as he was looking all around at the land
tinaaríčI wiináxtš nuuwewitáʾ áskAt.
this boy now he came from there above.
wehnaátA noowituhnaaʾeéRIt wehnaaraaWIškaaʾaáhu niiweNUtwiʾuúʾA.
As he went along then he noticed it where smoke was coming out where he was headed.
noowitiraawíškUx.
There was smoke there.
nikunootíʾAt.
Then that is where he went.

tinaaríčI wiináxtš witiwísAt.
This boy he arrived.
noowiteekaáwa akanaanataáʾuʾ.
There were dwellings earth lodges.
noowitiraaNAhuuWIsuúʾU.
They were well built.
tiraakAxíšIt AhnaakaawaáWI.
They were sturdy the lodges.

nootíʾAt.
Then he went.
wehnaátA wiítA Ahnoowiteekaáʾ.
As he went a man he just came out.

noowitiwaákoʾ čukú NAxiínaʾ.
Then he said: "Where did you come from?"

Ahnootatiwaawanúʾ čeésuʾ.
"I am just going all around myself.
tAhnaaNAxwéʾ číkuʾ niiNItkuuxUhuhwanú.
I am looking for it somewhere where I might live for a while.

na noowitiwaákoʾ tinaaríčI wiítA -- noowitiwiitaNIhuúʾU -- witiwaákoʾ
And then he said this man -- he was heavy set -- he said:
aráh Axtóh nootunaahé tiweNAxiína.
"Say, surely it is good your coming here.
tat- skáʾ NAxkuuxUhuhwanú tiihéʾ číkuʾ nakukunuusiinawaakoóčI
I want that you stay awhile here to do some work for me
číkuʾ nakukunuutaawaanú niinatiniinaanoswaáWI.
to do things for me the things that I have to do."

na noowitiwaákoʾ hawáh.
And then he said: "Alright.
waaxtóh nikukoxtuúta.
Surely I will do that.
koxtuhnaasštáwa.
I'll watch over things for you."
tinaarícI wiináxtš nikuwewitiniisiinawástA.
This boy now he was going to work for this one.

wah noowitAheéšaʾ noowitiwaákoʾ wah wetAxkuh- naatačiwaapiinúxtA.
Now, then morning came, then he said: "Now you are going to gather together my things.
iinaakaáWI– xuúhuniʾ– niiNU- suuwatUhwiʾuúʾA na kaakíʾAt.
That lodge– close by– where the door faces don't go there.
na kaakIhaakeeríWAt číkuʾ.
Don't open the door at all."
(wah niiháʾ tátskaʾ aatoohneésš atíkaʾ
(Now right there I wanted that I learn my grandmother
siinó tinúxkUx kananaatiwaákA tičé nuúʾUt
yet this one who lived when I said: "Why is it
weninaanúhA saakarikúkUx.
that he gave them to him keys?"
Axtóh čukú nuxtsaweekáʾIt saakarikúkUx.).
Surely where were they keys?).

na kaakIhaakeeríWAt.
"Don't open the door.
tsu tuunaakaawaáWI nakuhnaawee- waarikú.
But the other lodges you can look around.
a číkuʾ tIhuúkAt natiniinaanooswaáWI.
You can enter any one where I have my things.
atsú iinaakaáWI kaakAtwískaʾ číkuʾ NAxkištoókUt.
But that lodge I don't want for you to lay a hand on it."

na witAheéšaʾ anookanawitiiwanúʾ wiítA.
And morning came and there he wasn't going around man.
číkuʾ noowitaáNAt.
He must have gone off somewhere.

wiítA xaawaarúxtiʾ wituxtá xaačiišawatá.
The man a horse he had it a white horse.
uu wi- tuuNUxé.
Oh, it was nice looking.
witanuuNUxtsáskUx tsástš.
It had a chunk of meat meat.
nikuwiti- waʾá xaawaarúxtiʾ.
That is what it ate the horse.
wenehkuʾá witiʾuuneéRIt.
When he came it stopped.

na kuúNUx witanuuNUxaaxtawíkUx.
And a bear his was tied up.
uu kuuNUxkaatItkúsuʾ.
Oh, a big black bear!
tiRIhuúʾU.
It was large.
witanuhnaaNUhnós.
It had hay.
witIhaaxtawíkUx haáwaʾ.
It was tied up also.
nikuwitIhaaNUtwaʾá kuúNUx na xaawaarúxtiʾ niku-
That one was eating the hay the bear, and the horse that
witiwaʾá tsástš.
is what it ate the meat.
nikuwituutaánuʾ tinaákUx wiítA šohnatšičiínaahNA.
That is what he was doing this man (with) the (du) animals he had.

na číkuʾ noowitaáNAt tinaákUx wiítA wehninii-
And then he went off somewhere this man when he
siinawá tinaaríčI wiináxtš wehniniisiinawá weNAhkuwaawanú.
was working for him this boy when he worked for him when he went all around.

číkuʾ NAhkučitaʾuuneéRIt hawá noowitatawiraáʾ.
After he had stood on some hill also then he came down.
tehnaakAhnaáhkA niiwenawanú.
The lodge must have been at the base of the hill where he went.

noowitiwískaʾ tičé tAxuúʾUt naaxakaáWI kananaaxiWIskáʾA aaxteewaataáNA.
Then he (the boy) thought: "I wonder why it is that lodge his not wanting it 'that you look in it?'
tičé tAxkaákUx.
I wonder what is inside?"

nootíʾAt tinaaríčI wiináxtš saakarikúkUx wenaraa- ʾiiranitkú.
Then he went this boy the keys as he was trying them out.
wah tehnawísAt niikóhnoʾ saakarikúkUx.
Now he must have gone to it wherever it was the key.
nootIhaakeeríWAt wenačirikuukátA wehnuhnaaʾéRIt.
Then he opened the door when he peeked inside when he saw them.
uu saNIškoótuʾ.
Oh, dead humans.
noowitikotkaariwiíkUx saNIškoótuʾ
There were many dead bodies piled inside dead humans
naahkawooruutikú sáhniš.
whom he had been killing humans.
waaxtóh kanuhneesiíšuʾ niikohnaačitaáNIt niinooNAhkuutuúʾA sáhniš.
But surely he didn't know whatever tribes they were the different kinds humans.

wah tiwehnaWIskáʾA aatAhaakoósA nookanawitiihaa- keeriitikUxítIt.
Now when he wanted 'that I lock it,' then the door did not proceed to lock.
uu taRAhtšíniʾ witIhaakaʾús.
Oh, with difficulty he locked it.
saakarikúkUx noowitiRAhpaáta paátuʾ Ahnatstakaawaa- hakú niiʾAhnareekáWI.
The key then it became bloody, blood as it was dripping down all over where the door was.

nuu nootíʾAt niinaakaáWI.
There then he went where the lodge was.
saxtš tI- huúkAt anuunaaríčI xaawaarúxtiʾ noowitiwaákoʾ
As soon as he went inside that one there horse then it said:
wah šuuxičinaanuúʾU.
"Now hurry!
wetAxtaatAhwáNIt.
Now you have done wrong.
wah parúNIt.
Now quickly!"
na witiwaákoʾ nuunaroósI haanuútuʾ škuxtaánu.
And it said: "That hay give it to me!
na tinaákUx tsástš neešíʾu anuunaaríčI.
And this (piece) meat you give it to it that one over there."

a nikunoowituúta tinaákUx wiináxtš.
And so then that is what he did this boy.
wititsaskúxIt.
He picked up the meat.
noowitiʾú kuúNUx.
Then he gave it to it the bear.
a noowitiraánu xaawaarúxtiʾ haanuútuʾ.
And then he gave it to it the horse the hay.

noowitIhaaNUtwaaNIšítIt.
Then it began to eat the hay.
noowitiwaákoʾ witiituxkaa- wačiínoʾ.
Then it said: "Let me sate myself!
naahuunéʾ wekaakIsihWAhúxtA.
We are going to go far, far off."

noowitiwaákoʾ šuuxukáʾAt aninačískUx.
Then it said: "Go into it that (body of) water!"

noowitIhukáʾAt.
Then he went in it.
uu wituhpAxteskúne.
Oh, he had nice hair on his head.
noowitipAxteskunaaNUstAhkataáʾA.
His hair was bright yellow.

noowitiwaákoʾ aniinuuNAsaaríčI witii- šuxkawaawáNIt.
Then it said: "Those things hanging up over there put them on yourself!"

uu wituhnuuNUxíwa naahneesítA.
Oh, they were nice clothes, a wooden sword.
noowititee- wireéhAs.
Then he readied himself.

na noowitiwaákoʾ aninaroósI NAhnaaničitawíʾuʾ škuu- suxtatkakúx.
And then it said: "Those saddles put it on my back!
wah wetAxkiičitawiitíštA.
Now you are going to ride me.
wah wetsih- kUxwaaxíštA.
Now you and I are going to run away.
kaakuhneeráxtA naaWIsá.
He won't be good when he comes back.
koxtakuuraahnaanunáhAs tinataraahnaanoótA táWIt.
We will be dead these of us here three.
wah parúNIt síšWA.
Now quickly let's go!"

tsu kuúNUx wetuhkúxAx.
But the bear it had run off.

tinaaríčI wiináxtš nootiičítawiitIt xaačiišawatá.
This boy then he mounted it the white horse.
nooWIšitíWA.
Then they (du) went.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah tuuwekutsitwiʾúʾ hunaanapsíniʾ.
Then it said: "Now we are headed in that other direction south.
wah škuxpínuʾ.
Now whip me!
kaakiraawiroohuúʾU tiweNA- sihwáNA.
It is difficult our (du) going.
tikatariíʾI naaʾá.
He is fast when he comes."

noowitiičitawiítIt.
Then he mounted it.
noowituuNAxIhíNIt.
Then he made it run.
wekaakuhnaata- RIsčiraʾá aniwenaátA.
It went exceedingly fast as it went.

wah šuxkaskawíhuʾ.
"Now keep looking back!
wekohnaáʾ.
He must be coming."

witikaskáWI.
He looked back.
uu wehneskataraaNAsá noowituutIska- tAhaaniripIhkaawaʾaáhuʾ
Oh, as a big storm came there the clouds were rolling
wehnaáʾa wehnaaraawiína kát huupirítš.
when it came when it came forcefully hail, a whirlwind.
tsu tinaátA wiiteešútš wewitipinúʾ xaawaarúxtiʾ.
But this young man now he whipped it the horse.

witiwaákoʾ wekaakuhnaataRIsčiraʾá.
It said: "He is coming exceedingly fast.
koosihnuunáwaʾ.
You and I will leave him."

tiwešinawáNA tiwešinawáNA uu witAheésaʾ noowitiwaákoʾ
As they (du) went as they (du) went, oh, it was morning, then it said
tinaaríčI xaawaarúxtiʾ wah wetikiihuu- nawiiʾaaNIšaáhuʾ.
this horse: "Now I am slowing up.
wah šuxčiwákuʾ sčiríhtš nawačeéhu nawakAhuutaʾá.
Now bark a coyote as they speak when it yelps."

nikunoowituutá tinaákUx wiináxtš wenehkuwakA- huutaʾá
Then that is what he did this boy when he yelped
sčiríhtš sčiRIhtaakAhkúsuʾ niinawaakAhú.
a coyote, the big white wolf as it says.
na tinaaríčI xaawaarúxtiʾ noowititaRAhtšwá.
And this horse then it gained strength.

noowitiwaákoʾ wetuutapitaaháxtA.
Then it said: "Now he is going to turn back."

nuu šinawáNA noowitiihaána.
Then while they (du) went then it became clear.
wetsii- nawíRAt.
"We have beat him.
wetuutapitaáhAt.
He has turned back now.
štoh nuuwetíʾAt.
Again there he has gone."

nooWIšitíWA wehneečitaweétA.
Then they (du) went as he went riding.

wah witiwaákoʾ wah siináNI tiiháʾ tiwenee- ʾítAt
Now it said: "Now, my brother, here here is a village
niiNAxWIskáʾA niiNAxtaatooxwaawanú aatootaa- waanú.
what you want the life you want to live 'the things I want to do.'
tiweneeʾítAt saNIštaapé.
Here is a village human beings.
oo tiitu- NIhuúʾU.
Oh, it is a big village."

wah taanikukoxteéRIt.
"Now this is where I'll stand.
taanikukoxtiwánuʾ.
This is where I will roam.
hawáh štakaáhAt aniNAxuutakoóčI neeširanoowáʾa.
Alright, when you get down, the things that you are wearing take them off.
neešuNAsawitareewaápI niitinatiniisaahnaa- ničitawaáWI.
You tie them upon it where I have the saddle on myself.
na neškukoótIt.
And you'll kill me.
neškupAxtáʾIt naahneesítA aniNAxtaáhNA.
You'll hit me on the head the wooden sword the one you have.
noonikuuhunáhAs.
Then I'll be dead.

na niraapaatuʾaáNA neešiínaʾ.
"And when the enemy way arrives you'll come.
taanikuneešiwaákoʾ xaakaatít kunataáʾU– weNAxkuʾá.
This is what you will say: 'Black hors mine– come!'
wewititsihnunuuwaanáx.
Now we've found each other."
na xaaNAhkatá kunataáʾU na xaačiRAhpáhAt kunataáʾU wah
And yellow horse mine, and sorrel horse mine, now
niikohnuhnaanaanúxtA naapaatúh niikooNAxih- taRAhčíšAt.
however many times it will be the enemy way whatever your strength is.
nawáh xaačiišawatá.
Now, a white horse.
wah nikuwetatoohnaa- teewáNIt.
Now, this is what I have planned for you.
wah tsu wetAxwaawanúxtA naawiinakuúnuʾ tsu
Now but now you are going to be going all around (on) the warpath, and
tatootAsíštA niiwitikooNAxuhnaahunuuwaawaa- NAxíštA.
I'll watch over you whatever things you are going to find for yourself."

witiwaákoʾ wah witiišuxtipaána.
It said: "Now disguise yourself!
tatuhneesiíšuʾ niiNAxiína.
I know whence you came."

tinaákUx wiináxtš nikunoowituúta noowitiranoowaawaʾá aNUsuuxakoóčI.
This boy then that is what he did: then he took off the things the ones that he wore.
wituNAsawitareewaápI NAhnaaničitawíʾuʾ.
He tied them to it the saddle.
witipAxtáʾIt.
He hit it on the head.
witiʾuúkUt xaawaarúxtiʾ.
It fell the horse.
nookanawitiišá.
There it did not lie.

tinaákUx wiináxtš nooteéʾaʾ.
This boy then he came.
wenaaʾá noowita- katáʾ.
As he came then he came up (a hill).
wehnareewaawatíRA noowitanaaWIštaanúʾAt.
As he was looking all around then there was smoke extending yonder.
nikunoo- witUtwiʾuuxítIt nuu wehnaátA.
That is where he began to head there as he was going.
noowitiisihtaʾiíšAt.
Then he went to the edge of the village.
anuú iineetuuNIskáhAt uu iineetuu-
There where the end of the village was, oh, where the end of
NIskáhAt witaraaWIškaaʾaáhuʾ.
the village was, smoke was coming out.
noowitíʾAt.
Then he went.

noowitiiwanúʾ wiináxtš.
There he went around a boy.
kanawitiiraaníhtš wiinásts.
He was not old a little boy.
xaaNAhkáta witanuhnaaxtawíkUx.
A buckskin horse he had it picketed.
uu ikaániʾ WIšitanuunáka.
Oh, his grandmother they (du) had a lodge.

witiwísAt tinaaríčI wiináxtš.
He arrived this boy.
hee tatiínaʾ.
"Hey, I have come."

noowitiwaákoʾ tinaaríčI wiináxtš čukú NAxiínaʾ.
Then he said this boy: "Where did you come from?"

noowitiwaákoʾ Ahnootatiwaawanúʾ čeésuʾ.
Then he said: "I am just going all around myself."
wewitipAxkót sčiríkA.
It covered his head a reticulum.
wituhnaathaanáwiʾ iipAxkoóʾAt weeNUtčiríkUx.
It looked like as if his head were sore as he looked at him.

noowitiwaákoʾ tátskaʾ aasiiNAhtakoowaakoóčI aasíhtiRA.
Then he said: "I want that you and I play, that we be together."

atíkaʾ tiniiNIšUhuunaaʾít.
"My grandmother let me tell her first!"

noowitiihuuwiraáʾAt.
Then he ran off.

atíkaʾ wiináxtš anuú kutaáʾ.
"Grandmother, a boy (from) there he has come.
a neewaakaáhuʾ tátskaʾ aasiiNAhtakoówa.
And he is saying: 'I want that you and I play.'"

aa weteenuusaapá.
"Ah, now they always do that.
šitakootíkUxuukuʾ.
They always beat you up.
kananakuusuuxá.
Don't do it.
na kaakunaasíhtš.
Don't pay attention to him."

witiihuuwiraáʾAt.
He ran off.
noowitiwaákoʾ štaanápaaʾAt aa atíkaʾ tiwaákoʾ šitakootikUxuúkuʾ.
Then he said Bloody Hands: "Ah, my grandmother she said 'They always beat you up.
na kaaku- naasíhtš.
Don't pay any attention to him.'"

witiwaákoʾ tinaaríčI Axtóh kaakíʾ nikuNItkuutaáNA.
He said this one: "Certainly I would not do that.
tAtkaapaátš niitiNAxuútA.
I am poor as you are.
NItkuwaawanú tákuʾ kaakatiníhkUx.
When I wander around I do not have anyone (ie relatives)."

noowituutUhuunapítaahAt tinaaríčI štaanápaaʾAt.
Then he swung around this Bloody Hands.
witi- waákoʾ atíkaʾ tiwaakaáhuʾ tákuʾ kaakatiníhkUx.
He said: "Grandma, he says: 'I don't have anyone.
wačéh nootatiwaawanúʾ.
Poor me, I just wander about.
tAtkaapaátš niitiNAxuútA.
I am poor as you are.
atsú neetskáʾ aataraahtíRA a neetskáʾ
And I want that I be with you (pl and I want
aataraahnaanoótA niitišináxkUx ákaʾ.
that we all live together where you (du) live your grandmother.'"

hawáh nuunoóxaʾ.
"Alright, let him come!"

noowitiwaákoʾ atíkaʾ tiwaákoʾ wetAxiiNAhíštA.
Then he said: "My grandma she said: 'You are to come.'"

nooWIšitIhuúpA.
Then they (du) went inside.
tinaákUx súxtIt weh- nuuteéRIt tiičíWI.
This old woman when she saw him: "He is different.
kaakíʾ sáhniš tiiháʾ nataraakunuuwaáWI.
He is not a human here (like) we who are living."

wah šuxwiítIt ootítš nooNAxkuwaawanú.
"Now sit down, sonny, you who are wandering all around!"

nooWIšitikaanúnoʾ wešinawaawáʾA.
Then she fed them (du) as they (du) ate.
ikaániʾ wehniniinaaʾiiwaawaátI tsu tinaákUx wiináxtš
His grandmother as he told her stories, but this boy
wewiteewi- čirikaáʾAt či naaxičíWI.
she sized him up: "Here you are different!
a či naahuunéʾ kana- naaxiínaʾ.
And here you have come from a great distance!"

witiwaákoʾ wešiNAxkuuxáwa na kaakUsta- kaasuúhuʾ.
She said: "When you (du) sleep together, don't urinate on him.
tAxuutiRIhkaasuúxU.
You are a bed wetter."

noowitiwaákoʾ aa číkuʾ kaneenuúʾUt.
He said: "Ah, it is nothing.
číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt.
It is nothing."

noowitiitIsáWI niiʾAhnuxwaákA Itkanaahtuúsuʾ wehnakUxkakAhuukawaakaroóku.
Then he doctored him what she had said ashes his rubbing them on his crotch.

wah niinuutaawaanú sčiríhtš
Now as it always does a coyote
wewiteekaasawiričitáʾ šinehkuutakAhtakakaasuúhu šinehkunuuNUxkáʾIt.
now it came on top of the lodge to urinate, as they would urinate on the lodge where they had their fire.
tinaákUx wiináxtš pAxkoóʾAt nootičitoóhaasAt.
This boy Sore Head then he nocked an arrow.
noowitUtčipIšáWI.
Then he shot it.
nuukuwitaahwakaraanúʾAt sčiríhtš wenapIhnásAt.
Then it hollered far off in the other direction the coyote when he shot its testicles.

wewitiraačeéʾA wehnaaheešá
Now it was a long time when morning came
kanawitiiRIhkaasuuxítIt wiináxtš štaanápaaʾAt.
he did not proceed to wet the bed the boy Bloody Hands.

wešiNAhkunaaʾiiwaawaátI witiwaákoʾ štaanápaaʾAt hiiš
While they (du) told stories he said Bloody Hands: "In the evening
tatuuseeriitšwooxuúkuʾ na natakuraahneešaáNU suúnaaxuʾ čiitíʾIš tiraná.
I always go swimming, and our chief young women four he has them.
uu šitikuraasíštoʾ weNAtkuraakAhtakoówa
Oh they are fond of me when we play
wešinakukuutuuʾiinú weNAtkuraa- kuuseeriitikú.
when they put me underwater when we are swimming.
kooxuutaakeéRIt.
You will see them."

nooWIšitíWA.
Then they (du) went.
noowitsiráxAt.
Then he led him.

hiiš wetiraáNAt.
In the evening, "Now they have gone."

nooWIšitíWA tišinaákUx.
Then they (du) went these (du).
tinaákUx pAxkoóʾAt noowitičitawiítIt.
This Sore Head then he sat down on the bluff.
atsú tinaaríčI štaanápaaʾAt noowititawiraáʾAt.
But this Bloody Hands then he went down.
WIšitinikawaatšítIt tinawaaríčI suúnaaxuʾ čiitíʾIš suunawaráʾ šinehkurehtáko.
They were glad to see him these young women four maidens as they played with him.

a tuuneékUx pAxkoóʾAt.
"And over there he sits Sore Head."

a noowitiwáčiʾ aa kohnaapAxpIskháʾ.
And then they said: "Ah, his head must smell bad."
WIšitihnuuwaʾíhkuʾ.
They were calling him names.
tsu tinaákUx kaawitáhtš noo- wititooxwooxítIt tinaákUx pAxkoóʾAt.
But this youngest one then she began to admire him this Sore Head.
witanustéʾ.
She liked him.
wekaakiiNIsšUhuuNIsáhniš weNAhkuuteériku.
She could not take her mind off him when she was looking at him.
kukaakuunawíʾIt uunaraanoótA šinehkuhnuuwéhku.
He was really quiet the others while they called him names.

noowiteeRAhkaaʾiíšaʾ.
Then they went home.

noowitiwaákoʾ štaanápaaʾAt ka weNAxuutaákeeRIt.
Then he asked Bloody Hands: "Did you see them?"

witiwaákoʾ pAxkoóʾAt heeʾ.
He said Sore Head: "Yes."

nakuraaNAxwé axuhwakunaasíhtš.
"When she looks for a way (ie for something to say) don't pay any attention to her words!"

neetuhneesiíšuʾ niinawačeéhu.
"I know what they are saying."

wehnaátA hawá štoh niikohnuhnaanaánuʾ niku-
When he went also again however many times it was his
wehnuutaawaanú noowitiWAhtíkUx noowetoohnaánaʾ.
doing that then he announced it: "They come now to attack.
haa tatakuraaNAxUhuunaaníštA.
Hey, we are going to have a battle!
na taanikuneewaákoʾ natakuraahneešaáNU wititawéʾ uukaʾiwaapIsíšuʾ.
And this is what he said our chief: 'There is among them Iron Shirt.
tákuʾ niinikootíkA tinawaaríčI suúnaaxuʾ nikukooxeeNAhtákuʾ.
If someone kills that one these young women they are the ones he will marry.'"
nikuwitiwaakaáhuʾ AhnaWIhtíkUx wehnuNAhwó.
That is what he was saying when he announced as they went to fight.

natsú noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx pAxkoóʾat aa sii- náNI
And then he said this Sore Head: "Ah, my friend,
tuuxičitawiítIt kunahUxtAhkatá.
let me mount it the old buckskin gelding!
koxtíʾAt.
I will go.
tátskaʾ aatoohnaaweerikú niikohnuutAxitíštA niinaRAxUhuunaánu.
I want that I see the activities whatever is going to occur where the fighting is."

noowitiwaákoʾ štaanápaaʾAt atíkaʾ tiwaákoʾ tiwískaʾ aataátA niiwenaRAxUhuunaánu.
Then he said Bloody Hands: "Grandmother, he says he wants 'that I go' where the fighting is."

aa atinátš na kaakiwiísAt.
"Ah, grandson, don't go close!
šooxehwaaruúsAt.
They might wound you.
uu kaakunaáhe.
Oh, it is not good.
kaakiinaaNAhaanuúkuʾ.
They are not careful."

aa koxtíʾAt.
"Ah, I will go.
tatskáʾ aatohnaaʾeerikú.
I want that I see them.
koxtiri- kaahtawaawanúʾ.
I will peep over the hills."

wiináxtš witiičitawiítIt xaaNAhkatá wešohnii- tUhuNUhtawó
The boy he mounted it the buckskin horse as they were riding past him
wehnuNAhwó niiwehnaRA- xUhuunaáNA.
as they were going to fight where the battle was.
čituúʾuʾ witiraaNUhtáʾAt.
All they passed ahead of him.

noowitiʾuuneeričít kunahUxtAhkatá.
Then he left it the old buckskin gelding.
nootiihUhkatáʾAt niiʾAhnanuunaríčI.
Then he went quickly up the hill where his stood.
noowitiwaákoʾ wetatiínaʾ.
Then he said: "I have come now.
tatskáʾ NItkiičitáWI xaakaatít.
I want for me to ride it a black horse."

noowitIhuutuNAhwáhnaʾ.
Then there was a loud rumble.
noowiteéRIt xaakaatít.
Then there it stood a black horse.
uu noowititsapísuʾ.
Oh, it shone!

noowititikawaawáNIt huuNUxwaapIsíšuʾ.
Then he put it on himself the armor.
noowitiraa- WIhkatáʾAt čeésuʾ.
Then he charged up the hill also.

wehniinaNAhnunuúWI AhnuutakoóčI
Where they (the enemy were fighting them the one who wore it
uukaʾiwaapIsíšuʾ noowitikoótIt.
the metal shirt then he killed him.
witiraahúnoʾ.
He scalped him.
tunikúxAx.
He ran off with it (the scalp).
nootikUxpaána.
Then he hid.

noowitIhuNAhát Ahnuutaánu.
Then he made it disappear as he was doing.
xaawaarúxtiʾ wehNAhuNAhátkA AhnaraáhNA wewitirá pAxIskuúxuʾ.
The horse after he made it disappear the one he had, he had it the scalp.
noowitii- čitawiítIt kunahUxtAhkáta
Then he mounted it the old buckskin gelding
weNAhkoopaawanikú wehnaáʾa.
as he was shooting here and there as he came.
WIšitiitUhuNUhtáwoʾ AhnaRAxUhuunaánu.
They were passing him by while the battle was on.

hee tinaaríčI kanikunóxtA wenakootíkA uukaʾiwaapIsíšuʾ.
"Hey, this one it won't be you the one who killed him Iron Shirt."
nikuwewitiwaawačiʾaáhuʾ.
That is what they were saying.

tinaákUx wiináxtš witiwísAt.
This boy he arrived.

hee štaanápaaʾAt ka weNAxUsuxtaaʾeéRIt.
"Hey, Bloody Hands did you see it?"

ee wetatsuxtaaʾeéRIt wenaRAxUhuunaánu.
"Eh, I saw it where the battle is."

ka wešinihkoótIt.
"Did they kill him?"

aráh kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ.
"Say, I do not know.
niiwekohnuutAxítIt.
I do not know what happened.
kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ šiʾeehkootíkA.
I do not know if they killed him."

wekaakuhnaaʾiitáWI AhnuhteeriiʾaáhNA kanikunóxtA wehnakootíkA uukaʾiwaapIsíšuʾ.
He did not tell her when she was prying: "It won't be you who killed him Iron Shirt."
nikuwewitiwaawačiʾaáhuʾ suunawaráʾ.
That's what they were saying over and over the maidens.

tsu tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ wewititaraahAxoohásAt.
But this young woman she now lost her patience.
wekaakeesšUhuuNIsáhniš wehnanoosteéʾU tinaákUx wiináxtš.
She could not take her mind off him the one she liked this boy.
hUhtiísuʾ noowitaahUxítIt.
Finally then she began to come.

tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ noowiteéʾaʾ.
This young woman then she came.
nootatiitAxunaná wiináxtš anátš tiiháʾ– tišiNAxinihwanú.
"I just brought moccasins for him the boys your grandsons here– these (du) living with you."

uu šikanaNAxeesšteehuúʾU tišinaákUx wiináxtš.
"Oh, they (du) will be so thankful these (du) boys!"

wenehkoohtakoówa tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ a či
When she would play with them this young woman, and here
nikunoohniráʾA tinaaríčI wiináxtš.
this one was her reason this boy.

hUhtiísuʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš noowitaahtakuúxa.
Finally this boy then he began to sleep with her.
tsu wekaakitakúkuʾ wehnaáhu wehnaranuuwaáhu.
But she persisted her coming, her bringing things.

tsu inaániʾ weWIšiteenuhnaanuhtóʾ.
But her sisters now they did not like what she was doing.
číkuʾ niinooNAhkuuroóku iipAxkoótU iipAxtsaskotkhaána.
"Whatever does she want to do with him if he has a sore head! if his head smells rotten!"

nikuweNAhkuwaawačeéhu atsú tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ kaakeésštoʾ.
When they would be saying that but this young woman she did not care.
kaakeesšUhuuNIsáhniš.
She could not take her mind off him.

wah wekohnuhnaanaánuʾ ItkhaahwaapIsíšuʾ nootikoótIt.
Now however many times it was Iron Ear then he killed him.
na IšwaapIsíšuʾ.
And Iron hand.
na uxwaapIsíšuʾ.
And Iron Hair.
nootikoótIt čiitíʾIš.
Then he killed him the fourth.
nikuwitsuxtaánuʾ niišaNAhnunuuwaáWI aniweneetúhkUx.
That is how many there were the ones who fought it this village.
naahukoósuʾ nikutehnáʾIt wenehkuNAhWIsá.
The bravest warriors they must have been the ones when they came to fight.

weNAhkuWIhtikú wetoohnaánaʾ.
When he cried out: "The enemy comes.
witiRAxUhuunaaníštA atsú tinaákUx pAxkoóʾAt nootiičitawiítIt.
There is going to be a battle," and this Sore Head then he mounted it.
tsuxtaaʾeeríšAt.
"Let me go watch it!"
nootiičitawiítIt kunahUxtAhkatá.
Then he mounted it the old buckskin gelding.
wešinehkuutU- huNUhtawó aa tinaaríčI kanikunóxtA nikootíkA šwaapIsíšuʾ.
As they were passing him: "Ah, this one he won't be the one to kill him Iron Hand!"
na čituúʾuʾ tiRAhkatáʾAt.
And all they went up the hill.

atsú nootiihuuwiraáʾAt.
And then he ran there.
noowitiwaákoʾ xaaNAhkatá kunataáʾU NAxkuʾá.
Then he said: "Buckskin horse mine, come."

uu xaaNAhkatá xaatíštIt.
Oh, a buckskin, a fine looking horse!

aNUsuxtsaaríčI noowititikawaawáNIt.
The things that hung on it then he put them on himself.
witiraaWIhtaʾiítIt čeésuʾ niiwehnaRAxUhuunaánu.
He angrily joined the group himself where the battle was.
noowitikoótIt šwaapIsíšuʾ.
Then he killed him Iron Hand.
noowitiinuuwáʾAx sanánat.
Then they ran away the Sioux.

noowitiihUhpaána tinaaríčI wiiteešútš wenakootíkA šwaapIsíšuʾ.
Then he slipped off secretively this young man after he killed him Iron Hand.
tiʾuuneeričít xaaNAhkatá.
He stood it there the buckskin horse.
noowitu- NAsareewaápI aNUsuuxakoóčI.
Then he tied them up the things he had worn.
nootIhunáhAs xaa- NAhkatá.
Then it disappeared the buckskin horse.

noowitiičitawiítIt štaaNIsákUx.
Then he mounted it the club footed one.
weNAhkoopaawanikú wenehkUhuusaʾá aa
While he was shooting arrows here and there as he came down the valley: "Ah,
NAxkUhuusaʾaáhNA ha kanikunuutaaníštA.
you walking down the valley, ha, you can't be the one to do it.
naahkuuxáwiʾ wenakootíkA šwaapIsíšuʾ nikuwe- nehkuwaawačeéhu.
You should be like him when he killed him Iron Hand," as they were saying that over and over.
čituúʾuʾ witiraáNAt.
All they went on.

nuu noowitiwísAt.
There then he arrived (home).
noowitiwaákoʾ atíkaʾ tineéros út.
Then he said: "Grandma, here they are prairie chickens."

wituNAhčiwíhnoʾ.
She plucked them.

noowitawísaʾ anináʾU suúnaaxuʾ wehnaahtakúʾU skaawítA.
Then she arrived that young woman his wife Last Child.
wenehkuusáWA weNAhkoohtakuríšA čituúʾuʾ
When they all went to bed when he lay in bed with her everything
wewitiraahuNAhát niiʾAhnuxwaawaákA naawaaRUxtiíʾuʾ.
she forgot (lit lost the way) what she had said holy things.

wah xaačiišawatá weneečitáWI ItkhaahwaapIsíšuʾ
Now a white horse when he rode it Iron Ear
nikuwiteekiRAxá tiwehnoohnaána.
he was the one who led them when they came to fight.

ItkhaahwaapIsíšuʾ tákuʾ niinikootíkA tinaaríčI suúnaaxuʾ tákuʾ nikukooxeeNAhtákuʾ.
"Iron Ear whoever kills him, this maiden someone you will marry that one.
tákuʾ niikóhnoʾ tinakawoo- tikú niinakuúxU naahukoósuʾ šikaakAsiitIsiíšuʾ.
Whoever it is this one killing them, his being a brave warrior, we don't know him."

atsú tinaákUx– neešaánuʾ šeeneehaanaáNU tinawaaríčI
But this– chief the father of them these
suúnaaxuʾ noowitíroʾ kawíʾuʾ niíšuʾ.
young women then he made it an arrowhead, an arrow.
anuú huunískAt noowituNAsaRAhiínoʾ nii kawíʾuʾ AhnáWI.
There at the end then he made a groove around it where an arrowhead its being.
noowititaʾiítIt AhnuhteeriiʾaáhNA.
Then he joined the group the one he was spying on.

noowituuNUhuníWIs xaačiišawatá AhneečitáWI weNAhkukatoókUt.
Then it suddenly appeared the white horse the one he rode when he got to the (battle) line.
tuhniraanúʾAt niikóhnoʾ ItkhaahwaapIsíšuʾ.
He went for him aggressively whoever he was Iron Ear.
witiroohUhtákaahAt.
He yanked him down (off it).
witiraahúnoʾ.
He scalped him.
nootuutUhuunapítaahAt wehneehUhkata- weétA.
Then he swung around as he went along the edge.

atsú tinaaríčI neešaánuʾ nootikaxkásAt niikohniíhiʾ niikohnakataáhkoʾ.
But this chief then he pierced his leg wherever it was, whichever side it was.
kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ.
I do not know.

wekuwituutAhuúnuʾ tinaátA wiiteešútš.
He continued on this young man.
nootiihuunaahka- ʾuúkUt.– tiraahuNAhát.
Then he ran down the bank.– He hid from them.
tiroswaáWI xaačiišawatá.
He put them on it the white horse.

witihkaxtaʾaanúʾ niiwenitčipIšawíhA.
His leg was aching where he had been shot.
wewiteépIt wehnaWIskáʾA aatootísIš tačé noʾ tinakawoo- tíku.
He broke it his thinking 'that I might know': "Who is it this one killing them?"

nootiwísAt niiʾAhnuutaánu.
Then he arrived there where he was doing it (ie living).
wenehkučiraahanáʾU uu wenehkuwaawáʾA atsú
After they boiled some meat, oh, while they were eating, but
suúnaaxuʾ wewitikaaʾá skaawítA.
the young woman she walked in Last Child.
ikaániʾ wewitiitAsíštA tinaaríčI suúnaaxuʾ.
His grandmother she watched her this young woman.

noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx pAxkoóʾAt hee nataahtakúʾU wetikukaaxIsaNAxkáWA.
Then he said this Sore Head: "Hey, my wife, my leg hurts me terrifically.
iinikukaaxtaʾaáNA haáʾAx tuhnáʾA.
Where my leg hurts your father he is the cause.
tikukaaxkásAt kawíʾuʾ na neéka na weneekukaaxuutáʾAt.
He pierced my leg (with) a flint arrowhead and it is in it and my leg is swollen.
tikukaaxtaʾaanúʾ naáNIt.
My leg is paining me really."

atsú nuuháʾ niineetuuNIhuúNU AhnaawakA- huutaáhu
But there where the village is larges the one crying out:
neešaánuʾ tiwaakaáhuʾ kawíʾuʾ witina- tuunapítkA tatskáʾ naakuʾá.
"The chief he says: 'An arrowhead after I broke my own I desire for him to come.
koxtuNAhuúnuʾ.
I will doctor him.
koxtiroóʾa.
I'll take it out.
a nikukoóxiʾ nikutkaawiítIt.
And he'll be the one to be my son-in-law.'"

wah sčiríhtš weNAhkUhuukátA nikuʾaatáʾU
Now Coyote when he went inside 'that I be the one'
aataraakIhtaahtakúʾU tinaraanoótA suúnaaxuʾ weNAhkukaax-
'that I marry them' these young women as he dragged
taaruxuukátA sčiríhtš.
his leg inside Coyote.

tinaaríčI neešaánuʾ hee tiičíWI.
This chief: "Hey, he is different.
niišiišux- taWIsítIt
Take him out!"

WIšiteenuhkaáraʾ wehnuutaawaanú apAhníniʾ
They threw him out when he was doing it underhandedly
nikuʾaatAhaananiwiítIt tinawaaríčI suúnaaxuʾ sčiríhtš sčiRIhtšutaRAháxuʾ.
'that I marry the ones' these young women Coyote, Mischievous Coyote.

tsu tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ noowitiihUhkatáʾAt.
But this young woman then she ran up the hill.
witiwaákoʾ atíʾAx tatiínaʾ.
She said: "Father I have come.
wenikoohtakúʾU tiWIskáʾ axkuutIsawíhA.
My husband he wants 'that you doctor me.'
kawíʾuʾ witAxUtkaaxčipIšáWI.
An arrowhead you shot it into his leg.
wenihkaaxtaʾaanúʾ.
Now his leg is paining him.
wetikaaxuutáʾAt.
His leg has swollen up."

ee tičé NAxuutaánuʾ.
"Eh, what are you doing?
aniišiisuuxiráxaʾ.
Bring him over here!"

nooWIšitiisiRAxkatáʾAt tinaákUx wiiteešútš.
Then they took him up the hill this young man.
WI- šitiínus.
They laid him down.
tinaákUx wiítA neešaánuʾ noowiteeri- waátaʾ nátš kawíʾuʾ.
This man the chief then he lifted it up a stick the arrowhead.
wititwiinaanaWIšíhkUt.
He pulled his arms.
noowi- tuutoohtawiítIt.
Then it became joined together (ie healed).

a či nikunóʾ wenakawooruutíkA nuuxačeewaahú natakuhtahNAhnunuuwaáWI.
"And here he is the one his killing all of them, his counting coups on them the ones molesting us.
hawáh wetikutkaawiítIt.
Alright, he is my son-in-law.
wah kUxtaweésuʾ wetatiniíʾIt.
Now my son-in-law he is mine.
wah tinaaxitúhkUx tinaaríčI kUxtaweésuʾ nikuwetaraakítuuʾU.
Now, you village, this one my son-in-law that one owns the entire village."

noowitiwaákoʾ tinaaríčI nooNUsúx.
Then he said this one: Let it be (as it was)!
tsu wetsíhtI.
But you and I are together.
wetunaahé.
It is good.
číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt.
It makes no difference.
tsu haáʾAx tiitúna.
But your father he has the village.
tsu wetataraáhtI.
But we are all together.
na atíkaʾ kaakunaáhe aatuuNUxtaanuuwanú.
And my grandmother it is not good if I took her things away.
a číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt tsu wetsíhtI.
And it makes no difference but we are together."

noowituhnaaʾiitáWI hiʾáxtiʾ niiʾAhnawaákA taanikuti- waakaáhuʾ.
Then she told him her father what he said: "This is what he says."

hawáh číkuʾ kaneenuúʾUt.
"Alright, it makes no difference.
tsu wešitAxiítI.
But you (du) are together."

wah tuunaraanoótA inaániʾ tinaaríčI skaawítA
Now these others sisters this Last Child
wešineenuhnanuuwaáhu xúhtš uukawitshaánuʾ aa kaakeésšoʾ.
as they were bringing them to hi moccasins, buckskin shirts: "Ah, he does not want (ie need) it.
nuunaanunúhkUx áxkUx.
He has it there one.
šitAxUsuxWAhnoohuunaawaanuuxuúkuʾ.
You were always calling him names."

wehnawaawaakAhú noowitiRAsaawátAt táWIt suunawaráʾ.
After she was saying this repeatedly, then they departed three the spinsters.
witiwáčiʾ aa wetataraahnaanoóxAt niiwenatoohnaakaáNA šiiNAsiisuxtuuwéhku.
They said: "Ah, we made a mistake what we did our calling him names."

a či wiiteešuniwaaraáʾuʾ kóhnoʾ.
And her a nice looking young man he must have been.
ninootuúta AhnarooʾaáhNA nuxpAxkoóčI.
Then he did that, his taking it off what he had on his head.
čiišaáʾA wiitaniwaaraáʾuʾ.
Here he was a fine looking man.

nawáh noowitIhaananiwiítIt.
Now, then he got married.
wah tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ nootíhnoʾ piiráʾuʾ.
Now, this young woman then she bore it for him a baby.
šuúnatš witíʾ noošinaraáhNA.
A girl it was the one they (du) had.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah nataahtakúʾU wah wetikoosšuhkaa- ʾiíšAt.
Then he said: "Now my wife, now my mind wants to go home
atíʾAx wetikutkAxaáhuʾ.
My father he is calling me.
kaakatíʾ tiiháʾ NAxtakunuuwaáWI.
I am not here you (pl) who live.
nuuneskoóhAt nikutatiínaʾ atíʾAx niinaákUx
There in heaven that is where I came from my father where he lives
šiNAxuuteerikú sákaaʾA nataáhu wenaakUheešahIštáNI.
where you see him the star when it comes up when it is going to be daybreak.
sákaaʾA naRIhuúNU nikutátiiʾI atíʾAx.
The star the large one that one is mine my father.
wah wetikutkAxaáhuʾ.
Now he is calling me.
tiWIskáʾ aatooteerikú tinatiníhkUx piiráʾuʾ.
He wants 'that I see her' this one of mine child."

nawáh nooteečitstáʾ suúnaaxuʾ AhnačíkAt weniinipakú.
Now, then she cried the young woman when she mourned her opposing his doing it.

witiwaákoʾ číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt.
He said: "It is not anything.
kaakíʾ naakoosštaʾaánu.
You need not feel bad.
wešitatoosíštA atíʾAx.
He and I will watch over you my father.
tsu koxtsiráxAt tinaaríčI suúnatš.
But I will take her this girl.
tsu kooxíra áxkUx.
Meanwhile you will have her one.
nikukooxuútuʾ.
She will look like this one.
tsu tátskaʾ tináxkUx kaawitáhtš nikUšiNAxkuutíRA.
But I want you here Youngest Child that you (du) be together.
tátskaʾ nikuNItkuutuúʾA.
I want that I be like her."

nawáh tihkaniNAhkaáWI.
Now, they made a sweat lodge.
tiRAhnuúkAt.
They went inside.
tiRAhkaáʾAt čiNIhsísuʾ.
They went inside the sweat lodge.
tinaákUx wiiteešútš wenawakaraanáwo wešinawaaWIhtikú
This young man when he called out when they (du) were speaking
hiʾáxtiʾ nootiwaákoʾ nawáh atíkaʾ wetátskaʾ NAxkuwaákA
his father, then he said: "Now, grandma, I want for you to say
tičé naaxawitaátA naakučipiriinaáNA niiNAxkoowitaátA.
how old your being, for you to become young (again) how old your being?"

noowitiwaákoʾ ikaániʾ wah atinátš wetAxkuxtá.
Then she said his grandmother: "Now, my grandchild, you kept me.
weneškuxtaahnaná niiwenatoosuxtaakhuunaawaáNA.
You kept all of us what we have been doing.
weneekuraakAsštaʾaánuʾ weNAxkuraahnaanuunawaahIštáNI.
Now we feel bad that you are going to leave us.

nawáh tátskaʾ nikuNItkoowitaátA suúnaaxuʾ čiitíʾIš piiráʾuʾ
"Now, I want that I be that old a young woman four children
wenakuranaáhNA NAsawíʾuʾ wenakUtpsiwaáhNA.
when she has them thirty when she has winters.
nikukoxteewítat.
I will be that old."

nawáh siináNI čukú NAxWIskáʾ aataawitaátA.
"Now, my brother, how old do you want to be?"

noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxts tatskáʾ nakuWIsátA niiweNA- xeewitaátA wiítA niitiNAxuútA.
Then he said the boy: "I want to reach it how old you are a man as you are."

nawáh wetunaahé.
"Now, it is good.
nikuwetuutáxtA.
It is going to be thus."

noowituuNAhčiRAsawihUxítIt.
Then he began to splash water on them (the hot rocks).

wah skaawítA šuuxaakeeríWAt.
"Now, Last Child, open the door!"

noowitIhaakeeríWAt.
Then she opened the door.
noowitiíkUx ikaániʾ noowituutáxkUx.
There she sat: his grandmother there she sat.
suunatšučipiríhtš witíʾ.
A young girl she was.
na uunaákUx inaániʾ štaanápaaʾAt noowituutáxkUx
And the other his brother Bloody Hands there he sat:
WIšituu- náwiʾ taráh.
they (du) looked like twins.

noowitiRAhkawátAt.
Then they went out.

noowitihwaanaʾá na tinaákUx skaawítA Ahnaakaanu- náʾU.
Then they ate, and this Last Child when she cooked a meal.
uu tihnaakawáʾAs.
Oh, they ate!

na noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš wah wetiRIt- kAhaaNUhtáʾAt.
And then he said this boy: "Now the night has passed.
wah siškatáWA waahíniʾ.
Now let's go up on a hill!
siškatáWA.
Let's go up!"

nooWIšitíRAt tinaákUx suúnatš piiráʾuʾ.
Then they (du) took her this the girl baby.
WIšitičiraawiíkuʾ šohnawaaWIhtikú.
They (du) were dipping water as they (du) were talking.
taanikuwetAxuhnaakáxtA.
"This is how you (pl) are going to be.
nikuwetuutáxtA.
You are going to be thus."

nawáh škuusuxtanáʾ čeewáʾut.
"Now, bring them to me sage!
čeewoostaáka.
White sage!"

noowiteeranáʾ.
Then she brought them.
wituNAhkákUxiriípI.
She wrapped them up.
tuhnaathaa- náwiʾ piiráʾuʾ.
It looked like it a baby.

hawáh tinaroósI tinaákUx nikuwetíʾ tinaákUx suúnatš.
"Now, these this one it'll be the one this girl.
wah wetatúhtA.
Now I am going to go.
atíʾAx tikutkAxaáhuʾ atíʾAx tinotčiríkUx.
My father he is calling me, my father the one looking at you.
atíʾAx tooteérikuʾ.
My father he sees you.

wah nuukiisuxwiʾuuxítIt skaweéraaʾuʾ.
"Now turn there to face it the west!"

nootiʾuuneéRIt suúnaaxuʾ.
Then she stood up the young woman.
noowititaáhpA.
Then he packed her on her back.
witihwitáNIt.
She was covered with a blanket by him.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah wetAxúhtA.
Then he said: "Now you are going to go."

wewituutapitaaráhAt.
Now he turned her around.

wetAxúhtA niiNAxtAhnaanoótA.
"You are going to go where you (pl) live.
wah tinaákUx piiráʾuʾ ničikAxítIt Ahnačitstaʾá neewaatoosítIt.
Now this baby when it begins to cry its crying it will begin to be lonesome.
tsu weešuhnaasíštA.
But you'll watch over it.

saxtš neesawaataahUxítIt neešUhuhkatee- riítIt.
"As so on as she begins to hang down you'll take her into your arms.
weneesawaátAhu neešuutuuníkUt.
When she hangs down you take her.
neešuuteeta- táWI.
You'll nurse her.
ka natiniínos čeewostaáka.
'Is mine here white sage?'
neešitaáhpA.
You put her on your back.
neešuuteetatáWI.
You nurse her.
wah tinaákUx nikuwetíʾ.
Now this one she'll be the one.

neešiwískaʾ niinaákUx atíkaʾ wetohnuníkUx na
"You'll think where she is my grandmother she awaits you and
šinaatáNI štaanápaaʾAt.
my brother Bloody Hands.
tsu wetAxtaáhtI.
But you'll be together.
na aaxaahWIskáʾA šinaatáNI nikiitooxtaakitúna nikukooxuúʾUt.
And should you ever think my brother: 'Let me have the village,' that is how it will be."

atsú tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ nikunootuutAxítIt niiweh- nawaákA.
But this young woman then it happened thus as he said.
weNAheešaahUxukú tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ piiráʾuʾ wehnačíkAt
When morning usually comes this young woman the baby when it cried
noowitiwískaʾ noowetAxiiraawiíʾot niiNAxwaákA
then she thought: "Now it is the time as he said."

tuutuuníkUt.
She took it.
a či natiniíNIt čeewáʾut.
"And here it is mine sage."
noowi- tuutuuníkUt.
Then she took it.
noowituuteetatáWI.
Then she nursed it.

nooWIšitíWA.
Then they (du) went.
noošitiwísWA niina- raanoótA tišinaákUx súxtIt
Then they (du) arrived there where they lived these (du) the old woman,
štaanápaaʾAt nuu wehnaRAhčíkAt.
Bloody Hands there as they cried.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah wetataraahNAhnúhtA atíʾAx niinaákUx.
Then she said: "Now we are now going to go my father where he lives."

noowitehtakUhuNAsačiwaápI na noowitiRAhkatáʾAt nii hiʾáxtiʾ
Then they gathered up their gear, and then they went up where her father
AhnaákUx suúnaaxuʾ.
his living the young woman.

wetíʾAt.
"He has gone.
a či naahuúneʾ kananoóxaʾ tinaaríčI wiináxtš.
And here he came fr om a great distance this boy!
nataáhu sákaaʾA natsapIsú natsapIsUxtIhuúNU nikuwitáʾ hiʾáxtiʾ.
The one rising star, the shining one, the big shining one that one is his his father."

wah tinaákUx wiiteešútš štaanápaaʾAt wetiraa- hukoóʾUs.
Now, this young man Bloody Hands now he was a great warrior.
nikuwetíʾ neešaánuʾ štaanápaaʾAt.
He was the one the chief Bloody Hands.
wah tinaákUx nikuwewitituuNAxAhát tinaaríčI suúnatš sčeewáʾut.
Now this one she raised that one this girl Sage Woman.

wah taanikuwituutAxítIt.
Now this is what happened.
tinawaáWI čeewaʾút nikuwi- tíʾIt suúnaaxuʾ sápat
These sage they are the ones young women, women
niiNAxaawaaníčI sčeewáʾut.
the ones who are named Sage Woman.
tákuʾ kaakitáweʾ wiítA kuʾeešaáNU čeewáʾut.
There is no one a man his being named Sage.