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

15

Hidden Man and the Two Holy Men

Alfred Morsette

wetatunaaʾiitíštA.
Now I am going to tell the story.
– tiráʾ huuNAxaánuʾ.– nuu naapakúhtuʾ nuu wehnaRAhwaʾá
– It is the way– a name.– Lon g, long ago then when they came
tsu atíkaʾ niinatuuNUxItkáʾU nuuNUxtaaʾiítI.
but my grandmother what I heard from her what she told.
hawá tákuʾ niikóhnoʾ tatuuNUxátkoʾ.
Also someone else I heard him.
hawá nikutuhnaaʾiitUxúʾ wenunaaʾiítI.
Also that is the story what he told.
taatsíš tíʾ Ray Gough.
I think it was Ray Gough.
taatsíš nikutuhnaaʾiitUxúʾ atíkaʾ nuuNUxtaaʾii- tihUxukú
I think that one is the story my grandmother what she used to tell:
huuNAxaánuʾ tinaraáʾU wešiniiNIšáxkA wiináxtš wiináxtš naapaáNU
name this way when they named him a boy Hidden Boy
wešinihnúNAx wiináxtš niiwenaraa- čitáWI wiináxtš
when they found him the boy, his being the cause the boy,
ikaániʾ šiNAhkukaapaačíšU.
his grandmother their (du) being poor.
na WIšitikaákUx niišohnaanunuunakaáWI akanaanataáʾuʾ
And they (du) lived where their (du) lodge was earth lodge
šiNAhkukaákUx skána.
their (du) living alone.

noowitinoohúnoʾ tiʾAhneetuunoótA čikiitoxtaapóʾ čéstIt
Then they planned it this village: "Let's go somewhere far off
tanáhaʾ wenaRAhkatoorúhkUt.
the buffalo where they have retreated!
wekaakIhunuuwaawikáʾIt tanáhaʾ teškúNIt.
They are not around the buffalo close by.
– nuuwetehnaraáhWA čéstIt.
– They must have gone off far off
– hawá NAhnunáhtš wenuhnoosáwiʾ.
Also the deer they are decreasing.
číkuʾ kaakIhunuúwa.
There are not any.
čéstIt wetehnaraáhWA.
Far off they must have gone.
wah čikiitoxtaakIhtakuúwoʾ oopií- nuʾ.
Now let's all go as a group a different place!
– na Ištóh itaraahnaánaʾ.
– And back we'll come.
– itaraaNAhwísaʾ štoh naawiRIstaʾaanuuxítIt.
– We'll return back when it gets to be warm (ie spring)."

na noowiwitiinawíreehAs.
And then they readied themselves.
noowitehtakukawa- taákuʾ niiʾAhnuuxitúhkUx.
Then they left it as a group where the village was.

wah wačéh wiináxtš ikaániʾ.
Now, poor thing, the boy [and] his grand
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noowitinoohúnoʾ.
Then they planned it.
– nikuwewitíʾIt naasštáwaaWIš – naanuuwaa- pákUx naraáʾU.
– They were the ones the overseers (ie marshals) – the en- forcers the way.
nikutatuuxItkookUxuúkuʾ.
That's what I used to hear.
atsú nootiwáčiʾ tiíNI scouts nihnaasštawaáWI.
but they say today 'scouts' those who watch things.
wah nikuwewituhnaaʾúʾ wehnaraanoótA wiiteešútš
Now it was like that when they went the young men
niikanaNAhkunaawiʾiiruhkoóčI NAhkúʾU naahukoósuʾ.
the ones who were daredevils, his being a brave warrior.

wah wetAxtaNAhkawataákuʾ.
"Now you (pl) are leaving.
číkuʾ wetataraapóxtA.
We are going to go somewhere.
noo tákuʾ nuutapítaahAt wah tinaraanoótA xunáNIš wetíʾIt naanuuwaapákUx.
Then if anyone wishes to turn back now these soldiers they are the enforcers.
nooneeraánaʾ na xaátš noo- šinohkoótIt šiNAxtaáhNA.
Then they'll come and dog then they will kill yours the one you (du) have.
noo aaxuuxaWIs- tanaáhNA – nooxíniʾ na táWIt– na – čituúʾuʾ– šinohkawoótIt.
Then if you have even more – thirteen,– and – all– they'll kill yours."
nikuwewitiraateehuúʾU.
Now that was the plan.

noowitehtakukawataákuʾ.
Then they exited as a group.
atsú tinaákUx súxtIt ikaániʾ na wiináxtš nooWIšititeeriwaátaʾ.
But this old woman, his grandmother and the boy then they (du) decided to go.
wah síšWA.
"Now let's go!
čukú nuhnaaʾúxtA.
What is going to be the way?
xaátš neenee- seenunuuníhIt – na – šiʾihkoótIt.
dog we have only it – and – they might kill it.
wah sakuhkoótIt xunáNIš xaátš sakuhnanuuwaáhu nátš.
Now he'll kill ours a soldier dog the one that brings them to us wood."

na nooWIšititatatáWA niiwehnaahtakúwo psíkAt – hunaaneskúhtš.
And then they followed behind where the group was going in cold weather, – in the fall.
– noowitehtakukawataákuʾ niikohniihawé wehnaahtakoótA.
– Then they left as a group however many days it was their going as a group.

wah tsu ikaániʾ šinakaákUx wiináxtš.
Now but his grandmother their (du) living the boy,
noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš hee atíkaʾ siisuuxapitaawaáhAt.
then he said the boy: "Hey, grandma, let's turn back!
tsu – tunaahé niiNIsíhkUx niiNIseenunuunakaáWI – NItkuraa-
But – it is good where we live where our lodge is, – my always
WIhkawaawanú na Isihwaawaʾá nís na číkuʾ út.
going around hunting, and our (du) eating cottontail and some prairie chicken.
wah wetiraačitéʾ čéstIt niihiíʾU nakoótA.
Now it's difficult far off its being to go.
nootikuhnunáʾ.
I am just lazy.
wah siškaaʾiíšWA štoh.
Now let's go home again!"

noowitiwaákoʾ ikaániʾ hąąʾ nikukooxuúʾUt.
Then she said his grandmother: "Yes, it will be thus.
na nikuneetuútIsšuʾ – nootikuhnunáʾ nakoótA.
And that is how I do feel: – I am just lazy to go on.
– wah siisuuxá.
– Now let's do it!
siisuuxapitaawaáhAt.
Let's turn back!"

noowitiwaákoʾ – wiináxtš – tinaákUx – aráh – hináxtIt sinó
Then he said – boy – this: – "Say – early morning yet
kanaaxuuxIhaahtawiítIt koxtíʾAt.
when it is not yet daybreak, I will go.
koxtsiráxAt tinaákUx xaátš niiNIseenunúhkUx.
I will lead it this dog ours.
nuu šikoxtíWA.
There it and I will go.
šikoxtikUxpaána.
We will hide.
na IštaakIhtakuwooxítIt na hiíš neetiínaʾ.
And when you (pl) start moving on, and in the evening I'll come.
neesihkaaʾíšWA.
We'll go home.

nooneenaána naanuuwaapákUx – na neešaahwaákoʾ – tsástš tuhnáʾAt.
"If they come the enforcers, – and you'll say: – 'Meat he went after it.
tehnuxkoótIt NAhnunáhtš.
He must have killed it a deer.
na nikuneetuhnuníkUx.
And he is the one I am waiting for.
saxtš naaWIsá na neešiitaáhWA.
As soo n as he returns, and we'll go on.
wetaatawireéhaaʾAs.
I am ready now.'
na nikiišaahwaákoʾ.
And you'll say that."

hináxtIt hiNAxtAhnaaNIšíšuʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš noowitiiriwátAt.
Early in the morning really early in the morning this boy then he arose.
noowitsiRAxkúxAx xaátš šinaraáhNA.
Then he ran off with it the dog the one they (du) had.
nuu číkuʾ niikohniíhiʾ noowitsiRAx- wiiruútIt wehnunaahuníkUx.
There wherever it was then he sat down with it as he awaited the time.

tiihaahtawiítIt.
It got to be daybreak.
noowitiWAhtikUxítIt wah witiisuxtaakawíreehAs.– wetataraakIhtakúwoʾ.
Then the crier began to call out: "Now ready yourselves!– We are going as a group now
– we- tataraahnaáNAt.
– We are going now.
číkuʾ itaraaNAhWIsátA niinakuhnunaniwaáRA nátš niinawaraawaáWI nátš
When we reach it where the land is nice, wood where woods are, wood
niikananakoosšoósU tstoóxuʾ -- nikutiraáʾIt.
where there is plenty water -- those are the (main) concerns.
– nikuwetiráʾ – tiwenata- raapó.
– That is the purpose – (of) our going.
na Ištóh naawiRIstaʾaanuuxítIt na neeteeraa- NAhkaaʾišwaaʾaáhuʾ.
And again when it begins to get warm and we will be coming home."
nikuwetiraateehuúʾU.
That is what was planned.

noowitehtakuwooxítIt.
So they began to go.
tsu wačéh súxtIt tinaákUx noowiteekAhčíWAt
But, poor her, old woman this then she took the dwelling down
akanaanuútuʾ šohnaanunuuNU- xakaáWI.
brush shelter the one they (du) had.
noowewiteewireéhaaʾAs.
Then she was ready.
noowiteeraánaʾ wiiteešútš naasštawaáWIš číkuʾ kaakaaxAsiíšIt.
Then they came young men the overseers: "You are not ready."

noowitiwaákoʾ tatuhnuníkUx atinátš.
Then she said: "I'm waiting for him my grand- son.
tuhnáʾAt tsástš.
He went after it meat.
tehnuxkoótIt NAhnunáhtš.
He must have killed it a deer.
nikutuhnáʾAt.
That is what he went after.
saxtš naWIsá nikunoošohtaáhWA.
As soo n as he returns then that is when we'll go on."

noowitiraáNAt.
Then they went on.
witiRAsaawátAt wiiteešútš naasštawaáWIš ninoočinaawaawanikú.
They left her the young men the overseers, the ones who were hurrying things.

hiíš noowitawísaʾ wiináxtš.
In the evening then he arrived the boy.
nooWIšitehtak- Uhunaanátut xaátš.
Then they (du) loaded their gear onto it the dog.
nootiRAhkaaʾiíšAt niiʾAhneenunuunakaáWI niiʾAhneetúhkUx.
Then they went back home where their lodge was where the village was.
nuuwitiRAhwísAt.
They arrived there.

nootunaahé atíštIt nakukaákUx.
"It is good well to be home.
nootiraaʾišátkUx wenataakuraakitUhwiítIt.
It is troublesome our establishing a village.
nooteekanookUxítIt.
Then one begins to make a dwelling.
hawá štoh nooteekAhčíWAt.
Also again then he takes the lodge down."
nikuwewitiwaawaakaáhuʾ.
That is what he was now saying repeatedly.

witiraaWIhkaʾiíšAt weNAhkoopaawanikú nís na út.
He went hunting his shooting them cottontails and prairie chickens.
na nikuWIšitiwaawaʾá ikaániʾ.
And they (du) ate that his grandmother.

hináxtIt noowitiiríwatAt wiináxtš NAhkutaátA NAhkureewaawatíRA.
Early in the morning then he arose the boy as he went up a hill when he looked all around.
noowiteeraaWIškaaʾaáhuʾ.
There smoke was coming out.
áxkUx witeéka akanaanataáʾuʾ.
One there was a dwelling an earth lodge.
witiraaWIškawataákuʾ.
Smoke was going out.

noowiteekaaʾiíšaʾ.
Then he came home.
noowitiwaákoʾ atíkaʾ tuukutatux- čitaáRIt.
Then he said: "Grandma, I stood on top over there.
anineetuunoótA nooteeraaWIškaaʾaáhuʾ áxkUx.
(In) that village there is smoke coming out one.
tákuʾ naahkukaákUx.
Someone must be inside.
tákuʾ naahkuutapítaahAt haáwaʾ.
Maybe someone turned around also.
čiraátoʾ šuuxAhneésiš.
Find out!
šuúxAt.
Go!"

noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx ikaániʾ číkuʾ kaakiRAh- wooxuúkuʾ
Then she said this his grandmother: "They never go anywhere
aninoóčI tiraanúʾAt.
those (ie that family). They stay there.
wiítA tikaxtAhkaríš.
The man his legs are paralyzed.
nikutuhnaanáʾA wekananiiRA- sawé niiwenaahtakuúwo.
That is the reason their not being among them where they have traveled.
koxtíʾAt.
I will go.
koxtuutaa- keéRIšAt.
I will go see them.
koxtiisAhkáʾAt.
I will go through the village."

tinaákUx wiináxtš weNAhkuraaWIhkaʾaáhNA út na
This boy when he went hunting prairie chickens and
nís wáRUx tinaraáčI tsu tinaákUx ikaániʾ
cottontails, rabbits these types, but this grandma
noowitiisAhkáʾAt niiʾAhnaraanoótA.
then she went through the village where they lived.

noowitiiNIsšteehuúʾU wešiniiteéRIt -- anináʾU wiítA na sápat
Then they were happy when they saw her -- that man and woman
naahtakúʾU na suúnaaxuʾ šohnaahaáʾU.
his wife and young woman their (du) child.
uu wituuNUxé suunaxčipiríhtš nooxíniʾ na čiitíʾIš
Oh, she was nice looking the young girl fourteen,
nooxíniʾ na šíhUx wenipsiwaáhnu.
fifteen her being winters.

noowiteekaaʾiíšaʾ hiíš.
Then she came home in the evening.
inoowitiikaákUx iNAhniítš.
There he sat inside her grand- son.

noowitiwaákoʾ – wiináxtš atíkaʾ – tatuxkoótIt nís.
Then he said – the boy: "Grandmother, – I have killed it a cottontail.
wenetčiraahánoʾ.
I am boiling it."

noowitiwaákoʾ wetatuuxIsAhkáʾAt niiNAxuxwaákA na neeraanúʾAt.
Then she said: "I went through the village where you said, and they are there.
weneesakutkAxaáhuʾ NIsIhkuwáNA niinaraanoótA nataakuraaNAhkaáWI tiwenapsiʾátA.
Now they are calling us for us to go where they live for us to live with them during the winter."

nawáh– noowitiwaákoʾ wah – taanikukooxuúta.
Now,– then he said: "No – this is the way it will be.
tsu koxtuuxUhuunaawiíNAt číkuʾ.
But let me go hunting for a while somewhere."

tinaákUx ikaániʾ noowitehtakUhunanuúWA niiwe- šinitkAxaahú.
This grandmother then she took her belongings where they were calling them (du).

wah taanikuwešitatihwaahíštA.
"Now this is where he and I are going to come."

noowitiwaákoʾ wiítA anináʾU čuwekunáʾAt iNAhniíʾuʾ.
Then he said man the one: "Where did he go your grand- son?"

aa atinátš tiraawiíNAt.
"Ah, my grandson he went hunting."

noowitiwaákoʾ wah tatskáʾ natiníhkUx suúnaaxuʾ
Then he said: "Now I want mine young woman
šinakuutíRA anátš wekananaatíʾU číkuʾ nakuraaʾIhwaawanú.
for her to be with him your grandchild since I am not (able) to go around hunting anything.
nikuwenetwískaʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš nakukutUhuuwaátAhu kUxtaweésuʾ.
That is what I do want this boy to jump up for (ie help) me my son-in-law."

wah koxtuhnaʾít.
"Now I will ask him."

noowitiwísAt wiináxtš.
Then he arrived the boy.
– WIšititkAxaáhuʾ.
– They were calling him.
– nooWI- šitihnaaʾiitáWI.
– Then they told him.

noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš wah nikukooxuúʾUt.
Then he said the boy: "Now that is how it will be.
šikoxtiítI tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ.
I will be with her this young woman."

nikunoowituúta nooWIšitičituuʾá.
Then that's what he did: then they (du) got together.
noo- witiRAhká niiwekohniiraáʾAt.
Then they lived together however long a period of time it was.

tsu tinaákUx– wiiteešútš – weNAhkuraaʾIhwaawanú
But this– young man – when he would go around hunting
NAhkukawooruutikú číkuʾ kanawitiiraačitéʾ.
when he would kill things nothing was difficult.
wituuxáWIs NAhnunáhtš na witikoótIt.
It was even a deer and he killed it.
noowiteetsastaniwísaʾ.
Then he brought the meat back.

uu – kUxtaweésuʾ.
"Oh, – son-in-law."
– wewiteesšteehuúʾU.
– Now he was thankful.
– aa – nikuwe- tatskáʾ atíštIt aatawaawáʾA.
– "Ah – that is what I want well that I eat.
wekananiiraáʾU číkuʾ noo- NAtkuraawiinátA čeésuʾ.
It isn't the way that I can go hunting anywhere myself.
wetikuunaačiteewaahnúʾ.
It is difficult for me."

noowitíʾAt wiináxtš.
Then he went the boy.
weNAhkuraawiinátA weNAhkuwaa- wanú nooWIšituuteéRIt
When he went hunting when he went around, then they (du) saw him
pítkUx wiítA.
two men.
nooWIšitihnunáx.
Then they (du) found him.

aa – wiíta naapaáNU.
"Ah, – Hidden Man.
nootiwáčíʾ – wetIhaananíkUx na nikUšiineetihwáʾ
They say – he is married now, and we (du) have come there
šiNItkuuteéRIt skurúxuʾ wešinatiníhkUx.
for us to see her daughter-in-law ours.
wah nikUšitatíhwaʾ.
Now we came for that
– aa – Axtóh tunaahé.
– Ah – truly it is good.
wah tsu wešitatuutAsíštA tiweNAxwaawanú.
Now but we'll watch over her as you go around."

noowitiwaákoʾ nawáh tatskáʾ číkuʾ ničiišanaáxuʾ aasih- wáʾA – na
Then he said: "Now I want some roasted corn for us to eat – and
WAhúx – aa – atíštIt NIsIhkuwaawáʾA – na číkuʾ aasinaawíšA.
squash, – ah, – well that we might eat – and that we might smoke something!

nawáh noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš wah NAheešá ka naraáwiʾ šiNAxkuwaʾá.
Now, then he said the boy: "Now tomorrow can it be that you (du) will come?"

noowitiwaákoʾ áxkUx aa nikukooxuúʾUt.
Then he said one: "Ah, it will be thus.
šikoxtíWA.
We will go.
wah wiíta naapaáNU hiíš niihiʾaáNA NAsakuunii- šátA
Now, Hidden Man, evening when it becomes when the sun goes down
– xaátš – kooxanaanaaxtawikúx.
– the dogs – you will tie them.
– uu – šitatuuNAh- ninóʾ xaátš tinaaríčI inaániʾ.
– Oh – he and I are afraid of them dogs this my brother.
šitatuuNAh- ninóʾ neešiitiwísWA.
We are afraid of them we'll get there.
šiitaakawáʾAs šitAtWIskáʾ skurú- xuʾ šiʾaatooteéRIt –
After we eat, we want daughter- in-law that we see her, –
wačéh – wešinatiníhkUx skurúxuʾ.
the poor thing, – the one who is ours daughter-in-law.
nawáh šikoxtíhwaʾ hiíš.
Now he and I will come in the evening."

WIšitiihUhtaawátAt.
They (du) departed.
nuu – tíʾAt – wiináxtš.
Then – he went – the boy.
nooti- wísAt.
Then he arrived.
noowituhnaaʾiitáWI wenaahtakúʾU suúnaaxuʾ atíʾAx wešitawaahíštA.
Then he told her his wife the young woman: "My fathers they (du) are going to come.
pítkUx šitiíʾA.
Two there are.
šitiwískaʾ číkuʾ aasihnaakawáʾAs na číkuʾ aasinaa- wíšA.
They (du) want 'that we eat something' and 'that we smoke something,'
aasihwáʾA neéšuʾ ničiišanaáxuʾ – na – WAhúx číkuʾ aasinaawíšA.
'that we eat' corn, roasted corn, – and – squash, 'that we smoke something.'
– haáʾAx – kooxuhnaaʾiitáWI.
– Your father – you must tell him."
tinaákUx suúnaaxuʾ nikunootuhnaaʾiitáWI.
This young woman that is what he told her.

hąąʾ nikukooxuúʾUt.
"Yes, it will be thus."

hiʾáxtiʾ wešitawaahíštA.
"His fathers they (du) are going to come.
wetatakuhnaakeeRIšaáhuʾ.
They are coming to see us.
WIšitiwískaʾ číkuʾ aasinaawíšA.
They (du) want 'that we to smoke something.'"

aa nikukoóxuuʾUt.
"Ah, it will be thus.
šikoxtuhnaawíreehAs.
I will ready things."

noowitiranoxtookUxítIt wačéh tinaákUx wiítA.
So he began to mix tobacco, poor thing, this man.
kawenawanúʾ NIhúxuʾ nakučitákUx.
He did not go around only his sitting on top (his bed).

wah xaátš witinaanaxtaweeríčit.
Now dogs they tied them all up.
noowitinaaNA- hít čeewáʾut.
Then they spread it out on the ground sage.
taanikUšikooxiíkUx.
"This is where they (du) will sit."

noowiteeWIsítIt wiináxtš.
Then he went out the boy.
wewitikatistatateetíkuʾ.
It was getting dark now.

nooWIšitiiteéRIt.
Then they (du) saw him (the boy).
WIšiteewáʾ.
They (du) came.
– WIšitiwaaWIhtiíkuʾ.
– They (du) were talking.
– noo- witiwaákoʾ hee wešiineetihWIswáʾ.
– Then he said: "Hey, we have arrived.
hee Axtóh tunaahé.
Hey, truly it is good.
wešitatuhnaakawaasíšta skurúxuʾ.
We are going to eat from her (our) daughter-in-law."

wah šiišíšwaʾ.
"Now you (du) come!"
– nooWIšitsiRAxuúkAt.
– Then he led them (du) inside
– noo- WIšitiwiiruútIt čeewáʾut niiweeNAhiwaáhIt.
– Then they (du) sat down the sage where it had been spread.
nooWI- šitiwiiruútIt.
Then they (du) sat down.

nooWIšitihnaanátut – ničiišanaáxuʾ – na WAhúx.
Then they dished out for them (du) – roasted corn – and squash.
WIšitihnooswaáWI.
They placed it before them.
áwit tinaákUx wiítA noowitiránoʾ.
First this man then he filled it (the pipe).
wešinaraawíšA nooWIši- tiwaawaaNIšítIt wešinawáʾA
After they (du) smoked then they (du) began to eat as they (du) ate
ničiišanaáxuʾ na WAhúx.
roasted corn and squash.
uu WIšiteesšteehuúʾU.
Oh, they (du) were thankful.
WIšitikaniwaáhAs.
They consumed everything.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah skurúxuʾ wešitAtkaawačiíʾIt.
Then he said: "Now, daughter-in-law, we are full.
wešitatohnaakawáʾAs.
We have eaten your meal.
haáʾAx wešinatuuNUxtaawíšA wah wetunaahé.
Your father after we smoked his now it is good.
wah šiitúxWA.
Now let us go!
hawá nuuháʾ šitAtwanúʾ.
Also over there we are going."

nooWIšiteeWIsiiruútIt.
Then they (du) went out.

wah číiuʾ niikooNAsákuuʾU – štoh – nooWIšituuteéRIt.
Now howeve r many days it was – again – then he saw them (du).

aa wešiNItkuwaʾá – wiíta naapaáNU – číkuʾ aasihnaakawáʾAs.
"Ah, here we come, – Hidden Man, – that we might eat.
aa – Axtóh skurúxuʾ wetunaahé – šinakukukaaNUhkaroóku.
Ah – truly our daughter- in-law it is good – that she can cook for us.
wah štoh šikoxtíhwaʾ.
Now again we will come.
atsú šinétskaʾ aasíhneesš wiítA weNAxUtkaákUx tičé nuúʾUt tikananiiriwatáku.
But we do want that we find out the man your father-in-law why is it his not getting up."

noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš hee šitikaxtAhkaríš.
Then he said the boy: "Hey, his legs are paralyzed.
atíštIt šikanawitikaaxawóʾ.
Well his legs don't move.
tunaačiteeʾaanúʾ.
It is getting difficult for him."

čee wah šikoxtuutIsáWI šiitihwaʾá.
"Say, now we will doctor him when we come.
kooxiihuu- naaníšAt.
He will get well.
– kooxiwanuuxítIt štoh.
– He will start to walk again.
– číkuʾ kaakiraákUx.
– It is nothing.
šitatuuxawičirikaáʾAt.
We have sized him up.
nootunaahé wešinatuuNUxtaawíšA.
It was good our smoking his (tobacco).
atíštIt ahnoošitatuutsšúʾ.
Well so we just felt."
nikuWIšitiwaawaakaáhuʾ.
That is what they (du) were saying.
wah wešitatihwaahíštA.
"Now we are going to come (again).
neešanaawíreehAs na skurúxuʾ wenanaakaanúnoʾ.
You must ready things and our daughter-in-law she'll have cooked a meal."

na wiináxtš noowiteewísaʾ na noowituhnaaʾiitáWI naahtakúʾU –
And the boy then he came back, and then he told her his wife: –
wešitawaahíštA tíʾAx.
"Now they (du) are going to come my fathers
– haá- ʾAx wešitiitIsawíštA nakunaaheereétIt.
– Your father they (du) are going to doctor him to make him well."

noowitiraaNAhuuNIhuúʾU suúnaaxuʾ.
Then she was thankful young woman.
noowitikawaačíš.
Then she was glad.

WIšituhnaaʾiitáWI hiʾáxtiʾ šáxtiʾ wešitawaa- híštA
She told them (du) her father, her mother: "They (du) are going to come
tinaákUx wiináxtš hiʾáxtiʾ.
this boy his fathers.
wešitootI- sawíštA šinaakunaaheeríkA štoh NAxkuuxUhuhwaawanú.
They (du) are going to doctor you to make you well, again that you will go all around at last.
wešiteesšteehuúʾU wešinooNUxtaawíšA.
They (du) are thankful their (du) having smoked yours."

tinaákUx wiítA noowitiwaákoʾ aa šiiškuusuxtanoóʾAt.
This man then he said: "Ah, hand that to me!
tuxtaawíreehAs.
Let me get ready!"

tiranoxtookUxítIt.
He began to mix it.
tiraaNAhuuwísAt.
He got everything ready.

nuu nooteeWIsítIt wiináxtš.
There then he went out the boy.
weNAhkUsakuuniišátA witinaanaxtaweeríčit xaátš niiʾaNUsaáhnu.
When the sun went down he tied them up dogs as they had done.
noowitíʾAt niiwehnaaríčI.
Then he went where they (du) stood.
– nooWIšiteehaakatawapáʾ šohnawaaWIhtikú.
– They (du) were talking as they came while they (du) were talking.
– wah tiwešiineetihwáʾ.
– "Now here we come.
skurúxuʾ wekohnaraawireewaá- hAs wešiNItkuwáʾA ničiišanaáxuʾ.
Our daughter-in-law she must have everything ready our eating it roasted corn.
na wetiraawireehaáʾAs.
And now it is ready.
toxtaapóʾ
Let's go!"

tiraáNAt niiʾAhnaakaáWI.
They went where the lodge was.
– tiRAhnuúkAt.
– They went inside.
– wah niišinanuútA čeewaʾút
– Now as they had done (before) the sage
wešinehkunuhniwaáhIt nooWIšitiwiiruútIt.
where they had spread it out for them (du) then they (du) sat down.

WIšitihnaakaanunoswaáWI.
They set food before them.
atíštIt nooWIšitiwaawaaNI- šítIt.
Well then they (du) began to eat.
WIšitikaniwaáhAs.
They (du) consumed it all.
tinaákUx wiítA nooWIši- tuhnanóʾ.
This man then he fixed it for them (du).
nooWIšitiraaWIšá haáwaʾ.
Then they (du) smoked also.

noowituhnaʾít wiíta naapaáNU suxtaaʾiitáWI NAxiiNAh- takúʾU
Then he told him Hidden Man: "Tell her your wife:
haáʾAx tikUšiniišús niitišinátkUx.
'Your father let them lay him here here where we sit!'
šikoxtuutIsáWI.
We will doctor him.
kooxunaaheereétIt.
He will be well."

tinaákUx wiináxtš noowituhnaaʾiitáWI naahtakúʾU suúnaaxuʾ na šáxtiʾ.
This boy then he told her his wife the young woman and her mother.
šititkUxaánoʾ.
They (du) made a bed for him.
WIšitiínus.
They laid him down.

noowitiwaákoʾ hawáh.
Then he said: "Now.
nikuwetatiRAxá nataakuutIsawíhA.
I am the one to be first for me to doctor you."

nootiiríwatAt wewitohneštAhkUxuukawaakaráʾU.
Then he got up as he rubbed his hands together.
witit- kaaxuuníkUt hawá uunakaxtáWI wihkaʾuuxíniʾ.
He took hold of his leg, also the other leg on the right.
noowiti- teeríWAt nút NUtkaríš.
Then he sliced it a snake, a bull snake.

wah tinaákUx wiítA nikutoxkaRIštoókuʾ.
Now this man: "This is the one that that crippled you."
noowitiʾús.
Then he laid it down.
nootiwiítIt.
Then he sat down.
wah wetootiiwísAt inaániʾ.
"Now it is your turn, my brother."

haa wah čeésiʾ koxtuúta.
"Ha, now myself I will do it."
nikunoowituúta niiʾaNUsuuxaáNA inaániʾ.
Then that is what he did what he had done his brother.
noowitiroóʾa NUtkaríš haáwaʾ.
Then he took off a bull snake also.
wah tinaákUx tíʾ sapaahnoóčI.
Now this one it was the female kind.

nikUšituhnáʾA tiwekananaaxuxwaawanú.
"These (du) are the cause your not walking around.
na wiíta naapaáNU šikooxUtkakUxiriiwaápI.
And, Hidden Man, you will wrap them (du) up.
neešiitee- wáNIt.
You'll throw them (du) away.
wah wešitátWA.
Now we are going.
ha číkuʾ niikohnuutunaanúxtA na witiitaraahnaanunuuwaanáx štoh.
Ha, sometime later on and we will find each other again."

na tiwehnaaheešá wiítA AhnuxkaxtAhkariíšU noowewitikaaʾá.
And when it was morning man the one with crippled legs then he walked around inside.
noowitiraaNAhuuNIhuúʾU wehnaasšteehuúNU štoh wenawaawanú
Then he was greatly thankful his being thankful, again as he went all around
– wešiniinaaheeríkA – wešiniinaanooʾaáhNA AhnuxkariíšU.
– after they made him well, – after they took it away his crippledness
– na – wetaatAsšteehuúʾU – štoh – tiweNAt- waawanú.
– "Why – I am thankful – again – that I am going all around here."

wah tinaákUx wiiteešútš NAhkuwaawanú nooWIšitihnunáx.
Now this young man when he was wandering all around then they (du) found him.

noowitiwaákoʾ wiíta naapaáNU šeenoošitatihwáʾ.
Then he said: "Hidden Man, we have come purposefully."
wah nooWIšitiínu niíšuʾ kawíʾuʾ.
Now then they gave them (du) to him arrows, arrowheads.
pítkUx WIšitíʾu.
Two they (du) gave them to him.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah – tiweNAxwaawanú – číkuʾ nuunoo-
Then he said: "Now – as you go all around – if anything
kariWIšítIt nuunaačiteeʾaanuuxítIt wah
crosses your path (befalls you) if it is difficult for you now
taanikutAxuutaaníštA neešičiteenáhAt.
this is what you are going to do: you'll nock (the arrow).
neešiiniišUhuunukaaráʾ.
You'll shoot the arrow up into the air.
neešiitíhwaʾ.
We'll come.
niikohnaraačíštA nikUšitanuutaaníštA.
Whatever is going to be the problem we are going to do that for you.
wah nikuwetootAsíštA tinaáxA niškaatít.
Now this one is going to watch over you this black arrow.
tiweNAxwaawanú tsu na tirá.
Wherever you go, but keep it.
na kaakeesšúnahAs tiweNAxtaaWIsuunaáhNA tsu nakukoóčI NAhkUstaʾiítIt.
Don't forget this quiver that you have, but keep it in it for it to be with the others."

wah tiwehnawaawanú tinaákUx wiiteešútš nooWIšituuteéRIt štoh.
Now while he was going around this young man then he saw them (du) again.
nooWIšituuteéRIt.
Then they (du) saw him.

noowitiwaákoʾ aráh anuunaahtakúwo wituh- naanapitaawaáhAt.
Then he said: "Say, the group going over there they have turned back.
wetaRAhwáʾ.
They are coming.
niWAhteéʾuʾ wetíʾIt.
Hungry they are.
weneeraanunuuwaáhAs piirátš nakuriWAhteekoótI.
They have died children his dying of hunger.
wetaah- takuʾaáhuʾ xuúhuniʾ.
They are traveling here this way.
štoh wetaRAhkaaʾiišwáʾ.
Back they are coming home.

nawáh Axtóh weneetihwísaʾ.
"Now surely I have come.
NAheešá.
Tomorrow
kunoxtiraanoo- hunaáNIš.
I will do it immediately.
ákaʾ na weNAxUtkaákUx šuxtaahniškaroókuʾ.
Your grandma and your mother- in-law make arrows!
uu na tinaaNIhúnoʾ.
Oh, make many of them.
wah wešitatuutakAxaahíštA tanáhaʾ.
Now we shall call them buffalo.
tiweneeRAseewaáhAt tanáhaʾ teškúNIt.
They are ranging here buffalo close by.
taanikutuuNAh- wiʾúʾ niitiNAxtaakítAt.
They are headed this way where your village is.
wetaraaNAhíštA.
They are going to come.
wah wešitaaxapanikúxtA.
Now you (du) shall shoot them.
neeširaaNAhčiiwaánoʾ na neeši- raatsastaNAhuúpA tinaakaawaáWI –
You'll butcher them, and you'll take the meat inside these lodges –
čituúʾuʾ – nakuroosaWIsátA.
all – to finish it.
na neeširaahtaroswaáWI tiNAhaakaraahnaawaáWI.
and you'll place the pieces on them these scaffolds.
kaakuhnaasštaWIščiraawíštA.
There is going to be plenty.
wah tsu šitaatapanikúxtA čeésuʾ.
Now but we will be shooting them too.
wah WIšitiišuuxawireéhAs weNAxUtkaákUx kuNAhúx.
Now you (du) ready yourselves your father-in-law, the old man!"

tinaákUx wiináxtš witikaaʾiíšAt.
This boy he went home.
noowituhnaaʾiitáWI weNUtkaákUx.
Then he told her his mother-in-law.

wah atíkaʾ wetiskakarookúxtA.
"Now, grandma, you'll sharpen them."

niikooNUsuusakunaánuʾ kaakinaaʾiitáWI.
However many days it was they didn't tell.
wah wekaaku- naNAhuneešawíhAx.
Now there was a multitude of bundles.
noowewitiraNAhunoswá niíšuʾ.
Then bundles lay all over arrows.

noowitiwáčiʾ wah xaátš šuxtaahnaanaxtawikúx.
Then they said: "Now the dogs tie them up!
wah wetaraanáʾ tanáhaʾ.
Now they are coming now buffalo.
wekaakuhnaaninoosičiraʾá.
There is a multitude of them.
xuúhuniʾ nikutuuNAhwiʾúʾ niitinataraakítAt.
This way they are headed where our village is.
wah wešitaa- tapanikúxtA tinaákUx kuNAhúx.
Now he and I are going to shoot them this old man."

wehnaaheešá – hináxtIt čiríkU – noowitIhuNAhWAhnaáhuʾ.
When morning came – early in the morning, oh my, – then the ground was rumbling.
a či weešehkaniišá tanáhaʾ.
And here there was a herd coming buffalo.
– uu – kanawituhnaa- ninoosičiraʾá wehnaRAsoókUt.
– Oh – there was a multitude as they came to the edge (of the village).

tsu – tinaákUx – wiítA – kUxtaweésuʾ – WIšituunaNAhuninoosiwá šinakawootikú.
But – this – man, – his son-in- law – they (du) killed a multitude their (du) killing them.
noowewitiʾiinaanúʾAt.
Then there was a line of carcasses.
na čiišiišanapaníkuʾ uušinaákUx tsu kAšiniiteériku.
And here they were shooting them from out of sight those (du), but their not seeing them (du).
noowitiraanuhtáʾAt tanáhaʾ.
Then they passed by the buffalo.
noowitiʾiinóswa.
Then there were carcasses scattered around.

nooWIšitičiiwaakarookUxítIt wešohnaraNAhuu- panú –
Then they began to butcher them, when they were taking it inside –
niiʾAhnaakaawaáWI AhnaakAhkarúxwaaWI – NAhkutaros-
where the lodges were the vacant lodges – his putting
waawíhA haakaraahnaaWIhíniʾ.– aa – witikaániš.
them on top of them on the scaffolds.– Ah – there was ample.
kanawiteesšós tsástš.
There was no lack of it meat.

uu Ahnawaawanú anuú wituuteéRIt wiítA inoowi- teéRIt.–
Oh, as he went around there he saw him: a man there he stood.–
taRAhtšíniʾ witaáʾ.
Barely he came.
– wehnaáʾa wewitiwiiwaahaákuʾ.
– As he came he was staggering.

tinaákUx wiináxtš noowitutuuNIskáʾAt wiíta naa- paáNU.
This boy then he went to meet him Hidden Man.
noowitiwaákoʾ heé čiíRA.
Then he said: "Hey, hello!"

noowitiwaákoʾ wiítA – kaakuhnaakaapaatščiraʾá – tiwena- tuxtaapó.
Then he said the man: – "Everyone is so pitiful – when we were going.
wetiraanunuuwaáhAs piirátš nakuriWAhteekoótI.
They have died children, starving to death.
na naRAsaweekoóčI wetiitaNAsáʾUx.
And the ones among them they are hungry.
wetaahtaku- ʾaáhuʾ.
Now they are coming as a group.
tsu neetištaahnaánaʾ.
But we came (ahead).
wetiiNAhnaanaahUhkároʾ.
They spoiled everything.
wetiiNAhnaanawíʾAt – atsú – naaraánaʾ.
They are tired – but – they come.
čiríkU weneekoowíʾAt.
Oh my, now I am tired!
weneekoowíʾAt čeésuʾ.
I am tired myself!"

noowitiwaákoʾ uunaaríčI wah šuuxUhuhtaRAhtšwá.
Then he said the other: "Now be strong for a while!
teškúNIt wetiihíʾ iinataraakítAt.
Close by it is where our village is.
kooxiínaʾ niihéʾ.
You'll come there.
tAhnaNAhnaanúʾAt niikohnuuxAxaáʾA wiítA nikuwetatUtkaákUx.
We are living whatever is his name man the one who is my father-in-law.
nikUšitatiítI suúnaaxuʾ NAhaáʾU.
I am with that one young woman his child."
noowitiwaákoʾ šuxtaRAhtšwá.
Then he said: "Be strong!
kooxiwísAt.
You will arrive."

tinaaríčI wiináxtš noowituutUhuunapítaahAt.
This boy then he swung around.
noowiti- wísAt.
Then he arrived.

noowitiwaákoʾ – suxtaaʾiitáWI xáx – šuxčiraahánoʾ.
Then he said: – "Tell her your mother: – 'Boil (meat)!'
wah witaraánaʾ.
Now they're coming.
wiítA čiitíʾIš wituhnaánuʾ.
Men four there are.
wewitaah- takuwaʾaáhuʾ AhnuxtAhpaanišwaawáNA.
Now the group is coming the ones who went on the hunt.
xuúhuniʾ wewituhnaanapítaahAt.
Close (halfway) they turned back.
wewitiraanunuuwaáhAs NAhkuriWAhteekoótI piirátš.
They have died starving to death children.
wah wehnaaʾá áxkUx tsu Ahnaaraánaʾ táWIt.
Now after he comes one, but they are coming three.
wewitiraanawíʾAt AhniitaNAsáʾUx.
They are tired now their (also) being hungry.
tsu tinaaʾá teškúNIt wetaWIsAhíštA.
But this one coming close by he's going to come here.
NIhúxuʾ čiinaniítuʾ nuuxU- huhčiikaáhuʾ.
Only soup let him drink it first!
niraačeenaáNA neešuutanaxkúx tsástš.
After a while you'll set it before him meat.
– neeweešuhnaawíreehAs.
– You get everything ready for him.
– saxtš nuutaáNA nikaniwaáhAs noonuutapítaahAt.
– As soo n as he has done it when he has eaten it all then he'll turn around.
číkuʾ taakáxtš neešú.
Some dried meat you give it to him.
nooniráNAt niiwenaraána.
Then he'll take it where they are coming.
číkuʾ nehnaakawáʾAs.
They'll eat some.
wah tsu nooNAhiínaʾ nuunáNAt niiwehnaahtakuwaʾáhu.
Now but farther on he'll take it where the group comes.
taanikuwešinikuhnaaʾiitawíhA atíʾAx.
This is what they (du) told me my fathers."

wah tsu nikunoowituúta noowitičiraahánoʾ NIšaátuʾ.
Now but then that is what she did: then she boiled them ribs.
hawá nooWIšitiiNIšaatItkatáWI.
Also then they roasted ribs over the fire.

noowituhníWIs wehnaáʾa wiítA.
Then he appeared when he came the man.
uu taRAhtšíniʾ wehnaáʾa noowitireewaáta – čiríkU –
Oh, barely his coming then he looked, – oh my, –
tiʾAhneetuunoótA tsástš AhnataroswaáWI haakaraahnaawíkAt.
this village here, meat its hanging from them on the scaffolds.
kanawituhnaas- štaWIščiraʾá tsástš.
There was a huge quantity of it meat.
noowitohniičinaawáNIt tiwehnaáʾa awitaRAsíniʾ.
Then he hurried himself as he came faster.

nootsiráxAt niiʾAhnaakaáWI iiʾAhnakaákUx.
Then he led him where the lodge was where she was inside.
noowititčiinaNItčiraawít.
Then she dipped up soup for him.
witeesšawiʾoóxIt.
He calmed down.
nooWIši- tiitanaxkúx tsástš.
Then they placed it before him meat.
tIhaakawáʾAs.
He ate.

nawáh noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš wah suuxapítaahAt štoh.
Now then he said the boy: "Now turn around again!
wetAxtaRAhčíš.
You are strong.
wekaakAxwiroohuúʾU.
You are sturdy now.
aniwešineeraNAhúhkUx taakáxtš.
There are two bundles here (of) dried meat.
anuunaraána táWIt neešaanaáku číkuʾ taakáxtš.
Those coming three you'll give to them some dried meat.
wah tsu neešanáNAt anuú iwe- naahtakuwaʾá.
Now but you'll take it (the meat) there where the group comes.
saxtš štaniWIsátA neešanuutAhnáʾit NIhkukahIhníkA –
As soo n as you take it there you tell them: 'Make a fire –
čeekakúsuʾ – na taakáxtš neešanaaNIs- kukoohaásAt.
a big fire, – and the dried meat you'll throw it on the flames.
nikutiraatšičiitaaníštA weNAhkuuNUxtaáxIhu weNAhkUsuxtAsáʾUx.
You are going to be the one to become lively when you were sick when you were hungry.
neešanikatawiíhAt.
You pass it around.
neešaanaakúx.
You'll place it before them.
neešiʾiíroʾ tinaroósI taakáxtš.
You'll distribute it this dried meat.
áxkUx noonanoosawísAt.
One (pile) it'll go around evenly."

na nikunoowituúta niitiweNAtwaákA.
And then that is what he did as I said.

witawísaʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš.
He came back there this boy.
nootIhaakawáʾAs.
Then he ate.
nootíʾAt tinaákUx wiítA.
Then he went this man.
taakáxtš noowitiráNAt wenuhnaaʾiitawaawíhA niitiweNAtwaákA.
The dried meat then he took it as he told him this which I said.

uu witaahtakuWIswáʾ.
Oh, the group arrived.
tsástš wenehtaakAxkawaakaroóku noowitiraatšičiínoʾ – štoh –
Meat when they made dried meat then he made everyone lively – again –
tinaákUx wiíta naapaáNU.
this Hidden Man.

wah nikuwituúta.
Now that is what he did.

tiwenawaawanú NAhkuraaWIhkawaawanú wah
When he went all around, when he went around hunting, now
niikooNUsuuxaanúʾ noowitIhuukatáʾAt niikohniíhiʾ
whatever he was doing, then he crossed a river wherever it was
noonatskatAhkáʾU weNAhkuraaxIhnaanuuhakú.
on the other side of the water when the ice was floating.

wewitičitákUx witiwaákUx.
Now he sat on it. It was a hill.
NAhkureewaawatíRA tanáhaʾ noowituuteéRIt.
As he was looking around a buffalo then he saw it.
noowiteéʾaʾ áxkUx uu aNAhuhwaa- wáʾA.
Then it came one, oh, as it ate grass.
– uu NAhkureewaawatíRA noowitawaroóʾaʾ –
– Oh, when he looked all around there were trees (extending this way) –
hawá tuuhéʾ.
also over there.
WIšitituhkUxIskawá.
There were two facing sets (of trees).

noowitiwískaʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš uu tanáhaʾ iwenaʾá koxteéʾaʾ.
Then he thought this boy: "Oh, the buffalo when it comes I will come.
uukuneetiwiítIt.
I'll sit down over there.
na niiWIšitiNUtwaraathaáNI saxtš itaawiči- rikaáʾAt
And where the two sets of trees are close together as soo n as I eye it
na neeteewáNIt.
and then I'll shoot it."

nikunoowituúta uukuwitiwiítIt.
Then that is what he did: he sat down over there.
tanáhaʾ nikuwitáʾ niitinatawatúRA tišinawaraawíʾa.
Buffalo that one came where there was an open space where the trees met.
saxtš witawísaʾ tinaákUx wiináxtš noowitiiwáNIt.
As soo n as it arrived, this boy then he shot it.
– tuhčitáWI.
– It glanced off it.
– hawá štoh wehniiwanikú wehnuhniraanátA kanawitíʾ
– Also again as he was shooting as he chased it he could n
nakuwirítkA nakukootíkA.
ot knock it down to kill it.
a či naahunéʾ wekaneešeenuusiráxAt wehnuhniraáNAt.
And here far, far off it led him as he chased it.

inoowiteéka.
There there was a lodge.
nikunoowitikaáʾAt tanáhaʾ.
Then that is where it went inside the buffalo.
wewituutaWIhunaawísAt.
Now he got close behind it.

noowitiwaákoʾ tiweneetiisiráxaʾ wiíta naapaáNU.
Then it said: "Here I have led him Hidden Man.
NItkú nootatuhtšiíkuʾ.
Barely I am living.
wetikuruuwaʾá.
He has hurt me all over."

anuuháʾ kaahaahníniʾ noowitiwaákoʾ wah šuxwiítIt.
There inside then it said: "Now sit down!
wah číkuʾ nakooWIstaáʾU.
Now that is not even anything.
kooxoonaaheereétIt.
You will get well."

witikaaʾá wiítA.
He was inside a man.
wititkáxaʾ tAxihnuukaáhuʾ.
He called: "You come in."

tinaákUx wiíta naapaáNU nootIhuúkAt.
This Hidden Man then he entered.
inoowitiiʾoo- katákUx – Ahnoosuxtiraána – Ahnuxwanikú.
There it sat against the wall – the one he chased – the one he was shooting.
nooʾAhnaákUx – číkuʾ niikóhnoʾ
The one that sat there – whatever it was,
noowiteepsawá hawá – Ahna- wihtawaáWI hawá aNAhaakaratáWI.
they (sharp things) stuck out all over, also – its having arms, also its having a mouth.
číkuʾ nuukuwitiʾaáhwot.
It had long teeth.

witiwaákoʾ aa wiíta naapaáNU weNAhkooWIsá tiWIsíRIš
He said: "Aah, Hidden Man, now you have arrived your uncle
číkuʾ kananaaxkuWIskáʾA taáhkUx.
your not thinking at all: He lives over there.'
wenuunaahé weNAxkuWIsá.
It is good your having come.
wah nuukiišuxwiítIt.
Now sit down over there!"

noošitihkúx.
Then they sat him down.
tiitaNAxkúx.
Food was placed before him.
nooteeNIšítIt.
Then he began to eat.

noowitiwaákoʾ wiíta naapaáNU šeenootatootkáxaʾ
Then he said: "Hidden Man, I purposefully called you,
šinakukuNAsawáʾUx wešiNItkuúkUx.
since we are always hungry we here.
wetAxUstaáhkA tinakaahunaáhkUx takaraáhNIš tinaraáčI.
You are outstanding this earth hunting these ways.
na číkuʾ NIt- kúʾA wetikuNAsáʾUx tiNItkuúkUx.
And my wanting something to eat I am hungry as I sit here.
číkuʾ kananaax- kuWIskáʾA – tiWIsíRIš – taáhkUx – a
Your never thinking: – 'My uncle – he lives over there,' – and
– číkuʾ taáʾ.
– you do not ever come."
nikuwitiwaakaáhuʾ tinaákUx wiítA.
That is what he was saying this man.

a či – kaneešanúhne wiítA – Ahnuutaawaanú
And here – he was not good the man – his doing things
naapiiraninoosíʾuʾ – nakawooruutikú.
bad things – his killing things.
– číkuʾ niiNAhkuxtaáhNA naawaaRUxtiíʾuʾ na witIhuNAhát.
– Whoever had the ways the holy ways, and he lost it.

wah – tikukooxiíša.
"Now – you lie right here.
– tsu – tinaákUx – tatiniíʾIt wačéh nakiihuuwiraaʾaáhNA.
– But – this one – he is mine, poor thing, to run around."

wituutuNAhkataʾá wiinásts AhneehuuwiraaʾaáhNA.
He went around in front a little boy as he ran around.
tikuwitiihuúNAt.
He was this tall.

noowitiwaákoʾ aráh.
Then he said: "Say!"

wewitohniinawoósA tsu wiináxtš wiíta naapaáNU tičé nuúʾUt tiwenataWIsá.
After they had lain down, but the boy Hidden Man: "Why is it my coming here?
čukú kaakatanuhnaatéʾ nakuwaa- wanú.
I do not like it here to be going around."

wah witAheešáʾ tsu tinaákUx wiítA niikohnuuxAxaá- ʾA tsu
Now morning came, but this man whatever his name was, but
tiwačiʾaáhuʾ tinaákUx wiítA witiwaákoʾ nawáh wetAxtaaWIhnúxtA arikUsuutaaká.
they always say this man he said: "Now you are going to hunt it a white bighorn sheep.
aa šeenootitawéʾ.
Ah, it will be prominent among them.
aa naariikawaáWI tatskáʾ taRAhaaríčI tišinaarikáWI tstoóxuʾ NItkučiíka.
Ah, the horns, I want a horn spoon these (du) horns, water for me to drink.
tatskáʾ nikuNAxkuhnaʾá.
I want that you bring that one."

tsu – tinaákUx – wiiteešútš – NAhkuraaWIhkaʾaáhNA – NAhkuka-
But – this – young man – when he went hunting – when he
wooruutikú NAhnunáhtš číkuʾ wituuxIskáʾ číkuʾ aatáʾA.
killed things deer he wanted some 'that I eat some.'
a číkuʾ kaakíʾa.
"D on't eat any.
Axkuhtharaahúnoʾ.
You'll spoil the taste of mine."

noowitohnanáʾ.
Then he brought it to him.
noowituhnoósI.
Then he laid it down for him.
wah šuxkUxawáNIt.
"Now throw it away!
xitsaskawót.
The meat might be spoiled."
nikuwituutaawaanúʾ.
That is what he was doing.

hawá witeesšóʾ hawá nookanawiteésšoʾ.
Also he wanted it; also then he did not want it.
wah wačéh wewituutUhuNAsáʾUx tinaákUx wiíta naapaáNU.
Now, poor thing, he now was rather hungry this Hidden Man.
witiihuunáreetIt.
He was left out.

atsú – šiiniiNAxwé WIšitihnuníkUx – niinuu- takaákUx.
But – as they looked for him they waited for him – his in-laws.
– wešitehnihkoótIt – naapaatúh.
– "They must have killed him – the enemy way."
hawá hiʾáxtiʾ wešohniiNAxwé číkuʾ šikaakiiteérikuʾ.
Also his fathers when they (du) looked for him they (du) did not see anything.

wah – tinaákUx nikuwetAxkuhnaahíštA arikUsuutaaká.
"Now – this one you are going to bring this one to me a white big-horn sheep.
– uu witičitéʾ.
– Oh, it is hard (to obtain).
tsu wenétskaʾ šitataraʾóʾ kanaahnuunaačiteewaahnú NAxtakaruhkoóčI.
But I do think they talk about you that things are not difficult for you for you to hunt things.
nikuwetuhnaanáʾa natskáʾA aaxkutkootíkA anináʾU arikUsuutaaká.
That is the reason my wanting it that you kill it for me that one white bighorn sheep."

nawáh tinaákUx wačéh nootiikawátAt wehnaátA.
Now, this one, poor thing, then he got out, his going.
tsu wekaakiihUhtaRAhčíš wehnaátA wehnuNAsáʾUx.
But he was so weak as he went since he was hungry.

nuu – wehnaátA – noowitIhunáx.
There – as he went – then he found it.
ee – taRAhtšíniʾ– witi- koótIt wehnuutAxčiškataruuwíškA.
Eh – barely– he killed it, his slitting its legs behind the knees.
witiwískaʾ aataraawíhAt.
He wanted 'that I carry it on my back.'

noowitunaačiteeʾá.
Then it became difficult for him.
wekaakiihUhtaRAhčíš.
He was so weak.
witunaačiteeʾá nakiiriwátAt.
It became difficult for him to arise.

noowitétkoʾ nuu áskAt niitihnaátA.
Then he heard it there above here where he went.
heee heee wiíta naapaáNU čuwekunaáxAt.
"Heey, heeey, Hidden Man, where are you?"

noowitiwískaʾ a či šiNAxkuRAxwéʾ.
Then he thought: "And here they are looking for me."

nootiiriwátat.
Then he got up.
nootikáWAt niškaatít taRAhtšíniʾ.
Then he took it out the black arrow barely.
nooteeriišUhuunukaaráʾ.
Then he threw the arrow up.
tIhunanii- wáhnaʾ.
There was a thud on the ground.
nooWIšitiiwaáRIt hiʾáxtiʾ.
There they (du) stood his fathers.

aa wetAxtaanoóxAt.
"Ah, you have erred.
wešitAhnoosaWIstuúWA tinakaahunaanoótA šinataRAxwé.
We have (du) searched everywhere this world extending our seeking you.
a či taanikuwetA- xeénaʾ.
And here this is where you have come.
taanikuteeNAxinihnaatéʾ NAxkuwaawanú.
This is where you must like to go all around."

witiwaákoʾ heéʾ nikúnuuʾUt.
He said: Yes, that is it.
taanikutuutAxítIt.
This is what happened."

nooWIšitiwaákoʾ heeʾ wah šitatuutsiíšuʾ wiítA anináʾU.
Then they (du) said: "Yes, now we know him man that one."

wah tinaaríčI noowitikAhíNIt.
Now this one then he made a fire.
tiRIšAtwít.
He took a rib out.
nootiRIšaatItkatáWI.
Then he placed the rib over the fire.

witeenuutskataruuwáʾ wešohnihčiraanúhA kunaáʾuʾ.
He made him (Hidden Man) vomit after they (du) gave it to him to drink medicine.
nooWIšitihtaRAhčíštoʾ štoh.
Then they (du) made him strong again.

wah šuuxaakawáʾAs.
"Now eat!"

wiináxtš nootiwaawaaNIšítIt.
The boy then he began to eat.

wah noonuusá aninaáxA.
"Now let it lie there that one lying!
oopiínuʾ koxtikoótIt.
A different one I will kill it."

noowitiraáNAt.
Then they went on.
oopiínuʾ nooWIšitihkoótIt arikúsuʾ.
A different one then they killed it a bighorn.
titaáhpA uunaaríčI na noo- tiraáNAt.
He put it on his back the other one and then they went on.

nikutiíhiʾ.
"This is the place.
anineéka.
That is the lodge."

wah šuxtaNAhuúkAt.
"Now take it (the meat) inside!"

witiwaákoʾ saxtš ituukátA kunooxiwaákoʾ tstoóxuʾ škuusuxčiranáʾ.
He said: "As so on as I go inside he'll say right away: 'Water bring me!'
nikuwetiwaakáxtA.
That is what he is going to say."

noowitIhuúkAt atsú weWIšitiwaáRIt oowátkAt.
Then he entered but they (du) stood outside.

nuuháʾ kaahaahníniʾ noowitiwaákoʾ hee wiíta naapaáNU číkuʾ niinooNAxkUsuuxaanú.
There inside then he said: "Hey, Hidden Man, whatever were you doing!
wetikuriWAhteekootíhuʾ.
I am starving to death.
na wenee- kuhAstaahIškootíhuʾ.
And I am dying of thirst.
číkuʾ niinooNAxkUsuuxaanú.
Whatever were you doing!"

noowitiwaákoʾ wiináxtš – wiíta naapaáNU hee – waxtóh
Then he said the boy – Hidden Man: "Hey – now surely
tiraačitéʾ nakUhúNAx tinuutuúčI.
it is difficult to find it this kind.
kaakíʾ Ahnoonakuunawi- katoókUt.
One cannot just run into it.
tatuxtAxwéʾ.
I looked for it.
nikutuhnaanáʾA nuxtaa- čeéNU.
That is the reason its having been a long time."

wah – škuusuxčiranáʾ tstoóxuʾ.
"Now – bring me water!
– wetikuhAstaahIškootíhuʾ.
– I am dying of thirst."

wešinináʾU wakáʾuʾ tinaákUx nootikúxIt kóstš koskaruúxuʾ.
After they made him a slave this one, then he took it up a container, empty container.
teeWIsítIt.
He went out.
wah – tsu – anuú šinaʾookaawaaríčI áxkUx noowiteewikúxIt.
Now – but – there where they (du) stood outside one then he snatched it up.

noowitiwaákoʾ niiʾAhnuutaánu NAhkučiíkA NIhúhtš noowitiwaákoʾ
Then he said: "When he does it when he drinks a little, then he says:
šuxtskUxawáNIt na neešuutIskačiRAsáWI.
'Throw the water away', and you throw the water in his face.
taanikutAxuutaánuʾ weNAxkukooʾiwaníkA.
'This is what you do your tiring me.'
číkuʾ kaakAxuutaáništA.
You are not going to do anything."

tičiraNAhuúkAt.
He took the water inside.
tičiíkaʾ NIhúhtš.
He drank a little.

wah šuxtskUxawáNIt.
"Now throw the water away!"

witiwaákoʾ– hee – taanikutAxuutaánuʾ.
He said:– "Hey – this is what you do."
noowitUtčiRAhka- taraáWI.
Then he threw the water on him.

nuušinaʾookaawaaríčI nooWIšiteehunuúpaʾ hiʾáxtiʾ.
Those (du) standing outside then they (du) came running inside his fathers.
tinaákUx wiítA wešinuuteéRIt WIšituninóʾ.
This man when he saw them (du) he feared them (du).

wah – taanikutikuhnoohuunaawaanuuxuúkuʾ – wiíta naapaáNU.
"Now – this is how he treats me – Hidden Man."

wehnačitákUx a noowitUstákUx wiísuʾ.
Where he sat on top and there it hung a heart.

tiihuuNIswátAt na nootikUxíhAt.
It came around the corner and then he kicked it.
witaa- NUhuuniričíšAt.
It slid over there.
wituxtoohúna uunaákUx naʾaahčee- síčI.
It had the way the other one its teeth being long.
nooWIšititčipIšawaáWI.
Then they (du) pierced it repeatedly.
nooWIšitihkoó- tIt.
Then they (du) killed it.
WIšitiiNIskukoohaásAt.
They threw it in the fire.

noowitiwaákoʾ– tinaákUx tanáhaʾ – sákaaʾA naRIhuúNU aa tátskaʾ šinakuutšíkA.
Then he said– this buffalo – Big Star: "Ah, I want that we be alive.
wačéh nikutsuxtaaʾúʾ šinatúxkUx tiihéʾ wakáʾuʾ.
Poor things, it used to be that way when we lived here (as) slaves.

wah niišuúxAt parúNIt.
"Now you go on quickly!
šitataawiteéRAt weNAxkukuhnaa- kAxá – NItkuraahnaána saNIštaapé
We heeded you when you called us – for us to come, human beings
– weniisuuxaNAsawáʾUx.
– when they were starving.
šineetaawiteéRAt – wenatinaahnaána wenaraaNAhú – štoh niitiNAhunuuwaáWI.
We heeded you – when we came when they were coming – back where these were traveling around.
wah niišuúxAt parúNIt.
Now go on quickly!
šoxteehuNAhát haáwaʾ.
We might kill you also."

noowiteeWIsítIt tinaaríčI hukós tanáhaʾ.
Then he went out this bull buffalo.
nootíʾAt.
Then he went.

noowitiwaákoʾ wah niišuúxAt parúNIt.
Then he said: "Now go on quickly!
číkuʾ aaxuutapí- taahAt.
Do not ever turn around."

noowitiwaákoʾ tinaákUx hukós číkuʾ kooxIsakUhtáweʾ kooNAstawéstA
Then he said this bull: "There will be some day I might be among you
a číkuʾ tatuúta.
and I'll do something."

aa niišuúxAt parúNIt.
"Ah, go on quickly!"
WIšititwaraahwá.
They (du) scolded him.

tsu wewitiʾiinóswa.
But there were carcasses lying around.
nuunuxtaawaaRUx- tiíčI tinaákUx WIšitunaahunuuwaahát.
The holy ways he had this one they (du) did away with them.

wah parúNIt toxtaapóʾ.
"Now quickly let's go!"

noowiteekUxuʾáʾ niiʾAhneétAt.
Then they flew where the village was.
wah wetiinaa- kIsšawíʾAt niiNAxuutakaákUx na NAxiiNAhtakúʾU
"Now they are tired in spirit your in-laws, and your wife
piiráʾuʾ wetohná.
a child she has for you.
weteesšawíʾAt nohnunuuʾiwaáhAt.
She is tired in spirit her waiting for you."

nootíʾAt niiʾAhnanuunakaáWI.
Then he went where his home was.

noowitiRAhčíkAt wešiniiteéRIt.
Then they cried when they saw him.
ikaániʾ siinó witúxkUx.
His grandmother yet she lived.

aa wehnaRAxáhAt – atsú – wiinásts noowituuNAxáhat čeésuʾ wehnaraáhNA.
Ah, as he grew up – but – little boy then his grew up himself the one he had.

wah nikuwituuxAxaáʾA wiíta naapaáNU.
Now this one was named Hidden Man.
nikuti- raaxaáʾA šeéNIt kananakuuwaawanú.
This is the meaning: 'plainly not to be going all around.'
tsu ti- wanúʾ atsú šeéNIt kaakiwanúʾ.
But he goes around, but plainly he does not go around.
tsu ti- wanúʾ – tsu – šikaakinihneesiíšuʾ niinaakunuhnoohuunuúčI.
But he goes around, – but – they do not know his way his having good ideas.
witanuunaahiwá niiNAhkuutaáNA NAhkuraasšteeruuwaawanú.
He has good ways what he does, his doing good deeds.
wah nikuwitiraaxaáʾA wiíta naapaáNU.
Now this is the meaning of the name Hidden Man.
tiwanúʾ atsú šeéNIt kaakíʾ niiNAhkuutuúʾA.
He goes around but plainly it is not for him to be.

wah taanikutatuuxAtkookUxuúkuʾ atíkaʾ wenaku- naaʾiitIhú
Now this is what I used to hear my grandmother when she told it,
šinihtaraʾó wiíta naapaáNU.
when they talked about him Hidden Man.