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nuu	niiʾAhnatoxtaakitUhwaáhAt	nuuháʾ	wiiteešútš	noowitiraáNAt.
There	where our villages used to be	there	young men	then they went off.

witihpiʾaananíkUx	niiʾAhniisuusaahpaahnuuxukú	áwit	neétAhkas	niiʾAhniisuxtaanuunikUxukú.
They were eagle trappers	the way they used to do	formerly	eagles	the way they used to catch them.

witihpi-	ʾaananíkUx.
They	were eagle trappers.

noowitiraáNAt	niikohnuhnaánuʾ	wiiteešútš	anuú	koohaahníniʾ
Then they went	however many there were	young men	there	on the prairie

niiʾaNAhuNAhwaraáčI	nii	neétAhkas	naRAseewaáhAt	nuuháʾ	skaweéraaʾuʾ.
where the wooded country was,	where	the eagles	they ranged	there	(in) the west.

wah	taanikutIhunaáʾA	číkuʾ	neétAhkas	šiNAsIhkUhúNAx	číkuʾ
"Now	this is the land	some	eagle	that we might find	one."

na	noowitiinakánoʾ.
And	so they made a lodge.

tišwačeehUxuúkuʾ	akanaanuútuʾ	niikohnuutakaanuúʾIt	akanaanuútuʾ.
They used to call it	a hunting lodge,	whatever kind of lodge it was	a hunting lodge.

nootiinaahiwaáRIt.

So they fixed every- thing up.

wah	witištaawakaraanawaawanuuxuúkuʾ.
Now	they used to pray to various things.

taNAhaapaáxuʾ	witiíkUx.
A buffalo skull	there it sat.

witeenunúhkUx.

They had it.

na	neešookatawíʾuʾ	atⁱnáʾ	witeéRIt.
And	Mother Corn	Mother	there she stood.

wenehkuunaahiwaawaaríkA	wenehkuraaNAhuuWIsátA	a
After they fixed everything up,	after they readied things,	th

noowitiwáčiʾ	taanikukoxtiíkUx.
en they (each) said:	"I will sit here."

taanikukoxtiíkUx.

"I will sit here."

wah	šuuNUxtaahnaahiwaáRIt	niiwenakuúkUx.
"Now	you (pl) fix things up	where to sit!"

witihnaasštáwa	nuunakaáWI	NAhkukawátAt	a
Each one watched things	that one inside	as he would get out	and

nuunakaáWI	anuunoonaáhkUx	nootikawátAt.
that one inside	the one over there,	then he got out.

noowitiRAsačipiítIt	AxkunoóNIt.
Then they gathered	together.

wewiteeRAhkaaʾiíšaʾ.

Now they came back to the (hunting) lodge.

nikuwitsuusaahnuuxuúkuʾ.

That is what they used to do.

atsú	tuunaraanoótA	wiiteešútš	nuuwehnaraáNAt
But	the other ones	young men	after they went there,

noowiteeRAhkaaʾišwáʾ	hiíš.
then they came back to the (hunting) lodge	in the evening.

číkuʾ kaakIhunaáNIt	číkuʾ	neétAhkas.
"There are not any in this land	any	eagles."

niiweNAhkukaáWI	weNAhkUhunaahnatawíhA	noowitiRAhčitaʾús
After he was inside	after he had dug a hole	then he laid them on top

čitapátš	natš.
willows	sticks.

witohnáta	iiʾAhneesuuxaakaratáWI	niiwenaáxA	–	sAhíšuʾ
There was a hole	where the smokehole was	where it lay	–	the bait,

šiniitAhnéhku	–	sAhíšuʾ	wáRUx.
what they called them	–	the bait,	a rabbit.

wah	wešinehkuunukawátI	nooWIšitistareewaápI.
Now	after they skinned it	then they tied it.

tinaakAxíštoʾ	neétAhkas	kananakoowiiruúkA	wáRUx.
It was tied tightly	an eagle	that it would not snatch it up	the rabbit.

tunaaheéRIt.

He fixed it up.

wetiraakáxIš.

Now it was tight.

wah	neétAhkas	weNAhkuwiítIt	wenakúʾA	wáRUx	na
Now	the eagle	when it alighted	to eat it	a rabbit,	and

nikunoowitiiraawiiʾót	šinakUtkaaxuuníkUt.
it was at about that time	to catch it by the legs.

wah	noo-	WIšitiraaNUtwiinápIt.
Now	then	he would break the wings.

niikooNUsuxtAhwooxuúkuʾ.

It is not known what they used to do.

Axtóh	kana-	tuhneesiíšuʾ	–	tsu	–	niinatuuxItkawooxukú	niiNIštaaʾiiwaawaátI.
Surley	I do	not know,	–	but	–	that is what I used to hear	when they used to tell stories.

nawáh	–	nooteeRAhkaaʾišwáʾ.
Now,	–	then they came home.

witiRAhWIswaáWA	–	iiʾAh-	neenunuunakaáWI.
They each went to it	–	where	their lodge was.

noowitiRAhnuúpA	nehkunuhnaaNItkatawaáWI	NIšaátuʾ.
Then they went inside	while theirs were roasting over the fire	ribs.

atsú	wetaraapIsaáhuʾ.
"But	we will come back."

noo číkuʾ nuukuwitaanookatákUx–	NIšaátuʾ.
Then there was one along the–edge of the lodge–	a rib.

noowitiroosánax.

Then it was in a disheveled state.

nátš	noowitiRAhkaaxá	a	tⁱnaákUx	taNAhaapaáxuʾ
Wood	then it was lying inside	and	this	buffalo skull

noowitiisotkaatiíʾIt	weNAhkukAhuukaráʾU	saʾúhtuʾ.
there it was sooty black	after he had smeared it with it	soot.

weNAhku-	kAhuukaráʾU	noowitiikatiíʾI	–	hawá	uunaákUx	–
After it	was smeared,	there it was black	–	also	the other	–

neešooka-	tawíʾuʾ	weNAhkuNIskaawaawíhA	sápat	niinooNAhkuutaánu.
Mother	Corn	after he had drawn a face on her	a woman;	whatever else he would be doing.

hee	noowitiraáʾAt	nikukohnuutAxitikú.
Oh,	then time went on	this, whatever it was, happening.

niiʾAhnaNAhwiraaníkUx	čiišaáʾA	tshunúxuʾ.
What was bothering them	here it was	a scalped man.

waaxtóh	–	kaakunaáhe	–	tákuʾ niikohnóʾ	tⁱnatakuraatA-	haraáhNA
"Certainly	–	it is not good	–	whoever he is	this one making	fun of us

nuutaawaanú	wenaakuRAhuuNIsaRIšwaáhnu	atípaʾ
the one doing those things	the one ridiculing him	grandfather

tⁱnaákUx	taNAhaapaáxuʾ	na	neešookatawíʾuʾ.
this	buffalo skull	and	Mother Corn.

wah	čiraátoʾ itoohnaahneésiš	čirá tačé nawánuʾ
Now	let's find out	whoever it is going around

tⁱnaroosaNAxtoóku	wenatakukuunaakUxawaawaníkA
this one making devilment	his scattering our things all around

nataakuxtaapaaruusAtkú	atíštIt	kooxaanánax.
what we were roasting, (thinking)	'Well	it will cook.'"

nootaanawáNIt.

Then he threw it away over there.

nuukuwitanuunookatoohaásAt.

He threw it over there at the face of the dwelling.

kaneetehniisaRIšawíʾIt	tákuʾ niikóhnoʾ.
"He must be one who really mocks (people),	whoever he is.

wah	čiraátoʾ šiisiituuníkUt.
Now	let's catch him!"

noowitihnatawaáWI	teškúNIt.
Then they made holes	close by.

uu	hináxtIt	noowitiraanaahkáWA.
Oh,	early in the morning	then they went into the holes.

wewitiraawičeéna.

Now it was awhile later.

noo-	witⁱnaaneéhAs	niinakureewaátU	niiʾAhnaakaáWI.
Then	they arranged things	how it should look	where the lodge was.

wewitiraačeéʾA.

It was awhile later.

witeehuNAhwaákaʾ	Ahneehuuwiraaʾá.
There was the sound of him coming walking,	his coming fast.

witiwísAt	–	iiʾAhnaakaáWI	uu	–	NAhkureewaawatíRA.
He arrived	–	where the lodge was,	oh,	–	as he looked all around.

wituhnaathaanáwiʾ	uhneesiíšuʾ	šohnihnuníkUx.
It seemed	as if he knew	they were waiting for him.

witipAxuúkAt	NAhkureewaawatíRA.
His head went inside	as he was looking all around.

štoh	noowitIhuúkAt	iiʾAhnaakaáWI.
Again	then he went inside	where the lodge was.

na	tⁱnaraanoótA	–	wiiteešútš	–	noowitiRAhkaruu-	wátAt.
And	these	–	young men	–	then they got out of the	holes.

tiraanookaaʾiíšAt.

They went to the door.

haakAhíniʾ	witiwaaWIhtiíkuʾ	sáhniš.
With his mouth	he was talking	Arikara.

na	witiwaákoʾ	čee	aráh	wenataakuRAhuuWI-	sátA	–	aa
And	he said:	"Hey,	oh my,	when I get you	fixed up,	–	ah,

atíštIt	–	AhnooweNAxkuútA	–	aa	–	atⁱnáʾ	nooteenaanaahUhkároʾ
well	–	that you will just be	–	ah	–	Mother,	then they spoil things

–	niiNItkUsuuxaáNA.
–	what I have done.

na	–	tⁱnaákUx	taNAhaapaáxuʾ	NAtkuxtAhuuWIsátA	–	na	–
And	–	this	buffalo skull	that I have fixed up	–	and	–

noošitehčíWAt	štoh.
then they changed it	back.

čą́ą́	aráh	Axtóh	kaakunaahé.
Ah,	why,	surely	it is not good."

nikuwitiwaawaa-	kaáhuʾ.
That is what he	was saying over and over.

witipaanaanuNAhwíkUx	čeehaanuukaríkAt.
He was kneeling	in the middle of the room.

áxkUx	noowitIhuúkAt	phiináNIt	hawá	uunaaríčI	wehnaRAhnuúpo.
One	then he entered	slowly,	also	another	as they were going.

nuukuwitUtkUxwíʾuʾ	iiʾAhnaákUx	taNAhaapaáxuʾ	AhnawaaWIhtikú
He sat facing the other way	where it was	the buffalo skull	his talking to it,

áriišIt	witooNUtwaaWIhtikú.
himself	his talking to himself.

noowitiwa-	ʾuuneéRIt	wiiteešútš	niiʾaNAhuwaátU	AxíkUxaWIsítIt.
Then they	stood there	the young men	where the doorway was	that he would not run out.

hawáh.

"Hello!

čee	aatAxaahwanúʾ	na	kanaʾaatiwanúʾ	na	aatⁱniinítAt.
Hey,	you would go around far off,	why,	I would not go around	and	if I had a village!"

tiwehneehuuniriwátAt	tshunúxuʾ	wehnuutaakeéRIt	tiʾAhnawaaríčI	noowitiwiʾuúhAt.
When he jumped up	the scalped man	when he saw them	these,	then he fell over.

noowitirinukót.

Then he died of fright.

noowitiinawiišánoʾ.

Then he was shaken by him.

–	kanawitiitaruúpIs.
–	He never moved.

–	anuú	noonuusá.
–	"There	let him lie!

wah	parúNIt	tiinaahtehkUxtaapaáRIt.
Now	quickly	let's be on our way!"

noowitⁱnoswaakároʾ	–	neešookatawíʾuʾ–	na	taNAhaapaáxuʾ
Then they picked up all their things	–	Mother Corn–	and	the buffalo skull,

na	nooteeRAhkaaʾiíšaʾ.
and	then they came home.

kaakunaahé	niinatakuhnaaNAhuunuúku	natakuraahtAha-	raáhNA.
"It is not good	what he was doing to us	his making fun	of us."

noowitiitAhneswátAt	wiiteešútš	weNAhunáhAs	iiháʾ	–	pakúhtuʾ
Then they remembered it	a young man	his having died	there	–	long ago,

–	a	–	či	–	šaahwanúʾ	niikukohnuuxA-	xaáʾA.–	kaakatuhneesiíšuʾ.
–	and	–	here	–	he was living,	whatever his name	was.–	I do not know it.

–	WIšitiitIsiíšuʾ	wešiniiteéRIt.
–	They knew him	when they saw him.

haa	tiʾAhnawaaríčI	nooteeRAhkaaʾiíšaʾ	wiiteešútš.
Ha,	these	then they came home	the young men.

wehnaaRAhkaaʾiišá	na	witiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	aráh	niku-
After they came home	and	he said	one:	"Why,"	they

WIšitihnaʾíhkuʾ	–	tikuxtaahtAhará	a	–	či	kohna-
were meaning that one,	–	"he was ridiculing us	and	–	her	e he was

wánuʾ	–	na	weneerinukót.
living	–	and	now he died of fright.

wah	–	taanikutuúta	tiwešinatuutuuníkUt.
Now	–	this is what he did	when we caught him.

wešinatuhkaahuunawíhAt	neenii-	rinukót.
When we caught him in the act	he did	die of fright.

áWAx	tikaaxá	siíno.
A left behind	he is lying inside there	yet.

neeneetⁱnaahnaánaʾ.

Then we came."

wah	–	niišikohniitsšú	anináʾU	wiiteešútš	–	noo-	tiraáNAt	šiiʾaasiiteéRIt.
Now	–	the ones related to him	that one	young man	–	then	they went	'that we may see him.'

nookanawitiikaaxá.

There he did not lie inside.

či	weešaahkUxiriwátAt	štoh	niikohnáʾAt.
Here	he had jumped up	again	wherever he went!

aa	wehnaRAhčíkAt	aa	áriišIt	tAxuhnáʾA.
Ah,	while they cried,	"Ah,	yourself	you are the cause."

noowitiwáčiʾ	–	waáwi	šiʾaatuutawaʾuuníkUt.
Then they said:	–	"We sh	ould have grabbed him.

–	noošiʾaatii-	siráxaʾ	nii	waáwi	kohnoóʾUt.
–	Then we would	have brought him	what	ever w	ould have been (ie happened)."