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tiwenatunaaʾiitštáNI	–	tiráʾ	–	niiʾAhnuutAxítIt	nuu
What I am going to tell	–	it is a story	–	(of) what happened	long

naapakúhtuʾ	tiwehnaRAxhuunaáNA.
, long ago	after there was a battle.

kaakiráʾ	naaʾiikáWIš	tiʾAhnuutAxítIt.
It is not story	a fairy tale	this that happened.

AhnuxtAhwooxukú	sanánat	AhnikuhtaNAhnunuuwaáWI	ačitaánuʾ
When they used to go	Sioux	after their fighting us	tribe

sáhniš	nuu	noowitíʾAt	tiwehnaraanukataátA	Ahniišapakú.
Arikara	there	then he went	when they went across the water	where they had fought.

tiwehnaRAxhuunaweétA	noowitiraanukatáʾAt.
After the battle had ended	then they crossed the water.

na	nookanawitiišá	wešohniinapiinaáhNA
And	there he was not lying	when they picked them up

niikuNAhkuutIsšú	niiweh-	niinakawootíkA.
the ones to whom they were related	the ones	who had been killed.

na	nookanawitiišá.
And	there he was not lying.

na	štoh	noowiteeraanuukatáʾ.
And	again	then they came across the water.

natsú	kunohniiriwátAt	wešohninaahunáʾU.
But	then he got up	after he had been scalped.

kunoh-	niiriwátAt.–	wah	tsu	wetiiraahuúʾU.
Then	he got up.–	Now	but	he was ruined.

wetiraahuúʾU.

He was ruined

–	wah	tsu	wewitíʾ	–	ičiwiniítuʾ.
–	Now	but	he was	–	transformed.

–	kaakíʾ	naakuʾá	–	štoh	–	niineétAt.
–	He coul	d not come	–	again	–	where the village was.

AhnaákUx	wiítA	na	inookanawitíʾ.
The one	man	and	there he was not.

nookanawitiišá	niiʾAhnuxwíRIt.
There he was not lying	where he had fallen.

tsu	inaániʾ	tiwehnawanú	tiwehnawanú
But	his brother	as he was going around,	as he was going around,

noowitiwískaʾ	weetoxtAxwíʾAt	áNA	tiraačítA
then he thought:	"Let me now go to look for him	my brother!"	because

tiwešikananihnúNAx	wekananiíšA	wešohniinapiinaáhNA	niiwehniinakawootíkA.
their not having found him	his not lying there	when they were picking them up	the ones who had been killed.

natsú	noowitíʾAt	inaániʾ	nuu	weNAhkuwaawanú
But	then he went	his brother	there	his wandering

niiʾAhnawaanaanúhAt	weNAhkuwaawanú.
where the hills were	his wandering.

nuu	witičitáʾAt	waawičéskAt.
There	he went onto it	on a high hill.

tiwehnaáxA	AhnareewaawatíRA	nakaapiniwooxoótA
As he lay there	as he looked all around	where the buckbrush extended

tⁱnačeewootoótA	Ahnuh-	naačiríkUx	ahnoowituuteéRIt	wiítA.
where this sage extended,	as he	watched them	then he just saw him	a man.

noowiteénaʾ.

Then he came.

NAhnunáhtš	iʾAhnaawaaríčI	witiraninuhát.
Deer	those	he scared them.

tsu	–	kaneeriwataákuʾ	tsu	–	wewituhnaaNUtčiríkUx	wiítA.
But	–	he wasn't getting up	but	–	he watched his movement	a man.

–	nohniirút	NAhnunáhtš.
–	Then he picked it up	a deer.

–	nohnitáhpA	tiwehnaaraʾá	–	tiwehnaaraʾá.
–	Then he packed it	as he brought it	–	as he brought it

–	atsú	inaániʾ	–	tsu	witikoosAxá	AhnitčiríkUx.
–	But	his brother	–	meanwhile	he lay on top	as he watched him.

niiʾAhnawaahunáhWI	niiʾAhnačitáxA	kunoowitiihuununáhAs.
Where the foot of the hill was	where he lay on top of it	that is where he disappeared.

noowitiihuuniriwátAt	inaániʾ	wiiteešútš.
Then he jumped up	his brother	the young man.

noowitiihUh-	tawiraáʾAt.
Then he ran	down (the hill).

anuú	wehneškatateeruutikú	AhnawaáWI	nakáxIš
There	as he was pulling on them	the ones growing	weeds

noowiteewakhuutáʾ	–	tatooteeríkuʾ.
then he yelled:	–	"I saw you.

–	taanikutAxuúkAt.
–	This is where you entered.

čukú NAxiniineékA.

Where is your door?

tataRAxwéʾ.

I am looking for you."

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	anuú	–	kaahaahníniʾ	anineeráhkUx	ahnootuhnaanaWIšíhkUt.
And	–	then he said	there	–	inside:	"That clump	just pull on them.

neešireekaríkUt.

Then you'll open the door."

nikunoowituúta	–	inaániʾ	–	noowituhnaanaWIšíhkUt
So that is what he did	–	his brother	–	then he pulled on them

AhnuxtáhkUx	číkuʾ niikohnáʾIt.
the clump,	whatever kind it was.

ahnoowitireekaríkUs.

Then the door just opened.

noowitIhuúkAt.

Then he went inside.

noowewiteečiisUhuuwiraaʾaáhuʾ	nuu	wenaátA.
There a stream of water came running out	there	its going.

na	inoowitiíkUx.
And	there he sat!

na	inoonikuwitíʾ	inaániʾ	AhnuxtAxwé.
And	there he was the one	his brother	the one whom he was seeking!

inoowitiišá	NAhnunáhtš.
There it lay	the deer!

noo-	witiiʾísta	NAhnunáhtš	wehnakootíkA.
There	lay the carcass	deer	the one he had killed!

a	noowitiwaákoʾ	wekutataRAxwéʾ	weNAtwaawanú.
And	then he said:	"I have been looking for you	as I have been going all around.

toxtAxwéʾ.

'Let me look for you!'

na	tiweneetAhunáx.
And	here I have found you."

a	–	noowitiwaákoʾ–	inaániʾ	wah	neešuuxUhúhkUx.
And	–	then he said–	his brother:	"Now	you'll stay awhile!

tiitiišAhnáʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Let me drive them here	horses!

tuunuuxAhtaʾút	paatúh.
Let me steal theirs	the enemy!

na	neešehnikaaʾiíšAt.
And	you'll drive them home.

tsu	–	neešaaNAhnaawaʾú	–	niinatuutakaákUx	na	íhUx
But	–	you'll give them to them	–	the ones who are my in-laws	and	half

neešaaNAhnaánu	natiiNAhtakúʾU	na	piirátš.
you will give them to them	my wife	and	children."

wah	nikunoowituutaanuuxítIt	niiNAhkukootíkA	na	čituúʾuʾ
Now	then that is what he began doing:	when he killed it,	and	everything,

neétAhkas	witiraawaʾuúhuʾ	inaániʾ.
eagles,	he was giving him different things	his brother.

tsu	inaániʾ	tikaákUx	atsú	nootikawátAt	wenáʾU	tshunúxuʾ.
But	his brother	he stayed inside,	but	then he went out	the one	scalped man.

nootikawátAt.

Then he went out.

nuu	witaahniWI-	sáʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	wiítA.
There	he brought them	back	horses	the man.

witaraaniwísaʾ	niiweNAhkoo-	čé	pAxIskuúxuʾ.
He brought them back	the ones he	had struck	scalps.

wehnaraanuutaʾá	–	na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	šuxkaaʾiíšAt.
When they increase	–	and	–	then he said:	"Now	go home!

atsú	tákuʾ aaxanuhnaaʾiitáWI.
But	do not tell anyone!

tákuʾ aaxanuhnaaʾiitáWI	tiiháʾI	niiweNAxkUhúNAx.
Do not tell anyone	here	where you found me!"

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	inaániʾ	kaakíʾ.
And	then he said	his brother:	"No."

atsú	číkuʾ niinaakoosšoosítIt	na	tiiháʾI	nikunoo-	teéʾaʾ.
"But	whenever you want something	and	here	so this is	where you will come.

wetAxuhneesiíšuʾ	tiiháʾI	niiweNAtwanú.
You now know	here	where I am.

niinaakoosšó	–	na	–	itootunáx	–	na	–	neešíRAt.
Whatever you want	–	and	–	I'll find it for you	–	and	–	you'll take it.

nuu	tAxíRAt.
There	you'll take it."

nikuwehnuutaánu	nikuwehnuutaánu	hUhtiísuʾ
After he had been doing that,	after he had been doing that,	finally

noowitiwískaʾ	wiiteešútš.
then he thought	the young man.

nooWIšitihnaʾít	cúkú	NAxiiNAhnuuwaʾaáhuʾ	NAxinaniWIswaáhu.
Then they asked him:	"Wher	e are you bringing them	what you are bringing?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	tatuuxačéʾ.
Then he said:	"I killed them.

tatuunuuxAhtaʾút	xaawaa-	rúxtiʾ	paatúh.
I stole theirs	the	horses	enemy."

hUhtiísuʾ	kohnaasšUhuunawíʾAt	wiiteešútš.
Finally	he must have tired of it	the young man.

na	noowitunaaʾít.
And	then he told about it.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	inaániʾ	koxtuhneesiíšuʾ	inoošku-	ʾiitaawíhA.
And	then he said	his brother:	"I will know it	if you	tell on me.

koxtiʾookaáRIt.

I will be outside."

noowitikaaʾiíšAt.

Then he went home.

aniwenakatiisíʾU	a	noowitⁱnaaʾít	wetatunáx	siináNI.
That evening	and	then he told it:	"I have found him	my brother

–	wetatunáx.
–	I have found him.

taanikuneekuraawaʾuúhuʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	pAxIskuúxuʾ	na	niinoonakuraáʾU.
He is the one giving them to me	horses,	scalps,	and	different things.

niikutiku-	raawaʾuúhuʾ.
He's the one	giving different things to me.

na	neewaákoʾ	axiraaʾiitáWI	niitiweNAxkUhúNAx.
And	he said:	'Do not tell it	here where you have found me!'"

natsú	tiwehnawaaWIhtikú	–	witUsuuxakaanoóhtA	–	witiree-	kawitaWAhnáʾ.
And	as he was talking	–	there was an entry	–	the door	sounded.

wehnareekawiriiWAhná	–	na	–	noowitiWIsxá	inaániʾ
When the door made a thud	–	and	–	then he remembered	his brother:

na	či	wenataʾiitáWI	siináNI.
"And	here	I have told on you	my brother!"

noowiteekaáʾ.

Then he came out.

tsu	opiínuʾ	wečikú niiwetaana-	kaneéhAs	niiweNAhkuWIskáʾA
But	different	he had prepared a lodge	somewhere	his thinking:

inooškuʾiitawíhA	na	nikunooʾaateéʾAt	oopiínuʾ.
"If he should tell on me,	and	then that is where I should go	different."

wah	taanikuwituutAxítIt.
Now	this is what happened.

kuwitatoxtaákIt	ačitaánuʾ	niiwenatunaaʾiítI.
He was one of us	tribe	the story I have told.