A DAKOTA FABLE, BY MICHEL RENVILLE. OBTAINED BY REV. S.R. RIGGS.

Śuŋka|waŋ;| ḳa| wakaŋka |waŋ|waḳiŋ|waŋ|taŋka| hnaka. |Uŋkan

Dog | a; |and|old-woman| a | pack| a |large|laid away.| And

śuŋka|ḳoŋ| he |sdonya.|Uŋkaŋ|waŋna|haŋyetu,|uŋkaŋ| wakaŋka

dog |the|that| knew. | And | now | night, | and |old-woman

iśtinman| kećiŋ | ḳa| en | ya: |tuka|wakaŋka|kiŋ|sdonkiye|ć̣a|kiktahaŋ 3

asleep | he |and|there|went:| but| old |the| knew |and| awake

thought woman

waŋke,|ć̣a| ite|hdakiŋyaŋ| ape |ć̣a|kićakse,|ć̣a|nina| po, | keyapi.

lay, |and|face| across |struck|and| gashed,|and|much|swelled,|they say.

Uŋkaŋ|haŋḣaŋna|hehaŋ|śuŋka| tokeća|waŋ| en | hi, |ḳa | okiya | ya.

And | morning| then| dog |another| a |there|came,|and|to-talk-with|went.

Tuka|pamahdedaŋ| ite| mahen| inina|yaŋka.|Uŋkaŋ|taku| ićante |niśića

But| head-down|face|within|silent| was. | And |what|of-heart|you-bad

heciŋhaŋ|omakiyaka wo,| eya. |Uŋkaŋ,|Inina|yaŋka wo,|wakaŋka 3

if | me-tell, |he-said.| And, |still| be-you, |old-woman

waŋ|teḣiya|omakiḣaŋ do,| eya, | keyapi.|Uŋkaŋ,|Tokeŋ|nićiḣaŋ he,| eya.

a |hardly| me-dealt- |he-said,| they | And, | How | to-thee- |he-said.

with, say. did-she,

Uŋkaŋ,|Waḳin|waŋ|taŋka| hnaka e |waŋmdake|ć̣a | heoŋ | otpa | awape:

And, | Pack| a |large|she-laid-| I-saw |and|there-|to-go-for|I waited:

away fore

k̇a|waŋna| haŋ |tehaŋ|k̇ehan,|iśtiŋbe| seća e | en | mde| ć̣a| pa |timaheŋ 6

and| now |night| far | then,| she- |probably|there| I |and|head|house-in

asleep went

yewaya, |uŋkaŋ|kiktahaŋ|waŋke| śta | hećamoŋ: | k̇a,| Śi, | de |tukten

I-poked,| and | awake | lay |although|this-I-did:|and,|shoo,|this| where

yau he,|eye,| ć̣a| itohna| amape, | ć̣a|dećen|iyemayaŋ ce,| eye| ć̣a|kipazo.

you- |she-|and|face-on|smote-me,|and| thus|she-me-left |he- |and|showed

come, said said him.

Uŋkaŋ,| Huŋhuŋhe! |teḣiya| ećanićoŋ do, | ihomeća |waḳiŋ|kiŋ|uŋtapi 9

And, |Alas! alas!|hardly|she-did-to-you,|therefore| pack|the|we-eat

kta ce,|eye | ć̣a,|Mnićiya wo,|eya, |keyapi.|Ito,|Minibozaŋna|kićo wo,

will, |he- |and,| Assemble, | he- | they |Now,| Water-mist| call,

said said, say.

ka,|Yaksa| taŋiŋ śni |kico wo,|Tahu|waśaka|kico wo,| k̇a,| Taisaŋpena

and| Bite|not manifest| call, |Neck|strong| invite,|and,|His-knife-sharp

off

kico wo,| eya,| keyapi. |Uŋkaŋ|owasiŋ|wićakićo:| ḳa|waŋna|owasiŋ| en 12

call, | he- |they-say.| And | all | them-he-|and| now | all |there

said, called:

hipi|hehaŋ| heya, | keyapi: | Ihopo, | wakaŋka | de |teḣiya|ećakićoŋ će;

came| then|this-he-said,|they-say:|Come-on,|old-woman|this|hardly|dealt-with;

minihei ć̣iyapo, |haŋyetu|hepiya| waćonića |wakiŋ|waŋ| teḣiŋda | ḳa| on

bestir-yourselves,| night |during|dried-meat| pack| a |she-forbid|and|for

teḣiya| ećakićoŋ |tuka,| ehaeś|untapi|kta će,| eya, | keyapi. 15

hardly|dealt-with-him| but,|indeed|we eat| will |he-said,|they say.

Uŋkaŋ|Minibozaŋna|ećiyapi|ḳoŋ| he |waŋna|maġaźukiye|ć̣a,|aŋpetu

Then| Water-mist| called|the|that| now |rain-made,|and,| day

oṡaŋ |maġaźu| ećen|otpaza;| ḳa|wakeya|owasiŋ|nina|spaya,|wihutipaspe

all-through|rained|until| dark; |and| tent | all |very| wet, | tent-pin

olidoka|owasiŋ|taŋyaŋ| ḣpan. |Uŋkaŋ|hehaŋ| Yaksa taŋiŋ śni | wihuti- 18

holes | all | well |soaked.| And | then|Bite-off-manifest-not|tent-fast-

paspe |kiŋ|owasiŋ| yakse, |tuka|taŋiŋśni yaŋ| yakse | nakaeś|wakaŋka

enings|the| all |bit-off,| but| slyly |bit-off|so that|old-woman

kiŋ|sdonkiye|śni.|Uŋkaŋ| Tahuwaśaka|he|waḳiŋ|ḳoŋ| yape |ć̣a|maniŋ-

the| knew |not.| And |Neck-strong|he| pack|the|seized,|and| away

kiya| yapa iyeya, | ḳa|tehaŋ| eḣpeya. |Hećen|Taisaŋpena|waḳiŋ|ḳoŋ 21

off| holding-in- |and| far |threw-it.| So |His-knife-| pack|the

mouth-carried sharp

ćokaya |kiyaksa-iyeya.|Hećeŋ|waḳiŋ|ḳoŋ|haŋyetu|hepiyana| temya-

in-middle| tore-it-open.|Hence| pack|the| night | during |they-ate-

iyeyapi,| keyapi.

all-up, | they say.

Hećen |tuwe|wamanoŋ| keś, |saŋpa|iwaḣaŋi ć̣ida|wamanoŋ|waŋ| hduze, 24

So that| who| steals|although,| more| haughty | thief | a |marries,

eyapi | eće; | de |huŋkakaŋpi do.

they-say|always;|this| they-fable.

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