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anuu	naapakúhtuʾ	wewitipsiraaNIhuúʾU	tsu	šinikuusuxtaa-	ʾiitawíhA
Long,	long ago	it was many winters,	but	what they used	to tell us (du),

kuNAhúx	natⁱniiNIškaákUx	atíʾAx.
the old man	mine who lived inside	my father.

tuxtaaʾiitUxtaná	–	nakunaaʾiiwaawaátI	tsu	–	niiNAhkuuxItkáʾU	wah	tiwenatunaaʾiitIštáNIt.
He had stories	–	his telling stories	but	–	what he had heard,	now	this that I am going to tell.

wiítA	–	wiináxtš–	witirá–	weNAhkuWIskáʾA	–	aataraáhNA	taawirás
A man	–	a boy–	he had–	who wanted	–	'that I have it'	a hoop,

–	aatoostaawiraáhNA	weNAhkuwapanú	–	atíʾAx	škuusuxtóʾ	taawirás.
–	'that I have a hoop'	when he asked for it	–	"Father,	make it for me	a hoop!

tatskáʾ	aatoostaawiraáhNA.
I want	that I have a hoop."

na	tⁱnaákUx	wiítA	nootikawátAt.
And	this	man	then he got out.

nootíʾAt	weh-	nuhNAxwé	–	haakaawíʾuʾ–	NAhaáʾU
Then he went	when	he looked for it for him	–	a hoop–	his son

wehnaWIskáʾA	aatoostaawiraáhNA.
his wanting it	'that I have a hoop.'

witíʾ	haakaawíʾuʾ	niikohnuútuʾ	aaNIhuúNU	na	kanaʾaaNIhuúNU.
It was	a hoop	whatever it was like	whether it was large	or	whether it was small.

wah	WIšititkaapaačíštI	tanáhaʾ	áxkUx	tanáhaʾ	čiitíʾIš	weniitapsiwaáhnu.
Now	he had been blessed by it	a buffalo	one,	a buffalo	four	its having winters.

wah	noowitiwaákoʾ	nikukóxtiʾ.
Now	then it said:	"I will be the one.

nikUšikoxtiítI	–	NAxihnaáʾU.
I will be friends with that one	–	your son.

–	šikoxtUstaawirá.
–	He and I will play hoop and pole.

nikutátuuʾUt	tatⁱniinaapiRIhuúʾU	taawirás.
I am that way:	I like it very much	Tawiras.

nikuneetIs-	kaaxiíkuʾ	–	číkuʾ nikuʾaaxuhnaaʾuúʾA	–
That is what I	always want	–	that it be that way	–

nikUšiNItkuraawiruuwanú	wiináxtš	wešinatiitiRAxtáNI.
that he and I win things	the boy	the one I am going to be a friend with."

wah	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	nikunoowiwiteewíroʾ	haakaawíʾuʾ.
Now	–	this one	–	then it turned itself into it	a hoop.

wewitíʾ	tanáhaʾ	hukós	weniitapsiwaáhnu	čiitíʾIš.
Now it was	a buffalo,	a male buffalo	its winters numbering	four.

nooteerikaaʾiíšaʾ.

Then he brought it home.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	nathaáʾU	wetíʾ	atíštIt	NAxkuraáhNA	tⁱnaákUx.
Then he said:	"Now,	my son,	it is	good	for you to have it	this one.

wešitA-	xiítI.
You (du) are to	be friends.

tⁱnaákUx	tiwaaRUxtíʾ	haakaawíʾuʾ.
This one	it is holy	the hoop.

psaawítš	witiwaaRUxtíʾ.
The hoop	it is holy.

nakUstaawíra	nakoosšaWIsátA	nooteeráʾ.
When you play hoop and pole	when you have had enough,	then bring it.

nootikúx	atíštIt.
Then set it down	nicely.

naahnookaakiihúna.

And don't just throw it around."

na	–	nikunoowituúta	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	wiináxtš	–	weNAh-
And	–	then that is what he did	–	this	–	boy	–	as he

kuRAhunaʾoowá	weNAhkustaawirá.
took good care of it	when he would play hoop and pole.

noowitiraawiruuwanúʾ	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	wenehkustaawirá.
Then he took prizes	this	boy	when they played hoop and pole.

wah–	nootiraaká	–	naakaawiraáʾuʾ
Now–	the way was in there	–	jealousy

weNAhkuraawiruuwanú	tⁱnaákUx–	wiináxtš.
when he would be winning prizes	this–	boy.

noowitiwaákoʾ–	sčiríhtš	sčiRIhtšutaRAháxuʾ.
Then he said–	Coyote,	Mischievous Coyote.

noowiwitiʾús	niiʾAhnaaWIswó	tⁱnaákUx	haakaawíʾuʾ.
Then he lay down	where it was going	this	hoop.

wešinehkoowaníkA	wešinehkuriišawanikú	pítkUx
After they threw it,	after they threw the arrows	two

niiNAhkuutAhuNAhwiitikú	teškúNIt	nikunakuúkUx	haakaawíʾuʾ
where it landed close(st)	close by	the one that is there	the hoop

niiwešinaáxA	niíšuʾ	–	wah	–	nikuwetiraawiríwoʾ.
where they (du) lay	arrows	–	now	–	that one is now the winner.

wah	tsu	sčiríhtš nehčítA	nukunuutaawaanú	witiišá
Now	but	Coyote Leader	that one who always does things	there he lay

teškúNIt	wehnuhteeriiʾaáhNA	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	wewitohnuhnaawiruuwaawanú.
close by	while he watched him	this	boy	while he was earning various ones (ie prizes) for himself.

tⁱnaáxA	–	sčiríhtš–	wewitiišá	teškúNIt	niiʾAhnaawó	haakaawíʾuʾ	weNAhkuutUhuuNIsaapiraátA.
This	–	Coyote–	there he lay	close by	where it went	the hoop	when it rolled.

sčiríhtš	noowitipAxuhkaáʾAt.
Coyote	then he put his head in it.

noowituunikúxAx	wešohniiNAxwé.
Then he ran off with it	as they looked for it.

uuu	witIhunáhAs.
Ooh,	he disappeared.

sčiríhtš	wetuunikúxAx	sčiRIhtšutaRAháxuʾ.
Coyote	now he ran off with it	Mischievous Coyote.

uu	wehnaátA	–	sčiríhtš–	noowiwititoonaahkataʾús.
Oh,	when he went	–	Coyote–	then he lay down on a hillside.

witotčiskákUx	wehnaaweétA	wehnétkA.
He had it around his neck	his being tired	as he slept.

wah	–	saákAx–	nooWIšitihtaʾút	tⁱnaákUx	nooNUsuxčiskákUx	haakaawíʾuʾ.
Now	–	mice–	then they stole it	this one	the one he had around his neck	the ring.

psaawítš	nooWIšitihtaʾút	saákAx.
The hoop	then they stole it	the mice.

nuu	nooWIšitíNAt	hunaaníniʾ.
There	then they took it	in the ground.

číkuʾ teeNAhunaanuúhAt	haawíNIt.
There must have been some land there	below.

witičirikaʾá	sčiríhtš.
He awoke	Coyote.

nookanawitotčiskákUx.

He didn't have it around his neck.

wah	noowitiihunaaNIsaNAxá	čeésuʾ	wenaRAxwé.
Now	he darted around anxiously	himself	as he searched for it.

aa	číkuʾ wekutatatakaaráhAt.
"Ah,	where could I have dropped it?

aa	–	Axtóh	tatoosuxčiskákUx	witⁱnaatuúsA.
Ah	–	surely	I had it around my neck	when I lay down."

nikuwituutAsšuúʾIt.

That is what he thought.

atsú	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	noowitiRAxweesítIt
But	this	boy	then he began searching for it

wehnačikAxčitAhuunaweewaarikú	wehnaričíkAt	wehnuhnu-	náhAs	psaawítš.
while he stood on various hills crying	as he mourned	after he	lost his	the hoop.

–	wah	uu	noowitičitáʾAt.
–	Now,	oh,	then he went up.

–	witiwaákUx	wehnačíkAt.
–	It was a hill	as he cried.

noowitiwaákoʾ–	takohnáʾU–	kananooxuúkaʾ.
Then it said–	someone:–	"Why don't you come in?

taaxItkaNAsakaaruuwaaháNIt	tákuʾ niikooNAxíʾ.
You are dropping dirt down all over,	whoever you are."

tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	noowititawiraáʾAt.
This	boy	then he went down.

wehnareewaawa-	tíRA	AhnoowitireekaríkUs	hunaaníniʾ.
As he looked all	around	then a door just opened	in the ground.

noowiteéka.

It was a lodge.

tIhuúkAt.

He entered.

inoowitiíkUx	sápat.
There she sat	a woman.

hee	–	atⁱnátš	–	naahuunéʾ	nooNAxiwaawanú.
"Hey,	–	my grandson	–	you who ar	e just wandering from afar,

wah	šuxwiítIt.
now	sit down!"

–	noowitihnaahánoʾ	taakáxtš.
–	Then she cooked it for him	dried meat

–	na	wetikunuuNAsáʾUx	atⁱnátš.
–	"Why,	mine is hungry	my grandson."

noowitiwaákoʾ	aa	atⁱnátš	naahuunéʾ	wekaakAxiínaʾ.
Then she said:	"Ah,	grandson,	you have c	ome a long ways.

tatuhneesiíšuʾ	niinaraačitáWI.
I know	why it is.

nawáh	šikoxtanuúta.
Now,	we will do it for you.

šikoxtootkaapaačíštI.

We will give you a blessing.

šikoxtootwiíʾaʾ	niiweNAxWIskáʾA.
We will incline to- wards (ie help) you	what you desire.

nawáh	ákaʾ	nooNAhiínaʾ	nooteekánikUx.
Now,	your grandmother	farther on	she has her home.

kaaka-	raawiraahíštA.
She is	going to be eager to help.

tuukunoxtíʾAt.

I'll go right over there."

wah	tsu	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	šuúxAt.
Now	but	this	boy,	then she said:	"Now	go!

niitiweNAxUsuuxaáNA	IščíkAt	kooxootkáxaʾ.
As you were doing	if you cry	she will call you."

tⁱnaákUx	wiiteešútš	noowiteeWIsítIt.
This	young man	then he went outside.

nootíʾAt.

Then he went.

anuú	witiwaákUx.
There	there was a hill.

noowitikatáʾAt	wenakucíkAt	niiʾAh-	nawaákAhu.
Then he went up	to cry	as she	had said.

uu	kananeehuukAhíšiʾ.
"Oh,	why don't you come inside?

tAxtaakItkaNAsakaaruuwaa-	haákuʾ.
You are dropping dirt on	us.

tatⁱnihčiraahaáʾ.

I have some meat boiling."

nikuwitiwaawaakaáhuʾ.

That is what she was saying over and over.

tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	noowititawiraáʾAt.
This	boy	then he went down.

wehnareewaawa-	tíRA	AhnareekawiRAxwé	na	noowitiireékA.
As he looked all	around	as he was looking for the door	and	there the door was.

xuúhuniʾ.

"Over here!"

nooWIšitiisiRAxuúkAt.

Then they (du) took him inside.

haa	–	atⁱnátš	naahuunéʾ	NAxiwaawanú.
"Hey,	–	my grandson,	you who ar	e wandering from afar

–	wah	šuxwiítit.
–	now	sit down!

kooxIhaakawáʾAs.

You must eat."

nooWIšitihkaanúnoʾ	wešinawaawáʾA.
Then they fed him	as they (du) ate.

atⁱnátš	tatuhneesiíšuʾ	niiNAxuúNU.
"My grandson,	I know	what you are about.

wah	ákaʾ	anuú	neekánikUx.
Now	your grandmother	over there	she does have a home.

anuú	nikiišuxwísAt.
Over there	go to that one!

wah	tsu	nuukunoošoxtíWA.
Now	but	she and I will go right over here.

tⁱnaákUx	–	witiwísAt	neečiwíNA	–	nii	awít	AhnuxWIsátA.
This one	–	she arrived	the other	–	where	first	he had arrived.

nuukunoošoxtíWA	čeésuʾ.
"She and I will go right over there	ourselves.

šikoxtootaweeroóʾAt.

We will follow behind you.

anuú	kooxiraanaáNIš	wetataraaNAhWIsúhtA	aniiNAxWIskáʾA–
Over there	it will be true.	We are going to reach the point	what you want–

niiwenaákUx	–	šiNAxiitíRA.
where he is	–	the one whom you are friends with.

nikuwetuúʾUt	weteesšawíʾAt	wenuNAsáʾUx.
He feels that way:	he is tired in spirit,	his being hungry.

wetíʾ	nataakuraakičinaanuúNU
We mus	t hurry!"

wah	nuu	nootíʾAt.
Now,	there	then he went.

noowitiwísAt.

Then he arrived.

noowitiwaákoʾ	haa	tákuʾ niikooNAxíʾ	wenaakUhuukAhíšuʾ	taaxItkaNAsakaaruuwaahaákuʾ.
Then she said:	"Ha,	whoever you are	the one who came in,	you are dropping dirt down all over.

parúNIt	na tAhuúkaʾ.
Quickly,	come in!"

noowitihneekaríkUt.

Then the door was opened by her.

noowitiisiRAxuúkAt.

Then she led him inside.

uu	noowitiíkUx	sápat.
Oh,	there she sat	a woman.

witiwaákoʾ	aa	atⁱnátš	naahuunéʾ	nooNAxiwaawanú.
She said:	"Ah,	my grandchild,	you who ar	e wandering from afar!

atsú	weWIšitIhuúpA	áwit	šooNUsuuxeéRIt	aNIšináʾU
But	they (du) had gone inside	formerly	the ones (du) he had seen	those (du)

sápat	pítkUx.
women	two.

–	wah	táWIt	wewituhnaánuʾ	–	na	šeeweniíʾU.
–	Now	three	they numbered	–	and	the main one.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	taakunoxteeraahnaanoo-	hunaáNIš	tiiháʾ	niitⁱnatⁱniinakaáWI.
And	then she said	this one:	"Here we will do it right	away	here	here where my home is.

koxteeraapIswóʾ.

We will arrive there.

teškúNIt	tiíhiʾ–	niiwenaákUx	–	wešiNAxiitíRA.
Close by	it is–	where he is no	–	the one you are friends with."

wah	nikuwewitíʾIt	čipáNUs	na	sUxčítA	na	suunukátox.
Now	these were the ones	a mole,	and	a shrew,	and	a badger.

wah	nikuwetíʾIt	ikaániʾ	tiwena-	raanoótA
Now	they were the ones	his grandmothers	these	sitting here

wešineenunuúNU	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxts.
his	this	boy.

noowitiwaákoʾ	suunukátox	wah	nikukoxtIhiRAxá.
Then she said	Badger:	"Now	I will be the first one."

noowitikataʾuúkUt	wehnuhnunaahnataWIhú	nuuwehnakaátA
Then she went against it	as she was digging a hole	there where she went into it

tsu	tⁱnaákUx	noowiteenuutaweéraʾ	wehnuuNItkarátA	wenaraanátA.
but	this one	then she followed behind her	as she made a hole	as they went.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	čeésuʾ	tikiišuúxAt.
Then she said:	"Now	one of	you go!"

nikiisuuxá	haáwaʾ.
You do that	also!

nikuuxUhuuNIsšawiʾoóxIt.

Let me rest for a while!"

uunaákUx	čipáNUs	nootíʾAt.
The other one	Mole	then she went.

uu	na	uunaákUx	čeésuʾ	nikunoowituúta
Oh,	and	the other	herself	then that is what she did

wehnakatoókUt	wehnaátA.
as she went against it	as she went.

atsú	–	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	–	noowiteewiíʾaʾ	wehnuhnunaahnataWIhú.
But	–	this	boy	–	then it inclined toward him	when he was digging the hole.

wah	–	čiitíʾIš	–	nikuwituhnaanaánuʾ.
Now	–	four	–	the times numbered that.

noowitiwaákoʾ	nuunaákUx	atⁱnátš	wetataraaNAsariiwaátAt
Then she said	that one:	"My grandchild,	we have gone through

niineetuu-	noótA.
where the	village is.

wah	šuxčirikuuxá.
Now	be smart!

niikooxeewíʾooxIt	šineenuhnaaʾiitawíhA	niinakúʾU.
That one will be calm quickly	when they tell him	what is to be."

(na	niiháʾ	wetikuunaahunáhAs	wewitⁱnaawi-	ráʾU	wenatariiwaatátA.).
(And	here	I have now forgotten	his changing himself	into it	when he emerged.).

a	noowitistaawiráʾ.
And	then they were playing hoop and pole.

nikuwewitíʾ	šohneenunaáhu.
It was the one	the one they were throwing.

nikuwitíʾ	psaawítš	anináʾU	tiwenaRAxwé.
It was the one	the hoop	the one	this he was looking for.

nuuwenehkiíʾa	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	witiwaákoʾ	siináNI	tiweneetihwísaʾ.
When it came straight there	this	boy	he said:	"Brother,	here I have come."

nuunaákUx	–	psaawítš	noowitiwaákoʾ	heeʾ	–	weneetuhnee-	siíšuʾ.
That	–	hoop	then it said:	"Yes,	–	I do	know.

tatuhneesiíšuʾ	wetAxiínaʾ.
I know:	you have come.

uu	wetikuriWAhtee-	kootíhuʾ.
Oh,	I am starving to	death!

–	číkuʾ kaakataakawaásuʾ	siíno.
–	I have not eaten anything	yet.

–	šinakukuRAhuu-	kátA	noošitikuutáWI.
–	When they take	me inside,	then they hang me up.

kaakíʾ číkuʾ niiNItkuutaáNA	číkuʾ nakUhaakawáʾAs.
I cannot do anything	to eat anything.

wetikuNAsáʾUx.

I am hungry.

wah	šuxčinaawaáhIš.
Now	hurry up!"

noowitiraawíʾAt.

Then it (the game) ended.

–	nooWIšitihkúx.
–	Then they put it (the hoop) down

–	weWIšitiitAsíštA.
.–	They were watching over it.

tsu	tⁱnaákUx	wiináxtš	wetuhnaasíštA	niiwešohninátA.
But	this	boy	he watched	where they took it.

uu	–	noowitiičitaáRIt	anuú	AhnaanituunoótA	–
Oh	–	there he stood on the hill:	there	where the village extended yonder	–

noowiteeraaWIš-	kaaʾaáhuʾ	anuú	huunísAt.
there was smoke	coming out	there	at the end.

witunaaWIšiwiísuʾ.

Smoke was appearing.

noowitíʾAt.

Then he went.

witičitáʾAt.

He went on a hill.

noowitiiwanúʾ	wiináxtš.
There he was going about	a boy.

witehtakoówaʾ.

He was playing.

noowitiwísAt	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	aa	tⁱneetotčiríkUx.
Then he arrived,	and	then he said:	"Ah,	here I have been watching you."

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaaríčI–	wiináxts	tačé NAxíʾ.
And	–	then he said	this–	boy:	"Who are you?"

witiwaákoʾ	tuunaáʾa	Ahnootatiwaawanúʾ.
He said	that one who came:	"I'm just wandering around.

koosiiNIhtakoówaʾ

We will play."

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	kananiihuunačeésU	štaanápaaʾAt
Then he said	this	boy	the short one	Bloody Hands:

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

tiihunuúkAt.

He ran inside.

witiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tⁱnawaawanú	wiináxtš	tiwískaʾ	aasiiNIhtakoówa.
He said:	"Grandma,	this one wandering	boy	he wants	'that you and I play.'"

na	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	ikaániʾ	hee	–	šitaʾoowaa-	hatkUxuúkuʾ.
And	–	then she said	his grandmother:	"Hey,	–	they always	fool you.

noošiteekootíkuʾ.

Then they whip you.

noošiteečitstaráʾ.

Then they make you cry.

kunakuhtaanaʾooxíkuʾ

Be careful."

noowitíʾAt	štaanápaaʾAt	na	noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tiwaakaáhuʾ
Then he went	Bloody Hands	and	then he said:	"My grandma	she said:

šitakooruutikUxuúkuʾ	šinaakuʾoowaahatkú.
'They always whip you,	their fooling you.'"

noowitiwaákoʾ	uunaaríčI	Axtóh	kaakíʾ niikuNItkuu-	taáNA.
Then he said	the other one:	"Surely	I won't do	that.

Ahnootatiwaawanúʾ.

I am just wandering all around.

kaakatⁱnihniíhiʾ	číkuʾ niinakoótA	natihWIsá.
I do not have a place	for me to go anywhere	when I arrived.

koosíhtI.

We will be together.

inaániʾ	wetAtWIskáʾ	NIsIhkúʾU.
My brother	I want	for you and me to be."

nootiihunuúkAt	štaanápaaʾAt.
Then he ran inside	Bloody Hands.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tiwaakaáhuʾ	číkuʾ kaakatⁱnihniíhiʾ	niinakoótA
Then he said:	"Grandma,	he says:	'I do not have any place	to go

číkuʾ niina-	kuteeNIhú.
anywhere to	stay overnight.

na	weneetihwísaʾ.
And	I have arrived.

tatskáʾ	NIsIhkúʾU	inaániʾ	nataakuraahtíRA	ákaʾ	nataakuraahnaanoótA.
I want	for us to be	brothers,	for us (in pl) to be together	your grandmother,	for us to live together.

šikoxtootIštatataawaahaákuʾ.

I'll help you (du) in various ways.'"

nawáh	–	wah	–	nikukooxuúʾUt.
"Now,	–	well	–	it will be that way.

aniišiisuuxiRAxuúkaʾ.

Bring him inside!"

noowitiraanúʾAt.

Then they were seated (ie lived together).

wah	–	tⁱnaákUx	–	súxtIt	–	witiwaaRUxtíʾ	–	niikóhnoʾ.
Now	–	this	–	old woman	–	she was holy	–	whoever she was.

noowitiwaákoʾ	hee	šiišuuxaakawáʾAs.
Then she said:	"Hey,	you (du) eat!"

ničiišanaáxuʾ	WIšitihnaahaánus.
Dried sweet corn	she put it down for them (du).

na	noowiwitiinawáʾus.
And	then they lay down.

noowitiwaákoʾ	štaanápaaʾAt	–	atíkaʾ	tiWIskáʾ	–	aasii-	sáWA.
Then he said	Bloody Hands	–	"Grandma,	he wants	–	that we	sleep together."

hee	tAxuutiRIhkaasuúhUx.
"Hey,	you are a bed wetter.

kanaanakUsuxtakaásuʾ.

Don't urinate on him!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tiwaakaáhuʾ	tAxuutiRIhkaa-	suúhUx.
Then he said:	"My grandmother	she says:	'You are a bed	wetter.'

axUstakakaásuʾ	áNA	weNAxiníhkUx.
Don't urinate on him	your brother	the one you have!"

noowitiwaákoʾ	číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt.
Then he said:	"It is nothing."

wah	tsu	wewitiwaaRUxtíʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	haáwaʾ.
Now	but	he was holy	this	boy	also.

wešohnunaaʾiiwaawaátI	noowitiwaákoʾ	štaanápaaʾAt	tikukaasuuhíštA.
As they were telling stories,	then he said	Bloody Hands:	"I have to urinate."

tⁱnaákUx	–	wiináxtš	noowitiwaákoʾ	wah	–	WIštéh.
This	–	boy	then he said:	"Now	–	wait!

kooxuunaaheereétIt	tⁱnaaxiRIhkaasuúhu.
You will become well	this your bed wetting."

nootíʾAt.

Then he went.

Itkanaahtuúsuʾ	noowitiswikhuukároʾ.
Ashes	then he rubbed them on his abdomen.

wah	kooxeeraačiwátAt.
"Now	you will get over it."

nookanawitiiRIhkaásuʾ.

Then he did not wet the bed.

witAheéšaʾ.

Morning came.

haa	kanaaNAxuuxiRIhkaásuʾ	štaanápaaʾAt.
"Hey,	I suppose you wet the bed,	Bloody Hands.

atíkaʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	wetikuutIsáWI.
"Grandmother,	this	boy	he has doctored me now.

wekaakaatiRIhkaásuʾ.

I did not wet the bed."

uu	wewitiraaNAhuuNIsšteehuúʾU	ikaániʾ.
Oh,	now she was thankful	his grandmother.

na	Axtóh	nakuunaaheéRA.
"Why,	surely	its being a good thing!"

witiwaákoʾ	číkuʾ AhnookaneetehnuutAxitikUxuúkuʾ	tiihéʾ	tⁱNAxtakunuuwaáWI.
He said:	"Nothing must ever just happen	here	while you live here."

noowitiwaákoʾ	tⁱnaákUx	štaanápaaʾAt	heeʾ	koxtanuu-	naaʾít.
Then he said	this	Bloody Hands:	"Yes,	I will tell	you.

–	neešaánuʾ	–	nikuraahneešaáNU	wiiteešútš	tirá.
–	The chief	–	our chief	a young man	he has.

tuuxIsšóʾ	psaawítš.
He wanted	a hoop.

na	neeneeriwísaʾ	sčiríhtš.
And	he brought it	Coyote.

nikuwiti-	taʾút.
He stole	that.

–	tⁱnaahnaariwísaʾ.
–	This one brought it.

neešiiniíNAt.

They took it from him

–	tuuxIskáʾ	šiʾaaxkuunaapíhA.
–	He wanted	that they would buy it.

neešiiniíNAt.

They took it from him.

neešiinihtaʾút.

They stole it.

wah	nikuraahneešaáNU	nikutíra.
Now	our chief	he has that one."

nuuháʾ	–	WIšiteenuxtáʾ.
There	–	they brought it for him.

nuuháʾ–	Ahnuuxunuu-	waáWI	áskAt	nikuWIšiteénaʾ
There–	the ones who	lived	above	they are the ones who brought it

anináʾU	psaawítš.
the one	hoop.

nikuwitíʾ.

He was the one.

či	nikuníʾ	tiwenaRAxwé.
Here	he was the one	this one looking for it.

noowitiwaákoʾ–	haa	–	tunaaʾiitUxé.
Then he said:–	"Hey	–	the story is good.

wetAxunaaʾít.

You've told it."

witiwaákoʾ	čukú nooneéka	niišohniná.
He said:	"Where is the lodge	where they have it?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	anuú	ituunuukaríkAt	naa-	kaáWI	–	nikUšitína.
Then he said:	"There	in the middle of the village	the	lodge	–	that is where they have it.

kunaáʾuʾ	–	niinaRAsawaáWI	nikutítA.
Medicines	–	where they hang	that is where it hangs.

uu	šitiitAsíštA.
Oh,	they watch it!"

nawáh	noowituhnaaʾiitáWI.
Now,	then he told him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	nikutatih-	naánaʾ	tiweNAxtaraʾó.
Then he said:	"I came for	that one	what you have told about.

wah	nikutatihnaánaʾ.
Now	I came for that one.

nikutatiíʾIt	psaawítš.
I am the owner of that one	the hoop."

tⁱnaákUx	štaanápaaʾAt	nikuwitⁱniinaaʾiitíhuʾ.
This	Bloody Hands	that is what he was telling him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíkaʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	wiináxtš	niinooxá
Then he said:	"Grandma,	this	boy	when he came

niiNAhunuuwaáWI	skatúNAt	wehnaáʾa	nikuwitohnaánaʾ
where they live	the end of the sky	his coming	he came for it

tišininuuwanú	psaawítš.
this that they have	the hoop.

nikuwitáʾ.

That one came.

nikuwituhnáʾA	tiwenaWIsá.
That is why	his coming here.

weneeWIskáʾ	šiNIsIhkukúxIt	nakurikaaʾiišátA.
He wants	that we fetch it	that he may take it home."

wah	witiwaákoʾ	–	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt	hee	–	atⁱnátš
Now	she said	–	this	old woman:	"Hey	–	grandson,

číkuʾ koxtanuúta	čeésuʾ	niiweNAxkunuNAhuunuúʾA	tⁱnaaríčI
I will do something for you,	too,	since you doctored mine	this

wiináxtš	weNAxuutIsawíhA	nuuxiRIhkaasuúhu.
boy	when you doctored him	his wetting the bed.

weneešunaaheéRIt.

You made him well.

wah	čeésuʾ	číkuʾ koxtanuúta.
Now	in turn	I will do something for you.

wah	koxtanuunaáNAt.
Now	I will take it from them.

wah	koxtikúxIt.
Now	I will fetch it."

noowitiwaákoʾ	hawáh	šiišuuxawireehaáʾAs	tišináxkUx.
Then she said:	"Now	you (du) be ready,	you (du) here!

itiiniWIsá	–	wah	wešitAxunikUxAxíštA	–	čeésuʾ.
When I bring it back,	–	now	you (du) are going to run off with it,	–	too.

inooʾitakuh-	naakunaaWIsátA	a	čituúʾuʾ	wetatakuraahnaanunáhAs.
If they catch	up with us,	and	all	we'll be dead.

čituúʾuʾ	tⁱnataraahnaanoótA	koxtakuuraakawoótIt.
All	these of us	they will kill all of us.

wah	tsu	nii-	kohnatuhniiʾUxIšúʾ	wetatⁱnaahíštA.
Now	but	what-	ever my knowledge (ie ability) is	I am going to bring it."

noowitiwaákoʾ	koxtuuxUhuúNAt.
Then she said:	"I'll go first.

koxtiraawičirikaáʾAt.

I'll observe everything.

niinatáWI	niišinihkúxku	AhnaawičirikaáʾAt.
Where it hangs	where they always put it	I will observe everything.

na	Ištóh	itátA	na	neetíkuxIt.
And	back	when I go,	and	I'll pick it up.

wah	šiisuuxuneehaaNIhuúʾU.
Now	you (du) be ready!"

nootíʾAt	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt	ikaániʾ.
Then she went	this	old woman	their grandmother

tiisAhkáʾAt	niiʾAhnaákUx	AhniiNAhneešaáNU.
She went in the village	where he lived	their chief.

WIšitⁱnikawaátš	tsu	weneeraawičirikaáWA.
They were glad to see her,	but	now she was observing everything.

anuú	witanustákUx	psaawítš.
There	he had it hanging	the hoop.

witiraawičirikaáWA	niiʾAhnatáWI	–	niinakuutaáNA	–	nakuWIsátA.
She looked all around	where it hanged	–	what to do	–	when she returned.

na	witiroosawísAt.
And	she observed everything.

nooteekaaʾiíšaʾ.

Then she came home.

witiwaákoʾ	štaanápaaʾAt	atíkaʾ	tičé weNAxuhneésiš.
He said	Bloody Hands:	"Grandma,	what did you learn?"

witiwaákoʾ	–	koxtíkuxIt.
She said:	–	"I will take it

–	wetatuhneésiš	niinakuutaáNA	NItWIsátA	niinatáWI.
–	I know now	what to do	when I arrive	where it hangs.

wah	tsu	šiisuuxuneehaaNIhuúʾU.
Now	but	be ready!

niiháʾ	–	neešiišíRAt.
There	–	you'll (du) take it.

–	wah	–	niiNAxiišá–	nikuwešitAxWAhúhtA.
–	Now	–	where you–came from–	that is where you (du) are going to go.

neewitiišeewíroʾ	wiinásts	štoh.
You'll change into it	a little boy	again."

weWIšitíʾA	wiiteešútš	ápIs.
They (du) were	young men	both.

tⁱnaákUx	–	súxtIt	–	tsu	–	nootíʾAt.
This	–	old woman	–	but	–	then she went.

–	nooweNIhkunaa-	ʾiiwaawaátI	tsu	wewitiraawicirikaáʾAt.
–	While they had	told stories	but	she had observed things.

noowiwiteewíroʾ	čeésuʾ	saákAx.
Then she changed herself into it	herself	a mouse.

noowitiihUhkatawiíʾAt	nooniinatáWI.
Then she ran along the wall	there where it hung.

wah	atⁱnátš	nikutootuníʾaʾ.
"Now	my grandson	he came after you."

híNAx	–	katistatatákAt	–	tiroohuunaWIsítIt	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt.
At night	–	in the dark	–	she ran out with it	this	old woman.

tiriwísAt	niišinaákUx	čeésuʾ.
She arrived with it	where they (du) were	in turn.

nooWIšitikúxIt.

Then they (du) took it.

tsu	tⁱnaákUx	súxtIt	noo-	tíʾAt	niinanuunakaáWI.
And	this	old woman	then	she went	where her lodge was.

aa	wetIhunáhAs	psaawítš.
"Ah,	it has disappeared	the hoop.

wešitihtaʾút.

They have stolen it."

noowituuNAhkaruuwátAt	hináxtIt.
Then they all got out	in the morning.

tsu	weWIšitiini-	kúxAx	tišinawaaríčI.
But	they had run	away with it	these (du).

štaanápaaʾAt	noowituutapitaáhAt.
Bloody Hands	then he turned around.

wah	siináNI	šuúxAt.
"Now,	my brother,	go on!

niraahunuuwaáhAs	kooxikuúʾA	niiNAxuutuúʾA
When everything dies down,	I will be	like you are

tⁱNAxuuNIsahNIšeéRA	wiiteešútš.
your being a good looking person	a young man."

wah	tsu	wehnuhnaaNIsAhkáwaahAt	tiiháʾ	wiináxtš	tuxkaaʾá.
Now,	but	as they were going through the village:	"Here	a boy	there was inside.

čuwekunáʾAt.

Where did he go?"

aa	číkuʾ niiwekohnáʾAt.
"Ah,	wherever he went, I don't know.

Ahnootiwaawanuuxuúkuʾ.

He just wanders all around."

štaanápaaʾAt	noowitiwísAt.
Bloody Hands	then he returned.

čuwekunáʾAt	šiNAxuxtíRA.
"Where did he go	the one who was your friend?"

aa	–	číkuʾ niiwekohnáʾAt.
"Ah,	–	I don't know where he went.

Axtóh	–	tákuʾ šikaaka-	tiítI.
Surely	–	I am not with	anyone.

šitikukooruutikUxuúkuʾ	tákuʾ šiNItkuxtíRA.
They always whip me	when I'm together with anyone."

wewitikaapaatšwaahnúʾ.

Now he was acting pitifully.

tiiNAhnaačiteeʾá.

They gave up (lit it became difficult for them).

atsú	tⁱnaákUx	–	wiiteešútš	–	wenaraʾá	psaawítš
And	this	–	young man	–	after he brought it	the hoop,

tatariiwaátaʾ	tⁱNAhunaanúʾa.
he passed beyond (the danger point)	this land.

wah	atíkaʾ	wešitAxkoosšteéRAt	niiweši-	NAxkunuutaawaáNA.
"Now,	grandmothers,	you (pl) have pleased me	all that	you (pl) have done for me.

wah	–	wešitátWA	–	tⁱnaaríčI	šinaatáNI.
Now	–	he and I are going	–	this one	my brother."

noowiteekatáʾ.

Then he came up.

wah	siináNI	šuúxAt	čeésuʾ	niiNAxinihnunaanúhAt.
"Now,	brother,	go	too	where your land is!"

teewáNIt	psaawítš.
He threw it	the hoop.

tiihuuniriwátAt	hukós.
It jumped up	a bull.

noowitiRAhčíš.

It was lean.

weNAhuhwaawáʾA	noowitiwaákoʾ	siináNI	wetAxkuu-	ričíšAt.
As it was eating grass	then it said:	"Brother,	you have	saved me.

atsú	nikukaawačiitaáNA	tsu	kunoxtíʾAt	tiWIsíRIš	atíʾAx
And	when I get full	but	I'll go right there	my uncles,	my father,

atⁱnáʾ	niiNAhunuuwaáWI.
my mother,	where they roam.

tsu	tatoosíštA.
Meanwhile	I'll be watching over you:

cikú	niiNAxkuWIskáʾA	nikutuúʾUt.
whate	ver you desire	that will be."

noowitíʾAt	–	tⁱnaaríčI	–	wiináxtš.
Then he went	–	this	–	boy.

nootikaaʾiíšAt.

Then he went home.

noowitIhuúkAt.

Then he entered.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atⁱnáʾ	šuxkAhíNIt.
Then he said:	"Mother,	make a fire!

wetatihwísaʾ.

I have come back."

noowitiwaákoʾ	aa	na	noošinakukuutAharaáhNA.
Then she said:	"Oh,	why,	their making fun of me!"

witiwaákoʾ	–	tⁱnaákUx	hiʾáxtiʾ	aa	–	číkuʾ kaakuúʾUt	súxtIt.
He said	–	this one	his father:	"Ah,	–	it is nothing,	old woman.

–	šuuxiriwátAt.
–	Get up!

šuxkAhíNIt.

Make a fire!

–	wetsakuhnunáhAs	wiináxtš.
–	Ours has died	boy.

nootseenunuuNUxtíhIt.

We had only the one."

tⁱnaákUx	sápat	noowitiiríwatAt.
This	woman	then she arose.

nootikAhíNIt.

Then she made a fire.

na	noowitiíkUx	wiiteešútš	šohnaahaáʾU.
And	there he sat	the young man	their son.

noowitiwaákoʾ	atíʾAx	–	atⁱnáʾ	–	wetatuxtAxwéʾ	wačéh	–	inaániʾ.
Then he said:	"Father	–	mother	–	I was looking for him,	poor thing	–	my brother

–	nikuhnunáhAs	psaawítš.
–	after mine disappeared	the hoop.

na	weneetⁱniitariiwaátaʾ.
And	I have found him.

taanikutuutAxiruútIt.

This is what happened.

na	–	wetíʾAt	tsu	niinawaawanuuxukú	–	niinanuhnunaa-	núhAt.
"And	–	he has gone	but	where he roams	–	where his range	is.

wah	štoh	wetíʾAt.
Now	again	he has gone.

wetehnikuuNUxtiWAhteekootíhuʾ.

Mine must have been starving to death.

wah	tsu	taanikuneewaákoʾ	kooxikuutAsíštA	nii-	NItkoótA
Now	but	this is what he did say:	he will watch over me	where	I go

na	niiNItkuWIskáʾA	nikukooxuúʾUt.
and	what I want	that will be."

nawáh	taanikunootiiraaʾiitúxAt.
Now,	this is the end of the story.