Arikara/new_Story072.xml

nuukuwiteetuunúʾaʾ	–	tsu	–	NAhkUhunuuwaáWI
There came the village in a long procession,	–	and	–	as they traveled around

–	na	–	witiisAh-	kaʾá	wiiteešútš.
–	and	–	there was	in the village	a young man.

kanawiteesškAxá.

He was not sensible.

kanawituhnaanuunawíʾIt	wiiteešútš	–	tsu	–
He did not behave properly	the young man	–	but	–

NAhkiisAhkaʾaáhNA	NAhkiisAhkawaawanú	wiiteešútš.
when he went around the village	as he wandered around the village	the young man.

na	tákuʾ wituuteéRIt	suxtipiiraninoósiʾ	noowitikoótIt.
And	when he saw someone	an ugly old woman	then he killed her.

–	noowitiʾihkawaaruúsAt.
–	Then he punctured her body.

noowitikoótIt.

Then he killed her.

–	hawá	kuNAhúx	nikunoowituutaánuʾ	noowitikoótIt	haáwaʾ.
–	Also	an old man	then that is what he was doing:	then he killed him,	too.

natsú	wiítA	tiwititčiríkUx.
But	a man	here he was watching him.

tiwititčiríkUx	wiítA.
Here he was watching him	the man.

noowitiwaákoʾ	WIštéh.
Then he said:	"Wait!"

tiíNI	–	Ahnaaʾá	–	wehnaahuusawiraaʾá
This time	–	when he came	–	when he came down along the creek

wiiteešúts	wehnaahuusawiraaʾá	NAhkiisAh-	koókUt	–
the young man	when he came down along the creek	to enter the	village	–

nuu	–	niiʾAhnaʾítIt	a	noowitiihatUhká-	kUx	–	kunahUxtⁱnoósiʾ.
there	–	where the village was	and	there he sat on the	path	–	a shriveled old man.

kunahUxpiiraninoósiʾ–	witiihatUh-	kákUx.
An ugly old man–	there he sat	on the path.

wehnuuteéRIt	wiiteešútš	–	noowitiwaákoʾ	čą́ą́	–	čukú
When saw him	the young man	–	then he said:	"Say,	–	where

NAxwóʾ	čukú NAxUhuutUhuuwiʾúʾ.
are you going?	In which direction are you headed?"

witiwaákoʾ	kaakíʾ.
He said:	"No.

tatuxwískaʾ	aateesAhkaʾiišátA	niiʾanineetúhkUx.
I wanted	to go into the village	where the village is.

weneekuunaačiteeʾá.

It is too difficult for me.

wačéh	wetAtkaríš.
Poor me,	I am now paralyzed.

wekaakItkaxtsaRAhčíš.

My legs are not strong anymore.

wekaakíʾ	NItkiisAhkoókUt.
I cannot	enter the village."

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	wah	WIštéh.–	koxteéRAt.
Then he said:	–	"Now	wait!–	I will take you.

anuú	koxteéRAt.
Over there	I will take you."

na	noowituutuuníkUt	na	štAhčituúnuʾ	noowituutuuníkUt.
And	then he took hold of him,	and	with full effort	then he took hold of him.

nikunoowititáhpA.

Then he put that one on his back.

noo	–	weNAhkoótA	–	weNAhkooweétA	noowiti-	kúx.
There	–	as he went	–	when he tired	then he	put him down.

wehnuutaánu	tiwekuwitiiʾót	nakiisAhkoókUt.
As he was doing that	it was now close by	where one enters the village.

noowitiwaákoʾ	nawáh	tiiháʾ	nooNUxtaateéhAt.
Then he said:	"Now	here	let it end!

teeʾIš-	kúxkux.
Put me	down here!"

na	noowitikúx	wiiteešútš.
And	then he set him down	the young man.

kaakíʾ.

"No.

siíno	kooxteereesAhkaʾiíšAt.
Yet	I will take you into the village.

Axtóh	siíno	aahtAstaRAhčíš.
Surely	yet	I have a little strength."

kaakíʾ.

"No.

teetⁱneetúxkUx.

Let me just sit right here!"

noowitihkúx.

Then he set him down.

tiwehneeriwátAt	tiwehnaʾuuneéRIt	čiišaahnunačeéʾIs	wiítA.
When he got up	when he stood upright	here he was tall	a man!

–	či	wiítA	šaahnunačeéʾIs.
–	Here	the man	he was tall!

–	čiríkU	noowitanuuna-	wataahkákUx	–	kuniítuʾ.
–	Oh my,	then he had a	light around him	–	flame (ie halo).

kuniítuʾ	–	noowitohkákUx.
A light	–	then he had it around his head.

wehnuuteéRIt	noowitirinuʾá.
When he saw it	then he became frightened.

čą́ą́	či	nóʾ	tⁱnaaríčI	čikohnáʾU.
"Hey,	here	he is	this one	something!

tehnawaaRUxtíʾ.

He must be holy."

–	noowiwitohnee-	wáNIt.
–	Then he stepped	back (in fright).

noowitiwaákoʾ	kuNAhúx	nawáh	wetatooxiiranítkuʾ.
Then he said	the old man:	"Now	I was testing you.

hásI.

Listen!

–	nookaakatiínaʾ	tiiháʾ.
–	I do not come	(from) here.

–	anuú	tatUtčiriiNAsákUx	nataakutčiriikawaáWI	nataakuutuhčiriikawaáWI.
–	There	I looked down	that I could watch you,	that I could watch your movements.

niinooNAxkuuxaWIsátA	tsu	tatotčiríkUx.
No matter where you go	but	I'll see you.

tatooteérikuʾ.

I'm seeing you.

nootatotčiríkUx.

Then I'll see you."

a	noowitirinuʾá	wiiteešútš.
And	then he became frightened	the young man.

štoh	AhnoowiwiteewáNIt.
Again	then he just moved back (in fright).

wititeewáNIt.

He moved back.

noowitiwaákoʾ	hásI.
Then he said:	"Look!

koxteeraaʾú	–	na	–	činiNIskaniNAh-	kaawíʾuʾ.–	na
I will give you the way	–	and	–	the sweat	lodge.–	And

činiNIsísuʾ	na tikaniNAhkaáWI.–	na nooteerani-	takároʾ	kanítš.
sweat lodge	you'll make it.–	Make them	hot	rocks.

na nootiirikaáʾAt	tákuʾ niiNAhkuunaaxIhú.
Take him inside	whoever is sick.

tákuʾ niiNAhkuunaaxIhú	na nootiirikaáʾAt.
Whoever is sick	take him inside.

na	tⁱnaáxA	hiíkuʾ	na nikutohnáʾA	nakuwaapinú.
And	this	wand	you'll use this one	to brush (hot air) on him.

na tiitaʾiwát.

Touch it (the body).

aašuuxaWIskakawaákAt	tíštIt	–	tuúʾUt	paátuʾ	–	nakutskaruuWAt-	waáhAt.
Even if it cuts him	well	–	it is	blood	–	if it comes	out.

na	nootitšičiitá	Ištoh.
And	then he'll be alive	again."

nikuwitUsuuxaáwa	táWIt.
That is what he did	three (times).

táWIt	niku-	witUsuuxaáwa	weNAhkutaRAhtšwaáhNA.
Three (times)	that	is what he did	as he tried hard.

noowitiwaákoʾ	wiiteešútš	a	či	tiihéʾ	kananaaxíʾI.
Then he said	the young man:	"And	here	(from) here	you are not."

kaakíʾ.

"No.

tsu	tatUtčiriNAsákUx	áskAt	nataakutčiriikawaáWI	nataakuutuhčiriikawaáWI.
But	I look down	above	for me to watch you,	for me to watch all of your movements.

a	či	kananaaxuuNUhúne.
And	here	you are not a good character."

a	či	NAxwaaRUxtíʾ	haáwaʾ.
"And	here	you are holy,	too!

a	či	nikunuú-	ʾUt	či	NAxwaaRUxtíʾ.
And	here	that is how	it is:	here	you are holy!"

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	kunahUxtⁱnoósiʾ	kaakíʾ.
And	then he said	shriveled old man:	"No.

kaakatíʾ	tiihéʾ.
I am not	(from) here.

–	kaakatíʾ	tiihéʾ	hunaaníniʾ.
–	I am not	(from) here	on the earth.

–	tatíʾ	skaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ.
–	I am	(from) the sky.

–	nuu	nikutátkUx.
–	There	it is where I live

–	nikutatohnaa-	čiriikáwa.
–	That is where	I watch all of you

–	nikutatotčiriikáwa.
–	That is where I watch you.

–	niinooNAxkuu-	tUhuunaawaanú	tsu	tatotčiríkUx.
–	No matter what	you have done,	but	I have seen you."

a	či	nikiišaáʾA	piirawaaRUxtiíʾuʾ	neešaánuʾ	tⁱnačitákUx	Ahnaahaáʾu.
And	here	he was the one	the holy child,	God (The	Chief Above)	his child.

a	či	nikiišaáʾA.
And	here	he was the one.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	wetataraaʾú.
And	then he said:	"I have given you the way."

wah	–	tiwehnuutaánu	wiiteešútš	–
Now	–	when he was doing it	the young man	–

tiwehneehnanikaáwo	činiNIsískAt	wah	táWIt	nikuwitUsuúxa.
when he was taking them in it	in the sweat lodge,	now	three (times)	that is what he did.

noowitehkakawaákAt	wenakurikaátA.
Then he cut them (ie used it on them)	after he took one in.

nooWIšitihkáWAt	činiNIsískAt	a	noowitiičitúʾ	štoh.
Then they took him out	the sweat lodge	and	then he was whole	again.

a	–	nooWIšitiininuʾá.
And	–	then they became afraid of him.

a	–	či	–	nawaaRUxtíʾ	–	Axtóh.
"An	–	here	–	he is holy	–	surely!

na	kaneeneesškAxá.
And	he is not sensible.

kaakúhne.

He is not good.

na	–	tiíNI	–	táku	nikakawaákAt	na	naraatawé	nookananiitšičiíta.
And	–	now	–	if he	cuts someone,	and	maybe	he might not become alive."

a	nooWIšitiininóʾ.
And	then they feared him.

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	nawáh	wešitAxkukuuninuʾá.
And	then he said:	"Now	you (pl) fear me.

na	kuka-	neeneetiíʾI	tⁱnaáxA.
And	it is	not mine	this one.

kukaakatiíʾI.

It is not mine.

tⁱnaáxA	nuu	taáʾ.
This one	there	it came.

skaRAhkatAhaáhniniʾ	taáʾ.
The sky	it came.

kanikukaakatiíʾI.

That one is not mine.

wešiineešuninuʾá.

You (pl) have become afraid of it.

wekaakAxunaahnaaheéRIt	tsu	–	wetikuʾiiranítkuʾ.
You have not done right,	but	–	he has been testing me.

wetikuʾiiranítkuʾ	–	niku-	ʾaaxuútA.
He has been testing me	–	for	it to be like that.

a	nooNAhiínaʾ	weti-	kutkawiʾoohtawíhuʾ	–
And	further on (ie a child)	he is going	to add on to mine	–

axwaaRUxtiíʾU	wenikuroóhA	–	činiNIsísuʾ.
'that you will be holy'	when he gave me the way	–	the sweat lodge."

činiNIskaniNAhkaawíʾuʾ	nataraaNAhnuupó	neenikuwitunaáhe.
The sacred sweat lodge	our going into it	that is the good one.

nikunoowituúta	noowititaawátAt.
Then that is what he did:	then he stepped aside.

noowitiwaákoʾ	tAtwískaʾ	aaxiniinaaʾiitáWI	WIhtíkUx	naakuRAhwaʾá
Then he said:	"I want	for you to tell him	the crier	for them to come

nakuhneésš	niiwenatuutaaníštA.
to know	what I am going to do."

na	nikunoowituúta.
And	then that is what he did.

nikunoowituutAxítIt.

Then that is what happened.

noowitiwaákoʾ	nawáh	atíʾAx	atíʾAx	wešitooninuʾá.
Then he said:	"Now,	father,	father,	they fear you.

niikohnuúʾUt	–	wešitooninuʾá.
Whatever it is	–	they fear you.

wekaakihwískaʾ	–	tAxíʾ	waaRUxtiíʾuʾ.–	wešiineekuuninuʾá.–	wah
They do not think	–	you are	holy.–	They fear me.–	Now

tiweneešiniisá	hiíkuʾ.
here is yours	wand."

noowiteeriwaátaʾ.

Then he raised it up.

noowitiwaawaápIs.

Then there was lightning.

thaáwiʾ	iiwaawaápIs.
It seemed	that there was lightning.

noowitiwaawaapIstAhkawiiruútIt.

Then the lightning forked out.

noowitiwaákoʾ–	wah	noowetuhnaánuʾ.
Then he said:–	"Now	now this is the end.

–	štoh	wetaátu	waaRUxtiíʾuʾ.
–	Again (ie back)	I have given it	holiness.

wetaataáku.

I have given it back."

noowitiʾaáku	štoh	hiíkuʾ.
So he gave it back	again	the wand.

a	čiišaahwaaRUxtíʾ	hiíkuʾ.
And	here it was holy	the wand.

a	čiišaáʾA	waawaapIsúxuʾ	natakakaaxíku	natakakaaxíku	atipaawaarúxtiʾ.
And	here it was	lightning	when he cracks,	when he cracks	Holy Grandfather.

a	či	nikiišaáʾA.
And	here	this is what it was.

anuú	štoh	nikunoowituutuuníkUt.
There	back	then that is the one he took.

atsú	wačéh	wewitiisAhkaʾá
But,	the poor thing,	now he walked around the village

wešiniininuʾaáNA	tⁱnaraačitáWI	kana-	neesškáxA.
after they had become afraid of him	its being the reason	his	not being sensible.

nikuwitiraačítA	šohniininuʾaá-	NA	wačéh	kanaahnuhnaawiʾuúʾA.
That was the reason	their having become	afraid of him,	poor thing,	his not having been right.