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noowitiitúhkUx	hawá	štoh	noowitiraáNAt	naa-	wiinakuúnuʾ.
There was a village,	also	again	then they went off	(on)	the warpath.

nuu	wehnaraanátA	číkuʾ niikohniíhiʾ	noowiti-	raaníNAt	hiíš.
Then	as they went	wherever it was	then they	stopped	in the evening.

nuu	wehnihkahIhníkA	wehnaraaNItkatawiítIt	nuu
Then	after they made a fire,	as they sat around the fire,	there

Ahnoowiteéʾaʾ	wiítA.
then he just came	a man.

–	noowiteéʾaʾ.
–	Then he came.

–	noowitíʾ	sčiríhtš.
–	It was	Coyote.

–	noowititkatáwiitIt	niiʾAhnaraanoótA.
–	Then he sat down by the fire	where they were sitting.

–	witiwiítIt.
–	He sat down.

noowitiwaaWIhtít	nawáh	wetatiínaʾ.
Then he spoke:	"Now	I have come.

tatohnaakeeRIšáʾ.

I came to see you.

tičé weNAxtakuúʾU	tiweNAxinaahnaána.
Why are you (pl) (ie why is it)	your coming here?"

noowitiwaákoʾ	áxkUx	wah	–	wetatⁱnaahnaanáʾ	číkuʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
Then he said	one:	"No	–	we have now come for them	some	horses.

nikunootatⁱnaakAsštíhIt	číkuʾ šiNAtkuuNAhta-	ʾuútI	sanánat.
We are of a single mind	our stealing some from	them	the Sioux."

noowitiwaákoʾ	sčiríhtš	nawáh	tiiháʾ	tiitúhkUx.
Then he said	Coyote:	"Now,	here	there's a village.

uu	kaakunaaneešawíhAx	xaawaarúxtíʾ	–	haáwaʾ.
Oh,	there are indeed many of them–	horses		also.

kaakunaaneešawíhAx	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
There are indeed many of them	horses.

niiháʾ	tiitúh-	kUx.
There	there is	a village.

kaakeeninuuneešawíhAx.

They have many of them.

wah	koxtíʾAt.
Now	I will go.

koxtoh-	naakUhnáʾ.
I'll	bring them to you.

koxtohnaahtaʾút	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
I'll steal them for you	the horses."

noowitiwáčiʾ	nawáh.
Then they said:	"Fine."

na	noowitíʾ	sčiríhtš.
And	there it was	Coyote.

nawáh	–	tiiháʾ	–	tiweNAxtAh-	naanátA	nuukukooxanaahnaáNAt.
"Now	–	here	–	as you (pl)	go	you can go over there."

noowitihUsAhaaniítaWI.

Then he told of the creek.

niiháʾ	nikUšikoxkuhnuníkUx.
"There	that is where you will await me.

NAstaʾuútI	na	niiháʾ	nikuneetehnaáhNAt.
When I steal (them)	and	there	that is where I'll take them."

nikunoowituúta	sčiríhtš.
Then he did that	Coyote.

noowitiihuununáhAs.

Then he vanished.

nuu	wehnaátA	–	noowitičitáʾAt	tsu	–	tⁱnawanú
There	when he went	–	he went on (a hill),	but	–	this one (going about)

niineetúhkUx	nuu	–	wehnawanú	–	sčiríhtš
where the village was	there	–	when he was going about	–	Coyote

tuutiikaʾá	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
he went in the middle	the horses.

kanawituuneešawíhAx	niiʾAhnawaaríčI.
There were many indeed	where they were standing.

uukaríkAt	niiʾAhneetúhkUx	nikuwitiwaáRIt.
In the center	where the village was	that is where they stood.

nootuúta	phiináNIt	nootehniwooxítIt.
Then he did it:	slowly	then he started taking them.

noowitikUxunáRIt	–	niiʾAhnuúta	–	niiʾAhnaaRAh-
Then he separated them	–	where he did it	–	where they were coming

nuúkAhu	na	witehnaaWIsítIt.
in (the entrance),	and	he took them out.

nuu	wehnaátA	číkuʾ niikohnaraateéhAt.
There	when he went	it is not known when it was.

čituúʾuʾ	wehnaahnaaWIsítIt	nootehniNUhát.
All	after he drove them out	then he frightened them.

nootuuNAhnáʾAx.

Then he chased them.

nuu	áWAx	noowewiteeraawakaahtawáʾ	xaawaarúxtiʾ	–	wetiraanaWIsítIt.
Then	the left behinds	then they (the enemy) raise a cry:	the horses	–	they had gone out.

tikUxuuniriWAtwaáhAt	–	tsu	nootuuNAhnáʾAx.
They all jumped up	–	and	then they ran after them.

nuu	–	wehnaahnátA	nuu	–	wehnaahnoohuuwiraátA	sčiríhtš
There	–	when he drove them,	there	–	when he herded them,	Coyote

noowitíʾAt	niiʾAhnahUsAhaanoótA	niiʾAhnux-	waákA	nuu	šikoxkuhnuníkUx.
then he went there	where the creek was	where he had	said:	"There	you will wait for me."

noowiteewakAhuutáʾ.

Then he yelled.

wah	wetáʾ.
"Now	he comes!

wetaahnáʾ	híNAx	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
He is bringing them	tonight	horses."

wewitikatistátAt.

Now it was dark.

–	anuú	wetaahnáʾ.
–	And there	now he brought them

–	noowi-	tehnoohuuNIswaátAt	inawaaríčI.
–	Then	he drove them into sight	those.

čeésuʾ	nootikUxuu-	NIswaátAt.
Himself	then he drove	them into sight.

noowitiwaákoʾ	sčiríhtš	wah	tiweneešiniinaapaáRIt.
Then he said	Coyote:	"Now	here they stand for you.

niišiišuuxAhnikaaʾiíšAt.

Drive them home!

aniišiišuuxáNAt	čeésuʾ.
You take those,	too!"

na	nooWIšitiiNAhnáʾAx.
And	then they ran them off.

nuu	wešohniiNAhnátA	noowitohnaánaʾ.
There	when they herded them	then they came to fight.

parúNIt	šuxtaapóʾ.
"Quickly,	you (pl) go!"

nuu	–	wešohniNAhnátA	–	nooWIšitiNAhniwísAt	niiháʾ.
Then	–	as they herded them,	–	then they took them to a point	there.

–	nikunoowitIsá	witⁱNAhkakaáxIt.
–	Then they did that:	they divided them.

–	niiNAhkoos-	šó	niinehkunusteéʾU	–	noowititaáWAt	–	xaawaarúxtiʾ.
–	Whichever one	he wanted	the one he liked	–	then he chose it	–	the horse.

noowituhniwá	–	xaatíštIt.
They were nice looking,	–	fine horses.

noowitíʾIt	–	xaawáčiʾ	na	xaaNAhkatá.
They were	–	pintos	and	palominos.

noowituhnanuuwíš.

They were mixed colors.

wah	taanikuwituúta	sčiríhtš.
Now	this is what he did	Coyote.