Arikara/new_Story127.xml

sčiríhtš	noowitIhuukaatawiíʾAt.
Coyote	then he went along the creek bank.

noowiteetkAh-	warúskUx	iiháʾ.
Then there	was a mound of dirt	there.

noowitIhuučitawiítIt.

Then he sat down on top of it.

AhnareewaatíRA	takohnáʾU	noowiteewakaraanúʾaʾ	tuuháʾ	hee	tAxkuuNItkaNAsakaaruuwaahaákuʾ.
As he looked,	someone	then he called out	over there:	"Hey,	you're dropping dirt from mine!

kooxeehuukaáhuʾ.

You must come inside."

čukú nareékA.

"Where is the door?"

tuukiišuúhAt.

"Go around this other way!"

sčiríhtš	tukunoowitíʾAt.
Coyote	then he went the other way.

inoowitiireékA.

There was a door.

noowitIhuúkAt.

Then he entered.

inoowitíʾ	čítUx.
There he was	Beaver.

hą́ą́	šuxwiítIt.
"Hey,	sit down!"

ha	wačéh	tikuNAsáʾUx.
"Ha,	poor thing,	I am hungry."

nawáh	kooxIhaakawáʾAs.
"Yes,	you will eat."

noowitanuunookatarós	nakatakáxtš.
There he had a pile in the corner	kindling.

noowitiRAhweešUxítIt.

Then he began to pound it.

uu	wewitiraasá.
Oh,	they lay in it.

nawáh	kooxIhaakawáʾAs	čiríkU	sčiríhtš.
"Now	you will eat,	poor thing,	Coyote."

noowitohneekaaxtiwaátaʾ.

Then he (Beaver) lifted his leg up.

noowitohNItpiikuuníkUt	čítUx.
Then he grabbed his own testicles	Beaver.

tiírut	šíštš.
He picked it up	an awl.

číkuʾ noowitohnipiikásAt.

Then he pricked his testicles.

uu	wititskawátAt	čiisAhítš.
Oh,	the liquid came out	tallow.

witičiraanaWIhuučitaʾá	nakatakáxtš.
The liquid came flowing onto it	the kindling.

noowitiwá	tapáhtuʾ.
Then it became	pemmican.

nawáh	tiwehneéRIt	noowituhnaahaánus	na	sčiríhtš	wewitiwaʾá.
Now,	as he stood here,	then he put it in a bowl for him,	and	Coyote	now he ate.

nawáh	čiíRA	atípaʾ	tuxkaaʾiíšAt.
"Now,	hello,	grandpa,	let me go home!"

noowitikaaʾiíšAt.

Then he went home.

piirátš	kananiiraná.
Children	he had them indeed.

witIhuú-	kAt.
He went	inside.

tIhuúkAt.

He went inside.

wah	šuxtaapiná	nakatakáxtš.
"Now	pick it up	kindling!

uu	wešitikuraaʾú.
Oh,	they gave me a way."

čiríkU	noowitihpiná	nakatakáxtš.
Poor things,	then they picked it up	kindling.

noo-	wituhNAhwiítIt	wehnaRAhweéšu.
Then	he sat down to do it	as they were pounding them.

čé	NAxuutaánuʾ.
"Wh	at are you doing?"

kooxuhnaahneesíš.

"You will learn.

wetAxtapaawaaníštA.

Now you (pl) are going to eat."

uu	witiraahaánus	AhnaRAhweéšA	nakatakáxtš.
Oh,	they filled it	when they pounded it	the kindling.

noowiteekaaxwaátaʾ.

Then he lifted his leg.

škuúxu	šíštš.
"Give it to me	an awl!"

nooWIšitiínu.

Then they gave it to him.

uu	witooNItpiikuuníkUt	číkuʾ noowitohNItnipii-	kásAt.
Oh,	when he grabbed his testicles,	then he pricked his	testicles.

čirikU	paátuʾ	kunoowititskawátAt.
Poor thing,	blood	then the liquid came out.

uu	kaakuutAxítIt.
"Oh,	it did not happen!"

–	noowewitiiNAhúna.
–	Then he staggered.

–	weteeštAhweeraʾuúkUt	na	noowitikót.
–	Now he fell over	and	then he died.

čituúʾ	paátuʾ	witaahtskawátAt.
All	the blood	the liquid had come out.

noowiteéʾaʾ	čítUx.
Then he came	Beaver.

čeétoʾ ituuteeríšAt.

"Let me go to see him!"

noowitiikostá.

There he lay dead.

taanikutuuAxítIt.

"This is what happened."

witiwaákoʾ	čítUx	na číkuʾ kaakiwaákoʾ.
He said	Beaver:	"Don't say anything.

škuusuxtaa-	ʾiitáWI–	na	–	koxtohnaaʾiitáWI	–	číkuʾ niinakuutaáNA	–
Tell	me–	and	–	I will tell you	–	what you are to do	–

kanaa-	xíkot.
you won't	die.

koxtohnaaʾiitáWI	niinakuutaáNA.
I will tell you	what to do."

nikuwituutá	sčiríhtš	noowitohnikoótIt	weh-	nunaataʾuutú
That is what he did	Coyote:	then he killed himself	when	he imitated his way

čítUx	aatakaráʾU	tapáhtuʾ.
Beaver	'that I make it'	pemmican.

noo-	witohnikoótIt	áriišIt.
Then	he killed himself	himself.

wah	tireskaáʾAt.
Now	the gut went in.