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sčiríhtš	nookananiitawaruúʾUt	nakuriWIhteewaawanú.
Coyote	he is truly a vagabond,	his going around hungry.

noowitIhuusáʾAt	weNAhuusawaawanú.
Then he went along the creek,	as he wandered along the creek.

sčiríhtš	noowitiwísAt.
Coyote	then he got there.

noowitiiʾiinús.

There lay dead bodies.

číkuʾ tehnuxtAxUhuúna.

There must have been a fight.

noowitíʾIt	sanánat.
There they were	Sioux.

noowituutiikaʾá.

Then he went among them.

číkuʾ noowiteeninuhnuuNUxiwá.

Their clothing was nice.

áxkUx	noowitiišá	sanánat.
One	there he lay	a Sioux.

noowiteškaruúWAt.

He took his moccasins off.

tanuhniwá.

His were nice.

noowitohneešúhNIt	sčiríhtš.
Then he put them on his feet	Coyote.

wewi-	tohnuutAxtAhčiríkUx.
Now	he looked at his feet.

wewiteehuunukaawaʾaáhuʾ	wehnaakaáhu.
He was jumping around	as he danced.

anuú	nootíʾAt	nooNAhiínaʾ.
There	then he went	farther on.

noowitiišá.

There he lay (another).

tanuhné	–	kUxkaniiʾuukawíʾuʾ.
His was nice	–	breechcloth.

sčiríhtš–	noowit^unoóʾa.
Coyote–	then he removed his.

noowitiroóʾa.

Then he removed it

–	witohNItkUxkaniiʾuukáWI.
–	He put the breechcloth on himself

–	noowi-	tohnuutawiʾeériku	atíštIt	noowituúʾUt.
–	As he	was then looking at himself	nice	then he appeared.

nuu	–	wehnaátA	–	na	–	noowitiišá	–	áxkUx	sanánat.
There	–	as he went	–	and	–	there he lay	–	one (another)	Sioux.

tiraná	tⁱnaátš	na	niíšuʾ.
He had them	a bow	and	arrows.

noowit^unoswaakároʾ	haáwaʾ.
Then he took them from him	also.

noowitiranuhkáʾIt.

Then he kept them.

wenaátA	–	noowitiišá	–	haáwaʾ.
As he went	–	there he lay	–	also (another).

witootIskUhkákUx.

He wore a roach.

noowit^unoóʾa.

Then he took his off him.

noowitohnuutIskUhkákux.

Then he put the roach on himself.

wewituhnaanihAxiikaʾá	sčiríhtš	wehnaakaáhu	wehnaakaáhu.
Now he went among them dancing	Coyote	as he danced,	as he danced.

witIhuuNUxá.

He was donated to.

anuú	nootíʾAt	–	nihnačiisúhAt	–	nihnawarooʾátA	hiíš.
There	then he went	–	where the river was	–	where woods were	in the evening.

wewitiíhiʾ	hiíš.
Now it was	in the evening.

noowitiiRAhwakaah-	kákUx	sčiríhtš.
There they were	howling in the woods	coyotes.

–	uu	noowitíʾAt.
–	Oh,	then he went.

–	noowitu-	NAsaakákUx	wehnihkahIhníkA	uukaríkAt
–	Then	they were seated around it	as they made a fire	in the middle

wehnaRAhkaáhu	sčiríhtš.
as they danced	coyotes.

nootiihUhtaʾiítIt.

Then he joined them.

wenuutakoóčI	wewitshuúʾU.
Dressed up	he was in finery.

wewituhnaanihAxwánuʾ	sčiríhtš.
Now he was dancing by them	Coyote.

nooWIšititčiríkUx	wešiniiteéRIt.
Then they watched him	when they saw him.

hee	čuwekuNAxištanaawáʾ.
"Hey,	where did you get those things?"

witiwaákoʾ	áriišIt	tatuxkawaakaroókuʾ.
He said:	"Myself	I made all of them."

sčiríhtš	noowiteewíʾAt.
Coyote	then he was tired.

tsu	nootikáʾAt.
But	so he went in the woods.

iiháʾ	–	noowitohnikáʾus	–	wehnaaweétA.
There	–	then he lay down in the woods	–	when he was tired.

noo-	witohníʾus.
Then	he lay down.

uu	–	wehnakatiisiʾaáNA	čiríkU	takohnáʾU	noowiteéʾaʾ.
Oh	–	after it became dark,	oh my,	someone	then he came.

nooWIšitiitAxuuníkUt.

Then they grabbed his feet.

nooWIšitiitAxaWIšihkúkuʾ.

Then they were pulling his feet.

witiiNAxkaruúWAt.

His moccasins were taken off.

noowitiitapeerawiítIt	na	noo-	witiíkUx	–	sáhniš.
Then he sat up	and	there	he was sitting	–	a person.

–	či	–	nikiišaáʾA	–	wehnax-	karuuwátI	áwit.
–	Her	–	that was the one	–	his having	removed his moccasins	first.

noowitiíkUx.

There he sat.

číkuʾ kanawitiiwaákoʾ	–	sčiríhtš	–	wewitiiNAxkaruú-	WAt.
He did not say anything	–	Coyote	–	when his moccasins were	taken off.

neksaánuʾ	witíʾ	weniiNAxkaruu-	wátI.
A ghost	it was	the one who took his moccasins	off.

–	noowitohneešúhNIt	sáhniš.
–	Then he put his moccasins on	the person.

–	nootikaʾií-	šAt.
–	Then he went	into the woods.

hawá	noowitihtawíʾIš.
Also (another)	then it touched him.

noowitihkUxkaniiʾuu-	karíkUt.
Then his breechcloth	was taken off.

noowitiíNAt.

Then it was taken by him.

inoowitíʾIt	neksaánuʾ.
Those were	ghosts.

nootikUxiriwátAt	sčiríhtš.
Then he jumped up	Coyote.

nootuxkúxAt.

Then he ran.

wehnakUxaátA	tikaskáWI.
When he ran	he looked back.

nooWIšiteenuhni-	raánaʾ.
There they chased	him.

–	wehnakaátA	noowitiwískaʾ	–	čą́ą́	kaakatiriíʾux	nakukUxtaátA.
–	As he went in the woods,	then he thought:	–	"Say,	I don't know how	to climb up (a tree)."

noot^unaačiteeʾá.

Then it became difficult for him.

wenooteeraaníhIt	načiisoótA.
"There remains one way	the river.

koxtIhaʾuúkUt.

I will jump in the water."

nootuúNAx	wenaátA	iinačiisoótA.
Then he ran	as he was going	where the river flowed.

weWIšitiitunaaWIsúhtA.

They were about to catch up with him.

–	noowiteehuunukaáʾ.
–	Then he jumped up.

–	noo-	tIhaʾuúkUt.
–	Then	he went in the water.

kaneetehnihnostiíʾux	sčiríhtš.
He did not know how to swim	Coyote.

niiweNAhoótA	niiwekohnawísAt	nootuu-	tuuʾiitikUxítIt.
Where he went in the water	wherever he had arrived	then he	began to submerge.

tsu	iweNAhukaatawaáRIt	witíʾIt	neksaánuʾ
But	where they stood by the water	they were	ghosts

wešinihniraanátA	wenuNAhtawaʾuútI.
the ones who were chasing him	(for) his stealing their things.

weNAhoótA	čiríkU	noowitIhuučinikUxítIt.
As he went in the water,	oh my,	then he began to drown.

a	–	tⁱnawaaríčI	–	neksaánuʾ	witiraanaʾiítIt.
And	–	these	–	ghosts	they went into the water.

číkuʾ niiwekooNAhawísAt	wačéh	sčiríhtš.
It is not known however far he went in the water,	poor thing,	Coyote.

noowitIhuučíNIt.

Then he drowned.

číkuʾ niikohnáʾAt	aniiháʾ.
It is not known where he went	from there.

číkuʾ niikooNA-	huúʾAt.
It is not	known where he floated.

wetuhnaánuʾ.

That is all.

tireskaáʾAt.

The gut went in.