Skiri/new_MBEAR05.xml

XML version dated October 16, 2025. © Douglas R. Parks, Indiana University.

Pítku	siwituksakitahku	cahíksicahiks		hi	pítku	isiraarakitahku
Two	there were (du) bands	Indians	,	and	two	those (du) bands

hi	ásku	cáhiks	ahúksku	rakucikstií’us	.
and	one	person	he was	his being wise	.

Siwitihiísasku’	Cikstií’us	.
They called him	Wise Spirit	.

A	ásku	ahuksakitahku	wituksasa’	Pakuraaricákawu	.
And	one	there was a band	he was named	Speaks Riddles	.

Hi	tísiraaku	ápac	hi	si’ahawicka’	siwitírakuutiirit	.
And	these (du)	both	and	they (du) wanted	for them (du) to see each other	.

Hi	kara’ahasakuraahu’	siwitírakuutiirit	.
And	the day had not come	for them (du) to see each other	.

Hi	iriikuruuhiraawi’u		hi	Cikstií’us	híru	ahiwícka’			Aáka
And	it being that time	,	and	Wise Spirit	then	he thought	:	'	Oh

	ku’aátuutiirit	Pakuraaricákawu	.
,	I wish I might see him	Speaks Riddles	.

"

Hiru	ahawícka’	Pakuraaricákawu			Ku’aátuutiirit	Cikstií’us	.
Then	he thought	Speaks Riddles	:	'	I wish I might see him	Wise Spirit	.

"

Ráwa	ahútsi’a	Pakuraaricákawu		hiru	ahuciíriksat	Cikstií’us	.
Now	he did it	Speaks Riddles	:	then	he went to see him	Wise Spirit	.

Iraarákitahku	karawitií’ut	ahiítat	.
That band	it was not far	its being camped	.

Hi	ahawícat	.
And	he arrived	.

Hiru	ahiwáku’			Tíratiira	kuhaásatkuuku’	.
Then	he said	:	'	Since I've come	I guess you have heard	.

Iriwítat	Pakuraaricákawu	.
I am the one	Speaks Riddles	.

Cikstií’us	taátatkuuku’	iriwitaásasa’	.
Wise Spirit	I heard it	you are named that	.

I	riitaráspi’a	.
And	I have come looking for you	.

Ráwa	riíticka’	rátkuwaaka	íriiraticka’a	rátkuwaaka	.
Now	I want	for me to say	what I want	for me to say	.

Kaakiíraakii	hiru	itií’at	.
It won't be long	then	I'll go	.

"

Híru	ahiwáku’			Ráwa	súkspiitit	hi	isiwáku’	irikuuhasicka’a
Then	he said	:	'	Now	sit down	and	say	what you want

rákuwaaka	=.
to say	!	"

Ráwa	ahiwiítit	.
Now	he sat down	.

	Ráwa	tatuuhaara’ihku’	tíratiira		aáka
'	Now	I mean the way	as I came	,	oh	,

tiwiraháhkaku	irakátariiru	pítku
this which was in the valley	that fast runner	two (of us)

kusikuuhatuu’a	.
it seemed that there were (du)	.

Ráwa	iwiratihuukataa	hiru	wiruurikuciksa	rikucpáhat	.
Now	as I came across	then	it reminded me of	red birds	.

Aáka		hawa	íratuuhaa’iirit	iwiratihkata’a		hi	ístu
Oh	,	also	what I saw	as I came up (the hill)	,	and	again

riituuta	iratuuhaa’iirit	irahiiwaata	irakuuhaarawaahat		hi
I did it	as I saw them	as I looked	(in) that valley	,	and

ruuhiraahkuuhaarawaahat	kutahásawa	háskaatit		hi
there in that valley	it looked like strings	black ropes	,	and

irahásawa	háskaatit	kurahasiki	.
those (strings)	black ropes	their looking like	.

Aáka		hi	riihiiwatpa		hiru	iraahkiirahkuuhahkasa
Oh	,	and	I looked around	:	there	that valley with water

irakiraruuta	iirakiraarawaawara		hi	akuutuú	rakapáhcu’
that water extending	that water spread out	,	and	it looked like	roots

irakurahwiiraku	irakiraarawaawara	.
those standing up in the water	that water spread out	.

Aki	kutiit	irahakapactahwiirawaaraki	.
And here	they seem to be	those roots standing up in the water	.

I	cáhiks	iratuuhaa’iiriku	irakuuhaarawaawari		hi
And	people	when I saw them	as they were going around in the valley	,	and

tihiriituuhaa’iirit	irakuuhaarawaahat	hi	iraararawaahat	cáhiks
I saw these	(in) that valley	and	those standing	people

irahawaahat	.
those standing	.

Hi	riitári’		rakuksta’iwaahaaku	kurakuu	rakukikat
And	they were doing it	:	wiping themselves	as though	to be crying

kurakukikakspaahu	irakuuhaarawaahat	rakukiiraruuwaahí
as if they were crying	(in) that valley	taking the water off	,

wirahkukicka’as		kickaawisu’	wirahkukickaasistahkaawa’a	.
as one would sweat	,	the sweat	as the sweat came out all over him	.

Hi	iratuuruuta	iratuhwiíwaahat	wiraaricahkaaíspa’a
And	that village (extending)	that village	when they came in the village	,

aáka		íratuuhaa’iirit	raaríksisu’	kaakiiraa	=.	Kutuú’
oh	,	what I saw	truly	it was not	!	It seemed	,

rihwakiihu		kutuu’	rakukispakuhuricahpiruutiku	.
their saying	,	it seemed	that they were bending over and creeping around	.

Híru	rúci’a		irakaawaawi		hi	irahkatahaahiri’		aáka
Then	she did it	:	those lodges	,	and	in front	,	oh	,

atíka’	iruutári	ra’iwií’ahu	raáhuriitat
grandmother	as she was doing it	her rocking back and forth	always

iratkátaku		hi	ra’íwii’ahu	.
as she sat by the fire	,	and	her rocking back and forth	.

Hi	riituukat	irákaawi	hi	riihiikakuspihat	hi	riítuukat	.
And	I went in	that lodge	and	I moved the door flap aside	and	I went in	.

Hi	riihiíwatpa	.
And	I looked around	.

Aáka		kutuú	cahikspakskiisu’
Oh	,	it seemed	human skulls

rakupakskiiskaatarucpaawi	.
that skulls were scattered around in the back	.

Ráwa	hiriraaturuuta	hiriituuhaa’iirit		kítu’	tatuuhaá’iirit
Now	where the village extended	I saw them	,	all	I saw them

tíraraaku	.
these things	.

Ráwa	hiru	riitiriiwacitiksa’	.
Now	then	I came out	.

Ráwa	tíratiira		hi	tíratiira	títaku	tiwiriitihwica’	ti’iriirasku	.
Now	as I came	,	and	as I came	here	I have arrived	where you are	.

Ráwa	iwiriituhta	kíra karuu raskuwaaka	cáskiit
Now	I am going to go	to see if you can say (ie interpret)	a little

ti’iriwiratpaaka	ki	tiratukstaatára’u	.
this that I have said	here	this that I told	.

"

Aáka		hiru	ahúci’a		tíraaku	cáhiks	ruu’ahiwáku’			Ístu
Oh	,	then	he did it	:	this	person	then he said	:	'	Again

kispáku’	.
say it	.

"

	Háwa	witatpaku’	.
'	Also	I have said it	.

		Rikúksu’	tikispáku	ruu’áwit	iriíraspaaka	.
"	'	Just	say this	there first	what you said	.

Rihúksu’	háwa	tikispáku’	ruu’istú	.
Just	also	say this	again	.

	Witihuúkita’at			Rihúksu’	tikispáku’	.
"	He repeated it	:	'	Just	say this	.

Háwa	ti’ispáku’	.
Also	say this	.

Háwa	tikispáku’	.
Also	say this	.

"

Ráwa	tiítaku	hiru	riiwáku’	tíraaku			Ráwa	witaátat	.
Now	here	then	he said	this one	:	'	Now	I'll go	.

Istú	kukustirii’a	.
Again	I will come sometime	.

	Hiru	ahuúcaa’	.
"	Then	he arose	.

Hiru	ahú’at	.
Then	he went	.

Ráwa	tíraaku	Cikstii’us	iwi’ahuútawaahi cíksu’	ráwa
Now	this	Smart Man	as he was giving thought to it	now

iwiraáta	hiru	ahasakuruuci	ahuútawaahi cíksu’	íraaku
after he went	then	it was days	his giving thought to it	that

Cíkstii’us	.
Smart Man	.

Ráwa	karawitihaakawaacu’	a	ráhiirit	karawitikíkaahu’	.
Now	he was not eating	and	moreover	he was not drinking	.

Aáka		ráhiirit	wituútawaahi’ cíksu’	.
Oh	,	all the time	he was thinking	.

Aáka		tihwakí’aahu’	tiriitat	tiraaturuuta	cikstii’usiskawi’u’	.
Oh	,	they were saying	this camp	this village	the wisest one	.

kaakí’	táku’	títaku		a	hiriiwáku’	kara’araa’iita
There was not	anyone	here	,	and	one says	if he does not know

tíraaku	kítu	ritaraa’iitawista		kítu’	rikutaraa’iitawa	.
this one	all	he is going to know	;	everything	he will know that	.

	Ráwa	tahiwiriraaku	wikariiriitiriiraa’iita	=.	Ráwa		aáka
'	Now	this one here	I don't know it	!	Now	,	oh	,

kíra si’iskuriíturit	.
see if you can fetch him for me	.

"

Ráwa	irikuuhasákaruuc	hi	si’ahiiturit
Now	however many days it was	and	after they went for him

Pakuraaricakawu	.
Speaks Riddles	.

Hiru	ahaa’	.
Then	he came	.

Hi

ahiwáku’

Ráwa

aáka

ráwa

sukspiítit

=.

Aáka

And

he said

:

'

Now

,

oh

,

now

sit down

!

Oh

,

tiriicca	raaríksisu’	tawiruuriiraatiihat	.
as I lie here	truly	here is the end of the way	.

Witikuucikstarahkisiciisat	.
My mind is sorely tired	.

Ráwa		iíka		tasiiwattiks	tirihwakiíhu	.
Now	,	oh	,	it is true	what they say	.

Witaásasa’	Pakuraaricakawu	.
You are named	Speaks Riddles	.

Ruuwitasiiwattiks	.
Then it is true	.

Ráwa	kispáku’	iriikuhasuhaara’ihku	.
Now	tell it	what you meant	.

"

	Hi	pítku	kusikuuhatura	tiratiira	tirahurahka’iisa	.
'	And	two	it seemed I was like it	when I came	this land coming	.

Ráwa	wíriituhaara’ihku’	iwiratihtawíraa	iwirasakuriisata	hi
Now	I meant	as I came down	as the sun set	and

wiruuraakahahku	rakátariiru	pítku	kusikuuhatuura	.
as there was darkness	the fast one	two	it looked like we were	.

Ráwa	raátu	a	ukaátawi’u’	kutuú	irakiicuhat		hi	pítku
Now	I	and	a shadow	it seemed	that stream	,	and	two

kusiriiti’at	.
it seemed we went	.

	Iriiruriitihuukataat		hi	ápic	iruhaarírahaaru	hi
'	I crossed there	,	and	across	(on) that other side	and

ríkucpahat		aáka		riwáharit	witihaawaras	hi		hi		iíka
the red birds	:	oh	,	plums	they were ripe	and	,	and	,	oh

	kuharacakaahat	.
,	they had fallen off	.

Kutirarihicca	ríkucpahat
It seemed they were lying spread out	red birds

rakukshihpaakára’u		riwáharit	ruutiracakúrihit	.
the feathers having been plucked	,	plums	they were so red	.

	Ráwa	híru	riitiriikata’	.
'	Now	then	I came up (the hill)	.

Hiru	riituci’a		hiriitihkataa’	.
Then	I did it	:	I came up (the hill)	.

Iwiratihkataa	tirastakitat	ratihkukataa		aáka		iriihiiwaata
As I came up	this village of yours	as I came up	,	oh	,	I looked	:

ruu’iratiira	ruuriraahkuuhaarawaahat	ruu’iiratiira	iraáriki
as I came there	there in that valley	as I came there	that one (stan)

ruu’iritahásawa	háskaatit	.
there were strings	black ropes	.

Táraha’	isaárit	ikurihasawa	háskaatit	.
Buffalos	they were	those seeming like strings	black ropes	.

Hi	sikuhiratahiispaawa	irakiraaruu’a		hi	sirihkutitara	.
And	they drove them in water	that water	,	and	their putting them down	.

Hi	tahaáwi’uuhat	hi	taraspaáririitit	hi
And	it would fall in the water	and	it would lie on its back	and

tarurastahwirahaaririitit	hi
it would lie on its back with its hoofs upright	and

kurihaakapactahwiraaku	iraraárasa	táraha’	.
it looked like stumps sticking up	those lying in the water	buffalos	.

Aáka		tiraririiku	.
Oh	,	he was picking them up	.

Hiru	riíci’a		hiru	kaciiharaaku’	hiru	kuuhihkuwaawari’	.
Then	they did it	:	then	afoot	then	they were butchering them	.

Kuruuhiriiracahpaawu	.
Thereupon they were packing them	.

Hiru	kuruuhiriirarikuhahkawa	.
Then	thereupon they took them to a depression	.

Iwiraracakusta’a	wirahkucikstawiriitu
As they carried them on their backs	when they were hot

tihkickaasistahkaawa	rakukickaasistaruwaahi	tihiwiraararicahkuruukut	.
they broke out in sweat	ones wiping the sweat off	as they got into the village	.

Hi	kici	cápaat	kítu’	witirurakusaksiirit		i
And	but	the woman	everything	they prepared things	,	and

rahkuriisapaawahat	táraha’		i	iraáku	ckariitki
putting stakes around	the buffalos	,	and	that	hide

rahkuuririwaakitka	.
spreading it out	.

Tihwakí’aaku’	ahikstapiriwusuuku’	tarahaarickuu’	.
They say	they used to scrape it	buffalo hair	.

Kítu’	tarawa	kísaacu’	.
All	they took it off	the flesh	.

Ráwa	rihkuracaahiisika	witihkaruuku’	cáhuuki	kitu’
Now	as they were drying them	they were making them	robes	completely

wiriracahis	cíkstit	.
when they were dry	well	.

	Ráwa	tiítaku		aáka		atíka’	raahúriitat	rakuu’iwiiwahu
'	Now	here	,	oh	,	grandma	all the time	as she was rocking

	hi	tiítaku	atíka’	iraa’iwii’ahu	tuhaará’ihku’
,	and	here	grandma	that one rocking	it means

tuhátawu	iwirakiiraruuwaha	irakiistahaaru	.
she was making holes	when she scraped the liquid off	those bones cooking	.

Irikuhakiraawu	kiírariitu’	íriwaarurihu	.
She spilled it	soup	as she was blowing	.

Hi	ríraruuraakita	íraari	hí	ahitki	irataraasitaari
And	that is the reason	its becoming	and	grease	that which was freezing

íraari	kiískiicu’	.
its becoming	tallow	.

Ráwa	cáhiks	ruuruci’a	iriítari
Now	a person	he did it	as they were doing it	:

irariwíruukawaakaruuku	ruuriiririiráhuupu	irakáwaawi	.
after they rolled them into balls	then they took them in	those lodges	.

Hiru	kíhaaru’	hi	wirikaatarucpaawi	iraruuci	kiískiicu’
Then	the room	and	one puts them in the back	those lying	tallow

kúrakuuru	akutahpakskiiskaatarucpa	cahikspakskiisu’	.
its looking like	there were skulls lying in the back	human skulls	.

Ráwa		aáka		iwiratuuhaa’iirit	kukaakiiraakápaakis
Now	,	oh	,	what I saw	there was no poorness	,	"

tiwíkaahu’			hi	ruu’ítirii’a’	kíra ituútiirit
he was saying	,	'	and	then I came	to see if I could see you	,

Cikstií’us	.
Wise Spirit	.

Ráwa	tíratiira	kítu’	tiwitirariruuraa’iiwati		hi	kici
Now	as I came	everything	now that I have told you	,	and	but

rikutatuhaara’ihku’	.
that is what I mean	.

"

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