160 



wic a sa 



Man 



k'e'yas 70 



wq 



but 



'a'tayas 71 



entirely 



DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



TEXTS 



The Stingy Hunter 

 (Ella Deloria, Dakota Texts, New York 1932, pp. 171 et seq.) 

 64 nq 66 wap'a'tahq 



and butchering was 



sni ' 



[Memoirs National 

 [Vol. XXIII, 



wana 



now 



78 



wana se-i 



hunting went 



'ayu'ta 72 



looking 



at her 



yn'k\' 97 



and then 



73 



not 



w%yq 



woman 



ka'k'iya™ 



Thereabouts 



wq 



'ig.lu'stq 79 



he finished 

 his own 



wi'yq k'u 84 he'c l eya 85 loc'i' 86 



woman the in that manner wishing food 



aforesaid 



yy'k'q' 67 leya'-ho^yeya 91 ke" 92 — 



'iyu'ha 80 



all 



36 ^87 

 the 



VI 68 hi-na'zi M 



there arriving stood 



'ak'i'ksuhi 77 nq™ 



piling it up back and 



there he continued 



wana' 7S k'ig.ni'kta 82 c K qke' 83 



now he was about to therefore 



go home 



na'zihq' 6669 h%se 'ok'u'sni 90 



was standing evidently he did not share 



y%'k*q' 67 



and then 



skq'hq 7 * skV. n 



he was it is said, 



active 



'iki'kcu 81 nq 66 



he took back and 



his own 



Y 88 'ayu'hel 89 



with waiting around 

 (on account of) 



to'k'i 93 le' 9i c'e'yas 9b Vasyfke 'o'tawi 96 'aya' kHp'akte' 97 



and then 



saying voice 

 this she sent 



however 



nq c^apty'ka 91 



and Mosquito- 



'aya'kHp^akte' 



you meet will 



it is Wherever you 



said, go 



fq'&a" 'aya'k%p K akte'. 97 nq wihu'pow\ l 9 aya'k%p*akte' 97 nq 



Large you will meet with and Woman-Legs- you will meet with, and 



Swollen- Woman 



Her-Pets- Many- Woman you will meet with 



65 Hspa'-Vahi'spa 2 



Elbow-Awl 



— 7 eya 



— she said 



91 Are". 92 



it is said. 



he'c'enas 3 



Nevertheless 



'ak'o'tqhq 6 tuwa' 6 to'k'iya 7 



on the far someone somewhere 



side of 



we , 



wey 



we — 



wey — 



eye cv a e 



she said the aforesaid it 



lo', 12 — 



'ecH' 13 



k'u 84 g.la'hi 4 nq paha' wq 



man the aforesaid was going and hill a 



home 



'eya'hq* c'qke' '£■ le' fasu'ke 'o'taw\ w 



was therefore, ah, this Her-Pets- Many-Woman 



saying 



nq 'ina'hni 14 wic*a' hcala-'ic'i^c'agi n 



se ce 



evidently he thought and hurriedly old man he made himself 



nq tok'e'cela 16 sakye'kiVu" 'iya'hq 1 * ke". he'c*ecakte 19 c'% 20 wi'yq wq ta'ku-wamd'k'askq' 21 



and barely cane his own he gained it is It was going to the aforesaid woman a something thing 



using 



top 



it Is 

 said. 



be like that 



'oc*a'ze 22 ki 'iyu'hala 



kinds the absolutely all 



23 n%'pnup 2i ma'nikH^ya n 'awi'c'au 26 c'qke' 83 



kic'i' 28 t'oka'heya 29 



with 



hiyu'pi 33 



by twos making walk 



t" ke". wic'a'hcala ki wqya'kapi 30 



she brought 

 them 



certain ground (on) active 



(animals) 



mat*o' wq t'at'q'ka 27 wq 



therefore bear a buffalo bull a 



they started 

 coming 



c'q'sna 37 



whenever 



nq 'e'tkiya 31 naslo'k 32 



ahead was coming it is said. Old man the they saw and towards rushing 



yu'k^q' wi'yq wq wic'a'yuha 3i k'u he' heya' ' 36 ke" — yiV ta'ku 21 'y,'sika M 



a had them the afore- that that said it is said — "Yu. something deserving 



said (reprimand) pity 



'ec*q'kip 39 kuk*q 40 -'eya' c K qke' kawi'h 41 fina'hna* 2 k'ig.la'pi 43 



they think that would she said therefore turning growling they started going 



and then woman 



"'usika' " 38 



"poor thing" 



be the right way" 



back 



in reference 

 to it 



ke". c K qke' wi'yq ki 'e'l V nq \' siyehci 44 sakye'kit*u 17 



it is said. Therefore woman the to him was coming and very pitifully he used a cane 



wi'yq ki wama'k l askq' 'o'p 46 wana' 46 sq'p 47 'iya'yikta 48 hq'l 49 



Woman the animals with now past she was going to at the 



pass time of 



ki 'iyo'pteya 51 'iya'yikta 48 hq'l i9 wi'yq ki leya' 62 ke" — ho, laza'ta 



back there 



ki wqya'ka 30 ke". 



the she saw it is said. 



'i's'eya' m wic'a'sa 



he also man 



53 



'eha'kehci 64 



the 



nu'p 



two 



on his way past he was going at the time of woman the said this it is said — "Ho, in the rear very last 



to go 



66 'u'pe'; m hena' bl wic'a'kat'i 68 nq tukte'l 59 'inu'ke 60 cihq n wic'a'yuta' 62 — 



are coming; 



these 



kill them 



and 



where 



you lie down 

 (at night) 



when 



eat them!" 



See footnotes on pages 163-166. 



