ACADEMY OF SCIENCES] 



No. 2] 



,94 



TEXTS 



THE FRIENDSHIP SONG 



(Ella Deloria, Dakota Texts, New York 1932, pp. 223 et seq.) 



' 97 



167 



wic^a'sa nup"* k^la'kicHyapi* 6 yu'k'q' le'c'el 96 wi' wahokic'iyapi 91 sk'e". 'olo'wq 9 * wq 



Men two had each other then this way they made a promise it is said. Song a 

 as friends to each other 



t/i'iiiM 1 nn he' t'nk'ih'f'iiBun'.Wn^nn r*n 2 'hie' tn . " k\ 3 llUp'i'la* 'ahi'yayapikta 5 



ka'gapi 1 nq he' k'ola'kic'iyapi-'olo''wq c'a 2 'iye'pi' 



by them- they made and that friendship song 



selves 



ke'ya'pi* sk'e". tohq'tuke 7 



they said that it is said. At any time 



'olo'wq ki he' 'ahi'yayjkta 6 



song the that he will sing 



t'ak'o'laku 13 k\ 'ana'kiksikta 14 



his friend the future running 



it being so they the ones only the two were going to sing it 



Uma ta'ku t'ehi'ka s wqzi' 'e'l na'zi hq'tqhqs 9 



the one anything difficult a there stood if 



ke'ya'pi* sk'e". he'c'el 19 'u'ma ki nah'u' k\hq n wq'cak 12 



they say it is said. Thus one of two the heard it when at once 



he'c'el slolki'yapi™ sk'e". yu'k'q' to'hywel" 



thus they know it is said. Then at a certain time 



c e yas 



at all 



wq 



to the rescue their own 



'ozu'ye 18 wq 'e'l nup'i' 'o'p'api sk'e". 'o'hini to'k'iya 19 



it is said. Always 



hq'l '"'' , — 23 



evening when 



ya'pi c'q' 20 n%p K %' 



war party 



c'qke' 



a there both joined 



wana' 'ak'e' Maye'tu 22 



and so 



now 



again 



m.ni' hiyo'yesipi 26 



water they ordered to 



go for 



'iwa'steg.la 29 ya'hq 



gently he was 



going 



'ekta' 'ipa'g.muk 31 



towards dipping 



c'op'a' -'iyu^t'a 3S ya'h% 



wading testing he was going 



c'qke' 



and so 



sk'e". 



it is said. 



ozu'la 32 



full 



nq 



and 



c e ga 



kettle 



wana' 



Now 



'e't'ipi 



they went 

 to camp 



yuha 



he held 



where 



c'a 'e'l 



they went whenever 

 )' 24 



both 



ece -op apt 



always joined 



; 21 



U'pi" yu'k'q 'uma' b.leya'ta 



25 



then 



the one 



lake to 



it being there they were 

 so 



nq li'la 'oHyokpaza 21 c'qke' nat'q't'qkel 23 



and very it was dark and so feeling with his feet 



b.le' 



lake 



ki 



the 



'e'l 'ihy'ni 30 



there he reached 



nq c'e'ga ki m.ni' ki 



and kettle the water the 



'icu'-wac'i 33 



to take he tried 



hqke'ya 39 



'ic'u'hq 41 b.le' 



while lake 



ki 



the 



'e'l 



there 



ena na 



here and 

 there 



ta'ku 



something 



k'es 3i 



but 



wana' 



now 



k'eya' 



sq p ou 

 farther 



k'a'zela 36 c'qke' 



it was shallow and so 



'asme'laka 40 c'a 'e'l 



it was some- it being so there 

 what deeper 



c'oka'takiya 37 



towards the middle 



m.ni' 'icu' ki 



water taking the 



sapsa pya 



black 



44 hiye'ya 45 c'a wqya'ka 



were there it being so he saw them 



sk'e". 



it is said. 



e yas 



But 



hena' 



those 



'i'yq-t'qka 46 



stones large 



p'iya'-'ana^goptq. m yu'k'q' wic'a'sa 



again he listened. Then man 



yi' nq 'e'l 'ihu'ni nq yut'qt'q b2 



ke'c'i'® hcehq'l 4S wic'a'ho 49 



he thought when human voice 



that 



to'k'i c'qya'ka 61 sk'e". 



somewhere moaned it is said. 



wq 



nah'u' 



he heard 



c'qke' 



and so 



wq 



yy'k'q' wic'a'sa wq nata' ki 



he and 

 went 



there he reached and felt about 



scalp 



the 



c'a 'ista' ki 'aka'hpeya 54 



it being eyes the falling upon 



hiyu' 66 



it came 



nq 'olo'wq k'u he' 'ahi'yaya ma 



and song the that singing it 



aforesaid 



c'qke' t'ak'o'laku k'u heya' 



and so his friend the aforesaid said 



'ina'fini 'ekta'kiya 



Hurriedly towards there 



'a'taya 'ona'sloka 63 



entire peeled off 



by itself 



hpa'ya sk'e". c'qke' g.liyahpeic'iyi™ 



he lay it is said. And so he caused him to 



fall back on himself 



m.ni-c'o'p 61 k'i' na'zi sk'e". yu'k'q' t'iya'ta m nah'u' pi 



water wading carrying he stood it is said. Then at the camp they heard it 



on shoulder 



sk'e" — k'ola' ta'ku t'ehi'ka slolye' M lo'. tohq'l 



it is said — "My friend something difficult knows m. sp. At what 



then 



k'e'yas 



but 



alive 



See footnotes on pages 168-169. 



