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DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



[Memoirs National 

 [Vol. XXIII, 



THE TWIN SPIRITS 78 



(Ella Deloria, Dakota Texts, New York 1932, pp 193 et seq.) 

 c'ekpa' nyfp 79 hoa'g.lag.la m tukte'l ya'pikta-akHH 81 'oma'nihqpi 82 sk'e". wana' tukte'l tqyq' 



Twins two along the camp somewhere to go pi. fut. — they were going it is said. Now somewhere well 



circle looking for about 



se'ca k'es 'ec'q'l 83 '%md 'e'l taku'l Si 'iyo'kip'isni 85 c'q' 'iyo' pteya 86 'iya'yahqpi sk'e". 



probably but at the time one of the there some little was not pleased when- passing through they were it is said, 



whenever two thing with it ever (between tents) passing 



y%'k'q' ka'l 87 c'oka'p t'i'pi wq t'q'ka skaye'la ss hq' , yti'k'q t'e'ca-iteyakeP 9 'ec'e'ca 90 



Then yonder in middle tent a large white stood, then new evidently it was that way 



c'qke' tok'e' 'ec'a'c'a 91 'e'l 'e'yokas'ipi 92 yu'k'q' t'ima' 93 wik'o'skalaka wq k'oska'laka 



and so aimlessly there they peeped in and then in the tent young woman a young man 



wq kic'i' 9i yqka'pi k'e'yas niip'i' 06 li'la 'owq 'yak-waste pi 96 sk'e". he'c'eya' wj'yq ki 



a with they sat but both very to see were good it is Only woman the 



said. recently 



he' yu'zapi 97 nq 'ag.li'pi 98 c'a he' I yqka'pi sk'e". he'l tqyq s'e le'c'eca 99 c'qke' 



that they took and they brought it there they sat it is There woll as it was and so 



her back being said. though this way 



t'iyo'pa ki 'e'l c'ekpa' ki na'zypi nq wa'k'iyapi 1 k'e'yas t'irna' yqka'pi ki 'a'tayas 



doorway the at twins the stood and conferred but in the tent they sat the entirely 



wqwi'c'ayakapisni 2 nq nawi' c'ah'ujrisni 3 sk'e". c'ekpa' ki niip'i' za'ta 'ewi'c'akiyapi* 



did not see them 



and 



did not hear them 



it is 

 said. 



Twins 



the 



both 



Forked 



they called them 



sk'e"; '%md za'ta-t'qka 5 'eci'yapi 4 nq 'yma' 'i's za'ta-cik'ala 6 'eci'yajn sk'e". yyfk'q' 



it is the, one Forked-Great they called him and the him Forked-Little they called it is Then 



said; other him said. 



za'ta-cik'ala V 6 c'a leya' 7 sk'e" — 'iho' s zata' tok'e'tuke e'e'yas 9 le'l '%yi'kte lo' ■ — 'eya' 



Forked-Little it was it being this said it is said, "O Forkedl it is rather but here we two will m. sp. — he said 



that some way 



c'qke' 'wma! k\ 'i's'eya' he'c'etula 10 ki '%' t'i'ma 'iya'yapi 



and so other the he also considered it right the with into the they went 



go" 



nq hii'kupikte ci 



and their future the 



mother 



into the 

 tent 



waa'p'e 13 yqka'hqpi k'% wana' hina'p'a 



waiting they had been the now to come out 



sitting past 



t'qma'hel H 'i'yotakapi sk'e". t'e'hq ye's 12 tqyq' 



in body they sat down it is Though a long well 



said. time 



pikta-iye'hqtu u hcehq'l wa'k'inicapi 16 nq ta'k t'qi'pisni 18 sk'e". tukte'-uma x 17 t'oke'ya 



future it was right just at that they disputed and what they did not it is said. Which one of first 



time moment appear the two 



hina'-p'ikta he'c'ihq 18 he' 'ak'i'nicapi sk'e"; nnp'i' t'oka'p'apiktehci 19 ki 



will 



come out 



that 



they argued 



it is said; 



n%p'i' 



both 



V- 20 



he'e'es 21 'ekta'ni 22 yu's kic'i' yqkahqpi 23 



And so right holding each other they were 



continuing there sitting 

 thus 



k'% t'i'kta 26 c'a sica'wac'i 27 p'ezu'ta 28 



aforesaid was going it being frantically medicine 

 to die that 



wanted very much to the on account 



be first-born of. 



nq t'e'hq-hiyu^pisni 2i c'qke' 'ii'nihq' 26 hy,'kvpi 



and long they did not come and so being panicky their mother 



time during that 



time 



'iki'g.nipi 20 k'e'yas 'owo'-hi'sko 30 he'c'uhqpi 31 



they hustled for but in so long a they were 



time doing it 



See footnotes on pages 173-176. 



