172 

 sk'e". 



it is 

 said. 



'ak'e' 'isna'la hpa'yapi hcehq'l su'ka 



Again alone they lay when dog 



DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



wq 



t'i'l u 



into tent 



yvb.Ie'l 76 waka'p'api 77 'ozu'la 78 yqka' yu'k'q' 



opening out pemmican 



t'oke'ya wqya'ki nq 



first 



saw it 



and 



full of 



- wq, 



"O 



was then 



zata x nihu' 79 



Forked your mother 



'iya'hpaya 



he fell upon it 



'aki'cip'a 80 



strike it for her 



[Memoirs National 



[Vol. xxiii, 



hiyu' nq wo'kap'e 76 wq 



came and pounding a 



dish 



sk'e". yu'k'q' za'ta-t'qka 



it is said. Then Forked-Oreat 



yo'. wat'e'pk'iyikte 81 lo' . 



! it is going to m. sp.," 



consume it 



'eya' sk'e". yu'k'q' za'ta-cik'aka 



he said it is said. Then Forked-Little 



hoh, niye's 



"Ha, you however 



'ec'a'nu 82 



you do it 



sni; 



not? 



. 83 



niye's 'ik'i'yela 



you 

 however 



nuke' M ci m — 'eya' c'qke' zata-t'qka 



— he said and so Forked-Great 



87 k'ig.le'ya ss sk'e". 



you lie" 



nq kasi'cahowaya 



and causing it to howl by 

 striking 



ina z\, 



stood up 



nq 



and 



c'q' wq V su'ka k'u kab.lo'b.lo 86 



stick a using dog the aforesaid he struck 



c'qke' hu'kupi k'u t'ima' g.licu' 89 k'e'yas wana' 



he made it go 

 back 



it is said. And so 



came back 



but 



now 



'ehq'ni 'oyu'keta 90 



long ago to the bed 



k'iyu'ka 91 - c'qke' 



arrived and And so 



lay. 



'eya' c'qke' c'ekpa' k% k'u' sitkupi 94 



she said, and so twins the their grandmother 



le'l hpa'yapi k'u 



here lie the known 



ones," 



k% to'k'i 'iya'ya yu'k'q' p'e'ta k\ 'oi'zitahesq' 97 he'c'ena 



the somewhere went, then fire the was smoking inside 



their mother the afore- into 



said the 



tent 



— 'ina\ tuwe'nisni 92 sk'a' 93 he'c'ehci howa'ye' — 



— "Mother nobody being in spite of verily that it howls"— 

 here way 



k\ hiyu' nq — zuze'ca se'ce 95 le' , mit'a'koza 



the came and — "Snake perhaps this, my grandchildren 



'eyi' nq 'a'taya 'ole'pi k'e'yas ta'kunisni 96 sk'e". 'ak'e' hu'kupi 



she said and all over they although there was it is Again their mother 



searched nothing said. 



'iya'ya c'qke' t'ate'-kaho^m.ni 99 



still the she went. And so wind turned 



however same way 



k{ 'a'tayela ' 'uya' 2 c'qke' t'iyo'sota 3 nq c'ekpa' k'u 'oso'ta-t'apikte 



the entirely it blew and so tent was smoky and twins the in smoky-die will 



sk'e". li'la 'oni'ya-sicapi, 1 c'qke' 'uhnd h-kaska pi 6 kj, 'ila'zata 7 wihu'ta 8 



it is said. Very to breathe it was and so fireplace-screen the behind tent-base 



hard for them, 



pat'q'kal 9 'iye'ya hpa'yapi nq wo'g.lakahqpi hq'l hu'kupi ki 



pushing sending it they lay and were talking when their the 



outside mother 



t'ima' g.licu' k'e'yas nah'u'sni he'c'el 10 hpa'yahqpi sk'e". yu'k'q' — hinyf u 'usika 



into tent came but not hearing still they were lying it is Then — "Oh, w. sp. poor 



back said. 



mic'i'ksi to'hini 12 'oso'ta-makit'apila 13 tk'a' li ye le' — 'eyi' nq 'iwi'c'akikcu 15 c'qke' 



my sons never in smoke little ones almost w. sp." — she said and she took them and so 



died me back 



k'ohq' 16 k'u' sitkupi 11 k% wip'a' k\ 'ec'e'kc'e 18 'ipa'ha™ 



nq 



and 



t'iyo'pa 



door 



this way 

 it was 



as 

 though 



ki 'etq'hq 



the from 



p'a 



head 



'e'g.le sk'e"; c'qke' 'ec'a'lahcj. 



meanwhile 



so'ta k% 



smoke the 



their grand- 

 mother 



kaska' 20 



clearing 



the 



'iya'yi 



went 



tent 

 head 



nq 



and 



the 

 again 



properly 



hoisting 



she set it 



it is 

 said; 



and so 



very soon 



— 'ahq 9 eya' pi s'e 'ece'-vricWyuhapi, 23 



"Careful" they say as though invariably they had 



them, 



tHma'hel y oni'ya-waste s 21 £ifeV\ he'c*el 'i'zehq 22 



in tent to breathe in it it is In that way continually 



was good said. 



c K qke nup%' 'ic l a'gapi nq wana' k l oska'lakapi 



and so both grew up and now they were young 



See footnotes on pages 173-176. 



