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DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



[Memoirs National 

 [VOL. XXIII, 



*eya". wic^hica to'k*eca 'aya'ku sni he? — V&V de' 



he said. "Old man why you bring not ? — Then this 



him 



Htpi'tqhq, 9 icu'\ V&V t*awi'cu h% heya" — wictyhica 'iVo' 



belly from he took it. And then his wife the said that — "Old man, lo 



'eya' y . V&V wic^a'hica k y % heya" 



she said. Then old man the said that 



aforesaid 



c'a t%-c*e'ska k\ 'oh.na' kah'o'n 



and tent chest the through tossed 



'e do' — 



is it m. sp." — 



eye 



he said 



c a 



and 



de' 'icWK-itye' c'es — 



this to grow we cause oh if I" — 



— wakqka tH-'a'hmihbeyye kta c'e — 'eye' 



— "Old woman, tent we cause it to will quotative" — he said 



roll on 



'iye'ya'. 'u'k'q' 'ahmi'hmq hiya'ye c'a 



he sent him. Then rolling on it went and 



'u'k'q' sdohq'hq t'i'n 



Then creeping into the 



tent 



'iye'ya'. 'u'k'q' heha'n 



he sent. Then then 



'u'k'q' heha'n hoksi'na 



Then then boy 



dena' wqhj'kpe mi'caga 4 ye' 



hpipa'ya'. 



fell down. 



kaho'ya 3 



these arrows 



heha'n to'k'i 



next where 



k'a — dena' 



and — "These 



make for me imp." — 



'iya'ya t'qi'sni'. 



he went was not 



apparent. 



t'uka'sina mi'caga 



grandfather make for me 



pie' 'o'ta wic'a'o c'a' wak'e'ya 



buffaloes many he shot whenever tent 

 them 



'ohe'-h.dek'iyapi ni'na 



caused him to place very 



his bed 



'u'k'q' wic'a'hica 



Then old man 



hiyu". tuk^a' 'a&V 'icu' k'a tHc'e' 'oh.na' 



he started But again he took him and tent top through tossed 



coming. 



ma'ni t'i'n hiyu". tuk'a' 'ak'e' 'icu' k'a 'ec'e'n 'iye'ya'. 



walking into the he started But again he took and thus sent him. 



house coming. him 



wq c'qsa'kana k'eya' yuha' tH'n hiyu' k'a — t ( uka^sina 



a sticks fresh little some having into the started and — "Grandfather 



tent coming 



tuk'a' 'ak'e' 'icu' k'a 'ec'e'n 'iye'ya'; 'u'k'q' 



But again he took and thus sent him; then 



bim 



k'oska' wq c'qsa'ka k'eya' yuha' t'i'n hiyu' 



youth a sticks fresh some having into the started 



tent coming 



— 'eya". he'c'en wqhj'kpe 'o'ta ki'caga' 



— he said. So arrows many he made 



for him. 



wq t'q'ka 'ic'i'c'agapi k'a 



a large they made for and 



themselves 



'eya'. 



he said. 



Vk'q' 



Then 



wo' 



imp.' 



c'atku' ki 'e'n 



rear seat the there 



he'c'en 



So 



wqka'n 



high 



wase capx . 



they were well 

 provided. 



k% heya" 



said 



the 



wakq s ka tqyq' 'uya'k'u 'e 'im.du'ski 



"Old woman well we are it being I am glad, 



c e, 



it'o' 



so now 



'e'yawapaha kte do'; — 'eye' c'a hqh'q'nahi 



I proclaim fut. m. sp."; — he said and early morning 



t'ic'e' -jkpata 'i'yotqke c'a 



tent top-top at he sat and 



heya' 



said 

 that 



miye 

 "i 



he' V 



that is 



t'a' zu-wafu" t'asi'yaka-sj 



my pile I have big gut fat 



eya 



he said. 



u'k'q' he' t'asi'yaka])'op'opa 



Then that meadowlark 



'eci'yapi ki he' V 



they call it the that i; 



mak'u' zi' k'a 



breast yellow and 



ina'p'i ke'ya'pi'. 



m. dado' pa — 



I chew soft sub- — 

 stance" 



k'e'ya'pi'. zitka'na wq t'asi'yakap'op'opa 



they say. Bird a meadowlark 



c'oka'ya sa'pe c\ he' q'pa-o'-zi ki he' t'at'q'ka he'-sdusduta 'e 



middle black the that dawn yellow the that buffalo bull horn smooth it being so he wears around they say, 



neck 



heha'n k'oska' k'u heya" 



Then young man aforesaid said that 



'u'k'q' wic'a'hica ki heya" — 



Then old man the said that — 



'oma'ni ce' — 'eya' ke'ya'pi'. 



wanders always" — he said, they say. 



'u'k'q' he'c'en k'oska' k'u 



Then so young man aforesaid 



> According to preceding line kaR'o'n, T kah'o'l 

 * Tmicagi ye' 



