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 also 



DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



d 'ekta' hi') t'a', ke'ya'pi'. he'c'en c'uwi' 



the there arrived) it died, they say. So side 



'o'm hdicu". 



with went home, 

 them 



'uk'q 'oya'te k% ni'na p'ida'wic'aya 'e he'c'en 



Then people the very he made them glad it being so 



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ki pahdo'ke c'a k'oska' wik'o'ska 



the he pushed a hole and youths maidens 



wik'o'ska nu'm k'u'pi'. tuk'a' 



maidens two they gave him. But 



— 'o'h\ni 'oma'niyq way,' 'e he'c'en kic'u'wa 'iye' wic'a'yuze kta c'e — 'eye' c'a 



— "Always traveling I am it being so friend he marries them will quot." — he said and 



so 



k'oska'na k'u nup'i'n k'u". 'u'k'q' he'c'en ho'c'okam wak'e'ya wq 'it'i'cagapi k'a 



little youth the aforesaid both gave. Then so camp circle middle tent a they built a and 



tent 



wik'o'ska nu'pa 



hoksi'na k'u k'u'sitku kic'i' 'ak'i'yuha 'e'n 'awi'c'ak'ipi' 



boy the afore- his grand- with carrying them there they brought 



said mother together them. 



Maidens 



were two 



hena' 'o'm 'e'n 'ahi't'ipi'. 



those with there they arrived 



them and lived. 



ASSINIBOIN 

 THE RED FOX 



k'u 



the 

 afore- 

 said 



(Assiniboin above and Teton below recorded by Ella Deloria) 



'H'o' ka'n t'iwi'c'ota t'i'p { . t'iwi'c'ota tuk'a' wqz\na huga' c'a wit'q'ga 'ot'i', hysta. 

 'it'o' ka'l t'iwi'c'ota t'i'pi'. t'iwi'c'ota k'e'yas wqzi'la huka' c'qke' t'it'q'ka 'ot'i' sk'e". 



Well 

 now 



yonder 



lived. 



They were 

 many families 



nu m 

 nu'p 



two 



c'uwj'tku 

 c'uwi' tku 



His daughters 



hysta. 



sk'e". he' tuwa' 



It is said. That whoever 



families 

 many 



wik'o'skebi husta. 

 wik'o' skalakapi sk'e". 



were young girls, 



yu'za sten 

 cihq 



when 



but 



oyu spe 



caught it 



ze c a 

 he'c'es 



it is said. That way 



c'ywi'tku nyp'i'n 

 c'uwj'tku nup'i' 



his daughters both 



one only 



s%' ga-sana 

 sygi'la 



fox red 



k'u'kta 

 k'u'kta 



give will 



it being so tent large he lived it is said. 



wq 



a 



geya' 

 ke'ya' 



be said 

 that 



hqya'k'ena 

 hj'hqnihci 



early 



hysta. 

 sk'e". 



it is said. 



hiya'ya 

 sna hiya'ya 



regularly passed 



ze'c'en hqya'k'ena 

 he'c'es hi'hqnahci 



Thus early morning 



k'oska' ki 'iyu'hana 

 k'oska'laka ki 'iyu'hala 



youth the all 



ze'c'i 'ihq'ge 'ekta' 

 he'c'i t'ii'hqke 'ekta' 



kikta'bi. k'uwa'bi hu'sta. k'uwa'bi 

 kikta'pi nq k'uwa'pi sk'e" k'uwa'pi 



k'es tuwe'ni 

 k'es tuwe'ni 



arose and they chased it it is said. They chased it but never nobody 



wqgq'gqna wqz\! t'ako' zakpagu hoksi'na kic'i' 



'winu'ficala wq t'ako' zakpaku hoksi'la wq kic'i' 



There 



end of camp 



old woman 



her grandchild 



boy 



with 



yu zes\ 

 'oyu'spesni'. 



caught it . 



t'i'. ze' 

 t'i". he' 



lived. That 



c'akni'yahpe-k'uwa. hoksi'na ze' 'ec'e'n 'ec'u' . 



(c' qgli' yahpef) k'uwa". hoksi'la ki he' 'ec'e'l 'ec'u' ' . 



with a trap pursued it. Boy the that according 



did. 



ze' k'uwa'bi hoksi'na ze' kte'. 



he' k'uwa'pi k'u he' hoksi'la ki kte". 



boy that killed 

 one it. 



That 

 one 



they chased 

 It 



t'anu' ze'n 'e'knaga suga-sana 'akna' 'ihpa'ya t'a. 



t'alo' he'l 'e'g.naka c'qke' sugi'la ki 'ag.na' 'ihpa'yi nq t'e". 



Meat there he placed it fox red the on it fell and died. 



hqya'k'ena kikta' h%k wana' 

 hi'hq'nahci kikta' — wana' 



Early he arose and then now 



su' ga-sana t'a wyka! . 

 sugi'la k'u t'a' yuke". 



fox red afore- dead lay. And so 



said 



ze' t'i' 'ekta' ta'ku 'ope'm.ni 

 wq t'i' ki 'ekta' ta'ku 'ope'm.ni 



that lived the to something wrapped 



ze'c'ed t'i'ta 'ak'i' hysta 

 he'c'es t'iya'ta 'ak'i' sk'e". 



'ai". 



she toot 

 it. 



ze'c'ed k'u'sitku yuga'ba c'ed huga 



he'c'es k'u'sitku ki yuga'pe c'uhq' hyka' 



And so his grand- the skinned it then 

 mother 



ze'c'ed yum.na'ya; wana' waste'kina ze'c'ed wana' 



he'c'es yubla'ye'; wana's waste'kila'. he'c'es wana' 



And so he unfolded it; now he liked his own. And so now 



to his tent he took it is said 

 it 



'ai" 



