a exe ay me 
WIGANHPI HINHPAYA; OR, THE FALLEN STAR. 

WRITTEN IN DAKOTA BY MICHEL RENVILLE. 
Oyate way kaken tipi; uykay winohinéa nom taykan waykapi; wykay 
People one so lived; and women two out-doors lay; and 
wiéayhpi kin iyvega wanyakapi. Unkay inyuy uymar heya: Iéepansi, ito 
stars the eionine saw. And behold the-one this said: Cousin lo 
wiéayhpi wan iyege héa e yayke ¢iy he hilmawaya ¢es, eva.  Unkan 
star one shines very afore-~ is the that husband I-have oh- she And 
said that! said. 
upma kin is; Mis ito ka wiéayhpi way kitayna iyeliya yayke ¢iy he 
other the she; I lo that star one little ‘shining “is the that 
hihnawaye ées, eya. Unkay ihnuhayna napin ekta awiéakipi, keyapi. 
husband I have oh she And suddenly both thither they were taken they say. 
that! said. 
Makoée way waste hinéa hoksiéekpa ozuzuya namdaye waste wanka 
Couitry one good very twin-flowers full” blooming beautiful were 
. T 
e ekta uppi. Unkan widayhpi way nina iyege cikoy he wiéasta taynka; 
that in they-were. And star one much Shining the that man large, 
ka uyma koy he koska, keyapi. Heéen kinukanyay hihna wiéayapi. 
and other the that young-man, they say. So one-and-the-other husband them-had. 
{aforesaid } 
Unkay uyma wayna ihdusaka. Makoée kiy tipsinna ota hu wasteste. 
And one now with-child. Country the Pomme blanche many stalks beautiful. 
Heéen winyay kon wanzi bopte kta kes hiknaku kin tehinda: Ustay wo, 
So woman the one dig would although husband-has the forbid: Stop 
tuwedai deéi heéoy sni ée, eya eée. Unkan ihd: tka aye ¢a etipi Unkan 
no-one here that does not he-said always. And moving went and ¢ amped. And 
winyay ihdusake wakeya itiGage Ga timahen piye ier ae timahen hiyu, ujkay 
woman with child tent” pitched and inside fixup would house-inside came, and 
tipsiyna wan hu tayka waste e aitiéaga; unkay, Ito de waka ke, eéin; 
Pomme blanche one stalk large beautiful that over it tent and Lo this I dig will, she 
pitched; thought; 
etanhay tuwe waymayake éa, e¢in, ka hoype i¢u ka bopte Ga tyupta iu; 
for who me-see Will ? she thought, and digger took and dug-it and “pulled-it-out; 
iéunhay makoée yuohdog iyeya ka ohna hiyu, ka maka kin ekta tezi kamdas 
in the country opened — out and from came, and earth the to belly burst 
meantime 
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