RG DAKOTA GRAMMAR, TEXTS, AND ETHNOGRAPHY. 
eya. Unkay, Hanta, he Gayte ee Ge, eyapi. Unkan he heéen isan ehdaku 
he said. And Gettaway that heart is , they said. And he 80 knife his-took 
ka bagpuspu yanka. Unkay ihnuhanna taku nina ham hinhda; uykay he 
and  cut-to-pieces Was [sitting]. And suddenly what very made a noise; and that 
taymahen tayka e hena nawiéapée, tuka Gayte kin baspupi nakaes ohna ta 
body inside large that those  them-swallowed, but heart the eut-up indeed in dead 
kin ekta hi ta, keyapi. Heéen Guwi kin palidoke ¢a koska wikoska ko 
the at come dead, they say. Hence side the punched and young men maidens also 
om hdiéu. 
with came out. 
them 
Unkay oyate kin nina pidawiéaya e heéen wikoska nom kupi. Tuka, 
And people the much glad-them-he-made that hence maidens two gave him. But, 
Ohinni om: inivay wauy e heéen kicuwa iye wiéayuze kta Ge, eya, ka 
Always journeying Tam that so my friend ‘the them take will . he said, and 
koskana koy napin ku. Uykay heéen hoéokam wakeya way iti¢agapi ka 
young man the both gave. And so in-the-court tent © one pitched-for, and 
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hoksina koy kuyksitku kiéi akiyuha en awiéakipi. Wikoska noypa kor hena 
boy the grandmother his with bearing there them brought. Young women two the those 
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om en ahitipi. 
with in they moved. 
Heéen koska kon ake itoopteya iyaya keyapi. Unkay wanna ake 
Then young man the again onward went they say. And now again 
koskana way manin naziyn Ganhdeska kutepi. Unkay wawanyaka hay 
young man a outside stood hoop shooting. And looking-on standing 
eni ka heya: Ito, kiéuwa kiéi wawaymdake kta eye, 6a kiGi nazin. Unkay 
in he and this-said: Lo, friend with I-look-on will he said, and with stood. And 
came 
heye: Kiéuwa, unhde kta ée, eve éa kidi ki. Ka, Unéina, kiéuwa kiéi wahdi 
this-he- Friend,  we-go home will he-said, and with came. And, Grandmother, my friend with I come 
said (dual) home. home, 
ée, takuy ikihni nayka wo, eya Tuka kuyksitkuna kin, Token wahay kte 
something hunting up be thou he‘said. But grandmother his the, How I-do will 
heha he, eya. Unkay, toketu he, eya. Unkay, Oyate kin de wanna 
this yousay ? she said. And, How is it ! he said. And, People the this now 
éay oy wiéatakunisni Ge, eva; tuwe Gay kin i kes tohinni hdi sni, eya. 
wood for they perish she-said; — who wood to-carry goes if at any time come homenot, she 
said. 
Unkay, Kiéuwa, hingka iéu wo, éay kin unye kta ée, eya. Unkay 
And, Friend, strap take, wood to-carry we-go will . he said. And 
wakaykana kin, Takus kitayna i¢Gahwaye Gkoyn, eya. Tuka, Wakanka is 
old woman the, Grandchild hardly raised” in the past, she said. But, Old woman that 
de takusnisni ikoyapiéa: heye éa koskana kon kiéi iyaye éa heye: Can 
this trifles you atraid-of: this’said and young man the with went and this said: Wood 
aforesaid 
kin mda Ge, tuwe yacéinpi kinhay upo. Evyaya ujkay, Koska wan tokiya- 
to-carry I-go, who you wish come ye. They went and, young man a somewhere 
tayhay hi ka heya ée eyapi, he ihakamya eyaye. Wanna éay kin en ipi, 
from come and this said the y said, and after they went. Now wood the in they 
came, 
uyjkay ¢ay kin ikaytoy hiyeya e heéen oyate kon hetayhay ahdiyakupi 
and wood the tied-up lay, that 80 people the that from started home with 
k = ’ ry s va 
tuka, iye en nazin ka, Tuwe Gay kin den hi éa, taku yakte keyapi kon 
but he there stood and, Who wood the here comes when, what you-kill they say the 
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