CHEE-ZHON, THE THIEF. 
WRITTEN IN DAKOTA BY JAMES GARVIE. 
Inyuy kaken wiwaziéa way ¢iyhintku kiéi ti, keyapi. Wanna 
Lo! thus widow one son-hers with dwelt, they Say. Now 
hoksiday kitayna tayka hehan huyku kiy heya iw anga: Ging, wanna 
boy little large then mother-his the  this'said PE My-son now 
wicohiay duhe kta iyehaytu,-heéen tukte wiéohay iyoniéipi kta i iyeéeca he, 
work you-have should it-is-time, 80 which work please-you will is-like 2 
eya. Hehan hoksiday kin is, Wamanonpi s’a, eya. Hehan huyku kin 
she-said. Then boy the iis Thieves, he‘said. Then mother-his the 
heya: Gi ins, wicohay kin he iyotay tehike wada kon, eya. 'Tuka ake 
this'said: Son, work the that most difficult Testeem that, she said. But again 
nakuy yuhe kta keya; ka heya: Howo eéa ina, wanagi tipi ekta ye ka 
also “have would he-said; and this’said: Come now mother, ghosts house to “go and 
tukte wicoliay mduhe kta heéinhay iwiéawanga wo, eya. 
which work Ihave shall if of them inquire thou, he said. 
Hehan huyku kiy iyaya. Vuka Cizay duzahay nakaeg ohomni i inyang 
Then mother-his the went thither. But Chee-zhon swift indeed around running 
iyaye Ga iye tokaheya ekta i, ka wanagi kin hewiéakiya: Eéin ina den hi 
“went and she first there ar- and enosts: the  this-to-them-said: To-day mother here comes 
rived, 
ka wiéohay tukte mduhe kta iniwaygapi kinhay, wamanonpi s’a eya po; 
and work which I-have shall inquires of you if, stealing regularly say-ye; 
eye Ga hdiéu ka hdi. Hehan itehay hehan huyku kin éeya hdi. Hehan 
he-said and started and came Then long-after then mother-his the erying came Then 
home home. home. 
Cizay heya: Ina, taku wiéohay makupi he, eya. Hlehan huyku kin is 
Chee-zhon this said: Mother, what work me-they-give ? he said. Then mother-his the she 
heya: Cijs, wiéoliay kin he nina tehike wada koy, eya. Tuka heya: 
this said: Son, work the that very hard Bae that, she said. But this-he-said: 
Howo, ina, inna yanka wo, tokesta wanna eéaday wiunziée kta ée, eya. 
Well, mother, silent “be thon, presently - now soon we-rich will , he said. 
Ka hehan tokiya iyaya. Unkay eciyatanhay sugtanka? wanzi ahdi. Ake 
And then somewhere lie went. And from-thence horse one he-brought- Again 
home. 
‘Though stories resembling this are found in many countries of the Old World, it has been 
thought best to retain the story of Cheezhon to show how the Dakota adopt stories of foreign origin. 
A version of Jack the Giant-killer has been adopted by the Omaha—zs. 0. pb. 
2 Suktaynka or Sunktanka is the usual Santee form of this word.—, 0. D. 
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