DAKOTA MYTHS. 15 
Tuka atkuku kin taokiye kin hewidakiya: Sina iyotayn waste kin he 
But father-his the his-servant the this-to-them-said: Blanket — most good the that 
au-po, ka inkiya-po; ka mazanapéupe way nape kiy en iyekiya-po; ka 
bring ye, and  put-on-him-ye; and finger: ring a hand the on put-ye; and 
siha haypa ohekiya-po; ka ptezi¢aday Gemyapi kin he den au-po, ka kte-po; 
feet moccasins — put-on- “him ye; and cow-calf fatted the that here bring-ye, and kill-ye; 
wauytapi ka uykiyuskinpi kta ée. Miéijksi kin de ta, uykay kini; taninsni 
we-eat and we-rejoice will : My-son the this dead, and lives-again; lost 
ka iyeyapi, eya. Unkay hiynakaha wiyuskinpi. 
and is-found, he-said. And immediately they-rejoiced. 
Unkay éinhintku tokapa koy, he magata wy: unkay tikiyaday ku & 
And son-his eldest that-was, that field- at was: and house-near-to was when 
coming 
home 
dowanpi ka wacipi nahoy. Unkay ookiye wanzi kipayn, ka hena token 
singing and dancing he-heard. And servant one he-called-to, and these-things how 
kapi heéinhan, he iwayga. Unkay hediya: Nisuyka hdi; uykay ni uy ka 
meant if, that he-inquired. And he-said-this- Thy-younger- _ has- and alive is and 
to-him: brother come-home; 
zaniyay hdi kin; heoy-etanhay niyate ptezigaday éemyapi koy he kikte ée, 
weil has- the; therefore thy- “father cow-calf fatted  that-wasthat killed 
come-home for him 
eya. Unkan heéen sihda, ka tin kihde waéiy Sni; hehan atkuku kin 
he-said. And so he-was-angry, and ene: HEB: desired not; then fathewhis the 
Louse iome 
taykan hiyu ka éekiya. Unkay hehan wayupte éa atkuku kin hediya: 
out came and besoug elit- hinge And then he-answered and father-his the this-said-to - 
Tho, waniyetu ota wanna waociciye, Ga iyae Gin tohinni kawape sni; heéeéa 
Lo! winter many now  I-have-helped- ‘thee, and thiy- word the ever I-passed- not; thus 
beyond 
esta, kodawiéawaye ¢in om wimduskin kta e tohinni tacéijéaday we WzZi 
although, friend-them-I- have the with Lrejoice might that at-any-time deer-child one 
mayaku sni Ge: Tuka niéinksi witkowinpi kiy om woyuha nitawa kin 
me-thou- not 5 But thy-son harlots the with property thy the 
gavest 
temni¢iye Gin de hdi éa, wayéake pteziéaday Gemyapi kin he yediéata ée, 
eaten-up-for-thee the this come- aha at-once cow-calf fatted the that ‘thou-for-him- 
home hast-killed 
eya. Unkay heéiya; Cins, ohinniyay miéi yauy; ka taku mduhe ¢in he 
he- ‘said. And this-he-said- Son, always me-with thou-art; and what I-have the that 
to-him: 
iyuhpa nitawa. Nisuyka kin de ta ujkay kini; taninsni, uykay iyeyapi 
“all thine. Thy-younger- the this was- and hance: was-lost, and “is-found 
brother dead to-life; 
kiy heoy etanhay ito, éayte ujwastepi ka unkiy uskinpi kte Gi he heéetu 
the therefore lo! heart we-good and we-rejoice should the that — is-right 
Ge, eya Ge. 
he-said 
THE LORD’S PRAYER. 
Itanéan tawoéekiye kin. 
Lord his-prayer the. 
Ateunyappi mahpiya ekta nayke ¢iy; Niéaze xm wakandapi kte; 
Father-we-have heaven in thou-art the; Thy-name_ the holy-regarded sha al; 
Nitokiéoyze kin u kte. Mahpiya ekta token nitawadiy eéoypi kin, maka akan 
Thy-kingdom the come shall. Heaven in how thy-will is-done the, earth upon 
