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(1)nôhtâwiy otôtamôwin êwakoh ê-wîh-âcimostâtân.1 |
(1)That which I am going to relate to you is what my father did. |
(2)mitoni nikîh-kitimâkisin. nôhtâwiy mitoni kîh-kitimâkisiw. atimwa kiy-âpacihêw nôhtâwiy. kâh-isi-kitimâkisit, êkotah ohci niy êkwa, êw-oskinîkiyân mêkwâc, êh-nôtnitohk, êkotah ohci nikîh-wîcihiwân, êh-nôtnitohk. |
(2)I was very poor. My father was very poor. My father used a dog-team. Because he was so poor, I, when I was a young man, and there was fighting, I went along to the fighting. |
(3)kîtahtawê pêyak misatim nôtinâw. nôhtâwiy nimiyâw. êkonih âpacihêw, ômisi êy-is-tâpahât. |
(3)In time, I captured a horse. I gave it to my father. He made use of it as a draught-animal. |
(4)êkotah ohci kêka pikoh nitati-wîhcikâson ê-nôtinitohk. nisto-mitanaw nâpêwak wâpamâwak. nôtintonâniwiw. êkotah pêyak nimos-ôtihtinâw. piyisk kotak nâpêw tahkamêw. êkotah ohci hâsay tâpiskôc okimâw nititakimikwak iyiniwak. |
(4)Very soon after that I received a war-name. Thirty men were seen. There was a fight. There I took a prisoner. In the end, another man stabbed him. After that the people looked upon me as upon a chief. |
(5)âsay kîhtwâm nawaswâtâwak. têhtapinâniwiw. tâpwê niwâpmâwak êt-âtimakik nîso. êy-at-âtimak, pinipayihôw. êkosi nista nipinipayihon. niwîh-pâskisok. ntêm wâskikanihk ntispayihon. osoyihk êkotêh nîpawiyiwah. wâh-pâskisoci, ntâkopayihon. piyis wiya nisâkêwêpayihon. êkosi tâpiskôc ômis itihtâkwan.2 npatahok. niya wiya ôtah ntawahwâw oskâtihk. êkotah ohci iyiniwak âsay nôkimâwin êkotah. |
(5)Again they were being pursued. It was on horseback. I got sight of two and overtook them. When I overtook one, he jumped off his mount. So I too dismounted. He tried to get a shot at me. I got behind my horse's back. He stood in the direction of the tail. Whenever he was going to shoot at me, I threw myself behind it. At last I jumped out from behind it. Then there came reports, like this. He missed me. But I hit him in the leg. After that I was a chief here among the people. |
(6)êkwah nistam ê-kitosiwêt simâkanisiwîkimâw, wiya êh-itikot nôhtâwiy, «hâw, wîtaskîh. kikitimakihitonâwâw kâ-nôtinitoyêk.» |
(6)Then, when first the leader of the white soldiers addressed the people, he said to my father, «Now, make peace. You are reducing each other to ruin with your fighting.» |
(7)«êha!,» itêw. |
(7)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(8)êkotah êkwah niya niwâpahtên. niwîcêwâw nôhtâwiy, ê-nta-wîtaskît êkwa. simâkanis-okimâw wîcihiwêw. tâpwê sipwêhtâniwiw. tâpwê wâpamâwak pîkanôwiniwak. nakiskotâtonâniwiw. pîkiskwêw simâkanisiwikimâw. |
(8)From here on I myself was present at what happened. I went along with my father when now he went to make peace. The officer went along. So we all set out. We saw the Piegans. We met each other. The officer made a speech. |
(9)«anohc kâ-kîsikâk pakitinamok kâ-kîh-nipahitoyêk. anohc atamiskotâtok. sakicihcênitôk.» |
(9)«This day do you give up killing each other. This day speak greeting to each other. Shake each other by the hand.» |
(10)tâpwê êkosi tôtâkâniwiw. itohtâniwiw wîkiwâhk; pîhtokâniwiw wîkiwâhk. tâpwê wîci-mîcisômâwak, nistam êkw ê-wîtaskîhk. |
(10)Accordingly this was done. We went to their tipis; we entered their tipis. Truly, we ate with them, at this time when first peace was made. |
(11)kîhtwâm pwâtak. pêyak nâpêw npahâw nahkawiyiniw. pê-wîhtamawâw nôhtâwiy. |
(11)Then, the Sioux. A certain man, a Salteau, was killed. One came and told my father. |
(12)«hâw,» itwêw nâpêw, «nkosis nîso-tipiskâw êh-nipahiht, nama cî kâ-kîh-wîcihin? kôkimâwin. nka-kakwê-miyikwak misatimwah kâ-nipahtôwicik nikosisa,» itwêw. |
(12)«Now,» said the man, «three days ago my son was killed; can you not help me? You are a chief. Let them be made to give me horses, since they have killed my son for me,» he said. |
(13)nistêsak nîso, êkwah niya: nisto. |
(13)Two elder brothers and I: there were three of us. |
(14)«hâw,» itwêw nôhtâwiy. |
(14)«Very well,» said my father. |
(15)«mêkwâc nôtintonâniwiw mâka,» itêyihtam êkwah. |
(15)«But even now there is war,» thought he. |
(16)«ka-sipwêhtânâwâw,» itwêw. |
(16)«You will set out,» he said. |
(17)nistês ostêsimâw, «êha!,» itêw. |
(17)My eldest brother, answered, «Yes.» |
(18)kotak mîn âna, «êha!.» |
(18)And the other too, «Yes.» |
(19)«kiya mîna,» nitikawin. |
(19)«You too,» I was told. |
(20)tâpwê nisipwêhtânân. itêh wêtihtâyâhkok, mihcêtiwak; nêwâw mitâtahto-mitanaw iyikohk wîkiwâwa ihtahtiniyiwa. nikî-nakiskâkonânak. têhtapiwak. nkî-wanihitonân, iyikohk êsiwêpiskâkoyâhkok, tâh-tastawâyihk otêmiwâwa êh-ispitâcik. nitakosininân. piyis wîkiwâhk, êkotah nimiyo-kitâpamikonânak. êkotah niwîhtênân nôhtâwiy opîkiskwêwin. |
(20)Accordingly, we set out. Where we came to them, they were many; four-hundred were their lodges. They came to meet us. They were mounted. We lost each other, for they jostled us apart, throwing their horses between us. Finally we arrived at their tipis. There they looked kindly upon us. There we announced our father's speech. |
(21)«kiyâm êkâ ta-nipahitohk,» itwêwak okimâwak pwâtak; «kwayask mêkwâc. tâns êtokê kê-isi-pimâcihoyâhk, ôtê ôh nispiskwaninâhk êy-astâsiyâhk kihci-môhkomân, êh-nôtinikoyâhk? anohc k-êtwêt okimâw, tâpiskôc êkoyâk êh-kîsikâk ntisi-miywêyihtênân. anohc nka-tipahwânân kâ-ntaw-nipahâcik. misatimwak nka-mêkinân ayênâniw. êkotah kisêyiniw nîso kika-miyâwâw,» itwêw okimâwak pwâtak; «êkotê anohc kâ-wîh-nîpihk nka-wâpamânân okimâw. nka-âtamiskawânân,» itwêwak. |
(21)«Let there be no killing,» said the Sioux chieftains; «Let things be right now. How could we manage to live, when in our rear we are threatened by the Americans who are making war on us? In what the chief now says we rejoice as at the first light of day. Now we shall pay for him whom they went and killed. We shall give eight horses. Of these you will give two to the old man,» said the spokesman of the Sioux chieftains; «Off there, this coming summer, we shall see the chief. We shall pay him our respects,» they said. |
(22)tâpwê kîh-pêy-otihtêwak pwâtak, êwako mîna êh-mâcipayik wîtaskîwin, ê-kîh-nipahitohk. êh-takosihkik, tâpwê kîh-miyo-wîcêhtonâniwiw pwâtak. |
(22)Really, the Sioux came to him, and this peace, also, began, where formerly they had killed each other. When they arrived, truly, we made friends with the Sioux. |