Turtle, Buffalo, and Coyote

		Wichita Grammar (1976)
		pp. 257-269
1.	a.	ka:ʔa:ʔa:kó:kha:rʔa
	b.	Once upon a time
2.	a.	kíkʔi:s	khiʔas	kiyakihiteʔecaki
	b.	turtle	poor thing	he was sitting at the edge, they say.
3.	a.	kiya:kiʔi:khíyaʔa	hakihiʔiyaskwah.
	b.	he was wishing, they say	to go across the water.
4.	a.	"ka:kiyaʔ	isí:ʔa!
	b.	Somebody	come!
5.	a.	iskirhiʔiyaskwa!"
	b.	Take me across the water!
6.	a.	ka:ʔa:ʔa:kíhi:ʔiké:sʔa	né:rhirʔa
	b.	then along down in came	buffalo
7.	a.	a:ko:kʔa	"a::h	neʔewá:r!
	b.	He said,	"Hey,	friend!
8.	a.	é:kiriʔ	ha:waʔ	nasí:wakharakʔas ?"
	b.	"What	then	are you talking about?"
9.	a.	"tatí:ʔikhiyaʔa	hakihiʔiyaskwah,"	a:ko:kʔa.
	b.	"I am wishing	to cross the water,"	he said.
10.	a.	"tiʔrih	híriʔ	iskiteʔe:ki
	b.	"Here	then	sit on top
11.	a.	nackwi:rʔicʔírih ,"	a:ko:kʔa	né:rhirʔa.
	b.	Where my shoulder is,"	said	Buffalo.
12.	a.	a:ko:kʔa	kíkʔi:s	"kíriʔ!	keʔesawi:rʔictakwi;
	b.	said	turtle,	"No!	You will shake your shoulder;
13.	a.	keʔeskiha:hanniwihi."	"háʔwi:ʔ	híriʔ
	b.	You will throw me into the water."	"Okay,	then
14.	a.	natí:ʔarihkiteʔerʔí:ʔarikírih
	b.	Where my horns stick out on top
15.	a.	harah isteʔerhí:kawa."	a:ko:kʔa,	"kíriʔ !
	b.	There go into the brush.	He replied,	"No!
16.	a.	á::h,	kíriʔ!	keʔesé:cʔiriyari hinníʔ
	b.	Oh,	No!	You will shake your head and
17.	a.	keʔeskiha:hanniwihi."	"á::h,	ti:ctawi::ʔi!
	b.	You will throw me into the water	"Oh,	it's hard!
18.	a.	háʔwi:ʔ,	híriʔ,	iskawa,	natíriʔiskirikʔírih."
	b.	Ok,	then,	go in	where my anus is."
19.	a.	hiriwaʔ	na:hissah	harah	a:kikawa.
	b.	Then	going,	there	he went into it.
20.	a.	hiriwaʔ nakhissah	harah	waʔ	naka:ʔicakih
	b.	then going in,	there	now	sitting inside
21.	a.	a:kihiʔiyaskwa.	hiriwaʔ	nahité:tiskih
	b.	he went across the water.	Then	when he was getting onto the bank
22.	a.	nahiʔiyassissah,	"haʔawí:ro:ʔ	é:ka:ʔ	hiriwaʔ
	b.	after crossing the water	"Okay, then	now where (is it)	then
23.	a.	kiyakí:ctawi::ʔi	hiriwaʔ	hako:citih.
	b.	It was hard for him	then	to get out.
24.	a.	a:kiʔírakhann	kíkʔi:s	á:kiwicka:ʔa,
	b.	Suddenly,	turtle	thought,
25.	a.	"tiʔi	híriʔ	ickaʔac!"	ka:kiriʔáre:rʔi
	b.	"this	then	let me eat it!"	He didn't know what it was
26.	a.	nakaʔacskih	nako:ke:hárih.
	b.	that he was eating	deep inside him.
27.	a.	chiʔá:kiʔi:rakhárisʔí:ʔ	né:rhirʔa	a:ki:weʔehi.
	b.	All at once	Buffalo	fell over.
28.	a.	hiriwaʔ	kíkʔi:s	wéraʔ	nakaʔacskih	harah
	b.	then	turtle	maybe	while he was eating	there
29.	a.	a:kó:citi.	nawacitiskih,
	b.	he went out.	After he went out,
30.	a.	kiyaki:cíwa:cé:rhirʔasʔirhawi.
	b.	there was the big buffalo lying there.
31.	a.	hiriwaʔ	no:kʔáskih	á:kihirʔa:hi.
	b.	then	saying	he stopped
32.	a.	"á::ʔ	ka:kiye	isa:cta:haraʔa !
	b.	"Hey!	Somebody	bring your knife!
33.	a.	a:cí:ré:rhirʔastariyari	tariyari!"
	b.	Butcher the buffalo!	butcher!"
34.	a.	a:kiʔí:rakhann	kʔíta:ks	ka:ʔa:ʔa:kiriya:sʔa.
	b.	Suddenly	Coyote	along came the old one.
35.	a.	"é:si:ʔ	há:waʔ	neʔewá:rʔ"	"e:h!
	b.	"What is (the matter)	then	friend?"	"Oh!
36.	a.	tata:cta:rhaskis;	ka:kiriʔ	ʔatí:ʔi
	b.	I have killed me a buffalo;	nothing	I have it
37.	a.	hiriwaʔ	hakitariyarih."	a:ko:kʔa	kʔíta:ks
	b.	with it	to butcher him	said	Coyote
38.	a.	"haʔwi:ʔ.	ita:ceʔí:riye:sʔakhi:wa,	hinniʔ
	b.	"OK.	Let me go after my children first,	and
39.	a.	kiʔictariyari."	"haʔwi:ʔ"	hiriwa:ʔ
	b.	afterwards, let me butcher."	"OK."	then
40.	a.	na:hissah	hinniʔ	í:kaʔakire:ʔí:tariyari
	b.	he was going	and	they two had butchered first.
41.	a.	kʔíta:ks	wéraʔ	hasʔa:ʔákicita:heʔeh.
	b.	coyote	must	he had his knife with him.
42.	a.	a:kiriwá:::::cʔarasʔí:rʔari:k
	b.	He piled up a great big amount of meat.
43.	a.	hiro:ʔ	kʔíta:ks	á:ko:kʔa	"haʔwi:ʔ ;	ití:ceʔé:rhi:wa
	b.	then	Coyote	said,	"OK;	Let me first go after her
44.	a.	nati:ʔakʔih	hinniʔ	niye:s	natí:kih."
	b.	my wife	and	child	my plural."
45.	a.	ka:ʔ	híriwaʔ	niʔírhissah	kʔíta:ks	na:hissah
	b.	So	then	going off	Coyote	going along
46.	a.	é::h,	ka:kiyáki:his.	a:kiʔí:rakhánn
	b.	Oh,	he was going along, far away.	Suddenly
47.	a.	híriwaʔ	ha:waʔ	wéraʔ	na:ciriye:sʔakhirʔí:raskih.
	b.	then	too	I guess	he found his children.
48.	a.	ti:ʔ	a:ʔákire:wa:r	kíkʔi:s.	hinniʔ
	b.	At once	he set to work	turtle.	and
49.	a.	wá:cʔarʔa	a:ko:kʔa,	"é:kiriʔ	há:waʔ,	neʔewá:rʔ"
	b.	Squirrel	said	"What (is it)	then,	friend?"
50.	a.	kiyakiriwa:cá:hkwi
	b.	There was a big tree
51.	a.	hassiya:rhiʔí:rika:wih
	b.	with a branch hanging down over
52.	a.	nare:he:hárih.
	b.	where the creek is.
53.	a.	"tatí:ʔi:khíyaʔa	tiʔi	ʔaras	hatakiccare:hih."
	b.	"I want	this	meat	for me to put mine up on top."
54.	a.	a:ko:kʔa	wa:cʔarʔa,	"haʔwiʔ.	itactate:ti."
	b.	said	Squirrel	"OK.	Let me help you."
55.	a.	wa:cʔarʔa	kiya:kiriwa:cʔarasarikitaʔahí:riks
	b.	Squirrel	He brought the big quantity of meat up to the top, repeatedly
56.	a.	niya:hkwírih.	hí::raka:h
	b.	where the tree is.	Far off
57.	a.	a:kiriwa:cʔárascare:hi.	híriwa:ʔ	kʔíta:ks
	b.	he put the big quantity of meat on top.	then	Coyote
58.	a.	na:ʔaskih	niye:s	kiyako:khátataʔariki
	b.	coming	child	they were following
59.	a.	hinniʔ	naré:ʔakʔih.	nachissʔaskih
	b.	and	his wife	when they arrived
60.	a.	í:ya:h!	ká:kiriʔ	kiyaki:ʔi.	"é:h!
	b.	Oh! My!	nothing	there was.	"Oh!
61.	a.	ká:kiriʔ	wati:ʔi	é:ka:ʔ wéraʔ
	b.	nothing	there is left	I wonder where he is?
62.	a.	té:riya:h	icihirʔí:rasih!
	b.	He better watch out	if I find him!
63.	a.	néʔaʔ kiyaki:cha:ris	kʔíta:ks.
	b.	he was growing angry	Coyote
64.	a.	khiʔas	niye:s	nire:rʔih
	b.	poor	child	the plural
65.	a.	khiʔaski:kihanteʔerʔas
	b.	poor ones were licking the ground
66.	a.	wa:cka:riksʔa	na:ckitawa:hah.
	b.	blood clots	those scattered around.
67.	a.	a:kiʔí:rakhann	a:kiʔickhité:s	nare:he:hárih
	b.	Suddenly	he peeked over the edge	of the creek
68.	a.	niya:rhiʔi:rika:wírih.	wéraʔ	chiyaré:sirih
	b.	Where the branch hung down over it.	It seemed	in plain sight
69.	a.	kirikiyakirhare:sʔi,	hinniʔ
	b.	They were deep in the water,	and
70.	a.	hi:ríka:ʔ	i:ye:h	akwithaʔ.	"há:riʔ	iskiriheʔecaki!
	b.	way off	all the time they were	above.	"He	is sitting in water!
71.	a.	hí:raka:h	iskirihí:keʔecaki!"	niye:s
	b.	way off	he is sitting down in!"	child
72.	a.	nire:rʔih.	"té:riya:h!"
	b.	[it was] the plural.	"He better watch out;"
73.	a.	a:ʔákiciye:sʔakwa:ri,	"háʔwi:ʔ
	b.	He told his children,	"OK.
74.	a.	ika:ʔ	tiʔi	hiʔiski:cikiwiki
	b.	rock	this	you all tie it around my neck
75.	a.	hinniʔ	hiʔiskiha:hanniwihi.
	b.	and	throw me in the water.
76.	a.	ha:rí:h	hárah	keʔeckwisskwa	naheʔecakírih."
	b.	where he is	there	I will go + arrive	where he is sitting in the water."
77.	a.	í:ʔí:h!	ikaʔaki:cíwa:cʔika:rikiwiki.
	b.	Oh! Alas!	They put a big rock around his neck.
78.	a.	a:ʔákiciye:sʔakwa:ri,	"ha:s	ʔata:cʔa
	b.	He told his children,	"if	manure
79.	a.	wahácshiceʔerʔáskih
	b.	when they come to the surface
80.	a.	wahí:cshiceʔeriya:skih
	b.	When they are floating around
81.	a.	keʔesa:kʔi:kha:rʔ	né:rhirʔaská:hkaks
	b.	You will know	the buffalo intestine
82.	a.	waʔaracackaʔaskih	hinniʔ	issiriʔ
	b.	They have been cut open	and	that kind
83.	a.	ke:ʔiki	né:rhirʔasʔata:cʔa."	haʔwi:ʔ	híriwa:ʔ
	b.	they will be	buffalo manure."	OK.	then
84.	a.	hiri:cʔika:ríkiwiskih	hinni,	hiraha:hanniwiskih
	b.	They, tying a rock around his neck	and	throwing him in the water
85.	a.	khiʔas	wéraʔ	a:kihí:ko:teʔes
	b.	poor thing	I guess	he drowned
86.	a.	kíkʔi:s	hinniʔ	wá:cʔarʔa,	"hí:ró:h!
	b.	Turtle	and	Squirrel	"Ha! Ha!
87.	a.	ariya:cʔiʔássi:sha:hanniwih!	ariya:ciʔiʔassi:ssiyakʔaw."
	b.	They threw their father in the water!	They killed their father!"
88.	a.	ka:kí:kiciwa:cʔiriki	niye:s	hinniʔ
	b.	Then they cried greatly	child	and
89.	a.	wiʔiyacʔasa:sko:raraʔe:ya:k
	b.	Mrs. Coyote
90.	a.	ka:khiʔáskiyakiʔicíʔiriki.
	b.	poor thing was crying.
91.	a.	a:ki:cé:ʔero:ckwa	ni:ckwakhárissah
	b.	They left	going along
92.	a.	ni:ri:há:skih.	ísaʔ	tikitawisʔi.
	b.	mourning	thus	it is that way.
93.	a.	ka:ʔa:wakhárʔas	kʔíta:ks	í:ri:ha:ss
	b.	There are times	coyote	they mourn
94.	a.	híriwa:ʔ	hi:wasʔa	ní:ʔi
	b.	Then	the very ones	they are
95.	a.	keʔiyákicʔíʔassi:shí:ko:teʔesíkih.
	b.	who drowned their father, they say.