First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology / to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881

by Unknown

Ihopo,	wakaŋka	de	teḣiya	ećakićoŋ će;	miniheić̣iyapo,
Come-on,	old-woman	this	hardly	dealt-with;	bestir-yourselves,

haŋyetu	hepiya	waćonića	wakiŋ	waŋ	teḣiŋda	ḳa	on
night	during	dried-meat	pack	a	she-forbid	and	for

teḣiya	ećakićoŋ	tuka,	ehaeś	untapi	kta će,	eya,	keyapi.	15
hardly	dealt-with-him	but,	indeed	we eat	will	he-said,	they say.

Uŋkaŋ	Minibozaŋna	ećiyapi	ḳoŋ	he	waŋna	maġaźukiye
Then	Water-mist	called	the	that	now	rain-made,

ć̣a,	aŋpetu	osaŋ	maġaźu	ećen	otpaza;	ḳa	wakeya
and,	day	all-through	rained	until	dark;	and	tent

owasiŋ	nina	spaya,	wihutipaspe	olidoka	owasiŋ	taŋyaŋ	ḣpan.
all	very	wet,	tent-pin	holes	all	well	soaked.

Uŋkaŋ	hehaŋ	Yaksa taŋiŋ śni	wihutipaspe	18	kiŋ	owasiŋ	yakse,
And	then	Bite-off-manifest-not	tent-fastenings		the	all	bit-off,

tuka	taŋiŋ śni yaŋ	yakse	nakaeś	wakaŋka	kiŋ	sdonkiye	śni.
but	slyly	bit-off	so that	old-woman	the	knew	not.

Uŋkaŋ	Tahuwaśaka	he	waḳiŋ	ḳoŋ	yape	ć̣a	maniŋkiya
And	Neck-strong	he	pack	the	seized,	and	away off

yapa iyeya,	ḳa	tehaŋ	eḣpeya.
holding-in-mouth-carried	and	far	threw-it.