The Foolish People Run Away, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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30. The Foolish People Run Away as told by Sam
Kenoi
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30. The Foolish People Run Away as told by Sam Kenoi
They were sitting about.
Naaheestáͅná'a.
Dádzaͅaͅshíͅ, siláádo łíͅbich'iͅiͅdahinndilná'a.
Ya'iładeeskaná'a.
Gołganá'a.
Bizáͅáͅyégo hanádaas'áná'a.
Hanandaagoosteelná'a.
Daadees'áí 'itisjiyazhoshná'a.
From right there, soldiers on horseback came to them.
They started to run away.
It was a plain.
There were small hills here and there.
Between were flat places.
They were running over these points of land.
1. łíͅbich'iͅiͅdahinndilná'a 'they came to them on horseback'. 3rd person perf. of łíͅ-0ch'iͅiͅ-dah-di- |...[ni- perf.]- ndííł 'several come to someone on horses' [act. intr.]. łíͅ 'horses'; ch'iͅiͅ 'toward' dah-di- | 'upward'. In the 3rd person of the ni- perf. di- becomes n-.
2. hanádaas'áná'a 'there were hills here and there'. hanádaas'á 'rolling country' probably ha- 'out'; ná- 'again and again'; daa- distrib.; and the si- perf.neut. of -'á 'a rigid object lies'.
3. hanandaagoosteelná'a 'between were flat places', hanan 'across' plus daa-go- ...-teel 'several places are broad, flat' [si- perf. neut. intr.]. daa- distrib.; go- place subject.
Then, right behind them, the soldiers were running on horseback.
1. biké 'after them'; -zhiͅ 'to' -nzhiͅ ?.
2. łíͅbiłhahakééłná'a 'they were running on horseback'. łíͅ 'horse'; bił- 'with them'; and the 3rd person prog. of ha-|...[hi- perf.]-kee 'several run out' [act. intr.].
Then the [Foolish People] were running ahead of them.
Nágo doobégonee'áͅdayá daahíkeená'a.
Siláádoí łíͅbaadaahiikago, doobégonee'áͅdayá 'óókíͅná'a.
The soldiers' horses becoming tired, the [Foolish People] ran out of their reach[1]
doobégonee'áͅdayá 'ahead of them'. bégonee'áͅ 'he is gaining, he is catching up'. No analysis.
Whatever their faults and stupidity, the Foolish People are always represented as being swift runners, able to outdistance an antelope or a horse.
Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer
1. łíͅbich'iͅiͅdahinndilná'a 'they came to them on horseback'. 3rd person perf. of łíͅ-0ch'iͅiͅ-dah-di- |...[ni- perf.]- ndííł 'several come to someone on horses' [act. intr.]. łíͅ 'horses'; ch'iͅiͅ 'toward' dah-di- | 'upward'. In the 3rd person of the ni- perf. di- becomes n-.
2. hanádaas'áná'a 'there were hills here and there'. hanádaas'á 'rolling country' probably ha- 'out'; ná- 'again and again'; daa- distrib.; and the si- perf.neut. of -'á 'a rigid object lies'.
3. hanandaagoosteelná'a 'between were flat places', hanan 'across' plus daa-go- ...-teel 'several places are broad, flat' [si- perf. neut. intr.]. daa- distrib.; go- place subject.
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