A Visit to the Mountain Spirits, Chiricahua Apache Text ::

A Visit to the Mountain Spirits, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

22. A Visit to the Mountain Spirits as told by Duncan Belacho

22.1.

This woman [had] a little girl [and] little boy.

22.2.

A bear came toward her.

22.3.

Then the bear picked up the baby.

22.4.

Then he had killed them.

22.5.

Then a Gray One from the mountains came to them.

22.6.

Then they went back with him to the mountains.

22.7.

"Come here!"

22.8.

"No."

22.9.

We went with him to where a ceremony was being held.

22.10.

"Stay right there inside the wickiup."

22.11.

Then

22.12.

The little mountains were open at four sides.

22.13.

From there, we went again further on.

22.14.

"This one did so to you."

22.15.

From there, we went back to the ceremonial grounds with him.

22.16.

Then

22.17.

Then:

22.18.

Then

22.19.

Then we started back with him.

22.20.

"Stay right here."

22.21.

That happened just so.

Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer

Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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"Stay right there inside the wickiup."

(22.10)[10]

"Dá'ákaa kooghaní bighe'yá saké."

nahiiłndí.
Dá'ákaa siikégo díͅíͅ' hiskáͅ.
Gotál 'énágoosdiͅiͅ.

"Stay right there inside the wickiup."

he said to us.
We stayed right there for four days.
The ceremony was over.

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(22.10) Linguistic Notes

saké 'you stay' and saké 'we stayed' are the 2nd person dual and 1st person dual respectively of -ké 'two persons sit' [si- perf. neut. intr.].

University of Virginia Library

"Stay right there inside the wickiup."