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There was a large encampment.

(26.1)[1]
Bigootaná'a łáͅná'a.
Li' łíͅ náyíńłt'ená'a.
Bikooghaͅí biyeeshxashíͅ dahyeestł'óͅná'a.
Baadaajiyeezhoozhná'a.
Ch'édégoda 'ádailáná'a.
There was a large encampment.
One of them had brought back a horse.
He had tied it up near his camp.
They had come to him in a body.
They didn't know what to do with him.
 
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(26.1) Linguistic Notes

Ch'édégoda 'ádailáná'a. 'they didn't know what to do with him'. Literally: 'they did so to him in vain'.