Old Apache Customs, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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The slingshot was also a help, they say
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The slingshot was also a help, they say
(39.4)[4]
Tsébeeshdiłtł'íͅdéí 'iłdóͅ 'ijoondeená'a.
Tséghe'si'áͅí 'iłdóͅ 'ijoondeená'a.
'Íláͅáͅhdéí dáditsiͅí dásíntł'izí 'indaa beedaajóóshiizhná'a.
Tsébeeshdiłtł'íͅdéí 'iłdóͅ 'ijoondeená'a.
Tséghe'si'áͅí 'iłdóͅ 'ijoondeená'a.
'Íláͅáͅhdéí dáditsiͅí dásíntł'izí 'indaa beedaajóóshiizhná'a.
The slingshot was also a help, they say[4]
The stone axe was also a help, they say.
They fought the white man with spears which were [made of] very hard wood, they say[5]
The stone axe was also a help, they say.
They fought the white man with spears which were [made of] very hard wood, they say[5]
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(39.4) Linguistic Notes
1. tsébeeshdiłtł'íͅdé 'slingshot'. tsé 'stone'; bee- 'by means of it' [?]. No further analysis.
2. 'íláͅáͅhdé 'spear'.
3. beedaajóóshiizhná'a 'they fought with them'. bee- 'by means of them' plus the 3a person distrib. perf. of hi- |...[hi- perf.]- zhish 'to spear, stab with a spear' [act. tr.].
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Ethnological Note 4
The Apache sling is a diamond-shaped piece of rawhide, made pliant or partially perforated down the center. A thong is tied to each side. One of these thongs only is looped at the end. The stone is placed on the diamond-shaped piece of-rawhide and the rawhide is folded over it. The thongs are held in the hand, a finger being passed through the loop to hold the one cord. The sling is whirled around the head once and then thrown forward. The unlooped cord is released at the same time, so that the rawhide may unfold and allow the missile to fly.
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