Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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Then, feeling very grateful, [Coyote] began to eat.
(4.40)
Nágo, dá'iłéńziͅgo, 'ee'niiłghal.
Náábik'ijiͅgo, dátá'ch'iłt'égo, Shóͅóͅdé, Ts'isteełń, Chíͅ'nshtłodéń, nadaa'ch'óͅóͅłt'oh.
Dátá'ch'iłt'éo 'iłzénádaach'iisndii.
Nágo, dá'iłéńziͅgo, 'ee'niiłghal.
Náábik'ijiͅgo, dátá'ch'iłt'égo, Shóͅóͅdé, Ts'isteełń, Chíͅ'nshtłodéń, nadaa'ch'óͅóͅłt'oh.
Dátá'ch'iłt'éo 'iłzénádaach'iisndii.
Then, feeling very grateful, [Coyote] began to eat.
And, after that, the three of them, Coyote, Turtle, [and] Frog, smoked.
[Then] the three of them embraced one another.
And, after that, the three of them, Coyote, Turtle, [and] Frog, smoked.
[Then] the three of them embraced one another.
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