Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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From there he went on farther.
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'Áshíͅ dándásá ch'at'iná'a.
nDiijiͅ dees'íͅgo ch'at'iná'a.
Dádoo'is'ahdago łi' hach'adzíná'a.
Dáhanałndiná'a.
Dá'áshíͅ nińyáná'a.
Dá'iłch'áͅdees'íͅná'a.
Bich'iͅiͅhanáách'adzíná'a.
'Ákooda goͅoͅłtsáͅná'a.
Yee'a 'Izháshee 'át'íͅná'a.
'Áshíͅ dándásá ch'at'iná'a.
nDiijiͅ dees'íͅgo ch'at'iná'a.
Dádoo'is'ahdago łi' hach'adzíná'a.
Dáhanałndiná'a.
Dá'áshíͅ nińyáná'a.
Dá'iłch'áͅdees'íͅná'a.
Bich'iͅiͅhanáách'adzíná'a.
'Ákooda goͅoͅłtsáͅná'a.
Yee'a 'Izháshee 'át'íͅná'a.
From there he went on farther.
He walked along looking at the ground.
In a little while someone spoke.
[Coyote] raised his head.
He stopped right there.
He looked everywhere.
Someone spoke to him again.
Then he saw him.
It was another Bird.
He walked along looking at the ground.
In a little while someone spoke.
[Coyote] raised his head.
He stopped right there.
He looked everywhere.
Someone spoke to him again.
Then he saw him.
It was another Bird.
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