Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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"My father, [said Coyote's son] I like it right here. So, you go on. I will take care of everything: water, wood, and all. Therefore, my mother, do not speak [further] to him. Let him start out over there. He will bring back something for us."
(5.7)[7]
"Shitaa, dá'ákaa shiłnzhóͅ. 'Ákoo hóͅndááł. Dáshí díík'ehá: tóí chiji 'áshíͅ
dáhaadí naasii. 'Íyaͅaͅ, shimá, doobich'iͅiͅyáͅłtida. Bínii hadighá.
'Iyáada nahánáyíͅ'iͅiͅ."
"My father, [said Coyote's son] I like it right here. So, you go on. I
will take care of everything: water, wood, and all. Therefore, my
mother, do not speak [further] to him. Let him start out over there. He
will bring back something for us."
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