The Killing of the Monsters, Mescalero Apache Text ::

The Killing of the Monsters, Mescalero Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

8. The Killing of the Monsters as told by Horace Torres

Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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When the earth had been made,

(8.1)[1]
nDii'ágoch'íͅlaadáͅ, 'Íłtségodeeyádáͅ, nDiií bikáee doonnéńgólaadaná'a.

When the earth had been made, At the very beginning, People were not permitted to live on the surface of the earth.

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(8.1) Linguistic Notes

doonndéńgólaadaná'a 'people were not permitted to live'. nndé 'people'; ńgólaa 'they were permitted to live' [?]. See the linguistic note to Chirichua text 1.5, § 4.

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When the earth had been made,