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

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[Lizard] ran with [Killer of Enemies] again.

(8.73)[73]
Goł'édeenááneestaná'a.
Náádaadiihndíná'a.
Ch'énáánéńgoná'a.
Yaakéhiͅiͅ'áí bitł'áshíͅgo dahch'ineesghalná'a.
T'áͅyá náchóͅóͅt'iná'a.

[Lizard] ran with [Killer of Enemies] again.
They barked again.
[Owl] rushed out again.
[Killer of Enemies and Lizard] threw themselves down underneath the ladder[4].
[Owl] went back inside again.

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(8.73) Linguistic Notes

yaakéhiͅiͅ'áí 'ladder' [no analysis]. Cf. yaakédahiͅiͅ'áí 'ladder' in line 1 of passage 74.

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Ethnological Note 4
That is, the ladder which led to the doorway of Owl's house.

University of Virginia Library

[Lizard] ran with [Killer of Enemies] again.