The Foolish People and the White Men, Chiricahua Apache Text ::

The Foolish People and the White Men, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

27. The Foolish People and the White Men as told by Sam Kenoi

27.1.

Many white men came to a big camp of theirs.

27.2.

Then they spoke thus to one another:

27.3.

Then the white men came among them.

27.4.

Then they began to be killed.

Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer

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Many white men came to a big camp of theirs.

(27.1)[1]
Bigootaná'a łáͅgo 'indaa baajíńzhoozhná'a.
Daabóółt'oná'a.

Many white men came to a big camp of theirs.
They shot at them.

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(27.1) Linguistic Notes

daabóółt'oná'a 'they shot at them'. 3rd person imp. with distrib. 3rd person obj. of hó-...[? perf.]-ł- t'o 'to shoot at' [act. tr.]. Cf. ni- ...[ni- perf.]-ł-t'o 'to shoot at' [act. tr.].

University of Virginia Library

Many white men came to a big camp of theirs.