The Foolish People Run Away, Chiricahua Apache Text ::

The Foolish People Run Away, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

30. The Foolish People Run Away as told by Sam Kenoi

30.1.

They were sitting about.

30.2.

Then, right behind them, the soldiers were running on horseback.

30.3.

Then the [Foolish People] were running ahead of them.

Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer

Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Ethnological Note 1
Whatever their faults and stupidity, the Foolish People are always represented as being swift runners, able to outdistance an antelope or a horse.

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Ethnological Notes Morris Opler