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The Woman Who Had Horse Power, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

35. The Woman Who Had Horse Power as told by Duncan Belacho

35.1.

A woman had power by means of horse

35.2.

A young man was breaking horses.

35.3.

Then his father asked this woman who was holy by means of horse for help.

35.4.

Then this woman:

35.5.

Then this one who was sick lay there all alone.

35.6.

Then they turned the horse loose.

35.7.

Then the horse who was holy walked around him.

35.8.

Then [the man] arose, having been cured by this woman.

Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer

Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Then they turned the horse loose.

(35.6)[6]
'Ákoo łíní k'e'jóó'a.
'Ákoo łíní goch'iͅiͅhiiłtee.
'Ákoo gołndaa.
Gokáshíͅ yiłndaa.
Bíchíͅí yeenágoyałtééł.
Gołndaa.

Then they turned the horse loose.
Then the horse went toward [the sick man].
And he licked him.
He licked him on top.
He turned him over with his nose.
He licked him [on the other side].

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(35.6) Linguistic Notes

yeenágoyałtééł 'he turned him over with it'. yee- 'by means of it' plus the 3rd person prog. with 3a object of ná-hi- ...[si- perf.]-ł-tee 'to turn an animate being over' [act. tr.].

University of Virginia Library

Then they turned the horse loose.