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ready?

koowoow?

And these [Arapaho] warriors...these old men, from way back in the old days,

'oh nuhu' beniiinP nuhu' beh'eihoho' nono33eboosei3iihi',

And they were still...that's what they kept saying, when they were always fighting these White people.

'oh nih'iinosouwoocP cihnee'eeneesinihii3i', tih'iico'onniiboo3oo3i' nuhu' nih'oo3ou'u.

What they said it about them, and sure enough, then that's how it came to be.

Nuhu' nih'eeneisinihii3i', 'oh hiitouuk ne'ii'nee'eesoo'.

And it’s still that way.

Noh nosouniini.

Whatever we will know, whatever will allow us to see beyond/avoid the bad.

Toonheetniise'inowuno', toonheetniisceboohootowuno' nuhu' ceniini'oo'.

Maybe by that means things will be good again.

Nooxeihi' heetce'nee'eesini'oo' heeyouhuu.

But then today you [Arapahos] are living just any kind of way, and...

'oh ne'kookon hiiwoonhehe' heesiine'etiinee, 'oh...

And for me too; everything is just all different now.

Noonohow neneeninoo; woow heetP kookon, beiscei'soo' heeyouhuu.

The blacks and also the hispanics are living with us now.

NiiniiP niinii3iine'etiibeino' wo'teennih'oo3ou'u wohei nuhu' co'cooniinenno'.

They enter [the tribe/community] that way, then right away [their influence] ??? enters.

Niinee'eesciitei3i', 'oh xonouu niiciiteso'onP oo'oenoono'.

They're supposed to get per capitas and so forth [now too, just like us].

Tih'etniiniiskooko'oeyei3i' heeneisiihi'.

That's just how wrong it is too.

Ci'nee'eetoxciini'oo'.

We will be crowded/forced out [by these other non-Indians].

Heetkookouto'oneihino'.

We always look out for ourselves.

Co'on[oo]noyoohootowoono'.

And here are the ways the Arapaho used to live.

'oh niiyou hini'iit heeneisiine'etiit nehe' hinono'ei.

Whatever will still [be useful from the old ways], then we try to know/learn it, how [an Arapaho] used to live, let it still be thus [today].

ToonheetnosouP ne'neyeihe'inowuno', nih'iisiine'etiit, heetihnosoune'nee'eesoo'.

We pray that the Creator takes pity on us.

Wootii niicih'owouunowuuneino' nehe' beeheeteiht.

[We pray that] our father [the Creator] will again think of helping us again.

Heisonoonin heetce'niiteheibeenebeino'.

And look at these young boys and girls who were fetched or taken from us.

Howoo noohowunee nuhu' niinoonoo3eino' woononoh'oho' noh huseitei'yoonoh'o'.

There are many little girls who have been removed.

hiseitei'yoonoh'o' wonoo3eihi3i' woowoti'ini.

The mature to a certain point, and then life isn't so good.

Noo'uuu'ootou'u, ne'ciiniini'oo' huune'etiit.

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??? life is not good.

Ceneii'eni'ini hiine'etiit ceniini'oo'.

It should be that way still from now on.

Heebeexehnee'eesoo nosouniihi'.

[But] yes, we have been made a pitiful people.

Hee, 3onootowooyoxuuheihino'.

We will [have to] look out for ourselves now.

Heetnoonoyoohootowoono' huuwoonhehe'.

(The preceding) is what Sharp Nose said.

'oh nehe' heeniibeet, ne'nih'iisinihiihok.

The Arapaho tribe will know, you all must know (about) this white man who is coming!

Hinono'eiteen heetnonoP he'inonee, he'inone' nehe' nih'oo3oo cenoot.

Know him well!

Bebii3e'inone'.

You all must watch out for him.

HetoonoyoohootP hetoonoyooh[oot]owoobe.

And he is cruel.

Noh noxooteiht.

You must strive hard towards the future life of the Arapaho.

Hettei'iitowoobe yii3e'einiihi' nuhu' heeneisiine'etiit nehe' hinono'ei.

Look at the buffalo.

Noohowunee hii3einoon.

It is no more.

Hoowooh'uni.

Deer, elk, moose, the various ones, the animals,

Bih'ihii, hiwoxuuhuu, hinenouhuu, nenee3i' ceece'eseiht, nehe' cese'eihii,

Now they will no longer be here.”

woow hetneihoowooh'uni.

And they were right.

'oh nih'i3oobei3i'.

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Siihoowoohnee'eeneesoo.

Even the chokecherries, the ones that occur along the streams, they are all disappearing.

Totoos nuhu' biino, niiniihoo'ou'u nuhu' necii, niibiibisiiyohou'u.

There were around seven or even nine [kinds of berries],

Bebene niisootox 3ebcebiihi' 3i'otox,

That was how [many] different [kinds of] the berries were [back then].

Ne'nih'eeneiscei'sou'u nuhu' biino.

They picked them.

nih'iikooko'oeP kooko'uyei'i3i'.

Just everybody [picked them], the elders, the old ladies.

Kookon howoo nee3i', nuhu' beesneniteeno', betebihoho'.

They dried them, they placed them down [to dry].

Nih'eeneixoo'oeniini, nihciiciinenou'u.

once they are dried out, then they will put them in containers.

tih'etniixoo'utei'i, heetne'ceece'einou'u.

(In) bags, so they would have something to eat in the wintertime.

Ce'eiyoono, tih'etni'iibii3hiit ceciniihi'.

It's not like that anymore.

Hoowoohnee'eesoo.

but these berries are no longer here, they are gone.

'oh hoowooh'uni nuhu' biino, noono'oo'.

Or this atmosphere, air, it’s really no good. People get sick from it.

Wo'ei3 nuhu' hoowu3oowuutee', henee3neeciini'oo'. ni'iiheenesowobeihiitooni'.

This, that is what the old people said.

Nuhu' nenee', ne'nih'ini nihii nee'eesinihii3i' nuhu' beesneniteeno'.

Watch out for each other.

Hoonoyoohobeti'.

Help each other.

Niiteheibeti'.

You are not different from each other.

Heihoowce'eseihibe.

You are Arapaho.

Niinono'eininee.

Strive together.

Tei'iitowoo'.

Life is not easy.

Hiine'etiit hoowkoxo'oe.

You [must] just [use] what you know to help each other.

Beebeet heetniise'inowunee heetniiteheibetinee.

You will live well, they said [to the younger people].

Heetni'iine'etiinee, hei'P hee3eihok.

If you don't [live right], you will decline.

ciini heetnoononohinee.

That is coming, that's what they said.

cihnoono'oo', nee'eeneihi3i'.

And that's how this life is all different (now), as far as I can tell.

Noh nee'eesceecei'soo' nuhu' huune'etiit, neetnonowo'.

That's how I began to understand things when I was young.

Ne'nih'iisce3i3e'inowoo tihwooneihinoo.

You couldn't...

Hih'oowu'uni'P..

They didn't have cars to get around easily.

niihencebkoohu3i', hih'oowunee'eesiini.

For example they bought things for each other, using money.

wootii hoonotoonobetiitooni', hihii3iihi' nuhu' bei'ci3ei'i.

And when there wasn't any money, they just traded things.

Tihciibei'ci3ei'iini, nihbi'oonooxohoebiibiineti3i' heeyouhuu,

when they needed to, for example...

tih'etniini wootii,

They obtained whatever they wanted (by bartering).

Heeneitetehei[3i]tou'u toonhiini'eenee3ooninoo.

And how things will be today, that's how we will live today.

Noh heetniisou'u nuhu' hiiwoonhehe', heetniisiine'etiino' hiiwoonhehe'.

And it will still be different in the future too,

Howoo noosounehcei'soo',

We don't know what will happen to us in the future.

Toonheetneh'iistoowo'oneihino'.

We don't possess [knowledge of the future].

Heihoowniiheneihin.

We must just assume or wonder.

Kookon heetiiko'.

Mules, when they are led, that’s what we do.

bih'ihooxebii, tohuuno'eici3eihi3i', ne'niistooni'.

when they don't like something, then they kick and kick each other because of it,

ceniini'eeneetou'u he'ii3ou'u, 'oh heni'iitooto'oxowoono',

or they bite and bite things,

wo'ei3 nee'eeneetootoyi'eeno',

And ???

'oh hiihookonoteisiini.

People are always fighting each other over [these kind of things].

Heni'ce'eitP booboo3etiitooni'.

But that is no good.

'oh hoowuni'oo huni'.

This one the old men forbid us to do it.

Neneenit nei'iP nenebeebeino' nuh'uuno beh'eihoho'.

"If you live that way, you will be pitiful," [they said].

Nee'eesiine'etiineehek, heetneetebinouhuuninee.

And we’ve reached that point now.

Noh woow noo'xootowuno'.

When unity is almost achieved, then everyone begins (to tear things apart ??? ) again.

Tooniini ce'no'woohoniini, noh behPcesis ce'iniinihiini heeyouhuu.

I hear them praying.

Neniiniitonou'u nuhu' niibiibiibi3ehi3i'.

It's no use, I say to them.

Woowotox ni'ii3ou'u.

[It they would do] it properly again, [if they] want to..., that's what I say.

Ce'ciiP ce'bebiisP hi'in beeteneeP, nee'eesinihiinoo.