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(Describes in English that he will tell stories of the old Arapaho ways....)

that's something that we haven't got, today. now, we'll begin with my... relate this story to, in Arapaho.

Well this is how it is: this is it,

wohei nohuusoho': nenee',

you people will listen to this [story].

neneeninee hineniteeno' heetceh'e3tiinee.

Old time people, those ones will be looked at. Back there in the past, that,

heetee hineniteeno', hinee heetnei'oohobeihi3i'. hee3ebce'noosoo3P hosei3iihi', hinee,

The way they lived,

heeneisiine'etii3i',

The way they lived, ???

nih'eeneisiine'etii3i', hihkusooP

Only [once] something had been regulated/evaluated [could it be done].

beexo'hooxuwuheihiinoo' heeyouhuu.

[An Arapaho] lived with discpline, rules and regulations.

hooxuwuutee' hiine'etiit.

A thing was not just taken up for no reason. A person couldn't just take things as they came. [Rules] existed.

kookon hih'oowuuni heeneiteneihiinoo. kookon hih'oowuni'iini neeneniisi'owuhee. heene'ini heenentou'u.

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wohei kokou'P hi'iihi', kokouh'uuheihiinoo'.

It will be taken [and used] properly. Whatever came along,

heetbebiisiiteneihiinoo' heeyouhuu. toonheescebii'ou'u,

it will be treated carefully.

heetbebii3eneihiinoo'.

Arapahos thought about a thing seriously and respectfully.

nono'eino' hih'iiP tih'ookonooneeneetou'u heeyouhuu.

whatever the old men did.

beh'eihehi' heeneestoonoo3i,

[it was done] seriously and respectfully,

hookonooniihi',

Because life was taken seriously.

toh'ookonooyoo' huune'etiit.

It was taken seriously. When [you] were serious, [you didn't] just...

Hookonooyoo'. Kookon tih'ooyoo

People didn't just live heedlessly and carefree; There were rules and regulations about how a person can act usefully.

hinenitee kookon hih'oowuune'etiino'; beneexo'uuni heentou'u heetniisiixonitoot.

well people didn't just say anything. he will only [say] something whereby he will be useful.

wohei nenitee kookon hih'oowoenetino'. beexo'uuhu' heetnii'P he'ii3ooni'i heetni'iixoneihit.

He will say something useful.

heetniixoninihiit.

Like that, first thing, there might be a person, He/she might be worried by something.

hiisoho', niitobe'einiihi', nenitee heebeh'eentoo, heebeh'ini hi'iinoxu3ecoo he'ii3ooni'i.

he/she might,

heebeh'ini...

other people will live carefully. They are careful. There are people present [who are not of this life].

hoo3oo'o' nenitee heetniinoxo'oniine'etii3i'. neestouhu3i'. Hiinentoohu3i'.

That's all of this.

hi'in neneenee'.

And because all [of them] would like, think about it carefully,

Noh hookoh biswootii bebii3eeneetou'u,

They would go to the old men.

nih'iiyihoo3i' beh'eihoho'.

The old men, they went to the [chiefs'] tipi.

beh'eihoho' nih'iiyihoo3i', niiinone'.

The old men would sit there.

Nih'ii3ii'oku3i' beh'eihoho'.

They were told about [a person's problem]. Now will it, is it okay [to tell you my problem]?

nihwonei'towuuneihi3i'. woow heetP ketni'iini?

He will come tell the story.

heetcihwonoo3iteet.

What do you [old men] think of it? Well what will you say?

Hotou3eeneeteebe? wohei heettousinihiiteebe?

What will you say? Then,

heettousinihiiteebe? heetne'P

whatever kind of [story],

toonheesou'u,

whatever kind of story, Or any sort of [story] will be brought [to them], about life,

toonheesou'u hoo3itoo, wo'ei3 toonheesou'u heethitenixoheihiinoo', hi'iihi' hiine'etiit,

Because an Indian thinks seriously and respectfully, Arapahos.

toh'oonookonooni3ecoot 3owo3nenitee, nono'eino'.

It's very different now.

ceencei'soo' hiiwoonhehe'.

Things are not respected today, because people live the white man's life.

hooweeteenebeihiinoono heeyouhuu, tohnih'oo3ouniine'etiitooni'.

the whites just, they really don't think about anything,

nih'oo3oo kookon, siihoowkohtobP kohtobeeneet,

because today all these things are around that you turn on: Like radios, or the things they watch [on TV/movies].

tohbehheentou'u hiiwoonhehe' niinihi'kuuhu'u: 3iwoo cei3iwoooniini, nuhu' heesoo' hesoohoo3ooninoo.

Well that's the situation.

wohei neneenee'.

Only,

beexo'uuhu',

Only, only an Indian did things like that. The Arapahos too, they act seriously and respectfully.

beexo'uuhu' nuhu' 3owo3nenitee nih'eeneistoot. howoo nono'eino' nenee3i' hoonookonoontoo3i'.

They believed in it. Whatever they did or whatever they said was taken seriously and respected,

nih'i3oobeeneetou'u. Nih'ookonooneeneetou'u heeneestoonoo3i, heeneesinihiinoo3i,

Whatever things they said.

heeneesinihiinoo3i heeyouhuu.

whatever was present, whomever someone brought, whatever was present,

toonnih[n]eentou', toonnoono'uxoheit, toonnih'eentou',

whatever was attached to something.

toonhi'in neniiboohuutoneihiinoo'.

Here I have been bothered by something,

hiit ceniini'oxuu3einoo,

or whatever it was that ???.

wo'ei3 hi'in toonneneixohei'o.

Someone, they will know. He will think about it properly/carefully. They will, that is how they will, they will establish a rule.

hinenitee, 'oh heetnee'inou'u. heetbebii3eeneeto'. heetniiP heetnee'eeneesP, heetnooxuwutii3i'.

It will be determined in that way.

heetnooxuwuheihiinoo' hiisoho'uusiihi'.

That is how the Arapahos have lived up to now.

Noh ne'cihnee'eesiine'etii3i' nono'ei.

He thinks about something seriously and respectfully. A thing wasn't just taken and used for no reason.

Hookonooneeneeto' heeyouhuu. kookon tihciiteneihiinoo' heeyouhuu.

Only when an Arapaho had blessed a thing [was it used].

beexo'uuhu' nono'ei tihwoxu'ooto' heeyouhuu.

Only then.

beexo'uuhu'.

Or a person would put medicines his his mouth, that's when he would begin to talk: So that he will tell the truth then.

wo'ei3 woxu'uu nih'iixo'owut, ne'nih'ehcesiseenetit: hetnii3oobeit.

He would put medicines in his mouth, and that's when, that's when he begins to speak;So that he will tell the truth.

nih'iixo'owut woxu'uu, noh ne'nii'P, ne'nii'cesiseenetit; hetnii3oobeit,

So that he will not lie.

hetciinentooyeit,

White people don't do that. They don't; they just start saying anything, he runs off over there.

Nih'oo3ou'u hiihoowunee'eestoono'. Hiihoowuuni; kookon niicesisinihii3i', 3ebkoohut.

An Indian puts something in his/her mouth. So that he/she will speak the truth, in what they are saying, straightly.

3owo3nenitee niixo'owut woxu'uu, hetnii3oobeit, hinee heesinihii3i' xouuw[uuhu'].

That's it.

hi'in nenee'.

Indians are genuine,

3owo3nenitee niihee3neeniihi'

Indians live genuinely.

hee3neeniihi' 3owo3nenitee niine'etii3i'.

If an Arapaho is going to speak, a chief or he/she might put medicine in his/her mouth,

hetneenetiehk nono'ei, neecee wo'ei3 heebehniixo'owu woxu'uu

That's when he/she started to say something.

ne'nih'ii'ceecesisinihiit.

It is ceremonially authorized, what this one is going to say, so that it will be true, So that he/she won't lie.

woxu'oo3eihiinoo', XXX hetneenetiit, hetnii3oobee', hetciinentooyeit.

so that he/she won't lie to his people, or so that it will be like this,

hetciinentoonowoot hitinenteewo, wo'ei3 hetniiheeneisoo',

so that what they are doing must be true, Whatever they are saying. That's it.

toh'u3oobee' hinee heesP heeneestootiini', heeneesinihiitooni'. hi'in nenee'.

Today that's completely gone.

huuwoon[hehe'] kookon siiceentou'.

It's not present.

hooweentou'.

Today well whatever pops into someone's mind, they start saying it right away.

hiiwoonhehe' huuwo' heesiini, hiit xonou cesisinihiitooni'.

That's how it is now.

nee'eesoo' hiiwoonhehe'.

Just whatever.

toonheesou'u.

But before it wasn't like that.

'oh heetee hih'oowunee'eesoo.

what it was, he dreamed it, They were taken over to the old men, that way.

heesoo'ohk, nihkoneet, nih'iiyihxotoneihi3i' beh'eihoho', heeneesiini.

Then it happened.

he'ne'ko'usiini.

That's when those [old men] would discuss it.

hi'in nenee3i' ne'nih'ii'kokoh'outi3i'.

They discussed it. Let's see what we will [do].

nih'iikokoh'outi3i'. 3iwoo heetniisiini.

What will we do? What will we do about this?

heettoustoon? heettoustiin?

Okay

wohei.

Well here it is,

wohei niiyou,

well here is what they did.

wohei niiyou nuhu' heeneeP heeneistoo3i'.

Where the Arapahos were in a large, clustered, circular camp.

heetneeyei3oonootee' nono'eino'.

Way back in the past.

beebei'on huu3e'.

Way back there where the Arapahos lived long ago.

beebei'on neeyou hinono'eino' nih'iitiine'etii3i' teecxo'.

And that's how it was. I guess a youg man, a boy

'oh hi'in nenee'. wootii honoh'oe, hecoxonoh'oe

lived with his grandfather.

he'ih'ini nii3neniibee nuhu' hibesiiwoho.

The time came to sleep for the night.

he'ih'ini no'xoo, nuhu' nokohuutooni'.

He had a bad dream about something that was no good.

he'ihwoxkonee he'ii3ooni'i ceniini'ooni'.

It made him feel bad, It bothered him, his thoughts, they were not [good/right].

hoowuni'oxonee, hoowuni'oxuuhee, hiini3ecoono, hoowuuni.

He was not thinking [right]. Some kind of thing just came and disturbed him.

Hih'oowuukokoh'u3ecoo. kookon siiheneewo'oneit.

It came and disturbed him, this one who had the bad dream.

heneewo'oneit nuhu', nuhu' nihwoxkoneet.

“Well I might as well [tell someone] this way/like this.

wohei nonoonoko' huusoho'uusiihi'.

[My grandfather] will know what to do, too,”

howoo heetnee'ino' hinee heetniistoot,

Because his grandfather always gave him advice, about the right thing to do.

tohuuheeneiseineebeit hibesiiwoho, neeneistootiini'

[he told him that] something isn't just immediately taken up,

kookon tohuuP xonou tihciiteneihiinoo' heeyouhuu,

Until the elders were sought out.

Honoot noteiiteheihi3i' beesneniteeno'.

So then the told his grandfather how he had dreamed, about his bad dream.

wohei he'ne'ei'towuunoot nuhu' hibesiiwoho nee'eeskoneet, nee'eeswoxkoneet.

It made him feel bad/disturbed.

he'ihciini'oxonee.

He felt bad because he had had a bad dream. And then this [young man]told his grandfather the story,

he'ihciini'oxonee nuhu' tohwoxkoneet, 'oh nehe' he'ne'hoo3itoonoot nuhu' hibesiiwoho,

Of the thing/spirit that had made him feel bad.

hi'in heesciini'oxoneiit.