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That's just what I wanted to tell you all about this, this, this drum, the way it is kept.

Beebeet ne'nih'iibeetei'towuune3enee nuhu', nuh'uuno, nuhu' ho'eii, neeneisnii3ineihit.

Also when kids played, we would be speaking in Arapaho.

Howoo nuhu' toh'uunokotiitooni', nih'eeneinono'eitino'.

We played various games/things:

Nih'eeneinokotiino':

Like Cowboys and Indians/Arapahos, when we would all play that game:

wootii nuhu' touhoono' noh nuhu' hinono'eino' tohuunee'eeseeneinokotiino':

We would always shoot each other.

nihco'onceeP ceecebetino'.

We would just be falling down all over the place.

kookon nih'oononinoo'oono'.

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We were always playing various games.

Nihco'[on]eeneinokotiino'.

We played various games.

nih'eeneinokotiino'.

We talked.

nih'eenetino'.

"I will be the one (to be the cowboy)," I said.

Heetneeninoo, nih'iinoo.

"I will be the one, I will be the tough one."

Heetneeninoo, heetno'oteihinoo.

"No, I will be the one," my friend said.

Hiiko, heetneeninoo, nih'iit.

And then the ones I played with, this Joe, Joe Waterman,

'oh ne'nuhu' neinokotiihooono', nehe' Joe, Joe Waterman,

we always played cowboys (and Indians).

nih'iico'oniini hiinokotiino' nuhu' touhoono'.

He was always, the cavalry, he was always the cavalry.

Nihco'onnoo'oenitP, cavalry, nihco'oneenit.

And I was always the one, the Arapaho, I was always that one.

'oh nihco'onneeninoo, hinit hinono'einiihi', nihco'onneeninoo.

I would always chase them.

Nihco'onP nih'iiyeihonou'u.

I would shoot at him over and over.

Nih'ee3ebcoocobo'.

He would hide from me over there where his family stayed.

Nih'iinoniikoheinoo huu3e' nih'iitoo3i'.

We hid from each other.

Nihnoononiikohetini'.

Then we would find each other again.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'bii'iihetini'.

Then we went back to his house.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'iyihooni' hito'oowuu'.

That was where we would go when we went to eat.

Ne'nih'iitP tih'ehwonbii3ihini'.

Then, we were just talking.

Ne'nih'iini kookon nih'iiheenetini'.

We were going outside.

nih'iino'oehi'.

Well I guess his mother asked him, "well what are you guys going to play?"

Wohei he'hiinoon nihnottoneit, wohei heeyou heetniinokotiitooninoo? nih'ii3P

The he told her, "I will be a soldier."

Ne'nih'ii'ei'towuunoot, heetbeniiineniininoo.

"I will be a soldier," he said.

Heetneeninoo beniiinen, nih'iit.

Then I told them, "I will be a soldier too."

Ne'nih'ii'ei'towuunou'u, howoo heetneeninoo beniiinen.

"I will be be a uhh, a German, a German," I said to them.

Noh heetniini neneeninoo nuhu' uhh, nuh'uuno ceebini, ceebini, nih'ii3ou'u.

"The Japanese, that's what I'll be," I said.

Niih'einooku3i', heetneeninoo, nih'iinoo.

This one well, "okay," he said.

Nuhu' nihii, wohei, nih'iit.

"That's what he will be."

Heetniineenit.

Then we shot at each other.

Ne'nih'ii'ceecebeti'.

We had toy guns.

Nih'iiniinii3inowuni'.

They pointed these guns around at each other.

nih'iinenou'u nuhu' kokuyono.

We would just make them ourselves.

kookon nih'iiniiniistiini'.

We would shoot at each other, aim at each other.

Nih'iiceecebetini', seesebeyoheini'.

Well this horse and these sticks, we would make...

Wohei nuhu' woxhoox noh nuhu' bexo, nih'iiniisP

Those ones, with wood, we would make them with it.

nenee3i', wood, nihi'neeP

Then due to that we would go falling down.

ne'nihi'iini honinoo'ooni'.

We fell down.

nih'oowucensineni'.

Then we jumped back up.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'koheini'.

Then I would chase him that ways again.

ne'nih'ii'ehce'yih'oono'.

Then he rode back around this way.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'ko'einiikoheit.

Then he chased me again.

Nihce'yih'ooneinoo.

They were watching us, his mother and my father.

Nih'iiheenesoohobei'ee3i' hiinoon, neisonoo.

As, they were watching us.

tihP nih'eenesoohobei'ee3i'.

"You guys are doing good," they said.

Nii'itoonee, nih'ii3i'.

"These horses, they are really good," they said.

Nuhu' woxhooxebii, henee3neeni'eihi3i', nih'ii3i'.

And with, those ones made of these sticks, we mounted on them.

'oh heni'P nenee3i' nuhu' bexo, nihteesihcehi'.

We would ride them.

Nih'iicebkoohuutiini'.

It was just all dusty, where the trail we made was.

Kookon nih'iikoo'ouute', nih'iitnooxeise'.

Then we fell down.

Ne'nih'ii'censine'.

We just landed down on the ground.

Kookon nih'iisibihcehi'.

Then we jumped back up again.

Ne'[nih]'ii'ce'koheisihcehi'.

Then we would flee/run off farther on somewheres.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'wo'wutokohuno'.

Then he would flee/run off again farther on.

Ne'nih'ii'ce'wo'wutokohut.

Then this type of, at some point, then.

Ne'nih'ii'heeneisiini, he'iicxooyeiniini, ne'iinni

Well then we met each other again.

Wohei ce'nouxoneti'.

We would...

Nih'iiP

"Today I will be the one," he said.

Hiiwoonhehe' heetneeninoo, nih'iit.

"I will sing," he said.

Heetniiniibeinoo, nih'iit.

Hmm, he would just sing some kind of song or other.

Hee, he'eenei3ootinee3i.

Hmm, just some kind or other of songs, he would sing them.

Hee he'eenei3ou'u niibootno, niiniiniibooto'.

I would just dance.

Kookon nih'iibeebeteeenoo.

Just whatever/however.

Kookon heenei'isiihi'.

I was just spinning around.

Kookon nihnoonoo'eicehinoo.

I was going up and down real quick.

Ceeceenihcehinoo.

Then I would spin around some more.

Ne'nih'ii'noonoo'eihcehinoo.

Then I would jump up and down.

Ne'nii'ceeceno'oonoo.

"You, you do it now," I would say.

You, you, nih'eeneihinoo.

Then I sang for him.

Ne'nih'ii'niiboono'.

Then I sang some real fast ones for him.

Henee3neeniinihi'neekuutono'.

He was going up and down real quick too.

Niixoo nikP niixoo nihceeceenihcehit.

He was shaking his head around.

kookone'eikoohut.

We were having a (pretend) dancing contest.

He'ihP nih'iiceecebiihetini'.

Just, just uhh some blankets,

Kookon, kookon nihii [t]ouwo,

We gathered them up.

nih'oonoo'eixotiini'.

We gave them to each other (as pretend prizes).

Nihbiibiineti'.

"You have won this one," he said.

Nuhu' 'oh hooyootow, nih'iit.

"You have won this one," I said to him.

Nuhu' hooyootow, nih'ii3o'.

Caps/hats, and so forth, I gave him.

Wote'eno, nih'iibiino', heenei'isiihi'.

And these, these guns, we gave them to each other.

Noh nuhu' nuhu' kokiyono, nihbiibiineti'.

"You have won this one, you have won this one," I said to him.

Nuhu' hooyootow, nuhu' hooyootow, nih'ii3o'.

We were very happy.

Nih'ee3neeni'i3ecooni'.

Also these, these cars, "I will be the one"

Howoo nuhu', nuhu' niiniihencebkoohu3i', nuhu' heetneeninoo

"My car is fastest," he said.

Heeso'oot nehe' no[to]tii, nih'iit.

We raced.

NihnonouhtonP

We raced them.

Nuhu' nihnonouhtini'.

He passed me up.

nihcowo'oneinoo.

Then I would pass him up again.

Ne'nii'cihce'cowo'ono'.

"I'm fastest," he said.

Heeso'oonoo, nih'iit.

"No, I'm the fastest," I said to him.

Hiiko, neneeninoo heeso'oonoo, nih'ii3o'.

"No," he said.

Hiiko, nih'iit.

"I'm the fastest one," he said.

Neneeninoo ceebe'eineeso'oonoo, nih'iit.

There were a lot of them:

Nih'iiwoo3ee3i':

Pretty soon I had a lot of friends.

heihii neiteh'eihoho', nih'iiwoo3ee3i'.