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The two of them ran away.

ngu-wula yani.

Hector Janganpa Jungurra (straight skin) or Pannikin Jurlama (not straight skin) ran away with Jurrkiya.

Jurrkiya ngu kangani rarraj.

He eloped with Jurrkiya.

Jurrkiya jarlartpurru kangani.

It was a Jungurra who took her from east.

wan-bala-lu Jungurra-lu jintaku-lu, ngu kangani kaarniin.

Others were following after them tracking them.

alrait ngu-lu-rla yani yangkarra na.

Another group of men were following him to Warlamangka (which is a big swamp on Inverway).

ngu-lu-rla yani yangkarra-ma yirrap-ma ngumpit-ma Warlamangka-yirri.

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They followed their tracks, "Here look east at the yard at Warlamangka.

ngu-lu pila mani jamana +" nyawa nyangka nyila Warlamangka-la yard-ta kuya karrawarra, big swamp-kula.

They came up to her and said, "We want to take you back".

ngu-lu-rla yani, +" ngu-rnangkulu wart kangku, kuya.

"We'll take you back," they said.

+" ngu-rnangkulu wart kangku, kuya.

"We'll take you back".

+" ngu-rnangkulu wart kangku.

You two need to finish this trouble with each other - that means you too Hector Janganpa Jungurra.

& ngu-npula-nyunu larrp manku, Janganpa-lu-ma-li.

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You two need to finish this trouble with each other.

ngu-npula-nyunu larrp manku.

But another Jungurra, Janganpa's brother, came galloping up on a horse.

bat najan Jungurra, Janganpa-wu igin maitbi brother, gallop la horse-jawung-ma, kurrupartu-yawung-ma.

He had a boomerang and galloped all the way over bareback, he got off the horse.

kurrupartu im-in hab-im an horse im gallop ola-wei bareback, ged-ap tai-im-ap dat horse binij.

He went over to Pannikin.

im-in gu la im na bla Pannikin, dat boi Pannikin.

It was Pannikin who took her away.

Pannikin bin teik-it-awei.

The two of them fought.

tubala bin big fait.

Then they started fighting.

kuli na ngu-wula-nyunu jayinya-la-ka-ma.

They were fighting with boomerangs.

kuli na, kurrupartu-lu.

He kept throwing boomerangs.

kurrupartu-lu kurrupartu-lu kipgon kipgon kipgon.

Pannikin had a lot of boomerangs.

Pannikin bin hab-im loda kurrupartu.

But he had no success - he just kept hitting the Janganpa's shield.

najing im-in kil-im mirta-ngka mirta-ngka-rni.

Janganpa finally hit him back with a boomerang.

dij Jungurra, dij papa la Pannikin-tu-ma im, Jungurra-lu im-in kil-im kurrupartu-lu-ma im nogud na Jungurra-lu.

This was Pannikin.

Pannikin-ma.

He kept throwing them at him - Pannikin didn't have many boomerangs left.

ngu pani, Pannikin-tu im-in hab-im not much kurrupartu.

But he had an Indian-style axe - a tomahawk - so he got that.

im-in hab-im wirlka na im-in ged-im nyila Indian wirlka yapawurru.

Like the sort of axes Indians have.

laika Indian-ku yu nou dat lidul Indian aks.

So he got that one.

nyila na ngu mani.

Pannikin chased Janganpa and hit him bang in the chest with his axe.

im-in jeij-im im nyila-ma Jungurra-ma Pannikin-tu-ma im put-im rait hiya dat wirlka.

It went right into his chest and it knocked him down.

yeah mangarli-la im bo la im jirrp-ma yala-ngka-rni nok-im-dan.

Right there.

yala-ngka-rni.

Janganpa was our countryman so someone went back to the station.

im ngantipa-ny kantriman nyila-ma Jungurra-ma, rait im-in gu kaarnimpal-a ngu-rla.

He rang up the police and the hospital plane.

ngu-rla ring-im-ap bo murnungku an doktaplein-ku.

He put Janganpa on the plane.

ngu-rla warrkuj mani doktaplein-ta-warla bo Jungurra-ma.

He died somewhere on the way between Wyndam and Kununurra.

im-in gu kayirnirra im-in ged los jam-wei la road.

The stockboys from Birrundudu saw the policeman caming to grab him.

& an nyarrulu Birrundudu-mob-ma nyila-ma stockboy murla xxx la murnungku yanana ngu-rla kam-in-ap.

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The police used Sali Mahomet's car.

policeman bin yus-im motika, blanganta olman Palyung bla Sali Mahomet.

There were Afghans here.

al Afghan bin hiya.

The police used his car.

jei bin yus-im motika bla im policeman-tu-ma.

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They took them to Limbunya.

ngu-yinangkulu kanya Limbunya.

We saw them to say hello to to the group of blokes.

wi bin si-im hello nyawa-wu jarrwa-wu ngumpit.

He tied Pannikin up on the westside.

Pannikin-ma im-in tai-im-ap jeya kaarnimpa kuya.

He tied Pannikin the murderer to the eastside of a bloodwood tree at Limbunya Station homestead.

kaarniinkarra bloodwood-ta, Limbunyung-kula-ma bloodwood-ta-ma im-in tai-im-ap Pannikin-ma.

I said to our mob, "They've brought a murderer".

ngu-rnangkula marni +" nyawa-ma ngu-lu kanya parnkarrang nyawa.

Four witnesses who were Aboriginal workers had come from Inverway too.

ngu-lu yani kaarnimpa-ma bo-bala boi witness yu nou.

The police brought them there.

ngu-yina kanya yala-ngka-wu.

From there, they followed river down to old Wave Hill Station.

yalu-ngurlu-ma kanimparra jarrei Jinparrak-kula-wu na murla-ngkurra.

He locked him up and they made witness statements, and they all went back.

wal ngu lok-im-at kiyarni an ngu-nyjurra-ma witness-ma ngu-lu marni marntaj, murlu-ngurlu ngu-li wartwart yani.

Pannikin then went to jail in Fanny Bay.

nyantu rait im-in gu kanimparra na, im-in gu Fanny Bay nyantu-ma, nyila-ma Jungurra-ma nah nyila-ma Jurlama-ma Pannikin-ma, kuya.

I'm telling you a story.

nyila na jaru ngu-rnangku marnana nyila na.

The story is over now.

marntaj na nyila-ma jaru-ma.

Leave it for another day.

kaput-ku-warla.

He killed him because he was jealous.

ngu jalaj-tu pani.

The two cousins were bashing each other up.

ngu-wula-nyunu parra, ngu-wula-nyunu parra parnku-rlang-kulu nyanpula-rni.

But the youngest brother with the light/short spear.

& bat nyawa-ma littlest-wan-ma brother-ma nyanuny-ma nyila-warla ngunti-yawung-kulu.

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The two of them were bashing each other over the head.

ngu-wula-nyunu pani nyawa-rni kayirnimpa-la Warlamangka-la-rni.

They didn't go back to Birrindudu.

kula-wula wart yani kurlarra Birrindudu-yirri.

This was on the north side of Warlamangka on the west bank of a billabong.

kayirnimpa Warlamangka-la-rni karlarniinkarra langa billabong.

They bashed each other at the big swamp.

big swamp-kula ngu-wula-nyunu pani.

He hit him right in the chest with an axe and he fell down.

ngu wirlka-ngku na pani mangarli-la mangarli-la binij kanyjurra yala-ngka-rni na.

That's it.

kuya.

It was a jealous fight.

jalaj-ju yu nou.

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