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they were sitting inside a fox-hole

eeja mąą mąąrook eeja wąąk mąąrooknįįsge eeja mįįnąkanąk

I came upon them and captured them, he said

eeja wiiraahi eesge žee nee waatukos ee

that’s why I did this, he said

eegi eesge žee nee waaʔų eeną

it was enjoyable

eesge gipįesge gipį

I beat our enemy, that’s why I gave a war whoop, he said

hokjewakicapwira waawahi eesge hahohopšąną eeną

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he said, if you want to do something and when the singing is enjoyable, you can do / say that, you’ll be all right

eesge hagoreižą raipį anąga nąąwąraišge gipįesgegi heesge hišanągi hąąke wažą hirohiranį

because I beat them, you can say that, that’s what they used to say

žeʔe žeʔe jaasge waawahiga ee hawaʔų rahohopikjegi šʔųra heesge airešųnų ee

that feather that you wore, shows something for me

eesge hąąke mąąšųų kiira harakere nee wiicątʼį

if you think the singing is enjoyable you can give a war-whoop

nųnįge nąąwąra gipįesge hiranąšʔįgi rahohopikjegi hišąną

sometimes I say that

eesge hagaira heesge hihešųnų

that’s why they gave me authority

jaagu homąšja hųųkʼųire

I didn’t take it up on myself

eesge hąąke waakikaragųs

they don’t say that

hižą heesge aanįwaʔųnąąk

that’s the only way they can say that, they said

hižą žeesge nąągišąną eesge ee ruxurukire aire

if they hadn’t said that to me, I wouldn’t be saying that, I thought

eesge heesge kiira hoo hąąke heesge hįįgairanįgi hąąkešge heesge hihanįra yaare

ever since I grew up, we talked Indian, we only used Indian words

eegi jajaixjį hipara wąąkšik yaatʼawi woorac hegų yaaʔųwi hįxete jajaixjį hipara hegų kiira

I don’t know, there are no more Indians

eesge hąąke peežega hižą hiraicera wąąkšik hiiranį eegi yaaperesnį

I went to school, and I didn’t know any English words when I first went there

tee nee waagax_haca rašąną hegų hąąke mąįxete hitʼe šge woorac yaaperesnį ceek_waagax_haca hahiira

but they taught me, that’s why I went to school

nųnįge jaagu hįgigųsiregi eesge waagax_haca hahišųnų

I kept going

toowe hegų haʔųtee

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I finished High School and 2 years beyond that

waagax_haca hąąkšinįįsge waakišip anąga hige mąą nųųpahą hawįc_eeja

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they taught me all the Indian things, I also knew the Indian language, I’ve never forgotten it up until now

nųnįge jaagu wąąkšik hįgigųsirera hanąącį yaaperes wąąkšik hitʼerašge kaga hakaraigąšnį jajaixjį hipa

I got used to this

heesge hoʔųmąk hoʔųmąk waaʔųną

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I couldn’t get used to anything else

hąąke wažą hijąhį hoʔųamąknį

I have a lot of uncles

eegi roohą hitek haara

once in a while I thought they were doing something funny

hagaira wažą waxjanįįsge hižąšge yaagi wažąra hižą ųų waʔųnąkųnį yaare

when I asked them something, uncle, how’s this, they would tell me this

Teega jaasge žee wažąra hižą yaagipąx tee hige hųųgirakirešųnų

one day, I asked one of them: Teega, did you go to school?

hagoreižą hižą yaagipąxšąną Teega waagax_hašjasʼaže

yes, I used to go to school

hąhąʔą waagax_hacašųnų

he said, I used to say it in arithmetic

arithmetic eeja hihešųnų eeną

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that arithmetic, they only taught them numbers there

jaagušge jaagu arithmetic nąka woikarapnįįsge kiirašge wagigųsire

he said I said it in arithmetic

arithmetic eeja hihešųnų ee

whatever he said, I think I said okay

jaagu eesʼagigają ee yaare hąhą ee yaage

he said: when they made us go to school, it used to be difficult

eegi waagax_haja hįgigiirawiga woceexišųnų eeną

when they tried to make us know something, it was difficult

wažą hiperes hįgiginąʔįrawiga woceexišųnų

they used to chase us all through the building, he said

ciira howakšą hįrųxairawišųnų eeną

it was difficult to make us study

study ųų hįgigiirawigi woceexišųnų

they used to chase us all over the building

ciiroowakšą hįruxairawišųnų

I knew he meant nothing

hegų goosge waanąkre yaaperesšąną

truthfully I said it in arithmetic

jaagu hisge nįįsge arithmetic eeja hihešųnų aanąk

I used to say: what did he say

hihešųnų jaagu ee

it was difficult for them to make us study

eegi hige study ųų hįgigiirawiga woceexišųnų

they used to chase us back and forth through the building

ciira howakšą hįruxairawišųnų