Story of Wylie Wolf (1964)

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1919

1919
Wylie

Wylie
Wolf

Wolf
Story

Story
of

of
the

the
ᎬᏘᏌᏘ
gvdisata
Gvdisata
ᏩᎭᏯ
wahyaha
Wahaya

1919 Story of Gvdisati Wahaya (Wylie Wolf)

ᎬᏘᏌᏘ
gvdisati
Gvdisata
ᏥᎨᏒᎢ
tsigese'i
it was
ᎤᏃᎮᏛ
uhnohedv
told by (him)

Gvdusati told this story.

ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ
nigohilv'i
always
ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎨᎢ
kanohesge'i
he used to tell about
ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸᎢ
nulistanidolv'i
what happened
ᎠᏓᎾᏬᎯ
adahnawohi
in the war
ᎤᎵᎸᎢ
ulilv'i
when he fought
ᎬᏘᏌᏘ
gvdisati
Gvdisati
ᎤᏚᏚ
ududu
his grandfather
ᎠᎦᏴᎵ
agayvli
old
ᎤᏓᏐᏅ[Ꮕ]Ꭿ
udasonv[hnv]hi
wounded
ᎨᏎᎢ
gese'i
was

He always talked about what happened in the war that his grandfather fought in. His grandfather was wounded.

ᎾᏍᎩᏃ
nasgihno
and that
ᎤᏃᎮᎴᎢ
unohele'i
he told
ᎤᎦᎾᏮᎢ
uganawv'i
warm place
ᎠᏍᏓᏱ
asdayi
hard
ᎤᎵᎴᎢ
ulile'i
he fought
ᎠᏗᏍᎨᎢ
adisge'i
he was saying
ᎢᎸᏢᎢᏃ
ilvtlv'ihno
and somewhere
ᎠᏂᏅᎢ
ani'nv'i
while they were sitting
ᎠᎪᎾ
agona
starvation
ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎮᎢ
nunalisdanehe'i
it happened to them
ᎧᏫᏃ
kawihno
coffee, and
ᏳᎾᏥᏒᏁᎳ
yunatgasvnela
when they ran out of it
ᏔᎹᎵ
tamahli
tomato
ᏗᎦᏌᏆᎴᎯᎯ
digasaqualehihi
roller bugs
ᏓᏅᏫᏍᎨᎢ
danvwisge'i
they roasted
ᎠᏗᏍᎨᎢ
adisge'i
he said

Gvdusati told that they were sitting around some place and they were starving. When they ran out of coffee, they caught tomato roller bugs, toasted them over the fire and ground them up.

ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ
kanoheskv'i
he used to tell
ᏌᏊᎢ
saquu'i
one
ᎢᏳᎩᏘ
iyukti
time
ᏙᎦᏟᏴᎲᎩ
dogatliyvhv'i
we fought
ᎠᎹᏳᎵᏗ
amayulhdi
by the creek
ᏩᎦ
waga
Cow
ᎦᏁᎪᎯ
ganegohi
Skin
ᏚᏙᎥᎢ
dudo'v'i
called
ᎤᏪᏴᎢ
uweyv'i
Creek
ᎩᏄᏗᏊ
ginudiquu
one quarter
ᎢᏴᎢ
iyv'i
far, away from
ᏂᏙᎦᏓᎸᎢ
nidogadalv'i
we are a distance apart
ᏙᎦᏓᏍᏓᏲᎸᎢ
dogadasdayolv'i
shooting at each other
ᎠᏍᏗᏱᏳ
asdiyiyu
hard
ᏙᎦᏟᏴᎲᎢ
dogahliyehv
while fighting
ᎯᎠ
hi'a
(at) this
ᎾᏍᎩ
nasgi
particular
ᎾᎿᎢ
nahna'i
place
ᏩᎦ
waga
Cow
ᎦᏁᎪᎯ
ganegohi
Skin
ᏚᏙᎥᎢ
dudo'v'i
called

Gvdusati told about once when they fought by the creek at a place called Cowskin Prairie. The two detachments were only one-fourth of a mile apart when they began shooting at each other. They fought back really hard at this place named Cowskin Prairie.

ᎾᏍᎩᏊᏃ
nasgiquuhno
and that
ᏂᎦᎠ
niga'a
all
ᏥᎪᏪᎳ
tsigohwela
that is written

That is all that I wrote.