The Whiteman and the Indian
by Leonard Yelloweagle
1) v�'ho'e naa xaevo'�stane �'�en�eohts�sesto
Whiteman and Indian were going along together.
2) naa het��va �xhon�tov�sesto ��'xo ho'�st�va
And in the evening they roasted a duck in the fire.
3) naa ts�'�e�x�ho'hets�se �'�hto'hohn�v�sesto p��va
And when it was done cooking they buried it in the ashes.
4) naa m�sto'seov�en�hev�he
And they were going to lie down.
5) naa n�he'�e v�'ho'e �hn�het�sesto ts�'t�he xaevo'�stan�ho
And then the whiteman told this Indian,
ts�p�h�veov�x�stse h�tsetseha taa'eva tsetam�vo ts�'t�he ��'xo
"He who dreams well now at night will eat this duck,"
�xhes�stse
he said.
6) naa ts�'t�he xaevo'�stane �'am�htov�sesto ts�'t�he v�'h�'e
And this Indian agreed with this whiteman.
7) naa n�he'�e �'ov�en�sesto
And then they lay down.
8) naa ts�hv�ona'otse v�'ho'e �'oseem�oto'es�stse
And when it was morning the whiteman got up really early.
9) naa ts�'t�he xaevo'�stane �'�e�ahtse'tot�e�enas�stse
And this Indian was already lying with his eyes open.
10) naa v�'ho'e �'oseeh�hta'hanetanos�stse
And the whiteman really wanted to tell his story.
11) �hn�het�sesto ts�'t�he xaevo'�stan�ho n�tavov�eh�s�sta
He told this Indian, "Let me be first to tell
naov�xest�tse �xhet�sesto
my dream!" he told him.
12) naa ts�'t�he xaevo'�stane �hp�h�v�ts�st�n�se
And this Indian thought well of that.
13) naa n�he v�'ho'e �'as�st�hta'hanes�stse
And that whiteman started telling his story.
13b) �hn�het�sesto ts�'t�he xaevo'�stan�ho
He told this Indian,
14) ts�'ov�xen�to v�'ho'�'eo'o ts�hets�noonese �hne'an�he�s�na
"When I dreamed white women who had wings were coming down.
15) naa ts�h��he ts�'��ho'o�sen�v�se e'evon�h�'o �hne'an�heneeotse
"And here where they were a ladder came down,"
�xhes�stse
he said.
16) naa n�he'�e n�taasee'eohtse
"And then I started to go up,"
17) �xhet�hta'hanes�stse ts�'t�he v�'ho'e
that's how he told the story, this whiteman.
18) naa n�h��he ts�sta��ho'�hta'han�se ts�'t�he
And there when he got to that point in the story this
xaevo'�stane �hn�het�sesto ts�'t�he v�'h�'e
Indian told this whiteman,
19) hee h�p�'e n�to'�st�'n�heto'ov�xe
"Hee, likewise I dreamed about the same
20) ts�heto'ov�xen�to �xhes�stse
the way I dreamed," he said.
21) naa h�p�'e v�ts��he t�'n�he'x�v�va
"And likewise then at exactly the same time
m�n�ov�xen�h�he �xhes�stse ts�'t�he xaevo'�stane
I must have dreamed," said this Indian.
22) h�n�h��he n�tav�om�tse e'evon�h�'�ne
"There I saw you on the ladder.
23) n�taamee'eohtse �xhet�sesto
You were going up," he told him.
24) naa tsen�s�a'�v�ho'ean�heohts�he n�h�ov�hes�tam�tse
"'And he won't come back down,' I mistakenly thought about you,"
�xhet�sesto
he told him.
25) ts�'t�he ��'xo n�hestano n�m�vo �xhet�sesto
"This duck I took it, I ate it," he told him.
26) hen�'hanehe
That's it.
This story was first published in the book Cheyenne Texts: An Introduction to Cheyenne Literature, copyright 1980, used here by permission.
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