Hidatsa Texts, Collected By Robert H. Lowie

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With grammatical notes and phonograph transcriptions. - Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1939. 64 p. (Prehistory Research Series, Vol. I, Number 6)
Отдельный оттиск из тома трудов Исторического сообщества Индианы включает уникальную коллекцию текстов, собранных известным американским антропологом Робертом Лоуи. Тексты мифологического и бытового характера записаны им от монолингвов хидатса, помнивших дорезервационные дни своего народа. Важнейший источник по языку и фольклору народа хидатса.

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V o lu m e I M a y 1939 N u m b er 6 Prehistory Research Series HIDATSA T E X T S C o lU c te d B y R o b e r t H . L o w ib WITH GRAMMATICAL NOTES AND PHONOGRAPH TRANSCRIPTIONS By Z e lu c H a r r is a n d C. F. V o e c e lin IN D IA N A H IS T O R IC A L SO C IE T Y IN D IA N A P O L IS N u m ber Prehistory Research Series HIDATSA TE X TS C o lle c t e d B y R o b e r t H . L o w ie WITH GRAMMATICAL NOTES AND PHONOGRAPH TRANSCRIPTIONS By Z e l l i c H a r r is a n d C. F . V o e o e lin IN D IA N A H IS T O R IC A L SO C IET Y IN D IA N A P O L IS 6 CO NTENTS PAGE I n tro d u c tio n ................................................................ ................ .................. I 73 H id a tsa S o u n d s a n d P h o n e m e s ............................................ .................. 1 83 P art O ne T e x t I. F ir s t W o r k e r I n t r u d e s o n S u n ’s R e a lm ............................ 187 T r a n s la t i o n ............................................ ....... .......................... 2 00 T e x t 11. F ir s t W o r k e r C a p tu r e s G e e se b u t L o s e s T h e m to S p o tte d T a il............................................................................ 20+ T r a n s la t i o n ............................................. ................... ................209 T e x t I I I . F ir s t W 'o r k e r C a p tu r e s P r a ir ie D o g s b u t L o s e s T h e m to S p o tte d T a il....................... ... ................................ 2 12 T r a n s la t io n ....... ..................... ............. ................................... 2 1 6 T e x t IV . T h e S to r y o f a G ir l W h o B e ca m e a B e a r .................... 2 20 T r a n s la t io n ....................... ............ ........................................... 2 2 4 P art T w o P r e f a c e to t h e W a t e r B u ste r A c co u n t: A C o m p a riso n o f M y th S ty le a n d E v e r y d a y S p e e c h ................................. 231 T ex t V. T h e W a t e r B u ste r A c co u n t ( tra n sc rib e d fro m a p h o n o g ra p h r e c o r d ) .................................. .......................233 T r a n s la t i o n ............................................................................... 23 7 IN T R O D U C T IO N T h is p a p e r b r in g s to th e r e a d e r a s a m p lin g o f m o re th a n one im p o rta n t a sp e c t o f th e l i f e a n d la n g u a g e o f t h e H id a t sa In d ia n s, n o w r e sid in g n e a r t h e ir f o r m e r e a r t h - lo d g e v il la g e s o f th e u p p e r M isso u r i a n d its trib u ta rie s o n t h e F o r t B e r t h o ld r e se r v a t io n , t o ­ g e t h e r w ith tw o o th e r v il la g e tr ib e s o f t h e N o r th e r n P la in s , th e M a n d a n , a n d t h e A rik a ra . F o r f o lk lo r is tic in te r e st, tw o c y c le s o f H id a t sa m y th o lo g y a re re p r e se n te d in t h e t e x ts c o lle c te d b y R o b e rt H . L o w ie ,' o n e co n ­ c e r n e d w ith t h e o r ig in o f h e a v e n ly b o d ie s ( t e x t I V ) , th e o th e r w ith th e a d v e n tu r e s o f th e c r e a to r - tr i