ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ – Indian

ᏧᏚᎾᏙᎥᎢ - names

ᎠᏲᏩᏁᎦ (ᎠᏲᏁᎦ / ᏲᏁᎦ) - Whiteman

ᏗᏎᏍᏗ - numbers, enrollment

ᎪᎯᎩ - longtime

ᏥᎨᏒᎩ – it was

ᏌᏊᎭ – just one

-Ꭽ - (suffix indicating only, just)

ᎤᏂᎮ – they had it (solid, neutral), (reportive)

ᎣᏂᏃ – later, back

ᎢᏴᎢ - when

ᏂᎦᏛ – everybody, all

ᎨᎦᏎᏍᏗ - for them to be counted, enrolled

ᏄᎵᎦᏔᎴᎢ - become

ᎨᎦᏎᏍᏗ ᏄᎵᎦᏔᎴᎢ – they had to be counted/enrolled

ᎾᏊ – now

ᎠᏎ – but

ᏱᏓᎾᏓᏁᎭ - would have to give

ᎩᎳ – before, early

ᎨᎦᏎᏍᏗᏍᎨᎢ – they would us a number, they would count us (rptv)

ᏌᏊᎭᏃ – but just one

ᎨᏒ – it was

ᏴᏫ – person

ᏱᏚᏙᎠ – when/if he was called/named

ᎦᏰᏥᏁᏗ - worthy

ᎨᏎ – it was, they told me

ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏗ – they - to him number, enroll

ᎨᏒᎢ – (see ᎨᏒ)

ᎾᏊᏃ – now (emphasis)

ᎨᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅ - they were enrolled, counted

ᎤᏅᏒᏊ - they just went there

ᎠᏂᏩᏘᏍᎬ - they found it

ᏔᎵᏁ – the second

ᏫᎨᏒ - was there

ᏧᎾᏙᏍᏙᏗ - them to be named

ᎾᏁᎵᏍᎬᏃ - now they supposed, guessed it

ᎠᏲᏩᏁᎦᏊ (ᎠᏲᏁᎦᏊ) - just this whiteman

ᎦᏪᏟᎭᏊ - he is just teasing, joking

ᎠᎾᏗᏍᎬᎢ - they said

ᎾᏍᎩ – that (is) the afore mentioned

ᎢᏳᏍᏗ – like, like that

ᎣᎧᏲᏛ ᎠᎹ – Drywaters

ᎠᎴ – and, or

ᎤᏃᏴᎩᎦᎸᎾ – Rattlinggourds

ᏎᎷᏧᏩᏂᎨᎢ – Roastingears

ᎤᏩᏬᏛ – Nakedheads

ᎠᎹᎤᏍᎦᏎᏗ – Dreadfulwaters

ᏥᏚᎾᏙᎠ – that they were named, called

ᏌᏊ - one

ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ - time

ᎠᏲᏩᏁᎦ - a white man

ᎤᎷᏤᎢ - he came (rprtd)

ᏚᎾᏢᏁ - he hired them

ᎤᏂᏣᏗ (ᎤᏂᏣᏘ) – a crew, many of them, a lot of them, a crowd

ᎠᎭᏂ - here

ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ - for them to work there (jobs)

ᏩᏥᏂ - government

ᎤᏤᎵᎦ. – belonging to it

ᏂᎦᏛᏃ - so everyone

ᎣᎨᏅᏒᎩ - we all went

ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ - for them to work there

ᎢᎬᏱ - first

ᏑᎾᎴ. - morning

ᎾᏍᎩᏃ - and that

ᎠᏂᏲᏩᏁᎦ - whiteman

ᏗᎪᏪᎵ - a book, papers

ᏕᎦᏁᎲ - he had them(it)

ᏗᏎᏍᏗ - to count, list, number (enroll)

ᏗᎨᎪᏪᎵ. – he wrote them

ᎣᎩᏃᎯᏎᎸ - we told him

ᎣᎦᏎᏍᏛ - we were enrolled, counted

ᏙᏗᎪᎵᏰᎢᏏᏒᎢ - and he would write them

ᏱᏙᏥᏁᎸ - when we gave them

ᏙᎦᏙᎥᎢ. – our names

ᏧᏬᏪᎶᏗᏃ - for him to write them

ᏙᎦᏙᎥ - the names

ᏕᎦᏁᎲ - he was holding them (it)

ᏗᎪᏪᎵ. – the book

ᏚᎪᎵᏰᎠᏃ - he read them

ᎢᎬᏱ - the first

ᏗᏎᏍᏗ - number

ᏧᎳᏍᎩ - Crabgrass(?) (also means alligator and iron pot)

ᏁᏩᏓ - Grits

ᎤᏓᏃᎯᏎᎸ - he told him

ᏚᏙᎥᎢ. – his name

ᏔᎵᏁᏃ - now the second (one), the next (one)

ᎤᎪᎵᏰᎠ - he read it

ᏎᏍᏗ - the number

ᏥᎩᎵᎵ - Chickadee

ᎠᏔᎴᏒ - Augerhole

ᎤᏓᏃᎯᏎᎸ - he told him

ᏚᏙᎥᎢ. – his name

ᏦᎢᏁ - the third one

ᎤᎪᎵᏰᎠ - he read it

ᏎᏍᏗ - the number

ᎣᎦᎾ - Groundhog

ᎠᏨᏯ - Rooster

ᎤᏓᏃᎯᏎᎸ - he told him

ᏚᏙᎥᎢ. – his name

ᎾᎿᏊ - just there, it was then

ᎤᏲᎯᏍᏔᏅ - he paused, stopped.

ᎠᏲᏩᏁᎦ - the white man

ᏕᎪᏪᎵᏍᎬᎢ - what he was writing

ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ - he said this

ᏄᎳ - quickly (now come on!)

ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ. - you men, guys, fellows

ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓ - it is important

ᎾᏏ. – TBD (stuff?)

ᎯᎠ - This

ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᎢ. - business (work)

ᏚᏳᎪᏛ - correct, proper, (real)

ᏗᏍᎩᎥᏏ - give me them

ᏕᎶᏙᎥᎢ - your(singular) names

ᏗᏉᏪᎶᏗᏃ - for me to write them

ᎠᎭᏂ - here

ᎪᏪᎵᎢ. - on (this) paper

Ꮭ ᏯᏆᏚᎵ - I don’t want

ᏧᎦᎸᏓ - joker, mischievous

ᎢᏥᏬᏂᏏᏓᏍᏗᎢ - for you to speak again

ᎠᏴ - I

ᎨᏙᎲᎢ. – I am standing here

ᎪᎯᏗᏃ - a while (a long time)

ᎢᏳ ᎣᏂ - later

ᏙᎢ - quite, peaceful

ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎸ - they made it

ᏴᏫ -people

ᎩᎳ - someone

ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎾᏁᎴ - he really believed

ᏚᏳᎪᏛ - proper, correct,

ᏚᎾᏙᎥᎢ. - their names

ᏅᎩᏁᏃ - Now the fourth

ᏗᎪᏪᎸ - book, roll number

ᎤᎪᎵᏰᎠ. - he read it

Ꮭ ᏱᎦᏅᏓᏗᎠ - I don’t remember

ᎦᏅᏓᏗᎠ I remember

ᎤᏙᎯᏳ - really

ᏔᏬᏗᏗᏲᎯᎯ - hawk-killer/shooter

ᏬᏱ - pidgeon

ᎠᎴ - and/or

ᏥᏍᏆᎦᏙᎬ - bird tail

ᏄᏬᏛᎾ - no fire

ᏱᎩ. – it may have been

ᎾᏍᎩᏊᎴ ᏱᎩ -and it just even may have been (now that I think of it)

Ꮎ ᎤᏛᏐᏅ - that old man

ᎠᏍᎦᏯ - man

ᏆᎾᏗᎩᏍᎩ - Peacheater