Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine / Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198

THE ORIGIN AND USE OF WAMPUM

Frank G. Speck

1. Tan?awe´i·
2. Accordingly
1. aida´
2. well then
1. dane´dudji·
2. whenever
1. bodawa´zi·m?`k`?
2. they held a council
1. ni·nawa´
2. then there
1. utai·n??´
2. there were
1. m?de´olinowa`k
2. shamans
1. ni·d?ni·´
2. and how
1. ?kw?mpsa·´n?hi·di·t
2. according as they were strong
1. yu´gi·k
2. these
1. m?de´olinowa·`k
2. shamans
1. ni·uda´li
2. there
1. wewe??´n
2. they were known
1. aweni·´
2. who
1. mliksani·da´
2. is powerful.
1. ni·gizi·´
2. And after
1. bodawazi·m?´k`
2. they councilled
1. ni·ub?´s·kw?let?m?n?`
2. then they lighted up their pipes
1. ni·ud?m`hadi´n
2. and all smoked.
1. ni·wa´
2. And this
1. ktci·
2. great
1. m?de´olinu`
2. shaman
1. gesta´
2. each time
1. p`kwudet?m?´nt
2. he drew upon his pipe
1. ni·w??·b??´bi·
2. this wampum
1. so´gahazo`
2. fell out
1. wudji·´
2. from
1. wudon?´k66
2. his mouth
1. w·??bi·g?´k
2. (if) they are white
1. ni·wa´
2. then that
1. m?de´olinu`
2. shaman
1. teb??´bwi·wi·`
2. medium
1. edutsani·`t
2. so powerful
1. ni·w??·b??bi´m
2. this his wampum
1. ebas·i·wi·´
2. half
1. w??·bi·´g?n
2. white
1. si·bi·wi·´
2. and
1. ebas·i·wi·´
2. half
1. elwe´mkwi·g?`n
2. reddish
1. ni·wa´
2. then this
1. nodas·ani´t
2. least powerful
1. m?de´olinu´
2. shaman
1. nel?w?·´
2. almost
1. mkazewi·g?´n
2. blackish
1. w??·b??bi´n
2. the wampum.
1. ni·nawa´
2. And then
1. yugi·´k
2. of these
1. m?de´olinowa`k
2. shamans
1. tanyu´g?dji·
2. how this one
1. sek?·´sidji·`k
2. will win
1. ni·gi·g?dji´
2. the other ones
1. peme´ltodetci·`
2. having the most
1. w??b??bi·´
2. wampum
1. ki·zi·w?d?´mhadi·hi·di·da`
2. after they have all smoked
1. m?de´olinuwa`k
2. shamans.
1. ni·t??´?awe`i·
2. Then whenever
1. kadawi·´
2. they want
1. w?l?s·t??w??`di·hi·di·de`
2. to make a treaty
1. yugi·´k
2. these
1. ni·z?·k·ami·´g?sowa`k
2. two nations
1. ni·w?tambe´nkek·tona`
2. then they exchange in payment
1. w??·b??bi·´
2. wampum
1. ni·l·?´mpskah??zu`
2. beads worked into
1. k?d?gwabi·zu´n
2. a belt
1. ni·dal?´mpsk?h??zu`
2. designed into
1. ni·zno´l
2. two
1. w?ldji·a´l`
2. hands
1. eli·dan?awei´
2. meaning as
1. gi·zi·´w?l?`s·taw??`d?hi·di`t
2. they have agreed to the treaty
1. nda´t?ma
2. no (more)
1. m?d??be´k`?
2. fighting
1. nda´tci·
2. and not
1. gadona´ldi·wi·a`k
2. hunting one another
1. ni·askami·wi·`
2. forever
1. ni·a´tci·
2. And that
1. nimsi·wi·´.
2. is all.

66 The narrator added that some old woman would catch the beads in a receptacle as they fell from the magician’s mouth.

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