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72 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23
The big cave was filled with a little bit of everything.
There he guarded all the muslin, all the things
that were there.
The government officials, the government decided
to come and shoot him. He was to be shot. But they
didn't win. They couldn't win out. "But why is it?"
they asked.
So there was a man, a countryman. "But God, My
Lord, but why can't they ever win? The Long Hair
can't even be killed with bullets. But what can I do?"
asked the man.
He fitted himself out. He left. He took with him
his machete and his stave. He left. He arrived at [the
Long Hair's] cave. When he arrived at his cave [the
Long Hair] came swooping out. He came. He came
to the entrance of his cave and stood there. [The
man] greeted [the Long Hair]. He shook his hand.
"Well, I've come here. How is it? Can I pass by?"
asked the man.
"Oh, you can't. You will stay here," said the Long
Hair, Turnabout Foot, as they call him.
"Well, but how come? Why can't I pass by? I'm
not going to steal anything," said the man.
"Even so! If you are so terribly strong then, let's
fight!" said the Long Hair.
"Well, let's see, then, I guess. Let's try it out, I
guess!" said the man.
"Well, stand here, then!" said [the Long Hair]. He
was made to stand in the middle of the road.
Now the Long Hair rose into the sky. He had a
sword that he was going to stick into the man's head.
When the sword approached, then the man stepped
to the side. The man won with just a stave and a
machete. The Long Hair grew more and more
exhausted. Maybe the stave, then, is a little more
effective. That Long Hair grew exhausted, he grew
weak.
Now that man [fought] until he downed the Long
Hair. He left him sprawled at the entrance to his
cave.
That man went to tell them that trucks could pass
by now, that he had opened the road. He went all
the way to Mexico City to tell them.
"Are you telling the truth?" the man was asked.
"I'm telling the truth. Go see for yourselves, I'm
not lying," said the man.
"Oh, fine!" they said. The government officials
came in fear. They came [with] soldiers. They came
to see if it were so, if it were true.
It was so. They discovered the Long Hair
sprawled there.
So, "Now a man overcame him. He won. The
only thing to do is to send for a band to come. With
music he will enter. Send for many trucks. All the
things inside the cave here are going," said the
governor in Mexico City.
Bweno, 7a ti muk'ta ch'ene, 7inoj ta labal k'utikuk
j-set' juteb, te schabi skotol ti mantae ti k'utik 7oy ta
j-meke.
Bweno, ta 7ox snopik li jyu7eletike, li gobyernoe
ta 7ox tal yak'beik bala ta 7ox xich' bala, pero muk'
skuch yu7un, muk' bu 7iyu7 yu7unik. "Pero k'u
yu7un?" xiik 7un.
7Entonse, 7oy la jun vinik, jchi7iltik. "Pero dyos
kajval, pero k'u yu7un ti batz'i mu xkuch yu7unike,
mi ja7uk scham ta bala ti jnatikil jol 7une, pero k'usi
ta jnop 7un?" xi la ti jun vinike.
Bweno, 7ischap la sba ech'el, 7ibat, 7iyich' la
ech'el jun smachita, jun yak te7 7ibat la 7un, 7ik'ot ta
sch'en 7un, k'alal 7ik'ot ta sch'ene, xjayay xa la lok'el
tal, 7ital, va7al 7iyul ta sti7 sch'en, lek la 7isk'opon
7istzakbe sk'ob. "Bweno Ii7 litale, k'u x7elan, mi xu7
xijelav?" xi la ti vinike.
"7Aj mu xu7, Ii7 chakome," xi la ti jnatikil jole ti
jvalo-pat-7ok, chalik 7une.
"Bweno, pero k'u yu7un ya7el k'u yu7un ti mu xu7
xijelave, mu k'usi ta xkelk'an, xi la ti vinik.
"Manchuk ti mi yu7un toj mas tzotzote che7e,
tajinkotik!" xi la ti jnatikil jole.
"Bweno jk'eltik kik 7un che7e, jpastik preva kik!"
xi la ti vinik 7une.
"Bweno, va71an Ii7 toe che7e!" xi la 7un.
7Iva7anat la ta 7o71ol be.
7Ora, ti jnatikil jol 7une, 7imuy la ta vinajel, 7oy la
jun yespara ta la xtik'bat ta sjol ti vinike, 7a ti vinik
7une, ja7 7o la ta sk'ej sba ta xokon ti k'alal ta xtal ti
7espara 7une, naka la 7ak te7 7i machita 7ikuch 7o
yu7un ti vinik 7une, mas 7ilubtzaj ti jnatikil jol 7une,
li 7ak te7 che7e, mas nan xu7 yu7un j-set', 7a li taj
jnatikil jol 7une, 7ilubtzaj 7un 7ik'unib 7un.
7Ora, 7a taj vinik 7une, 7asta ke lorn yu7un, te
chevel 7iyikta ta sti7 sch'en ti jnatikil jol 7une.
Bweno, 7ibat yal taj vinik 7une ti xu7 xa x7ech'
karo ti jam yu7un ti be 7une, ba yal k'alal 7olontik
7un.
Bweno, "Mi yech 7aval?" x7utat la ti vinik 7une.
"Yech kal, ba k'el avilik mu7nuk yech ta jnop," xi
la ti vinik 7une.
"7A, bweno!" xi la 7un. Xi7em la talik ti
jyu7eletike ti tal la solteroetik tal la sk'elel mi yech
mi melel.
Bweno, ke yech la te chevel 7istaik ti jnatikil jole.
Bweno, 7entonse, "Lavie che7e, jun vinik 7ikuch
yu7un, 7ispas kanal, mu k'usi, 7ak'o ba taluk 7a li
junuk banda musika, ta musika ch7och H7e, 7ak'o
taluk 7epal karoetik, ta xbat skotol i k'usitik 7oy 117 ta
yut ch'ene," xi la ti jyu7el ta 7olontik 7une.