Extract from Mourning Customs among the Kansas. Paháⁿle Gáxli Dádaⁿ wak'úzhi-gó, wak'ó ézhi yuzábe-gó, itáhaⁿ akhá noⁿk'oⁿ-mí gibakóbe ao. dádaⁿ what m081 wak'úzhi he does not give m509 m005 m004 m266 m639 -gó when m136 wak'ó woman m528 ézhi another m101 m639 yuzábe takes m005 m004 m628 m049 -gó when m136 itáhaⁿ his wife's brother m200 m489 akhá the (sub.) m024 noⁿk'oⁿ-mí both m005 m364 gibakóbe are angry with him m005 m004 m130 m045 m049 ao . m031 When he (a widower) does not make presents to the kinsmen of his deceased wife, before he marries again, both of his brothers-in-law are angry with him. Paháⁿleji ts'áge-zhiⁿga míⁿxci wahótaⁿ yuzábe-gó, itáhaⁿ yiⁿkhé kúdabe ao ábe ao. paháⁿleji formerly m404 m235 ts'áge-zhiⁿga old man m505 míⁿxci one m317 m551 wahótaⁿ gun m507 m191 yuzábe took m005 m004 m628 m049 -gó when m136 itáhaⁿ his sister's husband m200 m489 yiⁿkhé the (an. ob.) m613 kúdabe shot at him m005 m004 m267 m049 ao . m031 ábe they say m005 m004 m169 m049 ao . m031 Formerly an old man, they say, took a gun, and shot at his brother-in-law, for this reason. Itáhaⁿ dádaⁿ wak'úzhi-dáⁿ wak'ó yúze-dáⁿ (stress), Khaónzil Blo ekháⁿha máⁿhiⁿ yuzé-hnaⁿbe-gó, … itáhaⁿ his sister's husband m200 m489 dádaⁿ what m081 wak'úzhi he did not give m509 m005 m004 m266 m639 -daⁿ as m085 wak'ó woman m528 yúze took m005 m004 m628 -dáⁿ as m085 Khaónzil Blo Council Grove m003 ekhaⁿha on this side of m101 m248 m145 máⁿhiⁿ knife m300 yuzé-hnaⁿbe took it m005 m004 m628 m179 m049 -go when m136 And another man, when we were this side (south) of Council Grove, took a knife, … … wéxliⁿ (vowel) yiⁿkhé gabláblaze-hnáⁿbe ao. wéxliⁿ head m546 yiⁿkhé the (ob.) m613 gabláblaze-hnáⁿbe gashed repeatedly m005 m004 m106 m002 m054 m179 m049 ao . m031 … and gashed the head of the offending man in several places. Édaⁿ kúje gabláblaze éyoⁿbá nóⁿpa-bá-daⁿ, dádaⁿ k'ú-hnaⁿbe ao. édaⁿ therefore m102 kúje shooting m005 m004 m267 gabláblaze gashing m005 m004 m106 m002 m054 éyoⁿbá too m101 m617 nóⁿp(e) they fear m359 m005 m415 (a)bá-daⁿ and m015 m085 dádaⁿ what m081 k'ú-hnaⁿbe they are accustomed to give m005 m005 m004 m266 m179 m049 ao . m031 Therefore, widowers are accustomed now to make presents, fearing lest they should be shot at or cut with knives. First text entered, March 2006. -jtm