Hidatsa Elder

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Aug 17 15:53:08 UTC 2004


On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Bruce Ingham wrote:
> I suppose in pacem would mean 'into peace', but is not the normal phrase.
> Am I right that in Lakota people just say otexike meaning 'it is hard' ?

Yes, I'm afraid I reconstructed it from the traditional initials, memory,
and a very weak knowledge of Latin, and got it crossed up with Dona (?)
nobis pacem.  I guess the moral is, "Look up before you spout."



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