By Ben Gunn
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Aztec Newenee’ detehan naakandee’.
The Aztecs were very poor.
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Sudeen noo hagatu nanna yengadee’.
They just wandered around.
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Sudeen ezhe’inden nai, dabai dukandu mi’a’yu.
They came from the North and traveled South.
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California binnai Mexico-tun, sodee’ Aztecaneen’gimmannu.
From behind California through Mexico the Aztec came.
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Sudeen noo hagatu nanna yengaayu, yengaayu.
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Aztecs Seemotemambiaseemote, biaseemote nafaiseemote nawiwatsewitemando’aingenden ga Mexico Texcoco nai bidennu.
They arrived at Texcoco lake in 1168. (Mexico City)
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Sudee’ mai’, "memmen mi’ahundu’i."
He said, "go."
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"Memmen dibizhi tsaani debiyai da’odadu’i’."
"You will find a better land."
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Ude mai, "memmen semme’ dintso’ahni’a deasen biabaa’ un gewaga gadedegahti da’odahundu’i. Soku u baihyugi bia wogwaibimma biagwi’yaa’, dogoai baikatsi u dekadi buihundu'i."
He said, "You will find a valley with a big lake. Next to it will be a cactus with an eagle eating a rattlesnake."
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Suku, memmen ege gahni naihundu’i.
There will be your new home.
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Sudee suka da’odannu.
They found it. (The Sign)
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Egi dabaiyi use Mexico-han deboope ma naboo’idahkande; bia wogwaibi, bia-gwiya’a, deasen dogo’a.
Today this is Mexico’s emblem: a cactus, an eagle, and rattlesnake.
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Bia-baa’debihya wahatehwe sogope ba’an yeyekwi.
In the middle of the lake Texcoco were two swampy islands.
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Suku sudee’ Aztecs neen bemmen gahni yeyegwingennu. Tenochitlan mai u nihannu.
The Aztecs built their city there. They called it Tenochitlan. (Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus)
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Texcoco miiH, u baihyugi wahatehwe bia doyabinehweyeyegeidehwe. Plopocatepetl, dease Ixtaccihuatl, mai nanihadehwe.
Next to Texcoco are two huge mountains. They are called Popatepetl (Smoking Mountain) and Ixtaccihuatl (White Lady).
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Seemote daatsewitemando’aingem, biaseemotemambiaseemote, debizhi ba’ande.
They are over 17,000 feet above sea level.
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Popocatepetl egishe waihyandi weto’aiki’ide. Semme’ udeem bia daigwahni, um baide’ tsaanabuinde, udee’ newen nadegwinapeh.
"Popo" still throws out fire. He is an important chief, and "Ixta" is his beautiful princess in Indian legend.
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Egitsi dabaiyi Mexico City waha seemono seme’, bozhenam behem bai’gandei,neaeweneem ba’i.
Now days Mexico City (Tenochitlan) has 21 million people.
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Udeen na’ahfundee, Aztec beepim ba’i.
Half have Aztec blood.
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Beai Sosoni’ dease Aztec, seen newenee’.
A long time ago the Aztec and Sosoni’ were the same people.
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Soondeen dease anda-newenee’ damme sogope ba’andee sosoni’ beepim ba’i.
A lot of other tribes on the earth have Sosoni’ blood.
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Sodee’ Hopi newenee’ dease. Tohono-Oodhamnee’, Yuuta’nee’, Yaquinei, soondeen dease.
The Hopi do, many others, too.
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Aztecanee’ bemmee sogope ba’an naaka. Subai’ wihyu Andabichinee’ gai’ udewaga bite’H.
The Aztecs lived on their islands where the other tribes could not get to them.
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Udee’ dease andabichinee’, gizhaa udee ma’ai nadia nahade, gai nabidenge’yu.
It was too hard for the other tribes to fight with them.
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Sudee’ sai’ dease bosagenna suwa’i.
They needed boats and bridges to reach them.
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Aztecnee se’mmai: Huitzilopochtli, Aztecneen dabai God, nabidengaN God.
The Aztecs believed that Huitzilopochtli was their Sun God and their War God.
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Ude bemmeen na’sunazaihkanna debizhi getaa suande sukam mugua.
He was their strongest protecting spirit.
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Debizhi himbai’aishe, ishe sogopeha daa hannipeigu, semme’ sudei, Aztecanei’semmai nademu’inge’nne, "Memmeh oyo’go sogope ba’andi newenei’ gwakuhuhundu’i."
Way back when this earth was created, someone told the Aztecs, "you will conquer the earth and it’s people."
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Use wihyu Aztecanee’, dease andabichinee’, debizhi andapun nahannu.
It was this belief that made the Aztecs different from the other tribes.
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Sodee’ Aztecanee’ oyon dabaiyi seme’a, noondea soondei andabichinei’ gwasekwandu’i, mai su’a. Sodee use un dekape.
The Aztecs thought they had to kill one or more people each day. This was Huizilopochtli’s food.
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Sudee
nanna biaseemotei deasen god ba’i.
The Aztecs had hundreds of other gods too.
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Sudee seme’an dabai ga,
waha seemote biaseemotemambiaseemote
newenei’ gwase’nnu.
In only one day, the Aztecs sacrificed 20,000 people.
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Sudee’ Aztecanee been nabidengenna bemmeen nanishundehaipehma nahwa’immeennu.
The Aztecs combined religion and war.
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Sudee’ oyosen nabidengenna. Sudee uka bemmeen tsaan nabidenge su’a. Uka been Godha, hibidu’iha, dease un dekadu’iha.
They were always fighting to get blood and flesh for Huitzilopochtli to eat.
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