when it comes into it there I always stand this is what with.”
“Hᴀ nēˊłdê hāˊīn naᴀˊdî,” yūˊaciaosîqa yucāˊwᴀttc. ʟe
“Now home with us go,” what said to him the woman. Then
ᴀc uwacaˊ yułᴀˊqǃtc. ʟe duīˊt
her married the heron. Then to him
yêtsǃdjîwahaˊ. Tcǃuʟeˊ ʟe kaˊodzîte.
she was going to bring forth. Then indeed it came to be born.
Qā ayuˊ kaˊodzîte. Desgwᴀˊtc
A boy it was came to be born. Now
ỵānᴀłg̣ēˊn. Ye adaˊỵaqa ducᴀˊt yułᴀˊqǃtc,
it commenced to to be big. Thus said to his wife the crane,
“Wâˊsa wūˊnî îxōˊnqǃî.” “ʟe g̣ᴀˊng̣a
“What is the matter with your friends?” “When after wood
awugudî ʟēł ỵēq uguˊttc.” 273-10
they would go not they ever came down.”
After the child had become large he kept taking it to the beach. He
would bathe it amid the ice. Then the little boy began shooting with
arrows. He always took his bow and arrows around. When he killed
anything his father would say of the little boy, “My little son is just
like me.” By and by he said to his wife, “I am going away.” After that
the little boy began to go into the water. He crawled up, when he was
almost killed by it.
Tǃcuʟeˊ ye kawuˊłgeỵî aweˊ tacukāˊdî aksanuˊktc.
Then got big when to the beach they always took him.
Tǃīqǃ tūˊqǃawe ᴀˊcutcnuttc. Desgwᴀˊtc ᴀt
Ice into it he would bathe him. Now things
tǃukt yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. ᴀttcūˊnet
shot with bow and arrows the little boy. Bow and arrows
ᴀnaˊłᴀttc Wug̣ādjāˊg̣e ᴀˊtg̣a qot wugūˊt
he always took around. When he killed for anything away went
hᴀsduīˊc yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ.
their (his) father the little boy’s.
“Detcǃaˊ xᴀˊtawe ᴀxỵīˊtkǃ.”
“It is I my little son.” (my little son is just like me).
Yūˊaỵaosîqa ducᴀˊt, “Deỵînᴀˊq koqāguˊt.” Dêsgwᴀˊtc
He said to his wife, “Away from here I am going.” Now
hīnx ye îcx̣îˊx̣tc yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. Tcǃayeˊ dāq
into the water thus always ran the little boy. Just up
g̣acīˊtc ᴀc g̣adjᴀˊqên.
when he crawled him when it almost killed.
Once he started off with his bow and arrows. When he was walking along
the beach [he saw] a hīn-taỵi’cî[132] swimming in a little pond of sea
water. He took it up. It cut his hands with its sharp sides. He reared
it in the little pond. As he was going along with his bow and arrows he
would feed it.
Wananīˊsawe tcūˊnet tîn wugūˊt. Eq
At once bow and arrows with he went. The beach
dugūdeˊawe ākǃᵘ kᴀt wuqǃāˊgî hīntāyīˊcî.
when walking on a little lake on was swimming [a fish].
Āx awacāˊt. Yadudjîˊnawe ʟe wūˊctᴀx 274-5
From it he took it up. His hands then to pieces
uwakǃuˊts awᴀˊnîte. Ākǃᵘ kᴀˊqǃawe
it cut from the sharp sides of it. The little pond within
ỵāˊᴀnᴀswat. Aqǃēˊx ᴀt tīˊqǃnutc tcūnēˊt
he was raising it. There he would feed it his bow and arrows
ag̣aˊłaᴀt g̣anuˊkᵘ.
when he was going with.
One time he said to his mother, “I am going after firewood.” “But your
uncles never came down,” [she said]. In the morning he jumped quickly
out on the floor. He took a stone ax and ran up in one of the roads. In
it there was a finger sticking up, which said to him, “This way with
your finger.” He took hold of it and pulled up the being which was
there. He threw it down on a stone. In the place from which he took it
bones were left where it had been killing. Then he cut off its head
with his stone ax. He took it down to his mother. He threw it into the
house to her and to his grandmother, and they cut the face all up. They
burned its face in the fire along with urine. They treated it just as
they felt like doing. By and by the boy went up to the hīn-taỵīˊcî he
was raising. Before it got longer than himself he shot it in the head.
He took off its skin. Then he put [the skin] on a stump. How sharp were
its edges!
Wananīˊsawe ye aỵaˊosîqa duʟāˊ, “G̣aˊng̣ā
At once thus he said to his mother. “After firewood
naādêˊ.” “Ỵīkāˊk-hᴀs ʟēł ỵî g̣āˊuguttc.” Tsǃutāˊtawe
I am going.” “Your uncles not ever came down.” In the morning on
tǃakᴀˊt wudjîx̣īˊx̣. Tāỵīˊs āˊwacāt. Tcǃuʟeˊ
the floor he jumped quickly. Stone ax he took. Then
ya ʟēqǃ yatīˊỵīỵa ỵîk āˊwe dāq anacîˊk.
in [road] one he was inside of that up he was running.
Yāˊde ỵîk nᴀxawêˊn łîcuˊ qāʟǃēˊq. 274-10
This inside of from was sticking up a finger.
“Hāndêˊ īʟǃēˊq,” yūˊaciaosîqa. ʟe anᴀˊx
“This way your finger,” what it said to him. Then of it
ʟǃakołiˊtsag̣ēˊawe āx ke āˊwaxotǃ. Tᴀkᴀˊtawe
when he took hold from it up he pulled him. On a stone
acaˊołîxotǃ. Yuˊ-āx-kē-awaxoˊtǃeỵa aweˊ qāxagîˊ ye
he threw him. The place he pulled him out from that bones thus
wudzîg̣āˊt adeˊ qoīˊniỵa. Tcǃuʟeˊ qaxᴀseˊ
came to be left where he had been killing. Then his neck
wasǃūˊ yūˊsǃu taỵīˊstc. Yîˊqdê awateˊ duʟāˊx.
he cut off [with] his stone ax. Down he took it to his mother.
ᴀnᴀˊxawe nēł āˊwagîqǃ qᴀ dułīˊłkǃ.
From it into the house he threw it and to his grandmother.
ʟe hᴀs aỵadaˊkahān. Kwᴀs tîn hᴀs
Then they were cutting its face all up. Urine with they
aỵatǃūˊsǃ gᴀˊnᴀłtāqǃ. Adeˊ hᴀs dᴀnūˊguya
were burning his face in the fire. The way they felt
yᴀˊxawe sᴀtānâˊ. Wananīˊsawe tsǃu
like it they were doing it to him. At once again
tcūˊnet aˊołīāt yūˊỵaanᴀˊswᴀt
his bow arrows and he went up with toward the thing he was raising
hīntaỵīˊcî xᴀˊndî. Tsāˊtcǃᴀs dohᴀˊnî yāˊnᴀx
hīntaỵīˊcî to. It was only his own height more than
kołagēˊỵîawe āwatǃuˊk cakīˊnᴀx yūˊỵaanᴀˊswᴀt
was bigger than he shot it in the head the thing he was raising
hīntaỵīˊcî. Cunāỵˊêt dāq āˊwate. Tcǃuʟeˊ ᴀtgūwuˊn ax 275-5
hīntaỵīˊcî. All its skin off he took. Then stump on
awateˊ. Awᴀˊn ʟᴀx wâˊsa yakǃuˊtsǃ
he put it. On the edge of it very how it was sharp.
When he got home again he jumped quickly out on the floor in the
morning. He took his stone ax along in the next road. When he got far
up he saw a head sticking up in the road. He said, “Up with your eyes,
Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” The head was bent far backward. After he had moved its
head backward he cut it off. The place where he took up this head was
all full of bones. He threw that also down into the house. They rubbed
its face with dung. They did to it as they felt toward it. After that
he kept taking his bow and arrows up. He brought all kinds of things
into the house for his mothers (i. e., his mother and grandmother). The
son of the heron who came to help the woman was doing this. By and by
he asked his mother, “In which direction did my uncles go who went out
by sea and never came home?” She said to him, “They would go this way,
little son.” He went in that direction with his bow and arrows, and
came out above the hole of a devilfish. As he was sitting there ready
for action he looked right down into it. Then he went back for the
hīn-taỵīˊcî coat he had hidden. When he returned he threw a stone down
upon the devilfish. He put on the hīn-taỵīˊcî coat in order to jump
into the midst of the devilfish’s arms. Then he went right into them
very quickly. He moved backward and forward inside of the devilfish’s
arms, and cut them all up into fine pieces with his side. By and by he
cut its color sac in the midst of its arms, and afterward he swam out
of the hole. He was floating outside, and he came ashore and took off
his coat. Then he put it on the stump, and came again to his mother.
The large tentacles floated up below them. He had cut them up into
small pieces. It was that which had destroyed the people.
Ānt gūˊdawe tsǃu tǃāˊkᴀt wudjîx̣īˊx̣.
Home when he got again on the floor he jumped.
Yāˊde wucūˊwu aỵîˊkdê tāˊỵīs āˊwacāt. Yudāˊqedaqe cīˊx̣awe
The next road in stone ax he took. Far up when he got
aositēˊn qācaỵîˊ deỵîˊknᴀx cᴀnacūˊ. “Kîˊndê iwâˊq
he saw a head in the road sticking up. “Up with your eyes,
Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” Yutcǃagᴀˊx̣dê wūdūwaʟǃīˊxe yᴀˊxawe wūnîˊ
Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” Far backward he was bent like it was like
yūqācāˊỵî. ʟe kāx ᴀseˊ wasǃuˊ, gᴀˊx̣ᵘdê yūˊnᴀskīt.
the head. Then off he cut his head, backward when he moved.
Qāxāˊge ayuˊ yē udzîg̣āˊt. Doxᴀˊn awacāˊt 275-10
Bones those so it was all full of. Near him he took up
ᴀcaỵîˊ. Îˊqdê tsǃu nēł āˊwagîqǃ. Hāˊʟǃi tîˊnawe
the head. Down again in the house he threw it. Manure with
ayāˊwatǃus. Ādeˊ adjīˊỵit hᴀs ctᴀnūˊguỵa yᴀx ayūˊ
they rubbed his face. As about him they felt like that
hᴀs adāˊna. ᴀtxaweˊ tcǃuʟeˊ tcūˊnēt ke
they did to him. After it then bow and arrows up
ᴀłᴀˊttc. Łdakᴀˊt-ᴀt dulaˊ-hᴀs qǃēs nēłdeˊ
he always took. All things his mothers for into the house
ỵaᴀkāgādjᴀˊłtc. Łᴀqǃ duỵīˊdawe yē quwanūˊk
he would always take. Heron his son it was thus was doing
ag̣āˊ wūsuˊ yucaˊ. Wananīˊsa qǃēˊwawūs duʟaˊ,
for him came to help the woman. At once he asked his mother,
“Gūˊnᴀx aˊde wuqoxōˊ sa ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs ʟēˊłxax
“Where (to what side) to it going ? my uncles not ever
āˊwoqox.” “Wēˊde wuqoxōˊawe ỵîˊtkǃī,”
came home.” “This side when they would go on little son,”
yūˊaỵaosîqa. ᴀniyāˊdeawe wūgūˊt tcūnēˊt tîn.
what she said to him. Toward it he went bow and arrows with.
Akînāˊ dak uwaguˊt awᴀˊq-qaˊowułī nāq.
On top out he came the hole devilfish.
Kîˊndaqǃesǃtūˊnawe a ʟeyeˊ aqǃîsǃtūˊt
When he was sitting ready for action then right into it
aoʟ̣îg̣êˊn. Ag̣āˊ qox wudjîx̣īˊx̣ yūˊ-aołîsîˊnî-kǃudᴀˊsǃ
he looked. For it back he went quickly the coat
hīntaỵīˊcî kǃudᴀˊsǃ. Āqoˊx wudagudeˊawe ʟe tᴀ 276-5
he had hidden coat. Back to it when he went then stone
adêˊ dāq awagîˊqǃ. ᴀqǃîˊts cᴀntūˊdî kᴀx
there out he threw. Devilfish’s arms into midst of to
aodîgēˊqǃ yūˊhīntaỵīˊcî kǃudᴀˊsǃ. Tcǃuʟeˊ aqǃîˊts
he put on the hīntaỵīˊcî coat. Then tentacles
cᴀntūˊ wudîx̣īˊx̣. Atudaweˊ
into midst of he went quickly. Inside
yawakǃuˊt ʟǃadēˊn qa hēˊde yunāˊq qǃîts
he went backward and forward and here the devilfish’s arms
cᴀntūˊt. Tcǃayēˊ kᵘdayāˊʟǃawe ye akᴀˊnax̣ᴀc
inside of. Very into short pieces so he cut it all up
duwᴀˊntc. Wananīˊsawe aqǃîˊts cᴀˊntu kaxwēˊxê akaˊ
his side. At once its arms in midst of color sac on it
kaˊołîx̣ᴀc. Atcāˊg̣awe awᴀqaˊowū nᴀx dāq uwaqǃᴀˊq. 276-10
he cut. When he killed it, the hole from out he swam.
Atǃekᴀtaweˊ cwuʟ̣îx̣āˊc. X̣ᴀkᵘkāˊ wuguˊt. Kāx kē
Outside of it he was floating. Ashore he came. From on up
awudîtīˊ. ᴀtguwunāˊx aỵāˊwaxetc. Tsǃu tsǃᴀs
he took off his coat. On the stump he put it. Again only
duʟaˊ xᴀnt ūwaguˊt. Hᴀsduīg̣ayāˊt asoîguˊq yuatʟǃeˊg̣e
his mother to he came. Below then floated the tentacles
ʟǃᴀnqǃ. Yēkᵘdayāˊʟǃ yêx ỵaoduʟ̣îx̣ᴀˊc. Detcǃaˊ
large. Into short pieces like he cut it up. That indeed
aˊayu yūˊantqenî qot acułix̣īˊx̣.
it was the people destroyed.
Again he took his bow and arrows. He came across a rat hole. The rat’s
tail was hanging out. He came directly home and, early in the morning
before the raven called, he set out for it. He took his hīntaỵīˊcî
shirt. When he got back he started to put [the shirt] on after he had
sharpened its edges. After he had gotten into it he went up to the
[rat] hole. Then he threw a stone down upon it, making it give forth a
peeping sound, as if the mountain were cracking in two. He swam round
a stone, waiting for it to swim out. When it swam out it ran its nose
against him. It swam past him. It wanted to drop its tail down on him.
Then he floated edge up, and it tried to drop its tail down upon him.
When it dropped its tail down upon him it was cut up into small pieces.
Then it swam up to his side, crying on account of what he had done. He
cut it all up. Afterward he swam ashore. He put his skin back on the
stump. In the morning its head floated in front of them. They cut it up.
ᴀdayuˊ tsǃu tcūˊnet aˊołiāt. Akᴀˊx wuguˊt
It was again bow and arrows he took. Across it he came
kutsǃīˊn awᴀˊq-qaˊowułi. Aʟǃīˊt aˊnᴀx kē aołitsᴀˊq.
rat the hole of. Its tail through it up it stuck.
Tcǃakᴀˊt ānt uwaguˊt. Tcǃu tsǃūtāˊt
Right home he came. Then early in the morning
łiyēˊł duāxdjīˊawe adêˊ g̣oneˊ uwaguˊt. Awaāˊx
before the raven called for it starting he went. He took
dukǃudᴀˊsǃî, hīntaỵīˊcî kǃudᴀˊsǃ. Ayatǃēˊt gudaweˊ kᴀx
his shirt, hīntaỵīˊcî shirt. Back to it when he came on
aoditiˊ, aỵᴀłanēˊsǃawe awᴀˊn. 277-5
he started to put it, when he had sharpened the edges of it.
Atūˊx nagūˊdawe āˊke uwaguˊt yuˊwᴀq-qawūˊł. Tcǃuʟeˊ
Into it when he got up to it he got the hole. Then
teˊawe ᴀdᴀˊqǃ kᴀt āˊwᴀguq
a stone its back on he threw it
ākāˊwasǃūnk yūˊca wᴀˊsî
making it give forth a peeping sound the mountain as if (or how)
wūˊcdᴀx g̣āˊxdag̣ᴀˊdîn. ᴀnᴀˊx yūˊde
apart were cracking. From it out
koˊkwaqǃaqīˊdjayu tcayaˊ tayᴀˊtawe
because it was going to swim right around a stone
cwuʟ̣ix̣āˊc ayaỵīˊqǃ ᴀˊnᴀx dāq qǃᴀˊqnî ỵîs.
he floated himself for him from it out he would swim for.
ᴀˊnᴀx dāk qǃāˊg̣awe duīˊt kǃᴀłūˊwᴀtsǃᴀq.
From it out when he swam against him it put its nose.
ᴀciyāˊnᴀx yāˊwaqǃaq. Duʟǃīˊt ᴀckāˊyᴀnᴀx łaxōˊtǃ. 277-10
Out by him it swam. Its tail down on him he it wanted to drop.
ᴀsiyuˊ ʟa kîˊndawᴀnīn cwuʟ̣ix̣āˊc. Duʟǃīˊt
It was for it then turned up on edge he floated. Its tail
yaỵīˊqǃ ᴀckāˊyanᴀx łaxōˊtǃ. Wūˊcxken duˊłx̣ᴀce
for down on him he wanted it to drop. Short pieces cut off
ayêˊxayu yᴀˊte duʟǃīˊt ᴀckāˊyᴀn yuałxōˊtǃkuᵘ. ᴀkᴀguwuˊ
like it was its tail on him when he dropped it. Short
nastiˊawe aˊkᴀʟyêt wuʟ̣itsîˊs, kᴀdag̣āˊx
when it got up to his side it swam, crying
ᴀcdjīˊỵīt. Łdakᴀˊt ye
on account of what he had done All thus
ᴀckᴀˊnałx̣ᴀc. ᴀtxaweˊ yên uwaqǃᴀˊq. Tsǃu
he was cutting him up. After it then he swam ashore. Again
atguwuˊ nāx awateˊ. Qēˊna aˊawe hᴀˊsduēg̣ayaˊ
a stump on he put it. In the morning it was below them
wułîx̣āˊc ᴀcāˊỵî. Yē has ᴀkᴀˊnᴀx̣ᴀc.
it floated its head. So they were cutting it up.
After two days he pulled down his canoe. Going along for a while,
he came up to the beach in front of a woman sitting in a house. She
had only one eye. “Come up, my nephew. I have stale salmon heads, my
nephew,” she said to him. This person in front of whom he had come
was the real one who had destroyed the canoes. Those were human heads
that she spoke of as stale heads. He did not eat them. He saw what
they were. “I have also fish eggs,” [she said]. Those were human eyes,
and he did not eat of them. He emptied them by the fire. The woman’s
husband, however, was away hunting for human beings. Lastly she got
human ribs, and when he would not eat those she became angry about it.
She threw a shell at him with which she used to kill human beings, but
missed him, for he jumped away quickly. Then he took it up. He hit her
with it in return, and the cannibal wife broke in two. After he had
killed her he pulled her over on the fire. When he blew upon her ashes,
however, they became mosquitoes. This is why mosquitoes eat people.
After he had killed her he went away and met the cannibal man. When he
met him he killed him. He cut off his head and took it to his mother’s
home. There they cut his face all up. They burned his face with dung.
Ayaˊ dēx uxēˊawe yākᵘ ỵēk āˊwacᴀt.
When two [days] were past canoe down he pulled.
Gog̣aqōˊxwayu koqōˊxsawe
When he was going to go off when he had gone for a while
aēg̣ayāˊt uwaqoˊx, hᴀt cāwᴀˊt gâˊyu
down on the beach he came below a woman to
nełtaˊ. Tca ʟēqǃ ỵᴀtîˊ duwāˊq. “Dāq gu
sitting in the house. Only one was her eye. “Up came my
ᴀxqēˊłkǃ. Kǃîˊnkǃawe xāuˊ, ᴀxqēˊłkǃ,” ʟe
nephew. Stale salmon heads it was I have, my nephew,” then
yuˊaciaˊosîqa. Xᴀtc dēcaˊ ho qoˊnᴀx djīdeˊ yākᵘ
what she said to him. This the real one formerly the canoes
nahāˊỵî, ᴀsiweˊ ayeg̣ayāˊt uwaqoˊx. Xᴀtc 278-5
destroyed, it was below her he came by canoe. Those heads
qācāỵēˊ ayuˊ kǃîˊnkǃîx aołiyᴀˊx. ʟēł awuxaˊ.
human were stale heads she made into. Not he ate them.
Aosîtīˊn ᴀˊxsîteỵe ᴀt. “Qᴀhāˊkᵘ tsǃu xā-u.” Xᴀtc
He saw they were things. “Fish eggs too I have.” Those
qāˊwag̣ē ᴀsîyuˊ ʟēł awuxāˊ. ᴀt tsǃu
human eyes were (of which) not he ate. Those things too
gᴀntcǃūˊkǃ yêx akaˊosîx̣a. Doxoˊx qoˊa aweˊ wuyêˊx.
by the fire like he emptied. Her husband however was away.
Detcǃaˊ łīngîˊt g̣a āˊya qocīˊ. Hūtcǃaỵîˊ sᴀˊkawe
It was people for these he was hunting. Last for
aˊodihān łīngîˊt sǃūˊg̣o. Tcaˊtcǃa ᴀˊqoa ᴀłuxāˊawe
she got people’s ribs. When, however, he did not eat
ᴀctūˊn wuteˊ. ᴀˊcqosa īn yīsǃ ᴀc
angry about it she became. She used to kill with shell him
ỵītīˊt āwag̣ēˊqǃ. Āˊỵet kē wudjîg̣ᴀˊn. 278-10
with it she missed. Away from it up he jumped quickly.
ʟe āx āwacāˊt. Tcucyāˊqǃ ᴀc ācaˊoʟ̣itsu. ʟa
Then from it he took it up. In return her he hit with it. Then
wūˊcdᴀq wuʟǃīˊk yucāˊwᴀt xᴀtc qoˊsa xakāˊ cᴀdayuˊ.
apart broke the woman this cannibal’s wife.
Adjāˊg̣awe tcǃuʟeˊ gᴀłqādāˊga awaxoˊtǃ. Akᴀˊʟǃtǃê
When he killed her then on the fire he pulled her. Her ashes,
qoˊa aweˊ tcǃuʟeˊ awułiūˊx̣ āˊwe tāˊqǃax osîteˊ.
however, then he blew when became mosquitoes did.
ᴀtcaweˊ qoˊsaxa tāˊqǃa. ᴀtcāˊg̣awe
This is why eat people mosquitoes. When he killed her
wuqoˊx. ᴀcgēˊt uwaqoˊx weqoˊsaxa qoan. Āˊwadjᴀq
he went away. Meet him came to the cannibal man. He killed him
ᴀcgēˊt qōx. ᴀcaỵīˊ āx āwaʟīˊqǃ. Āndêˊ aỵaˊwaxa
when he met him. His head off he cut. To his home he took it
duʟāˊ-hᴀˊsdjidê. Aỵakāˊwahᴀn. Hāʟǃ tîn hᴀs
to his mother’s. They cut his face all up. Manure with they
aỵāˊwatǃusǃ.
burned [his face].
In olden times when a person finished a story he said, “It’s up to
you.”
ʟāˊgu yên qᴀx duł-nîgîˊn ye qoỵanaqeˊtc,
Old times when with they are through thus they always say,
“Hūtcǃ qêłqᴀˊx.”
“I am out of it.” (or “Up to you.”)
FOOTNOTES:
[131] For another version of the first part of this story, see Emmons,
The Chilkat Blanket, in Memoirs of American Museum of Natural History,
III, 833–834.
[132] See p. 217.
92. MOUNTAIN DWELLER[133]
A chief was living with his two children in the middle of a long town.
People were always visiting him, and he kept tallow stored away for
strangers. By and by a big canoe came to him, and [the peoples’] things
were taken up. [The children’s] grandmother had charge of the tallow.
She always had things stored away for strangers. Then she would give
these to her grandchildren. Afterward the old woman would say, “The old
shaggy dog took it away from me.”
Qōwaūˊayu yuānqāˊwo yūˊān
When was living there the chief the town
qołayêˊtqǃa duỵêˊtqǃî qoˊdzîtî. Dᴀxᴀnᴀˊx ỵᴀtîˊ
in the middle of the long his children he had. Two were
duỵêˊtqǃî. Doxᴀˊnde nahāˊỵe tcǃaʟᴀˊk usᴀˊttc.
his children. To him coming always were always visiting.
G̣onaˊn qoaˊne qǃēs ᴀt yīˊakutcāˊkᵘtc
Different people for things he always had stored away
yutūˊ. Wananīˊsayu doxᴀˊnt uwaqoˊx yūˊyākᵘ ʟēn. Dᴀˊqde
the tallow. At once to him came a canoe big. Up
wuduˊʟ̣îāt. Yudułīˊłkǃdji ye ỵatîˊ 280-5
the things were taken. Their grandmother thus had
yutūˊ. ᴀt ỵiˊyeᴀnetc g̣oˊnān qoaˊnî
the tallow. Things she always had stored away different people
qǃes. ʟayuˊ dodᴀtcxᴀˊnqǃ qǃēx atēˊxnutc.
for. Then to her grandchild for mouths she would give it.
ʟe ye ỵānaqeˊtc yucānᴀˊkǃ, “Hesawâˊk haqǃîˊtstc
Then thus always said the old woman, “The dog shaggy
ᴀxdjīˊtx huyēˊq.”
from me took it away.”
After that he invited the foreign people up. He ordered the tallow in
the big box to be brought for them. Now there was nothing inside of the
big box. The foreign people, however, were all seated. It was thought
that his children had done it. They had invited them for the food that
was all eaten up. This is why people say even now, “They came to invite
for the food that was gone.” It was entirely empty, and great was the
shame that the chief felt. Afterward he questioned his children. Their
dishes had hair on them. There was a dish apiece, which always lay by
them. Then their mother came in to them. “Did you do this?” she said.
When they kept on crying, she raised the face of the older girl. She
scratched her daughter’s cheek, and also that of the younger one. She
scratched on both of their cheeks because they ate up the tallow for
which [her husband] had invited strangers. When the people went to bed
that night the girls made a hole under the boards. Then they put the
hairy dishes in their places. Afterward they went back into a hollow
tree.
Adᴀˊxayu dāq aosîᴀˊt yūˊg̣onan qoaˊnî. Aˊg̣ᴀ
After that up he invited the foreign people. For it
q̣āˊdjî kāˊwaqa yuyênēˊsǃî dakᴀłᴀˊqdê. ʟēkǃ
a person he told [to get] the tallow in the big box. Not
gwâˊỵa łīỵîˊkda ᴀt yūˊyênēˊsǃî. Yuˊg̣onan 280-10
anything inside of it thing the tallow. The foreign
qoaˊnî g̣âˊayu qēn. Dudjīˊ wudūˊwadjî
people, however, were all seated. They thought
duyêˊtqǃitc ye wusîˊne. Aỵîˊx ỵaoduˊdzîxa
his children thus did it. Out of it ate it all up
hᴀˊsdoqǃwa-itēˊ sayuˊ dāq kaˊodudziāt. ᴀtcayuˊ
for their mouths it was up they invited them. This is why
tcǃūˊỵedᴀt ye qǃaỵaˊdoqāˊnutc, “Ỵîqǃaỵitīˊ ỵîs
even now thus they always say, “The food that was gone for
dāq qox duˊdzîāt.” Adᴀˊxayu ʟēł gwâˊyu
up back they came to invite.” After that not it was
łīîˊkdaᴀt. Āˊʟēn kadēˊqǃayu āˊwetǃê yuānqāˊwo.
anything there. Big one was a shame got the chief.
Adᴀˊx aqǃewawūˊsǃ duỵêˊtqǃî. Hᴀsdusǃīˊqǃe ayuˊ
After that he questioned his children. Their dishes it was
yᴀx caodudzîxaˊo. Djᴀsduyᴀˊx dēx ỵatîˊ. ʟākᵘ
had hair on them. Dish apiece for the two there was. Always
hᴀˊsduxᴀˊnî yên ułāˊttc. Hᴀsduʟaˊ hᴀsduxᴀˊnᴀx dāq
by them there he always lay. Their mother to them in
uwaguˊt. “Ỵīhâˊntc ᴀgîˊ, ye ỵīˊsînî.” ʟeyēˊdîayuˊ hᴀs 281-5
came. “You ? so you did.” Kept on they
g̣ᴀˊxsatî ayuˊ ʟēyᴀˊtx aỵāˊwacat cᴀtxēˊa.
cried when up she lifted the face of older girl.
Dusīˊ awᴀctu akᴀ’t ʟ̣ākᵘ tsǃu kîˊkǃia.
Her daughter’s cheek on scratched also the younger one.
Tcǃu dᴀˊxᴀnᴀx aˊyu awᴀctuˊ akāˊwaʟ̣ākᵘ
Then both of them it was on whose cheek she scratched
yūˊtū yᴀx hᴀs aỵaˊowusixaỵēˊtcayu aỵîˊs daq ōsîᴀˊtî
the tallow like they because ate for it up he invited
aˊayu. Tcǃuʟeˊ hᴀs wuxēˊqǃ tāˊdayu tcǃuʟeˊ
it was. Then they went to sleep in the night then
tǃāˊtayīs akāˊwaha. Adᴀˊx qoˊa tcǃuʟeˊ
under the board they made a hole. And then, however, then
yūˊcaodudzîxawu-sǃîˊqǃ cītīˊyên hᴀs aˊoʟ̣iᴀt.
the hairy dishes in their places they put.
Tcǃuʟeˊ yuᴀtǃāˊk as-tūwułīˊ nēł hᴀs uwaᴀˊt. 281-10
Then back of them tree hollow into they went.
Next morning [their mother] said, “I wonder where they have gone.”
She said to them, “Get up now.” Then the long dishes moved [as she
pulled at the covers]. It was the dishes they had put in their places.
They, however, had dug a hole underneath and were gone. Then their
mother came out from behind the screens. No one knew whither they had
gone. Afterward they went straight up into the woods. And after they
had started [the people] rushed up to hunt for them, but they hid
themselves. The younger kept saying to the elder, “Let us make some
kind of noise for our mother.” She answered, “How does the inside of
your cheeks feel?” She kept saying to her younger sister, “Oh! we can
not do it. She said to us, ‘Let Mountain Dweller marry both of you.’ I
know what she was saying to us.”
Adᴀˊxayu ye aỵaˊosîqa, “Ādeˊ hᴀs naadeˊ ỵa-ūˊckî.”
And then so she said, “Where they have gone I wonder.”
Ye hᴀs daỵaˊosîqa, “Ca-idaqêˊde.” Tcǃu
As follows then she said to, “Get up now.” Then
kuwâˊtǃayu nᴀcxêˊntc. Yūˊsǃîqǃ ᴀsiyuˊ
the long dishes moved. The dishes it was
ciyîtīˊyes ᴀˊti u. Hᴀs qo tǃākeˊ hᴀs
in place of themselves things put. They, however, hole they
ᴀcukaˊosîha. Adᴀˊxayu ᴀnᴀˊx dāq uwaguˊt hᴀsduʟāˊ. ʟe
dug under. And then from it out came their mother. Then
gwâᴀˊłdaᴀt ʟēł hᴀs kaˊoste. Adᴀˊxayu ʟe
they were gone. Not they knew where. And then then
dᴀˊqdatcūn g̣onēˊ hᴀs uwaᴀˊt. ʟe g̣onayēˊ
straight up [into the woods] started they went. Then started
hᴀs wuadīˊawe hᴀˊsduīg̣āˊ qociỵîˊ anᴀˊx dāq
they when went for them going to hunt up from it
ỵaˊodîg̣îtc. ʟe hᴀs aˊoʟ̣isîn. Cᴀtxēˊa ye
started to rush. Then they hid themselves. The elder as follows
yên dosqēˊtc ke’kǃîatc, “Duīˊhaxt duāˊx
to always said the younger, “Some kind of noise let us make
dê ᴀxʟāˊ.” “Yē qoỵênaqētc hawâˊsᴀs īˊỵênuk
(imp.) [for] our mother.” “So do you feel how inside of
īwactuˊ?” Yē yênᴀsqēˊtc dukīˊk, 282-5
your cheeks?” So she kept saying to her younger sister,
“Ayēˊtxā haỵāˊwa woqǃ. Cākᴀnāˊītc qǃwᴀn yᴀx
“Oh! we can not do it. ‘Mountain Dweller let like
ỵiỵᴀˊx łacaˊ yuxahādāˊỵaqa. Xosîkūˊxoa aˊda
marry both of you,’ was what she said to us. I know what
hadāˊỵaqaỵa.”
she was saying to us.”