Buffalo-Bow | Buffalo-Bow |
(1)anohc nimâ-mitonêyimâw, otayîhtiwin mîna ê-wîh-âtotamak nênâpos. nikihcêyihtamwân, ê-kîh-pêy-itâcimikot nimosôma. |
(1)Now I am meditating about Nenapus, now that I am about to tell of his acts. I know them well, for in the past my grandfather used to tell of him. |
(2)pa-pimohtêw êsa. mêkwâc êh-pimohtêt, wâpahtam ômisi sakâw: apisîs tawâyiw ôma.1 êkotah wiy-at-îtohtêw. |
(2)He was walking along, the story has it. As he walked, he saw a grove of trees like this: there was a small passage through, here. Through this place he meant to walk. |
(3)kêkâc êh-takosihk êkotah, itwêw: «awiyak nakiskawak ôma kâ-wîpo-tawâk, nikah-nipahâw.»2 |
(3)When he had almost come there, he said, «If I meet anyone in this narrow defile, I shall kill him.» |
(4)sâsay takosin êkotah. wâkayôsa êkotah nakiskawêw. |
(4)Now he had got there. He met a bear in that place. |
(5)«hâw,» itik, «tânisi k-êtwêyin êh-pê-pimohtêyin?» |
(5)«Now then,» it said to him, «What was that you were saying as you came walking this way?» |
(6)«nama nântaw.» |
(6)«Oh, nothing.» |
(7)«hâ, nântaw kititwân! kipêhtâtn!» |
(7)«No, you said something! I heard you!» |
(8)«nama nântaw nititwân.» |
(8)«I didn't say anything.» |
(9)«hâ, nama wiya! kipêhtâtin k-êtwêyan. ômisi kititwân: `awiyak nakiskawak, nikah-nipahâw,' kititwân, `ôma kâ-wipo-tawâk.' êkosi kititwân.» |
(9)«Oh, no! I heard what you said. This was what you said: `If I meet anyone, I shall kill him,' you said, `here in this narrow defile.' That was what you said.» |
(10)«â, nama wiya!» |
(10)«Oh dear, no!» |
(11)«êkosi kititwân. âstam! êkosi nîsta nitêyihtên.» |
(11)«That was what you said. Come here! I had that same idea myself.» |
(12)sakipitonênik. ôtêh itohtahik, mihtah êh-mihcêniyikih. |
(12)It grabbed him by the arm. It led him to where there was a lot of dry wood. |
(13)«hâw, nist êkosi nitêyihtên, awiyak nakiskawaki, ci-nipahak,» itik wâkayôsa; «hâw, mistikwa otinah êh-mihyôwikih. kakwêyâhoh!» |
(13)«I had that same idea myself, to kill anyone I might meet,» the bear said to him; «Now then, pick up some green sticks. Hurry up!» |
(14)hâw, êkwah nikohtêw nênâpos. mâtôw. |
(14)So then Nenapus gathered firewood. He wept. |
(15)«êkos êcik âni êh-nipiyân!» |
(15)«And so now I must die!» |
(16)otinam. |
(16)He picked some up. |
(17)«kakwêyâhoh! nnôhtêhkatân,» itik wâkayôsa. |
(17)«Hurry up! I am hungry,» the bear said to him. |
(18)mâtow nênâpos. mihcêt. |
(18)Nenapus wept. How he wept! |
(19)«êko-tahto cî?»3 |
(19)«This many?» |
(20)«êha!! niyânan kîskatahah apwânâskwah, pêyak ôma kisakîn ta-cîpatahamân, mîna kwêski, kipwâmah nîso, kwa kisôkan misiwê kâwikan tako kistikwân. êwakôh nawac ta-misâw. kakwêyâhôh. ispisi niwîh-kotawân.» |
(20)«Yes! Cut five spits, so that I can stick one shoulder-piece of you on one, and one for the other side, two for your thighs, and one for your buttocks and your whole back, with your head. This last one is to be bigger than the others. Hurry up. In the meantime I shall build the fire.» |
(21)wa, sipwêhtêw. kîskataham nisto; wâ-wâkaskwataniyiwa. |
(21)Dear me, off he went. He cut three of them; crooked little sticks. |
(22)«ôhi cî?» |
(22)«Will these do?» |
(23)«nama wya! mâyâtanwah. ê-wiyâskwahkih! kakwêyâhoh; nnôhtêhkatân. kiyipa!» |
(23)«No! They are no good! Good straight sticks! Hurry up; I am hungry. Quick!» |
(24)sâsay mîna sipwêhtêw; nêwô kîskataham. miywâsiniyiwa. miyêw. |
(24)He set out again; he cut four of them. They were good ones. He gave them to it. |
(25)«ôhi cî êyakoni?» |
(25)«Are these the kind you want?» |
(26)«êkwah piko pêyak kisôkan kâ-wîh-oh-cîpatahamân. kakwêyâhôh!» |
(26)«Now just one more, for me to stick your trunk upon. Hurry up!» |
(27)«pôh hw hw!» iskotêw ispisi ê-wîh-kotawêyit, «ta-wîh-pwâtawihtâw kîh-môt!»4 |
(27)«Puff whff whff!» while the other was trying to get the fire started, «May he fail in his plan of eating me!» |
(28)nêtê nama wiya pêhtâk. |
(28)Off there the other could not hear him. |
(29)«hâw, ta-wîh-pwâtawihtâw ê-wîh-kotawêt!» |
(29)«Now, let him fail to get his fire started!» |
(30)êkwah nênâpos nawac tapasîw. |
(30)Then Nenapus ran away farther. |
(31)êkwa piko wâhyaw ati-mâtôw. «êkwa êcik âni êh-nipiyân!» |
(31)Far off there he went on, weeping. «And so now I must die!» |
(32)«kakwêyahôh! nnôhtêhkatân!» |
(32)«Hurry up! I am hungry!» |
(33)sihkosah wâpamêw nênâpos. mâtôw. |
(33)Nenapus caught sight of a weasel. He wept. |
(34)«nisîm!» |
(34)«Little Brother!» |
(35)nakiyiwa. |
(35)The other stopped. |
(36)«ha, âstam!» |
(36)«Oh, come here!» |
(37)«hâ, kiwîh-wayêsimin!» |
(37)«Oh, you will fool me!» |
(38)«nama wiya, nisîm! kiyîpah âstam!» |
(38)«No, Little Brother! Come here quickly!» |
(39)takosiniyiwa. |
(39)It came. |
(40)«hâw, nisîm, kitimâkêyimin! awa wâkayôs k-âcicisihk ocihkihk pîhtokêh. ôtêh otêh kika-pîkwahtamwâw. niwîh-nipahik. ahpôh k-êsi-miyosiyin kik-êsîhitin. nîswayak tit-êsinâkwan kiyaw, iyikohk iskoh tit-askîwik. êkosi kahkiyaw awiyak kika-miywêyimik, ci-wawêsihwâkêt kiyaw.» |
(40)«Oh, Little Brother, take pity on me! Crawl into the anus of that bear that is crouching over yonder. There bite his heart in two. He wants to kill me. I will make you beautiful. Your body will have two different colors, as long as the earth shall endure. In this way everyone will like to deck himself out with your body.» |
(41)«êya!!» |
(41)«Very well!» |
(42)acicisin; pôh-pôtâtam iskotêw wâkayôs. |
(42)The bear was bending over on all fours, blowing up the fire. |
(43)«kakwêyâho! nnôhtêhkatân!» |
(43)«Hurry up! I'm hungry!» |
(44)ispayiw. kitâpamêw nênâpos. kisik asêhtêw. |
(44)It ran there. Nenapus watched it. At the same time he backed away. |
(45)«kakwêyahoh! nnôhtêhkatân!» |
(45)«Hurry up! I'm hungry!» |
(46)aspin êh-pîhtokêyit ociskiyihk, tapasîw nênâpos. hay, sôhki tapasîw. |
(46)When the other had crawled into the bear's anus, out of sight, away ran Nenapus. Oh, at a great speed he fled. |
(47)«hê wê wê ê! tânisi niwîh-is-âyân, êh-nôhtêhkatêyân! kiyipa pêtâh anim âpwânâsk!»5 |
(47)«Hey hey hey hey! Something is going wrong with me, so hungry am I! Quick, bring me that spit!» |
(48)êkwah tâpwê tapasîw nênâpos.» tânta?» wâkayôs awa têhkwamikoci otêhihk ôhi sihkosah, «hêw! kiyipa! nnôhtêhkatân! nânta niwîh-is-âyân!» |
(48)Then really Nenapus fled. «Where is he?» Every time the weasel bit at the bear's heart, «Come! Quick! I am hungry! Something is wrong with me!» |
(49)kîtahtawê ntonâk. hâ, miskamiyiwa. itah ê-kîh-at-îtâmot nawaswâtik êkwah. awa sihkos ohcita tôtawêw. nama wiya tâpwê wîh-mîciw otêhiyiw. |
(49)Then it looked for him. It found the tracks. Where he had fled, it now chased him. The weasel was doing this to him with malice. It kept on not really eating the other's heart. |
(50)«mahtih ta-kakwê-misi-ma-mawimôw nênâpos!» itêyihtam awa sihkos. |
(50)«Just let me see that Nenapus do some real squealing!» thought the weasel. |
(51)âskaw piko tahkwahtam. ha!, nênâpos âpasâpiw. pêtisâpamêw wâkayôsa. pê-tâh-têpwâtik. |
(51)Only from time to time it bit. Ho, Nenapus looked behind him. He saw the bear coming. As it came, it kept calling to him. |
(52)«pôyoh! nânta niwî-s-âyân êh-nôhtêhkatêyân!» |
(52)«Stop! Something is going wrong with me, I am so hungry!» |
(53)âpasâpiw: hâ, kisiwâk! |
(53)He looked back: oh, it was close upon him! |
(54)«êkos êh-nipahit!» |
(54)«Now he will kill me!» |
(55)wâ-wîpac âpasâpiw. mitoni kisiwâk. |
(55)Every moment he glanced back. Very close, now. |
(56)«hâ, mmmm! hâ, mmmm! êkos êcik âni êh-nipiyân!» |
(56)«Boo hoo hoo! Boo hoo hoo! And so now I must die!» |
(57)âpasâpiw, âsa kâ-pê-tâwatiyit. êh-âpasâpit, piswaham, êh-piswahcâyik.6 pahkisin. ôtah pimici-pahkisiniyiwa. oskâtah mâhtakoskamiyiwa. |
(57)He looked back, and there it was coming with open jaws. As he looked round, he stumbled on a snag. He fell to the ground. The other fell right across him. With all its weight it fell on top of his legs. |
(58)«nôhtâ! nôhtâ! nôhtâ!» |
(58)«Papa! Papa! Papa!» |
(59)êkos ês ôm êh-nipiyit. êkoyikohk awa sihkos otêhiyiw paskâhtam. kwâskwâskotihpêwah ôhi paskamêw. ohcitaw êh-tôtawât nênâposa, êkâ mayaw ôma kâ-paskahtahk. pihkohôw. pasikôw. m êsi wâkayôsa otôniyihk ohci wayawîw sihkos. pahpawîw. kitâpamik nênâpos ôhi sihkosah. |
(59)But now it was dead. Only now had that weasel bitten open its heart. It bit open the big arteries there. For the mischief of it, it had done this to Nenapus, not biting it through until now. He got himself free. He rose to his feet. The weasel came out from the bear's mouth. It shook itself. The weasel looked at Nenapus. |
(60)«hâw, kiyipah kâ-kîh-asotamawiyin t-êsinâkosiyân, kiyipa isîhin. êkâya kakwê-cîsimin.» |
(60)«Come now, quickly make me look the way you promised me. Do not try to cheat me.» |
(61)«hwê!, nama wiya kikîh-kakwê-cîsimitân!»7 |
(61)«Ho, not by any chance would I try to cheat you!» |
(62)at-îtohtêw. wâpahtam asiskiy êh-wâpiskâyik. otinam. astâw.8 ômisi tôtam. ômisi nahapiw. |
(62)He walked on a ways. He saw some white clay. He took some of it. He placed it here. He did like this. He sat down like this. |
(63)«haw, ôtah tahkohci-kwâskohtih!» |
(63)«Come, jump up here!» |
(64)tahkohci-kwâskohtiw. ômisih êkwah tôtawêw. misiwê misi-wâpitoniskinêw.9 ôma piko osôsiyiw nama wiya, apisîs. pôh-pôtâtêw. ôtah nîpawiyiwa. êkwah ômisih. |
(64)It jumped up. Then he did like this to it. All over its body he smeared it with much white clay. Only its little tail here he did not, just a little. He blew his breath on it. Here it stood. Then, like this. |
(65)«hâw, awa nisîm pêponiyiki mitoni ta-wâpiskisiw. pikw âwiya ta-miywêyimik ôm êspîhcâk askiy ayîsiyiniwa. niyîpiniyiki t-ôsâwisiw.» |
(65)«Now then, let my little brother here be entirely white in winter-time. Let him be beloved of every mortal man over the extent of this earth. In summertime let him be brown.» |
(66)ôtêh isiwêpinêw.10 nîpawiw. |
(66)He flung it over here. It stood there. |
(67)hâ, mistahi miywêyimisôw sihkos. sakamo-pahpawîw. |
(67)Oh, the weasel was much pleased with itself. It held fast to something and shook itself. |
(68)«hâ, mistahi kitatamihin, nistêsê, êh-miywâsik niyaw!» hâw, êkosi. |
(68)«Oh, I am much obliged to you, Big Brother, for that I have such a fine body!» Well, so much for that. |
(69)nênâpos kitâpamêw ôhi wâkayôsa ka-sêkihikot. |
(69)Nenapus gazed at that bear which had frightened him. |
(70)«hâw, wâkayôs, kîh-pêyakoyân, êsa ka-kîh-nipahih; mâka mihcêtiwak nisîmak êh-nâtamawicik. anohc êkwah kiya kiwîh-nah-nawacîwâtitin.» |
(70)«Yes, Bear, if I had been alone, you would surely have killed me; but I have many little brothers to help me. And now it is I who shall make roasts out of you.» |
(71)ê-misi-sakâyik êkotah isitâpêw. takotâpêw. nikohtêw. mêstahih kotawêw. macostêhwêw. pasawêswêw. kâskahwêw. mêtoni pâh-pahtêw. kotakah miscikosah kîs-kîskataham, maskosiyah êkotah. |
(71)He dragged it to where there was a big grove of trees. He dragged it all the way. He gathered firewood. He built a big fire. He singed it. He scraped it. [NO GLOSS] He seared it well. He cut some more sticks, and put some grass there. |
(72)«nahâw, wâkayôs, kâ-kîh-wîh-tôtawiyin anohc kiwîh-tôtâtin. apwânâskwah niyânan nk-âpacihtân, ê-wîh-nâh-nawacîwâtitân.» |
(72)«Now, Bear, that which you were going to do with me, I shall now do with you. I shall use five spits to make roasts out of you.» |
(73)manisam; mina kwêskiy. êkwah opwâm, mina kwêskih. pakocênêw. takisiyah otinam. |
(73)He cut off a piece; then the other side. Then a thigh-piece, and then the other. He cut open its belly. He took out the entrails. |
(74)«hâ, nama wy ôhih ci-kîh-mîciyân!» |
(74)«Well, I shan't be able to eat these!» |
(75)wêpinam. kîskataham êkwah niyânan mistikwah. êkwah cîpatahâhkôw. wiyinoyiwa. kwa nâh-nawacîw. kâh-kwêskinam. ê-kîsitêk, maskosiyah ôhi êkot âstâw. |
(75)He threw them away. Then he cut five sticks. Then he used the spits. It was a fat beast. Then he roasted the pieces. He kept turning the spits. When it was roasted done, he placed that grass here. |
(76)«hâ, nama wya sêmâk niwîh-mîcison. pita kahkiyaw nka-kîsiswâw nimaskom.» |
(76)«Well, I shall not eat right now. First I shall roast my whole bear.» |
(77)kahkiyaw êkwah kîsitêyiwa. kêtasâkêw. ômisi taskisoyiwa mistikwah.11 êkotah k-âpit; êkotah ôh onawacîwina. pasikôw. êkotah pimisin ôtah. |
(77)Then it was all done. He took off his jacket. Some trees stood forked like this. There he sat; there were his roasts. He rose to his feet. There he lay down. |
(78)«hâw, pitah nika-sîpêkâskwahên natay, ê-wîh-mîcisoyân. osâm êkâ tôtamâni, wîpat nika-kispon, ê-wîh-kakwê-kitânawêyân.» |
(78)«Now, first I shall stretch my belly on these trees, before I eat. If I didn't do that, I should soon have my fill, and I want to eat all the food.» |
(79)ômis îspayihôw.12 |
(79)He placed himself like this. |
(80)«nisîmitik, mistikotik, nawac mâkwahamok natay; ê-wîh-misi-mîcisoyân omâ! pikw êkâ kiyawâw k-êtitakok, mistikotik!» |
(80)«Little Brother Trees, press my belly harder; you see, I want to do a lot of eating! _ It is just as if it wasn't to you I was talking, Trees!» |
(81)ômisi ispayihôw. kiskêyihtam, tâpiskôc êh-mâkonikot.13 |
(81)He placed himself like this. He felt something that seemed as if someone were squeezing him tight. |
(82)«nawac sôhkih!» |
(82)«Harder still!» |
(83)â, sôhk êkwah. |
(83)Then, quite hard. |
(84)«êkoyikohk!» |
(84)«That will do!» |
(85)âhci êkwah. |
(85)Still it kept on. |
(86)«êkoyikohk! niwîh-mîcisoh!» |
(86)«That will do! I want to eat, you know!» |
(87)âta wiya êh-kakwê-pihkohot, pwâtawihôw. sôhk êkwah mâkonik. twêhoyiwa êkwah wîskacânah, ê-akâwâtamawât omîciwina. |
(87)When he tried to get out, he could not move. They were squeezing him hard now. And now the whiskey-jack (Canada jay) alighted there, hankering for his food. |
(88)«hâ, owîskacân! mâka mîna kika-wîhkohkân nimîciwina. kikakêpâtisin. êkây êkosi tôtah! ka-kitimahin! _ pakitinik êkwah!» |
(88)«Ho, Whiskey-Jack! I suppose you will be inviting people again to my food. You are an obstinate numskull. Don't do it! You will be the undoing of me! _ Now, do let me go!» |
(89)nama wiya wîh-pakitinik. piyisk napakataham ôm ôwatayiw mistik awa. isi pwâtawihôw. |
(89)They would not let go of him. At last the one of those trees had pressed his belly all flat for him. He could not budge. |
(90)«nisîmitik, kitimâkêyimik! pakitinik! niwîh-mîcison!» |
(90)«Little Brothers, have mercy on me! The whiskey-jack went off. I want to eat!» |
(91)nama tâpwêhtâk. wîskacân sipwêhtêw. papâh-âcimôw. |
(91)They paid no attention to his words. The whiskey-jack went off. It went about telling. |
(92)«nênâpos kiwîhkomikonaw,» papây-itwêw, êh-papâ-kiyâskit. |
(92)«Nenapus invites you to a feast,» it went about saying, lying. |
(93)«kêkwayi?» |
(93)«What sort of viands?» |
(94)«maskwa êh-wiyinoyit misiwê kîh-kîsiswêw, k-ô-wîhkomikoyah. `kiyipa takosinok,' kitikonaw.» |
(94)«He has roasted all of a fat bear, and is inviting us to it. `Come at once,' he says to us.» |
(95)itohtêwak mahîhkanak, kêhkomisîsak, mahkêsîsak, kâhkâkiwak, misi-kâkâkîsak, mêhcêt. akosiw. kâwi kakwê-pihkohôw. misahkamik otihtik. |
(95)Thither went wolves, coyotes, foxes, ravens, crows, a great crowd. He was stuck in the trees. Again he tried to get free. They all came where he was. |
(96)«îhô, tânêhki, nisîmitik, mihcêt k-ôh-takosiniyêk?» |
(96)«Oho, Little Brothers, why have you come in such a crowd?» |
(97)«`kistêsinaw kiwîhkomikonaw,' êh-itwêt wîskacân, k-ôh-takosiniyâhk, êh-pê-mîcisoyâhk.» |
(97)«We have come because the Whiskey-Jack says, `Our big brother invites us to a feast,' we have come to eat.» |
(98)konat itwêw, «tâpw êkos êy-itwêt, êkos îsi mîcisok, tâpw êkos êy-itwêt.» |
(98)He lied: «Yes, he speaks the truth; just fall to and eat; he speaks the truth.» |
(99)mîcisôwak. |
(99)They ate. |
(100)pwâtawihôw wiyâ awa nênâpos. «pakitinik!» êh-ât-îtwêt, nama wiya wîh-pakitinik. kahkiyaw mitoni kitânawêyiwa. êkosi tapasiyiwa kahkiyaw. êkoyikohk iyîkatêpayihoyiwa ôhi mistikwa. pasikôw. mitoni napakatayêw. êkwah misiwê êkwah sinikonisôw. kwayask êy-isinâkosit, mistik nâtwânam. ôhi mistikwah êkotah nahikâpawiw. |
(100)As for Nenapus, he could not budge. He kept saying, «Let me go!» but they would not let him go. The others ate up every bit. Then they all made off. Only now did the trees move aside. He rose to his feet. He was all flat at the belly. Then he rubbed himself all over. When he had got back his proper looks, he broke off a stick. He stood up close to those trees. |
(101)«tâpwê mistahi kitôtawinâwâw, êh-mamâhcikoniyêk, osâm êh-nôhtêhkatêyân, nimîciwin kahkiyaw êh-kitâcik. mâka kiyawâw kikisiwâhinâwâw. kiwîh-pah-pasastêhotinâwâw.» |
(101)«Really, you played me an evil trick, when you held me fast, when I was so hungry, while they ate up all my food. You surely have incurred my anger. I am going to give you a whipping.» |
(102)êkwah pasastêhwêw. mâninakis nôcihêw. pasastêhwêw êyakoni mistikwa. misiwê mihko nôkwaniyiw. |
(102)Then he thrashed them. He went for them without mercy. He thrashed those trees. All over them the blood appeared. |
(103)«nama wya êkosi kah-tôtâtinâwâw, apisîs kîh-iskwastamâkawiyân nimîciwin. osâm mistahi kitôtawinâwâw; êwakô ôma k-ôh-pah-pasastêhotakok. hâw, ômisi kik-êsiyîhkâson: `mâyiskwêsisâhtik,' k-êsiyîhkâson. êkos ôma kiy-êsi-nôkwahk nêma, nêma kiy-âtim-âskîwik, ayîsiyiniw ôhpikihitoci ci-wâpahtahk ê-kîh-pâh-pasastêhotân.» |
(103)«I should not be treating you like this, if even a little bit of my food had been left for me. You played me too mean a trick; that is why I am whipping you. Now, this will be your name: `Naughty-Girl-Tree' (black poplar?) you will be called. This is the way it will look in yon time, as the earth goes on, so that when mortal man exists in successive generations, he may see how I whipped you.» |
(104)misiwah ayêsihtin mâna mistikwah itah êh-pasastêhwât. |
(104)All over those trees there is the trace of where he whipped them. |
(105)êkosi êkwah sipwêhtêw âsay mîna. hâ, pimohtêw. mêkwâc êh-pimohtêt, ôt êtâpiw. pihêsisah osk-âyisah wâpamêw. nakîw. sêkihêw, ta kâ-tâwatiyit. |
(105)So now again he went off. Well, he walked along. As he was walking along, he looked over here. He saw some young partridges. He stopped. He frightened them, where they sat with wide-open beaks. |
(106)êh-kitâpamikot, «hâw, pihêsisitik, tânisi ôm êsiyihkâsoyêk?» |
(106)When they stared at him, «Why, Little Partridges, what is your name?» |
(107)«âta kosâ kiwîhinân!» |
(107)«But you have just named us!» |
(108)«â, nama wya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâh-nîsiyihkâsôw.14 âtiht nisto ayâw wîhôwinah. tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyêk, pihêsitik?» |
(108)«Oh, no! Everyone has two names. Some have three names. What is your name, Partridges?» |
(109)«âta kosâ kiwîhinân, nistêsê! êkosi piko nitisiyîhkâsonân, pihyêwak êh-itikawiyâhk. nama wya kotak wîhôwin ntayânân!» |
(109)«But you have just named us, Big Brother! That is the only name we have; we are called Partridges. We have no other name!» |
(110)«nama wiya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâh-nîsoyîhkâsôw. ôm êspîhcâk askiy, misiwê niwâpamâw awiyak. kahkiyaw nâh-nîsiniyiwa owîhôwiniwâwa. tânisiy êsiyihkâsoyêk, piyêsitik?» |
(110)«No! Everybody has two names. As big as is this earth, I have seen everyone. All of them have two names apiece. What is your name, Partridges?» |
(111)pêyak apisîsiyiwa, câpiskôc ômistanipîwâwiyit, ômis îsi mâwaci êyakoni êh-apisîsisiyit. kostik. |
(111)One of them was small, just a bit of down, the smallest of them all. It was afraid of him. |
(112)«kêhcinâ nika-nipahikonân, êkâ wîhtamawâtwâwi ôki nistêsak. niya nika-wîhtamawâw.» |
(112)«Surely, he will kill us, if these elder brothers of mine do not tell him. I had better tell him myself.» |
(113)«tânisiy êsiyîhkâsoyêk, piyêsisitik?» |
(113)«What is your name, little Partridges?» |
(114)êyokw âwa k-âpisîsisit awa, «okoskohiwêsisak nitikawinân.» |
(114)That tiny little fellow, then: «Little Winged Startlers we are called.» |
(115)«hiyi, êkosi k-êtwêyân, kahkiyaw awiyak êh-nâ-nîsoyîhkâsot!» |
(115)«See, see, that's what I said, that everybody has two names!» |
(116)otâsiyânah kêcikonêw êkwah nênâpos. kahkapêpiw êkotah is wacistwanihk êh-apiyit. mîcitêw. yikitôw. |
(116)Then Nenapus took off his breech-clout. With legs spread apart, he squatted over the nest where they were. He dunged upon them. What he gave forth was fluid. |
(117)«hâ, ta-mêyihôwak misiwê! ntakis ôki okoskohiwêsisak itihcik!» |
(117)«Hah, they will be befouled all over their bodies! Just imagine anyone calling these creatures Little Winged Startlers!» |
(118)sipwêhtêw. |
(118)He went away. |
(119)êy-otâkosik takosin; ocawâsimisah pihyêw mêyiwiyiwa. nama wiya cîk itohtêw; wîhcêkisiyiwa; pakwâtam. |
(119)In the evening he came; the partridge's young ones were all befouled. He did not go near them; they smelled bad; he was disgusted. |
(120)«hâw, awêna êh-tôtâkoyêk ôma kâ-mêyiwiyêk?» itêw ocawâsimisa.15 |
(120)«Alas, who did this to you, that you are all befouled?» he asked his children. |
(121)«nênâpos.» |
(121)«Nenapus.» |
(122)«tânêhki k-ôh-tôtâkoyêk? nama cî nântaw êh-itâyêk, k-ôh-tôtâkoyêk? npakwâtên ôma êh-mêyiwiyêk. tânisi êh-itikoyêk?» |
(122)«What made him do that to you? Are you sure you did not say anything to him that prompted him to treat you so? I am disgusted at the way you are befouled. What did he say to you?» |
(123)«hâw, ôtah êy-otihtikoyâhk, `haw, tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyêk, pihêsisitik?' ntikonân. `âta kosâ kiwîhinân!' ntitânân. `hâ, nama wiya! kâkikê awiyak onâ-nîsoyîhkâson.16 ahpôh nisto wîhyôwinah ayâwak âtiht. misiwê npapâmohtân; êkosi nkiskêyihtên. haw, tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyêk, pihêsisitik?' êkwah awa nisîmisinân, mistah êh-kostât, wiya kâ-wîhtamawât, `okoskohiwêsisak nitikawinân mîna,' k-êtât. êkosi otâsiyânah kâ-kêcikonât is êh-nahapit. `nitakisa êtok ôki okoskohiwêsisah!' ntikonân. êkosi k-êsi-mîcitikoyâhk.» |
(123)«Why, when he came here to where we are, ` Come, what is your name, little Partridges?' he asked us. `But you have just named us!' we answered him. `Oh, no! Always everyone has had two names. Some even have three names. I have travelled about everywhere; so I know of what I speak. Come, what is your name, little Partridges?' Then our little brother here, growing very much afraid of him, told him, saying to him, `We are also called Little Winged Startlers.' But then he pulled aside his breech-clout and squatted down. `Just imagine these creatures being called Little Winged Startlers!' he said to us. And then he dunged on us.» |
(124)«tântah aspin?» |
(124)«Which way did he go?» |
(125)«êkot ôt aspin êh-at-îtohtêt.» |
(125)«This way he went off.» |
(126)«nkisiwâhik nênâpos!» |
(126)«I am angry at Nenapus!» |
(127)êkwah kâsîhwêw; mitoni pita kâsîhwêw ôh otawâsimisah. sipwêhtêw. â, kîh-pimohtêw nênâpos. tê papâ-ntomêw wîci-pihêwa. mêhcêt mâwacihêw. |
(127)Then he washed them; before doing anything else, he gave his children a good washing. Then he went off. Yes, Nenapus had walked by here. He went about and summoned the other partridges. He assembled a great crowd of them. |
(128)«hâw, ôma k-ôh-mawacihitotakok, êh-kisiwâhit nênâpos, ncawâsimisah êh-mîcitât. êh-itât, `tânsi êsiyîhkâsoyêk, pihyêsisitik?' êh-itât, `âta kosâ kiwîhinân!' itik. âta ncawâsimisah mihcêtwâw kakwêcimêw. `kahkiyaw awiyak nîso wîhôwina ayâw,' itêw ncawâsimisah; `ahpô nisto ayâw wîhôwina. êkosi ê-isi-kiskêyihtamân, misiwê êh-papâmohtêyân, ôm êspihcâk askiy. hâw, tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyêk? wîhtamawik, pihêsisitik.' êkw êsah osîmimâs awa êyoko êh-kostât, `okoskohiwêsisak ntikawinân,' itêw. êkwah otâsiyâniyiw otinêyiwa. `nitakisa êtokê ôki kê-koskohiwêcik!' itêw, êh-mîcitât ncawâsimisah. êyakô ohci k-ôh-ntomitakok. ôtah kisiwâk pêy-âyâw, ci-koskomâyahk. nama wya ci-nipayâyahk, ta-mosci-koskomâyahk. ôma kâ-pê-tahtakwahcâk ta-pêy-itohtêw. ôma kâ-kîskatâwahkâk sîpîsis nama wya timîw ôma. êyakô ôma ta-pê-sâkêwêw. tit-êtwêw, `ôma awiyak pâsici-kwâskohtici sîpîsis, oskinîkiskwêwa ta-wîwiw, itwêk.' itwêci, êkotah ka-koskomânaw. ôta ôm is k-ês-âskamôwânaw. nama wya timîw ôma; itâp nama wya ta-nistâpâwêw, koskomâyahko. hâw.» |
(128)«Now, the reason I have asked you to assemble, is because Nenapus has angered me, by befouling my children. When he asked them, ` What is your name, little Partridges?' they answered him, `But you have just named us!' Nevertheless he asked my children many times. `Everybody has two names,' he said to my children, `or even has three names. This I know very well from my own observation, since I have travelled about everywhere, over all the extent of the earth. Come, what is your name? Tell me, little Partridges.' Then it seems that the youngest one, fearing him, told him, `We are called Little Winged Startlers.' And at that he pulled aside his breech-clout. `Just imagine these creatures startling anyone!' he said to them, and dunged on my children. That is the reason I have called you. He is coming near here, and we can give him a scare. I do not mean that we shall kill him, only that we give him a good, sound fright. He will be coming along this level place here. Here where the little stream runs between steep banks, it is not deep. Right here he will come forth into view. He will say, ` If anyone jumps across this little stream, he shall get a young woman to wife, it is said.' When he says this, we shall scare him with our noise here. We can watch for him right here. It is not deep water; he will not drown when we scare him. Come.» |
(129)êkosi êkwah kwêyatapiwak. |
(129)So then they seated themselves in readiness. |
(130)haw, pêyak awa, «âsawâpam!» |
(130)Then one of them was told, «Keep a lookout for him!» |
(131)pêcâstamohtêyiwa. |
(131)There he came a-walking. |
(132)«awa kâ-pêcâstamohtêt kwayask!» |
(132)«There he comes walking straight toward us!» |
(133)haw, kisiwâk pih êh-sâkêwêt, nîpawiw awa nênâpos. kîskatâwahkâhk ôt ôma nipiy ôma. apisîs ôtah sakâsiniyiw. êkotah pihêwak ôki samaskisinwak mêhcêt. |
(133)Then, coming into view close by, there stood Nenapus. That stream ran right there between steep banks. The place was a little wooded. There, hiding against the ground, lay all these partridges. |
(134)«ham!» itwêw nênâpos; «ôma akâmihk apit oskinîkiskwêw mîyôsit.17 `awiyak ôma pâsici-kwâskohtici sîpîsis, nika-wîkimâw,' itwêt. hâw, isk âni, `niya nika-wîkimâw,' itwêyân, niya nka-pâsici-kwâskohtin. nêwâw nka-wayôni-kwâskohtin. ôtah nik-ôhpih, ta-pâsic-ôhpiyân ôma sîpîsis niya, ci-kakwê-wîwiyân aw oskinîkiskwêw,» itwêw nênâpos. |
(134)«Hum!» said Nenapus; «On the other bank there, suppose there sits a beautiful young woman, and says, ` If anyone jumps across the stream, I will marry him.' And then, it would seem that if I said, `Let me be the one to marry her,' then I shall be the one to jump across. I shall make four running starts. From here I shall jump, leaping across this stream, to try and win this maiden for my wife,» said Nenapus. |
(135)ntohtâk ôhi êh-askamâkot. asêhtêw. pê-wayacâwiw ôtah, êh-naki-kwâskohtit, pêyak ôm ôskât. |
(135)They heard him who were lying in wait for him. He walked back. He came running there, but stopped as he was about to jump, landing on one leg. |
(136)«hrrây!» itwêw. |
(136)«Huzzah!» he cried. |
(137)wâyôniw. nâsa mina êyikohkwêyimôw. âsay mîna naki-kwâskohtiw. |
(137)He went back. Again he came with all his might. Again he stopped at the point of jumping. |
(138)«hê ê, nîswâw âsay! êkwah piko nîswâw! êkwah piko nîswâ-âw! nêtê akâmihk pahkisiniyâni, ci-wîwiyân oskinîkiskwêw!» |
(138)«Ho, this makes twice! Now only twice more! Now only twice mo-ore! When I land over on the other side, I am to marry a young woman!» |
(139)wâyoniw âsay mîna. êkwah anohc êyikohkwêyimôw. |
(139)Again he went back. This time, too, he came at full speed. |
(140)«hê êy!» |
(140)«Hey yey!» |
(141)âsay mîna naki-kwâskohtiw. |
(141)Again he stopped with a jump. |
(142)«êkwah piko pâyakwâw!» |
(142)«Now only once more!» |
(143)âsay mîna wâyoniw. âsay mîna pê-kakwâhakinikiw, «hhahh!» êh-naki-kwâskohtit. |
(143)Again he backed away. Again he came at fearful speed, and, «Hah!» he stopped sharp. |
(144)«cêkwa, cêskwa!» ôki pihêwak; «êyakwah ôtah ka-wi-pêh-kwâskwêkocihk! nê-nêhpêmîk!» |
(144)«A moment now, a moment!» said the partridges; «Now he will leap! Be ready!» |
(145)êkwah kakwâhikinikêw êkwah. tâpwê kwaskwêkocin êkwah. |
(145)Then he came at headlong speed. Really, he leaped. |
(146)ôki pihêwak, «hâ tototo totatat!» |
(146)Those partridges, «Ha tututut tutatat!» |
(147)mm, hâhay, wanêyihtam nênâpos. nipîhk pahkisin. nêtêhk ati-kapâyâhokôw. sâsakicisin. |
(147)Oh, dear, Nenapus lost his senses! He fell into the water. Over there he drifted to shore. He lay face up. |
(148)«hêh!» itwêw; «tâpwê tâpwêwak êcik âni, `okoskohiwêsisak,' k-êtwêcik, êh-kakwêcimakik.18 nikîh-ânwêhtawâhtayak! tâpwê êkw an ninôhtêh-pîhtwân.» |
(148)«Whew!» he said; «So they were telling the truth after all, when they answered, 'Little Winged Startlers' to my question. To think that I wouldn't believe them! _ Really, I should like to have a smoke now.» |
(149)natonawêw kaskipitâkanah. pasikôw. papâmohtêw. |
(149)He felt for his tobacco-pouch. He got up. He walked about. |
(150)«tântêh ôma nikaskipitâkan? mâw ôma nitâyîci-sêkwasoh! iyâ! ntakohpihk anih!» |
(150)«Where can my tobacco-pouch be? Surely I stuck it carefully into my belt! Goodness! |
(151)sipwêpahtâw oma sîpîsis. awên ôhi, otakohpah kîh-akohciniyiwa. pahkopêw. nâtêw. kapâw. êkwah mâtakoskawêw, ê-sînât. |
(151)It must be in my blanket!» He ran off to the creek. There was his blanket in the water. He waded in. He came to land. Then he stamped on it, to wring it dry. |
(152)«tâpwê mistahi ntôtâkwak okoskohiwêsisak! tâpwê ê-koskomicik, kêkâc k-ôh-wanihak ntakohp. êkwah piko nkaskipitâkan! tântêh êtokê? kîspin wanihaki, êkwah kê-nôhtê-pîhtwâyân. mahtih nka-ntawi-ntonawâw. mâskôc itâmihk nipîhk nipahkisimâw.» |
(152)«Really, the Little Winged Startlers played me a villainous trick! The way they scared me with their noise, I almost lost my blanket. Now only my tobacco-pouch! Where can it be? If I have lost it, I shall be in bad want of a smoke. I had better go see if I can find it. Perhaps I dropped it into the water.» |
(153)êkwah itohtêw. takosin êkotah k-ôhpi-pakastawêpayit. takosin. otakohpah pâswêw êkotah. êkwah nipîhk kaskipitâkanah nanâtawâpamêw. itah kâ-kîh-pahkisihk nipîhk wâpamêw. ntonawêw.19 nama kêkway. itâpiw. wâpamêw nipîhk. âsay mîna natonawêw. wanihêw. itâpiw. wâpamêw nipîhk okaskipitâkanah êh-apiyit. âsay mîna natonawêw. nama kêkway. itâpiw. mosisk apiyiwa okaskipitâkanah. piyisk êkwah ômêyikohk nipîhk; kêkâc kôkîw êkwah.20 itâpiw. pêyakwanohk apiyiwa êkotah. |
(153)Then he went there. He came to where he had gone into the water. He came there. He dried his blanket there. Then he looked about in the water for his tobacco-pouch. There where he had fallen into the water, he saw it. He reached for it. It was not there. He looked. He saw it in the water. Again he groped for it. He missed it. He looked. He saw his tobacco-pouch lying in the water. Again he felt for it. It was not there. He looked there. In plain view lay his tobacco-pouch. At last he was up to here in the water; he was almost under water now. He looked. It lay in the same place there. |
(154)«tânis âwa êy-is-wanihak?» |
(154)«How can I fail to get it?» |
(155)pêyahtik êkwah ati-kihtânam ocihciy. mwêhc ê-ati-kêkâci-sâminât, êkwah wîh-kôkîw.21 |
(155)So now very carefully he put his hand into the water. Just as he was almost touching it, he was about to get his face under water. |
(156)«piko tit-ôtinak!» |
(156)«I need only pick it up!» |
(157)mitoni êkwah ômisih êh-tôtahk, awên êkotah, kîh-akociniyiwa okaskipitâkanah!22 |
(157)Then, when he went over this way quite far, what was that, there hung his tobacco-pouch! |
(158)«hêha!» |
(158)«Oho» |
(159)ati-pasikôw. sawâpinêw mistikôhk kaskipitâkanah, ês ôm êkwah êh-cikâstêpêkisiniyit.23 |
(159)He rose to his feet. He took his tobacco-pouch from the tree; it seems it had been reflected in the water. |
(160)«tâpwê mistahi nipa-pâhpisihikwak okoskohiwêsisak!» |
(160)«Surely, the Little Winged Startlers have made a big fool of me!» |
(161)nîhtinêw. pîhtwâw. kîsi-pîhtwât, at-sipwêhtêw. kisiwâk wâpahtam êh-pasahcâsiniyik, apisîs êh-sakâyik, osâm pikoh masânâhtikwak. êh-at-takosihk, apisis êh-tawaskisoyit, paskwatâwahkâyiw. nakîw. omâyikohk kâ-sâkamoyit kitâpamêw.24 |
(161)He took it down. He smoked. When he had smoked, he went away and on. Near there he saw a narrow gully, slightly wooded, and full of nothing but nettles. When he came there, there was a bit of open ground where the trees left a path between. He stopped. He saw something which stuck out a thumb's length from the ground. |
(162)«hâw, tânis ôm êsiyîhkâsoyêk, askipwâtik?» |
(162)«Why, what is your name, Wild-Potatoes?» |
(163)«âta kosâ kiwîhinân! askipwâwak nitikawinân.» |
(163)«But you have just named us! We are called Wild-Potatoes.» |
(164)«hâ, nama wya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâ-nîsoyîhkâsôw. ahpôh niya nisto ntayân wîhôwinah, mâcikôtisak: nênâpos nitikawin, êkwah macîhkiwis, êkwah wîsahkêcâhk, êkonih. wâwîs kiyawâw ta-kîh-mihcêkih kiwîhôwiniwâwa.»25 |
(164)«Oh, no! Everbody has two names. I even have three names, just listen: I am called Nenapus and Matchihkiwis and Wisahketchahk, all of these. All the more are you likely to have many names.» |
(165)«ôtêh âkawâyihk opwêkiciskâkêsîsak nitikôwinân.» |
(165)«Over there, at the other side of the hills, we are called Wind-Makers.» |
(166)«hê, êkosi k-êtwêyân! nama wya ci-kîh-pêyakwah kiwîhôwiniwâw. hâw, apisis ka-môwitinâwâw.» |
(166)«Oh, that's just what I said! You couldn't possibly have just one name. Well, I shall eat a bit of you.» |
(167)«hâ, kîspin awiyak êh-môwikoyâhk, tahkih pwêkitôw.» |
(167)«Oh, if anyone eats us, he incessantly breaks wind.» |
(168)«hahâw, nika-pahpakwatêyihtên pwêkitoyâni, tahk ê-pêyakoyân. kiyâ ka-môwitinâwâw.» |
(168)«Splendid! I shall be very glad to make that noise, seeing that I am always alone. Do let me eat you.» |
(169)«hâw, êkâ wiyah mâka mistahih!» |
(169)«Very well, but not too much!» |
(170)hâ, êkw ê-sâkamoyit manipitêw, ê-sadkamot, ê-ati-kâ-kâspamât. kakwâyaki-wîhkispwêw. sâsa mina kotakah. |
(170)Then, where they stuck out of the ground, he pulled them up and stuck them into his mouth, and chewed and chewed at them. They tasted frightfully good to him. Then some more. |
(171)«hâw, êkâ wiya wiya êh-misikitiyâhk môwinân!» |
(171)«Very well, but don't eat any of the large ones of us!» |
(172)âhci mâka mîna wêpimik. ntonawêw kâ-misikitiyit; otinêw; môwêw. |
(172)They only managed to make him more eager. He looked for big ones; he took them; he ate them. |
(173)mistahi wîhkispwêw. «hâ, êkoyikohk! mistahi kimôwinân. mistahi ka-pwêkiton.» |
(173)He liked their taste very much. «There, that's enough! You have eaten a lot of us. You will be very flatulent.» |
(174)«hâ, nama wiya!» itêw; «kiyâm ka-têpi-môwitinâwâw; osâm kiwîhkitisinâwâw.» |
(174)«Oh, no!» he answered them; «Do let me eat my fill of you; you do taste too good for anything.» |
(175)«hâ, êkos âni kiyâm! âsay nistwâw. êkosi mistahi ka-pwêkiton.» |
(175)«Well, let this be the last! This makes three helpings. You will now be very flatulent.» |
(176)«kiyâm kêyâpic pêyakwâw pikw êkwah!» |
(176)«Oh, please, just once more!» |
(177)«êha!.» |
(177)«Very well.» |
(178)êh-âsaskisoyit ôtah nîsôhkonisk otihtinêw. kahkiyaw isi saskamôw, kahkiyaw. sâkaskinahtâw otôn. êkwah êh-pîsamât wîh-wâh-wayawîpayiyiwa. kiponam otôn êkwah. piyisk êh-mâ-mâkwamât, âskaw âti-kohcipayihêw, ôma kâ-kiponahk otôn, êh-manâ-patiskatêmât. kahkiyaw. |
(178)Where they grew in a clump, with both hands he grasped them. He stuck them all into his mouth, all. He filled up his mouth. Then, as he began to chew them up, they began to go out of his mouth. Then he covered his mouth with his hand. At last, when he gradually chewed them up, from time to time he would swallow them, all the while keeping his mouth covered with his hand, so as not to let any drop out. At last all were gone. |
(179)kiskêyihtam: mihtamipayiw watay. êkosi êkwah sipwêhtêw. kîtahtawê mihtamisiw.» pôk!» pimipahcâwipayisiw êsa. |
(179)He felt his belly distending. Then he walked on. He was swelling up. «Boom!» He found himself running to keep from falling. |
(180)«yôha! mâ na nika-pahpakwacimikoh nicisk.» |
(180)«Hoho, it is plain: my backside will entertain me with pleasant converse.» |
(181)âsay mîna nawac mistahi, «hhrrok!» wâyaw êsa pahkisin êkwah. |
(181)Again, very loudly: «Hrruk!» This time he fell quite a ways forward. |
(182)«nawac pêyahtik, ncisk, pîkiskwêh! osâm piyîkiskwêyini, nkwâskwêkocinin.» |
(182)«Speak more gently, my backside! If you talk any more loudly, you will blow me aloft.» |
(183)nawac sôhki, «prhok!» êkwah ômis îhtakocin. nêtêh pahkisin. |
(183)Again, even more violently: «Prhuk!» He flew through the air, like this. Over yonder he fell to the ground. |
(184)«yahâ, tâpwê kisasîpihtên, ncisk! kâ wiy êkwah!» |
(184)«Dear me! You truly are stubborn and disobedient, my backside! Don't do it again! |
(185)«êha!!» ocisk êkw ôma, «êha!,» k-êtwêt. |
(185)«Yes, sir!» answered his backside; «Yes, sir!» |
(186)sipwêhtêw. hâ, wâpamêw sîsîpah mihcêt. |
(186)He went on. He saw a great many ducks. |
(187)«nka-pâskiswâwak.» |
(187)«I shall shoot them.» |
(188)nâciyostawêw têh êh-mîcisoyit ôhi, «kwk kwk kwêk kwêk,» êh-itwêyit. |
(188)He sneaked up to them where they were feeding, «Quack, quack, quack, quack,» they were saying. |
(189)«êkwah êh-mihcêtoyawak pâskisikan.» |
(189)«Now let me bring down a lot of them with my gun.» |
(190)mwêhci êh-wîh-pâskiswât, «pphank!» isi pwêkitôw. kahkiyaw sîsîpah ohpahoyiwa. pasikôw. |
(190)Just as he was about to shoot at them, «Pphank!» he broke wind. All the ducks flew up. He rose to his feet. |
(191)«hâw, ncisk, tâpwê kikitimahin êh-osahamawiyin sîsîpak! nnôhtêhkatâh! êkâ wiya pêyakwâw êkosi tôtawin, kîkwa wîh-nipahtâyâni!» |
(191)«Now then, my backside, truly, you do me great injury, driving off the ducks! Don't you know I am hungry? Don't do this to me again, when I am about to kill something!» |
(192)pi-pimohtêw êkosi. âsay mîna wâpamêw sîsîpah. âsay mîna nâciyôstawêw. |
(192)So he walked on. Again he saw some ducks. Again he stole up to them. |
(193)«mêyâkwâm,» âpasâpiw, «mêyâkwâm, nicisk! êkâ wiy ôsahamawin. mistahi nnôhtêhkatân. osahamawiyani, nka-mihtâtên.» |
(193)«Don't forget,» he said, looking behind, «Don't forget, my backside! Don't drive them off for me! I am very hungry. If you drive off my game, I shall feel very bad about it.» |
(194)otihtêw. êkwah mina wîh-pâskiswêw; wîh-kakwê-mihcêtoyawêw. mwêhci êh-wîh-pâskiswât, «hrok!» kahkiyaw tapasiyiwa âsay mîna. |
(194)He got near them. Then again he was about to shoot at them; he was going to try and hit a lot of them at one shot. Just as he was about to shoot at them, «Hruk!» All of them fled, again. |
(195)«tâpwê kisasîpihtên, ncisk! êkâ wiya pêyakwâw êkosi tôtawin! hîh, kayâs aspin kâ-kîh-mîcisoyân! mtoni nnôhtêhkatân.» |
(195)«Really, you are stubborn and disobedient, my backside! Don't do this to me again! _ Whew, it's a long time since I've had anything to eat! I am very hungry.» |
(196)êkos isi sipwêhtêw êkwah minah. âsay minah wâpamêw sîsîpah mihcêt. |
(196)With that, again he set out. Again he saw a great number of ducks. |
(197)«haw, ncisk, êkâ wiya êkwah osahamawin! mistahi nnôhtêhkatân.» |
(197)«Now then, my backside, do not drive them off for me! I am very hungry.» |
(198)êkos isi nâciyoscikêw. mwêhci nê pâskiswêw, mwâhci, âsay mîna, «hok!» kahkiyaw tapasiyiwa mîna. waniskâw. |
(198)Then he stole up close. Just as he was about to shoot at them, just then, again, «Huk!» All of them fled, again. He got up. |
(199)«ncisk! êkâya pêyakwâw osahamawin! kîspin pêyakwâw osahamawiyini, kika-kakêskimitin!»26 |
(199)«My backside! Do not drive them off again! If you ever again drive off my game, I shall give you a serious talking-to!» |
(200)sipwêhtêw. â, pmohtêw; nôhtêhkatêw. âsay mîna wâpamêw sîsîpah. |
(200)He went on. Well, he walked along; he was hungry. Again he saw some ducks. |
(201)«hâw, mêyâkwâm, nicisk, kâ-kîh-ititân! anohc osahamawiyini, kika-kakêskimitin.» |
(201)«Now then, don't forget, Backside, what I told you! If you drive them off this time, I shall give you a serious talking-to.» |
(202)isi nâciyôstawêw. mwêhcih êh-wîh-pâskiswât, «pohrok!» hâ, kahkiyaw tapasiyiwa. pasikôw. |
(202)Thus he crept up to them. Just as he was going to shoot at them, «Puhruk!» Oh, they all fled. He rose to his feet. |
(203)«hâw, kikîh-wîhtamâtin êh-wîh-kakêskimitân, nicisk! anohc kika-mâ-miskên!» |
(203)«Now then, I told you I would give you a serious talking-to, Backside! Now you will catch it!» |
(204)êh-ispacinâsiyik at-îtohtêw. awên ôhi, kînipocikana kiy-apiyiwa, ê-taswêkâpiskisiyit. |
(204)He went to a little hill. There lay a boulder, a big flat one. |
(205)«hâw, êkotah ôma kâ-wîh-kakêskimitân. osâm kisasîpihtawin.» |
(205)«Now then, this is where I shall give you a serious talking-to. You are too disobedient to me.» |
(206)mostoso-mêyah âwatâw. kotawêw. êkotah ôh âsiniyah ôhi k-âpiyit, nahapiw. êt-âstawiyikih, pônam. mêtonih wâsêyâpiskisoyiwa. êkwah pasikôw. yîkatêwêpaham ôma iskotêw. mitoni kâ-yîkatêwêpahahk, mitoni wâsêyâpiskisoyiwa asiniya. otâsiyânah kêcikonêw ôtêh. êkwah ôtah miciminisôw, êkâ ci-kîsisoyit ôhi.27 êkos îsi nahapiw, «chshsh!» k-êtwêwêhkasot ocisk. |
(206)He gathered buffalo-dung. He built a fire. He sat down by that rock. Whenever the fire went low, he added fuel. The boulder glowed with intense heat. Then he rose to his feet. He shoved the fire to one side. When he had cleared it all away, the stone was heated to a bright glow. Then he drew off his breech-clout. Then he held himself here, so that these things should not be scorched. Then he squatted down, and, «Tshshsh!» his backside hissed as it burned. |
(207)«haha! haha! haha! êkâ wiya mawimoh! nicisk, osâm kisasîpihtên, iyâta-nântaw-ititâni! êkwah wâh-ma-mawimoyin!» |
(207)«Aha! Aha! Aha! Don't squeal! My backside, you are too heedless when I tell you anything! Now you will squeal all right!» |
(208)wâhwah! miton âstawêskawêw. isi pasikôw. sipwêhtêw. miton âhpîhtihkasôw otêh. pmohtêw. kîtahtawê ôma kâ-kîsisot pahkihtiniyiw ôm ômikiy. â, pimohtêw. mêskanâs wâpahtam. |
(208)Wow! He held it there till it had entirely smothered the fire. Then he arose. He went away. He was burnt to a cinder in this part of him. He walked on. Presently this thing where he was burnt fell to the ground, this scab. He walked along. He saw a little trail. |
(209)«yôh! nôhkom itah kâh-pimipicit! hâ, nka-pimitisahwâw. mâskôc wîh-asamicih, êh-nôhtêhkatêyân!» itwêw. |
(209)«Yoho! This is where my grandmother went by with her household! Why, I shall follow her. Perhaps she will give me something to eat, hungry as I am!» he said. |
(210)pimohtêw. ko mêskanâs ôma kâhkêwak kîh-astêyiw. |
(210)He walked on. There on the path lay a piece of dried meat. |
(211)«yôh! hô! nôhkom itah êtokê okahkêwakom kâh-pahkihtitât!» |
(211)«Yohoho! No doubt my grandmother here dropped a piece of dried meat!» |
(212)otinam. |
(212)He picked it up. |
(213)«ha, mîn êh-wiyinôwiyik!» |
(213)«Ho, and what is more, a fat one!» |
(214)êh-mâh-mêyiyik ôma, êyakw ôma «wiyin,» k-êtwêt. |
(214)Where faeces were sticking to it, he thought it was fat. |
(215)«êh-kiskêyihtahk êh-nôhtêhkatêwak, ôma nôhkom k-ôh-pahkihtitât okahkêwakom,» itwêw; «hâw, tân ôma êh-itwêwitamân! nka-mîcisoh! nnôhtêhkatâh!» |
(215)«Because she knew that I was hungry, was why my grandmother dropped this piece of dried meat,» he said; «But why am I indulging in idle talk! I might as well be eating! I am hungry enough, after all!» |
(216)mîciw. pimohtêw. pimi-pahkwêhtam an ôma, êh-pimohtêt. |
(216)He ate it. He walked along. He kept taking bites from it as he walked on. |
(217)«hâ hi hi hi hi, tâpwê ntatamihik nôhkom, nahitâk êh-pahkihtitât okahkêwakom!» |
(217)«Ha hi hi hi hi, really, my grandmother did me a good turn, when just in the right place she dropped this piece of dried meat!» |
(218)kisik ôma êh-pimohtêt, êh-pimi-pahkwêhtatahk ôma, kîtahtawê piyêsîsah twêhoyiwa ôtah nîkân, pici-kîskisîsah. |
(218)All the while he was walking, he kept taking bites from it. Presently a bird alighted there ahead of him, a tomtit. |
(219)«wîsahkêcâhk omiki mîciw!» |
(219)«Wisahketchahk is eating his scab!» |
(220)hâ, âhci piko pimohtêw. |
(220)He kept walking on. |
(221)âsay mîna âkwask, «nênâposoy omiki mêciw ks ks ks!» |
(221)Again, having headed him off, «Nenapus-Tail is eating his scale! Ks ks ks!» |
(222)êkosi mâna pimohtêw. |
(222)He always walked on. |
(223)âsay mîna âkwask, «nênâposoy omiki mêciw! ks ks ks ks!» |
(223)Again, round ahead there, «Nenapus-Tail is eating his scale! Ks ks ks ks!» |
(224)nakîw. sâsay apisîs iskwastam ôma. |
(224)He stopped. He had only a little of it left from eating. |
(225)«hôwâh, tâpwê kitisimin, pici-kîskisîs! nôhkom okâhkêwakom oma kâ-mîciyân!» |
(225)«Ho, really, you are bothering me with foolish talk, Tomtit! A piece of dried meat of my grandmother's is this I am eating!» |
(226)êkosi sipwêhtêw. âsay mîna âkwask twêhoyiwa. «nênâpos omiki mêciw! ks ks ks hhn!» |
(226)With that he went on. Again it alighted ahead of him. «Nenapus is eating his scab! Ks ks ks hhn! |
(227)«tâpwê kitisimin! tântah nimikiy kêh-mîciyân? wâpahtah: nimosôm otêhtahâkan ômah,» itêw. êwakô ocisk ôma, «nimosôm otêhtahâkan,» k-êtwêt. |
(227)«Really, you are talking nonsense to me! How could I be eating my scab? Look: here is my grandfather's meat-shelf,» he told it. But it was his own backside he was calling his grandmother's meat-shelf. |
(228)sipwêhtêw. âsay mîna twêhoyiwa. |
(228)He went on. Again it perched. |
(229)«wîsahkêcâhk omiki mêciw!» |
(229)«Wisahketchahk is eating his scab!» |
(230)êkosi êkwah kitâw ôm ômiki. ê-sipwêhtêt, awên ôma kâ-wâpahtahk! itah kâ-kîh-sâsâpiskisahk, kêhcinâ tâpwê sâ-sâminam êkwah: awên ôma? misiwê êh-ocikiciskêt. |
(230)So then he ate up all of this scab of his. But when he started to walk on, what did he see? Really, _ he felt of the place he had fried, _ what was this? _ he was really all covered with sore spots! |
(231)«â, tâpwê ês âni nimiki kâ-mîciyân!» itêw pici-kîskisîsa; «kitâpwân!» |
(231)«Why, so it's really true that I have been eating my scab!» he said to the tomtit; «You were speaking the truth!» |
(232)hâ, âhci piko sipwêhtêw. sâkêwêw sîpîsis. minihkwêw. êkotah êw-ohciciwaniyik itâpiw. kêkway êtokê wâpahtam. misâyiw êh-wâpiskâyik, êh-pêtâhotêyik. |
(232)Then again he walked on. He came in sight of a creek. He took a drink. He looked in the direction from which the water was flowing. He saw something there. It was a big white thing that was drifting down toward him. |
(233)«pîhtâw kêkway ôma?» itêyihtam. |
(233)«What will this turn out to be?» he thought. |
(234)kisiwâk; pimiy. |
(234)When it came near, it was a lump of fat. |
(235)«âstam, pimiy!» |
(235)«Come here, Fat!» |
(236)«osâm kiwayêsimin!» |
(236)«No, you will fool me!» |
(237)«nama wya! âstam, pimiy!» |
(237)«No! Come here, Fat!» |
(238)«nama wiya! osâm kiwayêsimin!» |
(238)«No! You will fool me!» |
(239)«nama wiya! kiyâm âstam!» |
(239)«No! Do come here!» |
(240)«osâm kiwayêsimin!» |
(240)«No, you will fool me!» |
(241)«nama wiya! âstam kiyâm, pimiy!» |
(241)«No, do come here, Fat!» |
(242)piyis pêtâtakâyiwa êkotah. |
(242)At last it came swimming to him. |
(243)êh-takosiniyit, «hâw, tânsi ôm êsiyihkâsoyin?» |
(243)When it arrived, «Now, what may your name be?» |
(244)«kiwîhin âta kosâ! pimiy nitikawin.» |
(244)«But you have spoken my name! I am called Fat.» |
(245)«hôa, nama wya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâh-nîso ayâw wîhôwinah. ahpôh âtiht nisto ayâwak wîhôwina. tânsiy êsiyîhkâsoyin, pimiy?» |
(245)«Haw, no! Everybody has two names. Some even have three names. What is your name, Fat?» |
(246)«âta kosâ kiwîhin! êkosi piko nisiyîhkâson.» |
(246)«But you have just spoken my name! That is the only way I am called.» |
(247)«hâw, pâtos kî-wîhtamawiyini êy-isiyîhkâsoyin, êkoyikohk kika-sipwêhtân, pimiy!» |
(247)«Well then, when you have told me your name, only then will you leave this place, Fat!» |
(248)«âta kosâ kiwîhin! piko ni sipwêhtêyân!» |
(248)«But you have just spoken my name! Do let me go on!» |
(249)miciminêw. |
(249)He held it fast. |
(250)«nama wya kîsipwêhtân!» |
(250)«You shan't go on!» |
(251)«hâw, pêyakwâw-kâ-pahkwêmiht ntikawin.» |
(251)«Well then, Bitten-From-Once I am called.» |
(252)«hî, êko k-êtamân, pikw âwiyak nâh-nîso êh-ayât wîhyôwinah! ahpôhk âtiht nisto ayâwak wîhôwinah, oma k-êspîhcâk askiy ômisi misiwê kâ-ppâmohtêyân; ahpôhk âtiht nêwiniyiwa. hâw, âstam itêh êkwah! pêyakwâw ka-pahkwêmitin.» |
(252)«Ha, didn't I say so, that everyone has two names? Some even have three names, what with my having travelled all over the extent of this earth; some even four. Well, come here, then! I shall take one bite from you.» |
(253)«êkâya mistahi!» |
(253)«Not a big one!» |
(254)misâyi pimiy. otinam. mêtoni êspîhcikonêwêt pahkwêhtam. pakastawêham. êkosi êh-at-âkawêwêmakaniyik, têtipêwêpahtâw, k-êsi-ma-mâkwahtahk pimiy. êh-misi-kwaskihtiniyik nahapipayihôw. êkotah asawâpahtam mina. |
(254)It was a big lump of fat. He took it up. He took from it as big a bite as he could stretch his mouth to. He threw it into the water. Then, as it went round a bend of the stream, he ran round, while chewing that fat. Where there was a sharp bend in the creek, he squatted down. There he watched for it again. |
(255)âsay mîna kâ-pê-nôkwaniyik, «hâ, âstam!» |
(255)When it came again into sight, «Hey, come here!» |
(256)«hâ, nama wiya! sâsay kikîh-wâpamin!» |
(256)«Oh, no! You have had your look at me!» |
(257)«nama wiya! âstam kiyâm!» |
(257)«Oh, no! Do come here!» |
(258)«nama wiya! âsay kkîh-wâpamin.» |
(258)«No! You have seen me before.» |
(259)«nama wiya! kâ-kîh-wâpamat, nênapos kâ-kîh-wâpamat; niya mâka macihkiwis.» |
(259)«No! The one you saw was Nenapus; but I am Matchihkiwis.» |
(260)pêy-itohtêyiwa. takosiniyiwa. |
(260)It came. It came where he was. |
(261)«hâw, tans êsiyîhkâsoyin, pimiy?» |
(261)«Now then, what is your name, Fat?» |
(262)«âsay kiwîhin!» |
(262)«You have spoken my name!» |
(263)«â, nama wiya! tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyin?» |
(263)«Oh, no! What is your name?» |
(264)«âsay kiwîhin; pimiy ntikawin.» |
(264)«You have spoken my name; I am called Fat.» |
(265)«â, nama wiya! kâ-htasit awiyak nâ-nîsoyîhkasôw.» |
(265)«Oh, no! As many people as there are, all have two names apiece.» |
(266)«hâh, ntawac sêmâk nka-wîhtamawâw,» itêyimik. |
(266)«Well, I had better tell him right off,» it thought concerning him. |
(267)«haw, tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyin, pimiy?» |
(267)«Come, what is your name, Fat?» |
(268)«nîswâw-kâ-pahkwêmiht ntikawin.» |
(268)«Bitten-From-Twice I am called.» |
(269)«hêy, êyako k-êtamân! kâ-tasit awiyak nâh-nîso ayâw wîhôwinah. |
(269)«There, that's what I said! Everyone has two names. |
(270)âstam itê! nîswâw ka-pahkwêmitin.» «êkâ wiya mâka mistahi pahkwêmin!» |
(270)Come here! I'll take two bites from you.» «Don't bite off too much of me!» |
(271)itinam. hâ, mistahi pahkwêhtam. mîna kîhtwâm. pakastawêham. êkos ê-at-âwasêwêmakaniyik, têtipêwêpahtâw âsay mîna. ê-kwaskihtiniyik êkotah âsay mîna asawâpahtam. mîn âsay pê-nôkwaniyiw. |
(271)He took it like this. Oh, he took a big bite of it. Then another. He threw it into the water. Then, when it went on, round a bend in the creek, he ran round again. At a bend of the stream again he watched for it. Again it came into sight. |
(272)«âstam, pimiy!» |
(272)«Come here, Fat!» |
(273)«nama wiya! âsay kikîh-wâpamin.» |
(273)«No! You have had your look at me!» |
(274)«â, nama wiya niya. kiyipa âstam! kiyipah âstam, pimiy!» |
(274)«Oh, not I. Come here, quick! Come here, quick, Fat!» |
(275)wêpimêw. âsay mîna pêy-itohtêyiwa. |
(275)He persuaded it. Again it came. |
(276)«hâw, tânsi êsiyîhkâsoyin, pimiy?» |
(276)«Now then, what is your name, Fat?» |
(277)«âta kosâ kiwîhin! pimiy ntikawin.» |
(277)«But you have just named me! I am called Fat.» |
(278)«â, nama wiya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâ-nîso ayâw wîhôwinah.» |
(278)«Oh, no! Everybody has two names.» |
(279)«ntawâc sêmâk nka-wîhtamawâw. misawâc nama wiya nka-pônimik,» itêyimik. |
(279)«I had best tell him right off. In any case he won't stop bothering me,» it thought of him. |
(280)«nistwâw-kâ-pahkwêmiht ntikawin.» |
(280)«Bitten-From-Thrice I am called.» |
(281)«hêyî, êkw ânima k-êtamân! ahpôh nêô ayâwak wîhôwina âtiht, ôm êspîhcâk askiy, iyikohk kâ-papâmohtêyân. haw, âstam itê! nistwâw kika-pahkwêmitin.» |
(281)«Hi, that's the very thing I've been saying! Some even have four names, within the extent of my travels. Well then, come here! I shall take three bites from you.» |
(282)«êkâ wiya mâka pahkwêmin mistahi!» |
(282)«But do not take big bites from me!» |
(283)pahkwêhtam; mîna kîhtwâm; mîna kîhtwâm. nhaw, âsay apisâsin ôma pimiy. pakitinam. ê-at-âwasêwêmakaniyik, âsay mîna têtipêwêpahtâw. itah mîn ê-kwaskihtiniyik asawâpahtam. âkawâc kâ-pê-nôkwaniyik êkwah; kêkâc kitâw. |
(283)He bit a piece off it; again; and again. Well, by this time the piece of fat was small. He put it down. When it went round a bend, again he ran round ahead. Again by a turn of the stream he waited for it. It was scarcely visible when it came this time; he had almost eaten the last of it. |
(284)«âstam itêh! hây! pimiy!» |
(284)«Come here! Hey! Fat!» |
(285)«hâ, nama wiya! âsay kikîh-wâpamin.» |
(285)«Oh, no! You have had your look at me!» |
(286)«hâ, nama wiya! âstam itêh kiyâm!» |
(286)«Oh, no! Do come here!» |
(287)«hâ, misawâc nama wiya nka-pônimik.» |
(287)«Well, in any case he won't stop bothering me.» |
(288)itâtakâw; takosin êkotah. |
(288)It swam thither; it arrived there. |
(289)«hâw, tânsi êsiyîhkâsoyin, pimiy?» |
(289)«Now then, what is your name, Fat?» |
(290)«hâ, âsay kiwîkin.» |
(290)«Why, you have named me.» |
(291)«hâ, nama wiya! kâ-tasit awiyak nâ-nîso ayâw wîhôwina. âtiht nisto; âtiht nêo. mâka kiya kêhcinâ ayiwâkês ihtahtinwa kiwîhôwina. haw, pimiy, tânsi êsiyîhkâsoyin?» |
(291)«Oh, no! Everybody has two names. Some, three; some, four. But as for you, surely you have quite a number of names. So now, Fat, what is your name?» |
(292)«hôa, nama wiya nka-pônimik misawâc,» itêyimik; «hâ, nka-wîhtamawâw; êyikohk êkwah iskwêyâc. _ nêwâw-kâ-pahkwêmiht ntikawin.» |
(292)«Whew, he won't stop bothering me in any case,» it thought of him; «Well, I will tell him; but this is the last time. _ Bitten-From-Four-Times I am called.» |
(293)«hî, êyoko k-êtitân! ahpôh kêhcinâ ayiwakês kitayân wihôwinah. âstam itê! nêwâw ka-pahkwêmitin.» |
(293)«Hi, that's what I told you! Doubtless you have even more names than that. Come here! I shall take four bites from you.» |
(294)«kôsâmi-kitamon. nawac ah-apisîs!» |
(294)«You are consuming me too much. Take smaller ones!» |
(295)pahkwêmêw ôtah; âsay mîna; mîn âsay; êkwah mîna. haw, êkwah apisîs piko. pakastawêham. êh-at-âkawêwêmakaniyik têtipêwêpahtâw mîna sîpîsis. otihtam kîskatâwahkâyik. nôhtê-mîsîw. ntawat nahapipayihôw êkotah. kîskatâwahkihtiniyiw ôma sîpîsis. mâninakisko-mîsîw. piyisk ati-pasikôw. mîsî-mîsîw. piyisk oma at-îskopêw omêy.28 piyisk omayikohk.29 êkwah otakohpah papêtikwêkinêw itêh.30 ôma sîpîsis ômêy êh-pimiciwaniyik êkwah, piyis wîh-yâwaskênam omêy. |
(295)He took a bite from it; another; another; and another. Now there was only a little. He threw it into the water. When it went round a bend, he again ran ahead along the creek. He came to a place where the bank was steep. He felt a need of easing himself. He stopped and squatted down there. Steep were the banks of that creek. He eased himself freely. He arose at last. He kept on easing himself. At last he was up to here in his own dung. Then up to here. Then he rolled up his blanket-robe and carried it up here, on his head. And as that little creek flowing by was now flooded with his dung, he finally was on the point of losing his footing in his own excrement. |
(296)«ph ph ph ph ph!» êkwah.31 |
(296)«Ph ph ph ph ph!» he went. |
(297)piyisk yâwaskênam omêy. |
(297)At last he was over his depth in his own excrement. |
(298)«hahôhôhô, hahôhô!» itwêw; «hahôhô hwoh!» |
(298)«Hahohoho, hahoho!» he went; «Hahoho hwuh!» |
(299)yâhyânam. |
(299)He had to swim. |
(300)«iscâh!» itwêw. |
(300)«Phy!» he went. |
(301)omêy êkwah êh-yâhyânahk. akâwâ nêtêhk pihkohôw. otakohpah wêpâhokoyiwa omêy. ê-kwaskihtiniyik kapâyâhokoyiwa. êkosi otihkipayihik omêy ôma. otinêw otakohpah. nahapiw. misikitiyiw otôspwâkanah. oyaskinahêw. pîhtwâw. kiyîsi-pîhtwât kâmwâtapiw. sêsa tôtam.32 |
(301)So now he was swimming in his excrement. With great difficulty he got to the other bank. His blanket-robe was carried off by the flood of his excrement. At a bend of the stream it drifted to shore. And so he had been carried along by his own dung. He took his blanket-robe. He sat down. He had a big pipe. He filled it. He smoked. When he had smoked, he sat still a while. He did like this. |
(302)«hâ, tâpwê nôsâmi-kakêpâtisin, pikw âwiyak misiwê êh-itak. kêka mâ nimâ-miskawâsihon. hâw, ntawâc ôma kiy-âtim-âskiwik ayîsiyiniwak kiy-ôhpikihitocik, ntawâc êkosi kiy-ât-ay-ispayik, ôma k-êsi-wawiyatisîhkêyân nîsta, ayîsiyiniw t-ât-isi-pâhpit, ohpikihitocih.» |
(302)«Really, I am too silly for anything, saying all kinds of things to everybody. I am likely enough to get myself into a bad fix some time. Well, at any rate, in the further course of this earth, when mortal men grow up in successive generations, at any rate, let it continue to come to pass in this wise, that over the foolish things which I, in my time, have made believe to do, mortal man may laugh, as in successive generations he grows forth.» |
(303)êkos ês âni. |
(303)And so it is. |
(304)hâw, êkoyikohk. |
(304)Well, that is all. |