Buffalo-Bow | Buffalo-Bow |
(1)kayâs piko kisêyiniwak kâ-kîh-âtayôhkêcik mâna mîna nôtokêsiwak piko. ohcitaw mistahi kîh-itêyihtâkwan âtayôhkêwin, aspin kâh-pê-ohc-ayîsiyiniwak-ohpikicik. kî-sâkaskinêwak pêyak mîkiwâhp, kisêyiniw iyâh-âtayôhkêcih êh-natôhtâht. êkotah ohci mistahi kîh-pê-têyihtâkwan. anohc êkwah kâ-wîh-âtayôhkêyân, êh-pipohk piko kîh-âtayôhkâniwiw, anohc êkwah êh-nîpihk kâ-wih-âtayôhkêyân mâka, nênapos kâ-wîh-âcimak, otayîhtawin ê-wîh-âtotamwak.1 |
(1)In former time it was only the old men who told sacred stories, and the old women. The sacred story was held in great esteem, ever since the very beginning of the existence of mankind. They would fill a tipi to crowding, whenever an old man told sacred stories and was being listened to. In this way it was held in great esteem through the hither course of time. I shall now tell sacred stories, but formerly one told sacred stories only in winter; now, however, I shall tell them, though it is summer-time, and shall tell of Nenapus, of his doings. |
(2)kîtahtawê pa-pimohtêw, êh-nîpiniyik. otâsah; kêcikonam oskotâkay; otakohpah nayômêw, osâm mistah êh-kîsisot. kihtimiw êh-pmohtêt. âskaw pmisin, osâm êh-kîhtimit, êh-kîsisot. pimisin. kîtahtawê wanâhkêwa wâpamêw ôtah. |
(2)Once upon a time he was tramping along in the summer-time. He wore breeches; he had taken off his jacket; he was carrying his blanket across his back, for he felt very hot. He was lazily walking along. Now and then he lay down, for he was very indolent, on account of feeling hot. He lay down. Then he saw a bald eagle here, above. |
(3)«âstam, nisîm!» |
(3)«Come here, Little Brother!» |
(4)«hâ, nama wiya! kiwîh-wayêsimin!» |
(4)«Oh, no! You want to trick me!» |
(5)«hâ, nama wiya, nisîm! kikitimâkêyimitin. nama wiya ci-kêh-wayêsimitân. kiwâpamin; niwîh-nipayîhkason.» |
(5)«Oh, no, Little Brother! I am fond of you. I could not think of playing you a trick. You see me; I am nearly dying of the heat.» |
(6)«hâ, nama wiya! osâ kiwayêsimin.» |
(6)«Oh, no! You will trick me.» |
(7)«hâ, nisîm kiyâm kitimâkêyimin! êkos ôma ê-wîh-nipahihkasoyân!» |
(7)«Oh, Little Brother, do take pity on me! Here I am, dying of the heat!» |
(8)twêhoyiwa. |
(8)It alighted. |
(9)«hâ, kîkway?» |
(9)«Well, what is it?» |
(10)«hâw, nisîm, nayômin, ta-tahkâsiyân, ci-papâmihâyan. osâ niwîh-nipayihkâson.» |
(10)«Oh, Little Brother, take me on your back, so that I may cool myself in the wind as you fly about. I am nearly dead from the heat.» |
(11)«hâ, nistêsê, nicapisîsisin; kika-nipahiskawin. nama wiya ka-kîh-sâkohitin; osâm kimisikitin.» |
(11)«Why, Big Brother, I am a little fellow; your weight will kill me. I should not be able to bear you; you are too big.» |
(12)«hâw, nisîm, itâp nika-yâhkitisîhkâson. osâ niwîh-nipahîhkason. kiyân kitimâkihtawin, nisîm!» |
(12)«Well, Little Brother, I shall make myself light. I am almost dead with the heat. Do take pity on my words, Little Brother!» |
(13)«hâ, nama wiya! osâm kikîh-wayêsimin. kika-nipahiskawin.» |
(13)«Oh, no! You are too likely to play me a trick. You will kill me with your weight.» |
(14)«nama wiya, nisîm! kkitimâkêyimitin. ahpôhk k-êsi-miyosiyin kik-êsîhitin. kahkiyaw wiyak kika-miywêyimik.» |
(14)«Oh, no, Little Brother! I am fond of you. If you like, I will even make you handsome. Everyone will love you.» |
(15)«êha!.» |
(15)«Very well.» |
(16)hâw, êkwah apiyiwa êkotah. waniskâw. sakikwênêw êkwah ôtah. êkw ê-ohpahoyit, pwâtawihoyiwa, sôhk ômis ê-ât-tôtamiyit. |
(16)So then it sat down there. He rose from where he lay. He took hold of it here, by the neck. And when it rose from the ground to fly, it failed under the burden, moving, like this, with all its might. |
(17)«nama wiya kipihkohitin, nistêsê.» |
(17)«I cannot carry you, Big Brother.» |
(18)«kiyân kakwê-pihkohin, nisîmis. êkos ôm ê-wîh-nipahihkasoyân. â, êkwah sôhk!» |
(18)«Please try to carry me, Little Brother. Otherwise, it is plain that I shall die of the heat. Come, try real hard!» |
(19)«yâhkitisîhkâsoh!» |
(19)«Make yourself light!» |
(20)«hêha!!» |
(20)«Yes!» |
(21)êkosi ohcitaw êh-tôtâkot êsa, nama wiya tâpw êh-pwâtawihikot. hâ, piyisk ppâmihâyiwa, êh-nayômikot. |
(21)It must have done this way with him a-purpose; he was not really too heavy for it. Well, at last it flew about, carrying him on its back. |
(22)«hâw, nisîm, nawac ispimihk! nama wiya nitahkâsin!»2 |
(22)«Come, Little Brother, higher still! I am not yet cool from the wind!» |
(23)«nisîm, nawac ispimihk! nama wiya ntahkâsin!» kêyâpic. |
(23)«Little Brother, higher still! I am not yet cool from the wind!» again. |
(24)«nawac êkwah ispimihk!» ô mistikwah akâwâc wâpamêw êkwah. |
(24)«Higher still, now!» -- and now he could barely see the trees. |
(25)«!a ha ha ha hây! êkosi, nisîm! nimiywamahcihon. êkwah êh-tahkâsiyân. êkoyikohk, nisîm! êkâya êkw îspimihk!» |
(25)«Hip hip hooray! That's the way, Little Brother! Now I feel fine. Now I am feeling the cool breeze. That will do, Little Brother! Don't go any higher now!» |
(26)âsay nama wiya wâpahtam ôm âskiy. nama natohtâk. |
(26)By this time he could no longer see the earth. It paid no heed to his words. |
(27)«êkosi nisîm! yâsipayihw êkwah!» |
(27)«That will do, Little Brother! Now go down!» |
(28)nama wiya natohtâk âhci piko. |
(28)Still it paid no heed to his words. |
(29)«nisîm, yâsipayihoh!» |
(29)«Little Brother, let yourself down now!» |
(30)nama natohtâk. âhci piko mân îspimihk ispayihoyiwa. piyisk nama wiya wâpahtam askiy. êkos ê-sâkwêyimot, ci-pakiciwêpinât, «nika-nipahisinin!» êh-itêyihtahk. |
(30)It paid no heed to him. It kept right on going upward. At last he could no longer see the earth. He did not like this, for fear it might drop him, thinking, «I shall be killed by the fall.» |
(31)«nisîm, kitimâkêyimin! yâsipayihw êkwah!» |
(31)«Little Brother, have pity on me! Descend now!» |
(32)hâ, âhci piko mân ispimihk ispayihoyiwa. êkwah piyis mâtôw, êh-mawihkâtât. |
(32)Oh, it kept right on, speeding upward. So now he began to weep, and to beg it. |
(33)«yâsipahihoh, nisîm; kitimâkêyimin!»3 |
(33)«Descend, Little Brother; have pity on me!» |
(34)hâ, kîtahtawê êh-itâpit, kîh-pakonêyâyiw ôma kîsik. |
(34)Presently, as he looked up, there was an opening in the sky. |
(35)«haw, nistêsê, kiwâpahtên cî ôma?» |
(35)«Now, Big Brother, do you see this place?» |
(36)«êha!.» |
(36)«Yes.» |
(37)«haw, êkotêh k-âyiwêpinânaw.» |
(37)«Well, there we shall stop for a rest.» |
(38)«êha!.» |
(38)«Yes.» |
(39)awên ôma, kôna cî tâskaciyiwa, nêwô miskwamiya, kâ-pakonêyâk ôma kîsik. |
(39)What was that? The snow had frozen hard and cracked, forming four blocks of ice, there where there was an opening in the sky. |
(40)«haw, ayiwêpitân, nistêsê. kitiskiskawin. osâ kikosikwatin.» |
(40)«Well then, let us stop for a rest, Big Brother. You have tired me out with your weight. You are too heavy.» |
(41)hâw, micimîw ôtah; koni miskwamiyah micimîw. kosâwêkocin. tahkohcipayihôyiwah owi kâ-nayômikot. |
(41)So he held on there; he held fast to those blocks of ice. He hung there in mid-space. The creature which had borne him on its back, leapt up onto the solid surface. |
(42)«itâp wîpac ka-pê-ntawâpamitin, nistêsê. osâm kinêstoskawin. pitâ nka-papâmohtân, ta-sasêsâwohtêyân.» |
(42)«Do not worry, I shall soon come back and look after you, Big Brother. You have too much tired me with the weight of you. Just let me walk about a while and stretch my limbs.» |
(43)êkwah wiya kosâwêkocin.4 kîtahtawê pâstinêw pêyak. kotakah nawatinêw. |
(43)So there he hung in mid-space. Presently he broke one block with the grip of his hands. He seized hold of another. |
(44)«nisî-îm, â-âstam! niwîh-pahkisinin!» |
(44)«Little Bro-other! Come he-ere! I am going to fall!» |
(45)âsay mîna kotakah pâstinêw ôhi. kotakah nawatinêw. |
(45)He broke this one, too. He took hold of another. |
(46)«nisî-îm, niwêh-pahkisinin! kiyîpah âstam!» |
(46)«Little Bro-other, I am going to fall! Come here quick!» |
(47)kosâwêkocin; ômisih itakocin. â, kostam. |
(47)He was hanging in mid-air; like this he was hanging. Oh, he was frightened. |
(48)«êtokê nnakatik!» |
(48)«He must have deserted me!» |
(49)pâstinêw kahkiyaw. tâpw êkwa pê-nîhtakocin êkwah. ây-âpihtaw êh-pêy-ayât, pê-kwêskakocin; êkw ôm ôstikwân ômisi; wâpahtam askiy êkwah.5 |
(49)He had broken them all. Truly, then, down he came falling. Halfway down he turned over as he fell; he was going head first now; he saw the earth now. |
(50)«hâh, ninipahisinin! êh-yôskâhcâk, êh-yôskâhcâk, nika-pahkisinin, niya askiy kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân!» êh-pimakocêhk; «ôma êh-yôskâhcâk nika-pâhkisinin, niy âskiy kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân!» |
(50)«Oh, I am falling to my death! On soft ground, on soft ground let me fall, me, who created the earth!» he cried as he sped falling; «Let me fall on the soft ground here, me who created the earth!» |
(51)êkwah kisiwâk êkwah askiy. |
(51)Now the earth was close. |
(52)«ê-yôskâhcâk, ê-yôskâhcâk, niy âskiy kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân!» |
(52)«On soft ground, on soft ground, me who created the earth!» |
(53)sakamô-pîkiskwêw, pêyakwan êyakô, «ê-yôskâhcâk nka-pahkisinin, niy âskiy kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân!» êh-pahkisihk.6 |
(53)He did not cease talking, always this, «On soft ground let me fall, me who created the earth!» -- and down he came. |
(54)ômayikohk oskâtihk. |
(54)Only this much of his legs stuck out. |
(55)hâw, kakwê-pihkohôw. aw, pihkohôw. misiwê asiskiy. |
(55)Oh, he worked to free himself. Well, he freed himself. He was all covered with mud. |
(56)«hwhwhww!» |
(56)«Whew!» |
(57)wâh-wêpinam ôma asiskiy. |
(57)He kept shaking off the mud. |
(58)«hwhwhw! tâpwê mistahi nitôtâk wânâhkêw! niya ôma k-êspîhcâk askiy pikw âwiyak kâ-wayêsimak, kâ-tôtawiyan, wânâhkêw! kikisiwâhin! osâm mistahi kitôtawin!» |
(58)«Whew! Truly, that Bald Eagle has played me a bad trick! It is to me who trick everyone over all the extent of this earth, that you have done this, Bald Eagle! I am angry at you! You have done me too evil a turn!» |
(59)pasikôw. sipwêhtêw. wâpamêw mostoswah, misahkamik. at-itohtêw. êh-wâpamikot, wîh-tapasiyiwa. |
(59)He got up. He went away from there. He saw some buffalo, a big herd. He went toward them. When they saw him, they wanted to run away. |
(60)«cêskwa, nisimitik! kîh-wîhtamâtinâwâw kîkwa.» |
(60)«Wait a moment, Little Brothers! I want to tell you something.» |
(61)«hâ, kiwîh-wayêsimikonaw! _ osâm kiwîh-wayêsiminân!» |
(61)«Oh, he wants to fool us! -- No, you want to fool us!» |
(62)«ha, nama wiya! kkitimâkêyimitinâwâw, nisîmitik! cêskwa kiyâm aciya piko, ê-wîh-wîhtamâtakok kîkwah.» |
(62)«Oh, no! I am fond of you, Little Brothers! Please do just wait a little moment; I have something to tell you.» |
(63)âsa takosin. |
(63)He came up to them. |
(64)«hâw, kêkway?» |
(64)«Well, what is it?» |
(65)«hâw, nisîmitik, ôma êhtasiyêk kahkiyaw kipîwâwâwa ci-miyiyêk, nîsta ci-mostosowiyân. itâp nama kêkway ka-wanihtânâwâw, aciya piko êh-ntâhtâmitakok. kîspin pâh-pêyak kipîwâwâwa manipitamêkoh, misiwê k-âstânâwâw ôma êh-nîpawiyân. kîs-âstâyêkoh, nka-kawipayihon. êkosi k-âti-sipwêhtânâwâw.» |
(65)«Now, my little brothers, I want you to give me, each of you, as many as you are, one of your hairs, so that I too may be a buffalo. Have no fear: you will lose nothing by lending them to me for a short while. Just pull out, each of you, one of your hairs, and put them all down here where I am standing. When you have put them down, I shall throw myself to the ground. And then you may go off on your way.» |
(66)kitâpamêw, kahkiyaw opîwâyiwa êh-miyikot, pâh-pêyak êh-ihtasiyit. |
(66)He watched them, as each of them gave him one of its hairs, as many as they were. |
(67)«awa,» êh-wiyinoyit iskwêw-âyah, «awa k-êsi-wiyinot, nik-êsi-wiyinon! nka-mostosôwin!»7 |
(67)«This one here,» _ it was a fat female, _ «as fat as this one is, so fat let me be! Let me be a buffalo!» |
(68)kawipayihôw. â, mostos pimisin!» |
(68)He threw himself to the ground. Oh, there lay a buffalo! |
(69)niyâk! ati-sipwêhtêk!» |
(69)«Go on! Be off on your way!» |
(70)êkosi ati-sipwêhtêyiwa. wiya pa-pmisin. piyêsîsah, _ wîskacân ana piyêsîs, _ twêhoyiwa, êh-pimisihk. |
(70)So they went off. As for him, there he lay. A bird, _ it was the Canada jay, _ alighted where he lay. |
(71)«âstam, nisîm!» |
(71)«Come here, Little Brother!» |
(72)«âh, kiwîh-wayêsimin!» |
(72)«Oh, you want to trick me!» |
(73)«nama wiya, nisîm! âstam kiyipa kêsiskaw!» |
(73)«No, Little Brother! Come here quick, at once!» |
(74)«kiwîh-wayêsimin osâm!» |
(74)«But you only want to trick me!» |
(75)«nama wiya, nisîm! kiyipah âstam!» |
(75)«No, Little Brother! Come here, quick!» |
(76)twêhoyiwa êkwah. |
(76)Then it alighted. |
(77)«hâw, nisîm, tântôwihk mêywêyihtaman wiyâs êh-mîciyin?» |
(77)«Now, Little Brother, what part of the meat do you like to eat?» |
(78)«hâ, wîkoh.» |
(78)«Why, the kidney-fat.» |
(79)«haw, êyoko kika-mîcin, nisîm. mâka kika-wîhkohkân. kâ-tahto-papâmihâcik kahkiyaw ka-wîhkomâwak. nama wiya wiya ôki kâ-papâmipahtâcik; nama wiya. wanâhkêw nîkân kika-wîhkomâw. ôtêh niciskakisiy êko ta-mîciw. hâw, kiyipah, niyâ!» |
(79)«Well then, that is what you shall eat, Little Brother. But you are to invite people to a feast. You are to invite all those that fly through the air. Not those that run about; no. You are to invite the Bald Eagle first of all. He is to eat my intestine here at my anus. Well, hurry, be off!» |
(80)sipwêhtêw; ohpahôw. wiya pimisin. |
(80)It went off; it flew. He lay there. |
(81)êy-itohtêt, «tânisi, nisîm?»8 |
(81)When it came, «How was it, Little Brother?» |
(82)«hâ, kahkiyaw nntomâwak kâ-tahto-papâmihâcik.» |
(82)«Oh, I have invited all those that fly.» |
(83)«nîkân cî wânahkêw kiwîhkomâw?» |
(83)«Did you invite Bald Eagle first to the feast?» |
(84)«êha!.» |
(84)«Yes.» |
(85)«kiwîhtamawâw cî itah ci-mîcisot?» |
(85)«Did you tell him what part he was to eat?» |
(86)«êha!.» |
(86)«Yes.» |
(87)«tântôwihk?» |
(87)«What part did you tell him?» |
(88)«`ociskakisiy kiya kiwîhkistên. êyako kiya ka-mîcin,' ntitâw.» |
(88)«'You like the intestine at the anus. That is what you are to eat,' I told him.» |
(89)«tâns êtisk?» |
(89)«What did he say to you?» |
(90)«`â, kitatamihin! êkotah nimywêyihtên êh-mîcisoyân.'» |
(90)«'Oh, thank you! That is the part I like to eat.'» |
(91)haw, êkwah takosiniyiwa. mâ, takosiniyiwa kâ-tahto-papâmihâyit kahkiyaw. |
(91)Then they came. Oh, every creature that flies about the air arrived, every one. |
(92)«hâ, cêskwah! nama wiya êkosi ci-kîh-mâci-mîcisoyahk. nam êskwa takosin wânâhkiw. iyikoh takosihki, ka-mâci-mîcisonânaw.» |
(92)«Now, wait a bit! We cannot start eating like this. Bald Eagle has not yet arrived. As soon as he arrives, we shall start eating.» |
(93)nama takosin. |
(93)He did not come. |
(94)«hâ, êkos îsi mîcisotân. itâp k-êskwastamawânaw anima kâ-miywêyihtahk omîciwin.» |
(94)«Well, let us eat without him. We shall leave for him the morsel he likes.» |
(95)kâhkâkiwa, «haw, kâhkakiw, kiya oskîsikowin ka-mîcin; kiya kiwîhkistên êkotôwihk.» |
(95)To the raven; «Well, Raven, as for you, you shall eat his eye-parts; that is the part you like.» |
(96)kihkisit itâpiw nênapos; kitâta wâpamêw, kw ê-pê-nôkosiyit wanâhkêwa.9 wiy ôki mîcisôwak; mîcisôwak. |
(96)Up looked Nenapus; he was impatient to see it, and there came Bald Eagle into view. The others were eating, eating away. |
(97)«kisîskâhtê! wânâhkêw, kiwîh-kitâmâkawin kimîciwin!» |
(97)«Hurry up! Bald Eagle, your share of the food will be eaten!» |
(98)takosin. wâhyaw ôm êh-mîcisôwiht kitâpamêw. |
(98)It arrived. From afar it watched its fellows as they ate. |
(99)«kiyipa âstam!» |
(99)«Come here, quickly!» |
(100)nama wiya sêmâk wîh-itohtêw. |
(100)It would not yet come. |
(101)«kiyipa! ma kimiywêyihtên ociskakisiy êh-mîciyin!» |
(101)«Hurry! You like to eat the intestine from the anus!» |
(102)êkwah, «hrrrkp, khrrk!» kahkâkiw. |
(102)Then, «Caw, caw!» went the raven. |
(103)«hâ, nisîm, êkâ wiya niskîsikohk ka-pâskâpatahwin!» |
(103)«Now, Little Brother, you will not peck out my eyes!» |
(104)«hâ, wanâhkêw, kêkâc kîsi-mîcisonâniwiw. kîkway êh-kostaman, êkâ kâ-wîh-mîcisoyan?» |
(104)«Say, Bald Eagle, the eating is almost over. What are you afraid of, that you won't eat?» |
(105)«hâw, nama wiya niya ci-kîh-môwak nênapos!» |
(105)«Oh, as for me, I could not eat Nenapus!» |
(106)êkos îsi ohpîw êkosi. êkosi ôh kahkiyaw ohpîwak. waniskâw nênapos. sipwêhtêw. kahkiyaw mêkiw mostoswah opîwâyiwah kâ-kîh-ntâhtâmot. |
(106)With that it flew up. Then all of them flew up. Nenapus rose to his feet. He went away from there. He gave back all the buffalos' hairs he had borrowed. |
(107)«hîh, nama wiya kiwayêsimitinâwâw, nisîmitik. tahkih kikostênâwâw ci-wayêsimitakok.» |
(107)«See, I did not trick you, Little Brothers. You are always afraid I might be tricking you.» |
(108)êkosi sipwêhtêw. aywêpiw. kw êh-ayâyit tâpwê ispimihk. |
(108)Then he went away. He stopped for a rest. There was the other, high up in the air. |
(109)«tânsiy ôma kê-tôtawak wânâhkêw, âsay ê-nisitawêyimit? hâ, ntawâc nisto wîhôwinah nik-âyân. êkosi nka-wayêsimâw.» |
(109)«How shall I manage to do this thing to Bald Eagle, now he has recognized me? Ha, I shall have to have three names. In this way I shall fool him.» |
(110)êkosi pasikôw. sipwêhtêw. hwah, sîpîsis sâkêwêw. wâpamêw wawâskêsiwa, mihcêt. itohtêw. hwah, êh-wâpamikot, wîh-tapsiyiwa. |
(110)Then he got up. He went away. He came in sight of a brook. He saw some elks, a big herd. He went toward them. Oh, when they saw him, they started to flee. |
(111)«hâh, têskwa, nisîmitik! kîkwa kiwîhtamâtinâwâw apisîs.» |
(111)«Ho, wait a bit, Little Brothers! I have something to tell you; it won't take long.» |
(112)«hâ, kiwîh-wayêsiminân!» |
(112)«Oh, you want to play us a trick!» |
(113)«nama wiya! kkitimâkêyimitinâwâw. nama wiya ci-wayêsimitakok, nisîmitik.» |
(113)«No! I am fond of you. I could not trick you, Little Brothers.» |
(114)piyis takosin. |
(114)At last he came up to them. |
(115)«haw, kêkway?» |
(115)«Well, what is it?» |
(116)«hâw, pêh-pêyak kipîwâwâwa awihik êhtasiyêk. itâp kahkiyaw ka-miyitinâwâw.» |
(116)«Lend me, each one of you, as many as you are, one of your hairs. I shall give them all back to you.» |
(117)«osâm kiwayêsiminân.» |
(117)«You are tricking us.» |
(118)«nama wiya. kiyâm awihik. kitimâkêyimik, nisîmitik. êkosi ôm ê-kitimâkisiyân.» |
(118)«No. Please lend me them. Take pity on me, Little Brothers. See how poor I am.» |
(119)haw, opîwâyiwa kahkiyaw miyik. kwah kitâpamêw êh-wiyinoyit. |
(119)So they all gave him their hairs. Then he looked upon one that was fat. |
(120)«hâw, awa k-êsi-wiyinot, nk-êsi-wiyinon! nka-wâwâskêsiwin! haw, êkosi! ati-sipwêhtêk!» |
(120)«Now then, as fat as this one is, so fat let me be! Let me be an elk! There! Run along!» |
(121)êy-ati-sipwêhtêyit, kawipayihôw, wâwaskêsiw! pimisin. wiyinôw. pisi-kâhkâkîsah. |
(121)As they went off, he threw himself to the ground, an elk! He lay there. He was fat. There came a magpie. |
(122)«âstam, nisîm!» |
(122)«Come here, Little Brother!» |
(123)«nama wiya! kîh-wayêsimin osâm.» |
(123)«No! You will be playing me some trick.» |
(124)«kiyipâ, nisîm! nama wiya ci-kîh-wayêsimitân. kikitimâkêyimitin. ê-wîh-wîhtamâtân kîkwa, ci-wîhkohkêyin.» |
(124)«Quickly, Little Brother! I could not possibly play you any trick. I am fond of you. I want to tell you something, about a feast you are to give.» |
(125)kotah takosiniyiwa. |
(125)It came there. |
(126)«tântah mêywêyihtaman wiyâs êh-miciyin?» |
(126)«What part of the meat do you like to eat?» |
(127)«hâw, wîhkoh.» |
(127)«Why, the kidney-fat.» |
(128)«hâ, kiy êko ka-mîcin. kâw, kika-wîhkohkân kâ-tahto-pâmihâcik kahkiyaw. nama wiya wiya kâh-pâ-pimohtêcik. nama wiy êkonik. wânâhkêw nîkân kika-wîhkomâw; `ociskakisiy kiya ka-mîcin,' kik-êtâw.» |
(128)«Well, that is what you shall eat. Now, you will invite to a feast all the creatures that fly, as many as there are. Not those that walk about, not them. You will invite first the Bald Eagle; `You are to eat the intestine at the anus,' you will say to him.» |
(129)«êha!.» |
(129)«Yes.» |
(130)kiyipa sipwêhtêw êôkô. hâ, pimisin. hâ, takosiniyiwa.10 |
(130)Quickly it went away. There he lay. Back it came. |
(131)«tânisi, nisîm? wânâhkêw cî nîkân kinatomâw?» |
(131)«How is it, Little Brother? Did you first invite the Bald Eagle?» |
(132)«êha!.» |
(132)«Yes.» |
(133)«tânisi êtisk?» |
(133)«What did he say to you?» |
(134)«`êha!; sêmâk nk-êtohtân,' ntik.» |
(134)«'Yes; I shall go there at once,' he said to me.» |
(135)êkosi êkwah takosinwak. acis kahkiyaw.11 |
(135)And so then they came. All of them. |
(136)«cêskwah pita! ta-takosin wânahkêw. pêhâtân. takosihki, êkoyikohk ka-mîcisonânaw.» |
(136)«Wait a bit! Bald Eagle is coming. Let us wait for him. When he comes, then we shall eat.» |
(137)hâ, tâpwê nama mayaw takosin wânâhkêw. |
(137)Oh, truly, Bald Eagle was tardy about getting there. |
(138)«kinôhtêhkatêwâhtânaw!» |
(138)«Doesn't he know we are hungry?» |
(139)«âta cî kkîh-natomâw?» |
(139)«You are sure you invited him?» |
(140)«hâh, nîkân nikîh-natomâw. tâpwê pa-pwâskâw. ntawâc êkos îsi mîcisotân. itâp kik-êskostamowânaw anima k-âsamiht.» |
(140)«Why, I invited him before anyone else. Really, he is slow. We had better eat as we are. We shall leave for him that which is being given to him as his share of the food.» |
(141)kôh itâpiw; kwa, pê-nôkosiyiwa. |
(141)He looked up; why, there it came into view. |
(142)«hâ, kwa pê-nôkosiw!» |
(142)«Ha, there he is in sight!» |
(143)«kîsiskâhtê! wîh-kitâniwiw k-âsamikawiyin.» |
(143)«Hurry up! They will be eating your share.» |
(144)takosin. |
(144)It came. |
(145)«hâ, kiyipa mîcisoh!» |
(145)«Come, hurry up and eat!» |
(146)kitâpamik. |
(146)It looked at him. |
(147)«kêkway êyâyin? kiyipah mîcisoh!» |
(147)«What is the matter with you? Hurry up and eat!» |
(148)ohpahoyiwa âsay mîna. |
(148)Again it flew up from the ground. |
(149)«nama wiya ci-kîh-mowak! wîsahkêcahk!» |
(149)«I cannot eat this creature! It is Wisahketchahk!» |
(150)ohpahôwak ôki. pasikôw; waniskâw. |
(150)They flew up. He rose to his feet; he got up. |
(151)«mân êkâ nika-kîh-wayêsimâ! êwako pêyak niwîh-ayâ wîhôwin kâ-kiskêyihtahk, kêyahcinâ nama ci-kî-wayêsimak! êkwah piko ntawâc nîswâw kêyâpic nkakwê-wayêsimâw.» |
(151)«It really looks as if I should not be able to fool him! If I had only this one name which he knows, most certainly I should not have been able to cheat him! As it is, only twice more, for better or worse, I shall try to fool him.» |
(152)pasikôw. itohtêw wawâskêsiwa. kahkiyaw miyêw opîwayah, iyikohk kâ-kîh-ntâhtawat. |
(152)He rose to his feet. He went to the elks. He gave them all their hairs, as many as he had borrowed. |
(153)«hâw, nisîmitik, nama ci-kîh-wayêsimitakok. kwayask kipê-miyitinâwâw iyikohk kâ-kîh-awihiyêk.» |
(153)«See, Little Brothers, I could not cheat you. In proper wise I have come to give you what you lent me.» |
(154)hâh, êkosi sipwêhtêw. ayiwêpiw. hâ, itâpiw. |
(154)Then he went away. He stopped to rest. He looked up. |
(155)«hah, tânis ôma kiy-êsi-wayêsimak wânahkêw? êkwah piko nîswâ ntawâc. kîspin êkâ wayêsimaki, êkoyikohk nika-poyon.» |
(155)«Well, how can I now fool Bald Eagle? Only two more tries now. If I do not fool him, I shall stop then.» |
(156)sipwêhtêw. wâpamêw kwâskwêpayihôsa, mihcêt, okinîwâhtikoskâhk êh-mîcisoyit. at-itohtêw. êh-wâpamikot, wîh-tapasiyiwa. |
(156)He went on. He saw jumping-deer, many of them, feeding in a grove of rose-trees. He went toward them. When they saw him, they started to flee. |
(157)«hâ, cêskwa, nisîmitik! êkâ wîh-tapasîk! ê-wîh-wîhtamâtakok kîkwa.» |
(157)«Ho, wait a moment, Little Brothers! Do not try to run away! I have something to tell you.» |
(158)«osâm kiwîh-wayêsiminân.» |
(158)«No, you want to fool us.» |
(159)«nama wiya! kikitimâkêyimitinâwâw, nisîmitik. nikisêwâtisin. cêskwa.» |
(159)«No! I am fond of you, my little brothers. I am kind of heart. Wait.» |
(160)otihtêw. |
(160)He came up to them. |
(161)«haw, kêkway?» |
(161)«Well, what is it?» |
(162)«hâ, pêh-pêyak kipîwâwâwa awihik, nîsta k-ôh-apisc-acihkosiwiyân. itâp kahkiyaw ka-miyitinâwâw.» |
(162)«Oh, please lend me each of you one of your hairs, so that I too may be a dwarf-caribou. I shall give them all back to you.» |
(163)«sâm kiwayêsiminân.» |
(163)«You will be playing us a trick.» |
(164)«nama wiya. kikitimâkêyimitinâwâw, nisîmitik. kitimâkihtawik.» |
(164)«No. I am fond of you, my little brothers. Take pity on my words.» |
(165)«êha!.» |
(165)«Very well.» |
(166)êkwah pêh-pêyak miyik opîwâyiwa. kahkiyaw êkwah kitâpamêw. |
(166)Then each of them gave him a hair. Then he looked at each one of them. |
(167)êh-wiyinoyit, «awa k-êsi-wiyinot, nk-êsi-wiyinon! nk-apisc-acihkosiwin! _ haw, at-sipwêhtêk!» |
(167)Of a fat one, «As fat as is this one, so fat let me be! Let me be a dwarf-caribou! _ Well, run along!» |
(168)ati-sipwêhtêyiwa. kawipayihôw. apisc-acihkos! |
(168)They ran off. He threw himself on the ground. A dwarf-caribou! |
(169)«haw, âstam!» kâhkâkiwah, «âstam!» |
(169)«Hey, come here!» to the raven, «Come here!» |
(170)«osâm kiwîh-wayêsimin!» |
(170)«No, you mean to play me some trick!» |
(171)«nama wiya, nisîm. kiyipa!» |
(171)«No, Little Brother. Hurry!» |
(172)«osâm kiwayêsimin.» |
(172)«You will play me a trick.» |
(173)«nama wiya, nisîm! kiyipa âstam!» |
(173)«No, Little Brother! Come here, quick!» |
(174)otihtik êkwah. |
(174)It came where he was. |
(175)«kêkway?» |
(175)«What is it?» |
(176)«tântôwihk mêywêyimat pist-acihkos êh-môwat?» |
(176)«What part of the dwarf-caribou do you like to eat?» |
(177)«hâw, wîhkohk.» |
(177)«Why, the kidney-fat.» |
(178)«hâw, kiy êwakoh kika-mîcin. wânâhkêw nîkân ka-wîhkomâw.» |
(178)«Well then, you shall be the one to eat that. First you will invite Bald Eagle to the feast.» |
(179)sipwêhtêw. hâ, takosin. |
(179)Off it went. Then it came. |
(180)«tânisi? wânâhkêw ci kinatomâw?»12 |
(180)«How is it? Did you invite Bald Eagle?» |
(181)«êha!.» |
(181)«Yes.» |
(182)«tânis êtwêt?» |
(182)«What did he say?» |
(183)«`apist-acihkoh ka-wîhkohtaw.' _ `ahkotôwikâm êh-môwakik.'»13 |
(183)«'You are invited to a feast of a dwarf-caribou.' _ `That is what I like to eat.'» |
(184)tâ-takosiniyiwa; takosiniyiwa mihcêt. itâpiw. âsay wîpac kisiwâk. |
(184)They kept arriving; a great number came. He looked up. Soon it was very near. |
(185)«hâw, wânâhkêw, kipa-pwâskân, iyâta-natomikawiyini. kiyipah êkwah mîcisoh.» |
(185)«Why, Bald Eagle, you are a slow traveler, with an invitation like this. Hurry up and eat.» |
(186)tâpwê wêhpipayihoyit, «nama wiya niya ci-kîh-môwak macîhkiwis!» |
(186)Truly, it flung itself off the ground, «I could not be eating Matchihkiwis!» |
(187)êkosi kahkiyaw tapasiwak ôki. waniskâw. |
(187)At that all of them fled. He rose from where he lay. |
(188)«hh, mân êkâ nka-kîh-wayêsimâ, osâm mistah êh-tôtawit, miton êh-kakwâtakihit wânâhkêw, mistah êh-kisiwâhit! êkwah piko pêyakwâw; êkwah iskwêyâc.» |
(188)«Hum, it looks as if I should not be able to trick him, who has done me so evil a turn, this Bald Eagle, who made me suffer so, and made me so angry! |
(189)sipwêhtêw. |
(189)He went away. |
(190)«hâw, nisîmitik, êkosi kahkiyaw kimiyitinâwâw iyikohk kâ-kîh-ntâhtâmitakok. kimiywêyihtênâwâw cî?» |
(190)«Here, Little Brothers, here I am giving you back all I borrowed from you. Are you glad?» |
(191)«êha!,» itik. |
(191)«Yes,» they answered him. |
(192)hâw, êkosi êkwah sipwêhtêw. |
(192)Then he went from there. |
(193)«hâw, êkwah piko pêyakwâw. kîspin êkâ wayêsimakih, nka-pônihâw. osâm iyinîsiw wânahkêw.» |
(193)«Well, now only once more. If I do not inveigle him this time, I shall give him up. Too clever is Bald Eagle.» |
(194)êkwah itah pimohtêw. kîtahtawê wâpamêw mihcêt mahîhkanah. tihtêw. êh-wâpamikot, wîh-tapasiyiwa. |
(194)He walked along there. Presently he saw a large pack of wolves. He went toward them. When they saw him, they made to run away. |
(195)«cêskwah, nisîmitik!» |
(195)«Wait, Little Brothers!» |
(196)«osâm kiwayêsiminân!» |
(196)«No, you will be fooling us!» |
(197)«nama wiya! ê-wîh-wîhtamâtakok apisîs kîkwa.» |
(197)«No! I have a little thing I want to tell you.» |
(198)«sâm kiwayêsiminân! osâm kiwayêsihkêmoskin, nênapos!» |
(198)«No, you will be fooling us! You are too much given to deceit, Nenapus!» |
(199)«nama wiya niy êwako! niya wîsahkêcahk êtikawiyân. nama wiya kâ niwayêsihkêwin.»14 |
(199)«That is not who I am! I am the person who is called Wisahketchahk. I am not at all given to playing tricks on people.» |
(200)piyisk otihtêw. |
(200)At last he came close to them. |
(201)«kêkwayîh?» |
(201)«What sort of thing is it?» |
(202)«hâw, nisîmitik, kitimâkêyimik. mistahi nikitimâkisin, kâkikê êh-pêyakoyân, êkâ wîhkâc awiyak êh-wîcêwak, âta êh-mihcêticik nsîmak. mâ ka-ntâhtâmitinâwâw kipîwâwâwa, nîsta ci-mahîhkaniwiyân. itâp tâpwê pôni-wîcêtakwâwi, kahkiyaw ka-miyitinâwâw. nama wiya ka-wayêsimitinâwâw.» |
(202)«Oh, Little Brothers, take pity on me. I am much to be pitied, being always alone, and never having anyone to go with, even though my little brothers and sisters are so many. Let me borrow some of your hairs from you, that I too may be a wolf. Truly, when I stop going with you, I will give them all back to you. I shall not trick you.» |
(203)«êha!. êkâya mâka ka-wayêsiminân!» |
(203)«Very well. But do not play any tricks on us!» |
(204)«êha!. nama wiya ci-ki-wayêsimitakok.» |
(204)«No. I could not think of playing any tricks on you.» |
(205)êkoh opîwâwâwa êh-astâcik misiwê, kitâpamêw. |
(205)Then, when they all placed before him their hairs, he looked them over. |
(206)êh-misikitiyit mayîhkanah êh-wiyinoyit, «haw, awa k-êsi-wiyinot awa mahîhkan, êkosi nîsta nk-êsi-wiyinon! nka-mahîhkaniwin! _ niyâk! sipwêhtêk!»15 |
(206)Of a big wolf, a fat one, «Now then, as fat as is this wolf, so fat let me, too, be! Let me be a wolf! _ Be off! Run along!» |
(207)êy-ati-sipwêhtêyit, kawipayihôw; misi-mahihkan! |
(207)As they went off, he threw himself to the ground; a big wolf! |
(208)êkwah, «ksk ksk ksk ksk!» misi-kîskisîsah. |
(208)Then, «Chirp chirp chirp chirp!» came the tomtit. |
(209)«nsîm, âstam!» |
(209)«Little brother, come here!» |
(210)«osâm kiwayêsimin!» |
(210)«No, you are trying to fool me!» |
(211)«nama wiya, nisîm! kiyipah âstam! kkitimâkêyimitin. kiya mâwacih nîkân ê-kitimâkêyimitân, êh-wawiyasinâkosiyin. nama wiya ci-kî-wayêsimitân. âstam!» |
(211)«No, Little Brother! Come here, quick! I am fond of you. I am fonder of you than of all the rest, you look so cunning and droll. I could not possibly play you any tricks. Come here!» |
(212)takosiniyiwa. |
(212)It came. |
(213)«kêkwâyi?» |
(213)«What is it?» |
(214)«hâw, nisîmis, ci-wîhkohkêyan.» |
(214)«Now, Little Brother, you are to invite people to a feast.» |
(215)«hâ, nstêsê, nikitimâkisin; nama kêkway ci-kî-wîhkohkêyân. kiwâpamin êsi-kitimâkisiyân, nstêsê.» |
(215)«Oh, Big Brother, I am poor; I have nothing with which to give a feast. You see how poor I am, Big Brother.» |
(216)«hâ, nisîm, mahîhkan ci-wîhkohkêyan êh-wîh-tôtamâtân. tânitôwihk mêywêyimat êh-môwat ana mahîhkan?» |
(216)«Why, Little Brother, that is what I am going to do for you, to enable you to give a feast of a wolf. What part of the wolf is it you like to eat?» |
(217)«otakisîsah.» |
(217)«The little tripe.» |
(218)«hâw, kiy êkonih ka-mîcin. kâ-tahto-papâmihâcik kahkiyaw ka-wîhkomâwak. wânâhkêw mâwaci nîkân kika-wîhkomâw. mêyâkwâm!» |
(218)«Well, that is what you shall eat. As many as fly through the air, all of them you are to invite to the feast. You will invite Bald Eagle first of them all. Do not forget!» |
(219)sipwêhtêw. hay, tahto-papâmihâcik, «nka-mahîhkaniwin,» k-êtwêt awa, takosinwak, kahkiyaw. hôh! êh-itâpit, kayâhtê ôtah takosinwak âsay. |
(219)It went away. Oh, all the creatures that fly, when he had said, «Let me be a wolf,» they came, all of them. Ho, when he looked up, there they were already. |
(220)«kîsiskâhtê, wanâhkêw! êkwêyâk kiwîh-miywahcikânânaw, êh-wîhkohkêt pici-kîskisîs, êh-kitimâkisit.» |
(220)«Hurry up, Bald Eagle! At last we are to have some good eating, now that Tomtit is giving a feast, the poor fellow.» |
(221)takosin wânahkêw, sêmâk kisiwâk êkwah ôtah.16 |
(221)Bald Eagle arrived, and this time without delay came near. |
(222)«haw, êkosi êkwah ka-mâci-mîcisonânaw!? |
(222)«Well, and so now we may start to eat!» |
(223)ha, sêmâk êkwah mâci-mîcisôwak êkwah. |
(223)So then at once they began to eat. |
(224)«nhaw, wânâhkêw, kiy ânima osôkanih.» |
(224)«Come, Bald Eagle, this at the buttocks is for you.» |
(225)hoh, is-kwâskohtiw. ôm ôciskisiyiw ôma sôhkih tahkwahtam. hâ, wîsakamik wîsahkêcâhk, nênapos. poyisâ nama wîh-tapasîw.17 mîna kîhtwâm, sôhkih. hâ, mistahi wîsakamik. êsa nama wîh-tapasîw. kîhtwâm êkwah. hahaha, wîsakamik! kî-îhtwâm. hâ, wîsakêyihtam!» |
(225)Humph, it hopped over there. It bit hard into his anus. Oh, painfully it bit Wisahketchahk, Nenapus. Suffer as he might, he would not flee. Again, hard. Oh, it bit him very painfully. He would not flee. Now, again. Hohoho, its bite hurt him! And again. Ho, that hurt! |
(226)«kitâpamak. hâh, nama wiya! tah-tapasîw awa, êwakoniwit wîsahkêcâhk. êkoyikohk mistahi êh-tahkwamak, tâpwê awa mahîhkan. nama wiya nêwâw ci-kiy-ôsihtât wiyaw nênapos, nêwâw êkos êh-ôsîhtât. â, namayêw!» |
(226)«Suppose I took a look at him. Oh, no! He would run away, if it were Wisahketchahk. I have bitten him so hard, it really must be a wolf. Nenapus could not four times make over his body, four times like this. No, it is not he!» |
(227)«hâ, wânâhkêw, kiyipah! ôma ka-mîcisoh!» |
(227)«Come, Bald Eagle, hurry! This piece you were to eat!» |
(228)«êha!.» |
(228)«Yes.» |
(229)mîcisôw êkwah. itâmihk êkwah ôciskihk êkw ôm ôscikwânis; astâsiw tahkih. hâ, kîtahtawê osâm miywêyimêw êh-môwât mahîhkanah, misiwê ê-asiwatât ostikwân. pasikosi-kwâskohtiw wîsahkêcâhk. micimosoyiwah êkwah ociskihk, êkw ômis êh-tôtahk ôtah, êkwah êh-cîs-cîhcipitikot. |
(229)Then it ate. Then it put its head into his anus, but still it sensed danger. Presently, too much it was pleased with eating a wolf; it stuck in its whole head. With a jump, up leaped Wisahketchahk. It was held firmly in his anus, and then here it did like this, as he held it tightly constricted. |
(230)«hâw, wânâhkêw, kiya cî kâ-kîh-kwatakihiyin? hâ, wânâhkêw, anohc kimâ-miskên! niy ôma kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân askiy; niy ôm êyakô! pikw âwiyak ci-wayêsimak niy êyakô, wîsahkêcâhk! nistinwah niwîhôwina!» |
(230)«Now, Bald Eagle, was it you or not, made me suffer? Well, Bald Eagle, now you have met your deserts! It is I who created this earth; it is I! This is I, Wisahketchahk, who get the better of everyone! Three names have I!» |
(231)papâmohtêw; kikamoyiwa ôhi. |
(231)He walked about; the other dangled there. |
(232)«wâhwah, wâhwah, wânahkêw! osâm mistahi kikîh-tôtawin!» |
(232)«Haha, haha, Bald Eagle! You did me too nasty a turn!» |
(233)ntawâc êkwah waskawiyiwa. |
(233)It could not help itself, twitching there. |
(234)«ôhâ, nik-ôsâmi-nipahâw! nika-kitimahâw!» |
(234)«Well, I shall be too near killing him! I shall be destroying him for good!» |
(235)kêcikonêw. mitoni paskwâtihpêyiwa. wâ-wâpamêw. |
(235)He let it go. It was entirely bald on its head. He gazed at it. |
(236)«hâw, ayîsiyiniwak kiy-ôhpikihitocik, `wânâhkêw,' kik-êsiyîhkâtikwak. nama wîhkâc kika-môkwak. êkos ôma kiy ês-paskwâtihpêyin, nêma kiy-âti-askiwik!» |
(236)«Now then, when mortal men grow forth, `Bald Eagle,' they will call you. They will never eat you. Like this you will be bald at the head, as long as there continues to be an earth!» |
(237)isiwêpinêw. wânâhkêw pakwâtam, ês ôma êh-ti-tôtahk, êh-pakwâtahk. |
(237)He flung it off to one side. The bald eagle hated these things, and kept doing like this in its detestation. |
(238)nâ, êkwah sipwêhtêw. â, pa-pmohtêw. hâ, sakâw wâpahtam. ati-nâtam. kinwâskosiyiwa mistikwah. |
(238)Then he walked away. He walked along. He came in sight of a grove. He went toward it. The trees were tall. |
(239)awiya ka-matwê-pâhpiyit, nîso mistah ê-matwê-pâhpiyit, «ôh, awêniki? hâ, nka-wâpamâwak.» |
(239)As someone was audibly laughing, two people laughing loud: «Who are they? Why, let me have a look at them.» |
(240)t-itohtêw. nîso oskinîkiw-înîsah, mistikwah êh-kinwâskosiyit, êkotah âyîtaw kâ-nîpawiyit. kitâpamêw. kîtahtawê kêh-kêcikonamiyiwa oskîsikosiyiwa. akociwêpinamiyiwa. ispimihk kîh-akotêyiwa oskîsikoyiwa. kitâpamêw. miscikosa tahkonamiyiwa. pa-pakamahwêyiwa mistikwah. ôma kâ-pa-pakamahwâyit, pâh-pahkihtiniyiwa oskîsikosiyiwa, êkw ôma kâ-kakwâtakâhpiyit. mê-mîskoc kitâpamêw. hâh, kîtahtawê otihtêw. kitâpamik. |
(240)He went on toward the place. Two young lads were standing at either side of a tall tree. He looked at them. Presently they pulled out their eyes. They flung them up on the tree. Up aloft hung their eyes. He watched them. In their hands they held little sticks. They beat the tree with the sticks. When thus they beat it, down fell their eyes, and that was when they laughed till you would have thought it hurt. He looked at one, then at the other. Presently he went up to them. They looked at him. |
(241)«êyahâ-â! haw, nisîmisak itah miyêkwâskawakik! hâw, nisîmitik, kitakâwâtamâtinâwâw ôma k-êsi-mêtawêyêk. miyik!» |
(241)«Yoho! And so it is my little brothers whom I have met! Why, Little Brothers I envy you this game of yours. Give it to me!» |
(242)«nama wiya! âyiman, nstêsê! nama wîhkâc awiyak nimiyânân. niyân mîna êkosi êsi-mêtawihisoyâhk piko, nam wiya ci-kîh-miyitâhk.» |
(242)«No! It is difficult, Big Brother! We never give it to anybody. It is only we can disport ourselves this way, and we cannot give it to you.» |
(243)«kiyâm miyik, nisîmitik! êkos ôma êh-kitimâkisiyân, kâkikê êh-pêyakoyân, êkâ kêkway êh-pâhpakwatêyihtamân. miyik kiyâm! nîsta nka-pâhpakwatêyihtên, isi mêtawihisoyâni.» |
(243)«Please give it to me, Little Brothers! Here I am, so pitiable, always alone, and with nothing to amuse me. Please give it to me! Let me too amuse myself, playing like that.» |
(244)«hâ, nistêsê, âyiman! nama wiya ci-kîh-miyitâhk!» |
(244)«Why, Big Brother, it is hard to do! We cannot give it to you!» |
(245)«nisîmitik, kitimâkêyimik!» |
(245)«Little Brothers, have pity on me! |
(246)mâtôw. |
(246)He began to weep. |
(247)«kiyâm miyik! nka-pâhpakwatêyihtên.» |
(247)«Please give it to me! Let me have a good time.» |
(248)«nama wiya! nama wiya ci-kîh-miyitâhk. âyiman!» |
(248)«No! We cannot give it to you. It is difficult!» |
(249)mawîhkâtamawêw; mâtôw. |
(249)He begged them for it; he wept. |
(250)«êha!; ka-miyitinân.» |
(250)«Very well; we will give it to you.» |
(251)«hay hay hay! êh-kitimâkêyimit nisîm awa!» |
(251)«Oh, thanks! So this little brother of mine has taken pity on me!» |
(252)«nêwâw pikoh, nêwâw pikoh ka-tôtên,» itik. |
(252)«Only four times, only four times you will do it,» they told him. |
(253)«êha!.» |
(253)«Yes.» |
(254)«mêyâkwâm! êkâ wiy âyiwâkês!» |
(254)«Don't forget! Not more than that!» |
(255)«êha!!» |
(255)«Yes!» |
(256)miscikos miyik, «mêyâkwâm, nêwâw pikoh!» êy-isi-nîsiyit mê-mîskoc; «nêwâw pikoh!» êh-itikot. |
(256)They gave him a stick, «Don't forget, four times and no more!» each of the two in turn told him; «Four times and no more!» |
(257)«êha!.» |
(257)«Yes.» |
(258)«osâm itah piyîkiskâtisiyani, kika-tôtên.» |
(258)«When you feel lonesome, you will do it.» |
(259)«êha!.» |
(259)«Yes.» |
(260)sipwêhtêw; nakatêw. hâ, kisiwâk takosin. kitâpamêw mistikwah, ci-kinwâskosiyit. hâ, êh-kinwâskosiyit, êkwah paskwatâwâhkinam, wâskâh mistikohk.18 |
(260)He went away; he left them. He did not go far. He looked at the trees, to see if they were tall. When he found a tall one, he cleared away the brush round the tree. |
(261)hâ, tâ-pahkihtiniyik oskîsikwah, «tâpwê nimiywêyihtên nisîmak êh-kitimâkêyimicik!»19 |
(261)Oh, as his eyes came falling down, «Truly I am glad my little brothers took pity on me!» |
(262)sipwêhtêw. pimohtêw. nawâc wâhyaw takosin. âsay mîna mistikwah nawasawâpomôw êh-kinosiyit. hâh, miskawêw. âsay mîna paskwatâwahkinam wâskâh. âsay mîna.20 |
(262)He went on. He walked along. He did not go far. Again he looked about for a tall tree. He found one. Again he cleared away the brush round about. Again. |
(263)hâ, tâpwê mîna êh-pahkihtiniyikih oskîsikwah, «nipâhpakwatêyihtên! nisîmak ntakah nkitimâkêyimikwak, k-o-pahpakwatêyihtamân.» |
(263)Ha, as really again his eyes came falling down, «I am having a splendid time! My little brothers certainly did take pity on me, giving me such a fine time!» |
(264)êkosi mina sipwêhtêw. ha, namwâc wâhyaw takosin. âsay mîna mistikwah ati-kitâpamêw ci-kinwâskosiyit. miskawêw. âsay mîna paskwatâwahkinam. âsay mîna, akociwêpinam.21 |
(264)Then again he went on. Oh, he did not go far. Again he went looking at the trees, to find a tall one. He found one. Again he cleared the ground. Again he threw them to hang on the tree. |
(265)êh-pa-pakamahwât, pahkihtiniyikih, «hêy êy êy êy êy!» |
(265)When he struck the tree with the stick and they came falling down, «Hey yey yey yey yay!» |
(266)hâ, miywêyihtam. |
(266)Oh, he liked that. |
(267)«tâpwê mistahi nipahpakwatêyihtên, nisîmak êh-kitimâkêyimicik. kâkikê nipîkiskâtisih, pisisik êh-pêyakoyân!» |
(267)«Truly I am having a splendid time through my little brothers' taking pity on me! To think that I was always sad and lonely, being always alone!» |
(268)âsay mîna sipwêhtêw. namwâc wâhya takosin. âsay mîna mistikwah âsay mina nawasawâpomôw êh-kinosiyit. ta, âsay mîna paskwatâwahkinam. âsay mîna akociwêpinam oskîsikwah.22 âsay mîna kahkiyaw oskîsikwa pahkihtiniyiwa. |
(268)Again he walked on. He did not go far. Again he picked out a tall tree. again he cleared off the ground. Again he threw his eyes to hang on the tree. Again both his eyes came falling down. |
(269)«ê hê hê hêh!» mistah êh-pâhpit. |
(269)«Hey yey yey yay!» and he laughed and laughed. |
(270)nêwâw êkwah. êkosi êkwah sipwêhtêw mîna. âsaymîna mistikwah ati-kitâpamêw, ê hêh, êh-kinosiyit! êkwah mîna paskwatâwahkinam. âsay mîna akociwêpinam oskîsikwah. pa-pakamâskwêw âsay mîna. kont itê pahkihtiniyiwa oskîsikwa. êkwah âtah êh-ntonahk êkwah, wanihtâw êkwah. piyisk êkwah mâtôw, êh-wanihtât oskîsikwah. â, pasikôw êkwah; wanihtâw. êkosi mâtôw. |
(270)This made the fourth time. So now he again walked ahead. Again he watched for a tree, as he went on, oh, a tall one! Then again he cleared off the ground. Again he flung his eyes into the tree. Again he banged with his stick. His eyes fell down wherever they chanced to fall. Then, though he sought them, he could not find them. Finally he began to weep, because he had lost his eyes. Then he got up; he could not find them. So he wept. |
(271)«tâpwê nikitimâkisin, niskîsikwah êh-wanihtâyân! ê-kakwê-cîsimicik nisîmak!» |
(271)«Truly, I am in a piteous state, having lost my eyes! My little brothers must have meant to deceive me!» |
(272)â, pimohtêw. mahkêsîsah maskamik ês ôh ôskîsikwah, êkw ês êh-otinamiyit oskîsikwah mahkêsisah, êh-kâtwakot. mistik êkw ôtinamiyiwa. kînikêhkotamiyiwah, êkw ê-âkwaskâkot, êkw ê-cahkâpahôkot. |
(272)He walked along. It seems that the fox had stolen his eyes; the fox had picked up his eyes and was hiding them from him. Then it took a stick. It whittled it to a sharp point, and, running round so as to head him off, jabbed him in his eye-sockets. |
(273)«hâ, hmm, nicahkâpacinin.» |
(273)«Ho, hum, I am getting snagged in the eyes on a bush.» |
(274)mânnakis itê êh-itohtêt âkwaskâk; êyak ôma mê-mîskot tâh-tahkamêw oskîsik ôma.23 |
(274)The other kept on heading him off wherever he went; it kept jabbing him into one eye-socket and into the other. |
(275)«hm hm, nicahkâpicinin!» |
(275)«Hum, hum, I am snagging my eyes on a bush!» |
(276)piyisk êsa mihkoh ôtah. hâ, kitimâkinâk wîskacâna. |
(276)At last they bled. The Canada Jay saw him and pitied him. |
(277)«hâw, nistêsê!» |
(277)«Hey, Big Brother!» |
(278)«wêy?» |
(278)«What is it?» |
(279)«nistêsê, ômisi kitik mahkêsîs; `nênapos wîhkomit, nkâh-pimâcihâw, êkâ kâ-wâpit. mistahi nikitimâkinawâw kistêsinâw, êk êh-wâpit, ê-mihkôwiyiki oskîsikwa, tahkih êh-cahkâpicihk,' kitik mahkêsîs; `mostoswa êh-mawaci-wiyinoyit êwakoni asamit, nkâh-nanâtawihâw. êkosi tah-wâpiw. ntawi-wîhtawaw,' êh-isit, k-ôh-pê-wîhtamâtân, nistêsê.» |
(279)«Big Brother, this is what the fox says to you: ` If Nenapus will invite me to a feast, I will cure him of his blindness. I am moved by pity as I see our big brother, blind and bleeding at the eyes from always running his eyes into snags,' says Fox to you; `If he will give me a real fat buffalo to eat, I will doctor him. Then he will have his eyesight. Go tell him,' he said to me, and so I have come and told you, Big Brother.» |
(280)«tâpwê cî, nisîmis?» |
(280)«Is that true, Little Brother?» |
(281)«êha!, tâpwê êkos êh-itwêt.» |
(281)«Yes, truly, that was what he said.» |
(282)«kitâpwân cî, nisîmis?» |
(282)«Are you speaking the truth, Little Brother?» |
(283)«êha!; nitâpwân.» |
(283)«Yes, I am speaking the truth.» |
(284)«â, ntawi-wîhtamaw, nsîmis; itâpiyâni.» |
(284)«Well, go tell him, Little Brother: when I have my eyesight.» |
(285)sipwêhtêw. |
(285)Off it went. |
(286)«êkos îtwêw kstêsinaw: `mahkêsîs pimâcihici, êh-wiyinoyit ta-wîhkohkêw mostoswah,' kitik.» |
(286)«This is what our elder brother says: `When Fox has cured me, he shall have a feast of a fat buffalo,' he says to you.» |
(287)«haw, pita nîkân nka-wîhkohkân. kîsi-wîhkohkêyâni, nka-nanâtawihâw. osâm nka-wayêsimik, nîkân nanâtawihakih. itâpici, kont itê t-êh-sipwêhtêw; mistahi nka-wayêsimik. kiyâm nîkân k-âsotamawit nka-wîhkohkêwân. kîsi-wîhkohkêyâni, sêmâk nka-nanâtawihâw. nka-pimâcihâw; tit-êtâpiw; osâm tâpwê kwatakihtâw kistêsinaw. niyâ; ntawi-wîhtamaw.» |
(287)«Well, let me first have the feast. When I have had the feast, then I will doctor him. For he will trick me, if I doctor him first. When he has his eyesight, he will go off, goodness knows where; he will fool me badly. Let me first have the feast he has promised me. When I have had the feast, at once I will doctor him. I shall cure him; he shall have his eyesight; for truly, our big brother is suffering much. Go; go tell him.» |
(288)hâsa mîn awa, «nstêsê!» |
(288)There he was again: «Big Brother!» |
(289)«hwêy!» |
(289)«Yes, what is it?» |
(290)«`haw, nîkân nika-wîhkohkêwân. kîsi-wîhkohkêyâni, sêmâk nka-nanâtawihâw; t-êtâpiw; oskîsikwah kahkiyaw tit-âyâw,' kitik mahkêsîs.» |
(290)«'Why, first let me have the feast. When I have had the feast, at once I will doctor him; he shall have his eyesight; he shall have both his eyes,' says Fox to you.» |
(291)«êha!! hâw, nisîm, nama wiya cî kiwâpahtên mostoswak opinawêwiniwâw ôtah kisiwâk?» |
(291)«Very well! Now then, Little Brother, do you not see anywhere near here any sheddings of buffalo-wool?» |
(292)«wâh, nistêsê, ôma ôma k-âstêk mâcikôtisak.» |
(292)«Why, yes, Big Brother, here is some; let me show you.» |
(293)sakipitonênik. |
(293)It took him by the arm. |
(294)«ôma!» |
(294)«Right here!» |
(295)tâhkinam. |
(295)He touched it with his hand. |
(296)«ôma mostoswak opinawêwin.» |
(296)«Here is some wool the buffalo have shed.» |
(297)otinam awa nênapos. êkosi ôma nama wiya wâpiw. tihtipêkinam. |
(297)Nenapus took it into his hand. Of course, he could not see. He rolled it into a ball. |
(298)«hw hw!» |
(298)«Puff puff!» |
(299)pôh-pôtâtam. |
(299)He repeatedly blew his breath on it. |
(300)«hâw, mostos, onîcâniw! ta-mâmawa-wiyinôw! ôtah ta-wîh-pimisin!» |
(300)«Now then, a buffalo, a buffalo-cow! Let it be fat all over! Right here let it be lying!» |
(301)hâ, onîcâniwah kâ-wiyinoyit pimisiniyiwa. |
(301)Ho, there lay a fat buffalo-cow. |
(302)«hâw, nistêsê, tâpwê wiyinôw! mâcikôtisak tâh-tâhkin êkwah!» |
(302)«Oh, Big Brother, truly, it is a fat one! Let me show you; just feel it!» |
(303)awa nênapos anawi-tipisk; tâpwê wiyinôw. |
(303)For Nenapus it was black night; but truly it was a fat animal. |
(304)«haw, nisîm ntawi-natom êkwah mahkêsîs. nka-pê-nanâtawihik, êyakonih ôhi ci-wîhkohkêt.» |
(304)«Well, Little Brother, go call Fox. Let him come and doctor me; here is the creature for his banquet.» |
(305)itohtêw. |
(305)It went there. |
(306)«hâw, mahkêsîs, sâsay kistêsinaw kâ-ntawêyihtamawat sâsay kîh-nipahêw. mitoni wiyinoyiwa.» |
(306)«Well, Fox, our elder brother has already killed the creature you want of him. It is a very fat one.» |
(307)«êha!.» |
(307)«Good.» |
(308)itohtêw mahkêsîs. kîh-apiw nênapos, êkotah kâ-pimisiniyit mostoswah. |
(308)Fox went there. There sat Nenapus, and there lay the buffalo. |
(309)«hâh, nitakosinin, nistêsê. hâ, kitatamihin. nnôhtêhkatâh tahkih, ôma k-êsi-miyiyan ci-nanâtawihitân. hâ, kik-âyân kiskisikwah; kika-pimâcihitin; ayisk kitatamihin. mâka pita nka-kîsi-mîcison; pita mâka mîna nka-wîhkohkân. nama wiya ci-kîh-pêyakôhkawak.» |
(309)«Well, I have come, Big Brother. Oh, thank you! Here was I, always hungry, and now you have given me this, that I may doctor you. Well, you shall have your eyes; I will cure you; for you have won my gratitude. But first let me finish eating; first let me give a feast. I could not dispose of it all by myself.» |
(310)«hâw, wîhkohkê. papâ-ntom mahîhkanak, cîhkomisîsak, mahkêsîsak; êyakonik piko. nama wiya wiya wâkayôsak.» |
(310)«Well, announce a feast. Go about and invite the wolves, the coyotes, and the foxes; only these. Not the bears.» |
(311)haw, sipwêhtêw aw, êh-wîhkohkêt. takosinwak; takosinwak.24 |
(311)So off it went, inviting people to the feast. They arrived; they arrived. |
(312)«hâw, êkosi kahkiyaw kâ-wîhkomacik ôki.» |
(312)«And so now here are all those you have invited to the feast.» |
(313)êkosi kêtahtawê, «hâw, awa kistêsinaw kiwâpamâwâw, êk êh-wâpit. mistahi kwatakihtâw. êkw ôma êh-asamikoyahk êh-wî-nanâtawihak, k-ôh-wîhkomitakok. kîsi-wîhkohtoyahko, kâh-kîwêyêko, êkoyikohk nka-nanâtawihâw. nam âwiyak nka-kitâpamik, nanâtawihimakih. êkos îsi mîcisok.» |
(313)Then presently, «Now then, you all see our elder brother here, and that he is blind. He is suffering greatly. Because he is giving us this food to eat, that I may cure him, is the occasion of my inviting you to feast. When we have finished our banquet, and you have all gone to your respective homes, then I shall doctor him. No one is to watch me when I doctor him. So now, fall to.» |
(314)nhâw, êkos îsi mîcisôwak. hâ, mitoni kitamwêwak. sipwêhtêwak. kîwêpahtâwak. kîwêwak. |
(314)And so they all fell to. They ate every bit. They went away. They ran home. They went home. |
(315)«âstam, nistêsê!» |
(315)«Come here, Big Brother!» |
(316)«êha!, nisîm, kakwê-înîhkahin! nka-miywêyihtên, pimâcihiyini.25 mistahi nikwatakihtân, êk êh-wâpiyân. hahôwôwâ!» |
(316)«Yes, indeed, Little Brother; try to make me well! I shall be glad if you cure me. I am suffering much, being blind. Boo hoo hoo!» |
(317)«ôtah ohcîhkwanapih!» |
(317)«Kneel down here!» |
(318)ohcihkwanapiw. |
(318)He knelt down. |
(319)«nhâw, êkâ wiyâ nanâtawâpihkan sêmâk. `hâhâw, itâpih!' ititâni, êkoyikohk ka-nanâtawâpin,» itik mahkêsîsah. |
(319)«Now then, do not try to open your eyes at once. When I tell you, `Now, try to see!' only then you are to open your eyes,» the fox told him. |
(320)«êha!!»26 |
(320)«Yes!» |
(321)pîmoyôw ayisk awa mahkêsis oskîsikoyiwa. |
(321)For, of course, that fox had the other's eyes in its bosom-fold. |
(322)«hâw, nistês oskîsikwah kahkiyaw ta-wîh-ayâw! hwoy! wâw, ôtah! hâw, itâpih!» |
(322)«Now then, my big brother is to have both his eyes! Hoo! Wow, here they are! Now, try to see!» |
(323)hêy, itâpiw! êkwah nahâpiw êkwah nênapos. itohtêw awa mahkêsîs. |
(323)Why, he saw! There sat Nenapus. The fox walked up to him. |
(324)«hâw, nstêsê, kinanâskomin cî?» |
(324)«Well, Big Brother, are you grateful to me?» |
(325)«êha!!» |
(325)«Yes!» |
(326)«nama wiya cî wîhkâc kikisiwâhitin?» |
(326)«You will never be angry at me?» |
(327)«êha!! ka-kitimâkêyimitin kiya mâwacih, nisîm. kitatamihin. _ hâw, ntawâc ôma ayîsiyiniwak kiy-ôhpikihitocik, kitahtawêh âskaw pêyak nama ta-wâpiw om ôhci k-ês-âyâyân kâ-pâstâhoyân!» |
(327)«No! I shall be more fond of you than of all the others, Little Brother. I thank you. _ Now then, when mortal men grow forth here, then at times one or another shall be blind, on account of the way I was when I thus injured myself!» |
(328)hâw, êkos îsi sipwêhtêw. hahâ, miywêyihtam. |
(328)Then he went away from there. Oh, he was glad. |
(329)hâ, êkwah êh-pimohtêt, pici-kîskisîsah, «cêskwa!» itik; «hâ, nstêsê, nama wiy âna tâpwê êh-pimâcihisk mahkêsîs. wiy âna ê-kîh-kâtwask kiskîsikwah, ê-kîh-kanawêyihtahk ana. wiy ânah kâh-cah-cahkâpahosk.» |
(329)As he walked along, there came the tomtit, and, «Stop a bit!» it said to him; «Why, Big Brother, that fox did not really cure you. It was he that was hiding your eyes from you and had them all the while. It was he who kept jabbing you in your eye-holes.» |
(330)«tâpwê cî, nisîm?» |
(330)«Is that true, Little Brother?» |
(331)«êha!! êh-mihtawamak, êk êh-ohci-wîhkomit mahkêsîs, k-ôh-wîhtamâtan.» |
(331)«Yes! Because I am vexed at Fox for not inviting me to the feast, is why I am telling you.» |
(332)«nisîm, tâpwê cî?» |
(332)«Little Brother, is that true?» |
(333)«êha!; wiy âna kâ-kwatakihisk, ôhcitaw ana êh-tahkamisk mâna, `ncahkâpicinin!' k-êtwêyin.» |
(333)«Yes; It was he who was tormenting you, and he who always was poking you, when you said, `I am snagged in the eyes on a bush!'» |
(334)«hhnh! tâpwê nikisiwâhik mahkêsîs! mahkêsîs! tântêh kê-pîhcâk askiy kiy-êtâmoyan? mistahi kâ-kwatakihiyan, kiy êcik âni niskîsikwah kâ-kih-kâtôwiyin!» |
(334)«Hmph! Really, I am angry at Fox! Fox! Whither in all the world can you flee? Greatly you tormented me, and you, it turns out, were the one who hid my eyes from me!» |
(335)wiy awa sêmâk mahkêsîs tapasîw. ôma kâ-kîsi-nanâtawihât, ôma sêmâk tapasîw. êkwah awa nênapos êkwah nawaswêw. wiyâpamâci mahkêsîsah, namayêyiwa. |
(335)As for the fox, at once it had made off in flight. As soon as it had done with doctoring him, at once it had fled. So now this Nenapus went in pursuit. Whenever he thought he saw the fox, it was not there. |
(336)«â, mâninakisk nipimohtân, êh-natonawak.» |
(336)«Oh, I am doing a good deal of walking, looking for him!» |
(337)kîtahtawê sâkahikanihk, _ nama wiya nipiwiyiw, _ ê-wâskâpit, maskosiyah ôhi tâwâyihk ôtah wâpamêw, tah êh-nôciyâyit âpikosîsah. |
(337)Presently, by a lake, _ there was no water in it, _ as he looked round the banks, he saw some woods there in the middle, and there was the other, hunting mice. |
(338)«hâ, mahkêsîs, anohc kika-mâ-miskên k-êhtôtâtân! osâm mistahi kikwatakihin!» |
(338)«Ha, Fox, now you will find out what I am going to do to you! You tormented me too much!» |
(339)kitâpamêw; tâpwê mahkêsîs wâskâhtêw. |
(339)He watched it; really, the fox was walking round the place. |
(340)nahapiw. ay-itâpiw. pimisin. nênapos awa mwêhc ê-pasikôt, ohpiskwêyiyiwa. samaskipayihôw kâwi. sâsay mîna mwêhci min êh-pasikôt k-ospiskwêpayihoyit. sêmaskipayihôw nênapos. âsay mîna mwêhci min êh-pasikôt nênapos, ôhpiskwêyiyiwa. nêwâw tôtamiyiwa. kîh-pimisiniyiwah êkwah. «â, nipâw!» |
(340)He crouched down. He kept looking that way. He lay there. Just as Nenapus was about to rise to his feet, the other raised its head. He threw himself back, flat on the ground. Again, just as he was rising to his feet, the other raised its head. Nenapus threw himself flat on the ground. Once more, just as Nenapus was rising to his feet, it raised its head. Four times it did that way. Then it lay there. «Ho, he is asleep!» |
(341)pasikôw. êkwah itohtêw. kînipocikanah otinêw. pimisiniyiwa. wêtihtât, ôm ôskiwaniyiw osôyiw ot âstâyiwa.27 kitâpamik êsa ôma, ôm êh-pakamahwât. |
(341)He rose to his feet. Then he went there. He took a big stone. It lay there. When he came up to it, it had its snout in its tail. He looked at it before striking it. |
(342)«ôâ, nama wiya nisitaw nik-êtêyihtên cikahkwawêpahwaki! t-êsi-kwatakihtât wîsta nka-tôtawâw.» |
(342)«Wah, I shall not think it enough, if I knock him silly! Let me make him, too, suffer.» |
(343)asêhtêw. pimisiniyiwa. maskosiyah mâh-manipitam. êkwah sikahtêt.28 posâkanah ê-saskisoyit, maskosiyah ôhi saskaham. kwahkotêw; saskitêw ôhi maskosiyah êh-timaskâyik wâsakâm. otah tâwâyihk awa mahkêsîs êkotah pimisin. â, m, iskotêw wâskâh! âta kiskêyihtam mahkêsîs awa. êkotah nîpawiw awa nênapos. |
(343)He walked back. It was lying there. He plucked up weeds. Then he struck fire. When his tinder had caught, he set fire to the weeds. Up went the blaze; those weeds caught fire, the tall weeds all round the place. There, in the center lay that fox. Ho, ho, fire all round! Now, too late, the fox knew it. There stood that Nenapus. |
(344)hâw, nênapos, «hm hm!» êh-pâh-pâhpit, êh-pâhpihât; «hê hê, mahkêsîs awa!»29 |
(344)«Ho haw!» went Nenapus, laughing at the other, «Ha ha, that fox!» |
(345)mê, iskotêw! êkwah êy-isi-kwâskohtit, ê-wîh-tapasît, iskotêw êkwah wâskah. kontah kwês-kwêskih êh-isi-kwâskohtit awa mahkêsîs, wâskaw am îskotêw. |
(345)Oh, the fire! Then, as it leaped, trying to escape, the fire was on all sides. In every way, now to this side, now to that, jumped the fox, but the fire was all round. |
(346)êkwah awa nênapos, «hawawa, kimêsîn, mahkêsîs! kiya nîkân kikîh-kwatakihin, niy âskiy kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân! nama wiya ci-kîh-wanihitân! hyawawawawa!»30 |
(346)Then that Nenapus, «Wawawawa, you are dropping excrement, Fox! You hurt me first, me who created the earth! No chance of my letting you get away! Wawawawa!» |
(347)mêsîw mahkêsîs. piyisk awa mahkêsîs nayawapiw. kêtahtawê apsis êh-tawâyik kwaskwêkocin; pâsic-ôhpîw. iskotêw otêsakâhk kîsisôw awa mahkêsîs awa, oskâtihk.31 |
(347)The fox was dropping excrement. At last the fox was tired. Presently, where there was a little break in the flame, it leaped; it leaped across. The fire burned the fox at the crotch, on its legs. |
(348)«haw, `mahkêsîs,' kik-êsiyîhkâson. kâ-kîsisoyan, êkosi k-êsi-kaskitêwikâtân. niyânan sôniyâs kik-êtakimikwak wêmistikôsiwak. kika-miywêyimikwak, iyintaw-âyîsiyiniw ohpikihitocih,» itêw mahkêsîsah nênapos. |
(348)«Now then, `Fox,' you shall be called. Where you are burnt, there you shall be black at the leg. The white-men will price you at five shillings. They will like you, when mortal men grow forth,» said Nenapus to the fox. |
(349)hâw, êkosi mîna sipwêhtêw. hâ, mistahi nôhtêhkatêw. |
(349)Then, again he walked on. Oh, he was very hungry. |
(350)«kêkway ôma kê-mîciyân?» itêyihtam. |
(350)«What shall I eat now?» he thought. |
(351)pmohtêw. sâkêwêw sâkahikan; niskah! sîsîpah! kahkiyaw kâh-tahtowânakisit sîsîp êh-takwâkiniyik! mistahi nôhtêhkatêw. kitâpamêw. |
(351)He walked along. He came in view of a lake; geese! ducks! Every kind of duck that there is in the fall of the year! He was very hungry. He looked at them. |
(352)«tânsi ôki k-êsi-wayêsimakik?» itêyihtam. |
(352)«How can I inveigle these creatures?» he thought. |
(353)kâwih akâwêwêw êkwah. maskosiyah manisam. astâskamikwah pêyak pîhtopitam. maskosiyah wêwêkinam. sakâpihkâtam. wêwahôw. |
(353)Then he went back out of sight. He cut a lot of weeds. He pulled loose a web of moss. He wrapped up the weeds. He tied them into a bundle. He shouldered it. |
(354)sâkêwêw, «haw haw haw haw!» êh-kitoyit, êh-sêkihât. ôtah pimohtêw.32 |
(354)He came into view, crying, «Ho ho ho ho!» and frightening them. There he was walking. |
(355)«kêkway âwa kâ-nayôhtahk kistêsinaw? mahti kakwêcimihk!» |
(355)«What is our big brother carrying on his back? Do ask him and find out!» |
(356)«hâw, nistêsê!»33 |
(356)«Hey, Big Brother!» |
(357)«hwêy?» |
(357)«Yes, what is it?» |
(358)«kêkway kâ-nayôhtaman?» |
(358)«What are you carrying on your back?» |
(359)«nîminân kâ-nayôhtamân!» |
(359)«Saltatory rites I am carrying on my back!» |
(360)«hâ, kistêsinaw ka-nîmihikonaw!» |
(360)«Oh, let us have our big brother give us a dance!» |
(361)«nama wiya!» |
(361)«No!» |
(362)«kayâs kinîmihitonânaw. êkwêyâk ka-kiskêyihtênânaw nîmihitôwin kistêsinaw kâ-nayôhtahk.» |
(362)«It is a long time since we have had a dance. And we shall at last know the dance our big brother is carrying on his back.» |
(363)«nstêsê!» |
(363)«Big Brother!» |
(364)«wêy!» |
(364)«Yes!» |
(365)«nîmihinân!» |
(365)«Give us a dance!» |
(366)«êha!! pitah nik-ôsîhtân nîmihitôwikamik. kîsîhtâyâni, ka-têpwâtitinâwâw.» |
(366)«Yes! First I must build the dance-lodge. When I have built it, I shall call you.» |
(367)«êha!!» |
(367)«Yes!» |
(368)sakâhk itohtêw. mistikwah otinam. sâpohtawân osîhtâw. mitoni sakwâskosimêw mistikwah, êk âwiyah ta-têpisiniyit wîh-paspâmoyici. pêyak pikoh iskwâscêmis, apisâsiniyiw. sâkêwêw. |
(368)He went into the grove. He took some sticks. He built a long-lodge. He placed the sticks very close together, so that no one should be able to get through, if he tried to escape between them. He made only one tiny little door. He went back into view of them. |
(369)«hê êw mah! hâ, âstamitik, nisîmitik! pê-nîmihitok! sâsay nikîsihtân nîmihitôwikamik!»34 |
(369)«Yo ho ho! Come, Little Brothers! Come dance! I have finished the dance-lodge!» |
(370)pîhtokêw. ôm êkwah k-ôh-pîhtokêt, akotâw êkw ôma êkotah maskosiyah iskwâhtêmihk. pîhtokêyiwah êkwah. sîsîpak, niskak, wêhwêwak, sihkihpak. ôtêh kipiskwâhtapiw. |
(370)He went inside. Into the doorway through which he had entered, he now hung those weeds. Then the others came in. Ducks, geese, wavey-ducks, diver-ducks. He sat there, blocking the doorway. |
(371)«haw, kik-oyahitinâwâw.» |
(371)«Now then, I shall assign you to your places.» |
(372)k-ôh-apit ôma kakêkinêw êh-wînoyit niskah. wiyahêw; êkwah pita mân êsi tah-tâhkinêw ôtah, ci-wiyinoyit, êkonih nîkân êh-at-ahât. piyisk kahkiyaw napatêh. êkwah êh-apisîsisiyit napatêw ôtêh sihkihpah kipiskwâtapiyiwa êkwah. wîst êkotah kipiskwâhc. |
(372)From where he sat he selected a fat goose. He put it in its place, and while he did so, he kept feeling it, in anticipation, with his hands, to see if it were fat, this first one which he placed. At last he had them all along the side. Then, at one side there, right in the doorway, sat a tiny little diver-duck. He, too, stayed there in the doorway. |
(373)«hâw, nisîmitik, kîspin êh-cîhkiyawêmisoyân, nîsta nipasikosi-kwâskohtin, êh-wâsakâmêsimoyân; kiyawâw pêyakwanoh ka-nîmihitonâwâw. niya pikoh nka-wâsakâmêsimon. ôma k-âkotêk nîminân nka-wîwahon, ispîh cîhkiyawêmoyâni. a!!35 |
(373)«Now, Little Brothers, when the spirit seizes me, I too shall jump to my feet and shall dance all round this place; but as for you, you will dance always in one spot. Only I shall dance round the place. The dance-bundle which hangs here I shall take upon my shoulder, when I have sung myself into the frenzy. Now! |
(374)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(374)«The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(375)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(375)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(376)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(376)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(377)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(377)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(378)hêy hêy hêy!» |
(378)Hey hey hey!» |
(379)êkwah wiy ôki pasakwâpisimôwak êkwah. |
(379)And so they now danced with their eyes shut. |
(380)«ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!!» |
(380)«Ho ho ho ho ho!» |
(381)pasikôw. wîwahôw ôtah. |
(381)He rose to his feet. He put the bundle on his back. |
(382)«êkwah nipêciyawêmon! mitoni pasakwâpik!» |
(382)«Now it is coming over me! Keep your eyes tight shut! |
(383)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(383)«The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(384)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(384)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(385)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân! |
(385)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought! |
(386)pasakwâpisimôwin nipêciwitân!» |
(386)The Shut-Eye Dance I have brought!» |
(387)«hok hok hok!» |
(387)«Hunk hunk hunk!» |
(388)pîmikwêpitêw ôtah; ati-kaskikwêpitêw êh-nîmihitoyit ôhi. êkosi wâskâsimôw, êh-isi-kîskikwêpitât ôhi. |
(388)He twisted their necks; he went wringing the necks of them who were dancing there. He went dancing round the lodge, yanking off their heads. |
(389)sihkihp napatêhkapiw, ômis êh-nîmihitot. wâpamêw kont êh-kîwinêyit ôhi ôtêh êh-ihtâyit ôhi ay-apihtaw. |
(389)The diver-duck had its place at one side, and there it danced. It saw how they were perishing pell-mell, those halfway down the lodge, where he was going. |
(390)«âwasitik! kitiskwâhikonaw nênapos!» |
(390)«Look out! Nenapus is massacring us!» |
(391)wayawiyâmôwak. ati-sâsakiciwêpiskawâw awa sihkihp, kâ-wîhtahk awa. mâmâw nâway wiya ati-wayawiyâmôw. |
(391)Out of the lodge they fled. The diver-duck which had given the warning got kicked over on its back. It fled out behind all the others. |
(392)êh-ati-wayawiyit, «wênikonêwi-mahkay!» itêw nênapos. |
(392)As it went out, «Dirty rascal!» cried Nenapus to it. |
(393)tahkiskawêw osôkaniyihk; mitoni pîkoskamwêw osôkanisiyiw.36 êyakw âni ohci napotokanêwak sihkihpak. |
(393)He kicked it in its rump; he badly broke its little rump with the kick. It is on account of this very happening that diver-ducks have crooked legs. |
(394)«ayîsiyiniwak ôhpikitotwâwi, êkosi ômisi ka-napotokanânâwâw!» |
(394)«When mortal men grow forth, in this way you shall have crooked legs!» |
(395)hâ, êkosi. iskwâhêw. êkwa paskopitêw. |
(395)Well, there he was. He had killed many of them. Then he plucked them. |
(396)«tântah wiy ôki pasakwâpisimôwin kê-pêciwitâwak? nnôhtêhkatêwâwa!» |
(396)«Where would I be bringing these creatures a shut-eye dance? Didn't they know I was hungry?» |
(397)paskopitêw êkwah. pîkonam wîkih, onîmihitôwikamik. mostoso-mêyah âwatâw. ma, êkwah kotawêw. êkwah sêkwawahkinêw kahkiyaw ôhi kâ-nipahât wâska. â, pa-pimisin. |
(397)He plucked them. He broke up his lodge, his dancing-lodge. He fetched some buffalo-dung. Then he made a fire. Then all round it he placed those he had killed, to roast under the ashes. Well, there he lay. |
(398)«hâ, niwîh-misi-mîcison!» ômis êh-tôtahk.37 |
(398)«Oh, I shall have a big meal!» and this way he did. |
(399)mahkêsîsah ôtah kisiwâk kâ-pimo-waciskâyit, _ nama wiya kîh-pimohtêyiwa, _ mahkêsîs awa akâwâtamawêw nênaposah ôm ê-wîh-mîcisoyit. |
(399)There was the fox, limping about close by, _ it could not walk properly, _ and this fox envied Nenapus the meal he was going to take. |
(400)«mahtih nkakwê-wayêsimâw!» |
(400)«Let me see if I can trick him!» |
(401)titihpâhpitam ôma oskât awa mahkêsîs, tâpiskôc êh-âhkosit, mâh-mistahi. kâh-pimohtêt, nama kîh-tahkoskêw. nênapos wâpamêw. |
(401)The fox bandaged up its leg, as if it were sick, a big bandage on each leg. As it walked along, it could not step firmly. Nenapus saw it. |
(402)«nisîm, tânêhki? âstam!» |
(402)«Little Brother, what is the trouble?» Come here!» |
(403)«â, sâm kiwayêsimin!» |
(403)«Oh, you will play me a trick!» |
(404)«nama wiya! âstam!» |
(404)«No! |
(405)êkwah awa mahkêsîs nama kîh-pimohtêw. takosin, nênapos aw itah k-âpit. |
(405)Now that fox could not walk. It came where Nenapus was sitting. |
(406)«nisîm, kakwê-nakatitotân. kîspin awiyak nakasiwêcih, kahkiyaw ta-môwêw ôki ninawacîwinak. wâh-wiyinôwak.» |
(406)«Little Brother, let us run a race. Whichever gets ahead shall eat all these roasts of mine. They are fat ones.» |
(407)«âh, nistêsê, kiwâpamin êh; nipâkikâtân kahkiyaw. nama wiya nkîh-pimipahtân. kiwâpamin akâwâc êh-pimohtêyân. niwîsakêyihtên niskâtah. êkosi kiyâm nisâkwêyimon.» |
(407)«Oh, Big Brother, you see me here; all my feet are swollen. I cannot run. You see that I can scarcely walk. My legs hurt. So, if you do not mind, I would rather not.» |
(408)«hâ, nisîm, kiyâm kakwê-nakatitotân. ôki kînipocikanak niskâtihk nika-tâ-tahkopitâwak ôtah,» _ ê-mâ-misikitiyit kînipocikanah ôhi. |
(408)«Oh, Little Brother, do let us run a race. I shall tie these big stones to my legs here,» _ some great big stones that were there. |
(409)«tântah mâka t-ôhcipahtâyahk?» |
(409)«But from where shall we start?» |
(410)«ôma sâkahikan ka-têtipêwêpahtânânaw.» |
(410)«Let us run round this lake.» |
(411)«nama wiya nka-kîh-takosinin, nstêsê. niwîsakêyihtên niskâtah.» |
(411)«I shall not be able to make the goal, Big Brother. My feet are paining me.» |
(412)«hâ, nisîm, mâcikôtisak ôk âsiniyak êyâspîhcikiticik niskâtihk ê-wîh-tahkopitakik.» |
(412)«Oh, Little Brother, just see how big these stones are which I am tying to my legs.» |
(413)«hâw, êyiwêhk, nistêsê!» |
(413)«Oh, well, I suppose it will be all right, Big Brother!» |
(414)nênapos êkwah tahkopitêw asiniyah oskâtihk. |
(414)Then Nenapus tied the stones to his legs. |
(415)«hahaw!» |
(415)«All right!» |
(416)hm hm hm, nênapos nakasiwêw. hây, awa mahkêsîs! nênapos âpasâpiw. |
(416)Ha ha, Nenapus was in the lead. Poor Fox! Nenapus looked back. |
(417)«sôhkih, nisîm! nama kêkway kika-mîcin! kinakatitin!» |
(417)«Harder, Little Brother! You won't have anything to eat! I am beating you!» |
(418)hây, ay-âpihtawakâm mahkêsîs wêh-wêpinam ôhi. ê-wîh-âpasâpit nênapos, sâsay ôtah mahkêsîsah pimipayiyiwa. |
(418)Hey, halfway round, the fox threw away those things. As Nenapus looked round, there the fox was already running by. |
(419)«nisîm, kakwê-iskwastamawihkan!» ê-wîh-ât-âpahwât ôhi asiniyah oskâtihk kâ-tâh-tahkopisoyit. |
(419)«Little Brother, try to leave some for me!» and he tried to untie those stones which he had bound to his legs. |
(420)takopayiw awa mahkêsîs nawacîwinah ôhi.38 êkos âti-mîcisôw. kitâw. si-sipwêpayiw. |
(420)Running, that fox reached those roasts. So it set about eating. It ate every bit. Then it ran off. |
(421)nênapos pâh-paskiswêw asiniyah ôki. pimipahtâw êkwah. takopahtâw.39 nama kêkway ômîciwin. kahkî kitâyiwa. |
(421)Nenapus at last cut loose those stones. He ran. He got there on the run. Gone was his food. The other had eaten every bit. |
(422)«wînikonêwi-mahkah! êcik âni êh-wayêsihit! nnôhtêhkatêwâ!» |
(422)«Dirty scoundrel! And so he got the better of me! He knew I was hungry!» |
(423)êkos îsi sipwêhtêw. nama kêkway wiyah mîciw. |
(423)Then he went away from there. He had had nothing to eat. |
(424)â, ati-sipwêhtêw êkwah mîna. mis-ispatinâyiw. êkos ât-âmaciwêw. êh-kîs-âmaciwêt, mêscacâkanisah nakiskawêw. |
(424)So now he again wandered on. There was a big hill. He started to climb it. When he had climbed it, he met a coyote. |
(425)«tântê wêhtohtêyin, nisîm?» itik mêscacâkanisah awa nênapos. |
(425)«Where do you come from, Little Brother?» said the coyote to Nenapus. |
(426)«hôh! nama wîhkâc awiyak nôstêsin!» itwêw nênapos; «haw, tântê wêhtohtêyin kiya, nisîm?» itêw wiyastam mêscacâkanisah awa nênapos. |
(426)«Ho there! I have never had any elder brother!» said Nenapus; «Now, where do you come from, Little Brother?» said Nenapus in turn to the coyote. |
(427)«hm!» itwêw mêscacâkanis; «nama wiya wîhkâc awiyak nôstêsin, aspin k-ôh-pêy-askîwik,» itêw nênaposa mêscacâkanis; «nênapos, tântê wêhtohtêyin?» |
(427)«Hem!» said Coyote; «I have never had any elder brother, from the very beginning of the earth,» said Coyote to Nenapus; «Nenapus, where do you come from?» |
(428)«hâ, nama wiya wîhkâc niya nôstêsin awiyak!» |
(428)«Oh, I have never had any elder brother!» |
(429)«niya mîna,» itwêw mêstacâkanis; «haw, tântah kâ-nihtâwikiyin kiya?» itâw nênapos. |
(429)«Nor I,» said the coyote: «Well, when were you born?» Nenapus was asked. |
(430)«êy-âyamihêwi-kîsikâk niy ani nkî-nihtâwikin. êkwah kiya êh-kîh-pôni-ayamihêwi-kîsikâk,» itêw mêscacâkanisah awa nênapos. |
(430)«I was born on Sunday, I was. And you on Monday,» said Nenapus to Coyote. |
(431)«hîh, êsi-wanêyihtaman! kikiyâskin k-êsiyan!» itik mêscacâkanisah; «êh-mâtinawê-kîsikâk niya ninihtâwikin,» itik mêscacâkanisah; «kiyah ayamihêw-kîsikâk kâ-kîh-nihtâwikiyin, niya nôstêsimâwin.» |
(431)«Heehee, the way you get it wrong! What you say is not true at all!» the coyote answered him; «I was born on Saturday,» Coyote answered him; «And since you were born on Sunday, I am the elder.» |
(432)«hâ, nama wiya!» itêw nênapos; «haw, tânisi kah-tôtaman askiy k-êskipêk?» itêw mêscacâkanisah awa nênapos. |
(432)«Oh, no!» Nenapus answered it; «Well, what did you do when the earth was flooded?» Nenapus asked the coyote. |
(433)«hâ, ê-kiskêyihtamân ispihk askiy ê-wîh-iskipêk, nikî-sipwêhtân. êh-mawac-îspâpiskâk pahkisimohk askiy nikîh-itohtân; nikîh-tâkohtaciwân. êkosi kâ-kîh-iskipêk askiy, êkosi kâ-kî-si-pimâtisiyân. êkotah ohci k-ôh-osîmimitân, nênapos.» |
(433)«Why, when I learned that the earth was going to be flooded, I went away. I went to the highest of all the rocks in the west; I climbed all the way to the top. And so when the earth was flooded, I remained alive. That is why you are my younger brother, Nenapus.» |
(434)«hâ, nama wiya! nama wiya ci-kiy-ostêsimitân, mêscacâkanis!» |
(434)«Oh, no! You could not possibly be older than I, Coyote!» |
(435)«nama wiya ka-kîh-ostêsimitân, nênapos. kôsîmimitin.» |
(435)«You could not possibly be older than I, Nenapus. You are my younger brother.» |
(436)«haw, mêtawêtân! awên âna nîkân kê-npahahkatosot kê-nipahâpâkwêt, êkw âna t-ôsîmimâwiw,» itêw nênapos mêscacâkanisah. |
(436)«Well, let us have a contest! Whichever first dies of hunger or thirst, he will be the younger,» said Nenapus to the coyote. |
(437)«êha!!» |
(437)«Very well!» |
(438)isi nîpawiwak, ê-kakwê-mawinêhotocik. piyisk pêyak askiy mitoni kawâhkatosôwak. pêyak pipon. piyis nahapipayiwak. apiwak. |
(438)So they stood there, vying with each other. By the time a year had passed, they were very lean. One year. Now they slid into squatting posture. There they sat. |
(439)piyis, «nisîm, nênapos!» |
(439)Now, «My little brother, Nenapus!» |
(440)«nisîm, mêscacâkanis!» |
(440)«My little brother, Coyote!» |
(441)mâ-miskot piko nôhtê-ostêsimâwiwak. piyis pimisinwak. piyis misiwê nênapos taposkôc maskosiy, misiwê mîna mêscâkanis.40 |
(441)All they did was alternately claim to be the elder. At last they lay there. By this time Nenapus was all over like a wisp of grass, and so was Coyote. |
(442)piyisk akâwâc, «nisîm!» mê-miskoc kaskihtâwak êh-pîkiskwêcik.41 |
(442)At last they were barely with effort able to say, «My little brother!» |
(443)nêw âskiy piyisk. |
(443)It had lasted four years. |
(444)kîtahtawê mêscacâkanis, «nka-wayêsihâw,» itêyihtam, _ nênaposa. |
(444)Then, «I shall fool him,» thought Coyote, of Nenapus. |
(445)nipohkâsôw mêscâkanis. |
(445)Coyote pretended to have died. |
(446)«mêscâkanis, nisîm!» |
(446)«Coyote, Little Brother!» |
(447)nama wiya wîh-kitotik. |
(447)It did not answer him. |
(448)«mêscâkanis, nisîm!» |
(448)«Coyote, Little Brother!» |
(449)nama wiya wîh-kitotik. |
(449)It did not answer him. |
(450)«nisîm! mêscâkanis! nisîm!» |
(450)«Little Brother! Coyote! Little Brother!» |
(451)nama wiya wîh-kitotik. |
(451)It did not answer him. |
(452)«nisîm, mêscâkanis! nisîm!» |
(452)«My little brother coyote! My little brother!» |
(453)nama wiya wîh-kitotok. |
(453)It did not answer him. |
(454)nêwâw. waniskâw nênapos. pasikôw. |
(454)Four times. Nenapus rose from where he lay. He rose to his feet. |
(455)«hê hêww!» at-îtwêw; «mêtokêtah awiyak nik-ôstêsih, ôm êspîhcâk askiy, niya mâwac êh-ostêsimâwiyân! mêtokêtah nik-ôstêsih mêscacâkanis!»42 |
(455)«Ho, whew!» he saidat the same time; «The idea of my having anyone as my elder brother, I, who am the oldest of all, over the extent of this earth! The idea of my having Coyote for my elder brother!» |
(456)êkos âti-sipwêhtêw. itêh k-ôhtohtêyit si nîhtaciwêw. âpihtaw êh-ihtât, pasikosi-kwâskohtiw mescacâkanis. pahpawîw. |
(456)With that he started away. He started down the hill which the other had climbed. When he was halfway down, Coyote leaped to its feet. It shook itself. |
(457)«mêtokêtah nik-ôstêsih nênapos! ôma k-êspîhcâk askiy niya nikih-itik kôhtâwinaw kisê-manitôw,» itwêw mêsacâkanis. |
(457)«The idea of my having Nenapus for my elder brother! Over all the extent of this earth I was the one, Our Father the Great Manitou told me,» said Coyote. |
(458)âpasâpiw nênapos. |
(458)Nenapus looked back. |
(459)«ha ha ha, tâpw êcik âni osîmimâwiyân!» itwêw. |
(459)«Dear me, dear me, and so it is really true that I am the younger!» he said. |
(460)hâ, êkos êyikohk êkwah. |
(460)Well, that is all now. |