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(1)wîsahkêcâhk pimohtêw. kêtahtawê wâpamêw âhkiskôcah. |
(1)Wisahketchahk was walking along. Presently he saw some young partridges. |
(2)«tânisi êsiyihkâsoyêk?» itêw. |
(2)«What are you called?» he asked them. |
(3)«hâh, okoskohiwêsîsak,» itik. |
(3)«Why, Little Winged Startlers,» they told him. |
(4)otinêw. kimisâhôw. pakitinêw. tâpwê sîpîsis otihtam. wîh-kwâskwêkocin, akâmihk ê-wîh-kakwê-pahkisihk. tâpwê ôtêh nêwâw, nistwâw êh-kocît, tâpwê nêwâw êkw ôma êh-kwâskohtit, sîpâ ôhi okoskohowêsîs êkotah ohpahoyiwa. âsay ê-wîh-kwâskohtit, osâm kisiwâk kitoyiwa. sîpîsisihk êkotah pahkisin nipîhk.1 osâm mistahi sêkimik. |
(4)He picked them up. He wiped his anus with them. He put them down. He came to a little river. He wanted to jump and come down on the other side. So then at the fourth time, when three times he had made trial runs, at the fourth time, as he leapt, right below him those Little Winged Startlers flew up. Just as he was starting to leap, too close to him they whirred. Into the little river he fell, into the water. They had too much frightened him with their noise. |
(5)âsay mîna pimohtêw. wâpamêw sakâhk êh-ayâyit. mônahwêw. |
(5)Again he walked on. He saw some things in the woods. He dug them up. |
(6)«âh, tânisi êsiyîhkâsoyêk?» itêw. |
(6)«Now, what are you called?» he asked them. |
(7)«opwêkitiskâkêsîsak ntikawinân,» itik. |
(7)«Little Wind-Makers, we are called,» they told him. |
(8)«tâpwê nitakisah êcik ôki!» itêw. |
(8)«A fine chance of their really being that!» he said of them. |
(9)mihcêt otinêw, êh-mowât. êkosi sipwêhtêw. nôhtêhkatêw. wâpamêw ci-mîcit. ê-kakwê-nipahtât, mwêhcih wâ-nipahâci, pwêkitôw. êkosi tapasîwak, êh-pêhtahkik êh-pwêkitoyit wîsahkêcâhkwa. asiniyah kotawêw; kisâpiskiswêw, êh-napakisiyit asiniyah. tâpwê êh-kisâpiskisoyit, akwâwêpahwêw. |
(9)He took a great quantity of them and ate them. Then he went on. He was hungry. He saw some creatures whose flesh he might eat. When he tried to make a killing, just as he was about to kill the creatures, he broke wind. They fled when they heard Wisahketchahk break wind. He built a fire round a stone; he heated it, a flat stone. When it was heated really hot, he pushed it out of the fire. |
(10)«ôma macicisk!» itwêw, ocisk. |
(10)«This confounded backside!» he said, of his own buttocks. |
(11)iyikatênêw otâsiyâna. êkotah nahapiw, asiniyah kâ-kisâpiskisoyit, ocisk êh-mêstisahk. kisiwâhik; êh-nôhtêhkatêt, tahkih êh-osahamâk. |
(11)He twisted aside his breech-clout. He squatted down on the stone, scorching his backside. It had angered him, driving off his game when he was hungry. |
(12)êkosi kâh-tôtahk, sipwêhtêw. kêtahtawê êh-pmohtêt, kâhkêwak astêyiw. otinam. |
(12)When he had done this, he went on. Presently, as he walked along, there lay a piece of dried meat. He took it. |
(13)«nôhkom okahkêwakom pahkihtitâw!» itwêw. |
(13)«My grandmother has dropped her parched meat!» he said. |
(14)otinam. mîciw. piyêsîsah pîkiskwêyiwa. |
(14)He took it. He ate it. A bird spoke. |
(15)«wîsahkêcâhk omikiy mîciw!» itwêyiwa. |
(15)«Wisahketchahk is eating his scab!» it said. |
(16)kitâpamêw. |
(16)He looked at it. |
(17)«nôhkom okâhkêwakom êh-pahkihtitât kâ-mîciyân,» itwêw. |
(17)«What I am eating is my grandmother's parched meat, which she dropped,» he said. |
(18)êkosi mostoswah wâpamêw. hâ, nîpisiyah tahkopitam. tâpiskôc nâpêw itahpitam. itohtêw mostoswah. wîh-tapasiyiwa. |
(18)Then he saw some buffalo. He tied some leaves into bundles. He tied them in the form of a man. He went up to the buffalo. They started to run away. |
(19)«cêskwah, nisîmitik!» itêw. |
(19)«Wait, Little Brothers!» he said to them. |
(20)tâpwê nakîwak mostoswak. |
(20)So the buffalo stopped. |
(21)«wâpamihk nêki!» itêw êkoni kâ-kiw-osihât, tâpiskôc nâpêw kâh-kîh-itahpitahk mistikwah; «êyakonik kakwê-sâkocihtôwak,» itêw ôhi mostoswa; «`â, iyâpêsisak nawac êkonik wînimâkosiwak,' êh-itwêcik nêki, `hâ, nama wiya!' itwêw pêyak, `nawac kisêyiniw mostos nawac êwakô wînimâkosiw êwako.' _ `mahtih nitawi-kêhcinâhoh tâ ana nawac êh-wînimâkosit,'» itêw ôhi mostoswa. |
(21)«Look at those persons yonder!» he said of those whom he had made, having tied sticks into the shape of men; «They are trying to overcome each other in argument,» he told the buffalo; «'Why the young steers have a nastier smell,' said the ones, and then, `Oh, no!' said one, ` It is the old bull buffalo that smells worst.' `Go and find out which one has the fouler smell,'» he said to those buffalo. |
(22)tâpwê kisêyiniwa nistam êkoni itohtêw. miyâmêw. |
(22)So he went first up to an old bull buffalo. He smelled it. |
(23)«hâh, tâpwê! _ mahtih kiya,» itêw iyâpêsisah. |
(23)«Oh, yes, to be sure! - Now, let me try you,» he said to a young steer. |
(24)kwayâc môhkomân tahkonam wîsahkêcâhk. êkwah iyâpêsisah miyâmêw. môhkomân tahkamêw, êh-wayêsimât. tapasîwak. |
(24)Wisahketchahk had his knife ready in hand. Then he smelt the young steer. He stabbed it with the knife, having deceived it. The others fled. |
(25)tâpwêh miywêyihtam wîsahkêcâhk, ê-npahât. tâpwêh sakâhk itohtatâw wiyâs. nâh-nawacîw. kîsisam, pâmayis mîcisot. |
(25)Very glad was Wisahketchahk that he had killed it. So he took the flesh into a grove of trees. He prepared roasts. He roasted it before starting to eat. |
(26)«hâ, pitah nik-ayiwatêyâskwahoson!» |
(26)«Well, first let me stretch my belly on sticks!» |
(27)tâpwê mistikwah êh-cimasoyit, êkotah is sîhtawâskosin. |
(27)Between some trees that stood close together he wedged himself. |
(28)«hâw, nisîmitik, nawac mâkwâskwahok!» itwêw. |
(28)«Come, Little Brothers, squeeze me tighter!» he said. |
(29)tâpwê mâkwâskwahok. mêkwâc êh-tôtâkot, pê-twêhoyiwa kâhkâkiwa. |
(29)Really, they pressed him tightly. While they were doing this to him, the raven came and alighted. |
(30)«êô, mâka mîna, nisîm, mâka mîna kiwêh-papâh-wîhkohkân!» itêw. |
(30)«Yah, there you are again, Little Brother; I suppose you will again be going about inviting people to a feast!» he said to it. |
(31)tâpwê nama wiya wâpamêw. osîma kahkiyaw papâ-wîhkohkêyiwa, nanâtoh êh-takopahtâyit mahîhkanah, kâhkâkiwah. kahkiyaw kitâyiwa omîciwina. |
(31)He did not see the other. His little brother went round inviting everyone to the feast, and there, on the run, came all kinds of wolves and ravens. They ate up all his food. |
(32)ômisi itêw ôhi mistikwa: «pakitinik!» itêw. |
(32)He said to the trees, «Let me go!» |
(33)nama wiya wih-pakitinik. pâtos êh-kîh-kitâyit ôma mîciwin, êkoyikohk pakitâskwahok. kisiwahik. mistik otinam. pâ-pasastêhwêw mistikwah. |
(33)They would not let him go. Only after the others had eaten up his food, then they let him go from their wooden grasp. He was angry at them. He took a stick. He flogged the trees. |
(34)âsay mîna sipwêhtêw. pimohtêw âsay mîna. pimiy osîhtâw. osâm kisitêyiw. wacaskwah ôtah sîpîsisihk pimâtakâyiwa. |
(34)Again he went off. Again he walked along. He prepared some fat. It was too hot. A muskrat was swimming along there in the creek. |
(35)«âstam!» itêw. |
(35)«Come here!» he called to it. |
(36)tâpwê pê-itohtêyiwa. |
(36)It came. |
(37)«hâ, nisîm, ômah pimiy osâm kisitêw. nka-tahkopitên kisôhk, wîpac ta-tahkikamik,» itêw. |
(37)«Now, Little Brother, this fat is too hot. Let me tie it to your tail, so it may quickly cool,» he said to it. |
(38)«hâ, nistêsê,» itik, «niwahkê-koskohikawin. manâ-koskohin,» itik. |
(38)«Why, Big Brother,» it said to him, «I am easily startled. Be careful not to startle me,» it said to him. |
(39)tâpwê tahkopitam osoyihk. a, kîs-pakitinêw. ê-at-sipwêyâtakâyit, âkwaskipahtâw. êkotêh samaskipayihôw. ôwa wacask ôtah pimâtakâw. |
(39)So he tied the thing to its tail. Then he let it go. As it swam away, he ran round and headed it off. There he threw himself flat on the ground. The muskrat came swimming along. |
(40)«hêy!» itêw. |
(40)«Hey!» he called to it. |
(41)êh-kôhkît wacas, kahkiyaw ôma pimiy pôskopayihtâyiwa. |
(41)As the muskrat ducked, it spilled all the fat. |
(42)nêtê môskipêyit, «hâstam, nisîm!» itêw. |
(42)When off yonder it came to the surface, «Come here, Little Brother!» he called to it. |
(43)«hâ, nistêsê, nama wiya! mâskôc kika-nipahin!» |
(43)«Ho, no, Big Brother! You would probably kill me!» |
(44)êkosi mistik otinam wîsahkêcâhk, ê-wîh-nipahât. kiskêyihtamiyiwa; nama wiya wîh-itohtêyiwa. êkosi nama wiya nântaw kîh-sis-pakamahwêw. mitoni kisiwahik, ta-kîh-mîcit ê-nisiwanâcihtamiyit pimiy. mitoni nôhtêhkatêw. |
(44)So Wisahketchahk took a stick, to kill it. It knew that; it would not come. So he could not get any chance to club it. He was very angry at it for having spoiled the fat he was going to eat. He was very hungry. |
(45)âsay mîna sipwêhtêw. nipahêw mostoswa. nâh-nawacîw sakâhk. kêtahtawê wâkayôsa otihtik. |
(45)Again he set out. He killed a buffalo. He was preparing roasts in a grove. Presently a bear came where he was. |
(46)«hâw!» itik. |
(46)«Hullo!» it said to him. |
(47)sêkisiw. |
(47)He was frightened. |
(48)«kîskatahwa apwânâskwah!» itik. |
(48)«Cut some roasting-spits!» it told him. |
(49)tâpwê kîskataham. |
(49)He cut some. |
(50)«kêyâpic pêyak,» itik, «kistikwân tah êh-nawaciyân!» itik. |
(50)«One more,» it told him, «for me to roast your head on!» it told him. |
(51)tâpwê ntawi-kîskataham. mâtôw. sêkisiw. mêkwâc êh-kîskatahwahk, wâpamêw sihkosa. |
(51)So he went and cut it. He wept. He was frightened. While he was cutting it, he caught sight of a weasel. |
(52)«hâstam, nisîm!» itêw; «awa wâkayôs niwîh-nipahik. nama cî nântaw kah-kî-si-nipahâw? kîspin npahaci, t-êsi-miyosiyan êkosi kik-êsîhitin,» itêw. |
(52)«Come here, Little Brother!» he said to it; «This bear wants to kill me. Can you not in some way manage to kill him? If you kill him, I will make you beautiful,» he told it. |
(53)«êha!, nstêsê!» itik; «nka-nipahâw,» itik. |
(53)«Yes, Big Brother!» it said to him; «I shall kill him,» it said to him. |
(54)tâpwê itohtêw wâkayôsa awa sihkos. mêkwâc êh-pimisiniyit wâkayôsa, pîhtokêw ociskiyihk. êkosi wîsahkêcâhk tapasîw. nawaswâtik wâkayôsa. mwêhcih ê-wîh-atimikot, êkoyikohk paskahtam otêhiyiw sihkos; npahêw. miywêyihtam wîsahkêcâhk êh-pmâtisit. tâpwê osîhêw t-êsi-miyosiyit sihkosah; mitoni ci-wâpiskisiyit isîhêw. êkosi kêyâpic kêy-isinâkosicik sihkosak, wiya wîsahkêcâhk êh-kiy-osihât kâ-wâpiskisiyit. |
(54)So that weasel went up to the bear. As the bear lay there, the weasel crept into its anus. Then Wisahketchahk made off in flight. The bear chased him. Just as it was about to catch him, just then the weasel bit open its heart; it killed it. Wisahketchahk was glad that his life had been saved. He really made the weasel beautiful; he made it all white. And so to this day weasels look like that, none other than Wisahketchahk having made them white. |
(55)hâ, êkoyikohk. |
(55)Well, that is all. |