akepiw | akepiw |
(1)wîsahkêcâhk pimohtêw. mahîhkanah wâpamêw. otihtêw. |
(1)Wisahketchahk was walking along. He saw some wolves. He went up to them. |
(2)«nisîmitik,» itwêw, «kitakâwâtamâtinâwâw. kiwîh-wîcêtinâwâw.» |
(2)«Little Brothers,» he said, «I envy your lot. I want to go with you.» |
(3)êh-piponiyik wîcêwêw. wâwâskêsiwa wâpamêwak. |
(3)In the winter-time he went with them. They saw some elks. |
(4)«niwîh-nawaswânân. itâp ka-pê-mitisinân,» itik; «itâp nitakohpinânak ka-pêw-otinâwak,» itik; «êkwah ntakaskonânak.» |
(4)«We shall give chase. You will have to follow our trail,» they told him; «You will follow and take up our blankets,» they told him; «and our arrows.» |
(5)nawaswêyiwa. mitihtêw. awîna, omêyiyiw astêyiw; nama kêkway otakohpah wâpamêw. mistikwa at-âtêsâpitêyiwa; êwakoni otakaskowâwa. otihtêw, êh-minahoyit. |
(5)They went in pursuit. He followed their trail. What was that? Their dung lay there; he saw no blankets at all. In some sticks were the marks of teeth; those were their arrows. He came to them where they had made the killing. |
(6)«nistêsê, nitakohpinânak!» |
(6)«Brother, our blankets!» |
(7)«mâka nama wiya kêkway niwâpahtên; kimêyiwâwah piko.» |
(7)«But I did not see anything; only your dung.» |
(8)«êwakonik nitakohpinânak,» itik. |
(8)«Those are our blankets,» they told him. |
(9)êkwah wîh-kotawêw pêyak. |
(9)Then one of them wanted to start a fire. |
(10)«nâh-nawacîtân,» itwêwak. |
(10)«Let us prepare roasts,» they said. |
(11)tâpwê mihtah pimitastâwak. ahâw, kâ-nihtâh-kotawêt pâsici-kwâskohtiw; kwahkotêpayiyiw. akâwâtam wîsahkêcâhk. kakwêcimêw, mahtih kita-miyikot. |
(11)So they laid some sticks of wood criss-cross. Then the one that was good at making fire jumped across them; they burst into a blaze. Wisahketchahk coveted this. He asked them to give it to him. |
(12)«âyiman,» itik; «nêwâw ca-cikahkwêwêpahokawiyin,» itik. |
(12)«It is difficult,» they told him; «You will have to be knocked out of your wits four times,» they told him. |
(13)«êha!,» itwêw wîsahkêcâhk. |
(13)«Very well,» said Wisahketchahk. |
(14)tâpwê pakamahwâw ostikwânihk; cikahwêwêpahwâw. kîhtwâm mîna cikahkwêwêpahwâw. kîhtwâm mîna pakamahwâw. kinwês nipahâw. êkwah iskwêyâc. kinwêsk âpisisin. miyâw. |
(14)Accordingly he was clubbed on the head; he was knocked out of his wits. Once more he was knocked out of his wits. Once more he was clubbed. For a long time he lay as if dead. Then the last time. After a long while he came to. They gave it to him. |
(15)«kocî!» |
(15)«Try!» |
(16)hâw, mihtah asastâwân. pâsici-kwâskohtiw; kwâhkotêpayiyiw. |
(16)The firewood was piled for him. He leaped across it; it burst into a blaze. |
(17)sipwêhtêw; paskêwihêw. mihtah wâpahtam êh-mihcêniyikih. otinam. asastâw. pâsici-kwâskohtiw; kwâhkotêpyiyiw. ati-nakatam. pimohtêw. âsay mîna wâpahtam mihtah êh-mihcêniyikih. âsay mînah astâw. pâsici-kwâskohtiw; kwâhkotêpayiyiw. nakatam. âsay mîna miskam mihtah. asastâw. mîna pâsici-kwâskohtiw. nama wiya kwâhkotêpayiyiw. kwêkwêkwask pimi-kwâskohtiw. nama kaskihtâw êkwah. |
(17)He went away; he parted company with them. He saw a great many sticks. He took them. He piled them up. He jumped across them; they burst into a blaze. He left it and went on. He walked on. Again he saw a great many sticks. Again he placed them. He leaped across; they burst into a flame. He left it. Again he found some sticks. He piled them. Again he leaped across. It did not catch fire. Back and forth he jumped over them. Now he could not do it. |
(18)êkoyikohk. |
(18)That is all. |