Buffalo-Bow | Buffalo-Bow |
(1)hâw, wîkiw nênâpos. ôtênaw tipêyihtam. tâwâyihk wîkih. misiwê mihkonikâtêyiw wîkih. mistikwah êkotah cimasoyiwa wayawîtimihk; wacistwan êkotê akotêyiw. nîsw îskwêwa, osîma, akosiyiwah êkotê. |
(1)Now, Nenapus dwelt somewhere. He ruled over the band. In the center stood his tipi. His tipi was painted red all over. A tree stood there outside the tipi; in its branches hung a nest. Two women, his younger sisters, were up there. |
(2)kotak ôtênaw, oskinîkiw pêhtam êh-miyosiyit osîmiyiwa nênâposa. |
(2)In another settlement, a youth heard that Nenapus' sisters were beautiful. |
(3)«nka-ntawi-wîwin,» itwêw oskinîkiw; «hâw, nôhtâh, nipêhtên nênâpos osîma êh-miyosiyit. niwîh-ntawi-wîwin.» |
(3)«Let me go marry them,» said the youth; «Now, Father, I hear that Nenapus' sisters are beautiful. I want to go marry them.» |
(4)«hâw, nkosis, êkâ wiya. nama wiya ka-kaskihtân. manitôwiw nênâpos. ka-nisiwanâcihik.» |
(4)«Oh, my son, do not. You will not be able to do it. A person of spirit-power is Nenapus. He will destroy you.» |
(5)«hâw, nôhtâ, mak ôsâm nipêhtên êh-miyosisyit osîma. kiyâm nk-êtohtân.» |
(5)«Oh, Father, but I hear his sisters are so beautiful. Do let me go there.» |
(6)«hâw, nkosis, kîkwah cî kipawâtên tit-ôh-wîwiyin nênâpos osîma?» |
(6)«Well then, my son, have you dreamt anything by which you may marry Nenapus' sisters?» |
(7)«apisîs nipawâtên kîkwah.» |
(7)«I have dreamt some little thing.» |
(8)«awahê mâka, nkosis! kikitimâkêyimitin. kêhcinâ ka-nisiwanâcihik nênâpos. osâm manitôwiw. haw, ayisk kitêyihtên, nkosis.» |
(8)«Oh, but beware, my son! «Oh, but beware, my son! Surely Nenapus will destroy you. For he is too much of a manitou-person. Well, since you are determined, my son.» |
(9)ocêmêw. |
(9)He kissed him. |
(10)sipwêhtêw aw oskinîkiw. nipâw. wiyâpaniyik sipwêhtêw. mîna nipâw. wiyâpaniyik mîna sipwêhtêw. êh-wâpaniyik mîn âsa sipwêhtêw. nêwâw êh-nipât, kîkisêpâ osêhcâyiw wâpahtam. kwayakw-îtohtêw. sâkêwêw. wâpahtam ôtênaw. wâpahtam pîhtêyisk êh-cimatêyik mîkiwâhp misiwê êh-mihkonikâtêyik. |
(10)The youth set out. He slept. The next morning he went on. Again he slept. The next morning, again he went on. The next day again he went on. When he had slept four times on the way, early in the morning he saw a hill. He went straight to it. He went over the crest. He saw the town. He saw a tipi standing in the center, painted all red. |
(11)«êyokô nênâpos wîkih,» itêyihtam. |
(11)«This is Nenapus' dwelling,» he thought. |
(12)wâpamêw êh-askosiyit wacistwanihk. |
(12)He saw those persons up in the nest. |
(13)«kêhcinâ êyakoni nênâpos osîma!» |
(13)«Surely, these are Nenapus' sisters!» |
(14)âsawâpamêw, êh-wayawiyit, mostoswayân êh-akwanahoyit. |
(14)He saw him come out of the tipi, clad in a buffalo-robe. |
(15)«hêw, hâstam, nîstâ!» |
(15)«Hullo, come here, Brother-in-Law!» |
(16)«hâh, êyako nênâpos!» |
(16)«Ah, this is Nenapus!» |
(17)itohtêw. î, kitâpamik ayîsiyiniwah. êkwah pîsk êkwah ati-pimohtêw. |
(17)He went there. Oh, the people stared at him. He kept right ahead. |
(18)«hêy, tâpwê mistahi miyosiw aw oskinîkiw kâ-takosihk. mâ ni mâka mîna nênâpos kê-nisiwanâcihât. tâpwê wîh-wiyakihêw,» itwêwak ayîsiyiniwak ôki. |
(18)«Oh, truly very handsome is this youth who has arrived. Plain it is, alas, that in his usual way Nenapus will destroy him. Truly, it will be too bad about him,» said those people. |
(19)âsay takosin nênâpos êh-wîkiyit. wâpamêw oskinîkiskwêwa êh-akosiyit wacistwanihk kîsiwâk. |
(19)By this time he had come where Nenapus dwelt. Right near he saw the maidens up in the nest. |
(20)«êh îh, tâpwê nama maya kitakosinin! kayâs nikîh-pêhtênân ê-wîh-pê-wîkimiyâhk,» itik. |
(20)«Oh, oh, really, you have been a long time getting here! Long ago we heard that you were coming here to marry us,» they said to him. |
(21)«hâw, pita pîhtokê, nîstâ,» itik nênâposa. |
(21)«Well, first come inside, Brother-in-Law,» said Nenapus to him. |
(22)pîhtokêw. |
(22)He entered the tipi. |
(23)«haw, otah, nîst, âpih. pita ka-mîcison. kîsi-mîcisoyini, pêyakwâw ka-pîhtwânânaw. kîsi-pîhtwâyahko, êkwah kika-nâtâwak nisîmak kâ-wîh-wîkimâcik.» |
(23)«Well, sit down right here, Brother-in-Law. First you must eat. When you have eaten, we shall have just one smoke. When we have smoked, then you shall fetch my sisters, whom you want to marry.» |
(24)«êha!.» |
(24)«Yes.» |
(25)hâ, kîsi-mîcisôw. misikitiyiw otôspwâkaniyiwa. oyaskinahêyiwa. pîhtwâwak. |
(25)Well, he finished his meal. Big was the other's pipe. He filled it. They smoked. |
(26)«hwhw!» |
(26)«Puff!» |
(27)nêwâw, «hshw!» êh-itwêt aw oskinîkiw, kitamwêw. |
(27)When four times that youth had gone, «Puff!» he had smoked it empty. |
(28)«haw, nîsta, tâpwê ciyawisisiw kitôspwâkan!» itêw aw oskinîkiw. |
(28)«Why, Brother-in-Law, really this pipe of yours is tiny!» said the youth to him. |
(29)«hyô! hô! êkwêyâk awiyak wîpac kâ-kitamwât nitôspwâkanah mâna. tâpwê nik-ôwîstâwih!» itwêw nênapos. |
(29)«Oho! This is the first time anyone has quickly finished my pipe. Really, it looks as if I might have him for my brother-in-law!» said Nenapus. |
(30)nîhtinam opakamâkan, mistik kipiskwahc êh-akotêyik nênâpos. |
(30)Nenapus took down his club, a wooden club which hung over the doorway. |
(31)«hâw, nîstâ, âstam! kipê-nâtâhtayak nisîmak, ê-wîh-wîkimacik!» |
(31)«Well, Brother-in-Law, come on! We mustn't forget you came to fetch my sisters, to marry them!» |
(32)wayawîwak. |
(32)They went out of the tipi. |
(33)«hê, kiyipa pê-kîhcêkosîh! kipê-nâsihtân, ê-wîh-wîkimiyâhk!» |
(33)«Oh, come, climb up quickly! Remember, you were coming to fetch us and marry us!» |
(34)pîhtatwanah ayâwêw awah oskinîkiw. misiwê sôskosiyiwa ôhi mistikwah. ayiw êh-kîhcêkosît, osowi sôskopayiw.1 ât êspayihocih, nama wiya pihkohôw. êkotah nênâpos oy âpiw. |
(34)That youth had a quiver of arrows. That tree was smooth all over. When he climbed, he always slid back. No matter how he tried, he could not get ahead. And there sat Nenapus. |
(35)«âhkamêyimoh, nîstâ, kâ-pê-nâtacik nisîmak!» |
(35)«Take courage, Brother-in-Law, and fetch my sisters!» |
(36)yâsipayiw aw oskinîkiw. namayêw. pêhkisihk, pakamahwêw nênâpos. |
(36)The youth slipped down. He could not manage it. When he fell, Nenapus struck him with the club. |
(37)«mêtokêtah awa nika-kîh-owîstâwih, êh-kitimâkisit!» itêw. |
(37)«The idea of me having this poor wretch for a brother-in-law!» he said of him. |
(38)êkosi nipahêw. |
(38)With that he killed him. |
(39)«hê êy, tâpwê êh-wiyakihât mân ôskinîkiwa nênâpos!» itwêwak iyiniwak. |
(39)«Oh dear, too bad about the youths Nenapus always kills!» said the people. |
(40)hâ, kotak ôtênaw ayâw, oskinîkiw ôhtâwiya ôtênaw ayâw, oskinîkiw ôhtâwiya ôtênaw êh-tipêyihtamiyit. kitimâkêyimik ôhtâwiya, êkos êh-pêyakot piko; nam âwiyah osîma. mistahi miyosiw. |
(40)Now, there was another camp, and a certain youth's father ruled over that band. His father loved him, for he was an only child; he had no brothers or sisters. He was very handsome. |
(41)kîtahtawê êw-otâkosiniyik, «nhâw, nôhtâ, nama wya cî nânitaw kotakak ayîsiyiniwak ayâwak? êkwah iskwêw ê-wîh-ntonawak, ê-wîh-wîkimak.» |
(41)Then, one evening, «Now, Father, are there not anywhere some other people? I want to look for a woman to marry.» |
(42)«hâ, nkosis, ôma ntôtênaw mâh-miyosiwak oskinîkiskwêwak. tân âna êh-miywêyimat wîhtamawin. nka-ntôtamâkân ci-wîkimat.» |
(42)«Oh, my son, here in my town there are many beautiful young women. Tell me of anyone that you like. I shall ask her for you in marriage.» |
(43)«hâw, nama wiya, nôhtâ! osâm tâpiskôc nîcisânak ntêyihtên, ôtênaw ôma êh-tipêyihtaman. ohcitaw ohpimê êh-wîh-ohtinak ê-wîh-wîkimak.» |
(43)«Oh, no, Father! I think too much as if they were my sisters, here in this band over which you rule. I want to take her from some other place, whom I am to marry.» |
(44)«hâw, nkosis, ôtêh nênâpos tipêyihtam ôtênaw. nîso ayâwêw osîma iskwêwa êh-mâh-miyosiyit. mâka nêtawi-wîwiyici oskinîkiwa, nisiwanâcihêw nênâpos.» |
(44)«Well then, my son, Nenapus rules over a town here. He has two beautiful sisters. But whenever young men go to marry them, Nenapus destroys them.» |
(45)«haw, nôhtâ, êkotê nk-êtohtân. nka-ntawâpamimâwa osîma nênâpos.» |
(45)«Then, Father, there I will go. I shall go see Nenapus' sisters.» |
(46)«hâw, nkosis, âyiman! kimiywêyimitin, nkosis; kikitimâkêyimitin; êkâ wiya! âyiman. ka-nisiwanâcihik nênâpos. manitôwiw.» |
(46)«Oh, my son, it is a hard thing! I love you, my son; I feel for you in my heart: do not! It is hard. Nenapus will destroy you. He is a manitou-person.» |
(47)«hâ, nama wiya, nôhtâ! kiyâm nk-êtohtân!» |
(47)«Oh, no, Father! Do let me go there!» |
(48)«hâw, kîkwah cî kikiskêyihtên ci-pawâtaman?» |
(48)«Well, have you any mystic knowledge from your dreams?» |
(49)«êha!, apisîs.» |
(49)«Yes, a little.» |
(50)«haw hêw, nkosis, kê-wâpahk kiwîh-sipwêhtân.» |
(50)«Well then, my son, tomorrow you shall set out.» |
(51)«hêha?!» |
(51)«Yes.» |
(52)«nêwâw kika-nipân, êkoyikohk kiy-ôtihtat nênâpos itêh kâ-wîkit. oma kê-wâpahk kika-sipwêhtân. otâkosiki, wîh-kapêsiyani, kik-ôtihtâw nôtokêsiw êh-wîkit. êkotah kika-kapêsin.» |
(52)«Four times you will sleep on the way, and then you will come to where Nenapus dwells. Tomorrow you shall set out. In the evening, when you are ready to encamp for the night, you will come to where an old woman dwells. There you will spend the night.» |
(53)wiyâpaniyik wawêyiw aw oskinîkiw. pîhtatwânah ayâwêw. miyosiw oskinîkiw. ocêmik ôhtâwiya. |
(53)The next morning the youth made ready. He had a quiver of arrows. Handsome was the youth. His father kissed him. |
(54)«awahê, nkosis, âyiman kâ-wîh-itohtêyin! âyimisiw nênâpos!» |
(54)«Beware, my son, difficult is the place to which you are going! A dangerous person is Nenapus!» |
(55)sipwêhtêw aw oskinîkiw. kapê-kîsik pimohtêw. êh-otâkosiniyik, sâ-sakâsiniyiw. |
(55)The youth went forth. All day he walked. Toward evening he came to a little grove of trees. |
(56)«wâh, êkotah ôma ci-kîh-kapêsiyân. mahtih wâpos nka-nipahâw, ci-môwak itah kapêsiyâni.» |
(56)«Now, here I could camp for the night. Let me see if I can kill a rabbit, to eat when I encamp.» |
(57)ati-nanâtawâpamêw. kîh-apiyiwa wâposwa. pimwêw. nipahêw. kâh-kâsîhtitâw wîpisis. at-ôtinêw ôhi wâposwah. ôtah êh-nêyâskwêyâsiniyik, «êkotah nka-kapêsin.» êh-at-ôtihtahk, nôtokêwikamikos wâpahtam, ê-kaskâpahcêyik. |
(57)He hunted for one. There sat a rabbit. He shot an arrow at it. He killed it. He wiped his arrow on something. He picked up the rabbit. At a projecting point of the woods over there, «There let me camp.» When he got there, he saw a little tipi of the kind old women live in, and a bit of smoke rising from it. |
(58)«hô, êko nôhtâwiy kâ-kî-wîhtamawit!» |
(58)«Oh, this is the one of whom my father told me!» |
(59)takosin. |
(59)He went there. |
(60)«hê êy, nôsisimis, pîhtokê!» |
(60)«Oh, oh, my grandchild, come in!» |
(61)ati-pîhtokêw. wâposwah miyêw. |
(61)He entered. He gave her the rabbit. |
(62)«nôhkôh, êyakw ana nawacîhisôhkan.» |
(62)«Grandmother mine, roast this for yourself.» |
(63)«ha hay! tâpwê ntatamihik nôsisim! nnôhtêhkatêwâ! hêy, kîkwayi êtokê kiy-âsamak nôsisim?» |
(63)«Thanks! Indeed, my grandchild is giving me a treat! I was hungry till he came! Why, what can I give my grandchild to eat?» |
(64)askihkw ôtinêyiwa. nipiy mînisah pakâhtâyiwa. ohtêyiwa. âskaw êh-itêhamiyit, nîhtinêyiwa. |
(64)She took a kettle. She threw some berries into the water. They came to a boil. She stirred them from time to time, and then took down the kettle. |
(65)«hêy, nôsisê, nama kêkwah ntayân wiyâkan. êkosi kihciwê ntaskihkohk mîcisoh.» |
(65)«Now, Grandchild, I have no dish. You shall have to eat straight from my kettle.» |
(66)nahastwâk. êsah miyik. |
(66)She set it down before him. She gave him a clam-shell. |
(67)«hâw, êsihamâkêw awa ntêmihkwân.»2 |
(67)«There, ladle it up with this my spoon.» |
(68)mîcisôw. êy êh-kîspot, nama wiya kitâw. |
(68)He ate. When he had his fill, he had not finished it. |
(69)«hâ, nôhkô, nikîspon.» |
(69)«Grandmother, I have had enough.» |
(70)«hêy, nôsisê, tâpwê kikitimâkisin!» itik; «hâw, nôsisê, âyiman itêh k-êtohtêyan. haw, apisîs kîkwah ê-kiskêyihtamân kika-miyitin. êyiwêhk âta wiya manitôwiw nênâpos kâ-ntawi-wâpamat osîma ê-wîh-kakwê-wîkimimat.» |
(70)«Dear me, Grandchild, truly you are to be pitied!» she said to him: «Grandchild, it is a dangerous place for which you are bound. What little mystic knowledge I have, I shall give you. But really, something of a manitou-being is this Nenapus whom you are going to see, to marry his sisters.» |
(71)ntonikêyiwa maskimocih. miyik ôki kâ-nihcâwâhcâwîcik ê-isi-kipahikâsoyit.3 |
(71)She reached for something inside her wallet. She gave him something in which were those things of the little fellows who climb well. |
(72)«haw, awa kêyiwêhk pêyak kîsikâw kik-âpacihâw, nôsisê. âyiman kâ-ntawi-wîwiyan; awahê!» itik ôhkomah; «âtah kîwêtisahotân, nama wiya kikâh-tâpwêhtawin; ayisk kinôhtê-wîwin,» itik ôhkoma; «kêyâpic nistwâw ka-kapêsin, iyikohk kiy-ôtihtat nênâpos. kê-wâpahk ôtah kik-ôh-sipwêhtân. kiyâm pêyahtik pimohtêh, misawâc âta wah-wiyacâwîyani. ohcitaw nistwâw kika-nipân. ka-kwatakihison êkosi wîh-tôtamani. sipwêhtêyini, otâkosiki, kik-ôtihtâw nimis. wiya kîkwah kiskêyihtam. mâskôc kika-kitimâkêyimik êyakw ana mîna kôhkom. kisêwâtisiw. awahê, nôsisê, mitoni ka-wîhtamâk êyakw ana kôhkom.» |
(72)«Well, at any rate for one day you will use this, Grandchild. It is a dangerous place to which you are going courting; be on your guard!» his grandmother told him; «But even if I sent you home, you would not heed me; you are eager to take those wives,» his grandmother told him; «Three times more you will camp on the way before you reach Nenapus. Tomorrow you will go on from here. Be sure to walk slowly, even though you feel like running. You must try to take three more nights on the way. You will do harm to yourself, if you do this way. When you go on, in the evening, you will come to my elder sister. She has knowledge of something. Perhaps this other grandmother of yours will take pity on you. She is kind. Be attentive, my grandchild; this grandmother of yours will tell you much.» |
(73)êkosi sipwêhtêw. yahô, ihkêyihtam osâm pêyâhtik êh-pimohtêt. |
(73)So he went on. Oh, he got tired of walking so very slowly. |
(74)«hô, nama wya wâhyaw nka-kîh-takosinin,» itêyihtam. |
(74)«Dear me, I shan't get far,» he thought. |
(75)nîhtaciwêhcâyiki wiyacâwîw, êkosi piko êtahkamikisit.4 haw, otâkosiniyiw. êkwah wâpahtam mîna ê-sâ-sakâsiniyik. |
(75)Whenever he came to a downhill place, he broke into a run; that was the way he kept doing. Well, evening came. Then again he saw a few little clusters of trees. |
(76)«nhâw, êkotah nka-kapêsin.» |
(76)«Well, here I shall camp for the night.» |
(77)ati-ntawâpamêw wâposwah. wâpamêw; pimwêw; npahêw. êh-mihkôwiyik wîpisis kâh-kâsîhtitâw. at-ôtinêw ôhi wâposwa. ôm ê-sakâsiniyik êh-at-ôtihtahk, wâpahtam apisâsiniyik wiscêpahkwêwikamikos. ati-itohtêw, êh-otihtahk. |
(77)He went looking for a rabbit. He saw one and shot and killed it. He wiped the blood off his arrow. He picked up the rabbit. When he came to that grove, he saw a tiny little tipi of old leather. He went up to it. |
(78)«hê ê êy, nôsisimis iyikohk pê-pimohtêt! `nênâposa osîmiyiwa ntawi-wîwiw,' itwânipan! iyikohk kâ-takosihk! hâw, pîhtokêh, nôsisê!» |
(78)«Dear me, there comes my little grandson! `He will go to wed Nenapus' sisters,' it used to be said! There he is, now! Why, come in Grandchild!» |
(79)êh-nahapit, mâmaskâtam. |
(79)When he sat down, he wondered. |
(80)«awên êtokê ôm êh-âcimit êh-ntawâpamakik nênâpos osîma! tâpwê, nôhkom nimâmaskâtâw êh-kiskêyihtahk itêh itohtêwak!»5 |
(80)«I wonder who can have told of me, that I am going to see Nenapus' sisters! Really, I marvel at my grandmother's knowing whither I am bound as I see her!» |
(81)oma kâh-pîhtokêt, ohi miyêw wâposwah. |
(81)When he came in, he gave her the rabbit. |
(82)«hôy, tâpwê nitatamihik nôsisim! ninôhtêhkatêwâh! hêy, kîkway kiy-âsamak nôsisim? osâm kêkâc êkw ê-mêstinamân mînisah iyikohk ê-kîh-ayâyân. têpiyâhk pêyakwâw nôsisim ci-mîcit kâ-kêsiskahk.» |
(82)«Oh, my grandchild is giving me a treat! I was hungry when he came to me! Dear me, what shall I give my dear grandchild to eat? have nearly used up now all the berries I had. My grandchild has come only in time to have one more helping of them.» |
(83)ati-ntonikêw maskimotihk. otaskihkwah otinêw. nipi sîkinam; pakastawêham mînisah. akotêw. kw êw-ohtêyikih, âskaw êh-itêhahk, nîhtinêw otaskihkwah. |
(83)She searched about in her bag. She took her kettle. She poured in some water; she threw in some berries. She hung it up. When they were boiling, from time to time she stirred them, and then took down her kettle. |
(84)«ê, nôsisê, nikitimâkisin. nama wiya nôtoyâkanin. ntawâc kihciwê ntaskihkohk ka-mîcison.» |
(84)«Oh, Grandchild, I am poor. I have no bowl. You will have to eat directly out of my kettle.» |
(85)pakitinamâk. âsay mîna êsa miyik. |
(85)She set it down before him. She also gave him a clam-shell. |
(86)«haw, nôsisê, êyakw ana ntêmihkwân âpacih.» |
(86)«Now, Grandchild, use this spoon of mine.» |
(87)mîcisôw. kîspôw. mistahih iskwastam. |
(87)He ate. He ate his fill. He left a lot over. |
(88)«hâw, nôhkô, nikîspon.» |
(88)«Why, Grandmother, I have eaten my fill.» |
(89)itisinamawêw. |
(89)He handed it to her. |
(90)«hêy, nôsisê, tâpwê kikitimâkisin, êkâ kâ-kitâyin iyikohk êh-asamitân, mâ kâ-ntawi-wîwiyan nênâpos otawâmâwa. âyiman anima. ahpôhk awa,» _ otinêyiwa otaskihkoyiwa, _ «ahpôhk awa ciyawisisiw êkâ kêtâyin. ômisi ka-kîh-tôtêh.» |
(90)«Dear me, Grandchild, truly, you are to be pitied, when you do not even eat up all I give you to eat, and you going out to marry Nenapus' sisters. That is a dangerous thing. And you,» _ she took up her kettle, _ «and you unable even to eat up the contents of this tiny little thing. This is the way you should have done.» |
(91)kihciwê kitâyiwa.6 |
(91)Putting it right to her mouth, she emptied it. |
(92)«hâw, nôsisê, ayâkwâmisih! âta kîwêtisahotân, nama wiya kâh-tâpwêhtawin. awiyak cî kikîh-pê-otihtâw?» |
(92)«Now, Grandchild, have care! Even if I sent you home, you would not obey me. Did you come to anyone on your way here?» |
(93)«êya!. nôhkom nikîh-pêy-otihtâw.» |
(93)«Yes. I came to a grandmother of mine.» |
(94)«tânisi êh-itisk êy-isi-kitimâkêyimisk?» |
(94)«What did she say to you when she took pity on you?» |
(95)«`âyiman k-êtohtêyan,' ntik; `mâka êyiwêhk pêyak kîsikâw tit-âpacihtâyin ka-miyitin,' ntik.» |
(95)«'It is a dangerous place for which you are bound,' she said to me; `But at any rate, I shall give you what you may use for one day,' she said to me.» |
(96)«mahtih! kîkwayih?» |
(96)«Let me see! What was it?» |
(97)ntonikêw. apsîsisiw; ôma, ôhi. |
(97)He reached for it. It was small; there, these things. |
(98)«hêy, tâpwê kitimâkisiw nisîmis, âta ê-wîh-kitimâkêyimât ôsisima! hâw, ntawâc nîsta pêyak kîsikâw t-âpacihtâyin ka-miyitin.» |
(98)«Dear me, truly, piteously poor is my sister, and yet she took pity on her grandchild! Well then, I shall give you what you may use for one day.» |
(99)môsocihtina; kâh-kinwâyiwa, nîso. |
(99)Dew-claws of moose; two, long ones. |
(100)«haw, êyakoni mosci pêyak kîsikâw kik-âpacihtân. âyiman k-êtohtêyin. mihcêt êh-itohtêcik oskinîkiwak nâspitohtêwak, yâtah-ntawi-wîwitwâwi nênâposa osîmiyiwa. sôskosiyiwa omistikoma nênâpos, êkotah êh-wacistwaniyit osîma. hâw, mâskôc kîkwah kikiskêyihtên. ayâkwâmisih, nôsisê. nîswâw piko êkwah ka-nipân. kê-wâpahk, sipwêhtêyini, kiyâm pêyahtik pimohtêh. kontah kikakwâtakihison kâ-pâh-pmipahtâyin, ohcita piko nîswâw ci-nipâyin. at-ôtâkosiki kik-ôtihtâw nimis. êkotah mîna kika-kapêsin. êwako mitoni kika-wîhtamâk itêh ôma k-êtohtêyin. wiya kîkwa kiskêyihtam,» itik. |
(100)«There, these you will use, as they are, for one day. It is a dangerous place to which you are bound. Many youths have gone there, never to return, though they went but to wed Nenapus' sisters. Nenapus' tree is slippery, and on it his sisters have their nest. Well, perhaps you have some knowledge of your own. Have a care, my grandchild. Now you will sleep only twice more on the way. Tomorrow, when you set out, do walk slowly. You will only cause yourself distress if you keep a-running, for you are sure to sleep but two more nights on the way. Towards evening you will come to my elder sister. There again you will spend the night. She will tell you much about the place whither you are bound. She knows much,» she told him. |
(101)«êha!.» |
(101)«Yes.» |
(102)wiyâpaniyik sipwêhtêw. pêyâhtik pa-pimohtêw; pêsiskâw. yâh, kisiwâk k-ôhtohtêt, sâsaw otâkosiniyiw. âsay mîna wâpahtam ê-sakâsiniyik. |
(102)In the morning he went on. He walked along slowly; he went slowly. Oh, he had not gone far from his starting place, when evening came. Again he saw a clump of trees. |
(103)«hâh, êkotah nka-kapêsin.» |
(103)«Now, here I shall camp.» |
(104)ti-ntawâpamêw wâposwah. itêh êh-wâpamât, pimwêw; npahêw. wîpisis kêcikonam. â, kwah kâ-kâsîhtitâw, êh-mihkôwiyik. at-ôtinêw. ê-at-ôtihtahk, apisâsiniyiw wîscêpahkwêwikamikos. |
(104)He went on to look for a rabbit. When he saw one, he shot it with an arrow; he killed it. He pulled out the arrow. Then he wiped it on something, for it was bloody. He picked up the rabbit. When he came to the place, there was a tiny tipi of old, smoky leather. |
(105)nam êskw êh-otihtahk, mâtayak, «nê, nôsisimis tâpwê kitimâkisiw, iyikohk pê-pimohtêt, `nênâposa osîmiyiwa ntawi-wîwiw,' êh-kîh-itwêhk!» |
(105)Before he had reached it, long before, «Goodness me, my grandchild is truly to be pitied, as now he comes here, when, `Nenapus' sisters he goes to marry,' has been said!» |
(106)êkwah ati-takosin wîkiyihk. |
(106)Then he arrived at her dwelling. |
(107)«hâ, tâpwê mâmaskâc nôhkom wâhyaw nôh-kiskêyimik, maywêsk otihtamwak wîkih!» itêyihtam. |
(107)«Really, in a wonderful way my grandmother has known me a long ways off, before I came to her house!» he thought. |
(108)«pîhtokê, nôsê!» |
(108)«Come in, Grandchild!» |
(109)ati-pîhtokêw. |
(109)He went in. |
(110)«nhaw, nôhkô, êyakw ana nawacîswôhkan.» |
(110)«Here, Grandmother, use this to make a roast for yourself.» |
(111)«hay, tâpwê ntatamihik nôsisim! nnôhtêhkatêwâ! hêy, nôsisim kîkway kêh-kîh-asamak? êkâ tâpwê kîkwah êh-ayâwak, têpiyâhk pêyakwâw ci-mîcihk êh-iskonamân mînisah.» |
(111)«Thanks! Truly my dear grandchild is giving me a treat! I was hungry till he came to me! Dear me, what can I give my grandchild to eat? Really, I have nothing to speak of for him; all I have left is berries, just enough for one meal.» |
(112)ntonikêw. otaskihkwah at-ôtinêw. nipiy êkotah astâw. êkosi ê-isi-pakastawêyahk ôma, akotêw, kwah êh-oswât, kwah ê-itêhahk. |
(112)She searched them out. She went and took her kettle. She put some water in. When she had thrown them into the water, she hung up the kettle and when she had brought it to a boil, she stirred it. |
(113)niyîhtinât, «hâw, nama nôtoyâkanin, nôsisê. kihciwê ntawâc ntaskihkohk kik-âsamitin.» |
(113)When she had taken it down, «I have no bowl, my grandchild. I shall have to let you eat directly from my kettle.» |
(114)nahastwâk êsah. |
(114)She set it before him, and gave him a clam-shell. |
(115)«haw, nôsisê, awa ntêmihkwân âpacih.» |
(115)«There, Grandchild, use this spoon of mine.» |
(116)hâ, mîcisôw. hâ, kîspôw. nama wiya kitâw. |
(116)He ate. Oh, he had his fill. He did not finish the food. |
(117)«hâw, nôhkô, nkîspon. tâpwê pîsâkosiw kitaskihk, âta êh-apisîsisit.» |
(117)«Grandmother, I have eaten enough. Really, your kettle holds a great deal, small as it is.» |
(118)«êya!! hêy, nôsisê, tâpwê kikitimâkisin, kâ-ntawi-wîwiyan nênâpos otawêmâwa, êkosi êh-manitôwit, ahpôhk awa ntaskihk êkâ kêtâyan, iyikohk êh-asiwatêk mîciwin. ômisi ka-kîh-tôtêh.» |
(118)«Goodness me! Grandchild, really, you are to be pitied, and you going to court Nenapus' sisters, manitou that he is, when you cannot even eat the contents of this kettle of mine. You should have done like this.» |
(119)otinêyiwah ôhi; isi kihciwê kitâyiwa.7 |
(119)She took it; she set it to her mouth and emptied it. |
(120)«haw, nôsisê, awiyak cî kkîh-pêw-otihtâw?» |
(120)«Now, Grandchild, did you come to anyone on your way here?» |
(121)«êha!. nîso nôtokêwak npêw-otihtâwak.» |
(121)«Yes. I came to two old women.» |
(122)«tânsi êtiskik ê-isi-kitimâkêyimiskik?» |
(122)«What did they say to you when they took pity on you and blessed you?» |
(123)«awasitah kâ-pêw-otihtak, `tâpwê kikitimâkisin, nôsisê,' ntik; `kîwêtisahotân, nama wiya kah-tâpwêhtawin,' ntik; `mâka êyiwêhk pêyak kîsikâw t-âpacihtâyin ka-miyitin,' ntik.» |
(123)«The one I came to farthest from here, `Truly you are to be pitied, Grandchild,' she said to me; `If I sent you home, you would not obey me,' she said to me; `But at any rate, I shall give you what you may use for one day,' she said to me.» |
(124)«hâw, kîkwayih?» |
(124)«Well, what was it?» |
(125)ntonikêw; wâpahtihêw. |
(125)He reached for it; he showed it to her. |
(126)«hêy, nisîmis iyâtah-iyikohk-kitimâkêyimât ôsisima! tâpwê kikitimâkêyimik kôhkom. êyakoni ayiwâk osâkihâh kâ-miyisk kôhkom.» |
(126)«And so in spite of all, my sister gave this to her grandchild! Truly, your grandmother was generous to you. You must know that this which she gave you your grandmother prized more than anything else.» |
(127)«hâw, êkw âstamitah, maywêsk otihtamân wîkih, âsay êkotê nôh-kitotik. `hêy, nôsisimis, kayâsk nkîh-pêhtêh,' ntawi-wîwiw nênâpos osîmiyiwa, `êh-kîh-itwêhk, iyikohk kâ-pimohtêyin,' ntik. êkoyikohk nôtihtamwân wîkih. `pîhtokê, nôsê,' ntik. npîhtokân. niwîhtamâk: `awiyak cî kikîh-pêh-otihtâw?' ntik. `êha!.' `tânisi êsi-kitimâkêyimisk?' ntik. hâ, niwâpahtihâw. êkosi wiya mâka môsocihcinah nimiyik ôhi. `pêyak kîsikâw kik-âpacihtân,' ntik mîn êwakô; `awahê nôsisê, âyiman k-êtohtêyin. mâka kik-ôtihtâw kêyâpic nimis. wiya kîkwah kiskêyihtam. mitoni kika-wîhtamâk, itêh k-êtohtêyin,' ntik.» |
(127)«Then, the one nearer here, before I came to her dwelling, already she had spoken to me from it. `Why, Grandchild, of old I heard, «He is going to court Nenapus' sisters,» and only now you come,' she said to me. Only then did I reach her dwelling. `Come in, Grandchild,' she said to me. I went in. She told me: `Did you come to anyone on your way here?' she asked me. `Yes.' `What did she bestow upon you?' she asked me. Then I showed it to her. Then this one also gave me these dew-claws of moose. `For one day you shall use it,' this one, like the other, told me; `Have care, Grandchild, it is a dangerous place for which you are bound. But you will come to another, an elder sister of mine. She has mystic knowledge. She will tell you much of the place for which you are bound,' she said to me.» |
(128)«hâ, tâpwê, nôsisê, nisîmak aniki. nkitimâkêyimâwak nisîmak. hâw, nôsisê, âyiman kê-itohtêyin,» itik êyokonih ôh; êkwa, «hâw, nîsta êyiwêhk pêyak kîsikâw t-âpacihtâyin nîsta ka-miyitin.» |
(128)«Yes, that is right, Grandchild; those are my younger sisters. I am fond of my sisters. Now, Grandchild, it is a dangerous place to which you are going,» this one told him; and, «Well, I, too, will give you, at any rate, that which you can use for the length of one day.» |
(129)oskâcihkwah êh-mâ-misâyikih. |
(129)Some large awls. |
(130)«êyakonih ê-sâkihtâyân. nama wiya wîhkâc awiyak nimiyâw, êkwêyâk kiya kâ-miyitân.» |
(130)«I prize these very highly. I have never given them to anyone, and only now am giving them to you.» |
(131)otinam. |
(131)He took them. |
(132)«hâw, nôsisê, ka-wîhtamâtin oma k-êtohtêyin. âyiman. mihcêt oskinîkiwak nâspitohtêwak, êh-ntawi-wîwicik nênâposa osîmiyiwa êh-owacistwaniyit. `êyakoni nâtahtawâs, nîstâ!' kik-êtik nênâpos. âta wîh-otihtatwâwi, opakamâkan ohci ta-pa-pakamahwêw mistikwah. `yâhkîmoh, nimistikom!' tit-êtêw. mêsi-na-nayawispim êkwah tit-âkosiyiwa osîma. awahê, nôsisê, âhkamêyimoh! kîkwah cî kipawâtên?» |
(132)«Grandchild, I will tell you about the place to which you are going. It is dangerous. Many youths have gone to their death, when they went to where Nenapus' sisters are in their nest. `Climb and fetch the girls!' Nenapus will say to you. Though vainly you are about to reach them, he will beat the tree with his club. ` Grow, my tree!' he will say. Then up at a vast dizzy height his sisters will be perched. Have care, Grandchild, and courage! Have you dreamt anything?» |
(133)«êya!, apisîs.» |
(133)«Yes, a little.» |
(134)«hâw, nôsisêh, kê-wâpahk, êkwah pikoh pêyakwâw ka-nipân. êkotah kik-ôtihtâw nimis. mitoni wiya misiwê kiskêyihtam kîkwah,» itik; «kiyâm pêyâhtik ati-pa-pimohtêh, nôsisê,» itik; «mitoni kika-wîhtamâk êyakw âna kôhkom. mitoni kisêwâtisiw. kôhtâwiy êwakoni okâwiya.» |
(134)«And so, Grandchild, tomorrow, and then only once more will you sleep on the way. Then you will come to my elder sister. She knows much concerning all things,» she told him; «And walk on slowly, my grandchild,» she told him; «That grandmother of yours will tell you much. She is very kind. She is your father's mother.» |
(135)wiyâpaniyik sipwêhtêw. hâw, pêyahtik pa-pimohtêw. pêsiskâw. hâ, kêsiwâk êh-takosihk, sâsay otâkosiniyiw. âsay mîna wâpahtam sakâs. |
(135)The next morning he set out. Oh, he walked slowly along. He went slowly. He had not gone far before it was evening. Again he saw a little grove. |
(136)«hyâ, êkotah nka-kapêsin.» |
(136)«Well, here I shall stay for the night.» |
(137)ntawâpamêw wâposwa. tâpwê wâpamêw. pimwêw; npahêw. kiyêcikonahk wîpisis, kâsîhtitâw êh-mihkôwiyik. otinêw wâposwah, ê-ati-sipwêhtêt. at-ôtihtahk sakâs, awên ôma, apisâsiniyiw wiscêpahkwêwikamikos. |
(137)He looked for a rabbit. He saw one. He shot it and killed it. When he pulled out the arrow, he wiped it where it was bloody. He took the rabbit and went on. When he came to the grove, there he saw a tiny tipi of old smoky leather. |
(138)«hây, nôsisê, kiyipah pîhtokê. pê-kisiskâhtêh!» |
(138)«Oh, Grandchild, come in, quickly. Come, walk fast!» |
(139)wâhyaw êh-wâpahtahk ôm macêkinos, «yahwâ, tâpwê nôhkom êh-nahâsit! isk âwa êh-paspâpamit!» itêyihtam. |
(139)It was far in the distance that he saw that little lodge, and, «Dear me, truly my grandmother has keen senses! It seems she has seen me through the space between doorflap and tent!» he thought. |
(140)at-itohtêw. |
(140)He went on toward the place. |
(141)ê-takosihk, «hâ, nôsisê, pîhtokê!» |
(141)When he got there, «Come, Grandchild, come in!» |
(142)pîhtokêw. |
(142)He entered. |
(143)«hâw, nôhko, êyôkô nawacîsôhkan.» |
(143)«Here, grandmother mine, roast this for yourself.» |
(144)«hay, tâpwê kitatamihin, nôsisê! nnôhtêhkatâh! haw, nôsisê, kîh-kîs-âsamitâni, êkoyikohk kika-wîhtamâtn itêh oma k-êtohtêyin. pîhtaw niyiwanisin. mâk êyiwêhk pêyakwâw ci-mîciyan kikîk-astwâtin êh-pêtâcimikawiyan, êh-pê-ntawi-wîwiyan nênâpos osîma.»8 |
(144)«Thanks; truly you are giving me a treat, Grandchild! I was hungry! Now, Grandchild, when I have given you something to eat, then I shall tell you about the place where you are going. It turns out that I am out of supplies. But at any rate, I shall be able to set before you enough for one meal, for your coming was announced, that you were coming on your way to court Nenapus' sisters.» |
(145)ntonikêyiwa. otaskihkoyiw otinêyiwa. nipih sîkinamiyiwa. mînisah pakastawêhamiyiwa. êkosi ês-âkotâyit, êkw ê-ohtêyikih ôhi, êkw ê-itêhamiyit. |
(145)She searched for things. She took her kettle. She poured some water. She put some berries into the water. When thus she had hung up the kettle, and those berries came to a boil, then she stirred them. |
(146)âh, niyîhtinâyit, «hâ, nôsisê, nama wiya nôtoyâkanin. ntawâc kihciwê ntaskihkohk kik-âsamitin.» |
(146)Then, when she had taken it down, «Now, Grandchild, I have no bowl. I shall have to let you eat straight from the kettle.» |
(147)nahastwâk. êsah miyik. |
(147)She set it before him. She gave him a clam-shell. |
(148)«hâw, mîcisoh!» |
(148)«There, eat!» |
(149)ha, mîcisôw. hâ, kîspôw. nama wiya kitâw. |
(149)He ate. He had his fill. He did not finish the food. |
(150)«hâh, nôhkô, nikîspon. |
(150)«Grandmother, I have enough. |
(151)pîsâkosiw kitaskihk.» otinêyiwa. miciminêyiwa. |
(151)Your kettle holds much.» She took it. She held it in her hand. |
(152)«ê êy, nôsisê, mâw ôma kâ-ntawi-wîwiyin êcik âni êh-kitimâkisiyin, ahpôhk awa ntaskihk êh-apisîsisit êkâ kêtâyan, iyikohk êh-asiwatêk. ômisi ka-kîh-tôtê!»9 |
(152)«Goodness, grandchild mine, and so you are going a-courting and it turns out you are to be pitied, when you cannot even eat up what this tiny kettle of mine contains. This is the way you should have done!» |
(153)kitâpayihtâyiwa. |
(153)She swallowed the entire contents. |
(154)«hâw, êkwah ka-wîhtamâtin ôm itêh k-êtohtêyin. mâka pita ka-kakwêcimitin. ôm iyikohk kâ-pê-sipwêhtêyan, nama cî âwiyak k-ôh-pê-otihtâw?» |
(154)«There, now I shall tell you of the place to which you are going. But first I must ask you. Since you started out to come here, have you not come to anyone?» |
(155)«oskac êh-pê-sipwêhtêyân, nôtokêsiw nôtihtâw. nama wiya tâpwê wâpistikwânêw, âpisîs piko. êkotah nôh-pê-sipwêhtân; âsay mîna kotak nôtihtâw nôtokêw. êwako nawac mistahi wâpistikwânêw. mîn êkota nôh-pê-sipwêhtân; mîna nôtihtâw nôtokêw. mitoni kêkâc kahkiyaw wâpiskâyiwa wêstakâyah. êkwah ôma kiya. nêwo-tipiskâw kâ-pê-sipwêhtêyân nôhtâwiy k-âyât ohci.» |
(155)«When I first set out to come here, I came to an old woman. Her hair was not all white, only a little. From there I went on, hitherward; I came to another old woman. Her hair was more white. From there again I set out hitherward; I came to another old woman. Very nearly all her hair was white. And now, to you. It is four nights since I started hither from where my father dwells.» |
(156)«hê ê êy, nôsisimis, êkw ana kôhtâwiy nikosis ana. êkwah kâ-pêw-otihtat nisîm ana, êyakw anih osîmimâwa. kotak kâ-pêy-otihtat êyako mîna nisîm; kotak mîna kâ-pêy-otihtat mîn êko nisîm. hâw, tânisi ê-isi-kitimâkêyimiskik kôhkomak? mahtih nka-wâpahtên.» |
(156)«Dear, dear, my grandchild, that father of yours, he is my son. And that person you came to is my younger sister, the youngest of all. The next one you came to, she too is my younger sister; and the one you came to after that, she, also, is my younger sister. Now, tell me, with what did your grandmothers then bless you? Let me see the things.» |
(157)ntonikêw ôtah.10 |
(157)He felt for them here. |
(158)«êyokonih ôhi kâ-nihcâwâhcawîsicik ôhi êh-miyit naha nôhkom nîkân kâh-pêy-ôtihtak.» |
(158)«These things of the little fellows who climb well she gave me, my grandmother to whom I came first of all.» |
(159)«hêy, tâpwê kitimâkisiw nisîmis, âta kitimâkêyimât ôsisima! âta wiya tâpwê êwakoni nîkân êh-sâkihât kâ-miyisk kôhkom! tâpwê kikitimâkêyimik âta!» |
(159)«Dear me, truly, my little sister is poor, and yet she found something with which to bless her grandchild! And to think that these things which your grandmother gave you, are what she prizes before all else! Really, in spite of all, she blessed you!» |
(160)«êkwah an âstamitah ôhi môsocihcinah.» |
(160)«And the next one these dew-claws of the moose.» |
(161)«hêy, tâpwê, nôsisê, tâpwê kkitimâkêyimik kôhkom, êyakonih ê-sâkihtât kâ-miyisk.» |
(161)«Oh, dear me, Grandchild, really, your grandmother took pity on you, to give you these things which she cares for so much!» |
(162)«êkwah ana âstamitah ôhi oskâcihkwah êh-mâ-misâyikih.» |
(162)«And the next one these large awls.» |
(163)«nê êy, tâpwê kikitimâkêyimik, êwakoni ê-sâkihtât kôhkom, misiwê êy-itâpacihtât, kâ-miyisk! haw, nîstah ka-miyitin pêyak kîsikâw t-âpacihtâyin. nîstah kkitimâkêyimitin.» |
(163)«Goodness me, she really did take pity on you, your grandmother, to be giving you these things which she valued so and used for every purpose! Well, I, too, will give you that which you may use for one day. I too pity and bless you.» |
(164)mîkwanah misiw ê-ômistanipîwayâniwiyit. |
(164)A feather all full of little plumes. |
(165)«nhaw, nôsisê, awa! hâw, ka-wîhtamâtin êkw ôm îtê k-êtohtêyin. kê-wâpahk ôtah kik-ôh-sipwêhtân. kiyâm pêyâhtik kika-pimohtân. maywêsk âpihtâ-kîsikâki ka-takosinin nênâpos kâ-wîkit. hâw, awahê, nôsisê, âyiman ci-kîh-otihtimat osîma nênâpos. mitoni sôskosiyiwa omistikoma êkotê êh-akosiyit osîma. awahê, wîw-otihtatwâwi, ta-pa-pakamahwêw mistikwah. `yahkîmoh, nimistikom!' tit-êtêw. êkosi misi-nayawispim tit-âyâyiwa osîma. mîna âsay mîna êtokê kêkâc otihtatwâwi, âsay mîna t-ati-pakamahwêw. `yahkîmoh, nimistikom!' tit-êtêw. êkwah nawac ispimihk. âsay mîna kîspin pihkohoyini, mîna wîw-otihtatwâwi, âsay mîna ta-pa-pakamahwêw. `yahkîmoh, nimistikom!' tit-êtêw. misi-nayawispim êkwah. êkwah mohcihk itâpiyini, âsa nama ka-wâpahtên itêh k-ôh-pê-kîhcêkosiyin. awahê, nôsisê, ôma kîsik pakonêyâw; êkotê t-êtaskisoyiwa omistikoma nênâpos; pâtos êkotê kiy-ôtihtimat osîma kâ-ntawi-wîwiyin. awahê, mâskôc nama kitakosinin. êyiwêhk cî kîkwah kipawâtên?» |
(165)«Here, Grandchild, take this! Now, let me tell you about the place to which you are going. Tomorrow you will go on from here. Walk slowly onward. Before noon you will arrive where Nenapus dwells. Oh, have a care, Grandchild, for it will be hard for you to reach Nenapus' sisters. Very slippery is the tree on which his sisters are perched. Be on your guard: whenever when you are about to reach them, he will beat the tree. `Grow, my tree!' he will say to it. At that, up at a dizzy height his sisters will be. And again, when again you are about to come to them, again he will strike it. `Grow, my tree!' he will say to it. Then still higher. Again, if you are succeeding, and are about to come to them, again he will beat it. `Grow, my tree!' he will say to it. Then, up to a dizzy height. And when you look down toward the earth, you will not see the place from which you began to climb. Be careful, Grandchild; this sky has an opening; right up to it Nenapus' tree will grow; only at that point will you reach Nenapus' sisters whom you are going out to woo. Have care, perhaps you will not reach that place. Have you at least dreamt anything?» |
(166)«êha!, apisîs.» |
(166)«Yes, a little.» |
(167)«hâw, nôsisê, êyakonih ka-kîh-wîsôhkamâkon kipawâmôwin. kiyâm pêyâhtik pimohtêh.» |
(167)«Well, Grandchild, by the things in your dream you will be aided. Do walk slowly.» |
(168)êh-wâpaniyik sipwêhtêw. â, pêyahtik pa-pimohtêw. namwâc wâyaw ihtâw; at-ôsêhcâyiw kisiwâk. at-âmaciwêw. ati-kîs-âmaciwêt, awên ôm, ôtênaw. pîhtêyisk wâpahtam êh-mihkwahikâtêyik mîkiwâhp. aw, êko nênâpos wîkih. wâpamêw êkotah êh-akosiyit wacistwanihk êkonih îskwêwa. wayawiyiwa. |
(168)In the morning he set out. Slowly he walked ahead. He had not gone far at all; right near by was a hill. He went up the hill. When he had reached the top, there he saw a town. In the center he saw a tipi painted red. Oh, that was Nenapus' lodge. He saw those women perched in their nest. The other came out of his tipi. |
(169)«hô ôw, âstam, nîstaw, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk!» |
(169)«Ho oh, come here, Brother-in-Law, Flute-Bearer!» |
(170)«yôh hô, êkwêyâk wiyîhikawiyân! nama wîhkâta awiyak niwîhik,» têhihtam awa aw oskinîkiw. |
(170)«Oho, this is the first time I am called by my name! No one has ever called me by name,» thought that youth. |
(171)itohtêw. cîk at-îhtât, pêw-ohtiskaw-akosiyiwa ôh oskinîkiskwêwa. |
(171)He went there. When he had come near, those maidens came and faced him from their nest. |
(172)«opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk, sêmâk pê-kîhcêkosîh! kayâsk kôw-âsawâpamitinân, êh-pêhtamâhk ê-wîh-pê-wîkimiyâhk.» |
(172)«Flute-Bearer, come, climb up here right away! A long time we have been looking out for you, since we heard that you were coming to marry us.» |
(173)hâ, miyosiyiwa. ati-takosin. haw, wîsta miyosiw. |
(173)Oh, they were beautiful. He came there. Well, he, too, was handsome. |
(174)«hâw, nîstâh, pita pîhtokê! hahahâw, otah ohcih, nîsta! pêyakwâw ka-pîhtwânânaw, nîstâ, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. osâm kaskêyihtamwak nisîmak, ê-wîh-wîkimiskik.» |
(174)«Hello, Brother-in-Law, first come inside! Well, well, well, right over here, Brother-in-Law! Let us have just one smoke, Brother-in-Law, Flute-Bearer. My little sisters are lonely and sad with the longing to marry you.» |
(175)«êha!.» |
(175)«Yes.» |
(176)mêsikit-ôspwâkana sâkaskinahêw nênapos. saskahwêw. |
(176)Nenapus filled a huge pipe. He lit it. |
(177)«haw, pîhtwâ, nîstâ! kîsi-pîhtwâyahko, êkosi êkwah kika-ntawi-wîkimâwak ôki nisîmisak.» |
(177)«Here, smoke, Brother-in-Law! When we have had our smoke, then you shall go and marry these little sisters of mine.» |
(178)«hwfs hwfst hwfst!» nêwâw kitamwêw ôh ôspwâkana. |
(178)«Puff, puff, puff!» In four puffs he had smoked that pipe empty. |
(179)«naha, nîstâ, ciyawasisiw kitôspwâkan!» |
(179)«Why, Brother-in-Law, your pipe doesn't hold much!» |
(180)«ayahô, mâna tâpwê nik-ôwîstâwih opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! haw, nîstâ, êkwah nâs nisîmak.» |
(180)«Dear me, it really does look as if I should have Flute-Bearer for my brother-in-law! Well, Brother-in-Law, now fetch my sisters.» |
(181)ati-wayawîwak. pakamâkanis mistik ôma aw mistikw êh-cîmasoyit. otakohpah ppêtikwêkinêw. otêhtahwânapiw. mosêskatêw. nîpawiw êkotah awa. |
(181)They went out of the tipi. He took that little wooden club, to where that tree stood. He rolled his blanket-robe into a small bundle. He sat on a sitting-platform. He sat without his robe. The other one stood ready. |
(182)«hâw, nîstâ, kiyipa nâs nisîmak kâ-wîh-wîkimacik.» |
(182)«Now then, Brother-in-Law, quickly fetch my sisters, whom you wish to marry.» |
(183)«êha!.» |
(183)«Yes.» |
(184)otakohpah ahêw. |
(184)He laid down his blanket-robe. |
(185)nênâpos, «hê ê ê, hâstamitik! pê-nitawâpamihk opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk nîstâw, ê-wîh-nâtâhtawâtât nisîmah!» |
(185)Nenapus: «Ho, ho, come here, all of you! Come watch my brother-in-law, Flute-Bearer, climb to fetch my sisters!» |
(186)hâ hay, ayîsiyinîtokênik ispahtâcik!» |
(186)Oh, oh, the crowd of people that came running! |
(187)hêy ay, tâpwê mitoni mâka mîna ê-wîh-wiyakihât nênâpos ôh ôskinîkiwa êh-miyosiyit!» kâ-wanwêwitamiyit ayîsiyiniwa êh-itwêyit. pêhtawêw awa kâ-wîh-ntawi-wîwit. |
(187)«Well, well, truly, it is too bad about this handsome youth whom, again, Nenapus is going to destroy!» said those people, amid the confused din of their voices. He heard them, who was going to try for the wives. |
(188)at-îtohtêw êkwa. mitoni sôskosiyiwa ôhi mistikwa, hâta kisiwâk tahk êh-pâhpihikot ôhi oskinîkiskwêwa. âkwaskitinêw ôhi mistikwa. ôhi min opîhtatwânah nayômêw êyakonih ôhi. hâta kîhcêkosît, wîh-kiyomâ-yâsipayiw.11 |
(188)Then he went there. The tree was very smooth, and yet from very close to the ground those maidens were giggling at him. He put his arms round the tree. He had his quiver of arrows on his back. He climbed for all he was worth, although he was always at the point of slipping down. |
(189)mwêhc ê-wîh-otihtât, «yahkîmo, nimistikom!» |
(189)Just as he had almost reached them, «Grow, my tree!» |
(190)ê ê, nayawispim! |
(190)Oh, up to a soaring height! |
(191)êkonih ôhi kâ-nihcâwâhcawîsiyit otinêw.12 |
(191)He took those things of the little fellows that climb well. |
(192)«haw, nôhkom, `pêyak kîsikâw kik-âpacihâw,' nikîh-itikoh! nka-wih-êkotôwiwin!» |
(192)«Now then, did not my grandmother say to me, `For one day you shall use it'? Let me be like these!» |
(193)hâ, mistikohk êkwah.13 |
(193)Then, like this, up the tree. |
(194)mwêhc êh-wîh-otihtât, «yahkîmo, nimistikom!» |
(194)Just as he was about to come to them, «Grow, my tree!» |
(195)hâ, misi-nayawispim! hâ, âhci pikw âwa. hâw, mwêhc êh-otihtât, mêscisimêw ôhi waskasîsah. akâwâc sakamôw. |
(195)Oh, way up to a dizzy height! Oh, he kept right on. Just as he was about to reach them, he had used up those little claws. He barely held fast. |
(196)«hê hê ha, mân êkâ mâna nika-pakamahôkoh nênâpos!» itêyihtam. |
(196)«Well, well, well, I had better look to it that Nenapus does not club me!» he thought. |
(197)kotakah ôhkomah kâ-miyikot môsicihcina tahkamêw ôhi mistikwah; kwêski mîna. anakis tahkamât, êkwah ôma kâ-tahkamât, pakitinêw ôhi kâ-nihcâwâhcawisiyit ôhi.14 pinipayiyiwa. tahk îtâpiw nênâpos. pêtisâpamêw, êh-pêtakociniyit. |
(197)One of those dew-claws of the moose which his other grandmother had given him he jabbed into the tree; and with the other hand, another. In he jabbed them, and when he had done so, he dropped those things of the little fellows who climb well. Down they went. Nenapus was looking up all the while. He saw them whirling down toward him. |
(198)«hêhâ hô, êkw ani piyêtakocihk opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! mêtokêtah nika-kîh-owîstâwih êh-kitimâkisit!» |
(198)«Yoho, here comes Flute-Bearer tumbling through the air! The idea of my having that poor wretch for my brother-in-law!» |
(199)hô, itah kisiwâk êh-pahkisiniyit, «hiy hya ô, manitôwiw, itwânîpan, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk iyât-ây-isît!»15 |
(199)When they landed close by on the ground, «Yoho, a manitou is Flute-Bearer, did they not say it? In spite of all his modest talk to me!» |
(200)êkwah naha êh-pêy-itâpit, nama kêkway wâpahtam.16 âsay napatê mêscihtitâw ôma; êkwah pikoh napatêw ohci micimîw. kotakah otinam oskâcihk; êkwah tahkamêw ôhi mistikwah. ôwi kâ-mêscihtitât pakitinam. |
(200)And this other, when he looked down, he could see nothing. And now he had worn out the one of these; he was holding on with one hand. He took the next things; he jabbed an awl into the tree. Those things which he had used up, he dropped. |
(201)tahk îtâpiw nênâpos. |
(201)All the while Nenapus was looking up. |
(202)âsay mîna kâ-pêtakociniyit, «hêyahâ, êkwah piyêtakocih opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! mêtokêtân nka-kîh-owîstâwih êh-kitimâkisit!» |
(202)Again, as the things came whirling down, «Ohoho, here comes Flute-Bearer tumbling through the air! The idea of my having that poor wretch for my brother-in-law!» |
(203)hâw, pakamâkanis. pêyakwaniyiwah ôhi êh-pahkihtiniyiki. |
(203)Then, the little club. But again, it was the same thing about the objects that landed on the ground. |
(204)«hay hyoh hô, manitôwiw, itwânipan, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! mâna tâpwê nk-ôwîstâwih!» |
(204)«Oho, a manitou is Flute-Bearer, was it not said? It really looks as if I should have him for a brother-in-law!» |
(205)ê hê hê hê, napatê piko mîna êkwah om ôskâcihk. mîkwanah êkwah. |
(205)But look out! Again the awl was good only in one hand. Now, the feather. |
(206)«nôhkom nikîh-itikoh, pêyak kîsikâw cit-âpacihtak awa!» |
(206)«Did not my grandmother tell me that for one day I was to use this?» |
(207)takonêw ôtah wiyâhk.17 |
(207)He held it here, close to his body. |
(208)«nikah-omîstanipîwayâniwin!» |
(208)«Let me be a feather of down!» |
(209)êkwah ôtah mistikohk êh-ati-sakamot, tahkih pakitinam ôh ôskâcihkwah. |
(209)Then, holding on here to the tree, one after another he dropped those awls. |
(210)sâsa mina nênâpos pêtisâpamêw. |
(210)Again Nenapus thought he saw him coming. |
(211)«hâh, êkwah piyê-nôkosit opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! kê-kîh-owîstâwiwânêni! okitimâkisih!»18 |
(211)«Ha, here comes Flute-Bearer into view! Was I to have him for a brother-in-law, forsooth? The poor wretch!» |
(212)mwêhc ê-wîh-otihtât awa min, sasay mîna kâ-pakamahwâyit matwê. |
(212)As the other again was about to reach them, again he heard him beating on the tree. |
(213)«yahkîmoh, nimistikom!» |
(213)«Grow, my tree!» |
(214)ha, misi-nayawispim, kâ-wâpahtahk êh-pakonêyâyik êkwa kîsik. yahâ, kisiwâk ât êkwah, mêscihtitâw ôma. akawâc êkwah sakamôw, âta kisiwâk êkw ôma. |
(214)Oh, up to a dizzy height, and then he saw the opening in the sky. Now again he was near, when he had worn out this thing, too. He was barely managing to keep his hold, and now it was quite near. |
(215)«mân êkâ mâna nka-pakamahokoh nênâpos!» itêyihtam. |
(215)«I had better look to it that Nenapus does not club me!» he thought. |
(216)wîpisisah nîso otinam. pêyak ôtah tahkonam; kwêski min ôtêh tahkahtam ôhi mistikwah; êkwah ôhi wîpisisah êkoni êkwah âpacihtâw. miyêscihtitât, kotakah. pakitinam ôhi kâ-mêscihtitât wîpisisah. |
(216)He took two of his arrows. One he held here in his hand; with one in the other hand, too, he jabbed that tree; and so then he used those arrows of his. When he had worn them out, he took others. He dropped those arrows of his which he had worn out. |
(217)êh-itâpit nênâpos mâka mina wâpahtam kêkwa. |
(217)As Nenapus looked up, always he saw something. |
(218)«êkwah piyêtakocih opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! mêtokêtah nka-kîh-ôwîstâwih êh-kitimâkisit!» |
(218)«Here comes Flute-Bearer tumbling through the air! The idea of my having that poor wretch for my brother-in-law!» |
(219)êkwah acosisah ôhi kâh-pahkihtiniyiki, «hê hâh, `manitôwiw,' itâw opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! `ôma êspîhcâyik askiy kahkiyaw mistikwah owîpisiw,' itwânîpan! mâ, pikw âni tâpwê nk-ôwîstâwih!» |
(219)But then, whenever those arrows landed on the ground, «Oho, `He is a manitou,' is said of Flute-Bearer! `Of all the extent of the earth, all the trees he uses as arrows,' was it not said? Dear me, it really looks as if there were nothing but that I have him as my brother-in-law!» |
(220)êkosi wiy âwa pakitinam wîpisisah, êh-mêscihtitât. oma kâ-pakonêyâk êkotah tahkohcipayihôwak ôh îskwêwak. âsay mîna aw êkotah nâpêw tahkohcipayihôw wîstah. |
(220)And so the other dropped his arrows when he had worn them out. Those women threw themselves up on the edge of that opening. Then the man, too, threw himself up onto that place. |
(221)«niya nîkân k-âti-wîtapimitin!» itik ôhi omisimâwa. |
(221)«I shall be the first to sit by your side!» said the elder one to him. |
(222)sakipitonênêw ôtah. sêmâk kotakah mîn ôhi ocipitêw. |
(222)He grasped her here by the arm. At once he pulled the other one also to him. |
(223)«âstamitik!» |
(223)«Come here, both of you!» |
(224)ôma wacistwan isi kwâskohtiw awa nâpêw; âyîta miciminêw ôhi. nîhciwêpinêw. |
(224)Down into the nest leaped the man; he held one with each hand. Then he threw them down. |
(225)tâpiskôc ocahcspiyah kêcikonêw. pakamahwêw ôhi mistikwah. |
(225)At the same time he drew forth his bow. With it he struck that tree. |
(226)«hâw, nimistikom, kâ-kiy-iskwâskosiyan, iskwâskosih! kiyipa!» |
(226)«Come, my tree, be as tall as you really are! Quick!» |
(227)ôkô kâ-nihciwêpinihcik, _ tahk îtâpiw nênâpos: pêtisâpamêw, pêtakociniyit. |
(227)Those two who had been thrown down, _ all this time Nenapus was looking out: he saw them coming as they whirled down toward him. |
(228)«yôwawawaw, êkw êh ni piyêtakocihk opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! âstamitêh, ayîsiyinîtik! pê-kitâpamihk opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk, mâka mîna ê-wîh-pakamahwak! pêtakocin an êkwah!»19 |
(228)«Yowowowowo, here comes Flute-Bearer tumbling through the air! Come here, all you people! Come look at Flute-Bearer and watch me club him, too! Come look at Flute-Bearer and watch me club him, too! Here he comes spinning down!» |
(229)tahk îtâpiw. hâ, kisiwâk êkwah. pakamâkan, ôtah kisiwâk. yayaw ôtah itâpiw, ômis êy-itâpit.20 tâpwê pikoh kahkiyaw oskotâkâyiwa ôtêh ispayiyiwa ôh osîma.21 ôm êh-apit, tâpiskôc êkwah at-acicîpahkisiniyiwa, kahkiyaw ôh oskotâkâyiwa. wâpmêw osîma. |
(229)He kept looking. Now they were near. His club, right there. Tensely he looked, gazing like this. Truly, his sisters' skirts were all flying up, like this. Right there, where he sat, they came falling head first, with all their clothes upturned. He saw his sisters exposed. |
(230)«hêy!» |
(230)«Goodness me!» |
(231)wêpinam ôma. mitoni wâpamêw osîma. |
(231)He threw the thing away. He saw his sisters entirely exposed. |
(232)êkosi, «him!»22 |
(232)Then, «Gracious me!» |
(233)êkwah wî naha yâsipayiw. nîhci-kwâskohtiw êkwah. kitâpamêw nênâposa; êkotah osîmiyiwa. otakohpah kâw-otihtinât, ôtah ayisiyiniw êsikâpawiyit, êkotah konta tapasîw, êh-sâ-sîpâpayihot êkwah. ê-matâwisit, êkwah tah-tapasîw êkwah.23 êkwah tâpwê tapasîw. wâhyaw itâmôw. |
(233)Then that other slid down. Then he jumped to the ground. He looked at Nenapus; there lay his sisters. Seizing his blanket-robe, he hustled into the crowd of standing people, ducking among them. Reaching the trail, he took to flight. Then he ran for all he was worth. He fled. He fled far away. |
(234)awa nênâpos, «hêh, tâpwê mistahi ntihtôtâk opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk, nisîma êh-wanâciwêpinamawit, niya askiy kâ-kiw-osîhtâyân! tântêh kê-pîhcâk kiy-êtâmoyan, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk? anohc kâ-kîsikâk ka-pakamahotin!» |
(234)This Nenapus: «Oh, really, Flute-Bearer has played me a nasty trick, throwing my sisters down to me in shameless guise, and I the one who created this earth! Whither in all space will you flee, Flute-Bearer? This very day I shall club you to death!» |
(235)pakamâkanis otinam. |
(235)He seized his little club. |
(236)«tântêh aspin?» itêw ôh ayîsiyiniwa. |
(236)«Which way did he go?» he asked the people. |
(237)«tântêy êtokê? nama wiya nitatimâpamânân.» |
(237)«Which way, indeed? We did not see him go.» |
(238)ôm ôtênaw têtipêwêpahtâw nênâpos. awên ôki, atimiskanawêyiwa. |
(238)Nenapus ran round the edge of the town. There, there were his tracks going yon way. |
(239)«mêtokêtah kika-wanihitih, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! pôyoh! kiwîh-pakamahotin!» |
(239)«Is there any chance of my missing you, Flute-Bearer? Stop! I am going to club you to death!» |
(240)mosis pêhtawêw awa, awa kâ-tapasît ê-at-îtikot. |
(240)He who was fleeing heard plainly what the other called to him. |
(241)«mâna tâpwê nka-pakamahokoh nênâpos!» piyê-pîkiskwêyit, âsa kisiwâk, «nhâw, misawâc sâsay niwîh-atimik!» |
(241)«It looks as if Nenapus were really to club me to death!» as the other came calling, nearer and nearer, «Well, he is sure to overtake me now!» |
(242)kêh-kêtaskisinêpahtâw. |
(242)He kicked off his moccasins as he ran. |
(243)«haw, tapasîk, nimaskisinitik!» |
(243)«Now, flee, my moccasins!» |
(244)kôh, maskisinah piko. mistik kîskataham. mônahêkanâhtik osîhtâw. wêstakay âpihkonam. |
(244)Then, off went the empty moccasins. He cut a stick. He made a digging-stick. He let down his hair. |
(245)«pahkêkin nk-ôtakohpin; ta-mâyâtan! kaskitêwêkin nk-ôskotâkân; mîna nik-ôtâsin; ta-kayâsâyiwiwa! êkwah iskwêwak k-êsinâkosicik, misiwê nk-êsinâkosin!» itwêw. |
(245)«Let me have a dressed hide for my blanket; let it be a miserable one! Let me have a skirt of black cloth; let me have women's gaiters; let them be old ones! As is the bodily appearance of women, so let me appear from head to foot!» he said. |
(246)kawipayihôw; pasikôw; pakwahtêhôw ôm pahkêkin. êh-nîpawit, kiskêyihtam iskwêw wiya.24 ôtah mistaskosîminah mônaham. ati-pêmoyôw. ôtah sâkêwêpahtâyiwa êyoko nênapos. |
(246)He threw himself to the ground; he rose to his feet; he girded round him that dressed hide. As he stood there, he saw that he was really now a woman. There he set about digging wild-turnips. He kept putting them into the bosom-fold of his garment. And there came Nenapus running into view. |
(247)«hah!» |
(247)«Hah!» |
(248)ômisi êsa tôtam nênapos, osâm mistah êh-apwêsit.25 |
(248)Nenapus did like this, for he was sweating hard. |
(249)«opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk, nama wiya ci-kîh-wayêsihiyin! kayâsk êkosi ka-kîh-tôtêh, ci-kîh-poyoyan! nama wiya misawâc ka-kîh-nakasin, niya aski kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân.» |
(249)«Flute-Bearer, there is no chance of your deceiving me! You might just as well have done it long ago, stopped running! You had no chance, anyway, of out-distancing me, me who created the earth.» |
(250)ati-itohtêw êkwah awa iskwêw. mônahikanâhtik ômis îsiwêpinam. «hm hm hm hm,» mâtôw.26 |
(250)The woman stepped nearer. She held her digging-stick like this. «M, m, m, m!» she wept. |
(251)«kiyâm pakamahon! misawâc nka-kwatakihtân, êh-kî-wanisiniyân. êkwah, `êwako kê-wîkimak,' ntêyihtêh, kâ-wîh-pakamahwiyin. kiyâm mâka pakamahon. misawâc nka-kwatakihtân. êkwah, `êyôkô kê-wîkimak,' ntêyihtêh kâ-wîh-pakamahoyin.» |
(251)«Club me to death, if you like! In any case I shall only be miserable, lost as I am. And it is just as I was beginning to think, ` This man I will marry,' that you are going to club me. But club me, if you like. In any case, I should only be miserable. Just as I was thinking, `This man I will marry,' you mean now to club me.» |
(252)kitâpamêw nênapos iskwêwa. kitimâkisiyiwa, êkwah ôt êh-miyosiyit.27 |
(252)Nenapus gazed at the woman. She was in a piteous plight, and good-looking at that. |
(253)«yahô, mahtih tâpwê kiy-êskwêwit! nama wya tah-kwêskimôw opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. nama wiya tah-iskwêwiw. mahtih ka-sâminitin.» |
(253)«Come, let's see if it is really a woman! Flute-Bearer surely cannot change his form. He cannot have turned into a woman. Come, let me touch you.» |
(254)êkwah isiniskêyiw: iskwêwa. |
(254)He groped this way with his hand: a woman. |
(255)«hâw, nama âwiyak cî kiwâpamâw, ôtah ci-pimpahtât?» itêw. |
(255)«Come, did you not see anyone run by here?» he asked her. |
(256)«ôtah nah pêyak nâpêw êh-pimipahtât. êh-âta-tâh-têpwâtak, nama wiya ni-wîh-kitotik.»28 |
(256)«A man did run past here. I called to him a few times, but he would not speak to me.» |
(257)«êwako! haw, ôtah ayâh. nama wiya ka-kîh-kitimahitin ci-kîh-pakamahotân. pitah nka-ntawi-pakamahwâw awa opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. mistahi ninêpêwihik êh-tôtâkot. mêyâkwâm êkây ôhpimêh ohc îtohtêh. otah pa-pêhin.» |
(257)«That's he! Now, you stay here. I cannot destroy you by clubbing you to death. Let me first go strike down that Flute-Bearer. He greatly shamed me by what he did to me. Be sure not to wander away from here. Wait for me here.» |
(258)«êha!.» |
(258)«Yes.» |
(259)nawaswêw ôtêh awa nênâpos. êh-at-âwasêwêyit, asawâc ôma isi tapasîw êkwah. tapasîw. |
(259)Nenapus went off this way, in pursuit. When he had gone out of sight, again he fled, off this way. He fled. |
(260)êkwah wiya nênâpos, awên ôm, maskisinah piko. |
(260)As for Nenapus, what did he find, but the empty moccasins? |
(261)wâpahtam ômis êh-ispayiyik. |
(261)He saw them going like this. |
(262)«wênikonê-mahkay! tâpw êcik âni kê-wayêsimit!» |
(262)«Filthy swine! So he has really fooled me with his talk!» |
(263)pakamaham êkw ôhi maskisinah.29 |
(263)He hit the moccasins with his club. |
(264)«nama wiya nîswâ c-kîh-wayêsimiyin. êkwah atimitâni, sôskwâc kiwîh-pakamahotin!» |
(264)«You won't be able to fool me twice. When I catch you this time, I'll club you without delay!» |
(265)mosis pêhtawêw; matîtik awa awa kâ-tapasît.30 |
(265)He heard him plainly; he who was fleeing heard the other's speech to him. |
(266)«hâ, mâka nipakamahôkoh!» itêyihtam. |
(266)«Ha, it seems that he will club me after all!» he thought. |
(267)wiy awa nênapos kâwi wâyonipahtâw itah kâ-kîh-otihtât ôh îskwêwa.31 takosin. â, asawâc âh-atimiskanawêyiwa. |
(267)Nenapus ran back to where he had met the woman. He arrived. Oh, off in a different direction lay the other's tracks. |
(268)«pôyoh! nama wiya nîswâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyan, niya nênâpos, niya aski kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân!» |
(268)«Stop! You cannot twice deceive me, me, Nenapus, who created the earth!» |
(269)mosis pêhtawêw. nawaswêw êkwa min nênâpos. piyê-pîkiskwêyicih, kêka piko kisiwâk. |
(269)He heard him clearly. Nenapus went on in pursuit. Each time he called as he came, it was nearer by. |
(270)«hâ, kêhcinâh nka-pakamahok êkwah! mân êkâ nka-kîh-wayêsimâ! hâw, kiyâm mahtih, êyiwêhk misawâc nama nânt êh-kîh-is-itâmoyân.» |
(270)«Oh, he will surely club me now! Suppose I should not be able to deceive him! Well, I might as well try; in any case there is no place for me to flee to.» |
(271)moskîstam sakâs; kîskataham pêyak mistikos. êkw êh-nîpawit, tipaham ôtah; kîskataham êkotah; miciminam.32 |
(271)He made for a grove of trees; he cut a stick of wood. As he stood, he cut it off even here; here he cut it through; he held it in his hand. |
(272)«hâw! oskinîkiskwêw ôtah ta-wîh-ayâw! ta-wîh-miyosiw!» |
(272)«Now then! Let there be here a young woman! Let her be beautiful!» |
(273)isiwêpinam; ôhi oskinîkiskwêwa. miyosiw. |
(273)He turned it like this; there was a young woman. She was beautiful. |
(274)«êkwah niya mîna nkah-iskwêwin!» |
(274)«Now let me too be a woman!» |
(275)nisokâpawiwak. êkoyikohk êh-iskosiyit ôtah kîskataham miscikosah nîso. mônahikanâhtik ôsihtâw. miyêw pêyak. |
(275)They stood there, the two of them. Of a length suitable for her, he cut two smaller sticks. He made digging-sticks. He gave her one. |
(276)«hâw, anima mistaskosîminân k-âyâk kakwêyahôw ci-mônahikêyin; êkosi k-âti-pîmoyon. niy ôtêh.» |
(276)«Come, in that bed of wild-turnips there, dig with all your might; keep putting them into the fold of your robe. I shall do the same over here.» |
(277)êkotê cit-ôhcipahtâyit nênâposa, kîh-kêh-kêtaskisinêpahtâw; «tapasîk nimaskisinitik!» kîh-itwêw. |
(277)Yonder in the direction from which Nenapus would come a-running he had kicked off his moccasins; «Flee, my moccasins!» he had said. |
(278)«pê-sâkêwêpahtâci, pê-pîkiskwêci, ka-pê-ma-mawimon. `nimisê, nimisê!' kik-êtwân. ka-pê-moskîstawin. nispiskwanihk ôtêh k-êspayihon. niya pikoh nka-kitotâw.» |
(278)«When he comes running into view, when he comes talking, you will come and weep. `Big Sister, Big Sister!' you will say. You will come straight to me. You will throw yourself here behind my back. I alone shall talk to him.»v |
(279)hâh, mônahikêwak. nah âsay ôtah pê-sâkêwêkocin nênâpos. |
(279)Then they set about digging. Soon, there, Nenapus came speeding into view. |
(280)«hêh, kayâsk êkosi kâ-kî-tôtêh ci-kîh-pôyoyan! nama wiya nîswâw ci-kî-wayêsimiyan, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! mistahi kinêpêwihin kâ-tôtawiyan, nisîmak kâ-nihciwêpinacik. anohc kipakamahotin!» |
(280)«Hey, you might as well have done this long ago, quit running! You cannot fool me twice with your talk, Flute-Bearer! You cast great shame upon me, the way you did to me, throwing down my sisters. Now I shall club you to death!» |
(281)aw oskinîkiskwêw, «nimisê, nimisê, nimisê!» |
(281)That young girl: «Big Sister, Big Sister, Big Sister!» |
(282)hâw, min îtâpipayihôw. ah, âsay ôtah ospiskwanihk. |
(282)Oh, he turned and looked that way. Already she was behind the other's back. |
(283)âsay êkotah nênâpos, «nama wiya nîswâ c-kîh-wayêsimiyin!» |
(283)Meanwhile Nenapus there, «You can't fool me twice with your talk!» |
(284)«hm hm hm!»33 |
(284)«Boo hoo hoo!» |
(285)mistik ômisi isiwêpinam mônahikanâhtik, kisik êh-mâtot. |
(285)She held her digging-stick like this, weeping all the while. |
(286)«nikîh-itwâh, nisîmis êh-wanisiniyâhk, êh-pimipicihk, `awiyak miskâkoyahkoh nâpêw, wîkimâhkahk,' nikîh-itâw nisîmis; `misawâc ka-kwatakihtânânaw. kiyâm mâyâtisici iyiniw miskâkoyahko, wîkimâhkahk,' nikîh-itâh nisîmis, kâ-wîh-pâ-pakamahoyâhk! `êkw êyoko kê-wîkimâyâhk,' nitêyihtêh. nimiywêyihtêh êh-pê-sâkêwêpahtâyin, kâ-wîh-pâ-pakamahoyâhk!» |
(286)«You see, I said, when my little sister and I got lost as they were moving camp, `If anyone finds us, any man, let us marry him,' I said to my little sister; `We have no prospect but to suffer. Even if an ugly-looking man finds us, let us marry him,' I said to my sister, you see, and now you want to club us both! `Here is the man we shall marry,' I was just thinking. I was glad when you came running into sight, and now you want to club us!» |
(287)«iyahô!» itwêw nênâpos; «iyahô! nama wiya ci-kîh-nîsit opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! nama cî awiyak kipimâpamâwâw ôtah?» |
(287)«Haha!» cried Nenapus; «Haha! Flute-Bearer could not turn into two persons! You did not see anyone go past here, did you?» |
(288)«ôtah ana pêyak kîh-pimipahtâw iyiniw. êh-âta-tâh-têpwâtak, namwâc ê-wîh-pêy-itâpit. tântah k-ôh-pê-sâkêwêpahtâyan, êkotah oma kâ-pmâstamahcâk kîh-pmipahtâw. nîmipîhtatwânêw ôtah kâ-pmipahtât êwakoh.» |
(288)«That one man did run past here. I kept calling to him, but he would not so much as look this way. He ran past along the steep hill over toward the direction from which you came running into view. He carried a quiver of arrows, the one who ran by here.» |
(289)«mahtih!» |
(289)«Come!» |
(290)isiniskêyiw oskotâkâyihk ôtêh: iskwêwah. |
(290)He groped with his hand here at her skirt: a woman. |
(291)«mahti kiyah!» |
(291)«Come; you now!» |
(292)mâh-myosiw aw iskwêw awah. âsay mîna êyakoni: iskwêwa. |
(292)Very pretty was this woman. He did the same way with her: a woman. |
(293)«hô â, nama wiya ci-kîh-kaskihtât nîswayak c-êsinâkosit! haw, ôtah ayâk. tâpwê ka-wîkimitinâwâw. pitah nka-ntawi-pakamahwâw k-êhtôtawit.» |
(293)«Ha, he could not possibly manage to be two persons! Well, stay here. Truly, I will marry you. First I shall go club him who did that to me.» |
(294)«tânisi mâk êh-tôtask?» itik ôh îskwêwa. |
(294)«Did what to you?» the woman asked him. |
(295)«hâ, êh-nîhciwêpinât nisîmah ôtah, h-wanâciwêpinamawit, mistah êh-nêpêwihit; êyôk ohci k-ô-wîh-pakamahwak.» |
(295)«Oh, because he threw my sisters down here, because he flung them at me in obscene fashion, and did me great shame, that is why I am going to club him.» |
(296)«êcik âni êh-ay-ihtôtahk, êkâ kâ-wîh-kitosit, êh-âta-tâh-têpwâtak!» |
(296)«That must be why he acted that way, not answering me when I hailed him!» |
(297)«haw, êkâ wiya ohpimê ohc-îtohtêk! tâpwê ka-wîkimitinâwâw. pita niwîh-tawi-pakamahwâw.» |
(297)«Now, do not go off anywhere! I will surely marry you both. But first I want to go strike him dead.» |
(298)nawaswêw ôtah.34 awên ôm ki-pimiskanawêyiwa. |
(298)He went on in pursuit. There went the other's tracks. |
(299)nanayaw êh-âkawêwêpahtâyit, kawipayihôw.35 miscikos awa otihtinam awa. kwâhciwêpinam. êkotêh ohci tapasîw êkwah. |
(299)As soon as he had run to the other side of the hill, the other threw himself to the ground. He took hold of that little stick. He flung it up in the air. Then he fled from there. |
(300)wiya nênapos maskisinah piko.36 maskisinisah piko.37 pakamaham êkoni. |
(300)As for Nenapus, it was nothing but the moccasins. Miserable, empty moccasins. He struck them with his club. |
(301)«wênikonê-mahkay! tâpw êcik âna kê-wayêsimit! pôyoh! nama wiya nistwâ ci-kîh-wayêsimiyin! mistahi kinêpêwihin êh-tôtawiyan, niy âskiy kâ-kîh-ôsîhtâyân!» |
(301)«Filthy swine! So he did fool me, after all! Stop! You can't fool me three times! You put me to great shame by what you did to me, me who created the earth!» |
(302)kâwi mina wâyonipahtâw êkwah. itah kâ-kîh-otihtât ôhi, takopahtâw. awên âsawâc atimiskanawêyiwa. ôma miscikos ka-kîh-ôhc-ôsîhâyit iskwêwa, êkw anima kâh-kwâhciwêpinamiyit, êkâ ci-wâpahtahk nênâpos.38 |
(302)Again he ran back. He came on the run to where he had met those persons. What was this? Tracks going off in the opposite direction. That stick from which he had made a woman, it he had flung up in the air, that Nenapus might not see it. |
(303)«pôyoh, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! nîswâw âsa kiwayêsimin. nama wiya nistwâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyin, niya nênâpos, niy âski kâ-kîh-osîhtâyân! nama wîhkâc awiyak niwayêsimik, êkwêyâk kâ-tôtawiyin.39 mâka nama wiy êkwah ci-kî-wayêsimiyin nistwâw! pôyoh! ka-pakamahotin sôskwâc!» |
(303)«Stop, Flute-Bearer! Twice now you have fooled me with your talk. But you shall not be able to fool me three times, me, Nenapus, who created the earth! No one ever has deceived me; until you now have been the first to treat me so. But you shall not fool me a third time! Stop! I will club you without delay!» |
(304)hâ, âsa kisiwâk. |
(304)Oh, by this time, quite near. |
(305)«âh, misawâc sâsay nka-pakamahok. mahtih êyiwêhk nka-koci-tôtên, mîna kâ-kîh-itâpahtamân.» |
(305)«Well, surely now he will club me. At any rate let me try the other thing I have seen.» |
(306)kîskataham nîso k-êskosit, kêka tâh-tâpiskôc. |
(306)He cut two to his own length, almost even. |
(307)«ta-wîh-iskwêwiwak; ta-wîh-mâ-miyosiwak!» |
(307)«Let them be women; let them be handsome ones!» |
(308)ha hahâw, oskinîkiskwêwak, mâ-miyosiwak. |
(308)Ha, ho, young girls, handsome ones. |
(309)«nîsta nikaw-iskwêwin!» |
(309)«Let me, too, be a woman!» |
(310)wîst îskwêwiw. nistiwak êkosi iskwêwak. maskosiwânikamâw. |
(310)He, too, turned into a woman. So there were three women. There was a lake with edible reeds. |
(311)«hâw, nêtêh ayâk! maskosiwânah mâh-manipitamok! pê-mîcik! `ta-wîh-kayâsâyiwiwa!' kik-êtwânâwâw, piyê-wêpinamêkoh. ôma sâkahikan wâskâ ka-namêhtânânaw. pê-sâkêwêpahtâci nênâpos, pê-pîkiskwêci, pê-ma-mawimôhkêk; pê-môskîstawiyêk. ôtêh nispiskwanihk k-êspayihonâwâw. niya piko nka-kitotâw,» itêw. |
(311)«Now, go and stay over there! Pull up water-reeds! Come this way eating them! `Let these things be old!' you will say as coming here you fling them aside. You will leave your trail all round this lake. When Nenapus comes running into view, and when he comes and talks, do you both come weeping; come to me. Here at my back you will keep yourselves. I alone shall speak to him,» he told them. |
(312)mâka mîna kîh-kêh-kêtaskisinêw ôma. |
(312)This time, as before, he had taken off his moccasins. |
(313)«tapasîk, nimaskisinitik!» itêw omaskisinah. |
(313)«Flee, my moccasins!» he told his moccasins. |
(314)êkosi mân ômaskisinah êkos ê-sipwêmakahki. |
(314)Then, always, his moccasins went off. |
(315)sâsay pê-sâkêwêpahtâw. |
(315)Now the other came running into view. |
(316)«hâ, kayâsk êkosi ka-kîh-tôtêh, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! nama wiya nistwâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyin. mistahi ninayawapin. êh-nêpêwihiyin, anohc êkwah ka-pakamahotin!» |
(316)«Ha, you should have done this long ago, Flute-Bearer! You cannot cheat me three times. I am very tired. Because you put me to shame, now I shall club you to death!» |
(317)pê-kapâpahtâwak ôki. mâskosiwânah pê-tahkonamwak. |
(317)They came running up from the lake. They held reeds as they came. |
(318)«nimisê, nimisê!» pê-ma-mawimôwak. |
(318)«Big Sister, Big Sister!» they came crying. |
(319)ama kapâpahtâw; ôtah pê-kapâw, êkonih kâ-nâtâmototâkot. |
(319)She ran from the edge of the lake; she came to the shore and they came fleeing to him. |
(320)«kayâsk ka-kîh-pôyoh! nama wiya nistwâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyin! anohc êkwah ka-wîh-pakamahotin!» |
(320)«Long ago you should have quit! You cannot cheat me three times! Now I shall club you to death!» |
(321)sâsay ôki takopahtâwak êkotêh nîso; ospiskwaniyihk ôhi ay-âkôpayihôwak êkotah. tahki mâtôwak. nênâpos êkot itohtêw. |
(321)By this time those two had come a-running; behind the other's back they hid, there. They wept without ceasing. Nenapus stepped nearer. |
(322)«nama wiya nistwâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyin! anohc êkwah kiwîh-pakamahotn!» |
(322)«You cannot fool me three times! Right now I shall club you to death!» |
(323)at-otihtêw. |
(323)He came close to him. |
(324)«kiyâm pâh-pakamahonân! misawât nkakkwâtakihtânan ôki nisîmisak, êh-ntawâwêhk êh-kîh-wanisiniyâhk. `kiyâm awiyak wîkimâhkahk,' nikih-itâwak mân ôki nisîmisak. ôtah pêyak nâpêw êh-pimipahtât, êh-âtah-tâh-têpwâtâyâhk, namwâc wîh-nakîw. nka-wîkimâtân êh-itêyihtamân.»40 |
(324)«Club us to death, if you like! In any case my little sisters here and I shall end miserably, having lost the way when our people were hunting eggs. `Let us marry someone, no matter whom,' I said to my little sisters here. When some man ran by here, though we called and called to him, he would not stop. `Let us marry him,' was what I thought.» |
(325)«hah!» itwêw nênâpos; «nama wiya ci-kî-nistit opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. iskwêwak ôki! kayâs cî kâ-pimipahtât?» |
(325)«Ha!» said Nenapus; «Flute-Bearer could not turn into three persons. These are women! Is it a long time since he ran by?» |
(326)«nama wiya.» |
(326)«No.» |
(327)«haw, mahtih tâpwê kiy-êskwêwiyan!» |
(327)«Well, come; let me see if you are really a woman.» |
(328)âsay mîna isiniskêyiw oskotâkâyihk: iskwêw. |
(328)Again he felt with his hand at her skirt: a woman. |
(329)«mahti kiya!» kotakah. |
(329)«Come; now you!» to the other. |
(330)«haw, nisîmis, tâpwêhtaw! misawâc ana êyako ki-wîkimâyahk, nisîmis. tâpwêhtaw!» |
(330)«Go on, Little Sister, do as he says! After all, he is going to marry us, Little Sister. Do as he says!» |
(331)âsay mîna: iskwêwa. |
(331)Again: a woman. |
(332)«êkwah kiya!» |
(332)«Now you!» |
(333)âsay mîna êyakoni iskwêwah. â, mâ-miyosiyiwa. |
(333)This one, also, was a woman. Oh, they were all handsome. |
(334)«hâw, ôtah ayâk. nama wiya ci-kih-kitimahitakok, ci-kîh-pâ-pakamahotakok. ôtah ayâk; pêhik. osâm mistahi nikisiwâhik êh-tôtawit opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk.» |
(334)«Well now, stay right here. I could not be your undoing, clubbing you to death. Stay right here and wait for me. I am too angry at Flute-Bearer for what he has done to me.» |
(335)«tâns êhtôtâsk?» |
(335)«What did he do to you?» |
(336)«nisîma êh-nîhciwêpinamawit, êh-wanâciwêpinamawit, êh-nêpêwihit, êkotah ohci. ayâk êkotah!» |
(336)«Because he threw down my sisters to me, flinging them at me in obscene fashion, and put me to great shame, that is why. Stay right here!» |
(337)nawaswêw êkwa minah. awên ôma kiy-atimiskanawêyiwa âsay mîna. |
(337)Again he went in pursuit. There, again, the other's tracks led yon way. |
(338)mayaw at-âwasêwêpahtâyit, kâh-kawipayihôwak ôki iskwêwak. otihtinam ôhi miscikosah awa; kont îtah isiwêpinam, êkâ ci-wâpahtamiyit nênâposa. âsay mîna kont îtê isi tapasîw êkwa. |
(338)As soon as he had run out of view, those women threw themselves to the ground. He took hold of those little sticks; he flung them off anywhere, that Nenapus might not see them. Again he fled, not caring whither. |
(339)nênâpos, awên ôma, maskisinisah piko! |
(339)As for Nenapus, what was this? Nothing but moccasins! |
(340)«wênikonê-mahkay! tâpwê mistahi ntôtâk!» |
(340)«Dirty brute! Really, he is treating me outrageously!» |
(341)pitah êkonih pâh-pakamaham ôhi maskisinisah. wâyonipahtâw êkwah, itêh ôhi iskwêwah kâ-nakatât. êh-takopahtât, awênipan iskwêwah! |
(341)Before doing anything else, he struck down both of those poor moccasins. Then he ran back to where he had left those women. When he came a-running, what had become of the women? |
(342)«wênikonê-mahkay opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! nistwâw kiywayêsimin! nama wiya nêwâw ci-kî-wayêsimiyan! pikw îtah atimitân, sôskwâc kiwîh-pakamahotin! nama wiya nêwâ ci-kîh-wayêsimiyan!» |
(342)«Dirty brute of a Flute-Bearer! Three times you have fooled me! You shan't manage to fool me a fourth time! No matter where I overtake you, I shall club you to death without delay! You shan't fool me a fourth time with your talk!» |
(343)âsay mîna nawaswêw. |
(343)Again he gave chase. |
(344)hâ, êkwah nêstosiw awa iyikohk êh-tapasît. nama wiya êkwah wâhyaw takosin êkwah; mitoni nêstosiw. otâkosiniyiw. |
(344)By this time the other was tired from his long flight. He did not cover much ground this time; he was very tired. It was getting on toward evening. |
(345)«pôyoh! kiwîh-pakamahotin!» |
(345)«Stop! I am going to club you to death!» |
(346)âsay kisiwâk. |
(346)Already close upon him. |
(347)sîpîsis otihtam êh-wâ-waskihtiniyik, ômis êsi-waskihtiniyik. ômis miton ê-tahtakwâyik ôtah nakîw. |
(347)He came to a winding creek, which curved about like this. At a level spot in the land he stopped. |
(348)«hâw, misawâc âsay npakamahok. êyakw îskwêyâc ntawâc êkwa nka-tôtên,» itêyihtam. |
(348)«Well, in any case he will be clubbing me now. I might as well do this last thing,» he thought. |
(349)miscikos awa kîs-kîskataham. kakwêyahôw. êkwah wâskahikan iskwêyâtastâw. iskwêyâc êkwah wâskahikanis; ay-âniskêstâw wâskahikanisah. kiskiwêhonâhtikwah cimahêw ôtah. pêyak nipêwin osîhtâw, êh-kakwêyahot. nîso kîskatahwêw mîcosisah. |
(349)He cut a little stick. He hurried. He placed a wooden house there. And next to it a smaller one; he put smaller buildings to join the house. He set up a flagstaff. He made a bed (like a white man's), hurriedly. He cut two little sticks of poplar-wood. |
(350)«wêmistikôsiw-iskwêwak, ayênânêw mîn âyiwâk mitâtaht t-êhtahtopiponwêwak! ta-mâh-miyosiwak, nîsôtêwak!» |
(350)«French girls, let them be eighteen years old! Let them be beautiful, a pair of twins!» |
(351)ê hê hê hê, miyosiwak wêmistikôsiskwêwak, oskinîkiskwêwak, nîsôtêwak! |
(351)Ha ha, handsome were the Frenchwomen, young lasses, a pair of twins! |
(352)«wâskahikan ôtah ta-wih-ihtakon! ayôwinisah taw-astêwah!» |
(352)«Let there be a wooden house here! Let there be clothes and furniture in it!» |
(353)ayôwinisah astêwah. ahyapihtakâw wâskahikan. |
(353)There were the furnishings. The house had inner walls and rooms. |
(354)«âstam!» |
(354)«Come here!» |
(355)miywâsin nipêwin. |
(355)The bedstead was a fine one. |
(356)«hâw, ômisi k-êtwânâwâw. ôma k-osêhcâsik pê-sâkêwêpahtâci nênâpos, ta-pê-pîkiskwêw. êkotê nka-pimisinin niya. nka-kawikihkân; wêmistikôsiw-iskwêw nôtokêsiw niya nik-êkotôwiwin. pê-pîkiskwêci, êkâya wayawîhkêk. êkotah ôtah k-âpinâwâw ôma nipêwinihk. «êkwah nkawikihkân. pêw-otisici, `kipakamahotin êkwah!' nik-êtik. `hâw, misawâc nikawikihkân,' nik-êtâw; `mâka ê-kîh-itêyihtamân, nôsisimak nîso ê-kiy-ohpikihakik, ê-kîh-nîsôtêwicik, êh-mâ-miyosicik, «awiyak wiy-otihtikoyahkoh, nôsisimitik, ka-wîkimâwâw,» nkîh-itâwak nôsisimak; êkosi piko awiyak ka-kîh-is-pimâcihikowâw,» `nk-êtâw, otisici. ka-pêhtawâwâw. kîspin, `mahti nka-wâpamâwak,' itwêci, ka-kitotitinâwâw; `âstamitik, nôsisimitik!' k-êtitinâwâw. ka-pê-wayawîpahtânâwâw. êkosi nista nka-pimisinin ôtah wayawîtimihk ôtah. kîsi-kitotaki, âyîtaw ka-sakiniskênâwâw. `itâp kê-wâpahk ka-nawaswâtâw kâ-kisiwahisk,' kik-êtâwâw. ka-pîhtokahâwâw waskahikanisihk. ka-kêh-kêcîpitâwâw. ta-wâpahtam ayôwinisah. `kiya kahkiyaw ka-tipêyihtên,' kik-êtâwâw. kawisimoyêko, tâwâyihk cit-ôhcisin. wî-mamêyawêyimikoyêko, `niya nîkân!' kik-êtâw. kapê-tipisk êkosi kik-êtâwâw,» itêw ôhi. |
(356)«Now then, this is the way you will speak. When Nenapus comes running into view from behind that little hill, he will be talking as he comes. I shall be lying right here. I shall be old; an old Frenchwoman, that is what I shall be like. When he comes a-talking, do not come out of the house. You can sit on the bed in there. When he comes where I am, ` Now I shall club you!' he will say to me. `Well, what matter, since I am old,' I shall say to him; `But I was thinking, now I have raised my two grand-daughters, twins, and handsome girls, too, «If anyone comes here where we are, grandchildren, you had better marry him,» I was saying to my grandchildren; «Now I am very old. So it will be well if anyone, no matter who, provides for your living,»' I shall say to him, when he comes up to me. You will hear what he says. When he says, `Why, let me see them,' I shall call you; `Come here, grandchildren!' I shall say to you. Then you are to come running out of the house. And I, I shall be lying outside the door here. When I have done talking to him, you will take him by the arms. `Tomorrow you will chase him who has offended you,' you will say to him. You will bring him into the cottage. You will take off all his clothes. He will see the furnishings. `You are to be the owner of all this,' you will say to him. When you go to bed, he will lie in the middle. When he is inflamed with lust for you, «Me first!» you will say to him. All night long you will say this to him,» she told them. |
(357)isi kîwêwak ôki. tako-pîhtokêwak wâskahikanisihk. miywâsin ôma wâskahikanis. kiskiwêhon êkotah wêwêpâstan. |
(357)Then they went back into the house. Together they went into the little house. Very comfortable was the little house. The flag fluttered there in the wind. |
(358)«khrak!» |
(358)«Caw!» |
(359)kâhkâkiwa. pimisin awa nôtokêsiw. |
(359)It was the raven. The old woman lay there. |
(360)«âstam!» |
(360)«Come here!» |
(361)twêhoyiwa. |
(361)It alighted. |
(362)«hâw, kâhkâkiw, ôma kâ-wîh-ititân tôtah!» |
(362)«Now, Raven, do this which I shall tell you!» |
(363)«êha!!» |
(363)«Yes!» |
(364)«kê-wâpahk kîkisêpâ ôtah ka-twêhon, oma kiskiwêhonâhtik k-âyâk. kika-wâpamâw nênapos. ta-pîhtokahik ôtah nôsisimah ôtah k-âyâyit. ômisi kik-êtwân: `khâk, waniskâ, nênâpos! âsay wâhyaw ihtâw opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. «êkwah atimici nênapos, nika-pakamahwâw. sâsay ntêpi-mêtawâkân, nêwâw êh-kakwê-cîsimak.» tânisi êsîhkawacik mistikwak ka-wîh-owîcimosiyin, nênâpos? khrk khrk khrk!' kik-êtwân.» |
(364)«Tomorrow morning come and perch here on this flagstaff. You will see Nenapus. My grand-daughters who are here, will have brought him inside. You will say to him, `Caw, get up, Nenapus! By now Flute-Bearer is far away. «If Nenapus now overtakes me, I shall club him to death. I have now had fun enough with him, having fooled him four times.» What are you trying to do with these sticks you are taking for sweethearts, Nenapus? Krk, krk, krk!' you will say.» |
(365)hâw, êkwah nênâpos awa êh-sâkêwêpahtât, wâpahtam wâskahikan êh-miywâsiniyik, kiskiwêhon êh-wêpâstaniyik. |
(365)Well, when Nenapus now came running into view, he saw a fine wooden house, and a flag waving in the wind. |
(366)«hah hê!» itwêw; «opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk, nama wiya nêwâw ci-kîh-wayêsimiyan! anohc êkwah kipakamahotin!» |
(366)«Ha ha!» he cried; «Flute-Bearer, you won't cheat me four times! This time I shall club you to death!» |
(367)ati-pimohtêw. pimisin awa nôtokêsiw êkotah. |
(367)He came walking up. There lay the old woman. |
(368)«kipakamahotin, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! nama wiya nêwâ ci-ki-wayêsimiyin!» |
(368)«I shall club you now, Flute-Bearer! You shan't fool me the fourth time!» |
(369)«nâ!» |
(369)«Goodness me!» |
(370)nênapos naki-kwâskohtiw, êkos êh-pimisiniyit ôhi nôtokêwa. |
(370)Nenapus came and stopped with a jump, and there lay that old woman. |
(371)«namwâc kî-wayêsimiyin, opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! ka-pakamahotn!» |
(371)«You certainly shan't fool me, Flute-Bearer! I am going to club you!» |
(372)«hê ê, nôsisê, nama wiya nisâkwêyimon ci-pakamahoyin. misawâc êkwah nikawikihkân, êkos ôm êh-pwâtawihoyân, êkw êh-kawikihkâyân. mâka ka-wîhtamâtin êh-kîh-itêyihtamân, êkw êh-kawikihkâyân. `pitanê awiyak miskâkoyâhk!' nitêyihtên mâna, nôsisimak nîso êw-ohpikihakik nîsôtêwak ê-nâ-naspitâtocik iskwêwak `êyakonik awiya ci-wîkimâcik,' nikîh-itêyihtên, `ci-pamihikocik, êkw êh-kawikihkâyân.' mâka kiwîh-pakamahon. haw, kiyâm pakamahon!» |
(372)«Dear me, Grandchild, I shall not mind it, if you club me to death. I am very old and, as you see, cannot move about, with age. But let me tell you what I had in mind, now that I am so old. `Would someone might find us!' I always think, for I have raised up my two grand-daughters, twins, looking one exactly like the other. `They ought to marry someone,' I was thinking, `Someone who will support them, now that I am old.' But you were going to club me. Well, club me, I do not mind!» |
(373)«hêh!» itwêw nênâpos; «hâw, nôhkô, nka-wâpamâwak kôsisimak mahtih.» |
(373)«Ha!» said Nenapus; «Why, Grandmother, let me have a look at your grand-daughters, do.» |
(374)waniskâw nôtokêw. |
(374)The old woman arose from her couch. |
(375)«nôsisimitik, âstamicik!» |
(375)«Grandchildren, come here!» |
(376)pê-wayawiyiwa. hâw, nênâpos, miyosiyiwa ôhi wêmistikôsiw-iskwêwa piyê-takosiniyit. ê hê hê, miyosiyiwa!» |
(376)They came out of the house. Oh, as for Nenapus, handsome indeed were those French girls that now came. O ho ho, they were beautiful! |
(377)êyôkonik ôki k-êtitân ci-wîkimacik.» |
(377)«These are the ones I was telling you you might marry.» |
(378)nênâpos kitâpamêw. haha, miyosiyiwa. |
(378)Nenapus gazed at them. Oh, they were beautiful. |
(379)«hâw, nôhkô, nama wiya ci-kîh-pakamahotân. kikitimâkisin, ê-kawikihkâyin,» itêw. |
(379)«Well, Grandmother, I could not think of clubbing you. I am sorry for you, poor old woman,» he said to her. |
(380)nîpawiwak ôki oskinîkiskwêwak. hâw, otâkosin âsay. |
(380)There stood the two lasses. It was getting on toward evening. |
(381)«nama wya cî awiyak k-ôh-pimâpamâwâw?» |
(381)«Have you not seen anyone go by here?» |
(382)«ôtah awiyak kîh-pimipahtâw.» |
(382)«Someone ran by right here.» |
(383)«êyakô kâh-kisiwâhit. haw, pita nka-wîh-pakamahwâw. hâ, ka-wîkimitinâwâw. nôhkô, kikitimâkisin, ê-kawikihkâyin. nama wy êh-ci-kîh-pakamahotân, êh-kawikihkâyin. pita nka-ntawih-pakamahwâw opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk; osâm nnêpêwihik êh-tôtawit.» |
(383)«He is the one who has angered me. Now, just let me go club him. You see, I shall marry you. Grandmother, you are to be pitied, old as you are. I could not think of clubbing you to death, poor old woman. Just let me go strike Flute-Bearer dead; he has too much humiliated me with what he did.» |
(384)ê-wîh-ati-sipwêhtêt, nawatinik ôh oskinîkiskwêwa âyîtawinisk. |
(384)As he was about to depart, those young women took him each by an arm. |
(385)«cêskw,» êtik, «pita kapêsi! itâp kê-wâpahk kika-pmitisahwâw. nama wiya wâhyaw ci-kîh-takosihk. âkawâc pimohtêw, ôtah kêhcinâ êh-nôhtêsihk. kiyâm pita kapêsih wâskahikanihk.» |
(385)«Oh, wait,» they said to him; «First stay over night! Tomorrow you will chase him again. He can not have gone far. He could hardly walk, and surely has given out not far from here. Come, first spend the night in the house.» |
(386)êkwah itohtahik. ê-ati-yôhtênamiyit pêyak ôhi, nîkân pîhtokêyiwa, kisik êh-miciminikot. kotakah ôhi pêy-askôk. ôm êh-itâpit, ayôwinisah wâpahtam. |
(386)Then they led him there. While one opened the door and went in ahead, the other kept hold of him. The other entered behind him. When he looked about, he saw the furnishings. |
(387)«hô ô â, tâpwê niwîh-wêyôtisin!» itwêw nênâpos. |
(387)«Ho ho ho, I shall be rich!» cried Nenapus. |
(388)pê-miciminik. nipêwin, nahapinik êkotah. kêh-kêcîpitik. |
(388)They kept hold of him. They placed him on the bed. They drew off his garments. |
(389)«hâw, tâwâyihk kiya nipâ!» |
(389)«Well now, you sleep in the middle!» |
(390)hê ha ha ha, kawisimôw. |
(390)Well, well, well, he went to bed. |
(391)«hwwih, hâ, ninêstosin!» |
(391)«Whew, I'm tired!» |
(392)sâsay tipiskâyiw. akwanahowak êkwah. nistohkwâmiwak. |
(392)It was night. They covered themselves. They were three in bed together. |
(393)maya kâ-pîhtokêyit, awa nôtokêsiw awa êkosi mina tapasîw. |
(393)As soon as the others had gone inside, he who was the old woman, as before, took to flight. |
(394)êkwah nênâpos wîh-wîhpêmêw ôhi pêyak. mwêhci miton ê-ati-waniskât, kotakah kîpipitik. |
(394)Then Nenapus wanted to lie with the first one. Hardly had he sat up, when the other one pulled him back. |
(395)«niya nîkân!» |
(395)«Me first!» |
(396)âsay mîna êkoni; âsay mîna kotakah, «niya nîkân wîhpêmin!» |
(396)He turned to this one, but already the other: «Lie first with me!» |
(397)kapê-tipisk; piyisk êtokê êkwah êkos îsi nipâw. na-nipâw. |
(397)So it went all night; at last he fell asleep without anything more having happened. He slept soundly. |
(398)êh-wâpaniyik kâhkâkiw êkwah twêhôw kiskiwêhonâhtikohk. |
(398)In the morning the raven perched on the flagpole. |
(399)«khrrk!» |
(399)«Caw!» |
(400)nênâpos pêhtawêw. |
(400)Nenapus heard it. |
(401)«nênâpos! tân êsisiniyan, kapê-tipisk mistikwak kâ-wîh-wîwiyan? sâsay wâhyaw ihtâw opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk. ' êkwah atimici itah nênapos, sôskwâc nka-pakamahwâw. êkos âsay ntêpi-mêtawâkân!' tan êtihkwâmiyin, mistikwah kâ-wîh-wîwiyin? khrk khrk khrk» |
(401)«Nenapus! What's the idea of lying there like that, acting all night as if you were going to have sticks for wives? Far off by this time is Flute-Bearer. `Wherever Nenapus now overtakes me, at once I shall club him to death. I have now had enough fun with him!' What are you doing there in bed, as if to take sticks for wives? Caw, caw, caw!» |
(402)êh-tôhkâpit, kîh-mostihkwâmiw. âyîtaw mistikwah kîh-pimisiniyiwah ôhi. nama kêkway wâskahikan. pasikôw. otâsah otinam. positâsêw; omaskisinah mîna. tôspwâkanah oyaskinahêw. êkwah pîhtwâw. |
(402)When he opened his eyes, he had been sleeping on the bare ground. At either side of him lay those sticks. The house was gone. He rose to his feet. He picked up his breeches. He put them on, and his moccasins. He filled his pipe. Then he smoked. |
(403)kiyîsi-pîhtwât, «hah!» itwêw; «tâpwê nka-pakamahok opipikwan-kâ-nayôhtahk! tâpwê mitoni ntêpi-mêtawâkâtik, nêwâw êh-wayêsimit. ntawâc nka-kîwân.» |
(403)When he had finished his smoke, «Ho!» he said; «Flute-Bearer might really club me! Truly, he has had his fill of making play of me, having fooled me four times. I had better go home.» |
(404)êkosi êkotah kîh-ohci-kîwêw êsah. nôhtaw kostêw ci-nawaswâtât êkwah. êkos îsi pônihêw. hâ, kîwêw. êkwah takosin nêtê. |
(404)So then, the story goes, he went home from there. He was afraid to finish pursuing the other. So he left him alone. Ha, he went home. He arrived yonder. |
(405)êâkw ânima pêyak otayihtiwin misakâmê. |
(405)Now this is one of his exploits, entire. |