Harry Achenam | Harry Achenam |
(1)kîtahtawê mîna pêyak nôtokêsiw nikanawêyimâw. kîkisêpâ ê-waniskât, ê-kisâkamisikêt, ê-nitonikêt otasiwacikanihk, ê-otinât otôspwâkana, otasiwacikanihk kâ-miskawât âpakosîsa ê-ayimakêyit.1 mitoni ê-misi-sêkisit, ê-ma-mawimot, nisisikocimikonân. namoya mayaw kî-pîkiskwêw. ê-kêcikopitahk oskotâkay, nayêsta opîhcawêsâkânis ê-kikiskahk, tâpiskôc ê-kîskwêt isinâkosiw. âta wiya piyis nikiskêyihtênân. kîkway kâ-sêkihikot. êkosi piyisk otinimâwa. mitoni kî-sêkihik âpakosîsa. |
(1)Once upon a time, also, I had a certain old woman staying in our family. One morning, when she got up to heat water for breakfast, as she was feeling round in her clothes-bag to take her pipe, in her clothes-bag she found a mouse running about. Screaming in desperate fear, she took us all by surprise. At first she could not speak. She tore off her skirt, and clad only in her petticoat, she looked like a crazy person. At last we learned what had frightened her. Finally the creature was caught. The mouse had given her a great fright. |
(2)kîtahtawê mîna pêyakwan ê-nôcisipêhk, ê-mihcêtihk, kîtahtawê pêyak nôtokêsiw k-âti-koskoskwahamiyit otihtinêw. pôti ayîkisa ê-misikitiyit. mitoni mâkonikêpayiw, osâm ê-sêkisit. |
(2)At another time, similarly, when a great many of us were duck-hunting, suddenly a certain old woman got hold of a creature that was making some kind of startling noise. It turned out to be a big frog. She was in great distress, what with her terror |
(3)mîna pêyakwâw ê-nôcisipêhk, nititohtahâwak iskwêwak. kîtahtawê atimwak papâ-micihcikêwak. nipapâmitisahwânânak. kîtahtawê kâ-mikisimocik. êkosi pêyak nôtokêw ispahtâw, k-ôtihtinât, awîn-ôhi, kâkwa, «sîsîp êtokê,» ê-itêyihtahk. ayisk namoya wîhkâc êkotôwahk otihtinâwak; osâm âyimisiwak. ahpô nâpêw namoya ta-kî-otihtinât. tâsipwâ mitoni pikwâtahok. namoya kî-pakiciwêpinêw. ê-tâpwêt, nimôskîstamawâw. nipakamahamawâw mitoni. nîso atimwa ahpîhcihêw awa kâkwa êkwa pêyak nôtokêsiwa. kinwês kî-wîsakêyihtam ocihciya, ê-tôtâkot anihi k-âhkwâtisiyit kâkwa. |
(3)Another time when we were duck-hunting, I took the women along. Presently the dogs were running about, hot on a trail. We followed them about. Suddenly they barked. Then a certain old woman ran there, and seized the creature, and, come to see, what was it but a porcupine, which she had taken to be a duck! Now, these creatures are never caught; they are too troublesome. Even a man would not catch one in his hand. Of course it pricked her badly. She could not drop it from her hands. When she cried out, I attacked it for her. I clubbed it to death for her. That porcupine was a match for two dogs and one old woman. For a long time her hands were sore, after the way she had been treated by that cruel porcupine. |