Syllabary Texts 66: Rain of Sand and Fish

Harry Achenam
Harry Achenam
(1)kîtahtawê mîna kî-nitopayiwak kêyâpic opwâsîmôwak. wâhyaw ê-ayâcik, êkwa kisiwâk ê-ihtatêyimâcik ôhi kâ-nitonawâcik, kîtahtawê kâ-wâpahtahkik ê-pê-misi-îkwaskwahk.
(1)At another time again some Assiniboine went on the war-path. When they were far off and thought them close at hand whom they were seeking out, then suddenly they saw a great cloud approach.
(2)«wî-misi-kimowan. nânitaw ocistikositân,» itwêwak.
(2)«There will be a big rain. Let us seek shelter somewhere,» they said.
(3)êkosi tâpwê itohtêwak ita ê-tipinawâyik. pê-otihtikôwak ôma kâ-mâyi-kîsikâk. pôti mitoni tâpiskôc ê-misi-kimowahk iyikohk, ê-pahkihtihk yêkaw. êkosi êwako ê-ati-pônipayik yêkaw, êkwa kinosêwak kâ-pâ-pahkisihkik. êkosi sêkisiwak. kî-kîwêwak.1
(3)Then really they went to a place where there was shelter. The storm came over them. It was as if there fell a great rain, but what fell was sand. Then, when that sand ceased to come, then fish continued to fall. Then they were frightened. They went back whence they had come.
Footnotes
  1. Cf. Series 1, Text 29.