Harry Achenam | Harry Achenam |
(1)êkosi mîna nitâcimostâk; kêyâpic opwâsîmôwak.1 |
(1)This is another story he told me, again about the Assiniboine. |
(2)ayisk mitoni kî-kitimâkisinâniwiw kayâs, atimwak piko ê-otêmihk. pêyak kisêyiniwi-pwât onahâhkisîmiw. êtokê namoya tâpwê cîhkêyimêw onahâhkisîma awa kisêyiniw, maci-kisêyiniw êsa. tahki onahâhkisîma kisiwâhik. nôhtê-nipahêw. kiskêyihtamiyiwa. tahki aswêyimik. |
(2)You must know that there was much want in the old days, when they had only dogs as domestic animals. A certain old Sioux had a son-in-law. It seems that this old man did not really like his son-in-law, and plainly, he was an evil old man. He was always angry at his son-in-law. He wanted to kill him. The other knew it. He was always on his guard against him. |
(3)kîtahtawê ê-pimipicicik, kâ-pê-môskîstawât omanâcimâkana, ê-pâskiswât. kawiwêpahwêw; kaskihcikwanêhwêw. êkosi sêmâk opâskisikan kêtôwatêw. êkosi awa kâ-pâskiswât osisa tapasîw, wâhyawês ê-atimipahtât, kâ-pâskisokot osisa. kawiwêpahok. êkosi tâpiskôc kî-nipahitôwak. oskinîkiw nîkân nipiw, mwêstas kisêyiniw. |
(3)Then at one time, as they were moving camp, he came and attacked his father-in-law and shot him. He felled him; he hit him in the knee. At once he put down his gun. Then, having shot his father-in-law, he ran away, but when he had run off a little ways, his father-in-law shot him. He felled him. In this way they killed each other. The young man died first, afterwards the old man. |
(4)êkosi kî-nahinâwak. awa oskinîkiw ê-môkahcâyik nahinâw, êkwa kisêyiniw wâyahcâhk.2 nânitaw nîswâw mitâtahto-mitanaw takoskêwin ohpimê kâ-nahinihcik. |
(4)So then they were buried. The young man was buried on a hill, the old man in a depression. About two-hundred paces apart they were buried. |
(5)êkosi kîhtwâm êkota cîki ê-wîkihk, êkotê nitawâpahtamwak ôki iskwêwak itê kâ-pimisiniyit onâpêmiwâwa. cîki ê-at-âyâcik, kâ-wâpamâcik ê-nâ-nawaswâtitoyit mâ-mîskoc. êkosi ê-kîwêcik, âtotamwak ôma k-êsi-wâpahtahkik. |
(5)Then, when again the camp came near that place, those women went to look at where their husbands lay. When they came near, they saw them pursuing each other by turns. So, when they went back, they told of what they had seen. |
(6)kîhtwâm ê-otâkosik, oskinîkiwak kî-itohtêwak, ê-nitawi-kêhcinâhocik. tâpwê âkawâyihk ohci at-îtohtêwak. kisiwâk ê-at-âyâcik mêkwâc, oskinîkiw kâ-pimi-nawaswâtikot osisa. ita kâ-kî-nahiniht ê-takwâmot, kâwi pimi-tapasîw kisêyiniw. êkosi oskinîkiw kâwi pimi-nawaswêw. êkosi ê-kî-kâ-kitâpamâcik, kîwêwak. âcimôwak. |
(6)The next evening young men went there to make sure. They approached behind some obstacle to vision. When they were near, there came past the young man, pursued by his father-in-law. When he had fled all the way to where he had been buried, the old man passed, fleeing back. Then the youth chased him back. When they had repeatedly thus watched them, they returned. They told about it. |
(7)piyis mihcêt ayîsiyiniwak kî-kêhcinâhôwak, ê-wâpamâcik. ahpô pêyakwâw êkota cîki ê-wîkihk, kahkiyaw awiyak kî-wâpamêw. êkosi êkota ohci kî-tâpwêhtâkâniwiw ôma âcimôwin. |
(7)Finally many people saw it for themselves and made certain. When only once they had camped there, everybody had seen them. So from then on this story was known to be true. |