Chicken | Chicken |
(1)nik-âtayôhkân êkwa pita. |
(1)Now I shall tell a sacred story. |
(2)kîtahtawê êsa ê-wâ-wîkicik ayîsiyiniwak ê-mihcêtokamikisicik, mihcêt awâsisak ihtakôwak; êkwa mâna papâ-mâ-mêtawêwak. kîtahtawê pêyak êkota mac-âyiwiw awâsis. kîtahtawê sipwê-wîsâmêw wîc-âwâsisa, nikwatis ê-isi-wîsâmât konita, piyisk konit-îtê. êkotê êkwa kîtahtawê pêyak wîc-âwâsisa pêyak kâ-nipahât. êkosi ôhtâwiya ê-kihcêyihtâkosiyit, êkota ê-okimâwiyit, ê-kostimiht, nama nânitaw kî-tôtawâw. kîtahtawê mîna âsay kotaka kâ-nipahât. âsay mîna nama nânitaw tôtawâw. mâka êkwa kisiwâhêw ôhtâwiya. kinwêsîs êkwa kî-pôyôw. kîtahtawê êkwa mîna mâcihtâw ê-wî-kakwê-nipahtâkêt. âsa mîna kâ-nipahtâkêt, êkosi nistwâw êkwa nipahtâkêw. kîtahtawê âsay mîna kîhtwâm nipahêw kotaka, êkwa ôhtâwiya k-ôyasowâtikot kiyâm nitawâc kita-kakwê-misi-wanâcihiht awa awâsis. êkwa oyasowâtâw kita-nakatiht êkota, kita-picihk, êkosi mistikohk kit-âkotiht. êkwa wacistwan osîhtâwak ayîsiyiniwak, mitoni ê-kinwâskosiyit mistikwa ispimihk, mitoni ê-kinosiyit. k-ôsîhtâcik wacistwan, êkota êkwa ê-nitaw-âkotâcik ispimihk, êkwa ê-pê-nîhtaciwê-sôskokahwâcik, kahkiyaw watihkwana ê-mosawahahkik, êkotê ê-akotâcik ôhi awâsisa. êkosi ê-kî-tôtahkik, êkwa êkos-îsi piciwak. |
(2)Once upon a time, it is said, where some people dwelt in a camp of many tents, the children were very numerous; and they were always playing about. Then at one time a certain child, there, was of evil nature. At one time he persuaded some other children to go away, and led them off somewhere alone, aimlessly far away. And off there, then, he killed one of his playmates. But, because his father was held in high esteem, being a chief there, and was feared, nothing was done to him. Presently he killed another. Again nothing was done to him. But now he had angered his father. For a while now he ceased. But after a time again he had the impulse to murder. When he had again killed, it was his third killing. Presently once more he killed another, and then this boy's father decided that the only thing to do was to try to dispose of him. It was decided that he should be abandoned there, that the camp should be moved and he at the same time put up in a tree. So then the people built a kind of nest up aloft in a very tall tree, very high up. When they had made the nest, they took him and placed him up aloft there, and chopped the tree smooth all the way down, trimming off all the branches, and leaving that boy up there. When they had done this, they moved their camp. |
(3)nakatâw awâsis kapê-nîpin. piyisk mîna ati-pipon. kapê-pipon êkwa ê-ati-miyoskamik, êkwa mâwacihtâw kîkway mîciwin mîna ayôwinisa, ê-wî-nitawi-nahastât oskaniyiwa, ê-itêyihtahk. êkwa mitoni ê-nîpiniyik, êkwa kâ-wîsâmât otôtêma kit-êspicicik êkotê itê kâ-kî-nakatâcik okosisa, ê-wî-nitawi-nahinâcik. |
(3)The child was left there all summer. Then winter came on. When all the winter had passed, and the warm weather came, he gathered provisions, food and clothing, intending to go and put away the child's bones, as he thought. Then, well on into summer, he invited his fellow-tribesmen to move camp to where they had abandoned his son, so as to bury him. |
(4)êkwa kisiwâk ê-ihtâcik, kîtahtawê nîso oskinîkiwa sîhkiwêw, kita-nitawi-nahastâyit oskana mîna kita-wîwêkinamiyit. kîkway miyêw kit-ô-wîwêkinamiyit oskaniyiwa. |
(4)Then, when they were near there, he ordered two young men to go wrap up the bones and lay them away. He gave them something in which to wrap up the bones. |
(5)êkosi sipwêhtêwak ôki oskinîkiwak. nîswâw ê-kî-kapêsicik, êkota êkwa takosinwak itê k-êtohtêcik. ê-osêhcâyik ê-ati-sâkêwêcik, pôti kî-nîpawiyiwa wacistwanihk, ê-nikamoyit, ê-nîmihitoyit. êkos-îsi kâsôhtawêwak. kîwêyâmôwak, mâka kisiwâk kita-nakiskâkêcik.1 tahki pimipahtâwak. osâm sêkisiwak kêyâpic ê-pimâtisiyit; mâmaskâtamwak. piyisk takwâmôwak ita ê-pê-kapêsiwiht. sêmâk itohtêwak ôki oskinîkiwak ôhi nâpêwa okosisiyiwa kâ-kî-akotimiht, ê-nitawi-âcimostawâcik kêyâpic ê-pimâtisiyit ôhi awâsisa. |
(5)So the young men set out. When they had spent two nights on the way, they reached the place for which they were bound. As they came into sight over the crest of a hill, there they saw him standing in the nest, singing and dancing. At this they hid from him. They fled back whence they had come; they had not far to go to meet people. They ran without stopping. They were terrified because he was still alive; they were astonished. At last they arrived on the run where the others were camping on their way. At once the young men went to the man whose son had been suspended in the tree, and told him that the child was still alive. |
(6)mistahi mâmaskâtamwak ôki ayîsiyiniwak, «kêhcinâ kâ-mêscihikonaw!» ê-itwêcik. |
(6)Those people were greatly astounded, and said, «Surely he will do away with us all!» |
(7)êkosi kêyiwêhk ispiciwak. cîki êkota kapêsiwak, êkwa ê-kîsitêpocik ôki wêtawâsimisicik. êkwa ê-ati-otâkosik, nitawi-nitomêw. namwâc tâpwêhtam. âta mitoni ê-kakîsimototâht, ohcitaw namoya tâpwêhtam. kîtahtawê pêyak awâsis mitoni ê-kî-sâkihitocik, êwako sîhkimâw kita-nitawi-nitomât. «niwîcêwâkan» kî-itâhkôhtôwak. êkosi itohtêw awa awâsis, ê-na-nikamoyit. sîpâ itohtêw. |
(7)So at any rate they moved their camp to that place. They pitched camp close by there, and the child's parents prepared a ceremonial meal. Then, toward evening, he was sent for and summoned. He did not heed the message. Although he was much implored, he persisted in paying no heed. Presently a certain child with whom he had been on terms of great love, was told to go call him. «My comrade,» had been their relation to each other. So this child went there where the other was singing. He went to the foot of the tree. |
(8)«niwîcêwâkan, âstam!» |
(8)«My comrade, come!» |
(9)êkwa mayaw ê-itât, sêmâk, mitoni tâpiskôc êkwêyâk awiya ê-kitotimiht, konita ê-têpwêyit, «niwîcêwâkan!» ê-itikot, sêmâk ê-pê-pimipahtâyit, ê-nîhtaciwêpahtâyit, tâpiskôc êkâ ê-sôskosiyit mistikwa. ê-isi-pimipahtâyit, mistahi mâmaskâtam owîcêwâkana ê-wâpamât ê-tôtamiyit. |
(9)As soon as he had said this ti him, at once, just like someone who only now had been addressed, he cried out, calling to him, «My comrade!» and hastening at once to him, scrambling down, as if the tree were not smooth. When he came so fast, the other greatly marvelled when he saw what his comrade did. |
(10)êkosi ati-kîwê-wîcêwêw. wîkiwâyihk pîhtokêwak. âsay astêwa mîciwina. êko sêmâk miyâw awa awâsis, oyâkanihk ê-astâwiht mîciwin. |
(10)So then he went back with the other. They went into his family's tipi. The food stood ready. At once that child was given some food, placed for him in a bowl. |
(11)êkosi ê-otinahk oyâkan, ispimihk itisinam, ê-nîminikêt, «âw, ôma mîci!» ê-itwêt, kîkway êtokê k-ây-itât. |
(11)At this, he took the bowl, held it aloft, making and offering, and saying, «Come, eat this!» to whatever being he was addressing. |
(12)oyâkan ê-pakitinahk, nama kîkwa asiwatêyiw; pisisik oyâkan pakitinam. mistahi mâmaskâtamwak ôki ayîsiyiniwak. êkosi êkwa pôyôwak. êkosi wayawîw awa awâsis, âsay mîna awâsisak ê-papâ-wîcêwâcik, ê-mêtawêcik, ê-pimotahkwêcik. |
(12)When he put down the bowl, there was nothing in it; he set down the empty bowl. Those people were much astounded. So then they ceased. And the boy went out of the tipi, and the children again went about in his company, playing and practising archery. |
(13)êkwa tâpwê, «mâskôc kita-nâ-nipahêw wîci-awâsisa,» itêyimâw. |
(13)Then really, «No doubt he will continue to kill his fellow-children,» was the thought concerning him. |
(14)kîtahtawê êkwa ôki ayîsiyiniwak piciwak. awa awâsis mihcêt awâsisa kisâcimêw ê-mêtawêcik, ê-pimotahkwêcik. konit-îtê isi wîsâmêw wîc-âwâsisa. namoya itê k-êspiciwiht, naspâc itê itohtêwak. piyisk wâhyaw itohtahêw. kîtahtawê ê-sâkêwêcik ê-osêhcâyik, kâ-wâpahtahkik wâskâhikan ê-astêyik. êkotê itohtêwak. pôt-ôhi ayîsiyiniwa êkota k-âyâyit pêyak mitoni ê-paskostikwânêyit, tâwâyihk piko apisîs ê-owêscakâsiyit. |
(14)Then at one time those people moved camp. That boy had a crowd of children with him, playing and shooting with bow and arrows. He led the other children off somewhere or other. Not toward where there people were moving camp, but off in some other direction they went. In time he took them far away. Presently, as they came over the crest of a hill, they saw a house standing there. They went there. There was a man living there alone, and he was entirely bald on his head, except for a little hair right at the center. |
(15)mayaw ê-wâpamikocik, «â, niyâ, nimis!» itik; «kitakosinin!» itik. |
(15)As soon as he saw them, «Oh, be off, Elder Sister!» he said to him; «So you have come!» he said to him. |
(16)«êha!,» itêw. |
(16)«Yes,» he answered him. |
(17)«â, pîhtokê!» itik. |
(17)«Well, come in!» he told him. |
(18)êkosi pîhtokêwak ôki awâsisak mitâtaht kâ-wîcêwât. ê-kî-pîhtokêcik, sêmâk kipâpiskahamiyiwa wîkiyiw. |
(18)So those ten children that were with him entered the house. When they had entered, at once the other locked his dwelling with an iron key. |
(19)«âw, niyâ, nimis; kika-mêtawânânaw,» itik. |
(19)«Oh, be off, Elder Sister; let us have a contest,» he said to him. |
(20)«êha!,» itêw. |
(20)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(21)«ôki awâsisak astwâwin,» itik. |
(21)«These children are the stakes,» the other said to him. |
(22)«êha!.» |
(22)«Very well,» |
(23)mistahi wêyôtisiyiwa; kahkiyaw kîkwa ayâyiwa. |
(23)Very wealthy was the other; all kinds of things he had. |
(24)«ôhi niya kik-âstwâtin,» itik. |
(24)«These things I will stake against you,» he told him. |
(25)«tânisi mâka kiy-êsi-mêtawêyahk?» itêw. |
(25)«But what will be the nature of our contest?» he asked him. |
(26)«awa nitaskihk nik-ôswâw; êkota kika-pakâsimonânaw,» itik. |
(26)«I shall set this kettle of mine to boil; we shall plunge into it,» he told him. |
(27)«êha!,» itêw. |
(27)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(28)pasastêhikan otinamiyiwa. |
(28)The other took up a whip. |
(29)«âstam, nitaskihk!» ê-itâyit ôhi askihkwa, kâ-pê-sipwêhtêyit, tâwâyihk ê-pê-itohtêyit. |
(29)«Come here, my kettle!» he said to the kettle, and it moved from where it was and came to the center of the room. |
(30)êkwa ê-pa-pasastêhwâyit, kâ-mâc-ôsoyit. êkwa awa êkota k-ôwîkit kêtayôwinisêw, mitoni ê-mostâpêkasêt, omistanipîwayân ostikwânihk ê-tahkopitahk, tâwâyihk ôm-îtah kâ-kikawêsit, êkos-îsi ê-pakastawêpayihot ê-ohtêyik nipiy. kî-sâ-sâkaciwahtêyiw êsa ôma omistanipîwayân. |
(30)Then, as he kept whipping it, it began to boil. Then he who dwelt there took off his clothes until he was stark naked, tied a hair of fur to his head at the center there, where he had a bit of hair, and then proceeded to throw himself into the boiling water. Above the surface of the seething liquid there protruded only that hair of fur. |
(31)kîtahtawê pasikôw, «âw, kiyaskoc!» ê-itât ôhi awâsisa. |
(31)After a while he rose to his feet, saying to that boy, «Come, it is your turn!» |
(32)êkwa awa nâpêsis kêtayôwinisêw wîsta. êkosi mwêhci tôtam; tahkopitam omistanipîwayân ostikwânihk. êko ê-kî-tôtahk, wîsta pakâsimôw mitoni. mayaw ê-pakastawêpayihot, sêmâk mitoni âhkamêyimoyiwa ê-pa-pasastêhwâyit otaskihkoyiwa, konita ê-wâskâskawâyit. tahki awa awâsis kâ-pakastawêpayihot, sêmâk k-âti-pôn-ôsoyit ôhi askihkwa, âta ê-âhkamêyimoyit ôhi ê-pa-pasastêhwâyit, piyisk mitoni k-âti-tahkikamiyik ôma nipiy. mistahi ataminâyiwa ôhi owîcêwâkanisa awâsisa. |
(32)Then the boy in turn took off his clothes. He did now as the other had done; he fastened the hair of fur to his head. When he had done this, he too plunged deep into the water. As soon as he had immersed himself, the other at once set about with great zeal whipping his kettle, running in a circle round it. But every time the boy ducked under the water, that kettle would stop boiling, in spite of the other's zealous activity in whipping it, until at last that water was all cold. His young companions were very glad. |
(33)«âw, kisâkôcihin!» itik; «kêyâpic kîhtwâm ka-mêtawânânaw,» itik. |
(33)«Well, you have beaten me!» the other told him; «Let us have another contest,» he told him. |
(34)«êha!,» itêw; «tânisi mâk-êkwa?» itêw. |
(34)«Very well,» he answered the other; «But in what manner now?» he asked him. |
(35)«ôhi nikikopîwaya kik-âniskôhpitênânaw,» itik, «ocihcîwâhk ohci opîwaya nikikwak,» itik. |
(35)«We shall tie these hairs of otter fur end to end into a string,» the other told him; «hairs from the fur on otters' paws,» he told him. |
(36)«êha!,» itêw. |
(36)«Very well,» he answered the other. |
(37)«âw,» itêw owîcêwâkanis ôhi kâ-kî-nitawi-nitomikot mêkwâc wacistwanihk k-âkosît, êkoni ôhi k-êtât; «mahti kiya mêtawê; niya wiya namoya nikaskihtân êôko,» itêw. |
(37)«Come,» he said to the one of his young comrades who had come and called him when he was up in the nest, -- to him he spoke; «Come, do you play; as for me, I cannot do this thing,» he said to him. |
(38)«êha!,» itik; «nikaskihtân,» itik. |
(38)«Very well,» the other answered him; «I can do it,» he told him. |
(39)«êkosi êwako niya,» itêw ôhi kâ-mawinêhokocik paskostikwâna. |
(39)«So this time I am the one,» he said to the Bald-Head who was challenging them. |
(40)êkosi tâpwê mâc-ôtinam ôhi opîwâsa. ôtê ospiskwanihk isiniskêpayihôw. mitoni wîpac kâwi kwêskiniskêpayihôw, «î!» ê-itwêt, âsaw pêyakonisk pôti âsay k-êskohtât. |
(40)Then, accordingly, he went to work and picked up those little hairs. He flung his arms behind his back. Very quickly he twisted his arms back, crying, «Hee!» and, look you, there he had already a fathom's length of it. |
(41)âsay mîna êkota sâkôcihêwak ôhi paskostikwâna. |
(41)In this again they defeated that Bald-Head. |
(42)«âsay mîna kêyâpic kika-mêtawânânaw,» itikwak. |
(42)«Let us have another contest still,» he said to them. |
(43)«êha!,» itêwak. |
(43)«Very well,» they told him. |
(44)ôki wiya kotakak awâsisak mistahi sêkisiwak, «kêhcinâ nika-mêscihikonân, kîspin sâkôcihikotwâwi,» ê-itêyihtahkik; tahki êkosi itêyihtamwak. |
(44)But those other children were very much frightened, thinking, «Surely we shall all be killed, if he defeats them;» so they thought all the time. |
(45)êkwa, «tânisi mâk-êkwa?» itêw wîci-pakêsa awa nâpêsis. |
(45)Then, «In what way now?» that boy asked his opponent. |
(46)pêyak maskwa nipahêyiwa, ê-pakâsimâyit. êkwa ispi ê-kîsisoyit, ê-kapatêhwâyit, wahwâ, mâ-mistahi asamikwak! ê-kîsi-mâtinamâkocik, otinam oyâkan awa nâpêsis. |
(46)He killed a bear and set it to cook in the kettle. And when it was cooked done, he served it out, and heavens, how much he served to each one! When he had dealt it out to them, that boy took up the bowl. |
(47)ômisi yâhki itwêw: «âw, oskac ê-nipâyân, mis-ôcîs nikitimâkêyimiko!» itwêw êsa, ê-nîminahk ôma omîciwin. |
(47)Thus, it is said, he spoke: «Now, when first I slept, did not the Great Fly take pity on me?» he said, holding aloft that food of his. |
(48)kâwi ê-pakitinahk ôma oyâkan, âsay nama kîkwa astêyiw. mistahi koskohêw êkwa ôhi paskostikwâna. |
(48)When he again set down that bowl, there was nothing in it. Greatly he startled that Bald-Head. |
(49)«âw, kisâkôcihin,» itik; «kêyâpic pêyakwâw!» itik; «ka-kakwê-nakatitonânaw êkwa,» itik êsa. |
(49)«Yes, you have defeated me,» he told him; «Once more!» he told him; «This time let us race,» he told him. |
(50)«êha!,» itêw. |
(50)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(51)«ôma wâskâhikan âyîtaw kik-êsi-têtipêwêpahtânânaw,» itik. |
(51)«We shall run round both sides of this house,» the other told him. |
(52)«êha!! âw!» itêw. |
(52)«Very well! Come on!» he told him. |
(53)âsay mîna ômisi itwêw: «âw, môso-piyêsis nikitimâkêyimiko!» itwêw. |
(53)Again he spoke thus: «Now then, did not the Moose-Thunderbird take pity on me?» he said. |
(54)êkos-îsi ê-sipwêkocihk, mitoni aciyaw nôcihtâw. kâwi âsay takwakocin. |
(54)So off he darted, and only a short time was away. Back he came speeding. |
(55)«âw, êkos-âni ê-sâkôcihiyan!» itik. |
(55)«Well, now you have beaten me!» the other said to him. |
(56)êkwa mistahi kîkway miyik, kahkiyaw kîkwa ê-kî-kîsi-miyikot. |
(56)Then the other gave him many things, all kinds of things he gave him. |
(57)kîtahtawê k-âti-wayawiyit, awêsk-ôma kâ-matwê-kaskâpiskahamiyit wayawîtimihk ohci, ê-kipahokokocik. ayisk ôma wâskâhikan pîwâpisk pisisik, namoya wiya mistikokamik. kîtahtawê ôma kâ-wayawiyit aspin, kîtahtawê kâ-matwê-paspaskitêyik wayawîtimihk, ê-saskahamiyit ôma wâskâhikan, ê-wî-kakwê-nipahihkasokocik pîhcâyihk ê-ayâcik. |
(57)Suddenly the other went out of the house, and there! They heard him locking the door from the outside, imprisoning them. For this house was entirely of iron; it was not a wooden house. Suddenly, when thus the other had gone out, suddenly they heard the crackling of a fire outside, as that person set fire to his house, in order to roast them to death who were within. |
(58)«âw,» itêw owîcêwâkanisa, «tahto kîkwa ê-nitawêyihtamêk ôhi otinamok,» itêw. |
(58)«Come,» he said to his young companions, «take now as many of these things as you desire,» he told them. |
(59)otahôwêwiniwâwa êkwa kakêkinikêwak ôki awâsisak. tahto kîkwa ê-miywêyihtahkik otinamwak. êkwa ôta ohci mohcihk pahkwacipitamwak pêyak napakihtak; ohpipitamwak. |
(59)Then those children selected their booty. As many things as they desired, they took. Then from the floor here they pulled loose a board; they pulled it up. |
(60)êkwa ohcahpihcisa êkota êsiwêpinât, miscanaskoyâsa ê-ohcahpisit, «âw, nihcahpihcis, ôta wâtihkê!» itêw, «iyikohk kita-têpisiniyâhk!» itêw. |
(60)Then he flung into that place his tobacco-pouch, for he had a badgerskin tobacco-pouch, and «Come, my tobacco-pouch, dig here!» he told it; «Enough to make room for all of us!» he told it. |
(61)ê-kî-pô-pôtâtât, wêpinêw, sêmâk ahpihcis kâ-wâtihkêt êkwa wiyawâw onayahcikêwiniwâwa ê-oyâpîkâtahkik ôki awâsisak. êkosi awa ahpihcis ôma kâ-wâtihkêt, wîpac kîsihtâw ôma k-âtotiht. |
(61)After repeatedly blowing on it, he threw it, and at once the pouch began to dig, while the children, for their part, roped up their bundles for carrying. And the wallet, thus digging away, quickly finished its task. |
(62)kîtahtawê pê-wayawîw, «âsay!» ê-itât ôhi k-âtotikot. |
(62)Presently it came out, saying, «Done!» to him who had set it to work. |
(63)êkwa ôki awâsisak ê-otinahkik onayôhcikêwiniwâwa, ê-wîwahocik, êkos-îsi ê-ati-kwayasitêcik. |
(63)Then those children, taking up their bundles and placing them on their backs, filed down into the pit. |
(64)kinwêsîs êsa pimohtêwak. iyikohk wâhyawês ê-itâtihkêyit ôhi mistanaskwayânisa, ê-osêhcâsiniyik êkotê awasâyihk iyikohk kâ-wayawîcik. ê-âpasâpicik êsa, âpihtôsiyaw sâkiskwêkâpawiwak.2 awîn-ôhi kî-pô-pônamiyiwa kêyâpic, koninta ê-wâskâhtêyit, ê-wî-kakwê-kîsisokocik, ê-itêyihtamiyit.3 mâk-êsa mitâtaht pakâna kî-ahêw tâwâyihk wâskâhikanihk. êkotê ohci kitâpamêwak âkawâyihk. |
(64)For quite a distance they walked along. A fairly long ways that badger-skin had dug its ditch, and then, at the far side of a little hill they came out of the ground. When they now looked about them, they stood up to the waist, with their heads sticking out. And there was that person still feeding the fire, walking round and round the place, meaning to burn them, as he thought. But he had placed ten large nuts in the middle of the house. From behind the hill there they watched the other. |
(65)kîtahtawê ês-êkwa kâ-matwêhkasoyit pakâna, «â, â!» kâ-matwê-itwêyit, «niyâ, nimis, ki-wî-manitôwi!» kâ-matwê-â-itwêyit. |
(65)Presently, as the nuts exploded in the heat, «Ha, ha!» they heard him cry, «Be off, Elder Sister, you were going to show your manitou power, eh?» they heard him say, again and again. |
(66)tahtwâw mêtwêhkasoyici ôhi pakâna, êkosi itwêyiwa, mitâtahtwâw êkosi ê-itikocik, «ninipahihkaswâwak,» ê-itêyihtamiyit, âkawâyihk ê-osâpamâcik, êkâ ê-kiskêyihtamiyit. |
(66)Every time one of those nuts popped in the heat, that person called out thus, saying thus of them ten times, thinking, «I have roasted them to death,» while they were watching him from behind the hill, without his knowing it. |
(67)kîtahtawê êkwa têpwâtêwak, êy, niyâ, nimis, konita kipîkohkasên kîki!» ê-itâcik. |
(67)Presently then they called to him, saying to him, «Hey, be off, Elder Sister, foolishly you are burning your house to pieces!» |
(68)ê-pê-kwêskiyit, wâpamikwak, ê-nîpawicik, ê-nâ-nayahcikêcik, kâ-matwê-mâtoyit êsa. |
(68)When he turned in their direction, he saw them standing with their bundles on their backs, and then they heard him weep. |
(69)êkos-îsi ati-sa-sipwêhtêwak, ê-kîwêcik, êkwêyâk ê-nâwayimêcik aspin kâ-piciwiht kayâs. ê-nêo-tipiskâyik, êkwa êsa nêwâw ê-kî-kapêsicik, kîtahtawê kâ-takosihkik. êkwa mistahi êsa ataminâyiwa onîkihikowâwa. |
(69)So now they went away from there, and went home, only now following in the track of their band, which long ago had moved. After four nights, when four times they had camped on the way, presently they arrived where the others were. Then their parents greatly rejoiced. |
(70)êkosi êkoyikohk wiya êwako. |
(70)That is the end of this. |