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(1)kêyâpic âtayôhkêwin ôma. |
(1)This is another sacred story. |
(2)kîtahtawê yâhki mihcêtiwak môniyâsak, pêyak ôtênaw. kîtahtawê pêyak kisêyiniwânês ê-wîwit, kîtahtawê ê-kî-nitaw-âtoskêt, ê-takosihk, pakamahwêw wîwa. mistahi mâmaskâtam awa iskwêw, êkâ wîhkâc êkosi ê-tôtâkot, kîtahtawê ê-pakamahokot. âsay mîna kîkisêpâ nitaw-âtoskêw kisêyiniw kapê-kîsik. iyikohk ê-otâkosiniyik, takosin. âsay mîna nôtiniskwêwêw, «sipwêhtê!» ê-itât mâna, ôma kâ-pakamahwât. namoya tâpwêhtâk kita-sipwêhtêyit. âsay mîna kîkisêpâ nitaw-âtoskêw mîna kapê-kîsik. ê-otâkosiniyik, mîna ê-takosihk, âsay mâka mîna mâci-kisiwâsiw. kîhkâmêw wîwa. kîtahtawê mâka mîna mâci-nôcihêw, «sipwêhtê!» ê-itât. mâka mîna kêyâpic namoya tâpwêhtâk. |
(2)Once upon a time, the story goes, there were many white people, a town of them. Then at one time a certain poor old man, who had a wife, went off to work, and, when he came home, beat his wife. The woman was much astonished, for he had never treated her that way, to be now suddenly beating her. Again in the morning the old man went off to work all day. In the evening he came home. Again he fought with his wife, telling her again and again, «Go away!» while he beat her. She did not obey his order to depart. In the morning he again went off to work all day. In the evening, when he came back, again as before he started to get into a rage. He scolded his wife. Presently again he attacked her, saying, «Go away!» This time too she did not obey him. |
(3)êkwa, «kîhtwâm sipwêtisahoci, nika-sipwêhtân,» itêyihtam ês-êkwa; «konita nipâ-pakamahok,» itêyihtam. |
(3)Then, «If agin he drives me to depart, I shall go,» she thought; «He keeps beating me for no reason,» she thought. |
(4)êkwa ê-wâpaniyik mîna aspin ê-nitaw-âtoskêyit kîkisêpâ, êkwa ê-otâkosiniyik, «mâka mîna nika-pakamahok, takosihki,» itêyihtam; «êkwa nika-sipwêhtân, pakamahoci,» itêyihtam êsa. |
(4)Then, when in the morning he had again gone off to work, then, in the evening, «As before, he will beat me when he comes home,» she thought; «This time I shall go away, if he beats me,» she thought. |
(5)tâpwê mayaw ê-takohtêyit, sêmâk mâci-kîhkâmik mâka mîna. piyisk mâka mîna pêkamahokot, mitoni misi-nôcihik, «sipwêhtê!» êh-itikot tâpwê êkos-îsi ocakohpisa otinêw, ê-ati-wayawît. |
(5)Really, as soon as he arrived, at once he began to revile her. At last, as before, he beat her and brutally abused her, telling her, «Go away!» So then she took her blanket-robe and went out of the house. |
(6)tâpwê piko sipwêhtêw. kwayask âpihtâ-kîsikâhk itohtêw. pa-pimohtêw kapê-kîsik. piyisk otâkosin. tâpitawi ê-mâtot, kîtahtawê ê-osêhcâsiniyik ê-sâkêwêt, ê-ati-tâsawi-paskwâyik, êkotê kwayask itohtêw. kîtahtawê pimic ôtê ohci natimihk kâ-pê-sakêwêyit maskwa. wahwâ, sêkisiw, «nika-nipahik!» ê-itêyihtahk. tâpwê piko pê-nâtik kwayask. êkosi wêwêkistikwânêw.1 namoya wî-kitâpamêw. mitoni pê-nâtik. piyisk kisiwâk mitoni âkwask kipi-nakiyiwa. tâpwê piko ê-otinikot, ospitonihk ê-sakinikot, itê k-ôhtohtêyit êkotê itohtahik. ati-kîwêhtahik, piyisk sakâhk. kîtahtawê wâti k-ôtihtahkik, tâpwê piko ê-kwayasitêyahkinikot, êkos-îsi asiniya ê-misikitiyit ê-ohci-kipahokot, êkos-âspin ê-sipwêhtêyit. kîtahtawê ê-otâkosiniyik, kâ-matwê-takohtêyit, iyîkatêpitâyit ôhi asiniya, piyîhtokêyit, akâmâyihk nêhapiyit. tâpiskôc mîkiwâhp isinam ôma wâti, pîhcâyihk ê-apit. piyisk tipiskâyiw. |
(6)She really went away from there. She walked straight on in the direction of noon. She walked along all day. At last evening fell. When, weeping without cease, she presently came over the crest of a little hill, and saw a patch of open land, she walked straight toward it. Then, to one side there, from the woods, there came into view a bear. Oh, she was frightened, and thought, «It will kill me!» And really, it came straight toward her. She covered her head with her garment. She would not look at the creature. It came straight at her. At last very close, it stopped in front of her, so as to block her way. It actually took hold of her, catching her b y her arm, and led her off in the direction from which it had come. It took her back with it, until at last they were in the woods. Presently they came to a cave, and it actually pushed her in, and then closed her up inside with a big rock, and went away. Presently, toward evening, she hear[d] it come back, and it pulled aside the rock and came in a sat down at the far side of the place. Like a tipi that cave looked to her, as she sat within. At last night came. |
(7)êkosi êtahkamikisiyit, kâ-kapê-kîsik ê-sipwêhtêyit, êkosi mâna ê-kipahohot asiniya ohci. kîtahtawê kâ-kiskêyihtahk ê-pwâwît. tânisi êtokê, êkâ wîhkâc ê-nîsohkwâmicik! |
(7)Thus the creature continued to do, going away for all of each day and always locking her in with the rock. Then in time she perceived that she was with child. But I wonder how, since they never slept together! [Sed miror quomodo, nunquam cum una cormirent!] |
(8)piyisk êkwa ê-ati-piponiyik, kapê-pipon êkota ayâw. piyisk ê-miyoskamiyik, kâ-nihtâwikinâwasot, misiwê êsa ê-mihyawêsiyit ocawâsimisisa. mistahi kiyipikiyiwa. wîpac ê-ati-kiyipikiyit mitoni, ê-mêstâskoyik, âsay kîs-ôhpikiyiwa ayîsiyiniwa, âta wiya mâka ê-mihyawêsiyit misiwê, êkwa mistahi ê-maskawisiyit. |
(8)Then, in time, as winter came on, all winter she stayed there. At last, as the warm weather came, she gave birth, and covered with fur all over its body was her child. It grew very quickly. It grew so very fast that by the time the snow was gone, the man was grown up, but he was still covered with fur, and he was very strong. |
(9)kîtahtawê, «nêkâ,» itik, «kiyânaw cî piko ôma k-êsinâkosiyahk ê-ihtakoyahk?» itik. |
(9)Presently, «Mother,» he asked her, «are we the only beings that look as we do?» he asked her. |
(10)«namoya, nikosis,» itêw; «ôtê ôma ê-kî-pê-ohci-sipwêhtêyân, ê-mihcêtistik ayîsiyiniwak, ôma k-êsinâkosiyahk ê-isinâkosicik. mâka pêyak nâpêw kisêyiniw ê-kî-wîkimak ê-mâ-misi-pakamahot, ê-kî-pê-tapasiyân, piyisk awa ôta ôma k-ôtinit, kâ-pê-pîhtokahit, kayâs awasi-nîpinohk,» itêw okosisa. |
(10)«No, my won,» she answered him; «there, in the place from which I came, are many people who have the same appearance as we. But because a certain man, an old man to whom I was married, kept cruelly beating me, I fled toward this place, and finally this creature here took me and brought me inside here, long ago, last summer,» she told her son. |
(11)«âw, nêkâ, sipwêhtêtân,» itêw okâwiya. |
(11)«Oh, Mother, let us go away from here,» he said to his mother. |
(12)«inâ, nikosis, namoya ka-kî-yôhtênamâsonânaw,» itêw okosisa. |
(12)«Alas, my son, we should not be able to open the exit,» she told her son. |
(13)«â, nêkâ, nika-yôhtênên,» itik; «wawêyî; sipwêhtêtân,» itik; «itohtêtân itê k-âyâcik ayîsiyiniwak.» |
(13)«Why, Mother, I will open it,» he told her; «get ready your belongings; let us go away,» he told her; «Let us go where people are.» |
(14)êkosi tâpwê piko ê-at-îtohtêt iskwâhtêmihk, asiniya ôhi ê-yîkatênât, tâpiskôc nama kîkwa ê-isi-yâhkipitât, ê-yîkatawêpinât, tâpwê piko êkos-îsi ati-sipwêhtêwak, ê-ay-askôwât okâwiya, ê-ka-kîwêyit. |
(14)Then he simply walked over the doorway and moved aside that rock, pulling it lightly, as if it were nothing at all, and throwing it aside, and so they just went away, he following behind his mother, who took the way home. |
(15)kîtahtawê kâ-sâkêwêtotahkik ôma ôtênaw, ita okâwiya kâ-kî-pê-ohci-tapasiyit. |
(15)Presently they came in sight of the town from which his mother had fled. |
(16)«âw, nêkâ, ita kâ-kî-wîkihkêmoyan, êkota itohtê,» itêw okâwiya. |
(16)«Now, Mother, to wherever you can stay in a house with people, go,» he told his mother. |
(17)êkota awa iskwêw at-îtohtêw. otâkosiniyiw. mâka êsa tâpwê piko ati-yôhtênam awa iskwêw. |
(17)She went thither. It was evening. She really went and opened the door. |
(18)mayaw ôma kâ-yôhtênahk, ê-wâpamikot ôhi onâpêma, «âhâ, kîkway kipê-nâtên? sêmâk wayawî! wayawî!» ê-itât ôhi wîwa awa kicimâkânês. |
(18)As soon as she had opened it, when that husband of hers saw her, «Oho, what do you want here? Go out of here at once! Get out!» that miserable old pauper said to his wife. |
(19)sâkêwêpayihôw awa maskoyiniw, «kâ-kitos nikâwiy!» ê-itât ôhi kisêyiniwânêsa. |
(19)Bear-Man jumped out into sight, calling out to that little old fellow, «Talk politely to my mother!» |
(20)wâ, mistahi êkwa sêkisiw awa kisêyiniw. mâmaskâsâpamêw êsa ôhi nâpêwa misiwê ê-opîwâyit. êkosi nama nânitaw tôtawêw wîwa. kostêw otôsima. |
(20)Oh, then the old man was greatly scared. With astonishment he looked at that man who was all covered with fur. So he did nothing to his wife. He was afraid of his step-son. |
(21)«âw, mahti nik-êtohtâ oyahisôwikamikohk,» itwêw êsa.2 |
(21)«Well, suppose I go to the blacksmith's,» he said. |
(22)êkwa kiskinôhamâk ôhtâwîhkâwina ita ê-ayâyik oyahisôwikamik. tâpwê êkwa itohtêw. kâ-kitâpamêw oyahisôwa. |
(22)Then his step-father showed him where the smithy was. So he went there. He kept staring at the smith. |
(23)kîtahtawê ômis-îtêw: «kika-kaskihtân cî kit-ôsîhtawiyan nisaskahon?» itêw. |
(23)Presently he said to him, «Will you be able to make me a cane?» he asked him. |
(24)«êha!, nêwâw mitâtahto-mitanaw kita-kosikwahk,» itêw. |
(24)«Yes, one that will weigh four-hundred pounds,» he answered him. |
(25)«â, ka-wîcihin. |
(25)«Well, I will help you. |
(26)mâskôc kita-kosikwan,» itik. |
(26)It may be too heavy,» he said to him. |
(27)«â, tâpwê,» itêw. êkosi mâc-ôsîhtâyiwa, wiya ê-kwês-kwêskastât, têpiyâhk ê-pakamahamiyit. kîsihtâyiwa êsa. êkosi tipahamawêw ita kit-êtinahk. piskwatâpiskatahamiyiwa êsa, konita êsa ê-kwês-kwêskinahk, ê-napatêniskêt. wahwâ, maskawisiw! mistahi kostâw. tahto êkota k-âyâyit mistahi kostik. mâmaskâtamiyiwa ôma kâ-tôtahk. êkosi sêmâk ati-wayawîw. ati-kîwêw ôhcâwîsa wîkiyihk isi. |
(27)«Yes, that is true,» he answered him. So the other set about making it; he himself always turned it, the other merely hammering it. He finished it. He evened it out for him where he was to hold it. The other made a knob in the metal of it, as he kept turning it over, handling it with one hand. Oh, he was strong! He was much feared. By all the people there he was much feared. They were amazed at this which he had done. Then at once he went out. He went back to his adoptive father's house. |
(28)êkwa ê-wâpaniyik papâ-nitawâpamêw ê-wâskâhikanihkêyit. kîtahtawê êsa mâna siyâkohikoyici mistikwa, otihtinêw êsa mâna, napatênisk ê-têhciwêpinât. mistahi êsa mâmaskâtamiyiwa. êkwa ê-otâkosik otôkimâmiwâwa ôki atoskêyâkanak kâ-wîhtamawâcik ôhi iyikohk ê-maskawisiyit mihyawêyiniwa. |
(28)The next morning he went about and watched the men who were building a house. Presently, always, whenever a beam was too much for them, he would lay hold of it and throw it up into place with one hand. The others greatly wondered at this. Then in the evening those workmen told their master how strong was that furry man. |
(29)«mahti nitawi-natomihk,» itikwak. |
(29)«Do go and call him,» he told them. |
(30)êkwa tâpwê nitawi-natomêwak ôhi nâpêwa. |
(30)So they went and called this man. |
(31)pê-pîhtokêw. |
(31)He came into the place. |
(32)«api,» itêw awa okimâw. êkwa ê-kî-mîcisocik, «â,» itêw, «ê-wî-masinahikêhitân,» itêw, «kita-wâskâhikanihkêyan,» itêw. |
(32)«Sit down,» the master told him. Then, when they had eaten, «Now,» he said to him, «the fact is, I want to employ you,» he said to him, «to build houses,» he said to him. |
(33)â, tâpwê wiy-ôma osaskahon ita piyîhtokêci, êkota mâna iyâsohtitâci, wî-otinamwak ôki nâpêwak.3 namwâc êsa mâna ahpô kita-cîpipitâcik, iyikohk ê-kosikwaniyik. |
(33)Now, since, whenever he entered anywhere, he always leaned his cane against the wall, those men wanted to take it up. They were not able even to budget it, so heavy it was. |
(34)êkwa ôma kâ-masinahikêhiht tâpwêhtam. mistahi asotamawâw kîkwa, nanâtohk kîkway. êkosi mâtatoskêw, wâskâhikan ê-osîhtât, ê-nitawi-kawâhtikwêt, ê-pasahwât, mîna ê-awacinikâtât, ê-â-asâskonât. mitoni kiyipa kîsihêw. êkosi mâci-wâskâhikanihkêw, mitoni ê-ahyapihtakâyik êsa, êkwa mîna kahkiyaw kwayask ê-osîhtât iskwâhtêma mîna wâsênamâna. |
(34)And he accepted the employment. He was promised many things, all kinds of things. So he went to work, building a house, going out and felling the logs, splitting them, carrying them off on his shoulder, and piling them up. Very quickly he got them ready. Then he set about constructing the house, one with many rooms, and he made everything exactly right, including the doors and the windows. |
(35)mitoni kahkiyaw ê-kî-kîsihtât, êkwa êsa itohtêw otôkimâma, «âw, âsay nikîsihtân kiwâskâhikan,» ê-itât. |
(35)When he had everything ship-shape and finished, he went to his employer and told him, «There, I have finished your house.» |
(36)êkwa êsa isi wîcêk, ê-nitawâpahtahkik, ê-wîcêwât. |
(36)Then the other went with him to look at it, and he accompanied him. |
(37)ê-kî-wâpahtamiyit, «âw,» itik, «êkwa kika-tipahamâtin,» itik. |
(37)When the other had seen it, «Good,» he said to him, «now I will pay you,» he said to him. |
(38)êkwa kîwê-wîcêwêw. mâninakisk êkwa kîkway otastâyi, nanâtohk kîkwa, sôniyâwa mîna. nêotâpânâsk êsa kîkwa kâ-miyikot, êkosi êtahpisoyit mostoswa, êkota ê-pôsihcikêwiht. |
(38)Then he went back with him. A huge amount of goods the other laid out, all kinds of things, and money, too. Four wagon-loads of things the other gave him, and hitched up oxen, and the things were loaded on for him. |
(39)êkosi wiya ati-kîwêw ôhtâwîhkâwina wîkiyihk isi. êkwa âcimostawêw iyikohk ê-tipahamâht. wâ, mistahi êsa miywêyihtamiyiwa ôhtâwîhkâwina. ayisk mistahi kitimâkisiyiwa ôhtâwîhkâwina mîna okâwiya, konita êsa ê-nanâskomoyit. mistahi takahkêyihtam awa kisêyiniwânês, iyikohk ê-miyikocik okosisihkâwina kîkway. |
(39)Then he went back to his step-father's house. He told him how much he had been paid. Oh, his step-father was much surprised. For his step-father and his mother were very poor, and now knew no end of thanks. The little old fellow thought it very find that his step-son gave them so many things. |
(40)êkwa ê-tipiskâyik, «âw,» itêw onîkihikwa awa maskoyiniw, «kiwî-nakatitinâwâw êkwa,» itêw okâwiya; êkwa ôhi ôhcâwîsa: «êkâ wiya kwataki nikâwiy,» itêw. |
(40)That night, «Well now,» said Bear-Man to his parents, «I shall leave you now,» he told his mother; and to his adopted father he said, «Do not hurt my mother.» |
(41)«â, nikosis, namoya wîhkâc êkwa nika-pakamahwâw kikâwiy,» itêw okosisihkâwina. |
(41)«No, my son, now I shall never again beat your mother,» he told his step-son. |
(42)êkwa ê-wâpaniyik, ê-kî-mâ-mîcisocik, êkwa kâ-wawêyît, ôma osaskahon piko ê-otinahk. êkwa â-atamiskawêw. êkos-îsi ati-wayawîw, ê-sipwêhtêt konita, tânitê êtokê ê-itohtêt. pa-pimohtêw êsa. |
(42)then in the morning, when they had eaten, he made ready to go, and all he did was to take his stick. Then he bade them both farewell. Then he went out of the house, and started forth without aim, going I know not where. He walked on and on. |
(43)kîtahtawê yâhki kâ-wâpamât pêyak ayîsiyiniwa, paskwatâwahkâhk ê-tihtipiwêpinamiyit mâna kîkway, ê-nawaswâtamiyit mâna. ati-na-nâtêw. piyisk otihtêw. |
(43)Presently he saw a man, the story goes, who was rolling something on the level ground and running after it. He followed up this man. At last he reached him. |
(44)«â, kîkway kôsîhtân?» itêw. |
(44)«Say, what are you doing?» he asked him. |
(45)«awa asiniy ê-mêtawâkêyân,» itik. |
(45)«I am playing with this rock,» the other told him. |
(46)«â, wîcêwin,» itêw. |
(46)«Well, come along with me,» he told him. |
(47)«â, tâpwê!» itik. |
(47)«Oh, certainly!» the other answered him. |
(48)êkosi wîcêk. sipwêhtêwak. pa-pimohtêwak. |
(48)So the other came with him. They went away from there. They walked along. |
(49)kîtahtawê mîna ê-sâkêwêcik, âsay mîna kotaka kâ-wâpamâcik, ê-wacîwiyik ita konita ê-nakêhkwasoyit. ati-na-nâtêwak. piyisk otihtêwak. |
(49)Presently, as they came into view of another place, they saw another man who was pushing against a hill. They went towards him. In time they came to where he was. |
(50)«â, kîkway kôsîhtân?» itêw. |
(50)«Hey, what are you doing?» he asked him. |
(51)«â, ôma waciy ê-wî-yîkatêtâpêyân,» k-êtwêyit. |
(51)«Oh, I want to push this hill out of the way,» said he. |
(52)«ka-kaskihtân cî?» itêw. |
(52)«Can you do it?» he asked him. |
(53)«êha!!» |
(53)«Yes!» |
(54)«â, mahti!» itêw. |
(54)«Why, let us see!» he said to him. |
(55)êkwa ê-kî-wawêyiyit, wêcipitamiyit, pôti tâpwê kâ-pîcicipitamiyit. wâ, mâmaskâtêw. |
(55)Then, after making ready, and giving it a pull, really, they saw that man draw it from its place. Oh, he wondered at him. |
(56)«â, nama cî ka-kî-masinahikân?» itêw. |
(56)«Why, would you not be willing to take employment?» he asked him. |
(57)«â, tâpwê!» itik. |
(57)«Oh, certainly!» the other answered him. |
(58)«âstam!» itêw. |
(58)«Come here!» he said to him. |
(59)êkosi êkwa nistiwak. sipwêhtêwak. pa-pimohtêwak. |
(59)So now they were three. They proceeded on their way. They walked along. |
(60)kîtahtawê mîna ê-sâkêwêcik, âsay mîna kâ-wâpamâcik kotaka, ê-pâ-pimipahtâyit. |
(60)Presently, as they came over another hill, they saw another man, who was running. |
(61)«kîkway ê-nôcihtât?» itêyihtam. |
(61)«What may he be after?» he thought. |
(62)ati-nâtêwak. |
(62)They went toward him. |
(63)wêtihtâcik, «â, kîkway kôsîhtân?» itêw. |
(63)When they came up to him, «Hey, what are you doing?» he asked him. |
(64)«â, ê-nôhtê-pimipahtâyân, kayâs ê-kî-kakwê-nakatitoyân,» itik, asiniya ê-sâsiskêpisoyit. |
(64)«Oh, I feel like running, it is so long since I have been in a race,» the other told him, while untying some stones from his feet. |
(65)«â, nama nâ ka-kî-masinahikân?» itêw. |
(65)«Well, could you not take employment?» he asked him. |
(66)«â, tâpwê!» itik. |
(66)«Oh, certainly!» the other answered him. |
(67)êkosi êkwa nêwiwak. sa-sipwêhtêwak. pa-pimohtêwak. |
(67)So now they were four. They started off again. They walked along. |
(68)kîtahtawê ê-sâkêwêcik, âsay mâka mîna kotaka kâ-wâpamâcik.4 ati-na-nâtêwak.5 |
(68)Presently, as they came over a hill, they saw another man, as before. They went toward him. |
(69)wêtihtâcik, «â, kîkway kôsîhtân?» itêw mâka mîna. |
(69)When they came to where he was, «Hey, what are you doing?» he asked him again. |
(70)«â, ôki mistikwak ê-pâ-pahkwacipitakik,» k-êtwêyit. |
(70)«Oh, I am pulling up these trees,» he said. |
(71)«â, mahti!» itêw. |
(71)«Come, let us see!» he said to him. |
(72)wêwêyinâyit misi-mistikwa, mênipitâyit, mâmaskâtêw mistahi. |
(72)Getting a good grip on a large tree, he pulled it free, and greatly he wondered at him. |
(73)«â, nama nâ ka-kî-masinahikân?» itêw. |
(73)«Well, could you not take employment?» he asked him. |
(74)«â, tâpwê!» itik. |
(74)«Oh, certainly!» the other answered him. |
(75)ati-wîcêk. sa-sipwêhtêwak, kâ-wâpahtahkik wâskâhikan. êkota itohtêwak. ê-takohtêcik, awîn-ôma, nam-âwiya kî-apiyiwa. ê-pîhtokêcik, mitoni kwayask kî-ay-ascikêwân, niyânan ayîsiyiniwa kita-mîcisoyit iyikohk. ay-apiwak. piyisk tipiskâyiw. |
(75)The other went on with him. they continued their journey, and came in sight of a house. They went there. When they arrived, why, there was no one there. When they entered, everything was in very good order, and enough food for five men to eat. They stayed there. At last night came. |
(76)â, kîtahtawê maskoyiniw, «âw, mîcisotân!» itêw otôskinîkîma. |
(76)Then presently, «Come, let us eat!» said Bear-Man to his followers. |
(77)êkosi nahapîstamwak, ê-mîcisocik. ê-kî-kîsi-mîcisocik, ay-apiwak. piyisk mîna âkwâ-tipiskâyiw. |
(77)So they sat down to the food and ate. When they had finished their meal, they stayed there. Then it was late at night. |
(78)kîtahtawê mîna ê-kôtawi-pêhocik, «kawisomotân!» itêw otôskinîkîma. |
(78)Presently, as they grew tired of waiting, «Let us go to bed!» he said to his henchmen. |
(79)â, kawisimôwak. kîkisêpâ ê-waniskâcik, pa-paminawasôwak. |
(79)So they went to bed. In the morning, when they got up, they prepared a meal. |
(80)ê-kî-kîsi-mîcisocik, «âw, mistikwa-kâ-pahkwacipitât, kanawêyihta; nika-mâcînân,» itêw. |
(80)When they had done eating, «Now the, Tree-Puller, keep guard; we others are going hunting,» he said to him. |
(81)«êha!,» itik. |
(81)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(82)êkosi wawêyîwak, ê-wî-mâcîcik. |
(82)So they got ready to go hunting. |
(83)sipwêhtêwak. mayaw ê-âkawêwêcik, kîtahtawê awa kâ-kanawâpokêt, awiya kâ-pê-yôhtênamiyit, mitoni ê-kinomîhistôwânêyit, «wahwâ, mistahi kimisi-wanâcihtânâwâw niwâskâhikan! wayawî, wayawî!» ê-pê-itikot, ê-pê-nâtikot. |
(83)They went away. As soon as they were out of sight, someone came and opened the door where that man was guarding the house, a person with a very long beard, and, «Heavens, you are making a terrible mess of my house! Get out, get out!» this person said to him, and made to attack him. |
(84)«â, kiya wayawî!» itêw. |
(84)«Oh, get out yourself!» he said to him. |
(85)tâpwê piko êkosi ê-pêsakipitonênikot, mwêhci ê-wî-otihtinât omîhistôwâniyihk, âsay otinik ospitonihk, tâpwê piko ê-pakamihtakisimikot, ôta tâwâyihk ê-pâ-pakamisimikot. kîskihkwêsimik; mîna tikinêsimik, êkosi êtokê wêyawiyit. |
(85)At this the other came and seized him by the arms; just as he was about to get hold of him by his beard, the other already had him by the arms, and simply dashed him against the wooden floor, banging him down in the middle of the room. He threw him so as to smash his face; he knocked him senseless, and after that he must have gone out of the house. |
(86)kîtahtawê âpisisin. namwâc awiya ayâyiwa. nipêwinihk isitâcimôw. êkwa êsitostikwânêhpisot, êkos-îsi nahisin; pa-pimisin. kîtahtawê êkwa ê-otâkosik, takosinwak omâcîwak. awîn-ôhi okanawâpokêwa kî-âhkosiyiwa. |
(86)After a while he regained consciousness. No one else was there He dragged himself to the bed. Then bandaging his head, he lay down; he lay there. Presently, toward evening, the hunters arrived. Why, there, the one who kept the house had fallen sick. |
(87)«â, tânisi?» itêw maskoyiniw. |
(87)«Why, what is the matter?» Bear-Man asked him. |
(88)«â, mayaw kâ-sipwêhtêyêk, sêmâk nimâc-âhkosin,» itêyiwa. |
(88)«Oh, as soon as you went, I began to be sick,» he said. |
(89)«â,» itêw, «waciy-kâ-minwastât, kiya êkwa kanawêyihtamôhkan wâpahki,» itêw. |
(89)«Oh,» he said to him, «Hill-Adjuster, do you take care of the place tomorrow,» he told him. |
(90)«êha!,» itik. |
(90)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(91)mîna têpiskâyik, ay-apiwak. |
(91)When night came, they sat there. |
(92)piyisk mîna kêwisimocik, mîna wiyâpaniyik, «âw, kiya êkwa, waciy-kâ-minwastât, kanawêyihta. nika-mâcînân,» itêw. |
(92)In due time, they again went to bed there, and the next morning, «Now you, Hill-Adjuster, keep watch. We others shall hunt,» he told him. |
(93)«êha!,» itik. |
(93)«Very well,» he answered him. |
(94)êkwa mîna wêwêyîcik, ê-wî-mâcîcik, êkwa kâ-wî-kanawâpokêt, «mahti kîkway awa k-ô-âhkosit,» itêyihtam. |
(94)Then, when again they made ready to hunt, he who was to keep house thought, «I hope I see why this fellow was sick.» |
(95)êkwa ê-ati-sipwêhtêcik, mayaw mâka mîna ê-âkawêwêcik, âsay mâka mîna piyê-yôhtêpayiyik, awîn-ôhi, kêkâc ê-sâmaskêhtitâyit omîhistôwâniyiwa, «âhâ, mistahi êkwa kimisi-wanâcihtânâwâw nîki! wayawî, wayawî!» ê-pê-itikot. |
(95)Then, when they went away, as soon as they were out of sight, again the door went open, and lo and behold, a man whose beard almost dragged on the ground, said to him, «Oho, you are making a frightful mess of my house! Get out, get out!» |
(96)«â, kiya wayawî!» itêw. |
(96)«Oh, get out yourself!» he answered him. |
(97)tâpwê piko ê-pê-nâtikot sêmâk, âta ê-wî-kakwê-sakinamawât omîhistôwâniyiwa, âsiskon sakipitonêpitik mâka mîna. pa-pakamihtakisimik tâwihtak. kîskihkwêsimik mâka mîna. |
(97)At once the other made for him, and, though he tried to grab hold of his beard, the other got ahead of him and, again, seized him by the arm. He dashed him repeatedly against the floor. He smashed his face, too, as he brought him down. |
(98)iyikohk ê-âpisisihk, pasikôw, nipêwinihk ê-nitawi-nahisihk. mitoni ê-otâkosiniyik iyikohk, takohtêwak omâcîwak. mâka mîna kî-âhkosiyiwa. |
(98)When he regained his senses, he rose to his feet, and went and lay down on the bed. Well on toward nightfall the hunters arrived. Again their man was sick. |
(99)«â, âsa mîna kiya kitâhkosin!» |
(99)«Ho, so you are sick, too!» |
(100)«êha!! mayaw kâ-sipwêhtêyêk nimâc-âhkosin,» itik. |
(100)«Yes! As soon as you departed I began to be sick,» he told him. |
(101)âsay wiy-âwa kâ-kî-âhkosit kiskêyihtam kîkway k-ô-âhkosiyit; «êkoni ohci,» itêyihtam. mâka wiy-âwa okimâw, «tânisi?» itêyihtam ôma k-ô-â-âhkosiyit. |
(101)Now the one who had been sick before knew the cause of this one's illness; «On account of that person,» he thought. But as for the chief, «Why?» was his thought concerning the others' sickness. |
(102)êkwa mîna ê-kî-mâ-mîcisocik, «âw, êkwa kiya, asiniya-kâ-mêtawâkêt, kika-kanawâpokân wâpahki,» itêw. |
(102)Then again, when they had eaten, «Now then, you, Player-With-Rocks, you shall keep house tomorrow,» he told him. |
(103)«tâpwê!» itik. |
(103)«Certainly!» the other answered him. |
(104)â, wiyâpaniyik, âsay mâka mîna sêpwêhtêcik, ê-mâcîcik, mayaw mâka mîna ê-âkawêwêcik, âsay mâka mîna piyê-yôhtêpayiyik. |
(104)In the morning, when as usual they had gone away to hunt, as soon, once more, as they were out of sight, again the door went open. |
(105)«â, êwakoni k-ô-â-âhkosicik,» itêyihtam awa kâ-kanawâpokêt. |
(105)«Ha, this is the one who is the cause of their sickness,» thought he who was taking care of the house. |
(106)«wahwâ! mistah-êkwa kimisi-wanâcihtânâwâw nîki!» itik; «wayawî, wayawî!» itik. |
(106)«Heavens! You are making a frightful mess of my dwelling!» this person said to him; «Get out, get out!» he told him. |
(107)«â, kiya wayawî!» itêw. |
(107)«Oh, get out yourself!» he told him. |
(108)tâpwê piko mâka mîna ê-pê-nâtikot, sôskwâc mâna ê-otinikocik, tâpwê piko ê-sakipitonênikot, pa-pakamisimik; tikinêsimik. mâka mîna pa-pimisin. |
(108)The other simply went for him, and always he got hold of them at once; he simply grasped him by the arm and banged him repeatedly down; he knocked him out of his senses. Like the others before him, he lay there. |
(109)iyikohk iyâpisisihk, awînipan awiya kiy-ayâyit! waniskâw, nipêwinihk mâka mîna ê-nitawi-nahisihk. pa-pimisin. |
(109)When he came to his senses, what sign was there that another had been there? He got up, and like the others, went and lay down on the bed. He lay there. |
(110)kîtahtawê têkohtêyit otôkimâma âsay mîna, «kiya kitâhkosin?» itik. |
(110)Presently, when his chief again arrived, «You are sick, too?» he asked him. |
(111)«êha!,» itêw; «mayaw kâ-sipwêhtêyêk nimâc-âhkosin.» |
(111)«Yes,» he told him, «As soon as you were gone, I began to be sick.» |
(112)«âw,» itêw; «kiya êkwa, kâ-mîhkawikit, kanawâpokêhkan wâpahki,» itêw. |
(112)«Well then,» he said to them, «This time you, Fleetfoot, do you tomorrow take care of the house,» he told him. |
(113)«êha!,» itik. |
(113)«Very well,» the other answered him. |
(114)êkwa têpiskâyik, â, wiyêpaniyik êkwa mâka mîna wâ-mâcîcik, êkwa awa okanawâpokêw aswêyihtam, «mahti kîkway k-ô-â-âhkosicik!» ê-itêyihtahk. mitoni aswêyihtam. kîtahtawê kâ-pê-yôhtêpayiyik, awîn-ôhi, mâka mîna omîhiscôwâna k-ôtâpêt kâ-pê-pîhtokêt. |
(114)Then, when night had come and morning too, as they were going to hunt, that guardian of the house was all expectant, thinking, «Let me see what it was made them all sick!» He was all on edge. Presently the door went open, and, look you, again came in a man who dragged his beard along. |
(115)«âhâ, mistah-êkwa kimisi-wanâcihtânâwâw nîki! wayawî, wayawî!» ê-pê-itikot, «â, kiya wayawî!» itêw. |
(115)«Oho, you are making a frightful mess of my house! Get out, get out!» this person said to him as he came, and, «Oh, get out yourself!» he answered him. |
(116)tâpwê piko mâka mîna ê-wî-sakimîhistôwânênât, êsiskon mâka mîna wêtihtinikot ospitonihk, ê-pakamihtakisimikot. tikinêsimik. êkosi êtokê mâka mîna ê-ati-nakatikot mâka mîna. |
(116)Again, just as he was going to snatch hold of his beard, the other got ahead of him and seized him by the arm and dashed him against the flooring. He knocked him senseless. Then, as before he must have left him. |
(117)iyikohk ê-takohtêcik ôki omâcîwak, âsay anohc piko ê-kîsi-nahisihk nipêwinihk, kâ-takohtêyit. kêkâc kêsiskâk, konita ê-mamâhpinêt. |
(117)When those hunters arrived, it was just as he had lain down on the bed. They had almost come upon him while he was helplessly groaning with pain. |
(118)«wâ, âsay mîna kiya kitâhkosin!» itik maskoyiniwa. |
(118)«Ho, and you too are sick!» Bear-Man said to him. |
(119)«êha!,» itêw; «mayaw kâ-sipwêhtêyêk nimâc-âhkosin,» itêw. |
(119)«Yes,» he answered him; «As soon as you went, I began to be ill,» he told him. |
(120)êkosi ati-paminawasôwak, ê-wî-mîcisocik. |
(120)Then they set about cooking, to eat their meal. |
(121)êkwa ê-mâci-mîcisocik, kîtahtawê ômisi itikwak otôkimâmiwâwa: «âw, êkwa niya nik-âpin. kiyawâw mâcîhkêk,» itikwak maskoyiniwa. |
(121)As they were starting to eat, their chief said to them, «Now then, this time I shall stay at home. You others will hunt,» Bear-Man told them. |
(122)«êha!,» itêwak. |
(122)«Very well,» they said to him. |
(123)ê-wâpaniyik êkwa, «âw, êkwa mâcîk. nik-âpin niya êkwa,» itikwak. |
(123)In the morning the, «Now then, hunt. I shall stay at home today,» he told them. |
(124)êkosi sipwêhtêwak. mayaw mâka mîna ê-awasêwêcik, âsay mâka mîna piyê-yôhtêpayiyik. awîn-ôhi, mitoni ê-cimisisiyit ayîsiyiniwa, kêkâc ê-otâpêyit omîhistôwâniyiwa, «âhâ, âsay mîna pahkân kisinâkosin!» k-êtikot; «wayawî, wayawî!» ê-itikot. |
(124)So they departed. Again, as soon as they had gone out of sight, the door came open. Who was it, but a very short man, almost dragging his beard, who said to him, «Oho, again you have a different look to you!» A frightful mess you are making of my house!» he said to him, and, «Get out, get out!» he added. |
(125)mâka mîna ê-pê-nâtikot, maywês otinikot, âsiskon otihtinêw omîhistôwâniyihk. tâpwê piko ê-pakamisimât, mitoni nipahisimêw. êkos-îsi wayawîhtahêw. mênikanâhtikohk akotêw. itê kit-ôhtohtêyit otôskinîkîma, êkotê itiskwêkotêw, ohkitoniyihk ê-itâskocimât. |
(125)When the other, as before, made for him, before the other got hold of him, he got ahead of him and snatched him by his beard. He simply banged him down, and knocked him completely silly. Then he took him out of doors. He hung him on a fence-post. He hung him with his face in the direction from which his helpers would come, impaling him at the throat. |
(126)êkos-îsi pa-paminawasôw. kîtahtawê kâ-pê-tatwêwitamiyit otôskinîkîma. |
(126)Then he went about his cooking In time came the noise of his helpers approaching. |
(127)«mahti kiy-êtwêcik!» itêyihtam. |
(127)«I wonder what they will say!» he thought. |
(128)piyê-pîhtokêyit, konita ê-ma-mihkôwihtakâyik, «â, tânisi ôma?» itik otôskinîkîma. |
(128)When they came in and the floor was all smeared with blood, «Oho, how is this!» his helpers asked him. |
(129)«tânisi k-ô-â-âhkosiyêk? ôta wayawîtimihk nikî-akotâw,» itêw êsa. |
(129)«Why did you all get sick? I have hung him up out of doors here,» he told them. |
(130)«tânita?» itik. |
(130)«Where?» they asked him. |
(131)ôta mênikanihk,» itêw. |
(131)«There, on the fence,» he told them. |
(132)êkwa wayawîwak. pôt-ôma nama kîkwa, piko ê-ma-mihkôwiyiki mistikwa. |
(132)Then they went outside. Why, nothing was there, only that the sticks were marked with blood. |
(133)êkwa, «pita mîcisotân,» itêw; «itâp mwêstas ka-mitihtânaw,» itêw. |
(133)Then, «First let us eat,» he told them; «Afterwards we shall track him,» he said to them. |
(134)êkwa mîcisôwak. ê-kî-kîsi-mîcisocik, êkwa ani mêtihtâcik, ê-ati-pahpahkihkwêyit, kîtahtawê pôt-ôma wâti mitoni aspin kwayask itâmihk. |
(134)Then they ate. When they had done eating, as they tracked him by the dripping of his blood, presently they came to a hole that went out of sight straight down into the earth. |
(135)«âw, kâ-mîhkawikit, nâta pîmanahkwân,» itêw.6 |
(135)«Now, Fleetfoot, fetch a rope,» he ordered him. |
(136)êkwa nâtamiyiwa. |
(136)He went to get it. |
(137)«kiyâm mistahi,» kî-itêw. |
(137)«Much, please,» he had told him. |
(138)mistahi pêtâyiwa. |
(138)He brought much of it. |
(139)êkwa wêsîhtâcik, êkwa ê-sakahpitahkik, êkwa, «âw, kiya, waciy-kâ-minwastât, kiya ka-pakitâpêkinitinân,» itêw. |
(139)Then, when they prepared it, knotting it in a loop big enough for them to sit in, and typing it fast, then, «Come, you, Hill-Adjuster, we shall let you down on the rope,» he told him. |
(140)êkwa wêwêyapiyit, êkwa êkos-îsi ê-pakitâpêkinâcik, mâninakisk opakitâpêkinâhtâwâw. kîtahtawê kostam, osâm ê-wani-tipiskâyik. tôs-tôskâpêkipitam. êkosi iskwâpihkêpitâw. |
(140)Then, when he had placed himself to sit in it, and they let him down on the rope, a mighty long ways they did let him down. In time he grew frightened of it, so dark it was. He jerked a few times at the rope. So he was dragged back. |
(141)wêyawîpitiht, «â, tânisi?» itêw. |
(141)When he had been pulled out, «Well, how is it?» he asked him. |
(142)«â, nama kîkwa niwâpahtên. mitoni kaski-tipiskâw.» |
(142)«Oh, I saw nothing. It is pitch-dark.» |
(143)«âw, êkwa kiya,» itêw, «mistikwa-kâ-pahkwacipitât.» |
(143)«Well then, now you,» he said to him, «Tree-Puller.» |
(144)êkwa mîna êko wêwêyapit, âsay mîna pêkitâpêkiniht, êkwa êko tâpiskôc ê-wî-kîsikânâsit isinam; êkoyikohk kostam. mîna êko ocôcipitam pîmanahkwân. iskwâpihkêpitâw. |
(144)When he, again, and seated himself in place, and in turn was let down on the rope, it looked to him as though the saw a tiny bit of light; at this point he began to fear the thing. He too jerked at the rope. He was pulled back up. |
(145)â, wêyawîpitiht mîna êko, «â, tânisi?» itêw. |
(145)When he too had been pulled out, «Well, how was it?» he asked him. |
(146)«â, nama kîkwa niwâpahtên, piko ê-kîsikânâkwâsik; êkoyikohk nikostên,» itêw. |
(146)«Oh, I saw nothing, only a faint bit of light; then I began to be afraid,» he told him. |
(147)«âw, êkwa kiya, asiniya-kâ-mêtawâkêt,» itêw. |
(147)«Well then, now you, Player-With-rocks,» he said to him. |
(148)êkwa ani wêwêyapit, mîna êko pêkitâpêkiniht mâninakisk, êkw-êkwa mistahi kîsikânam. mîna êko kostam. ocôcipitam. êkosi mâna ê-iskopitihcik, mîna êko wêyawîpitiht, kakwêcimâw. kêyâpic êkosi itêw. |
(148)When he had seated himself in place and he too had been let down a tremendous ways, he saw bright daylight. He too grew frightened. [NO GLOSS] So always they were pulled up, and when he too had been drawn out of the hole, he was questioned. He asked him the same question. |
(149)«â, mistahi ê-kîsikânâkwahk, nikostên,» itêw. |
(149)«Oh, when bright daylight appeared, I began to be afraid,» he answered him. |
(150)«âw, êkwa kiya, kâ-mîhkawikit, pôsi!» itêw. |
(150)«Well then, now you, Fleetfoot, get in!» he told him. |
(151)êkosi pôsiw. sâsay mîna êko pakitâpêkinâw. êkwa êko mistahi ê-kîsikâyik, kostam. tôs-tôskâpêkipitam. ocipitam. wêyawîpitiht, kakwêcimâw. |
(151)So he got in. He too was let down on the rope. When he came into bright daylight, he too grew afraid. He jerked a few times at the rope. He yanked at it. When he had been pulled out, he was questioned. |
(152)«tânisi?» itêwak. |
(152)«How was it?» they asked him. |
(153)«â, mitoni ê-kîsikâk, nikostên,» itêw owîcêwâkana. |
(153)«Oh, when there was bright daylight, I grew afraid of the thing.» he told his companions. |
(154)âw, mahti niya êkwa!» itêw maskoyiniw. |
(154)«Well then, let me go now!» said Bear-Man to them. |
(155)êkwa wêwêyapit, osaskahon ôta ohcikwanihk pimitastâw. êkwa pêkitâpêkiniht, mâninakisk pakitâpêkinâw. piyisk kiyîsikâyik, âhci piko, piyisk askiy wâpahtam. kîtahtawê êkwa, kisiwâk. kîtahtawê kâ-wâpamât maci-pisiskiwa ê-âswahcikêyit ita kita-pahkisihk. mwêhci mitoni kisiwâk ê-ayât, otinam osaskahon.7 konita ê-tâwatiyit misi-kinêpikwa, osaskahon ohci sôskwâc ê-kawinamawât ostikwâniyihk, êkos-îsi nâspitahwêw. kwêski ôtê ohci mîna sîsîkwêwa; âsay mîna êwakoni pakamahwêw. |
(155)Then, when he had seated himself in place, he laid his stick here crosswise over his knees. Then, when he was let down by the rope, a tremendous ways he was let down. At last, when there was daylight, father still, until at last he saw ground. Presently it was near. Presently he saw an evil beast lying in wait where he would come down. When he was quite close, he took hold of his stick. As vainly the Great Serpent gaped, quickly he brought down his cane on its head and knocked it dead. On the other side there was a rattlesnake; it too he clubbed. |
(156)êkota ohci mîna mâtâhwêw. aspin ê-ati-pîhkwakiyit, ati-mitihtêw.8 ê-osêhcâyik, ê-sâkêwêt, awîn-ôma, wâskâhikan kî-astêyiw. êkota aspin êtiskanawêyit, at-îtohtêw. ê-ati-takohtêt iskwâhtêmihk, ati-yôhtênam. |
(156)There he again found the other's trail. Where the other had gone off, he tracked him. When he came over the top of a hill, what was there but a house? Off thither the other had made his track, and thither went he. When he got to the door, he opened it. |
(157)mayaw ê-yôhtênahk, awîn-ôhi, iskwêwa nêo kî-apiyiwa, wahwâ, konita ê-mâmaskâtamiyit, «tânitê ê-ohci-pihkohoyan?» ê-itikot. |
(157)As soon as he opened it, whom did he see but four women in the house, and, oh, how they marveled, asking him, «From where have you made your way?» |
(158)«êkotê ôtê kâ-pakonêyâk kîsik,» itêw; «tâniwâ omîhistôwâna kâ-kinwâyiki?» itêw. |
(158)«From over there, where there is an opening in the sky,» he told them, «where is he whose beard is long?» he asked them. |
(159)«ôta ôma kotak iskwâhtêm êkota ayâw,» itik. |
(159)«Here behind this other door he is,» they told him. |
(160)tâpwê piko ati-yôhtênam. awîn-ôhi, kî-pimisiniyiwa; pê-ohtiskawisiniyiwa. |
(160)He went right there and opened it. There he lay, he lay facing the door. |
(161)mayaw ê-pîhtokêt, sêmâk, «â, maskoyiniw, nika-pimâtisin!» itik; «ôtê niwâskâhikan ispimihk k-âyâk kahkiyaw kimiyitin,» itik. |
(161)As soon as he entered, at once, «Oh, Bear-Man, let me live!» he said to him; «I give you my house up above there, with all that belongs to it,» he said to him. |
(162)«â, nama wiya!» itêw êsa. |
(162)«Oh, no!» he answered him. |
(163)«kiyâm nika-pimâtisin! êkotê kahkiyaw kîkway kimiyitin,» itik êsa. |
(163)«Please, let me live! I give you everything that is there,» he said to him. |
(164)«â, nama wiya!» itêw. |
(164)«Oh, no!» he answered him. |
(165)«â, kiyâm nika-pimâtisin! ôta ôma mîna kahkiyaw kimiyitin.» |
(165)«Oh, please let me live! I give you everything that is here, as well,» |
(166)«â, nama wiya!» itêw maskoyiniw. |
(166)«Oh, no!» Bear-Man answered him. |
(167)«kiyâm nika-pimâtisin!» |
(167)«Please let me live!» |
(168)«â, nama wiya!» itêw êsa. |
(168)«Oh, no!» he answered him. |
(169)êkos-îsi ati-nâtêw, ê-kawinamawât ôma saskahon. |
(169)With that he made for him and brought his cane down on him. |
(170)mitoni kâ-nipahât, ati-wayawîw, «âstamitik!» ê-itât ôhi iskwêwa. |
(170)When he had killed him quite dead, he went out, saying, «Come here!» to those women. |
(171)konita êsa ê-papâsîcik ôki iskwêwak, ê-otihtinahkik ocakohpisiwâwa, êkosi ati-wîcêwêw. itohtahêw ôm-îta kâ-nîhtakosit. |
(171)The women hurried pell-mell, gathering up their robes, and he took them along with him. He took them to where he had come down. |
(172)ê-takohtêcik êkota, «âw, pôsi,» itêw ôhi pêyak. |
(172)When they got there, «Come, get in,» he said to one of them. |
(173)pôsiyiwa. êkos-îsi tôs-tôskâpihkêpitam ôma pîmanahkwân. tâpwê piko wêcipitamoht, aspin, kîtahtawê ôki mayaw ê-pê-wayawîpitâcik, awîn-ôhi, iskwêwa. |
(173)She got in. Thereupon he jerked a few times at that rope. Then it was pulled for him, and off she went, and presently, when those men had pulled that person out of the hole, whom did they see but a woman? |
(174)«â, niya nika-wîwin!» konata êsa ê-itwêcik, «â, ôtê ayâwak nisîmak,» itikwak êsa, ê-wî-maskahtocik. |
(174)«Oh, me, let me marry her!» they all said at once, but, «Why, my younger sisters are there,» she told them, as they were about to fight for her. |
(175)êkos-âwa mistikwa-kâ-pahkwacipitât êwako wîwiw. â, mitoni êsa ê-kakwêyâhocik ê-nîhtâpêkipitahkik. mâninakisk otawacipitâhtâwâw; piyisk kahkiyaw. |
(175)So then that Tree-Puller took her to wife. Oh, they worked eagerly now, letting down the rope. They pulled them up at a great rate, until they had them all. |
(176)êkwa awa mistikwa-kâ-pahkwacipitât êwako, «â, nakatâtân,» k-êtât owîcêwâkana, ôhi otôkimâmiwâwa. |
(176)Then that Tree-Puller, he was the one who said, «Come, let us abandon him,» of their chief. |
(177)«â, namoya! kika-kisiwâhânaw,» itik ôhi owîcêwâkana. |
(177)«Oh, no! He will be angry at us,» his companions told him. |
(178)â, piyisk sâkôcimâw. êkwa êkos-îsi pakitâpêkinamwak pîmanahkwân. êkwa awa maskoyiniw tahki ê-asawâpit, kîtahtawê kâ-pêtisâpahtahk ôma watapîwiyâkan. ôta pêhkihtiniyik, pôsiw ôta, mâka mîna osaskahon ê-pimitastât ohcikwanihk. ohpâpêkipitâw. mâninakisk êkwa awa kâ-kî-wî-nakatât, êwakw-âwa ês-ôma môhkomânis kwêyâtinahk, kisiwâk ê-ihtatêyimât, kîtahtawê sisikoc kâ-paskikahahk ôma pîminahkwân, aspin otôkimâmiwâwa ê-nîhcikahwât.9 |
(178)In the end he was persuaded. So they let down the rope. Then, as that Bear-Man kept watching, presently he saw that fibre basket come into view. When it had come down there, he got in, placing his came, as before, across his knees. He was drawn up. But without mercy he who had conceived the plan of abandoning him, he now got ready his pocket-knife, and when he knew him to be near, then suddenly he chopped through that rope, and by that cut sent their chief down, out of sight. |
(179)êkosi wiy-ôki sipwêhtêwak. akâmaskîhk itohtêwak. |
(179)Thereupon they went from there. They went across the sea. |
(180)êkwa wiy-âwa maskoyiniw na-nipahisin. kinwês êtokê nipahisin. kîtahtawê k-âpisisihk; êkwa pasikôw. ôm-îta kâ-kî-nipahât omîhistôwâniyiwa kâ-kinwâyiki, êkotê itohtêw. konita papâmohtêw. papâ-yôhtênam iskwâhtêma ê-mihcêniyiki. |
(180)As for Bear-Man, he fell and lay bereft of his senses. For quite a long time he must have lain senseless. Presently he recovered consciousness; then he rose to his feet. To where he had slain that man whose beard was long, thither he went. He walked about at random. He went round opening many doors. |
(181)kîtahtawê kâ-miskawât nôtokêsiwa ê-ay-apiyit, pêyak ôma wâskâhikanis konita ê-mâyâtaniyik ita. |
(181)Presently he found an old woman staying alone in a little house that was miserably ugly. |
(182)«â, nôhko, tânêhk-ôma ita k-ô-ayâyan?» itêw. |
(182)«Why, Grandmother, why are you in this place?» he asked her. |
(183)«inê, nôsisê, kayâs ê-kî-otinit aw-ôta k-âyât kâ-kinwâyiki omîhistôwâna,» itik. |
(183)«Alas, Grandchild, because long ago he took me who is here, the one whose beard is long,» she told him. |
(184)«â, nôhko, nikî-nipahâw,» itêw, mistahi ê-miywêyihtamiyit ês-ôma. |
(184)«Oh, Grandmother, I have slain him,» he told her, and very glad of it was she. |
(185)«ê-awahkêt ôhi kâ-kanawêyimât ôhi iskwêwa awa omîhiscôwâna k-ôtâpêt.» |
(185)«He used them as slaves, those women he kept, did he who dragged his beard.» |
(186)«â, nôhko, kîkway mâna iyâpacihtât, nânitaw êtamahcihoci awa kâ-nipahak?» itêw ôhi nôtokêwa. |
(186)«Oh, Grandmother, what did he use whom I have killed, when something was wrong with his health?» he asked this old woman. |
(187)«nôsisê, pêyak êkota astêw wâskâhikanis. apisâsin. êko yôhtênamani, kika-wâpahtên âyîtaw ê-astêki mahkahkwa. anima ês-ôkihciniskiyan k-âstêk, êko kika-minihkwân. êkota astêw minihkwâcikan. kika-sâkaskinahtân. iyawis kita-kitâyan. êkwa anima kinamahtinihk isi k-âstêk, êko kika-sisopêkahwâkân misiwê,» itik. |
(187)«Grandchild, over here is a little house. It is very small. When you open the door of it, you will see a vat at either side. From the one that is at your right-hand side you will drink. A drinking-vessel is there. You will fill it full. You will drink all of it. And that which is at your left, you will sprinkle all round the place,» she told him. |
(188)êkosi ati-wayawîw. â, ôma k-êtikot ôhkoma, êkosi tâpwê tôtam. â, mistahi miywamahcihôw. êkwa mîna nitawâpamêw. |
(188)At that he went out. He really did all his grandmother had told him. Oh, he then felt very well. Then again he went to see her. |
(189)«â, nôhko, tânisi mâna tiyôtahk, ôtê ispimihk wâ-itohtêci, awa kâ-niphak?» itêw ôhkoma. |
(189)«Oh, Grandmother, what did he use to do when he wanted to go up above, he whom I killed?» he asked his grandmother, |
(190)«â, nôsisê, anim-îta kâ-nipahat, êkota cîki ayâw iskwâhcêmis. êkota yôhtênamani, kika-wâpamâw mikisiw. êkoni ani misiw-îtê kâ-papâmohtahikot. êkw-âna kika-kitotik. kitotaci, ka-kakwêcimâw. kika-wîhtamâk tânisi kita-tôtaman. êko nitawâpam.» |
(190)Oh, Grandchild, close by where you killed him is a little doorway. If you open it, you will see an eagle. That is the creature which took him about everywhere. It will speak with you. When ti speaks to you, you will question it. It will tell you what to do. Go see it.» |
(191)êkosi mîna kâwi itohtêw. êkota nitawi-pîhtokêw. awîn-ôhi, tâpwê kî-akosiyiwa mikisiwa. êkwa tâpwê kakwêcimêw. |
(191)So he went there again. He went and entered there. Really, there on a perch was an eagle. So he questioned it. |
(192)«ka-itohtahin cî ôtê ispimihk?» itêw. |
(192)«Will you take me up to the region above?» he asked it. |
(193)«êha!,» itik; «mâka piko nê-mitanaw mostoswak kita-nipahacik, kita-nîmâhiyan,» itik. |
(193)«Yes,» it answered him; «But only if you kill forty cattle to provide me with food on the way,» it told him. |
(194)misiwê êkota ê-misîhtawikâpawiyit mostoswa, êkoni ôhi kâ-nipahât omostosomiyiwa. êkwa tâpwê mâwasakotisahwêw mostoswa. nê-mitanaw pâ-pakamahwêw. ôta kahkiyaw kâ-nipahât, nâ-nêohêw kahkiyaw, êkos-îsi êkwa ê-pê-itohtêyit ôhi kâ-wî-sipwêhtahikot, kahkiyaw ê-nayahtahât. êkwa wiya ê-kîsi-têhtapit, wêhpipayihoyit, mayaw ê-ohpiyit, piyê-kwêskiskwêpayihoyit, saskamowêpinêw pêyakwatahikan wiyâs. konita êsa mâna kâ-yâhkakociniyit, mâninakisk ispâhkêkociniyiwa. pa-pimihâyiwa. kîtahtawê êkwa k-ôtisâpahtahk ôma ita kâ-pakonêyâyik askiy, tahki wiy-ôma ê-saskamowêpinât. kîtahtawê êkwa kisiwâk ê-ayât, kâ-nôhtêpayikikot owiyâsima. êhêhêy, aciyaw êsa kâ-sâkiskwêpayihoyit, êkos-îsi ê-asêkocihk, konita êsa pêyakwanohk ê-pêhpêwâhkêt. wiy-âwa, ê-at-âsêkociniyit, ôta omôhkomânis ôta otihtinam. kâ-tasopitahk, yâsipitêw otâsa; opwâmêwak ôta pîhtawêpisam. ê-pê-kwêkiskwêpayihoyit, ôta saskamowêpinêw. |
(194)All about there cattle were standing and grazing, and these were that person's cattle whom he had slain. So now, accordingly, he rounded up the cattle. Forty he felled with his club. Right where he slaughtered them all, eh quartered them, and then, when that creature came which was to take him from there, he put them all on its back. Then, when he had mounted it, and it rose from the ground, as soon as it had risen, it turned back its head at him, and he flung into its bill a cut of meat. Flying always as if its burden were light, it winged straight up, to a tremendous height. On and on it flew. Presently he came in sight of where this earth had a hole in it, all the while flinging food into the creature's bill. Then, when he was near to his goal, it had run him out of meat. Dear me, just as it had its head a little ways above the surface, it began to drop back, flapping its wings without making progress. And he, as it continued to drop back, took his pocket-knife here. He snapped it open and pulled down his breeches; he cut a piece from deep in his thigh here. When it turned its head back at him, he flung it into its beak. |
(195)kâ-saskatwêmopayiyit êsa, «â, nôsisê, kîkway k-âsamiyan mistahi kâ-wîhkistamân?» itik êsa. |
(195)When it had noisily chewed the morsel, «Oh, Grandchild, what are you giving me to eat that tastes so good?» it asked him. |
(196)êkos-îsi tahkohcipayihoyiwa. êkos-îsi ati-sipwêhtêw. nakatêw ôhi mikisiwa, aspin ê-ay-apiyit êkota. owâskâhikaniwâhk ihtatêyimêw otôskîkîma. ê-ati-takohtêt, awînipan awiya kiy-ayâyit. êkwa nitwahâhcikêw. kîtahtawê kâ-mâtâhât. aspin ôtê isi akâmaskîhk itohtêyiwa. mâtâhêw. êkwa mîna piyê-kîwêt, ê-pê-nâtât ôhi mikisiwa, kakwêcimêw. |
(196)Then it betook itself to the surface of the earth. Thereupon he set out from there. He left the eagle behind, sitting in that place. He thought his helpers were in their house. When he got here, no sign of anyone's presence. Then he sought for tracks. Presently he found their trail. Off they had gone, to the land across the sea. He found their trail. So then he went back, seeking out that eagle, and questioned it. |
(197)«kika-itohtahin cî akâmaskîhk?» itêw. |
(197)«Will you take me across the sea?» he asked it. |
(198)«êha!,» itik; «piko mâka mitâtahto-mitanaw mostoswak kita-nîmâhiyan,» itik. |
(198)«Yes,» it answered him, «But only if you give me a hundred cattle to eat on the way,» it told him. |
(199)êkwa mîna miyâwasakotisahwât mostoswa êkota mîna, _ ayisk mihcêt ayâyiwa mostoswa, _ mitâtahto-mitanaw nipahêw. êkwa mîna êkoni nâ-nêohêw. êkwa êskopêkâyik itohtahêw ôhi mikisiwa, êkwa mîna ê-pôsihcikêt. ê-kîsi-pôsihcikêt, êkos-îsi mâka mîna pôsiw. mayaw mâka mîna ê-ohpakociniyit, piyê-âpamiskwêyiyit, sakamowêpinêw. mâninakisk kapê-kîsik pimakocinwak. kîtahtawê k-ôtisâpahtahk askiy wêy, pa-pimihâyiwa omikisîma. kîtahtawê mâka mîna mitoni cîkakâm ê-ayât, kâ-nôhtêpayihikot owiyâsima. êkos-âni tâpwê piko ê-ati-tapahtakociniyit, mitoni cîkakâm êsa kâ-pahkisiniyit, konit-êsa ê-taswêkakociniyit, nîhcpayihôw. ôta otihkôkanihk êsa k-êskopêt, kâ-sakatahkahkwanênât êsa, kapatahohyêw pâhkwahcâhk. êkota nakatêw. êkwa mîna ê-nitwahâhcikêt, awîn-ôma, kî-atimiskanawêyiwa. mitihtêw. ôta ê-osêhcâyik ê-sâkêwêt, awîn-ôma, wâskâhikan kî-astêyiw, mistahi ê-miywâsiniyik. ati-na-nâtam. ê-takohtêt, pa-pakamaham iskwâhtêm. â, kâ-pê-pitihkopahtâwiht, oyôhtênamiyi. |
(199)Then, after he had here too rounded up cattle, -- for there were many cattle, -- he slaughtered a hundred of them. These too he quartered. Then he led that eagle to the edge of the water, and again loaded on his provisions. When he had loaded them on, again, as before, he mounted. Again, as soon as it had soared aloft, it turned back its head at him, and he flung food into its beak. A vast ways all day long they sped through the air. In time he caught sight of land. Oh, but his eagle flew along. Presently again, when he was very close to the shore, it had run him out of meat. But this time, as it flew lower and lower, and was descending very close to the shore, as it held its wings outspread and unmoving, he flung himself down. Being up to his armpits in water, he seized it by its wing, and dragged it out of the water onto the dry land. There he left it. Then, when again he sought for tracks, he found that they had left a trail going yon way. He tracked them. as he came over the crest of a hill, there stood a house, a very fine house. He went toward it. When he got there, he knocked at the door. Oh, he heard the patter of footsteps, and someone opened the door. |
(200)awîn-ôhi, otôskinîkîma, «â, nôkimâm, kiyâm nika-pimâtisin!» k-êtikot, ê-atamiskâkot. |
(200)There were his helpers, and, «Oh my chief, please let me live!» they said to him, and welcomed him. |
(201)«â, kika-pimâtisin,» itêw êsa. |
(201)«Oh, you may live,» he told him. |
(202)êkosi aspin êsa êkotê ê-ay-ayâcik. |
(202)So from that time on they all stayed there. |
(203)êkos-aani…10 |
(203)And that is all. |