Harry Achenam | Harry Achenam |
(1)ê-nistami-âtotamihk êkota ohci.1 |
(1)From here on a story that was told in the beginning. |
(2)kîtahtawê yâhki ay-astêw ôtênaw ê-misâk. pêyak êkota êsa okimâwiw, ê-tipêyihtahk ôtênaw. kîtahtawê âhkosiw. êkwa ê-âhkosit, mâ-mitonêyihtam tânisi kita-isi-nakatahk ôtênaw. pêyakoyiwa otânisa, kêkâc ê-oskinîkiskwêyit, êkwa owîkimâkana. mâcika tâpwê osîhtâw masinahikan, kita-tipêyihtamiyit ôtênaw otânisa êkwa owîkimâkana. êkosi ê-kî-kîsihtât, tâpwê namoya pimâtisiw. êkosi êkwa ôki iskwêwak êkota ay-ayâwak. |
(2)Once upon a time, we are told, there was a large town. A certain man was king there, ruling over that town. Then at one time he fell ill. And when he was ill, he considered how he would leave that town. He had one daughter, who had scarce grown to womanhood, and his wife. And so he prepared a document to the effect that his daughter and his wife were to rule over the town. When he had finished it, really he departed this life. So then those women continued to dwell there. |
(3)kîtahtawê awa nôtokêsiw kâ-wawêsît. ê-kî-kîsi-wawêsît, otânisa kitotêw. pê-itohtêyiwa. |
(3)Then at one time that old woman put on her fine raiment. When she had decked herself out, she called to her daughter. She came. |
(4)«âw, êkâ wiya, ôma ka-wî-yôhtênamân wâskâhikan, êkâ wiya pê-paspâpi,» itêw otânisa. |
(4)«Now then, do not, when I open the door of this house, do not peep in,» she told her daughter. |
(5)êkosi tâpwê pîhtokêw, kapê-kîsik. ispihk ê-pê-wayawît, tâni mîna êsinâkosit, êyikohk ê-iyipâtisit! êkosi awa oskinîkiskwêw pakwâtam ê-isinâkosiyit. |
(5)Thereupon she went in, and stayed all day. When she came out, how she did look, all covered with mud! Then that young woman was shocked at her appearance. |
(6)êkosi âsa mîna ê-wâpaniyik, âsa mîna wawêsiyiwa, ê-wî-pîhtokêyit. âsa mîna wîhtamâk êkâ kita-paspâpit. êkosi isi pîhtokêw awa nôtokêsiw. |
(6)The next day, again she decked herself out, to go in there. Again she told her not to peep in. Then that old woman went in there. |
(7)êkwa awa oskinîkiskwêw, «mahti!» itêyihtam, ê-wî-kêhcinâhot mahti tânisi ê-tôtamiyit okâwiya. êkwa k-êtohtêt, ê-nitawi-paspâpit, awîn-ôhi, okâwiya kî-sâsakicisiniyiwa. awîn-ôhi, êkota kî-têtipêwêyâpihkêsiniyiwa misi-kinêpikwa. owâ owâ! kakwâhyaki-pakwâtam, okâwiya itôwahk ê-sinikoskawâyit. êkosi tâpwê piko wâyônîw. |
(7)And the young woman thought, «Do let me see!» for she wanted to know what her mother was doing. Then, when she went there and peeped in, what did she see, but her mother lying flat on the ground! And then there came a Great Serpent and twisted its length all about her. Fie, She was shocked and disgusted that her mother touched her body to such a creature. So then she at once went back. |
(8)wîpac kâ-pê-wayawiyit okâwiya, «nitânis, kikî-pê-paspâpin!» ê-itikot, «namoya!» itêw. |
(8)Soon, when her mother came forth and said to her, «My daughter, you came and peeped!» then, «No!» she answered. |
(9)âhci piko êkosi itik. |
(9)Her mother insisted. |
(10)«âw, nitawâc kika-nitawi-nakatitin ôtê ministikohk,» itik, «wâpahki.»2 |
(10)«Well then, I shall have to take you and abandon you on that island,» she told her, «tomorrow.» |
(11)êkosi ê-wâpaniyik, sipwêhtahik nâpihkwânihk, «âw, pê-pôsi,» ê-itât otânisa. |
(11)So, the next morning, she took her daughter off in a ship, saying to her, «Come, get on board.» |
(12)mitoni miyohôw awa. êkwa mitoni mâmaskâc iyikohk ê-miyosit awa oskinîkiskwêw. êkosi tâpwê pôsiw. itohtahâw ministikohk. êkotê nakatâw. wîhtamâk okâwiya. |
(12)She dressed herself in her best clothes. And indeed it was wonderful, how handsome that young woman was. So then, obeying, she went on board. She was taken to the island. There she was left. Her mother told her the terms. |
(13)«kî-nêo-tipiskâki kika-pê-nitawâpamitin,» itik. |
(13)«In four nights I shall come to see you,» she told her. |
(14)êkosi nakatik. êkota ay-ayâw. ê-kî-nêo-tipiskâyik, kâ-pêcisâpamât okâwiya ê-takohtêyit. |
(14)With that she left her. There she stayed. After four nights she saw her mother approaching; she had come. |
(15)«nitânis, kikî-cî-paspâpin anita?» itik. |
(15)«My daughter, did you peep in at all?» she asked her. |
(16)«namoya! namoya wîhkâc nô-pê-iyiwêskân, nânitaw kîkwa kâ-kitahamawiyan,» itêw. |
(16)«No! Never at any time have I disobeyed when you forbade me anything,» she answered her. |
(17)«kiyâm wîhtamawin itê ê-onâpêmihkâyân ana kâ-wâpamat,» itwêw nôtokêsiw. |
(17)«Do tell me that you saw that one, when I took to me a husband,» said the old woman. |
(18)êkwa tâpwê awa pakwâtam okâwiya ê-itwêyit. |
(18)Then truly she was horrified by her mother's words. |
(19)êkosi, «âw, nitânis, kika-nakatitân ôta, iyikohk wîhtamawiyani, êkoyikohk kika-kîwêhtahitin,» itêw. |
(19)And so, «Very well, my daughter, I shall abandon you here. Whenever you tell me the truth, then I shall take you home,» she told her. |
(20)êkosi nakatêw otânisa. |
(20)With this she left her daughter. |
(21)êkosi nakatik. mâcika êtokê ôtê akâmaskîhk ohci pê-sipwêhtêw okimâsis, ê-wî-nitonawât ta-wîwit ê-miyosiyit. êkwa awa kâ-nakatiht, kîtahtawê kâ-pê-nôkwaniyik nâpihkwân. êkosi kâsôw awa oskinîkiskwêw. êkwa awa okimâsis ê-wâpahtahk ê-miywâsiniyik ministik, nakîw, ê-wî-papâmohtêt. tâpwê nîhtakosîw, êkota ê-papâmohtêt. kîtahtawê kâ-miskawât oskinîkiskwêwa. ê-wâpamât, mitoni miywêyimêw. êkosi kakwêcimêw. |
(21)So she was left by the other. But now, from yonder across the sea, a prince must have set out hitherward to look for a handsome woman to wed. Then presently into the sight of her who had been abandoned, came a ship. So the young woman hid herself. And when the prince saw this attractive island, he stopped, meaning to walk about on it. So he disbarked and walked about there. Presently he found the young woman. When he saw her, he took a great fancy to her. So he questioned her. |
(22)«tânêhki ôta k-ô-ayâyan?» itêw. |
(22)«Why are you here?» he asked her. |
(23)«nimâmâ ê-kî-pê-nakatahot, ê-pakwâtamân nikâwiy misi-kinêpikwa ê-wî-onâpêmit,» itêw.3 |
(23)«Because my mother brought me here and abandoned me, because I did not like my mother's wishing to take a Great Serpent for her husband,» she told him. |
(24)«âw, nama cî mâka niya ka-kî-kîwêhtahitin, kita-wîkimitân?» |
(24)«Oh, but then may I not take you home with me and marry you?» |
(25)«â, tâpwê!» itêyihtam awa iskwêw. |
(25)«Oh, yes!» thought the woman. |
(26)mitoni asotamawêw kita-wîkimât. êkosi pôsiw iskwêw. kîwêhtahêw. tâpwê ê-takohtêcik, sêmâk masinahikan osîhtâw, masinahikan ê-wî-kihci-wîkihtot. êkosi kihci-wîkihtôwak. mitoni isîhcikâniwiw nêo-kîsikâw nîmihitôwin, êkosi ê-pôyohk. |
(26)He promised her faithfully to marry her. So she went on board. He took her home with him. Really, when they arrived, at once he made out a document, a document to the effect that he would marry her with a real ceremony. So they were formally (in the whiteman's way) married. There was a great celebration with four days of dancing, and then they ceased. |
(27)êkota êsa nîso-pipon ê-ispayiyik, wî-otawâsimisiw awa oskinîkiskwêw. êkwa masinahikêhêw pêyak maskihkîwiskwêwa ta-kanawêyimimiht wîwa. tâpwê otawâsimisiw nâpêsisa. owâ owâ, mitoni mistahi kitimâkêyimêw okosisa awa iskwêw! êkwa awa iskwêw kîwêw. mayaw ê-wayawît, sêmâk kâ-pê-pîhtokêyit okâwiya, askihkosa ê-tahkonâyit êkwa môhkomâh. |
(27)Then, when two winters had passed, that young woman was about to have a child. Then he employed a certain medicine-woman to take care of his wife. Really, she bore a boy. Oh, that woman very much loved her son! Then that woman went home. Hardly had she gone out, when in came her mother, carrying a kettle and a knife. |
(28)«nitânis, kikî-cî-paspâpin ita kâ-kî-ititân?» itik. |
(28)«My daughter, did you peep into the place of which I spoke to you?» she asked her. |
(29)«namoya nipaspâpin,» itik. |
(29)«I did not peep,» she answered her. |
(30)tâpwê piko k-ôtihtinikot, sinikonik otônihk. |
(30)At once the other seized her and rubbed her mouth. |
(31)«namoya kika-nihtâwân,» itik, êkwa mîna ohtawakaya ê-sâminamiyit, êkâ kita-pêhtahk. |
(31)«You shall not have the power of speech,» she told her, and at the same time touched also her ears, so that she might have no hearing. |
(32)ê-kî-tôtâkot, ôhi askihkwa kâ-tahkonâyit ês-âni mihko ôta ohtinamiyiwa, ê-sinikotinênikot mihko ohci, êkwa ocihciya, êkosi ê-isi-otinâyit okosisa. |
(32)When she had done this to her, from the kettle which she was carrying she took some blood and smeared blood on her mouth and hands, and took away her son. |
(33)êkwa awa nitawâpamêw ostima. awîn-ôhi, kî-apiyiwa, êsa ê-kî-kitamwâyit okosisiyiwa. tâpwê piko nîhtaciwêpahtâw. |
(33)Then that woman went to see her daughter-in-law. Why, there she sat, having to all appearance eaten up her son. At once she ran down the stairs. |
(34)«nikosis, kitamwêw okosisa» itêw.4 |
(34)«My son, she has devoured her son!» she told him. |
(35)âmaciwêpahtâw okimâsis. |
(35)The prince came running up the stairs. |
(36)«tâpwê!» itêyihtam. |
(36)«It is true!» he thought. |
(37)êkwa awa okimâw wîsta itohtêw, ê-kitotât ostima. namoya pêhtamiyiwa; mîna namoya pîkiskwêyiwa. |
(37)Then the king, too, went there, to speak to his daughter-in-law. She did not hear it; and she did not speak. |
(38)êkwa awa okimâsis itwêw, «âw, nôhtâ, kiyâm nika-kanawêyimâw,» itwêw. |
(38)Then the prince said, «Now, Father, please let me keep her,» he said. |
(39)â, tâpwê êsa mîna nîso-pipon ê-ispayiyik, wî-otawâsimisiw awa iskwêw. âsa mîna kanawêyimâw awa iskwêw. â, tâpwê otawâsimisiw iskwêsisa. mîna âsa ê-kîwêt awa nôtokêw, mayaw ê-wayawiyit, âsa mîna kâ-pê-pîhtokêyit okâwiya. sinikonik. sêmâk pêhtam; mîna pîkiskwêw. |
(39)Really, when again two winters had passed, that woman was again about to have a child. Again she was cared for. Really, she gave birth to a girl-child. Again, when that old woman went home, as soon as she had gone out of the door, again in came her mother. She stroked her. At once she could hear; and she could speak. |
(40)«nitânis, kikî-cî-pê-paspâpin?» itik. |
(40)«My daughter, did you come and peep?» she asked her. |
(41)«namoya,» itik otânisa. |
(41)«No,» her daughter told her. |
(42)âsa mîna kâ-sinikonikot, âsa mîna namoya nihtâwêw. mîna âsa otinêyiwa otânisa, âsa mîna mihko ohci kâ-kâsîcihcênikot. êkosi mîna awa nôtokêsiw tapasîw. âsa mîna okimâsis okâwiya ê-âmaciwêyit, awîn-ôhi, mâka mîna kî-mâ-mihkôwiyiwa. êkosi mâka mîna kahkiyaw âmaciwêwak. ê-âta-kitotâcik, namwâc pîkiskwêyiwa. |
(42)Then, when the other again had rubbed her, again she was bereft of the power of speech. Again, the other took her daughter, and again she washed her hands for her with blood. Then the old woman ran away. Again, when the prince's mother came upstairs, why, there, as before, she was all smeared with blood. Then, as before, they all came upstairs. When in vain they kept addressing her, not at all did she speak. |
(43)«âw, kiyâm nika-kanawêyimâw,» itwêw okimâsis. |
(43)«Oh, please let me keep her,» said the prince. |
(44)êkosi tâpwê kanawêyimêw. êkosi nêwâw otawâsimisiw awa iskwêw, tahki êkosi ê-tôtâkot okâwiya, pêyakwan ê-tôtâkot, piyê-nâtâyici ôsisimiyiwa. mwêhci nêwâw kêtahtawê kâ-pêsiwâyit kahkiyaw.5 kêkâc kîs-ôhpikiyiwa oscêsimâsa. |
(44)So really he kept her. In this wise four times the woman bore children, and each time she was dealt with in the same way by her mother, who came and fetched her grandchildren. But the fourth time she brought them all. The eldest lad was almost grown. |
(45)êkosi itik okâwiya, «kisâkôcihin, mâka nîso nôsisimak nika-kîwêhtahâwak. nêtê nitôtênawiwin ta-tipêyihtamwak,» itêw nôtokêsiw. |
(45)Her mother said to her, «You have defeated me. But let me take home two of my grandchildren. They are to rule over my kingdom off yonder,» the old woman said to her. |
(46)êkosi tâpwê kîwêhtahêw ôsisima. êkosi êkwa sinikonêw otânisa, ê-pêhtamiyit kâwi. |
(46)Accordingly she took some of her grandchildren home with her. Then she stroked her daughter, and she recovered her hearing. |
(47)êkosi êkoyikohk. |
(47)That is all. |