ohow | ohow |
(1)hâw, kiwîh-âcimostâtin. |
(1)Now, I shall give you a talk. |
(2)niyatowihk ayîsiyiniw, initaw-âyîsiyiniw nipêw-otihtik, anohc kâ-kîsikâk, êh-pê-ntôskahk ayîsiyinîwiwin. êkosi nimiywêyihtên tit-âcimostawak. |
(2)A mortal man like myself, a human man, has come to me this day, making research into the Indian's ways. And so I am glad to talk to him. |
(3)kayâs nikîh-pêy-ocihcî-wâpahtên initw-âyîsiyiniw otisi-pakitinikôwisiwin. kîh-miywâsin. kîh-mihcêtiw ayîsiyiniw. anohc nicikawâsisin. mâka ntakâwâtên ci-pimâtisit pikw âwiyak kâ-nîsokâtêt, askîhk otah k-âyât. êwak ohci ninôhtê-pimâtisin k-âyîsiyinîwiyân; pikw âwiyak ninôhtê-miyo-wîcêwâw. êkosi ta-miywâsin, miyo-wîcêwakih. êkosi ninisitawêyihtên. êkosi. aw, êkoyikohk. êakw anima nitakâwâtên. |
(3)Long ago, in the hither course of my life, I myself saw the natural state of the Indian as he was created. It was good. The Indian was numerous. Today my number is small. But I desire that every two-legged man on this earth may live. It is only as part of this wish that I desire life for myself, the Indian; I wish to be a friend to everyone. So it will be well, if I am a friend to him. That is the way I understand things. That is the way. Well, that is all. That is what I desire. |
(4)kayâs kî-sôhkan ayîsiyinîwiwin. pikw âwiyak nanâtohk isih kîh-isi-mâwimostawêw manitôwah. êakô kâ-ntawêyihtamân tit-âyâyân mawimoscikêwin. osâm nama kêkway nitayân. hahâw, êkosi nititwân, tâpwê ê-nôhtê-ayâyân. kîh-miywâsin; mitoni kahkiyaw ô-kîh-pimâtisiw. pisiskiwak kîh-osâmêyatiwak, ôtah ôm âskîhk kâ-tahtowânakisit pisiskiw, kâ-kîh-pakitinamâkôwisiyâhk. nikîh-miywêyihtên êwakw anima, k-ôh-akâwâtamân. êkosi nntawêyihtên nâspic ci-miyopayiyân, ci-pimâtisiyân, awâsisak iskwêwak kahkiyaw ci-pimâtisiyâhk, waskitaskamik kâ-nîsokâtêt ayîsiyiniw kahkiyaw ci-pimâtisit. hâw, êwako nnôhtê-ayân nitisi-mâwimoscikêwin, ci-pakitinamâkawiyân t-âyâyân, kahkiyaw kêkway maskihkiy, mînah ôtah askîhk tit-oh-pimâtisiyâh, nanâtohk nipâkwêsimôwikamikwah, pîhtwâwikamikwah, mitêwikamikwah. osâm nicikawâsisin; êkwah wâh-wîpac nikîpipayin. mâskôc ayâyâni, ta-miywâsin, nîkân t-âpacihikoyân kâh-isi-miywâsik. nanâtohk ayîsiyiniw kîh-mawimoscikêw. |
(4)Of old the Indian's affairs were flourishing. Everyone in various ways worshipped God. This is what I wish I may have, worship. For I have none. Now, this is what I say; truly I long to have it. It was good; every one lived on account of it. Game animals were many, all the species of game animals on this earth that were placed here for us by the Higher Power. I rejoiced in that, and therefore long for it. And so I wish without end to fare well, and to live, and that all, including the women and children, may live, and that every two-legged mortal on the surface of the earth may live. Now, this I desire to have, my own form of worship, that it may be granted to me to have it, every kind of medicine, and that through which we may live here on earth, the various lodges of the Sun-Dance, of the Smoking Rite, and of the Medicine Ceremony. For too few am I in numbers; too quickly, always, I fail. Perhaps if I have it, it will be well, as in the future I may be benefited by that which is thus good. In various ways the Indian worshipped. |
(5)pîhtokahânah kîh-ayâwak, mîna kayâs wanihikanah, mistiko-wanihikanah. êyakô kahkiyaw nikiskêyihtên ayîsiyinîwiwin. êyakô k-êtâcimoyân tâpwêwin, mitoni êh-kiskêyihtamân. êkosi mâna ê-kîh-tôtamân nîsta, k-ôh-kiskêyihtamân. êwakw anima nâspic nnôhtê-ayân ayîsiyinîwiwin. anohc niwîtapimâw kâh-pê-ntawâpamit, kîkwah ê-wîh-kiskêyihtahk, ayîsiyiniwah êh-is-âyâyit. êkosi nitâcimostawâw kwayask kêkway ê-isi-kiskêyihtamân. êkwah niwîh-âcimostawâw ôtah kiskimanacîhk êh-is-âyâyâhk. mêscinêwak kisêyiniwak. nipêyako-kisêyinîwin pêyak iskonikan. okimâhkânak, simâkanisîhkânak kahkiyaw sipwêhtêwak. niya piko ôtah nitayân; êkosi êtakisoyân. êkosi mâka nntawêyihtên êkotah cit-ôh-pasikôt, ê-kîh-sipwêhtêcik. êkosi êkwah nipêyakon piko. mâka nntawêyihtên ôtah t-âyâcik êkonik aniki kâ-wîhakik. âta wiya ninôhtêpayin. osâm nicikawâsisin. okimâhkânak simâkanisîhkânak k-ôh-itwêyân têpiyâhk nîso pakitinihcik ôtah; osâm nipêyakon piko. êkosi êkwa ntis-akâwâtên. êkosi nama wya kêkway nimây-âyimôtên ôma kâ-pîkiskwêyân, k-âcimostawak awa kâ-wîtapimak, kâ-papâ-natôskahk ayîsiyinîwiwin. |
(5)They had buffalo pounds, and old-time snares, wooden snares. All these ways of the Indian I know from my own experience. This which I tell is the truth, since I know it from my own experience. Because I too was accustomed to do thus, is how I know it. That way of the Indian very much I long to have. Now I am sitting with him who has come to see me because he wishes to know how the Indian fared. Therefore I am telling him properly these things which I know of my own experience. Now I shall tell him of how we are faring here at File Hills. The old men are dying off. I am the only old man on this one whole Reserve (Star-Blanket). The government-appointed chiefs and the Indian police have all departed. Only I am here; thus I am counted. But now I wish that these may arise, such as have departed. For as it is, I am alone. But I wish that here might be those whom I have mentioned. For I am not sufficient for the task. I am too feeble. That is why I say, may government-appointed chiefs and Indian police, two at any rate, be appointed here; for I am but alone. This, then, is what I desire. And so it is I speak no evil thing in this which I speak, as I address this man with whom I am sitting, who is going about studying the Indian's ways. |