Otterskin | Otterskin |
(1)awa iyiniw kâ-kiskêyihtahk kâ-nanâtawihât wîc-âyîsiyiniwah, êh-nipât, êkotah ohci kiskêyihtam. wîhtamâk awiyah êh-nipât, tânsi ci-tôtahk; êkotah ohci ohtinam kâ-nanâtawihiwêt. kitotik awiyah êh-nipât; mâka kiskêyimêw kîkwayah anihi; wâpamêw êh-kîkwayiwiyit; nisitawêyimêw. |
(1)The Indian who knew how to doctor his fellow-men, knew it from his sleep. Someone told him in his sleep how to do it; from this the one who doctored received it. Someone spoke to him as he slept; but he knew who that one was; he saw what sort of being he was; he recognized him. |
(2)êkwah mîna mîkiwâhp, êkosi pêyakwan êh-wîhtamâkot awiyah kâ-masinahahk wîkih, kâ-masinahwât anihi kâ-wâpamât êh-nipât. êwak ohci kâ-kîh-pihkohtât êh-nanâtawihât wîc-âyîsiyiniwa êh-âhkosiyit. êkosi nama wiy âwiyak konta ta-tôtahk êyakô iyiniwak, êkâ êh-kiskêyihtahk êyakw anima, kotak nâpêw êkâh ohcih-wîhtamakôwisit. kostamwak kontah ta-tôtahkik, kontah ci-masinahah wîkih awiyak. nama wiya kaskihtâwak kontah wiyawâw omitonêyihcikaniwâw ohci kontah ta-masinahahkik. |
(2)Likewise as to his tipi, someone told him how to paint his tipi, and he painted the one whom he had seen as he slept. From this he got the ability to cure his fellow-men when they were sick. And so not anyone at random could do this, of the Indians, not any other man, who had not received illumination from the Higher Powers. They were afraid to do it without authority, or that anyone without authority should paint his tipi. They were not able to paint it at pleasure with their chance imaginings. |
(3)êkosi tâpiskôc kâ-kîh-nipâkwêsimocik; êyakôh nâspic kostamwak, êkâ êh-kiskêyihtahk êwakoh kontah ta-tôtahk, êkâh ohci-wîhtamâkôwisit. nama wiy âwiyak, pikoh pêyak kîtahtawê nâpêw, ayâw êh-kiskêyihtahk êwako. |
(3)It was the same way with their dancing the Sun-Dance; they were very much afraid that anyone who had not mystic knowledge of it should without proper occasion perform it, when he had not been instructed by the Higher Powers. Not anyone at large, but only one and another man at certain times had the gift of mystic knowledge concerning it. |
(4)êkosi tâpiskôc mîna kâ-mahtâhitocik kayâs, nama wiya kontah kîh-tôtamwak, kâ-kîh-isi-mawimoscikêcik. |
(4)Similarly as to the Potlatch of old, they could not perform it at pleasure, when they performed this rite of worship. |
(5)mîna kâ-mitêwicik wiy êwakoh kiskinôhamâtôwak nahkawiyiniwak. iyâhkosici mistahi awiyak, asotamawêw manitôwah êkosi ê-wîh-isihcikêt, mêskoc ta-pimâtisit. tâpwê mâna pimâtisiwak; miyw-âyâwak. êkotah wêhcipayik kâ-mitêwicik, pikoh ta-tôtahk, kâh-miyoh-ayâcih. |
(5)And as to the Medicine-Rite, the Salteaux carried on the tradition of it. When anyone was very ill, he would promise the spirits to perform this rite, that, in return, he might live. Truly, they would live; they would get well. This was the occasion for their performing the Medicine-Rite; he would perform it only after he had got well. |
(6)êkwa mîna pîhtwâwikamik isiyîhkâtamwak; êkosi mîn êwako itêyihtâkwan; êkosi pêyakwan mîn êyakw êh-is-âsotahk, âhkosiwin siyêkihikoci. tâpwê mînah êkotah ohtinam êh-ohci-miyw-ayât, kâh-miyw-ayâci piko ci-tôtahk. êyakô mâwacihtâw êh-âpacihtât. kâh-kîsi-mâwacihtâci, êkwah wîhtam anima kîsikâw ê-wîh-tôtahk. tâpwêh itah kâ-itwêt manâpataham, wêcihcipayiyiki itah kâ-kîh-itwêt. êkosi êkotah tôtam, êh-mawimoscikêcik, êkotah mâmawôw ayîsiyiniwak êh-ntotamawâcik mantôwah. mâmawôw êkosi mâna êsîhcikêcik pisisik ôhi omawimoscikêwiniwâwa; pisisik mantôwa wîhêwak, êh-kitotâcik, pakwanaw êh-ntotamawâcik miyow-ayâwin, ta-kîs-ôhpikiyit otawâsimisiwâwa, ôsisimiwâwah mîna, mîna wiyawâw, otiskwêmiwâwa mîna. |
(6)Then, the Smoke-Lodge they call it; this is intended in the same way; in the same way a man would promise it when frightened by sickness. Truly, from it too he would secure good health, and only after having his health would he perform it. He would collect what he used in it. When he had collected it, then he would announce the day when he was going to perform it. Truly, there where he had announced, he served the things, when the time came of which he had spoken. Thus he did, and then they worshipped, all the people assembling and praying to God. Gathering thus in full number always, they would perform their rites of worship; always they would call upon the Lord by name, addressing Him, and begging Him for all manner of well-being, that their children might grow to maturity, and their grandchildren, and they themselves, and their women. |
(7)êkosi nîmihitôwin nanâtohk isi kîh-ayâwak; pâh-pîtoh kîh-isiyîhkâtamwak omiyawâtamôwiniwâwa, mîn êwakoh êh-kiskêyihtamâsot êh-kîh-miyikôwisit miyawâtamôwin kâ-kiy-isihcikêcik. nikamonah kîh-kiskêyihtam kâ-miyikôwisit miyawâtamôwinah; wiya piko pihkohtâw êh-nikamot. mihcêt nikamôwinah osihtâw. |
(7)In this way they had various kinds of dances; they gave various names to their festivities, for this too he knew, who had been given by higher powers the performance of a festive rite. He knew the songs, who had been given by higher powers the festive rites; he alone was able to sing them. He made many songs. |
(8)êkosi pêyakwan mîna kâ-wîhtikôhkânisimocik, êwakôh wiya ê-mawimoscikêcik. mîna animah kâ-kîh-isihcikêcik, kêyapic êwako kâ-kiskêyihtahk kîh-asotam awiyah k-âtotiht, k-âhkosiyit ci-kakwê-miyw-âyâyit k-âsotahk êw-isîhcikêt. |
(8)It was the same way with the Windigo-Dancers, for this, too, was a form of worship. And as to this rite of theirs, also, he who had mystic knowledge of it promised to give it, when he was employed to do so; that a sick person might get well he promised to perform it. |