Syllabary Texts 91: Four Bears

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(1)êkwah kotak.
(1)Now another.
(2)awa nôhtâwiy, êh-mâciyân, êh-wîcêwak, êh-mâciyâhk, kîtahtawê matwêwêw. sakamô-matwêwêw, nêô wâkayôsah êh-nôcihât, êh-nipahât. êkosi nôtihtâw, ntispahtân. êh-ati-takohtêyân, kahkiyaw nipahêw. pêyak nimiyik; pêyak nâpêw mina niwîcêwâw; êkosi pâh-pêyak nimiyikonân.
(2)My father, as I went hunting with him, as we went hunting together, suddenly fired his gun. He kept firing, for he was after four bears, which he killed. So I came where he was; I ran there. When I got there, he had killed them all. One he gave to me; there was another man with me; he gave us one each.
(3)«hâw, pâh-pêyak ôki nayômihkok,» nitikonân.
(3)«Now then, each of you carry one on your back,» he told us.
(4)êkosi ninayômânân ôki wâkayôsisak ôki pâh-pêyak. êh-kisêyiniwit âsay ana kâ-kîh-tôtâkoyâhk.
(4)So each of us carried one of these bear-cubs. He who treated us so was at that time an old man.
(5)hâ, êkoyikohk.
(5)Well, that is all.