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(1)kayâs ayîsiyiniwak, pêyak oskinîkiw êh-kiyâmêwisit, nam êskwa iskwêwah êh-wîcêwât, êh-pêyakot pikoh, êh-pêyakôsâniwit. kotakak ôk ôskinîkiwak miywêyimêwak ôh ôskinikiskwêwah; êkwah itohtêwak, nipiy êh-nâtamiyit. tapasiyiwah; nama wya ntawêyimikwak, sôskwâc êkwa êh-pakwâtikocik, k-ôh-tapasiyit mâna. ât êh-mâh-miyosicik oskinîkiwak, awa oskinîkiskwêw kiyâmêwisiw; êkwah âtah kotakah oskinîkiwah êh-ntawêyimikot, ê-wîh-wîkimikot, ôhtâwiy êh-kakwêcimimiht, ohcitaw sâkwêyimôw. nama wya ntawêyimêw mihcêt oskinîkiwah. |
(1)Among the old people, there was a certain youth who was bashful; he was not yet married, and he was alone, an only son. The other young men liked a certain young woman; they went to where she was fetching water. She ran away; she did not care for them, but rejected them at once, and for that reason fled. Even though the young men were handsome, this young woman was coy; and though the other youths desired her and wished to marry her, and her father was asked, she was decidedly unwilling. She did not care for any of the many youths. |
(2)«ntânis, kêkâh nântaw kik-êsi-mâyipayin. osâm mihcêt nama kitâpwêhtên âtah êh-âkâwâtikawiyin. niya mîna êh-nôhtêh-wâhkômikawiyân, âskaw nimiywêyihtên âtah niya; kiya nama wya kitêyihtên. êak ôhci nitastâsin, kîtahtawê nântaw kit-êsi-mâyi-tôtâkawiyah, êkwa êh-astâhikoyân êh-mâyâtah. âtiht ninakacihâwak ôki kisêyiniwak êh-nôhtê-wâhkômicik; êkwah kiya nama wya kitêyihtên,» itêw ôtânisah awa kisêyiniw. |
(2)«My daughter, beware lest in some way you fare ill. Too many times you pay no heed when you are desired. And I, when a family connection with me is sought, in vain I often am pleased; for you do not agree. On this account I am apprehensive, lest at some time we be ill dealt with, and am worried about some evil. I know well some of these old men who wish for a family connection with me; but you have decided otherwise,» said that old man to his daughter. |
(3)pêyakwan awa nôtokêsiw êkosi itêw otânisah. |
(3)The old woman spoke in the same sense to her daughter. |
(4)oskinîkiwak ôki nâtêwak ôhi kâ-miyosiyit kâ-kiyâmêwisit oskinîkiwa. |
(4)The young men sought out that handsome youth who was bashful. |
(5)ômis îtêwak: «hâw, kipê-nâtitinân. êkoyikohk kinwês kôskinîkin; êkwa kikiyâmêwisin. mînah kimiyosin. mâskôc nama wiya kiyah ka-pakwâtik aw îskwêw. hâw, nâtamawinân. niyanân âsay kahkiyaw nipakwâtikonân.» |
(5)They said to him, «Now, we have come to fetch you. By now you have long been a young man; but you are bashful. And you are handsome. Perhaps this woman will not reject you. Come, make up for our failure. All of us by this time she has rejected.» |
(6)oskinîkiw awa nama nântaw itwêw, «wawês cî niya nka-miywêyimik!» êh-itêyihtahk. |
(6)The youth said nothing, but thought, «Is it likely, all the more, that she will take a fancy, then, to me!» |
(7)êkosi isi êkwa wayawîwak kotakak ôk ôskinîkiwak. |
(7)So then the other young men went out of the tent. |
(8)kîtahtawê mînah âsa mîna êkwah, «hâw, êkwah ka-wîcêtinân. mayaw kâ-wâpamâyâhk aw oskinîkiskwêw, sêmâk tapasîw. mâkah kiya nâtamawinân.» |
(8)But then, after a time, again, «Come, we will go with you. As soon as we others see that young woman, at once she takes flight. But do you make good our failure.» |
(9)«êha!,» itwêw aw ôskinîkiw; «mâkah ka-wîcêwinâwâw. kikiskêyihtênâwâw kiyawâw tânis êh-tôtahk. êkos îtohtêyâni, kika-wâpahtênâwâw. tânisi kê-tôtahk, kika-wâpamâwâw. êkosi itohtêyânih, nama wiy âyiwâk nk-êtohtân, tapasîci.» |
(9)«Very well,» said that youth, «But you will come with me. It is you who know how she does. So when I go there, you will be looking on. You will see how she does. When thus I have gone there, I shall go there no more, if she flees.» |
(10)tâpwê itohtêwak. wâhyaw ôki nakîwak. aw ôskinîkiw itohtêw. êkwah ôki kotakak oskinîkiwak kitâpamêwak ôh ôskinîkiskwêwa, êh-kitâpahtamâkêcik. itah k-êtohtêt awa oskinîkiw, ôh ôskinîkiskwêwa êh-kwâpikêyit, nama wya tapasiyiwa. ôki oskinîkiwak kotakak miywêyihtamwak âsay. wâpahtamwak êh-miywêyihtoyit. |
(10)Really, they went there. A long distance from there, the others stopped. That youth went there. And the other young men observed that young woman, looking on at the actions of the others. When that youth went to where the young woman was drawing water, she did not run away. The other young men at once were glad. They saw that the two were fancying each other. |
(11)hâw, êkos îsi miywêyihtôwak ôki. êkosi êkwah pakitinêw awa ôskinîkiw; kiskêyihtam âsay êh-miywêyimikot. |
(11)So then those two took a liking to each other. Then he left the young woman; he knew that she liked him. |
(12)awa oskinîkiskwêw êh-kîwêt, êh-takohtêt wîkiwâhk, wîhtamawêw ôhtâwiyah okâwiyah. |
(12)When the young woman went home, as she reached their dwelling, she told her father and mother. |
(13)ômis îtwêw awa kisêyiniw: «nitânis, kika-wîkimâw. nama wya ayiwâkês nnitawêyihtên ta-mohcowiyan. pêyak piko nâpêw nnitawêyihtên ta-wîcêwat.1 sêmâk kik-êtohtân. ahâw, nôtokêw, itohtah kitânisinaw; ta-wîcêhtôwak.» |
(13)The old man said, «My daughter, you must marry him. I do not want you to act silly any longer. I want you to consort with only one man. You must go there at once. _ Come, Wife, take our daughter there; they are to be married.» |
(14)êkosi sipwêhtahêw awa nôtokêw. êkos îsi wîkihtôwak. miyâw oskinîkiw. êkosi êkwah kayahtê nama wya wîhkâc nântaw kîh-itohtêw aw ôskinîkiw, êh-kiyâmêwisit.2 êkwah mâ-mitonêyihtam, iskwêwah êh-ayâwât. |
(14)So the old woman took her away there. So they were married. She was given to the young man. And then, suddenly, _ the young man had never gone anywhere, being bashful, _ but now he planned it, now that he had a wife. |
(15)«nka-sipwêhtân. pîtos-ayîsiyiniwak, ahpôh ayâhciyiniwak nik-êtohtân.» |
(15)«I am going away. I am going to the enemy, be it the Blackfoot.» |
(16)êkosi êkwa wîhtamawêw ôhô wîwah. |
(16)So then he told his wife this. |
(17)«êkâ wiya sipwêhtê. napâwihk êtokê êh-wîcêhtoyahk, wâh-sipwêhtêyan! nama wya wîhkâc nântaw kikîh-itohtân, êh-pêyakoyan.» |
(17)«Do not go away. Only now, it seems, when we are married, you mean to go away! You never went anywhere, when you were single.» |
(18)«hâ,» itwêw oskinîkiw, «mâka ninêpêwisin. nôhtâwiy êh-kîh-kitahamawit mâna nântaw t-êtohtêyân, wiya nôhtâwiy êwakô ohci pêyakwanohk kâ-kîh-ayâyân. mâka ninêpêwisin. niwîh-sipwêhtân ohcitaw. itâp miyopayiyâni, kâwih ôtah nka-takosinin. mâskôc kîkway nêtê wâpahtamâni, nk-ôtinên. êkosi kîh-otinamâni, nka-pê-kîwân; nka-takosinin. nama wya nka-nêpêwisin, takosiniyâni,» itêw ôw ôskinîkiw. |
(18)«Oh,» said the youth, «but I am ashamed. Because my father had forbidden me to go anywhere, it was on my father's account that I always stayed in one place. But I am ashamed. I am bound to go away. Afterwards, if I fare well, I shall come back here. Perhaps, if I see something or other off yonder, I shall take it. Then, when I have taken it, I shall return home; I shall arrive. I shall not be ashamed, when I arrive,» the youth told her. |
(19)«êha, ka-wîcêtin ntawâc.» |
(19)«Well then, there is nothing better to do than that I go with you.» |
(20)aw oskinîkiskwêw onâpêma wîh-wîcêwêw kiyâm. mêkwâc sâkihitôwak, ayis êh-wîcêhtocik, êh-wikihtocik. êkosi sipwêhtêwak. |
(20)The young woman wanted to go with her husband. They loved each other then, for they consorted together, being married. So they set out. |
(21)kayâs âcimôwin êyako, nôhtâwiy mâna ê-kîh-âcimot otâcimôwin. |
(21)This is an ancient tale, my father's tale which he used to tell. |
(22)hâw, sipwêhtêwak, êh-pêhtahk mâna kotakah ayîsiyiniwah êh-ayâyit itêh k-êtohtêt. êkosi tân-tahtwâw êtokê êh-nipâcik, kêtahtawê wâpamêwak kêkâc êh-tipiskâk, ayîsiyiniwah êh-têhtapiyit, pêyak iskwêwah, nâpêwah mina pêyak, êh-wîcêwêskwêwêyit, êh-nîsiyit. kêkâc êh-tipiskâk, âsay apisîs tipiskâw. wiya pikoh oskinîkiw wâpamêw, êh-kapêsiyit. êkosi êkwah pêhôw. miton êh-tipiskâyik, êkwah kiskêyihtam mitoni ci-mipâyit. kiskêyimêw pîtos-ayîsiyiniwah. êkosi êkwah sipwêhtêw. acosisah tahkonam êkwah môhkomân. |
(22)Now, they set out, and he went to where he had always heard that some other people dwelt. Then, when I know not how many times they had slept on the way, presently they saw, just before dark, some people riding, a woman and a man who was taking the woman about with him, two people. It was just before nightfall, already somewhat dark. Only the youth saw them, as they encamped. So he waited. When it was quite dark, he knew that they were fast asleep. He knew that they were of a hostile tribe. So then he went ahead. He carried his bow and arrows and a knife. |
(23)«otihtakwâwi nka-tahkamâw awa nâpêw, mwêstas aw îskwêw.» |
(23)«When I come to them, I shall stab the man, then the woman.» |
(24)êkosi tâpwê itohtêw. êh-takohtêt, âsay mitoni nipêyiwa. êkwah pâskihkwênêw. kiskêyimêw anihi nâpêwa. êkonih nistam mâtiswêw ôtah.3 omis ispitam ostikwân. âsay kotakah minah iskwêwah otihtinêw; tahkamêw; nipahêw. kahkiyaw misatimwah otinêw, kahkiyaw otêmiyiwa. kahkiyaw otinam aspapiwinah mina. êkwah osîkimâkanah itah kâ-nakatât, takosin êkotê; êkotê takosin. owîkimâkanah miyêw ôhi misatimwah pêyak. miywêyihtam awa iskwêw; aw ôskinîkiw mina miywêyihtam. |
(24)So really he went there. When he came there, they were sound asleep. So he cut the one's throat. He knew it was the man. Him first he cut open here. Like this he took the head. Then he seized the other one, the woman; he stabbed her and killed her. He took all the horses, all their animals. And he took both the saddles. Then he came back to where he had left his wife; he came back there. He gave his wife one of the horses. The woman was pleased; the youth, too, was glad. |
(25)«êkwah ka-kîwânânaw,» itêw onâpêmah aw iskwêw. |
(25)«Now let us go home,» she said to her husband. |
(26)aw oskinîkiw, «kêyâpic k-êsi-sipwêhtânânaw.» |
(26)The youth: «Let us go farther ahead.» |
(27)â, tâpwê isi-sipwêhtêwak. âsay mîna mîkiwâhpah wâpahtamwak. êkwah mina pêhôw ta-tipiskâyik. |
(27)So, really, they went on. Again, they saw some tipis. Then again he waited for darkness. |
(28)sâsay miton êh-tipiskâk, «kêhcinâh âsay nipâwak,» itêyihtam aw oskinîkiw. |
(28)When it was quite dark, «Surely by now they are asleep,» thought the youth. |
(29)âsay mîna sipwêhtêw; môhkomân pimiwitâw; sêkwasôw. ôhi nistam kâ-nipahât, êyakonih êsah kâh-wâhkomâyit. êh-paspâpit ômah mîkiwâhpihk, nam êskwa nipâyiwah. mêkwâc êh-paspâpit, otihtinik nâpêwah. iyâtah-pîkiskwâtikot, nama wya nisitohtawêw. êkos isi mostinâw. pîhtokakâw. okimâw wîkihk pîhtokahâw.4 ôma êh-apit okimâw, êh-wâpamât, mistahi miywêyimêw oskinîkiwa, miton êh-miyosiyit. |
(29)Again he went ahead; he carried a knife; he had it stuck under his belt. Evidently these people were the kin of the one he had first slain. When he peeped into the tents, they were not yet asleep. While he was peering in, a man laid hold of him. This man addressed him, but he did not understand the other's speech. In this wise he was captured. He was brought inside the tent. He was taken into the chief's tent. There sat the chief, and when he saw the youth he took a great fancy to him, because he was so handsome. |
(30)êkwah ay-itinamawêw. |
(30)Then he spoke to him by gestures. |
(31)«kêkway kiyatôwah?» |
(31)«What kind of man are you?» |
(32)«nêhiyaw,» itêw aw ôskinîkiw. |
(32)«A Cree,» the youth conveyed to him. |
(33)«tânisiy?» itik; «kiya cî pikoh êh-pêyakoyin?» |
(33)«How is it?» the other asked him; «Are you all alone?» |
(34)«nama wiya. niwîcêwâw iskwêw.» |
(34)«No. I have a woman with me.» |
(35)«tântêh êyât?» |
(35)«Where is she?» |
(36)«êkotah ayâw ôtah.» |
(36)«Right over here.» |
(37)pakitinâw, wiya t-êtohtêt. wiyawâ kotakak ôki itohtêwak; otinêwak nêh îskwêwah. kahkiyaw otinamiyiwa otakôwinah anihi, tâpiskôc êh-mostinihcik kahkiyaw. iskwêw awa pîhtokahâw. |
(37)He was allowed to go there. The others went there; they took the woman. They took all their baggage, as both of them were captured. The woman was brought inside the tipi. |
(38)«hâw!» itwêw awa okimâw. |
(38)«Now!» said the chief. |
(39)ôma iskwêw awa kwayask nisitohtâtôwak ôh ôkimâwa; êkwah awa oskinîkiw nama wya nistohtawêw k-êsi-pîkiskwêyit ôh ôkimâwa. |
(39)The woman and the chief understood each other's speech; but the young man did not understand what the chief said. |
(40)«hâw!» itwêw awa okimâw; «hâw, wîhtamaw kiwîkimâkan. nimiywêyimâw; nisâkihâw; osâm miyosiw. nama wya nnôhtêh-nipahâw. kiyâ ta-pimâtisiw; ta-kîwêw. nka-miyâw misatimwah êh-miyosiyit, êh-mîhkawikiyit, êkwa mîna nitayâna êh-miywâsiniyikih. êkosi wâ-isi-miyak.» aw iskwêw, «wîhtamaw kiwîkimâkan,» itâw. |
(40)«Now!» said the chief; «Now, tell your husband. I like him; I am fond of him; for he is handsome. I do not want to kill him. He may live; he may go home. I shall give him handsome horses that are fleet of foot, and good clothes of mine. These things I wish to give him.» The woman, «Tell your husband,» she was told. |
(41)«`mistahi mâyi-tôtam ntôtênaw, êh-nipahât ntôskinîkîma takw îskwêwah. êkosi piko ta-nipahiht,'» êh-itwêt awa iskwêw, kont êh-kiyâskit, ôh ôkimâwa êh-kiyâskihât. |
(41)«'He has done great harm to my band, slaying my follower and his wife. Hence there is nothing but he must be killed,'» said the woman, lying and belying the words of the chief. |
(42)aw oskinîkiw, «êha!; tâpwê nama nântaw. kâ-kîh-sipwêhtêyân, êh-pê-ntawi-nipiyân. tâpwê nimâyi-tôtên. nama wya nisâkwêyimon ta-nipiyân,» êkosi itwêw awa nâpêw, oskinîkiw. |
(42)The youth: «Very well; it does not matter. I set out to come here and die. It is true that I have done harm. I do not mind dying,» said the man, the youth. |
(43)êkwah awa okimâw pîkiskwêw. |
(43)Then the chief spoke. |
(44)«tâns êtwêt nikwêmês?» |
(44)«What does my friend say?» |
(45)âsay mina aw iskwêw, «`nama wya nnôhtêh-ayân anihi kâ-miyit.' tâpwê anima kây-isit; `tâpwê nimâyi-tôtên. kiyam ta-nipahikawiyân; nama nântaw.'» |
(45)Again that woman: «'I do not care to have those things he is giving me,' That truly is what he says to me; `Really I have done harm. Let me be killed; it does not matter.'» |
(46)êkoyikohk pôyôw awa mîn iskwêw. |
(46)Then the woman ceased speaking. |
(47)êkwah aw okimâw pîkiskwêw. |
(47)And the chief spoke. |
(48)«hâ, nama wiyah! nimiywêyimâw; osâm miyosiw oskinîkiw. kiyâm ta-kîwêw. kêyâpic kotakah ntêmah êh-miyosiyit nka-miyâw; kotakah mîna ta-kikiskah. kiyâ ta-kîwêw.» êkoyikohk pôyôw; «wîhtamaw kiwîkimâkan,» itâw aw iskwêw. |
(48)«Oh, no! I like him; for the young man is handsome. Let him go home. I shall give him another of my handsome horses, besides; and other things to wear. Let him go home.» Then he stopped; «Tell your husband,» the woman was told. |
(49)ôh ônâpêma, «hâw,» itêw, «ohcitaw kiwîh-nipahikawin. osâm mistahi kimâyi-tôtên. `nitayâwâwak ôkihcitâwak; êwakoni kita-nipahik,' kitik,» itêw ôh ônâpêma. |
(49)To her husband, «Now,» she said, «He is determined that you be killed. You have done too much harm. `I have a Warriors' Society; let them kill him,' he says of you,» she told her husband. |
(50)«êha!, nama nântaw. nama wya nisâkwêyimon; kiyâm nika-nipahikwak,» itwêw aw oskinîkiw awa. |
(50)«Very well; it does not matter. I do not mind; let them kill me,» said the youth. |
(51)hâ, êkwah okimâw mîna pîkiskwêw: «êha!,» itwêw aw okimâw; «niwîhtamawâw nikwêmês, niwîcêwâkan, ê-sâkihak, êh-miywêyimak. mâka itêyihtam.5 mâka ntawâc kiya kipakitinamâtin; kik-oyasowâtâw kiwîkimâkan. kiwâpahtên êh-mâyi-tôtahk,» itwêw aw ôkimâw, iskwêwah ôh êh-itât; «niya êh-itêyihtamân, itêh kâ-pê-ôh-sipwêhtêt, kwayask ta-takosihk. êkosi niya nikîh-itêyihtên; mâka ayisk itêyihtam wiyaw ta-tipahikâkêt, êh-mâyi-tôtah. haw, êkosi kiy êkwah kipakitinamâtin; kik-oyasowatâw.» |
(51)Then the chief spoke again: «Well,» said the chief; «I have told my friend, my comrade, that I am fond of him, that I like him. But he thinks otherwise. But for want of better, I place him in your hands; you will decide about your husband. You saw the harm he did,» said the chief, speaking to that woman; «And that I desired that he return in peace to the place from which he set out to come here. That was what I desired; but it seems that he desires to pay with his body for the harm he has done. So, now, I place him in your hands; you will decide his fate.» |
(52)êkoyikohk pôyôw aw okimâw. |
(52)Then the chief ceased speaking. |
(53)iskwêw pîkiskwêw, onâpêma ôhi tit-oyasowatât; êkwah itwêw aw iskwêw, «êya!, kahkiyaw kitôskinîkîmak kika-ntomâwak ta-pîhtwâcik. awa oskinîkiw kik-ôtinamawâwâw kahkiyaw okikiskikanah. êkwah ôma k-âpit wêskwâhtêmihk ta-sâsakitisin aw ôskinîkiw.6 êkosi kâ-pîhtwâyêk, ôma êh-pihtwêyêk, ê-kitamwâyêk, awa ôtah ka-pâhpawisimâwâw wâskikanihk.»7 |
(53)The woman spoke, deciding her husband's fate; and she said, «Very well, you will call all your followers to smoke. You will take from this young man all his clothes. And there where he is sitting, in the place opposite the door, this young man will lie, on his back. Then you who there smoke, as you smoke, when you have exhausted it, then you will shake it out upon his back.» |
(54)êkwah tâpwê ntohkêmôw okimâw awa. tâpwê kahkiyaw pîhtokêyiwa. okimâw awa, êh-kîsi-pîhtokêcik ôki kahkiyaw, pîkiskwêw aw ôkimâw. âcimôw êh-sâkihât ôh ôskinîkiwa, êh-miyât ôtêmah nêw, ê-sâkihât êh-miyosiyit, nawac êh-nôhtê-wâhkômât. |
(54)Then, really, that chief called for people. So they all came into the tent. When they had all come in, the chief spoke. He told how he had taken a liking to that youth and had given him four of his horses because he loved him for his good appearance, and wanted to treat him as his kinsman. |
(55)«nama wya itêyihtam awa oskinîkiw, nawac êh-têpêyimot ta-tipahikâkêt wiyaw; êkosih itwêw.» |
(55)«This young man thinks otherwise, preferring to pay with his body, he says.» |
(56)êôkô êh-âcimostawât ôhôw otoskinîkîma, «êkosi nawac êh-ntawêyihtahk ta-nipahiht.» |
(56)This he told to his followers, «And so he desires rather to be slain.» |
(57)ayis aw iskwêw, êako kâ-mâyi-tôtahk, iskwêw awa. aw iskwêw tâpiskôc ôhi nâpêwa tâpiskôc êh-nisitohtawât, wiya pikoh ôhô owîkimâkanah nisitohtawêw aw iskwêw; êkwah mîn ôhô ayahciyiniwah nisitohtawêw. êkwah êh-pîkiskwêyit ôh ôkimâwa, kiyâskihêw aw iskwêw, êh-kâh-kiyâskit, pêyakwan mîna ôh ônâpêmah kâh-pîkiskwêyit, mâ-mêskoc êh-kiyâskihât. |
(57)For it was that woman who dealt ill, that woman. Since she understood equally those men, she alone understood her husband's speech, and she alone understood the speech of those Blackfoot. And when the chief spoke, she falsified his words, continuing to speak falsely, and the same when her husband had spoken, falsifying in turn what each one said. |
(58)«êyako ohci wiya nipakitinamawâw aw iskwêw, osîkimâkana tit-oyasowâtât, k-ô-ntomitakok, ta-kiskêyihtamêk. êkosih âsay kîh-kîs-âsowâtêw, tit-ôtinamêk okikiskikanah awa oskinîkiw. êkosi ôtah ta-pimisin. kî-mosêskatênâyêkoh, ka-pîhtwânânaw. êkosi kâ-pîhtwâyêk, ka-pahpawisimâwâw wâskikanihk.» |
(58)«For this reason I have placed him in the hands of this woman, that she may decide her husband's fate, and I have therefore summoned you, that you may know it. And so now she has decided about him, that you are to take this young man's clothes. He is to lie here. When you have stripped him, we are to smoke. And when you smoke, you are to shake it out upon his back.» |
(59)êkosi tâpwê êkwah pîhtwâwak. êkosi pîhtwâwak. êkwa tâpwê kâh-pîhtwâcik, aw iskwêw êh-miyiht pîhtwâkanah, âciya piko pîhtwâw. pasikôw otêh êh-pimisiniyit ônâpêma awa iskwêw; kêhciwâk wiya pâhpawisimêw êkotah wâskikaniyihk. tahk êkosi tôtam. êkwah kîsihtâwak êak ôma oyasôwêwin. |
(59)So then they smoked. They smoked. And when they had smoked, that woman was given a pipe and smoked a bit. She arose and stepped to where her husband lay; she herself shook it out there upon his back. She always did so. Then they had carried out this decision. |
(60)aw iskwêw, «hâw,» itik, «tâns êkwah?» |
(60)Then to the woman, «Now,» said the other, «What now?» |
(61)«t-âhtokâniwiw. sîpîsis anima kâ-pimihtihk, akâmihk êkotah ta-wîkinâniwiw. êkwah awa aw oskinîkiw sîpîsis ôma êkotah ka-pimisimâwâs. mistikwah nêwayak ka-tahkopitâwâw ôtah, ômis îsi; ôtah t-sakahpitêwa.8 êkotah ta-pimohtêwak iskwêwak. ka-pâh-pâskâpahwâwâw, êkâ tit-êtâpit, iskwêwah ohci.» |
(61)«The camp is to be moved. Where that creek flows by, on the far bank there the camp is to be. And this youth you will lay there across the creek. Four posts you will use to tie him, like this; here they will be tied fast. There the women will walk across. You will put out his eyes, so that he cannot look up, on account of the women.» |
(62)tâpwê âhtokâniwiw. tâpwê isi tôtawâw aw oskinîkiw. kahkiyaw êhtokêwak, êkwah êkotah êh-pimohtêcik, pikw âwiyak êh-pimâhtawâtâcik. êkosi kahkiyaw pihkohôwak. |
(62)Accordingly, the camp was moved. Really, these things were done to the youth. All of them moved their tents, and they all crossed there, and each and every one walked over him as over a bridge. In this wise they all crossed. |
(63)piyis tipiskâw. kîtahtawê êh-tipiskâk, atimwak ôtah matokahpihk oyoyôwak. awa oskinîkiw pêhtam. kêka pikw âstamitah pê-pêhtâkosiyiwa atimwa; piyisk kisiwâk ôtah; piyis takosiniyiwa, piyisk êh-otihtikot, mâtwê-mâh-miyâmikot.9 |
(63)At last night came. Presently, after dark, some dogs howled here in the abandoned camp. The youth heard it. To his distress, nearer came the sound of the dogs; at last right close by; at last one arrived, and came where he was and he heard it sniff at him. |
(64)«niwîh-nipahikwak. niwîh-môwikwak atimwak,» itêyihtam. |
(64)«They will kill me. The dogs will eat me,» he thought. |
(65)«nama wiya,» itik ôh âtimwah; «nama wya nôsisê! tâpwê kikitimâkisin, êkâ mayaw êh-mâ-mitonêyimiyan! kikî-wîhtamâtin, êh-kitimâkêyimitân. kiwîkimâkan kâ-tôtâsk, k-ôh-tôtâkawiyan. awahê, nôsisê, pîhtaw osâm mistahi nikisêyiniwin; ninêsôwisin, êkâ êh-owîpitiyân. pitah nika-kakwê-kaskihtân ôhi kâ-tahkopisoyan. awahê, mitonêyihtah kâ-kî-wîhtamâtan,» itik ôh âtimwa, êkwah awa atim ôma pisâkanâpiy êh-wîh-kakwê-âpihkwahtahk kâ-tahkopisoyit ohci; «têpiyâhk êsi-miyoyan, kaskihtâyâni, k-âpihkohtân; mâskôc ka-kakwê-âpihkonison.»10 |
(65)«No,» the dog said to him; «No, my grandchild! Truly, you are to be pitied, because not in time you thought of me! I had told you to do so, when I pitied and blessed you. It was your wife did this to you, through which you have been thus dealt with. Alas, my grandchild, it seems I am too far advanced in years; I am feeble, since I have no teeth. But I shall try to deal with these things by which you are tied fast. Do not forget, think upon what I have told you,» that dog told him, and then that dog tried to loosen with its mouth that rawhide thong with which he was bound fast; «At any rate, as well as you can, if I manage it, you will unfasten this; perhaps you will try to untie yourself with your hands.» |
(66)«êha!,» itêw; «hâw, nimosô, misawâc nama wya nka-kîh-pimâtisin, êkâ êh-wâpiyân.» |
(66)«Yes,» he answered it; «But, my grandfather, in any case I shall not be able to live, since I have not the sight of my eyes.» |
(67)«nama wya, nôsisê. mâskôc nântaw ka-kîh-tôtênânaw,» itik omosôma. |
(67)«No, my grandchild. Perhaps we shall be able to deal with that in some way,» his grandfather told him. |
(68)«hâw, êkosi nama nântaw,» itwêw awa oskinîkiw.11 |
(68)«Oh, then it will not matter,» said the youth. |
(69)êkwah awa âtin tasîhkam ôma pisâkanâpiy; ayis nayêhtâwîw, êkâ êh-owîpitit, pikoh ê-sâpopâtât piko. kinwês nocihtâw ôma pisâkanâpiy, piyisk ê-pihkohtahk.12 êkwa ôma kâ-pihkohtât, ôsisima, sîpâ otêh itiskwêyiw aw âtim.13 |
(69)Then that dog kept at the rawhide thong; for it was hindered by having no teeth, and could only wet it. For a long time it was busy with the thong, but at last gained its end. And when it had succeeded, the dog stretched its snout underneath here at its grandson. |
(70)«mahti, nôsisê, âhcî, oma ta-sêsâwayan.» |
(70)«See, Grandchild, if you can move a bit, to stretch your limbs.» |
(71)êkwah tâpwê aw oskinîkiw âhcîw. |
(71)Then really, the youth was able to move a bit. |
(72)«êkosi cî, nôsisê?» |
(72)«Is it well, my grandchild?» |
(73)«êha!.» |
(73)«Yes.» |
(74)«hâw, nôsisê, kakwê-âpihkoniso.» |
(74)«Come, Grandchild, try to untie yourself.» |
(75)êkwah tâpwê aw oskinîkiw êkwah kakwê-âpihkonisôw. tâpwê kaskihtâw kahkiyaw. |
(75)Then really, the youth tried to untie himself. Truly, he managed it all. |
(76)«mahtih waniskâh, nôsisê.» |
(76)«See if you can rise, my grandchild.» |
(77)tâpwê waniskâw aw ôskinîkiw. êkwah awa atin sinikoskawêw ospiskwaniyihk. |
(77)Really, the youth rose from where he lay. Then that dog rubbed its body against his back. |
(78)«mahtih waskawîh, nôsisê.» |
(78)«Try to move, my grandchild.» |
(79)tâpwê oskinîkiw âhcîw. |
(79)Really, the youth moved a bit. |
(80)«êkosi cî, nôsisê?» |
(80)«Is it well, my grandchild?» |
(81)«êha!.» |
(81)«Yes.» |
(82)«hâw, nôsisê, nîci-kisêyiniw niwêh-têpwâtâw.» |
(82)«Now, my grandchild, I shall hail my fellow-old-man.» |
(83)«êha!.» |
(83)«Yes.» |
(84)oyôyôw aw âtim. tâpwê wîpac pê-kitoyiwa kôhkôhkôhôwa. |
(84)That dog bayed. Truly, soon a hoot-owl came calling. |
(85)«amê, nôsisim! tâpwê kikitimâkisin, nôsisê, êkâ êh-kiskisitotawiyin! kikî-wîhtamâtin, âyimêyihtamani, ta-mâ-mitonêyimiyin; mâka nama wya êkosi kitôtên, k-ôh-kitimâkisiyin anohc. mâka ayâkwâmisih; kwayask tôtamani, kka-pimâtisin. kiwîkimâkan kâ-tôtâsk. ana wiya kiwîcêwâkan kikîh-miyik ta-pimâtisiyin; mâka kiwîkimâkan kâ-tôtahk k-ôh-kwatakihtâyin. hâw, nôsisê, pitah nka-têpwâtâw nîci-kisêyiniw.» |
(85)«Alas, my grandchild! Truly you are to be pitied, my grandchild, because you did not remember me! I had told you, when you saw trouble before you, to think upon me; but you did not so, and therefore are now in this pitiful state. But have care; if you do rightly, you shall live. It is your wife did this to you. But that companion of yours gave you your life; it was your wife did that through which you suffer. Now, Grandchild, I shall hail my fellow-old-man.» |
(86)«êha!.» |
(86)«Yes.» |
(87)tâpwê kitôw awa kohkohkôhôw. âsay wîpac pê-kitôyiwa kotakah omosôma. tâpwê otihtik mînah êyakonih. |
(87)So the hoot-owl gave its call. Very soon another grandfather of his came calling. So this one, also, came where he was. |
(88)«tâpwê kikitimâkisin, nôsisê!» pêyakwan êkos êtikot, tâpiskôc ôki nîso k-êtikot; «hâw, nôsisê, kimosôm atim t-ôsihtâw kiskîsik. ayâkwâmisih,» itik; «hâw, kiya, kisêyiniw, osihtân kôsisiminaw oskîsik,» itâw awa atim. |
(88)«Truly, you are to be pitied, my grandchild!» this one, like the other two, told him; «Now then, my grandchild, your grandfather, the dog, will make one of your eyes. Be ready,» this one told him; «Come, do you, old man, make our grandchild's eye,» that dog was told. |
(89)«êa!.» |
(89)«Yes.» |
(90)«kiya mîna pêyak,» itâw kohkohkôhôw. |
(90)«And you the other,» the hoot-owl was told. |
(91)«êkwah kiya,» itêw awa atim awa ôhi k-oyâsôwêyit ôhi, «kiya ka-pôtâtâw kôsisiminaw.» |
(91)«And you,» said the dog to the one that was deciding, «you will breathe upon our grandchild.» |
(92)«êha!.» |
(92)«Yes.» |
(93)hâw, tâpwê aw âtim, «hâw, nôsisê, aswêyihtah,» itêw oskinîkiwa. |
(93)So then really, that dog said to the youth, «Now, Grandchild, be ready.» |
(94)nôhkwâtêw oskîsikoyihk. |
(94)It licked his face. |
(95)kâh-tôtahk, «hâw, nôsisê, mahtih kiskîsikwah kê-kikamokih,» itwêw aw âtim. |
(95)When it had done this, «Now, Grandchild, see if your eyes are in place,» said the dog. |
(96)êkwah awa oskinîkiw natonam tâpiskôc ômisi, mahtih ta-kikamoyikih.14 |
(96)Then the youth felt with his hand, like this, to feel if they were in place. |
(97)«hâw, nôsisê, kikamôwâh cih?» |
(97)«Come, Grandchild, are they in place?» |
(98)«êha!!» |
(98)«Yes!» |
(99)«hâw, nîci-kisêyiniw, kiyâ êkwah,» kôhkôhkôhôw aw ê-itiht, «êkwah ta-tôhkâpit miy kôsisiminaw.»15 |
(99)«Come, Fellow-Old-Man, now you,» the hoot-owl was told, «Now give our grandchild the power of opening his eyes.» |
(100)«haha!. _ hâw, nôsisê, aswêyihtah.» |
(100)«Yes. _ Now, Grandchild, be ready.» |
(101)tâpwê ôhpîw kohkohkohôw. |
(101)Then the hoot-owl flew from the ground. |
(102)ispimihk ayâw, êkotah ohc êh-pê-yâsît, sôhki mâka. |
(102)Up aloft it stayed, and then came down there, but with a dash. |
(103)awa âtim, «awas, nôsisê! ka-pistiskâk kimosôm!» |
(103)The dog: «Get out of the way, Grandchild! Your grandfather will knock into you!» |
(104)êkwah êh-itâpit aw oskinîkiw, kâ-wâpamât êh-pê-takosiniyit omosôma kisiwâk ôtah. êkosi pimâcihik. |
(104)Then, as the youth looked up, he saw his grandfather coming down, right close. Thus he was restored to life by them. |
(105)nêtê wâhyawês, «tânsi, nôsisêh? kiwâpamin cî?» |
(105)Off yonder a ways: «How is it, Grandchild? Can you see me?» |
(106)«êha!.» |
(106)«Yes.» |
(107)away atim êh-kitâpamât ôsisima, tâpiskôc iskotêw ôtah êh-wâpamât ôsisima, om êh-itâpiyit. |
(107)When the dog looked at its grandchild, it was as if a fire were where it saw its grandchild, where the latter turned his eyes. |
(108)«ê hê hêy!» itwêw; «nîci-kisêyin, kik-ôsâmihâw kôsisiminaw; osâm mistahi kimiyâw!» |
(108)«Dear me!» it cried; «Fellow-Old-Man, you will be overdoing our grandchild; you have given him too much!» |
(109)hâw, kwayask osihtâwak êyakô. pimâtisiw aw oskinîkiw. |
(109)So they corrected that. The young man was restored to life. |
(110)«hâw, nôsisê, nkisiwâhik kâ-kîh-oyasowâtisk; mâka nama wya sêmâk. pitah ka-kîwân, nôsê. kika-wîcêtin. kahkiyaw ôma ôtênaw kimiyitin. anah pikoh kiwîcêwâkan kik-ôtinâw; ta-pimâtisiw. mâka pitah ka-kîwân. ka-ntaw-âcimon. kôhtâwiy kikâwiy mistahi kitimâkisiwak, êh-mâtocik, kayâs kâ-sipwêhtêyin. ta-miywêyihtamwak, takosiniyani. kahkiyaw ka-pê-sipwêhtatân ôtênaw, ôtah ci-pêy-itohtahacik ayîsiyiniwak; kahkiyaw ka-nipahâwak ôki. namwâc pêyak kika-wânihtân kiyawâw ohci. ôtah takosiniyâhko, nk-ôyôyon; nka-têpwâtâwak ntawâsimisak. kahkiyaw, pâskisikan, môhkomân, acosisah, ahpôh oskâci-pakamâkan, kahkiyaw t-ôtinamwak.16 mâka pimihkân ka-pê-sipwêhtatân. kik-ôsihtân pimihkân; êyakw ânima ta-mîciwak ntawâsimisak kâ-wih-atoskahâyânkok. hâw, êkosi, nôsisê, ta-miywâsin. ôtah ohci kinwês kika-wîcêhtonâwâw awa kiwîcêwâkan, kikwêmês. kwayask tâpiskôc ôtênaw êh-kîwêhtatâyêk, êkosi ka-tôtênâwâw. ôsâm nkisiwâhik kiwîkimâkan, êh-mâyi-tôtahk, êh-kitimahisk. kwayask êh-itisk kiwîcêwâkan, kahkiyaw pîkonam kiwîkimâkan. mâka wiyaskoc ta-tipahikêw wiyaw ohci. mahtih wiya kê-kaskihtât kîhtwâm ta-pimâtisit! mâka ôhtâwiya okâwiya ka-pê-sipwêhtahimâwa ôtah tasih tit-oyasowâtikot. kik-âcimon tânisi kâ-tôtâsk,» itik; «êkosi wiyawâw kêy-itwêcik êkosi ka-tôtên.» |
(110)«Now, my grandson, she who sentenced you has angered me; but leave that for later. First you are to go home, my grandson. I shall go with you. I give you this entire town. Only that comrade of yours you will adopt; you will let him live. But first you will go home. You will go tell your story. Your father and mother are very unhappy and weep, for it is a long time since you set out. They will be glad when you arrive. You will bring the whole town away with you to come here, and you will bring here the people; you will kill all those here. You will not lose a single one of your people. When we arrive here, I shall bay; I shall call to my children. Everything, guns, knives, arrows, even war-clubs, everything they will take. But you will take with you as you come some pemican. You will make pemican; this my children shall eat whom we shall engage to do this work. Now, in this way, my grandson, it will be well. From this time on, long shall you and this comrade of yours, your friend, be companions to each other. Exactly as if you were taking home with you the town, so you shall do. Too much your wife has angered me in the evil she did when she reduced you to misery. When your comrade spoke fairly to you, your wife undid it all. But it will be her turn to pay with her body. We shall see if she has the power to return to life! But you will bring along her father and mother, that they may here in this very place pass judgement upon her. You will tell how she dealt with you,» it told him; «And what they say, that you will do.» |
(111)«êha!.» |
(111)«Yes.» |
(112)«hâw, êkosi, nôsisê, ka-kîwân.» |
(112)«Now then, my grandson, you shall go home.» |
(113)tâpwê kîwêw oskinîkiw. mistahi miywêyihtam. omosôma atimwa ôhi wîcêwêw. kwayask nêtê takosin. ôhtâwiya otihtêw. tâpwê mistahi ktimâkisiyiwa. âcimôw. owîkimâkana êh-natôskamâht, êkâ êh-wîcêwât, tânêhki êkâ k-ôh-wîcêwât, pakwâtamwak aniki wêtawâsimisicik, otawâsimisiwâwa êh-âcimimiht. nôhtê-sipwêhtêwak, êh-nôhtê-wîcêwâcik onahâhkisîmiwâwa, ê-wîh-ntopayiyit. tâpwê wîpac sipwêhtêwak. âsay wîhtam awa oskinîkiw ôma kâ-ntotamâht pimihkân. tâpwê sipwêhtêwak. tâpwê êkotê takosinwak itah kâ-kîh-kwatakihiht. |
(113)Accordingly the youth went home. He was very glad. His grandfather, that dog, went with him. Safely he arrived yonder. He came to his father. Really, the latter was in a sad state. He told his tale. When his wife was asked for, because he did not have her with him, and they asked why she was not with him, then her parents were shocked at the tale that was told of their child. They were eager to set out in their son-in-law's company when he went on the war-path. Really, soon they set out. The youth had already spoken of the pemican that was required of him. Really, they set out. Really they arrived there where he had been tortured. |
(114)ê-tipiskâyik, «ayâk! ayâk ôtah pêyakwanoh,» itêw owîcêwâkana, ê-kâ-kwayahkêkicik.17 tâpwê tâpwêhtawâw; pêyakwanohk ayâwak ayîsiyiniwak. |
(114)When darkness came, «Stay! Stay here in one place,» he told his companions, when they were ready. They obeyed him; the people stayed in one place. |
(115)«niya pikoh niwih-itohtân. itâp ka-wîhtamâtinâwâw tânisi ta-tôtamêk,» itwêw awa oskinikiw. |
(115)«I want to go there alone. Afterwards I shall tell you what to do,» said the youth. |
(116)tâpwê sipwêhtêw; atimwa omosôma wîcêwêw; êkwah pimihkân sipwêhtatâw. tâpwê takosin cîki mîkiwâhpihk. |
(116)So he went ahead; his grandfather, the dog, went with him; also he took the pemican with him. He arrived near the tipis. |
(117)«hâw, nôsê, êkotah ôtah sîkihtitâw ôtah, nôsisê, ômah pimihkân!» |
(117)«Now, Grandson, empty it out right here, Grandson, this pemican!» |
(118)aw âtim pâsic-ôhpîw; nêwâw ômis êsi-kwâskohtit, nawac ayiwâkês osihtâw pimihkân; êkwah mistah âstêw. |
(118)That dog leaped across it; when four times it had thus jumped, it made the pemican far more than there had been; now a great amount lay there. |
(119)«hâw, nôsê, êkosi êkwah niwîh-têpwân.» |
(119)«Now, Grandson, now I shall give call.» |
(120)â, êkwah tâpwê têpwêw atim awa êh-oyoyit. ôm êh-ôyôyit, mêsiwê atimwah kâ-pêhtâkosiyit, wêyoyoyit, êh-têpihtâkot. nistwâw êh-têpwêt awa âtim, êkoyikohk mistahi pêhtam wiy oskinîkiw. êkwah nêwâw mwêhc êh-pêhtâkosit awa âtim, nanânis ohcih misahkamik atimwah takopayiyiwa. |
(120)So then really that dog gave call, baying. As it thus bayed, everywhere dogs were heard baying, as its call reached their hearing. When the dog had called three times, the youth heard a great noise. And when for the fourth time that dog made itself heard, from every direction a great crowd of dogs came running. |
(121)«hâ, ntawâsimisitik,» itwêw awa kisêyiniw-atim; «kik-âtoskânâwâw. ôm ôtênaw pâskisikanah, kâ-tahto-kînikâk kik-âhtatânâwâw; ka-kimotinâwâw. êko k-oh-ntomitakok, ôma ta-mîciyêk,» êh-wîhkomât; «êkosi kahkiyaw kîs-âstâyêkoh, kahkiyaw ka-têpwânâwâw. êkosi nôsim tit-ôtinam ôma ôtênaw,» itwêw. |
(121)«Ho, my children,» cried that old dog; «You are to work. The guns and as many sharp edged weapons as are in this town, you are to remove them; you are to steal them. That is for what I have called you, and that you may eat this,» inviting them to feast; «And when you have done placing away all the things, then all of you are to give call. Thus may my grandson take this town,» it said. |
(122)hâw, êkosi mîcisôwak êkwah. |
(122)So then they ate. |
(123)«hâw, êkosi êkwah êh-tipahikêyêk; mêyâkwâm kwayask tôtamok!» |
(123)«There, and now you must make the return; be sure to do it thoroughly!» |
(124)«êha!.» |
(124)«Yes.» |
(125)âspin sipwêpahtâwak atimwak ôki. âsay wîpac matwê-pêhtâkosiwak atimwak wâsakâm misiwê. |
(125)Off went those dogs. Very soon the dogs everywhere round that place made themselves heard. |
(126)«hâw, nôsisê, âsay êkwah wîh-pê-nôkwan ê-wîh-wâpahk.» |
(126)«There, Grandson, and now the first sign of dawn is about to appear.» |
(127)tâpwê sipwêhtêw oskinîkiw. ntaw-âcimôw. |
(127)Accordingly the youth set out. He went and told. |
(128)«hâw, âsay êkwah sipwêhtêtan. sôskwâc môskîstamok. nam âwiyak ta-nipahâw kiyânaw. nîso êkâ wya nipahihkok, niwîkimâkan, niwîcêwâkan; wiy âniki otôskinîkîma kahkiyaw,» itwêw. |
(128)«Come, now let us be off. Go straight to the attack. Not one of us will be slain. Two of them do not kill, my wife and my comrade; but kill all those followers of his,» he ordered. |
(129)«ah!!» |
(129)«Yes.» |
(130)tâpwê môskîstamwak, ê-pakamahwâcik. mitoni misi-tôtamwak ôtênaw. êyakonik pikoh iskwêw, nâpêw. ispatinâhk nahapiw ow oskinîkiw ka-kîh-pâ-pâskâpahoht, wâpowêyân êh-akwanahot, otakohp êh-akwanahot. ômis îtapiw. môhkomân piko, kâ-misâk môhkomân, astâw ôtah, ômis êh-itapit. pêtamawâw anihi owîcêwâkana, takoh owîkimâkana. otâ h-takohtahimiht, atamiskawêw anihi okimâwa. êyakonih owîkimâkana pê-nahapiyiwa êkotah.18 |
(130)Really, they attacked it and clubbed them. They accounted completely for that town. Only those two were spared, the woman and the man. At the top of a hill sat that youth whose eyes had been put out, wrapping himself in a blanket-robe, in his robe. Thus he sat there. Only a knife, a large knife he laid here, as thus he sat. To him were brought that comrade of his and his wife. When that chief was brought to him there, he greeted him. His wife came and sat there. |
(131)«nka-pimâtisin, nnâpêm! kiyâm nka-pimâtisin, nnâpêm!» |
(131)«Let me live, my husband! Please let me live, my husband!» |
(132)«êha!! ôtah mâk âpi awasitah.»19 |
(132)«Yes! But sit a little farther over here.» |
(133)hâw, êkwah pôyôwak kâ-nôtintocik. awa okimâw tapâhtiskwêwiw. |
(133)Now the fighters had ceased. That chief lowered his head. |
(134)«hâ, nkwêmê, niwîcêwâkan, ispiskwêyih; itâpih,» itwêw aw ôskinîkiw, ôhi. |
(134)«Come, my friend, my comrade, raise your head; look up,» spoke that youth, to him. |
(135)tâpwê ispiskwêyiw okimâw awa. |
(135)Really, that chief raised up his head. |
(136)«hâw, nitomihk nimanâcimâkan tak owîkimâkana, mînah nôhtâwiy nikâwiy.» |
(136)«Now, call my father-in-law with his wife, and my father and mother.» |
(137)hâ, tâpwê têpwâtâwak; takosinwak. aw îskwêw okâwiya ôhtâwiya ôt êh-pê-nahapiyit, pasikôw, ê-wîh-ocêmât. |
(137)So they were hailed; they arrived. That woman, when her mother and father came and seated themselves there, rose to her feet to go and kiss them. |
(138)«cêskwa, cêskwa, ntânis! apih!» itik ôhtâwiyah okâwiyah mîna aw îskwêw. |
(138)«Wait, wait, Daughter! Sit still!» that woman's father and mother said to her. |
(139)awa okimâw nisitohtawêw omanâcimâkanah. nisitohtâtôwak êh-pîkiskwêcik. |
(139)That chief understood his father-in-law's speech. They understood each other when they spoke. |
(140)aw ôskinîkiw, «hâ, niwîcêwâkan, âcimô. kimanâcimâkaninaw âcimostaw, tâns êh-is-kiskêyihtaman kiwâpahtôwinânaw ohci,» itwêw. |
(140)The youth said, «Now, my comrade, tell your tale. Tell our common father-in-law your own story of our meeting.» |
(141)«êha!.» |
(141)«Yes.» |
(142)âcimôw awa okimâw awa; âcimostawêw, aw oskinîkiw kâ-kîh-tôtâht, tânsi êh-ispayiyik. êkwah mîna aw okimâw wistah tânsi kâh-itêyihtahk ôh ôhci oskinîkiwa, kahkiyaw kwayask wîhtam. wiya pikw âw iskwêw kahkiyaw otôtamôwin k-ôh-mâyipayiyik mistahi. kahkiyaw kwayask wîhtamâmâwa ôhtâwiya okâwiya. |
(142)That chief told his tale; he told them how it had come about that that youth had been dealt with in that way. And also what he, the chief, himself had intended concerning that youth, all of it he told exactly. It was entirely the fault of that woman that all had gone so ill. Everything her father and mother were truthfully told. |
(143)êkosi, «hâw,» êkwah aw ôskinîkiw, «hâw, nimanâcimâkanak nikîh-miywêyihtên êh-pakitinamawicik otânisiwâwa; mâka niwâpahtên nama wya kwayask-ayîsiyiniw. mâka nipakitinamawâwak. tânisi kêy-itwêcik nka-tôtên. nama wya niya niwîh-wîwin kâwih. mîna niwîcêwâkan nama wya ntawêyimâw ta-wîwit,» itwêw aw oskinîkiw; «niwîh-kîwêhtahâw; niwîh-owîcêwâkanin.20 hâw, êkosi kiyawâw kêy-itwêyêk,» itâwak ôki okawikihkâwak. |
(143)Then, «Now,» spoke the youth, «Now, I was happy when my parents-in-law gave me their daughter; but I see that she is not a decent person. But I place her in their hands. Whatever they say I shall do. I do not want to have her back to wife. And I do not want my comrade to have her to wife,» said the youth; «I want to take him home with me; I want him to be my companion. So now it is for you to say,» those old people were told. |
(144)«tâpwê ninahâhkisîm kayâs kinipahikawih, wiy ôhci! `ayîsiyiniw êtokê kâ-kîw-ohpikihak?' nkîh-itêyihtên, iyikohk kâ-kanawâpamat, iyikohk êh-mâyi-tôtahk.» |
(144)«Truly, my son-in-law, long ago you would have been slain, had it been for her to say! `Is it a human being I have brought up?' I have been asking myself, seeing how you guarded her and what evil she has done.» |
(145)sâsay iskwêw awa pimakocin, ôh ônâpêmah ê-wêh-kakwê-aw-ocêmât. |
(145)At once the woman sprang up, to try and kiss her husband. |
(146)«nka-pimâtisin kiyâm!» |
(146)«Please let me live!» |
(147)«êha!!» |
(147)«Yes.» |
(148)êkwah miciminêw, ôtah êh-nakânât. omôhkomân êkwah otinam. |
(148)And he held her fast, stopping her with his hand. Then he took his knife. |
(149)«kiya êkwah ocihcipayiw ta-tipahikêyin kiyaw ohci!» |
(149)«And so it has come about that you are the one to pay with your body!» |
(150)tahkamêw; ôtah ôma manisam osakîniyiw, ospitoniyiw. kîpipayiywa. êkos îsi nipahêw. |
(150)He stabbed her; he cut off her shoulder here, her arm. She fell to the ground. So he killed her. |
(151)«êkosi nama nântaw, ninahâhkisîm!» awa kisêyiniw; «nama wya êkosi kêh-itêyihtamân ci-tôtahk, kay-êtâcimiht, ôma kay-itâcimikosit.»21 |
(151)«Very well, it is no matter, my son-in-law!» said the old man; «It was not thus I thought she would do, as she has been told of, as she has been reported.» |
(152)sôskwâc nama nântaw êh-itêyihtahk. êkosi kamâciwahamwak. mistahi miyawâtamwak. êkos îsi kîwêwak. kahkiyaw otayâniwiwa aw oskinîkiw owîcêwâkana sipwêhtatâwak, otêmiyiwah mîna, wiyawâw tâpiskôc okimâwak êh-nîsicik êh-pimohtêcik, ayîsiyiniwak pîhtêyis êh-pimohtêcik, tâpiskôc êh-kanawêyimihcik, êh-kîwêcik êkwah. êh-okimâwicik wiyawâw, tipêyimêwak kahkiyaw ayîsiyiniwah. êkwah nêtê êh-takosihkik, miyâwak iskwêwa pâh-pêyak. mitoni miyw-âyâwak, êh-mîskotâtocik,- êh-wâhkôhtocik, tâpiskôc êh-pêyakoyit ôhtâwîwâwa okâwiwâwa; êkosi êsi-wâhkôhtocik.22 |
(152)At once it was as if he thought it no great matter. Then they celebrated the victory. They rejoiced greatly. Then they went home. They took with them all the possessions of that youth's comrade, and his horses, and those two marched along just as if there were two chiefs, in the center of the procession, just as if they were being guarded, as they went home. They were the chiefs and ruled over all the people. And when they arrived off yonder, they were each given a wife. They were very happy, taking each others' places, regarding each other as kin, just as though they had the same father and mother; thus they regarded each other as kin. |
(153)êkos îtâcimôw. êkosi. |
(153)That is the story of him. That is all. |