xonchiwh-dich'e:ch'

His-nose-rough

ch'idehłts'e:

lived

xokil

his younger brother

hił

both.

Rough-nose lived with his younger brother.

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

He said to him,

do: de[']ditiwh

"One must never put in the fire

je:xo-ma'-din

short ribs."

łah-xw wint'e:

Always

xa'a:xołch'ine:

he was telling him that.

He used to say to him, "Never put the short ribs of the deer in the fire to roast."

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

duxwe:di-hit

"Why

'a:whił-ch'ine:

does he always tell me that.

One day when Rough-nose was away hunting the younger brother got to thinking about it. "Why does he always tell me that?" he thought.

keh

Let

de:diwhtung

me put them in the fire."

"I am going to roast them."

hayah-mił

And

de[']diwinta:n

he put them in.

hayah-mił

And

ya[']xołte:n-e:

it carried him off.

When he had roasted them something carried him off.

hayah-mił

And

na:'ndiyay

he came home

wilwe:tł'

at night

mił

then

do: 'ungya'

he saw

ch'ixole:n-e:

he was gone.

The older brother came home at night and looked everywhere for his brother but could not find him.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

q'ut

xola:n de[']diwinta:n

"He has put in the fire

je:xo-ma'-din

short ribs."

hayah-mił

And

ch'iwinchwiw

he cried.

"He must have roasted the short ribs," he thought and began to cry.

'e'ilwil

Every day

ch'ichweh-xw

he cried.

He mourned every day for his brother.

tł'o:q'-q'it

The prairie - on

ya'a'a'

he sat.

xoyeh

Near him

na:da'a:

stood

xotits'e'

his cane.

He used to sit out on the prairie with his cane sticking up beside him.

hayah-mił

And

chwe:ge:-yixolwhin

Meadow lark

dahche'ixis

used to light

tits'-q'it

cane on.

hayah-mił

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said,

xokil

"His brother

dahdiwilte:n

has been carried off."

A bird would come and light on the cane and say, "His brother has been carried off, his brother has been carried off."

mine:jixomił

After a time

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

'isdo'

"I wish

duxo:'-q'

something

'a:wilah

would happen

'iwhkit

so I could catch him.

xose:sehłwin-te:

I will kill him."

After several days Rough-nose thought to himself, "I wish I could do something to him, I wish I could catch him, I wish I could kill him."

haya:ł

And

jeh

pitch

k'e[']wiłt'a'n

he put

tits'

cane

milay'

on top.

hayahujit

And then

yisxung-hit

next day

ch'e[']ningyay

he went out.

k'iye:

Again

hayah

there

ch'inehsday

he sat down.

The next day when he went out to sit down he put pitch on the top of his cane.

hayah

There

do:-winsa'a:y-mił

soon

q'it

on it

dahch'iwingxits

he lit.

hayah-mił

And

ch'ixo:łkit

he caught him.

The bird came and lit on it as usual and was easily caught.

nise:sehłwin-te:

"I will kill you,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said.

"Now I will kill you," he said.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

do:-whise:lwe:n-heh

"Don't kill me.

nił-xwe:lik-te:

I will tell you

hay

da:ydi-ding

where

mił

ya[']xołte:n

he has taken him.

"Don't kill me," said the bird, "I will tell you where they have taken him.

de:nohq'it

In the world above

xoyeh

under him

wilq'a'n-e:

a fire is burning.

de:di-xw

Now

wha:ne:

only

ła'

one

xoch'ing'

by him

na:wilit-e:

will be burned.

They are roasting him in the world above.

łe:k'ixolah

Gather people.

me:lah

Some

k'iwindits-te:

will make rope.

Gather the people, and have them make rope.

hayah-mił

And

hay

that

miq'i(t)

on

sahwohdin'-te:

you will travel.

With the help of that you can go there.

whe:

I

de:nohq'it

world above

nohna:tse:

ahead of you

ne:ya:-te:

I will go."

I will go ahead of you."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

łe:ya[']k'ixolaw

he gathered the people.

Then Rough-nose called the people together:

k'iłwe:-kyoh

Spider

k'iwindits-te:

to make rope,

xontehł-taw

Coyote

q'ina'

too.

ło'n

Mouse

łah-xw

just

da[']k'ingyun'-te:

to chew off

ts'iłting'

bow

mitł'o:l'

strings.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

chw'ah-le:

Frog

'e:ng'

was

de:k'idilich-te:

to urinate on the fires,

ya'

Lice

'e:ng'

were

tsiwung

hair

łe[']k'iniłye'ts-te:

to tie together,

qo:-qot'

Catterpillar

'e:ng'

was

tin

road

ch'ischwin'-te:

to make.

Spider and Coyote to make rope, Mouse to chew off the bowstrings, Frog to put out the fires, Louse to tie together the enemy by their hair as they slept, Caterpillar to make the trail.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ya[']k'iwindits

they made rope.

Coyote and Spider commenced to make the rope.

hay-'ung'

And

de: xosin-e:-mił

soon

ła'

one

je:lo'

storage basket

sile'n

filled

xontehł-taw

Coyote

xok'iwididze'

his rope.

k'iłwe:-kyoh

Spider's

'e:ng'

'unt'eh

looked

yi'e:

small,

na:lma:ts'

coil

ła'

one.

Coyote soon had a storage basket full, but Spider's rope was fine and looked like only one coil.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

q'ut

xontehł-taw

Coyote

'a[']de:ne'

said,

yo:w

"That

wha:ne:

alone

nisah

long way

ningya:-te:

will reach

nehwung

looks like."

wun ło'-ch'ischwe'n

About it he laughed.

Coyote made fun of it saying, "That looks as if it would reach a long way."

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

xa'

"Come,

dunda:ng'

who

mił

with it

ch'idiwinchwit-te:

will shoot?"

"Well who will shoot?" said Rough-nose.

haya:ł

And

xontehł-taw

Coyote

'a[']de:ne'

said

whe:

"I."

"I," said Coyote.

hayah-mił

And

ch'idiwinchwit

he shot.

He tied his rope to an arrow and shot.

hay xok'iwiditse'

His rope

no:nundimil

fell back.

Soon it fell back.

hayah-mił

And

k'iłwe:-kyoh

Spider

midiłwa:

in turn

ch'idiwinchwit

shot.

Then Spider shot with his rope.

ye:w

Way

yiduq

up

do: 'o:na:wehs'e'n-e:

it could not be seen.

It went up and up until it could be seen no longer.

xa:t'

Yet

na:wehsma:ts'

it was coiled.

k'iwindil-e:-ts'iw

they heard it ring

de:nohq'it-ch'ing'

against the sky.

When one coil of rope was still left they heard the arrow strike the sky with a ringing noise.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ya[']de:ne'

he said to them,

dunda:ng'

"Who

tin

road

ch'ischwin'-te:

will make?"

Then Rough-nose said, "Who will go ahead and make the trail?"

hayah-mił

And

xontehł-taw

Coyote

'a[']de:ne'

said,

whe:

"I

sehłchwin'-te:

will make it."

"I," said Coyote.

haya:ł

And

q'ut

ch'itehsyay

he started.

hayah-mił

And

xoda:na'widxits'

he fell back.

He started up but soon came tumbling back.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

qo:-qot'

catterpillar

ch'itehsyay

started.

Then Caterpillar tried it.

de:d

This way

na:na:'isdiwich

down he leaned.

hayah-mił

And

xontehł-taw

Coyote

'a[']de:ne'

said,

na[']widxisił

"He is falling."

ye:w

Way

yiduq

up

na:'iłkit-e:

he caught it.

He leaned way back and Coyote called out, "He is falling;" but he caught the rope again higher up.

mine:jixomił

After a time

do: na:ya[']xo:łtsa:n

they did not see him.

Soon they could see him no longer.

na[']widahł

He was coming back

'ungya'

they saw.

me[']niłxa'

He had finished.

Then they saw he had finished the trail and was coming back.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ya[']de:ne'

he said to them,

xa'

"Come,

sa'ohding'

travel."

"Well, go on up," said Rough-nose.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

sahwinde'n

they travelled.

xonchiwh-dich'e:ch'

Rough-nose

ch'itehłte:n

took along

mixontaw'-xole:n*

Woodrat.

'a:dit'ah

In his sack

ch'iwiłte:n

he put him

Rough-nose caught a wood-rat and put it in his sack and then went with the rest.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

digyung

"Here

de:sohłts'e:-te:

you will stay.

whe:

I

na:tse:

ahead

ne:ya:-te:

will go to

hay

the

xon'-ding

fire place."

When they reached the world above he said to the others, "You wait here, I will go along to the place where the fire is."

hayahujit

And then

do:k'iwile:

old woman

'a:na[']dilaw

he made himself.

k'isdiya:n-chwing

A widow,

tits'

cane

k'itehłtits'

he walked with.

He changed himself into an old woman and walked with a widow's cane.

hay

The

xon'-ding

fire place

ch'iningyay

he came to.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

xong'

"Fire

'e:ng'

it is

kyungxowhtiw

I am begging."

He came up to the place and said, "I am only asking that I may warm myself by your fire."

haya:ł

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she said to him,

ning

"You

ts'a:ng'

might be

xonchiwh-dich'e:ch'

Rough-nose."

"You might be Rough-nose," said the old woman who was tending the fire.

haya:ł

And

diye:

"Yes,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said.

hay

"That

gya:n'

is the one

digyung

here

ch'iningya:-te:

will come."*

"Oh, yes, that fellow is likely to come here," said Rough-nose.

haya:ł

And

ch'itehłda:wh

she ran up

xola'

her hand

me'

in

na:da'ay

sticking up

nisking

a Douglas spruce

min'day'

outside.

hijit

Then

ya:na[']k'isdimil-e:

she smashed it.

haya:ł

And

łe:na'iliwh

she started the fire.

Then the old woman ran up with a spruce tree in her hand, smashed it to pieces, and threw it on the fire.

haya:ł

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she said to him,

tso:

"Tso:

tso:

tso:"

ch'ide:ne'

he said,

je:xo-ma'-din

"ribs

de:dintiwh

you put in the fire."

de:-xw

xong'

Fire

mina'[w]ilda:l

around she ran.

She commenced poking the bag in which the boy was hanging over the fire. "Tso, tso," he cried. "You had better roast the short ribs," she said.

haya:ł

And

na[']diwilchwun'-ts'iw

he heard them eating

xontah

house

-me'-ch'ing'

in.

hayah

There

ch'ixołkit

he caught her.

xon'-ding

Fire in

ch'ixo:nta'n

he held her.

Rough-nose waited until he heard them eating in the house, then he caught the old woman and held her in the fire until she was dead.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay xoch'ing'

what on her

sila:-ne'in

used to be

'a:dich'ing'

himself

no[']nilay

he put on.

He stripped her clothes off and dressed himself in them.

hayah-mił

And

xowun-na[']k'isle'

he felt of him.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

ning

"You

'ung

is that

'ung'

xonchiwh-dich'e:ch'

Rough-nose?"

He went up to the sack and felt of his brother, who said, "Is that you Rough-nose?"

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

xo'dzi-nehwa:n-e:

"Softly

xiningyehwh

speak."

hayah-mił

And

ch'e:na[']xoniłte:n

he took out

hay xokil

his brother

haya:ł

and

mixontaw'-xole:n

Woodrat

yehch'iwiłte:n

he put in

hayah

there.

"Speak softly," said Rough-nose, and then he took the boy out and put the wood-rat in his place.

haya:ł

And

xoning'

his face

ch'e'niłqe:t

he put out.

na:k'ingyung

"Come eat,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said.

Then someone put his head out of the door of the house and said, "Come and eat."

haya:ł

And

łah-xw

only

xoning'

his face

yehwehs'a'

was in

min'-t'ah

the hallway.

'a[']de:ne'

He said,

łah-xw

"Just

digyung

here

diywhe'eh

anything

whiwiłq'ahs

throw me."

Rough-nose putting only his head in, said, "Just throw something out here for me."

haya:ł

And

q'ut

k'iwinya'n

he ate it.

ch'e:na:'indiyay

He went out.

When he had eaten he went to the sack and began punching it.

haya:ł

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

tso:

"Tso:

tso:

tso:,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said.

"Tso, tso," it cried.

je:xo-ma'-din

"Ribs

dong'

de:dintiwh

you put in the fire."

"You better roast the short ribs," said Rough-nose.

hayah-mił

And

q'ut

ch'inte:te:ch'

they went to bed.

haya:ł

And

xwe:diwiliw

they attacked them.

When the people had gone to bed, Rough-nose and his companions made an attack on them. All was confusion. It was dark. The fires had been put out.

haya:ł

And

me:lah

some

'a:ya[']diwine:l

were saying,

'uloh

"Hurts

whe:da'ay

my hair."

Some of them cried out, "My hair hurts."

me:lah

Some

'e:ng'

'a:ya[']diwine:l

were saying,

whits'iłting'-tł'o:l'

"My bowstring

ło'n

mouse

dahyik'ingya'n-e:-xolung

has chewed up."

Others were saying, "A mouse has chewed up my bowstring."

hayah-mił

And

xoł-ch'itehsde:tł'

they ran after them.

hayah

There

ch'e:'indigit

they ran down.

Others ran after the attacking party.

me'dil*

Canoes

yehxo:ti'a:n

they ran in.

ta'na:n

Water

xoł ya:łde:wiming'il

they filled with them.

tehwilts'it

Sank

hay

those

me'dil-ne'in

canoes used to be.

When they jumped into their canoes to give chase they filled with water and sank. The mice had gnawed holes in them.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

sahna:nde'n

they went home.

xonchiwh-dich'e:ch'

Rough-nose

xokil

his brother

na'tehłte:n

took home with him.

Then Rough-nose, carrying his brother, went safely home.

hayah

Here

no:nt'ik'

is the end.