k'inchiwhi-q'it

At Kintcu:whwhikut

k'ixinay

Kiixunai

ch'itehłchwe:n

one after the other grew

minłun-e:

ten,

ła'

one

tsumehstł'o:n

woman.

At Kintcu:whwhikut there grew ten Kiixunai and one woman.

hay-'ung'

And

na:na:tuł-ding

stepping down place

miyeh

under

ch'e'ite'

he used to lie.

hay-'ung'

And

chwung'

dirt

mił

with

xowung na:ya'de'itul

over him - they used to drag their feet.

One of the brothers who was covered with scabs lay next to the steps in the sweat-house where the others stepped over him with their dirty feet.

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him,

na:tse:s

"Arrows

miloy'-ne'

you must feather,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him.

Once the head-man of the family commanded him to feather arrow-shafts.

digyung

"Here

nohoł

from us

yinuqi-yima:n

south across

'e:na:ng'

it is

k'iłdik'-kyoh

woodpecker

yaykiwilt'a:ts'

blanket of strips

siłkyo:s

lies

me'

in something.

"Here across the river toward the south hangs a blanket made of woodpecker scalps in rows," he said.

ch'idilye:

Dance

mine:jit

middle

me'

in

che'iye'n

he always stands.

"The man who stands in the middle of the dance always wears that blanket."

hay-'ung'

"And

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

he told him,

xa'

"Come,

we:dił

we will go."

"Very well, let us go," said the brother who was covered with scabs.

haya:-ch'ing'

There

minłung

ten

-xw

places

mich'ing'ah

near it

ts'iste:ch'

they lay.

niłne:jit

A little way from each other

minłung

ten

-xw

places

ts'iste:ch'

they lay.

They found ten men lying there a little way from each other.

hay

The

xo'ch

very

mine:jit

middle

na:nahłtsis

it hung.

Right in the middle was hanging the blanket.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

na:na'wiłkyo:s

he took it down,

hay-yo:w

that

t'e'

blanket.

xotis

Over them

no:na:ya'diwita:l

he stepped.

The scabby brother stepping over them took the blanket down.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

hay-ye:w

that distant one

min'day'-ch'in'-ding

outside

ts'iste:n

he lay

ch'ixondehsne'

found him out.

The man lying on the outside first discovered what had hapened.

t'e'

"Blanket

nohwung

from us

dahch'idiwiłkyo:s

he has taken away,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said.

"He has taken the blanket away from us," he cried.

xola'-me'

His hand in

sila:

lies

hay-yo:w

that

na:tse:s

arrow.

Then the scabby one in whose hand lies the arrow threw himself with it.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And then

'a:dił-ya:na'k'iłqoch

he threw it with himself

me'dilding

Medilding

yinuqi-yima:n

south across

na:na:diwing'a'

it stood up.

The arrow came down on the west side of the Trinity river south of Medildin.

hayah

There

no'xo:'awhil

they kept arriving

hay

those

xoł ch'iwidil

following him.

Those who were pursuing him came there.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

that

ya:na'k'iłqoch'

he threw again.

He threw himself with it again.

tse:mit'ah

Tsemita

na:na:diwing'a'-e:

it stood up.

This time it came down at Tsemita.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'a:dił-ya:na'k'iłqoch

he threw it with himself again.

hijit

Then

misq'it

Miskut

yima:nch'ing'

across from

na:na:diwing'a'

it stood up.

Again he threw it landing opposite Miskut.

hay

That

ya:na'k'iłqoch'

he threw.

q'ay'-no:ng'a:-ding

Kaino:ngading

na:na:diwing'a'-e:

it stood up.

From there he threw himself with it to Kainonadin.

hay

That

ya:na'k'iłqoch'

he threw again

yinuq

south.

na:na:diwing'a'-e:

It stood up,

'ehs-ch'ing'

Estcing.

Then he threw the arrow with himself back to Estcin.

haya:ł

And

[xoy'e:]

behind him

ch'ite:dimil

they fell one after another.

Those who were following him fell behind.

haya:ł

And

hay

that

ya:na'k'iłqoch'

he threw again.

tse:yeh-ding

Tseyeding

na:na:diwing'a'-e:

it stood up.

He threw it again coming down at Tseyedin.

hay

That

ya:na'k'iłqoch'

he threw again.

niłtuqi-lay

NiLtukalai

na:na:diwing'a'-e:

it stood up.

The next time he threw it landed with him at NiLtukalai.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

yida(h)-xo-mingwah-ch'ing'

Yiidaxo:mingwatcing

łah-xw

without reason

'a:ch'ilaw

he did it.

Then without special reason he threw it to Yidaxominwatcin.

haya:ł

And

q'ut

dahch'idiwiłkyo:s

he took it away.

ła'ay

The one

ch'iwiłkyo:sił

taking it along

ła'ay-xw

really

je:lo'

djelo:

me'

in

no'niłkyo:s

he put it.

Having succeeded in taking away the blanket he put it into a storage basket.

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

xowung

to him

no:na:wh ninde:tł'

to marry came

nahnin

two

yiduqa-to:-no:ng'a:-ding

eastern water

de:-mił

from.

After a time two maidens came to marry him from the shore of the eastern world.

hay-'ung'

And

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

she said to him,

niwung

"To you

no:na:wh ninde:tł'

they came to marry."

hay

xołtishch'e'

His younger sister

'a:yxo:łne'

kept telling him.

"They have come to marry you," said the sister to the scabby brother.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xwa:

for him

ta'k'ime:tł'

they made soup

nahdiyaw

dentalia

mitsing'

its meat.

The stranger women made soup for them of dentalia meat.

ła'ay-xw

Really

ch'inehłya:n-e:

he ate it up,

hay-yo:w

that

łoh-kyahtse:

scabs

wha:ne:

only.

The scabby brother was the only one who could eat it.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xoł ya'tehsyay

with them he went

hay-yo:w

that one.

na'tehsde:tł'

They went back.

yo:w

That

k'inchiwhi-q'it

Kintcu:whwhikut

diq'a:n

ridge

yiduq

up

me:na:ya:'isde:tł'

they started back.

Then he went with them along the ridge from Kintcu:whwhikut toward the east.

hijit-'ung'

Then

'a'de:ne'

she said,

yo:w

"That

milay'

on top

xe'e:diwa:tł'-e:

disappears over the hill

mił

then

'a:yninsin-ne'

you must think

yiduqa-to:-no:ng'a:-ding

eastern water's edge

yima:nch'ing'

across

xolung ch'e'ningya:

he must have arrived."

Before they left one of the women told his sister that when the feathers on his head-dress disappeared behind the crest of the mountain she might know he had reached the eastern world.

ch'e'ninde'tł'-hit

When they got there

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

she told him,

xo'dzi-nehwa:n

"Carefully

ye'intuł-ne'

you must step in

hay

that

me'dil

canoe.

When they came to the shore of the body of water which separates the eastern world from this, one of his wives cautioned him to step into the canoe with care.

to:-nehwa:n*

Black obsidian

me'dil

canoe

'e:ng'

it is

hay

that

yehwidqeh-te:

will come."

The canoe, which had come to ferry them across, was made of black obsidian, on which ordinarily one would slip and hurt himself.

hay-'ung'

And

'unt'e:

many

na'wa:

were there

hay

who

k'ita:łts'it-xosin

were soaking acorns.

q'osta:n

Hats

łiqay

white

łah-xw

just

no:ninłiq'-nehwa:n

dough put on the ground like.

So many woman were making soup by the water's edge that the ground was white with their hats, as if dough had been spread over it.

hay-'ung'

And

xowung

at him

ło'-xowinse'n

they laughed.

The women laughed at him as he walked along.

hay-yo:w

That one

'a:'int'e'

how he appeared

ch'iqa:l

he walked

ch'e:wehł

carrying

hay

xotehł-na'we

his quiver.

'unt'eh ye:

How it looked

na:xowiloy'

his belt.

His quiver looked as badly as he.

na:ye:w-xw-mił

From here and there a long way

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

one said to him,

whiwunda:n

"My son-in-law."

When he was yet a long way off he heard someone calling him son-in-law.

na:ye:w-xw-mił

From here and there a long way

k'iye:

again

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

one said to him,

whiwunda:n

"My son-in-law."

minłung-xoh-mił

Ten places from

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

one said to him,

whiwunda:ne'

"My son-in-law."

He heard himself called that way ten times.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

xontah

house

yehch'iwinyay

he went in,

hijit

then

q'ut

ta:ya'k'ime:tł'

they made soup.

hijit-'ung'

Then

minłung

ten

me'

in

xoch'ing'

to him

yehch'iwingxa:n

she brought in

hay

that

sa'xa:wh

soup.

When he came to the house of his wives he went in. They made soup and brought him ten baskets full.

hay-'ung'

Then

'aht'ing

all

me'

in

ch'inehłya:n

he ate up.

He ate it all.

ye:

"Ye!"

ya:ch'ondehsne'

they thought,

q'ut

xolun-tehł

"he will be the one."

"Ye! he will be the one," they thought.

hayahujit-'ung'

And when

no'k'iningya'n

he finished,

hijit

then

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

yehch'iwingyay

he went in.

When the meal was over the men went into the sweat-house.

xoł-no:k'inilit

He finished sweating

hijit-'ung'

then

na'wime'

he swam.

After the scabby one had finished sweating he went out to swim.

hijit

Then

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

he said to him,

do:-xolin-tah

"No place

'e:ng'

it is

xoling

there is

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweathouse wood.

Then someone said to him, "You can't find sweat-house wood around here.

digyung

Here

nohoł

from us

yide'-yiduq

northeast

wha:ne:

only

'unt'e:

there is

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweat-house wood.

Northeast from here is the only sweat-house wood."

xoninsohch

Mink

'a:n'

said it.

It was Mink who told him this.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

ch'itehsde:tł'

they started

mixa:

after it.

Then they two went there after it.

hayah

There

ch'ininde:tł'

they arrived.

hijit-'ung'

Then

ch'iwiłk'il

he split with his hands

hay-yo:w

that

k'inehst'a:n

Tan oak.

The scabby one took a Tan oak and split it to its roots with his hands.

ła'ay-xw

Really

mixa:ch'e'-ch'ing'

to the root

no:ndik'il-e:

that far he split it.

hayahujit

And then

ya:na:'isk'il

he split it up.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

minłung

ten

ts'isloy'

bundles he tied.

Then he split it up and made ten bundles of it.

hijit

Then

q'ut

na'tehsde:tł'

they went home.

chwola'

Five

wiloy'

bundles

xong

himself

ya'winge:n

He carried.

yo:w

That one

q'ing'

too,

chwola'

five

wiloy'

bundles

ya'winge:n

carried,

xoninsohch

Mink.

They went back each carrying five bundles.

xontah-ding

Village

miwah-ch

near

hijit

then

'aht'ing

all

łe:na:'isloy'

he tied together.

hijit-'ung'

Then

xoq'it

on him

dahch'iwing'a:n

he placed it.

When they were near the village they put the wood down. Having tied them all together, Mink lifted them all onto the back of the scabby man.

hijit

Then

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

he told him,

xo'dzi-nehwa:n

"Carefully

no:ng'awh-ne'

you must put it down

hay

the

nime:tł'-ding

you bring place."

"Put them down carefully wherever you take them," he said.

hayahujit-'ung'

Then

q'ut

xote:lit

he smoked himself.

Then the scabby fellow smoked himself.

hijit-'ung'

Then

no'nilit-hit

when he finished sweating

to:-ch'ing'

at the river

na'wime'

he swam.

When he was through he went to the river to swim.

ła'ay-xw

Really

ye:w

way

yide'

down

xa:ngxe:n-e:

he came up.

He came to the surface of the water way down stream.

hay

His

xwe:da'ay

hair

xwe:di-kya' 'unt'eh

how it looked!

How beautiful his hair looked!

hay

Those

k'ita:łts'it-xosin

soaking acorns

łah-xw

just

noyniłkit-nehwa:n

like fog it appeared.

There were so many women making soup by the riverside that the steam of the cooking settled over the place like a fog.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a'de:ne'

one said,

k'inchiwhi-q'it

"Kintcu:whhwikut

mił

from

'ut-t'e:n

he married

ch'itehslah

is drowning.

One of the woman said, "That fellow who came here from Kintcu:whwhikut and married is drowned."

nixung'

Your husband

tehslah

is drowning,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she told her,

hay-yo:w

that one.

"Your husband is drowned," she told one of the wives.

hay-'ung'

And

xa:na:'usdiya:-hit

when he came up

na'xotehłchwo:gy

he swept

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

me:q'

inside.

When he had come up from the river, now no longer scabby, he swept the sweat-house.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

he said to him,

xa'

"Come,

xontah

house

yehna:ydił

let us go in.

"Come," said Mink to him, "let us go into the house.

yisxun-de'

Tomorrow

'e:ng'

it is

k'itiquch-te:

shinny will be played

whiq'e:y

my brother-in-law,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him.

Tomorrow there will be shinny-playing."

q'ut

ya'k'iwingya'n

They ate.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

yisxung-hit

next day

q'ut

ch'ixotehłte:n

he took him along.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

mił-k'itiquch

shinny stick

xola'

his hand

me'

in

no'ninta:n

he put.

The next day Mink took the stranger along to the game and handed him a shinny stick.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

niłq'eh-niłchwit

toward the ground he pressed.

ła'ay-xw

Really

sigya:s-e:

it broke.

When the one who had been scabby pressed down on it to test it, it broke.

k'iye:

Again

na:ła'

another

xowa:'inta:n

he gave him.

k'iye:

Again

hay

the

xa'a:ch'ilaw

same thing he did.

ła'ay-xw

Really

sigya:s-e:

it broke

k'iye:

again.

Mink gave him another which broke also.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a'de:ne'

he said,

q'ut

xa'

"Well,

xa:t'i-heh

let it go."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xokya:ng'ay-q'eh

his arm

xa'winta:n

he drew from

mił-k'itiquch

shinny stick

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone.

"Well, let it go," said the guest and drew from his arm a shinny stick of blue-stone.

'e:ng'

"It is

nich'ing'ah

before you

ya:duqay

wall stick up

ch'ischwin'-te:

he will make,"

xo[ł]-ch'ide:ne'

he told him.

"They will make a wall come between you and the goal," his companion told him.

hay-'ung'

Then

hay

that

yiwundimil-e:

went through.

He sent the balls right through the wall.

wilwe:tł'-e:

Until night

xa'a:ya[']xoł'ing-xw

they did that with him.

They played until night.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

na'ne:wehsdilay

he won.

hijit

Then

q'ut

na:ya'tehsde:tł'

they went home.

Having won, Mink and the man from Kintcu:whwikut went home.

hayahujit

And

q'ut

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ts'isda:-te:

"He will stay,"

hay-yo:w

that one.

"He will stay here," thought the father of the wives.

hijit-'ung'

And then

yisxung-hit

next day

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xowung

"To them

na:te:sdiya:-te:

I will go back."

hay

The

minłung

ten

xołing

his brothers

hay-yo:w

that one

xołtishch'e'

his sister

q'ina'

too.

The next day the one who had been scabby concluded to return to his brothers and sister.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

na:tehsdiyay

he went home.

na:'ndiyay-e:

He got back to

k'inchiwhi-q'it

Kintcu:whwhikut

hay-yo:w

his

xołing

brothers

wung

to.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

his

xołtishch'e'

sister

'ahłch'ide:ne'

he told,

yiduqa-to:-no:ng'a:-ding

"To the eastern water's edge

te:se:tł'-te:

we will go."

When he got back to Kintcu:whwhikut he said to his sister, "Let us go to the eastern world."

hay-yo:w

Those

xołing

his brothers

'e:ng'

it was

me:w-na:sita:n

meu:nasitan*

łah

once

wha:ne:

only

mił

with

xwe:k'ine'

went around.

He gave to each of his brothers a woodpecker head-dress.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

ch'itehsde:tł'

they two went.

The brother and the sister went away.

de:t

Now

na[']dil-e:

they are

haya:-ch'ing'

there.

They are there now.

hay

This

'e:ng'

is

xoch'idilye'

his dance,

hay-de:t

this

hun'i-q'eh

river along

ch'idilye:

dance.

This along-the-river-dance is his.

k'iwinya'n-ya:n-tah-ding

"In the Indian world

xa'a[']k'ił'in-te:

that way they will do,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said.

"In the Indian world they will do this way," he said.

ła'

"One

tsumehstł'o:n

woman,

łiwung

one of them

q'ina'

too

xo'osday-te:

a man will be

hay

who

ch'ixowiłchwe:lił-te:

will fix the dance place.

"There will be one man and one woman who will fix the dancing place.

whe:

My

whinist'e'

body

hay

xokyung

his mind

minya:-te:

will come to

hay

who

xa'a'k'iwilehł-te:

will do that."

My body will come to the mind of the man who will do that."