yima:ni-yinuq

Across south

ta:q'

three

ta'na:n

bodies of water

na:ngxa'

were.

Across the ocean towards the south were three bodies of water.

ch'iningyay

He went there.

Yiimantuuwingyai went there.

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

In the Indian world

do: tiliw

never come;

ch'inehł'e'n

he looked at

ta'na:n

the water;

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

tse:l-nehwa:n

red

hay

that

do: tiliw

never come.

He saw there the red eels which never come to this world.

hay

"They

tehsde'tł'-te:

will come,"

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

tehsde'tł'-te:

"They will come."

"They will come," he thought.

haya:ł

And

k'idiwink'il

the bank slid out.

haya:ł

And

tehsde:tł'

they went.

The bank of the lake slid out and some of the eels went out with the water.

haya:ł

And

ch'itehsyay

he went

mił

with them

tiwimah

shore along.

yima:ni-yinahch'ing

Across south

mił

with them

ch'itehsyay

he went.

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

The mouth of the Klamath

hayah

there

no[']ninde:tł'

they stopped.

Yiimantuuwingyai himself walked along the shore and accompanied the eels until he came to the mouth of the Klamath river.

haya:ł

And

hayah

there

xona:

for him

dahwehsdil

they waited.

There they stopped and waited for him.

ch'iwinda'

One stayed there.

haya:ł

And

tima'-ch'iłchwe:*

tima he makes.

There at the mouth of the Klamath a TimatciLtcwe (one who stops the run of fish) lives.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep

hay

who

tima'-'iłchwe:

tima make."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ch'e:nileh-te:

"They will dive out

nikyung-sa'a:n

your heart

me:w*

under.

ch'e:nileh-te:

They will dive

me:w

under."

"You who stop the run of fish, you will go to sleep," thought Yiimantuuwingyai, "and the fish will go through without your knowledge."

ch'iqa:l

He walked along

mił

with

hay tł'iwhxa:n

eels.

łe:na:lding

Weitchpec

hayah

there

ch'iningyay

he came.

Yiimantuuwingyai walked along the Klamath accompanying the eels until he came to Weitchpec, where another TimatciLtcwe lived.

haya:ł

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said to him

tima'-ch'iłchwe:

to TimatciLtcwe,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep.

ch'e:nileh-te:

They will dive

nikyun-sa'a:n

your heart

me:w

under."

Yiimantuuwingyai said to him, "You will go to sleep; fish will go through without your knowledge."

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-xoling tindil

"They will never go."

"They will never go on up the Klamath," thought Yiimantuuwingyai.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ninis'a:n

"Mountain

ta'na:n

water

diwehs'a'-te:*

will go across."

"A mountain shall project into the water to prevent it."

haya:ł

And

ch'itehsyay

he went on.

He went on up the Trinity.

ch'inehł'e'n

He saw

hay

the

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

widil

coming.

He saw that the eels were coming along.

haya:ł

And

ch'iningyay

he came

yo:t

over there.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-xoling tindil

"They won't go

yinuq

south.

xayah-me'*

Xaiyame

noleh

water-fall

hay

that

me'

in

nahsde'tł'-te:

they will stay."

When he got quite a way up he thought, "These eels won't go on towards the south; they will stay in the waterfall at Xaiyame."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

na:te:sdiya:-te:

"I will go back."

"I will go back again," he thought.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do: me:diwhchwing

"I don't want

hay-yo:w

these

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels

mingk'il'e:n*

mingkilen

do:-xoling yita:n

shall not eat."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xoyiwingyun'-te:

"If she does eat them,

do:-xoling duxo:-'a[']t'e:n

they won't die

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

hay-yo:w

those

whe: whe:y

mine."

"I don't want a mingkilen to eat my eels," he thought, "but if she does eat them, these eels of mine won't die.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

k'iłchwe:*

"KiLtcwe

yiwingyun'-te:

will eat them

xoh

without harm."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-xolin duxo:-'a[']t'e:n

"They won't die.

hayah

There

niwho:n-te:

they will be good."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ła:n

"Many

'a:ylah-te:

they will catch.

KiLtcwe may eat them without harm; the eels won't die; they will be good and many will be caught."

minłung

Ten

me'dil

canoes

de:wimin'-te:

will be filled."

"Ten canoes will be filled with them," he thought.

na[']tehsdiyay

He went back.

He went back again.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

whe:-'e:ng'

"I,"

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:wilehł-te:

he will do."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

na:te:sdiya:-te:

"I am going back."

"I will do this again; I will go back across the ocean towards the south."

yima:ni-yinuq

Across south

haya:-ch'ing'

there

na:'ndiyay

he got back

yima:n-yinuq

across south.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

k'iye:

"Again

na:te:sdiya:-te:

I will go back."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

te:se:la:-te:

"I am going to take them."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

k'iye:

"Again

na:te:sdiyay

I am going back."

When he got back there he thought, "I will go again; I will take them with me."

yinahch'ing

From the south

mił

with them

k'iye:

again

na:'ndiyay

he got back to

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

the mouth of the Klamath.

He went northward again to the mouth of the Klamath.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep,

nikyung-sa'a:n

your heart

kiwingun'-te:

will go to sleep,

me:w

under it

ch'e'ininde'tł'-te:

they will go out."

"You will go to sleep," he thought of the TimatciLtcwe. "Your heart will go to sleep; without your knowing it the eels will go past."

haya:ł

And

ch'iqa:l

he walked along

mił

with

hay

those

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

łe:na:lding

to Weitchpec.

He walked along accompanying the eels to Weitchpec.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

yima:ntiw'winyay

Yiimantuuwingyai

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:wilah-te:

it will be done.

whe: whe:y

Mine

ma:

for

na:sehłchwin'-te:

I am doing it again."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-xoling tindil

"They won't go on."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

digyung

"Here

nahsde'tł'-te:

they will stay."

"This is the way it will be done," thought Yiimantuuwingyai, "they won't go on; they will stay here," he thought.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

whe:

"Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of

hay

'He

na:'ischwe'n

did it.'

"They will say of me, 'He did this.'

xoh

Without harm

yiwingyun'-te:

she will eat,

k'iłchwe:

kiLtcwe.

KiLtcwe will eat them without harm.

do:-xoling

They won't

'idaw

melt away

whe: whe:y

my eels."

My eels will not melt away.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

mingk'il'e:n

"Mingkilen

xoh

without harm

yiwingyun'-te:

will eat them.

xa'a[']t'in-te:

They will do that,"

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

Minkilen may eat them without harm.

hayah-mił

"And

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

minłung

ten

me'dil

canoes

de:wimin'-te:

will be filled.

Ten canoes shall be filled with eels.

'aht'in-din

Everywhere

xa[h]diyah-te:

they will do that.

It will be that way everywhere.

hay

That

niwho:n-te:

will be good."

It will be good," he thought.

na[']tehsdiyay

He went back

yima:n-yinuq

across to the south.

He went back south across the ocean.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

He thought,

te:se:ya:-te:

"I will go

k'iye:

again.

"I will go again," he thought.

ła:n

Many

me:diwhchwing

I want."

"I want my eels."

ła:n

Many

tiliw

came.

tiwimah

Along the shore

yinahch'ing

from the south

na[']tehsdiyay

he went back.

haya:ł

And

ch'iningyay

he came back

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

to the mouth of the Klamath

He went along the shore from the south until he came to the mouth of the Klamath.

ła:n

Many were.

haya:ł

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said to him,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep.

He said to the TimatciLtcwe, "You will go to sleep.

ch'e:nileh-te:

They will go out

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

whe: whe:y

mine.

q'a:de'

Soon

ning

you,

nikiwingun'-te:

you will go to sleep."

My eels will go on when you go to sleep."

hay

That

me:q'

in

ch'itehsyay

he went.

haya:ł

And

łe:na:lding

at Weitchpec,

q'a:de'

"Soon

nikiwingun'-te:

you will go to sleep,"

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

He went on up the Klamath to Weitchpec. "Soon you will go to sleep," he said to the TimatciLtcwe.

hayah-mił

And

ła'ay

"One

nił

for you

ch'e:wehslin'-te:

will flow out,

whe: whe:y

mine

hay-de:t

this

whe: whe:y

mine

ta'na:n

water

whe: whe:y

mine.

"Only one river will flow for you, my eels; this one, my river.

hay

This

miq'i[t]

in

hay-de:t

these

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

hay

this

miq'i[t]

in

yehwinde'tł'-te:

they will go in.

In this my river the eels will go.

do:-xoling tiliw

They won't go

yiduq

east."

They won't go east," he thought.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hay

"The

ninis'a:n

mountain

ta:wehs'a'

will project

mich'ing'ah

in front."

"A mountain will project into the water in front of them.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ła'ay

"Only one

nił

for you

ch'e:wehslin'-te:

will flow out."

One river will flow out for you.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'o:'ine'

he kept thinking,

hay

"This

miq'i[t]

in

yehwinde'tł'-te:

they will go."

They will go into this one," he kept thinking.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:wilehł-te:

he will do,

whiq'eh

my way

'a:ch'idyaw

he does.

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of

xa'a:na'idyaw

'He did that way.'

"He will say of me, 'He did that way.'

whe:

I

de:t

now

do: 'o:ylun'-te:

I will quit."

Now I will quit."

haya:ł

And

ch'itehsyay

he went along.

ch'inehł'e'n

He looked at

hay

those

tł'iwhxa:n

eels.

As he went along he looked at the eels.

ch'iningyay

He got back.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

He thought,

de:t

"This

me:q'

in

do:-xolin tindil

they won't go.

"They won't go into this river (Klamath)," he thought.

de:t

This

me:q'

in

xowiłtsay-e:-de'

until it becomes dry

na:dił-xw

they will live

hay-de:t

these

whe: whe:y

mine."

"They will live in this river of mine even when it becomes shallow.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:ch'idyah-te:

he will do.

He (the coming priest) will do this way," he thought.

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of

xa'a:na'idyaw

'He did that way.'

haya:ł

"And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

tł'iwhxa:n

"Eels

de:-q'

this way

'a:ch'ilah-te:

he will treat."

"He will say of me, 'He did that way;' he will do this way with the eels."

chiwinya'n

He ate them

hay

where

k'e:na[']wił'na'-ding

he cooked them.

Then Yiimantuuwingyai ate them where he had cooked them.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"'This way

ch'in

they say

'a:ch'ilaw

he did,'

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

they will say of.

"He will say of me, 'I hear he did this way.'

chwola'-ding

Five

yisxa:n

days

hayah

there

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

ch'iwingyun'-te:

he will eat."

He shall eat eels there for five days."

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do: ch'inehłya'n

"He did not eat up

hay

those

tł'iwhxa:n

eels."

He did not eat all of those eels.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:ch'ilah-te:

he will do.

xwa:-wehsle'-de'

If he gets enough

de:na[']diwila:-te:

he will put in the fire

hay-de:t

this

k'ima:w

medicine.

hay-mił

With this

de[']diwila:-te:

he will put in the fire

xwa:-wehsle'-de'

if he gets enough.

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will talk about."

"This is the way he will do," Yiimantuuwingyai thought, "when he gets enough he will throw the remainder in the fire; with this medicine he will tell of my deeds.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xa'a[']wilehł-te:

"He will do that way

chwola'-ding

five

yiłxay

mornings."

This way he will do for five mornings."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

ch'iwinyun'-te:

"She will eat,"

haya:ł

and

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

yide:xoniwiyehł-de'

"When she is through her menstruation."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hay

"That

niwho:n-te:

will be good.

do:-xoling duxo:-'a:t'e:n

It won't die.

"When a woman is through with her period of seclusion she may eat the eels; they will not die.

hay

This

de:t

de:-q'

this way

'a:wileh[ł]-te:

she will do.

'a:dixun-de'

When she is hungry

yiwingyun'-te:

she will eat."

She may eat them if she is hungry," he thought.

haya:ł

And

dahch'inehsday

he fished.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

de:-q'

"This way

'a:ch'ilah-te:

he will do.

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of,

xa'a:na'idyaw

'He did that way,'

whiłch'ide:ne'

he will say of me.

Yiimantuuwingyai fished for eels thinking, "Hereafter the priest will do this way; he will say of me, 'He did that way.'"

xoh

Even if

diywho'

some

do: ch'iwingxun-te:

he does not catch,

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will talk about."

"Even if he does not catch anything, nevertheless he will talk about me."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

k'ixa:q'

net

ch'e'nin'a:n

he took out

miday'

outside.

Then he took the net outside.

yisxun-de'

Tomorrow

de:-q'

this way

hayi-q'

this way

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will talk of.

"Tomorrow he will talk about me this way.

yisxun-de'

Tomorrow

hay

dahna:se:da:-te:

I will go fishing."

Tomorrow I will go fishing.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

'aht'in-ding

"Everywhere

yisxun-de'

tomorrow

dahno:te:de'tł'-te:

everybody will fish."

Everybody will fish tomorrow."

haya:ł

And

dahch'inehsday

he fished.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of me."

Yiimantuuwingyai fished and thought to himself, "He will say of me this way he did."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:na'idyaw

he did."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:wilehł-te:

will do

hay

the

tł'iwhxa:n

eels."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xoh yiwinyun'-te:

"Even if she eats them,

xokyun-k'iya:t

woman who has suffered miscarriage

hay-de:t

these

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels,

hayi-heh

anyhow

do:-xoling 'idaw

they won't melt away."

"A woman who has suffered miscarriage may eat them without doing harm; even if she eats them the run of eels will not disappear."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

na:te:sdiya:-te:

"I will go back."

"I will go back," he thought.

yima:ni-yinuq

Across south

k'iye:

again

na[']tehsdiyay

he went back

ma:

for it

tiwimah

along the shore

yinahch'ing

from the south.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

mouth of the Klamath

hayah

there

k'iye:

again

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep;

hay

that

me:q'

during

ch'e'inde:'tł'-te:

they will come out.

nikiwingun'-te:

You will go to sleep

hay

that

me:q'

during

hay-de:t

these

tł'iwhxa:n

eels,"

ch'o:xondehsne'

he thought of him.

Then having gone back he soon came along the shore again from the south until he came to the mouth of the Klamath. There again he said to the TimatciLtcwe, "You will go to sleep, and while you sleep they will go past."

ch'iwa'ul

He carried along

hay

that

k'ima:w*

medicine,

xok'iwinya'nya:n'

his hand

me'

in

hay

it

na'a'a'

he had,

hay

that

ma:

for

na:'ischwe'n

he made it.

Yiimantuuwingyai was carrying along medicine in his hand while he was saying this.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

He thought,

xa'a[']wilehł-te:

"He will do that

hayah-de'-ch

and then

ch'iwingyun'-te:

he will eat

hayi

them.

"He (the coming priest) will do that, and then he will eat them," thought Yiimantuuwingyai.

ma:n

For that reason

na'a'a'

he always has

hay k'ima:w

that medicine.

That is why he always carries the medicine.

łah-xw

For nothing

do:-xoling ch'ita:n

he will not eat.

de:-q'

This way

łah-xw

k'ima:w

medicine

'e:din

without

k'isa[']wingya:-te:*

he will go into somebody's mouth,

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of

hay

this

mił

with

hay-de:t

this

hay

the

k'ixa:q'

net

king

pole

whe:

me

do:

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-de'

if he does not tell."

If he eats the eels without the medicine he will be bitten by a rattlesnake.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-niwho:ng

"It is not good

'a:ch'idyaw

he did."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

do:-xoling nungyay

"You will not live.

hay-de:t

This

do:-niwho:ng-xw

not a good way

'undiyaw

you did.

"You will not live," he thought, "this was not a good thing that you did.

łah-xw gya'

Just that way

do:-xoling nungyay

you may not live.

I wish that you may not live.

xoh

Even if

do: ch'iwingxa:n

he does not catch any

de:-q'

this way

xoh

even if

do: ch'iwingxa:n

he does not catch any,

hayi-heh

even then

k'isleh-te:

they will catch many

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-de'

if he talks about.

hayi-heh

Even then

ła:n

many

'a:ylah-te:

they will catch.

Even if he does not catch any eels he must talk about me. Even then many eels will be caught.

de:-q'

This way

do'n

niwho:ng

is good

de:-q'

this way

hay

this

whe:

mine.

hay

He

do: na[']wa:-te:

will not live

whe:

do: 'a:whiłch'ide:n'-de'

if he does not tell me

dungwho'

somebody."

If he does not talk about me he will not live."

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

na:te:sdiya:-te:

"I will go back,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

"I will go back," he thought.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

duxwe:t

"What

'awhdiyah-te:

am I going to do?"

"What am I going to do?

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xwa:

"For him

na:sehłchwin'-te:

I will make it."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

ch'iwiyung'ił-te:

he will eat.

whe:

I

xwa:

for him

'a:na:whlah-te:

will do it.

I will do this for him. This way he will eat them.

na'a'a'

He always has it

de:-q'

this way

che'iying'-hit

when he stands

ch'iwingyun'-de'

if he eats

xwa:-wehsle'-te:

he will get enough.

If he eats, having the medicine in his hands as I have it, he will get enough.

de:na[']diwing'un-te:

He will put in the fire;

hay-de:t

this

k'ima:w

medicine

mił

with

łe:na[']nila:-te:

he will build a fire.

He will put the remainder in the fire with this medicine and burn it.

hay

This

miwung'

half,

xwa:-wehsle'-de'

if he gets enough,

do:-xoling na[']ta'awh

he won't carry

xontah-ch'ing'

to the house.

He will not carry to the house what is left after he gets enough.

de:-q'

This way

'a:na:ch'ilah-te:

he will do.

hayi-q'

This way

ch'iwingyun'-te:

he will eat."

This is the way he shall do; this is the way he shall eat.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

minłun-ding

"Ten

yisxun-de'

days

dahna:ne:se:da:-te:

I will fish.

Ten days I will fish," thought Yiimantuuwingyai.

hayi-q'

This way

ch'iwiyun'ił-te:

he will eat."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:na:ch'ilah-te:

he will do.

"This way he will do," he thought.

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of

hayi-q'

'This way

'a:na'idyaw

he did.'

"He will say of me, 'He did this way.'

whe:

I

na:te:sdiya:-te:

will go back.

I will go back.

q'ut

Already

na:sehłchwing'

I have made it

ya:xwa:

for them."

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

q'ut

"Already

me:nehłxe'

I have finished,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

Already I have finished.

q'ut

'ah'ting-q'i-'unt'e:

"Everything

hay

the

tł'iwhxa:n

eels,"

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

'ah'ting-q'i-'unt'e:

"every kind

yiwingyun'-te:

will eat.

All kinds of people will eat the eels.

hayi-heh

Nevertheless

me:na:yliwh-te:

I will watch them.

I will watch the eels.

hay-yo:w

Those

hay

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels

whe:

I

ne:ł'in'-te:

will look at.

I will look at my eels.

niwho:ng-xw

Good

'unt'e:

they appear.

They appear good.

do:-xoling na:nahłdow

They won't dodge

hay-yo:w

those

hay

tł'iwhxa:n

eels.

They won't dodge away from the net.

q'ut

Already

'aht'ing

every kind

yiwingyun'-te:

eats them.

k'iłchwe:

KiLtcwe

yiwingyun'

eats

hay

these

whe: whe:y

mine;

mingk'il'e:n

mingkilen

hay

these

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels.

Already all kinds of people eat them, even kiLtcwe, and mingkilen.

do: nahsdow

They don't dodge

whe: whe:y

mine.

My eels won't dodge away from the net.

niwinwhong'

Good it is

'aht'in

all.

All is good.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:winehł-te:

it will be.

hayi-heh

Nevertheless

miwhliwh-te:

I will watch them

hay

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels.

whe:

He

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

will say of me,

hayi-q'

'This way

'a:na'idyaw

he did.'

It will be this way, nevertheless I will watch my eels; he will say of me, 'He did this way.'

hay

That

niwingwhong'-te:

will be good.

They will be good.

q'ut

Already

niwingwhong'

it is good.

Already they are good.

whe:

I

hay

na:sehłchwe'n

will make that.

hayi-q'

That way

ch'iwinyun'-te:

he will eat.

He (the priest) will eat this way.

q'ut

'aht'ing

All

yiwingyun'-te:

will eat them.

Everybody will eat them.

whe:

I

me:nehłxe'

have finished.

I have finished.

q'ut

do: nahsdow

They won't dodge.

They won't dodge.

q'in'

Already

niwingwhong'

it is good.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:winehł-te:

it will be.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

q'ut

de:t

"Now

na:te:sdiya:-te:

I will go back

yima:n-yinuq

across south."

Now I will go back across to the south."

haya:ł

And

yima:n-yinuq

across south

na:'ndiyay

he got back.

haya:ł

And

na[']tehsdiyay

he got back

yima:ni-yinahch'ing

across south

k'iye:

again.

haya:ł

And

do:-xohsle'

all gone

hay

that

ta'na:n

water.

When he got back the water in which the fish lived was all gone.

'aht'ing

All

k'idik'ił

the banks slide out

ch'iswchwe'n

he made

hay

that

me'

in

dahwidił-ne'in

they used to live.

He made the banks of the ponds slide out.

haya:ł

And

ma:

for that

na[']tehsdiyay

he came back.

yinahch'ing

From the south

de:t

this

wha:ne:

only

q'ut

'aht'ing

all.

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

To the mouth of the Klamath

na:'ndiyay

he got back.

Then he came back from the south along the shore of the ocean to the mouth of the Klamath.

do: no:'awh

He never put down

hay

that

k'ima:w

medicine

xok'iwinya'nya:n'

his hand

me'

in.

He never ceased having the medicine in his hand.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

He thought

hay

that

tima'-ch'iłchwe:

TimatciLtcwe,

nikiwingun-te:

"You will go to sleep

hay

that

me:q'

during

'aht'ing

all

ch'e:nileh-te:

will dive out.

"You will go to sleep," he thought of the TimatciLtcwe.

nikiwingun'-te:

You will sleep

hay

that

me:q'

while.

"While you sleep, they will go by.

łah-xw gya'

I wish

nije:'

your mind

k'isdah-te:

would melt away.

I wish something would cause your mind to melt away.

hay

That

me:q'

while

tehsde'tł'-te:

they will go."

They will go while that happens."

ch'itehsyay

He went along.

łe:na:lding

To Weitehpec

ch'iningyay

he came.

Yiimantuuwingyai went along to Weitchpec.

tima'-ch'iłchwe:

Of the TimatciLtcwe

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

nikiwingun'-te:

"You will go to sleep

hay

that

me:q'

during

yiduq

east

do:-xoling tindil

they will never go.

He thought concerning the TimatciLtcwe, "You will go to sleep. The eels will never go to the east.

ła'ay

One

ch'e:wehslin'-te:

for them will flow out.

Only one river and that mine, will flow out for them.

hayah-mił

And

hay-de:t

these

whe:

my

hay-de:t

these

tł'iwhxa:n

eels

whe:

I

na:diwh'ing

am watching

hay-de:t

this

hayi-q'

this way.

I will watch my eels."

haya:ł

And

ch'iningyay

he came

de:di

this

me:q'

in.

He came up to Hupa.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:di

"This

me:q'

in

whe:

I

na:diwh'ing

watch

hay-de:t

these

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels.

"Here in this valley I will watch my eels," he thought.

hay

These

yiwingyun'-te:

she will eat

hay

the

k'iłchwe:

kiLtcwe.

yiwingyun'-te:

She will eat

hay

whitłiwhxa:n

my eels."

"KiLtcwe will eat them.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:di

"This

me:q'

in

xowiłtsay-e:-te:

until it becomes shallow

na:dił-xw

they will continue to live.

łah-xw

Just

to:

water

no[']nundiya:-te:

in one place they will stay,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

Even if the river becomes shallow they will live in some deep places.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

xa'a:winehł-te:

"It will be that way.

łah-xw

Just

ła:n

many

me'dil

boats

mił-ch'o:łtuq'-te:

he will count."

Many boats filled with eels shall be counted.

haya:ł

And

ch'itehsyay

he started.

ch'iningyay

He came

de:di

this

me:q'

in.

q'ut

'aht'ing

All

yiwingyun'-te:

ate them.

Every one ate them.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

q'ut

"Already

'aht'ing

all

yiwingyung'

eat

hay

whitohnay[']

my fish.

Every one has eaten my fish.

whe:

I

q'ut

already

hay

that

'awhlaw

I have done

whe:

I

hay

that

'a:na:whlah-te:

I was intending to do."

Already I have done that which I was intending to do."

hayah-mił

And

dahch'inehsday

he fished.

He fished.

q'ut

"Now

me:niłxe'-tehł

I am finishing,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

hayah-mił

And

dahch'inehsday

he fished.

"Now I am fishing," he thought.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

chwola'-ding

five

yiwiłxa:l

mornings

mił

after."

"He shall do this way for five mornings."

haya:ł

And

k'e:na[']wił'na'

he cooked it

xok'iwinya'nya:n'

his hand

me'

in

sa'a:n

lying

hay

that

k'ima:w

medicine.

He cooked it with the medicine lying in his hand.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:wilehł-te:

it will be

hay-de:t

this."

"It shall be done this way," he thought.

haya:ł

And

ch'iwingya'n

he ate it.

He (Yiimantuuwingyai) ate the eels.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

whe:

of me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say,

xa'a:na:ch'ilaw

'That he did

xowh

I think.'

whe:

Me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will talk about.

"He will say of me, 'He did this way.'

hayah-mił

And

de:-q'

this way

hayah

here

de:

ch'iwingyun'-te:

he will eat.

He will eat them here as I have done.

haya:ł

And

xwa:-wehsle'-te:

he will get enough.

hayah

There

hay

the

k'ima:w

medicine

'e:ng'

hay

that

de[']diwing'a:n

he put in the fire.

When he has enough he will put the medicine in the fire.

hayah-mił

And

whe:

my

hay

tł'iwhxa:n

eels.

hayah-mił

And

hay

that

wung[']xine:wh-te:

he will talk about.

hayah-mił

And

hayi-q'

this way

hayah

there

niwingwhong'

it is good

hay

that

k'ima:w

medicine.

This medicine is good.

hayah-mił

And

whe:

me

hayi-q'

'This way

'a:na'idyaw

he did'

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of.

He will say of me, 'He did this way.'

q'ut

Now

de:di

this place

me:q'

in

q'ut

now

hayi-q'

this way

q'ut

me:nehłxe'

I finish.

"Now here in this place I finish.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:wilehł-te:

it will be.

This is the way it shall be.

do:-łun-te:

Not many,

łiwung

one

tah

may be

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

will say of me,

hayah

'There

hayi-q'

that way

whe:

me

hayi-q'

that way

hay-de:t

this.'

Not many shall say of me, 'He did that way.'

q'ut

Now

xa'unłun-te:

it will be that much.

'ah'ting-xw-'unt'e:

Every kind

yita:n

eats.

Every kind of people will eat them.

hay

The

do:-niwho:ng

bad

hayi-heh

even if

yita:n

they eat

hayi-q'

this way

'a:diyah-te:

it will be

hay-de:t

this

we:syo'

I like

hay

that

do: winda'

do not stop.

Even if bad people eat them I do not want that the eels shall stop coming.

'aht'ing

All

do: winda'

do not stop.

They will not stop.

hayi-q'

This way

wun[']xine:wh-te:

he will talk about

hay-de:

these

tohnay

fish.

This is the way he will talk of the fish.

hayi-q'

This way

ch'iwiyung'ił-te:

he will eat

hay-de:

this

k'ima:w

medicine

mił

with.

He will eat them in this manner with the medicine.

hayah-mił

And

de:t

this

q'ut

now

hayi-q'

this way

xwa:

for him

na:sehłchwin'-te:

I will make it."

This way now I will make it for him."

q'ut

Now

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

me:nehłxe'-tehł

"I am about to finish.

de:t

Now

q'ut

me:nehłxe'-tehł

I am about to finish.

"Now," he said, "I am about to finish."

de:-q'

This

wung

for

hay me:niłxe'-tehł

I am finishing.

"I am finishing for him.

q'ut

Now

de:t

na:te:sdiya:-tehł

I am going home

yima:n-yinuq

across to the south."

Now I am going home across the ocean to the south."