xahslinding

Xaslinding

'e:na:ng'

it was

ya'tehłchwe:n

they grew

ta:q'in

three of them.

Three immortals came into being at Xaslinding.

me:ya'diwilwa:wh

They began to talk about it.

xwe:di-kya'awh

"How

'a:'o:neh

will it be,"

ya:ch'ondehsne'

they thought

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

na:nde'tł'-te:

when come to be."

They began to talk about what would be when Indians should come into existence.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

yo:w-yiduqi

Orleans

ch'itehsyay

he went.

One of them went away up the Klamath river.

nahnin

Two

winda'

stayed

xona:

for him

ya:de:lts'e'

waiting

hay

who

yiduq

east

ch'itehsyay

went.

The other two remained waiting for him.

haya:ł

And

łiwung

one

'a'de:ne'

said,

xut'-'ung'-xowh

"I don't think

xona:

for him

dehsdilts'e:-n(e)'

we better wait."

"I don't think we better wait for him," said one of those who remained.

haya:ł

And

to:-ch'ing'

to the river

ch'e'ningyay

he went down.

He went down to the river.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

tse:-xayts'a'

"Stone cup

to:lchwe'n

let it grow."

"Let a stone cup become," he thought.

haya:ł

And

tehłchwe:n

it grew.

And it became.

q'ut

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

it

me'

in

ło:q'

salmon

tehłchwe:n

grew.

And then in it a salmon became.

hay

He

'a:ch'ondehsne'

thought,

q'ut

"Already

'ahdiyaw

it has happened."

"Already it has happened," he thought.

haya:ł

And

q'ut

"All right,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said to him.

"It is finished," he told his brother.

hayahujit

And then

ch'itehłme:n

he made it swim

de:t

this

hun'

river

yide'

down.

miq'eh-na:diwul-ding

Mouth of the Klamath

ch'e'niłme:n-e:y

he made it swim out.

He made the salmon swim down the Trinity and Klamath rivers to the ocean.

hayahujit

And then

tiwimah

shore along

na:-yinuq

from there - south

na'tehłme:n

he made it swim.

Then he caused it to swim along the beach southward.

ninis'a:n

World

mina: na:'isme:n-e:

around - he made it swim.

hayahujit

And then

de:t

this

hun'

river

yida:ch'in

from the north

yehna'wiłme:n

he made it swim in.

Having gone entirely around the world, he came back with it from the north to the mouth of the Klamath again.

xayah-me'

To Xaiyame

na:'iłdime:n-e:

he made it swim back.

He made it swim back up the Klamath and Trinity rivers to the starting place.

hayahujit

And then

hayah

there

ch'o:diwiłxit

he questioned it.

There he questioned it.

'ahłch'ide:ne'

He said,

duxwe:t

"What

'undiyah-te:

will you do

duxo:-'a:ch'int'e:

bad person*

nich'iwingyun'-de'

if he eats you?"

"What will you do if a person with a bad body eats you?" he asked.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

dahwehsle:l

it swam around in one place.

The salmon swam around in one place.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

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

concerning every kind

'ahłch'ide:ne'

he asked it.

He asked it about every kind person.

tse'ehdziding-mił

A little while

da'ile:l

it always swam.

After each question it swam for a short time in one place.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'ahłch'ide:ne'

he said,

duxwe:t

"What

'ungdiyah-te:

will you do

xokyun-k'iya:t

woman who has suffered miscarriage

nich'iwingyun'-de'

if she eats you?"

Finally he asked, "What will you do if a woman who has miscarriage eats you?"

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

at once

ch'it-e:

it died.

It died at once.

xa:wila:t

Floated on the water

hay

that

ło:q'

salmon.

It rose to the surface of the water.

chwola'-ding

Five

yisxa:n

days

siłting-xw

it lay

hay

the

no'niłtin-ding

he put it place.

Then he took it and placed it on the shore where it lay for five days.

haya:ł

And

yide'-yima:n

down across

na:'inde:tł'

they went

xutł'e'-dung'

in the morning.

After the five days, in the morning, the two brothers went down the river and crossed over to the place where it lay.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hayah

there

ning'k'iwił'ahł

he cut it.

hayah

There

k'e:ya'wiłna'

they cooked it.

The one who was officiating cut the salmon and cooked it there.

mixa:ch'e'-xole:n

Incense root

ma:

for it

de'diwilay

he put on the fire.

hijit-'ung'

Then

hay

it

mił

with

k'e:ya'wiłna'

they cooked it.

He put incense root in the fire with which he cooked it.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hayah

there

ya'winya'n

they ate it.

When the salmon was done they ate it.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hayah

there

'aht'ing

all things

'a'k'ilaw

they did.

na'k'is'its

They shot at mark.

When they were through they shot at a mark and had all kinds of games.

de:-q'

"This

'a'ił'in-te:

they will do,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

when they come."

"This is the way Indians will do when they come," he thought.

hayahujit

And then

'a'de:ne'

he said,

'aht'ing

"All

whiky'a:

from me

na:nohdił

go away."

Then he said, "All of you go away from me."

haya:ł

And

łe:na'nilay

he built fire.

hayahujit

And then

ma:

for it

de'diwing'a:n

he put in incense.

Having built a fire he put incense root in it and prayed.

'a:ch'ondehsne'

He thought,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

niwho:ng-xw

well

yiwingyung'ił-te:

will eat,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

when they come to be.

"Indians when they come into existance, will eat this happily," he thought.

niwho:ng-xw

Well

yida:-wehsle'-te:

will get enough

k'iwiyul

food

tehłchwin-de'

when it grows.

do:-xoling

Won't

k'iya:wh

birds

chwing-yo:wile:l

bother it.

mine:gits

Little

yik'iwingya'n-e:-heh

even if he eats

niwho:ng-xw

well

yida:-wehsle'-te:

he will have enough.

do:-xoling

They won't

chwing-yo:wile:l

bother it.

niwho:ng

Will be good

diywho'

whatever

tehłchwin-de'

grows.

"They will have plenty of food when the time comes for it to grow. The birds will not bother it. It will be good wherever it grows.

diywho'

Whatever

digyung

here

'a:diwinehł-de'

anybody says

ła'ay-xw

really

'a:winehł-te:

it will happen."

Whatever anyone says will happen."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

yinuq

south

q'eh

yima:nch'ing'

across

na:na'ninde:tł'

they went over.

The two brothers went up the river and crossed over to their home.

do: 'ung-gya'

They did not see

na'nida:wh-xolung

had come back

hay

that one

yo:w-yiduqi

Orleans

ch'itehsyay

went.

They found the one who had gone up the Klamath was not yet come back.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

na:ya:'isxut'

they tore down.

xontah

House

na:ya:'isxut'

they tore down.

hijit-'ung'

Then

xayah-me'-ch'ing'

Xaiyame to

ch'e:na'ninde:tł'

they went back.

Then they tore down the house and the sweat-house and went back to Xaiyame.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hayah

there

'iłma'n

on each side

no:na'ninde:tł'

they sat down.

wut-na:ya'xowilya:n

They watched

hay ya:-

their

xolo:q'e'

salmon.

There, one on each side of the river, they took their stations to watch their salmon.

hayahujit

And then

hay łiwung

the one

łe:na:lding

Weitchpec

ch'e:na[']indiyay

came back to.

sa:k'iding 'ungya'

He was surprised to see

ło:q'

salmon

mitł'e:de'

scales

yehnindiling-ye:

had washed ashore

na:tini-xw

the Trinity

yidahch'ing'-q'it

up along.

When the one who had gone on the journey, came back to Weitchpec and started up the Trinity he was surprised to see salmon scales scattered about.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

na'tehsdiyay

he came back.

na:'ndiyay-e:

He got back,

sa:k'iding 'ungya'

He saw with surprise

xowung

from him

tahsyay-e:-xolung

they had gone.

When he got back where they had lived he found they had departed.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ya'xotehłxa'

he tracked them.

xayah-me'

Xaiyame

na:ya'xohłtsa:n

he found them.

He tracked them to Xaiyame where he found them.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'a'de:ne'

he said,

xa'

"All right,

do:ng'

whe:

I

tse:-yehk'ixa:whi-q'it

(at the upper end of Hupa Valley)

na:se:da:-te:

will sit down.

"Well," he said, "I will take my place at the Tseyekyauwhwhikut.

hayah

There

me:na:whliwh-te:

I will watch.

There I will keep watch.

duxo:'-q' 'a:'unt'e:

Bad person

ch'iwingyun'-tehł-de'

would eat

whe:

I

tahna:whtiwhił-te:

will take out.

The salmon which a bad person would eat, if it were caught, I will take out as it passes up.

hayi-q'

That way

nohwung nunxinehwh-te:

they will talk about us

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

when they come.

Indians when they come into existence will make mention of us.

hayah

'There

xa'a:na'idyaw

that way he did,'

ch'ide:n'-te:

they will say."

'At that place he did that,' they will say."