ya:stsime'

Yastsime

minłun

ten

łiłing

brothers (lived.)

Ten brothers lived at Yastsime.

hayah-mił

And

yinuq

south

ch'itehsyay

went

łiwun

one of them.

One of them went away toward the south.

yinuq

South

ninis'a:n

the world's

no:ng'a:-ch'ing'

end

hayah

there

ch'iwinda'

he stayed,

digyung

here

yinuq

south

ninis'a:n

the world's

no:ng'a:-ding

end.

At the end of the world to the south he stayed.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

'ungya'

he perceived

xoq'it

on him

yehk'iwehsch'e'

the wind blew in.

After a time he felt the wind blow on him.

yiwidin-e:-mił

After a time

hay-yo:w

there

łe:de'e:tł'-tah

in a corner

de:-q'

this

'ułkyow

big

xa:te:ma:s

rolled out of the ground

tehsde:tł'

frost.

Frost rolled out of the ground in big chunks.

yiwiding-hit

Finally

xontah

house

me:q'

inside

duxwe:t-ang' 'a:diyaw

"What is it going to do?"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

"What is it going to do?" he thought.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

mixa:ch'e'-xole:n

incense root

'a:de:'iłkit

he took with himself.

hayah-mił

And

ch'itehsyay

he started

yinahch'ing

from the south.

He took some incense root with him and started back south.

ya:stsime'

Yastsime

na:'ndiyay

he came back to.

When he came back to Yastsime he looked around.

hayah-mił

And

xoh

in vain

ch'ite:te:'e'n

he looked around.

diywhe'eh

Nothing

do: ch'iłtsa:n

he found.

He saw nothing.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

really

ch'itehsyay

he started away.

miyi-me'

Miime

yima:nch'ing'

on the other side

ch'e'ningyay

he came out.

He went on and came down opposite Miime.

sa:k'iding 'ungya'

He saw with surprise

hayah

there

łiwung

one

na:nehsda:-xolung

sitting.

He was surprised to see some one sitting there.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

nit'a:

back

na:widyay

he turned.

ya:stsime'

Yastsime

dung'-xw

once

k'iye:

again

na:'ndiyay

he came.

He turned about and went again to Yastsime.

duxwe:t-ang'

"What is the matter?"

ch'ide:ne'

he said

łah-xw

just

hayah

there.

"What is the matter here?" he asked.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yo:w-xw-mił

from some place

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he heard say to him,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

do:ng'

na:na:nde:tł'-te:

will become."

From some place he heard a voice say, "Indians will become."

digyung

Here

yide'

north

ninis'a:n

the world's

no:ng'a:-ding

end

do:ng'

k'ich'int

sickness

ya:ngxits'-e:

flew up.

Here at the world's end toward the north sickness flew up.

hayah-mił

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said to him,

q'ut do'n

tahsyay

"Have left

hay

those

miy-ne'en

spirits used to be.

"Those weather spirits who used to be here have gone away," he told him.

whe:-'e'n

I

do:ng'

digyung

here

me:na:yliwh-te:

am going to watch."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'itehsyay

he started

yinahch'ing

down

hay

that

łiwung

one

hay

who

yinuqi-ninis'a:n

south the world's

no:ng'a:-ding

end

ts'isda:-ne'in

used to stay.

Then that one, who used to stay at the world's end at the south, started down the river.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

xoxotinit

Xooxootinit

yinuqi-q'it-ch'ing'

above the creek

hayah

there

łe:na:nilay

he built a fire.

When he came to the creek above Eslick's he built a fire.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'itehsyay

he started

yide'

down

xahslinding

Xaslinding

yinahch'ing

from the south

ch'e'ningyay

he came out.

Then he went on down, coming out on the river bank south of Xaslinding.

xahslin-q'eh yiduq

Above Xaslindin creek

'ungya'

he saw

łiwung

one

na:nehsda:-xolung

sitting.

He saw someone sitting above Xaslinding.

xahslinding

Xaslinding

yiduqi-ch'ing'

up east

t'un-chwing*

pepper-wood tree

k'isxa:n

standing

me:w

under

łe:na'nilay

he built a fire.

He built a fire there where a pepper wood tree was standing.

xayah

Xai-yame

me:q'

into

yinahch'ing

down

yehch'iwingyay

he came.

He went down to Sugar Bowl.

łah-xw

Just

do:

xoning'

his face

da[']diwehs'a'-te:-nehwa:n

he could hardly hold pointed to it

xosq'uts'-mił

on account of the cold.

The wind was so cold he could hardly face it.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

xayah-me'

Xaiyame

niłma'n

each side

no:na'ninde:tł'-xola:n

they had sat down he saw.

He saw someone had taken up his abode each side of the fishing place at Sugar Bowl.

yima:n-yide'

Across and down

na'ningyay

he went

niling-kin-ding

from Nilingkinding.

Then crossing the river he went below Nilinkinding.

hijit

Then

na:yinuq

back south

nit'a:

back

na'widyay

he turned

niling-kin-ding

to Nilingkinding.

hayahujit

And then

łe'na'nilay

he built a fire.

He turned back to Nilinkinding and built a fire there.

hijit

Then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:-q'

"This way

'a:wine:lił-te:

he will do

hay

who

whe:

my

whinist'e'

body

ch'o:nahłts'it

knows."

"Here he will do this who knows my body," he thought.

hayahujit

And then

de[']diwing'a:n-e:

he put in the fire

hay

that

mixa:ch'e'-xole:n

incense root.

Then he put incense root into the fire.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

yide'

north

ch'itehsyay

he started.

hay

yiduq-yide'

Up the hill to the north

me'isyay

he went

mił

then

'uloh-ts'eh

it was warm.

hayi-q'

"This way

xolung

'a:diyah-tehł

it will be,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-de'

when they come to be."

He started down river climbing the mountain. When he got up the hill he was warm, "This way it will be," he thought, "when Indians come to be."

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yiduq-yide'

up the hill north

k'iye:

again

łe:na'nilay

he built a fire

q'ut

hay

the

xa:'usya:-ding

he got up place.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yide'

north

dinun-xoyeh-ch'ing'

down the hillside

xoda'winyay

he went.

He built a fire on top of the hill and then went down to the northern side.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

diyßta:ng'a:-ding

Djictangading

yima:nch'ing'

across from

hay

the

nilin

creek

yide'e-q'it-ch'in'-ch'ing'

north a short way

tin

the road

yiduq-e:n'-ch'ing'

above,

łe:na'nilay

he built a fire.

On the north side of the creek opposite Djictanadin above the trail he built a fire.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ch'ixine:wh

he commenced to talk.

Then he commenced to talk.

digyung

"Here

łe:na:nila:-te:

they will build a fire,"

ch'ondehsne'

he thought.

"Here they will build a fire," he thought.

whe:

"I

na:tse:

first

'o:whts'ilił-te:

will know

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians'

mikyunsa'a:n

hearts

hay

duxwe:t 'a:'int'e:

whoever

ch'itiwina:whił-de'

will pass there."

"I first of all will know Indians' hearts when they pass."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ch'itehsyay

he started.

Then he started back."

whe:

"I

whimił-na:ta'l

my foot

de:-xw

this way

wiwhq'unlił-te:

will lean up.

I will lean my foot up this way.

hayah-mił

And

xa:k'iwich'e:lił-te:

from the ground the wind will blow out.

The wind will blow up from the ground.

whe:

Me

na:tse:

first

ch'iwho:whe'ił-te:

he will call.

hayah-de'

Then

na:tse:

first

ch'o:whe'ił-te:

they will call

digyung

here

yinuq

south

ninis'a:n

world's

no:ng'a:-ding

end

hay

where

siwhda:-ne'in-ding

I used to live.

They will call me first at the end of the world toward the south where I used to live.

hayah-de'-ch

Then

ch'iwho:ngwhe'-e:-te:

he will call me

digyung

here

yide'

north

ninis'a:n

world's

no:ng'a:-ch'ing'

end."

Then they will call me here at the end of the world toward the north.

haya:-ch'ing'

There

ch'iwinda'-e:

he stayed

na:tse:

first

ch'ohłtsilil

knew it

hay

that one.

There he stays who first knew it."

haya:ł

And

'a'de:ne'

he thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:wine:lił-te:

he will do it

xoh

if

hayi-q'

this way

ningxowintin-te:

frost is.

"This way they will do if frost comes," he thought.

hayi-heh

Then

whe:

me

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

he will say of,

hay

'That one

ch'in

they say

hayi-q'

that way

'a:'idyaw

he did.'

łah-xw gya'

I wish,

hayi-q'

that way

'a:winehł-te:

he will do

hay

who

whinist'e'

my body

wa:nung'xiwine:whił-te:

will talk about.

"Just this way it will happen to the one who talks about my body.

hay

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

In the Indian world fashion

na[']diwinchwit

he let go

hay

that

mixa:ch'e'-xole:n

incense.

In the fashion of the Indian world he will let go from his hand the incense.

łah-xw

Just

xonse:l-its

a little warm

mił

with

dahna:k'idiwich'e'ił-te:

the wind will blow gently

hay-de:t

this

mixa:ch'e'-xole:n

incense

de[']diwi'awhił-de'

if they put it in the fire.

The wind, just a little warm, will blow gently, if they put this incense in the fire.

łah-xw

Just

ninis'a:n

mountain

ne:jit

middle

dahnaywiłkilił-te:

fog will stay."

The fog will stay in the middle of the mountain."

hayi-q'

That way

no'ning'a:n

he established it.

This way he established it.

yitsin'

"West

tehna:ldidow-te:

it will draw back,

yide'

north

q'ing'

too

tehna:ldidow-te:

it will draw back,

yiduq

east

q'ing'

too

tehna:ldidow-te:

it will draw back,

yinuq

south

tehna:ldidow-te:

it will draw back.

"West it will draw back, north too it will draw back, east too it will draw back, south it will draw back.

na:ysxun-te:

There will be sunshine.

There will be sunshine.

na:niwingwhong'-te:

It will be good weather

ninis'a:n

the world

me:q'

over.

It will be good weather in the world.

na:xowiłtun-te:

It will be wet.

It will be wet.

na:lwhin'-te:

Will melt away

ningxostin-ne'in

frost used to be.

The frost that used to be will melt.

na:wintaw

It will settle down.

ch'e:na:xonehłting

I brought it down."

It will settle down, I brought it down."