k'ixinay

A Ki:xunai

ch'ixolchwe:-ding

Tcexo:ltcweding

xokya:y

her grandson

hił

both

ch'idehłts'e:

stayed.

A Ki:xunai woman lived at Tcexo:ltcweding with her grandson.

kile:xich

The boy

xutł'e'-dung'

in the morning

ch'e'ina:wh

used go out

ta:kiwh-ch'ing'

sweat-house toward.

na:tse:s

Arrows

yehch'e'iliwh

he used to take

ta:kiwh

the sweat-house

me'

in.

me'iloy'

He used to tie on feathers.

The boy used to go every morning to the sweat-house where he worked fastening the feathers to arrows.

hayah-mił

And

hay

the

ky'ots'

sinew

niłchwin-me'*

the feather case

mił

from

ch'e'iliwh

he used to take out

hay

that

ky'ots'

sinew.

hayah-mił

And

yehna'ida:wh

he went back in.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

hay

that

ky'ots'

sinew

no'iłxuts'

he chewed up.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

xontah

the house

yehna'ida:wh

he used to go in.

hayah-mił

And

hay

the

ky'ots'

sinew

no'iłxuts'

he chewed off.

nahłtsis-ich

Spoon basket

hay

that

me'

in

yehch'e'iłq'a:s

he threw

hay

the

ky'ots'

sinew

no:lxuts'

scrapings.

He used to go back into the house and get sinew from the case in which feathers were kept. He worked the sinew into shape with his teeth, throwing the pieces scraped off into the spoon-basket.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

ch'e'ite'

she always lay down

hay

that

do:k'iwile:

old woman.

The old woman was always lying down.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yisxung

next day

k'iye:

again

hayi-q'

that

'a'iniw

he did.

The next day the boy did the same thing.

mine:jixomił

After a time

hay

the

do:k'iwile:

old woman

ts'iste:n

was lying down

xutł'e'

at night.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

ch'e'insit-hit

when she woke up

'ungya'

she heard

mije'e:din

a baby

ky'a:tilchweh

cry.

After a time the old woman, while lying there one night, woke up and heard a baby cry.

haya:ł

And

łe:na'nilay

she built a fire.

na'k'inehłde'n

She made it blaze.

haya:ł

And

wung

for it

xong'

fire

ya'winge:n

she picked up.

hayah-mił

And

sa:k'iding 'ungya'

she was surprised to see

mije'e:din

a baby

me'

in

na:ts'eh

crawling around

nahłtsis-ich

spoon basket

me'

in.

Having started a fire she took up a brand and was surprised to see a baby squirming about in the spoon-basket.

ya'wiłte:n

She took it up

hay

the

do:k'iwile:

old woman.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

daydi-gya'awh-'ung'

"What kind is it

miyeh no:ne:xun-te:

I will put?"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

She took it up and then thought, "With what am I going to steam it?"

haya:ł

And

ch'e'ningyay

she went out.

łah-xw

Just

to:-ding

to the river

ch'e'ningyay

she came down.

hayahujit

And then

ya'wing'a:n

she picked

tse:-łitsow

blue-stones.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

those

miyeh

under

teh-

in the water

ch'iwing'a:n

she put.

She went down to the river and picked up some blue-stones which she carried to the house and put in a basket of water.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

midiłwa:

again

łah-xw

ch'e'ningyay

she went out

k'ima:w

medicine

mich'ing'

after

hay

that

ch'ischwin'-te

she will make.

Then she went out again to get the herb for the medicine she was going to make.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'iltsa:n

she saw

ch'ime:-ya:wh

small Douglas spruces

digyung

this

'ułkyow

high.

She saw small Douglas spruces growing there about so high (two feet).

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

k'iwa'ischwit

she broke them off.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

ła'

one

xa:t'

still

k'iwingxa'

she left standing.

These she broke off, leaving only one standing.

hayahujit-'ung'

And

de:-xw

this way

yinuq

south

dinung

facing

ch'inehsday

she sat down.

She sat down this way facing the south.

hayah-mił-'ung'

"And

hayi-q'

this way

'a:diyah-te:

it will be,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

"This way it will be," she thought.

hay

That

mich'ing'

toward

ch'ixe:ne:wh

she talked.

ła'

The one

xa:t'

still

k'isxa:n

standing

mich'ing'

toward

ch'ixe:ne:wh

she talked.

She talked to the one still standing.

hayi-q'

"This way

'a:winehł-te:

it will be,"

ch'ide:ne'

she said.

ła'

"One

no:witiwhił-te:

shall always be left.

hay

That

mich'ing'

toward

ch'ixiwine:whił-te:

she shall talk."

"This way it will be," she said, "one always will be left toward which she shall talk."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

that

miyeh

under it

teh-

in water

ch'iwinta:n

she put.

Then she put that under the baby in water.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

dunłungwho'-ding

several

yisxa:n

days

mił

after

mitł'a'

behind

je:winta'n

spread open

hay

that

q'ay'-te:l

basket-plate.

yik'ismut'-e:

Broke

hay

that

q'ay'-te:l-ne'in

basket-plate used to be.

Several days after the basket-plate spread out and broke.

hayah-mił

And

k'iye:

again

chwola'-ding

five

yisxa:n

days

mił

after

k'iye:

again

xa'ahdiyaw-e:

it did that.

After five days it did that again.

hayah-mił

And

k'iye:

again

chwola'-ding

five

yisxa:n

days

mił

after

xe:q'ay'

baby-basket

yehch'iwiłte:n

she put it in.

After five days more she put it in a baby-basket.

haya:ł

And

k'iye:

again

hay

that

xe:q'ay'

baby-basket

xa'aylaw

broke.

The baby-basket broke.

hayah-mił

And

na:ła'

a second one

yehch'iwiłte:n

she put it in.

k'e:na'ne'ił'a'

She leaned it up.

She put it in a second one and leaned it up against something.

mits'ine'

Its legs

yay'imil

it kicked up.

The baby kicked up its legs.

hayah-mił

And

hay

xochwo:

his grandmother

na:tse:-ding

first place

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

hay

that

je:lo'-ch

small djelo

mije'e:din

the baby

me:niwil'a'

leaning against

me' no:na'ning'a:n

she put in.

It was a blue-stone storage basket she leaned it against.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yiwidin-e:-mił-'ung'

finally

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

'isdo'

"I wish

diywho'

some kind

mixe:q'ay'

its basket

sehłchwing'

I could make,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

Finally she thought, "I wish I could make some better kind of a baby-basket."

chwola'-ding

Five

wha:ne:

only

ye'iłxa'

mornings

'e:ng'

it was

hay

that

miq'ik'itł'oy'

hazel

xe:q'ay'

basket

me'

in

na:'iłte:-xw

she carried it.

It was only during five days that she carried it in the hazel baby-basket.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

yiwidin-e:-mił

finally

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

tse:-łitsow

"Blue-stone

mixe:q'ay'

its cradle

sehłchwing'

I will make."

At last she thought, "I will make for it a basket of blue-stone."

hayahujit

And then

me' na:'iste'-e:y

she carried it.

wintł'its'-e:y

It was tough.

She carried it in that for it was tough.

hayahujit

And

k'e'ne'ił'a'

she leaned it up.

hayah-mił

And

hay

that

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

k'ik'e:t' na:'iya'

made a creaking noise

hay

that

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

xe:q'ay'

baby-basket.

When she leaned it up, the blue-stone baby-basket made a creaking noise.

hayahujit

And then

me' na:'iste'-e:y

she carried it.

Then she carried it about.

hayi-q'

"This way

xolun-tehł

it will be,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

hay

"who

whe:

my

whitł'owe'

medicine

miyeh

under

no[']ningxun-te:

will set,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

"This way it will be," she thought, "with those who put my medicine under.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

that

na:'ischwe'n

she made.

whe:

"Me

hay

the

k'iwinya'nya:n

Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

when they come

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:

will say of me,

hay

'That one

ch'in

they say

hayah

there

hayi-q'

that way

'a:na'idyaw

did.'

The Indians, when they come, will say of me, 'That is the one who did this way there.'

hayi-q'

This way

ch'inehsda:-te:

she will sit

hay

the

whe:

I

ne:se:day-q'

sat way."

She will sit the way I sit."