me'isde'

Meisde

na:ta:ne:-ch'ing'

on the ocean side

k'ixinay

Ki:xunai

ting 'unłung

very many

ne'ina:wh

used to come

q'un-ch'iwichwil

young men.

The young men of the Ki:xunai used to come to a certain rock that stands in the ocean at the mouth of the Klamath.

'a:ya'iniw

They used to have sports.

na:k'e'its

To shoot at a mark

łe'ina:wh

they came together.

They used to hold there their sports and shooting matches.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

hayi-heh

anyway

do:-ch'e'ina:wh

she never used to come out

hay

that

tsumehstł'o:n

woman.

hayah-mił

And

mine:jixomił

finally

k'e'itł'o:wh

she made baskets.

hayah-mił

And

do:

mich'ing'

to that

ch'e'na:wh

she never went out

hayo:w

that

'a:ya't'e:n

they did

hayo:w

those

xo'osday

men.

hayah-mił

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

łah-xw

without cause

hayah

there

xoq'it

on her

yehk'ine:nde'n

sunshine came in.

But notwithstanding all the attractions, a modest woman lived there who never went out of her house. Once, while she was sitting working on her baskets, a beam of sunlight fell on her without cause.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

duxwe:di-gya'awh 'ung

"What is going to be?"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

"What is going to happen?" she thought.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

na'k'ite:tł'o:n

she wove another round.

haya:ł

And

'ungya'

she saw

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

a person

yehwingya:

come in.

As she was going on with her weaving, she noticed a person coming in.

hayi-xw

"There

yiduq

up

ye'ingya:wh

they always go in,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she told him.

"Up there is the place they go in," she said.

hayo:w

"The

k'ixinay

Ki:xunai

na:'idil

who go around

'e:ng'

it is

do:-yeh'indil

never come

xontah

house

-me'-ch'ing'

into."

"The Ki:xunai who live around here never come in this house."

hayah-mił

And

hay

that one

ch'iningyay

who came

'e:ng'

it was

q'ut

hay

that

tsumehstł'o:n

woman

xowung

to her

ch'iningyay

he came.

q'ut

xoxung'

Her husband

ming

for

xowung

to her

ch'iningyay

he came.

The one who came in, came intending to be the woman's husband.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

ch'ide:lts'e'

he stayed there.

hayah-mił

And

na'tehsdiya:-ye:y

he went home

hay

that

xo'osday

man.

hayah-mił

And

do:-heh

never

xowung

to her

na:'ndiyay

he came back.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

hay

those

k'ixinay

Ki:xunai

'a:ya't'in-ne'in

used to do that

'ungya'

she perceived

ts'ima'-xowinsin'

it was quiet.

hay

And

do:-na:'indiyay

he did not come back

hay

that

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

person.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

really

q'ut

ts'ima'-xowinsin'

it was quiet,

ła'ay-xw

really

q'ut

hay

those

k'ixinay

Ki:xunai

mixine:whe'-ne'in

their talk used to be

do:-xwe:da'ay yehna:dyay

she never heard it.

He lived there for a time and then he went away and never returned. She heard no longer the sound of the games and the talk of the Ki:xunai.

hayah-mił

And

xoninsohch

Mink

xoch'ing'

to her

yehch'iwingyay

came in

hay

that

tsumehstł'o:n

woman.

hayah-mił

And

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

to her he said,

do:-na:xołtsung-xw xoling

"You won't see him any more

hay

that one

niwung

to you

ch'iningya:-ne'in

used to come.

Mink came to her, one time, and said, "You won't see again the one who used to come here.

yima:n-yiduq

Across to the south

'e:ng'

it is

nahx

two

xo'ut

wives

niłma'n-e:

each side

xokya:ng'ay

his arms

me' ts'iste:ch'

lie in,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said.

Across the ocean to the south he has two wives. One lies in each of his arms."

hayahujit

And then

ch'ohłts'it-e:

she found out

hay

he

do:

not

xowung

to her

na:'ndiyay-te:

would come back.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

do:-ch'iwiłde'n

she was lonesome.

When she had found out this, she was more lonesome than ever.

haya:ł

And

xoh

in vain

min'day'-q'

outside

ch'e'ningyay

she went.

She went outside.

haya:ł

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

"Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

will come to be.

hayi-q'

This way

kya'ay

it may be

'a:winehł-te:

they will do."

"When Indians come," she thought, "they will do this way."

hayah-mił

And

xoh

in vain

min'day'-ch'ing'

outside

ch'e'ina:wh

she used to go.

xa'ne'ite'

She looked for it

hay-de:t

the one

'a:ditł'ow'

her herb

ch'ischwin'-te:

she was going to make.

She used to go outside and look in vain for the herb with which she was to make the medicine.

łah

Once

ch'e'ningyay

she went out.

ninis'a:n

The world

me:q'

over

ch'ite:ng'e'n

she looked.

She looked all over the world for it.

sa:k'iding 'ungya'

She was surprised to see

min'day'-q'

outside

łah-xw

do: milding xosin

lonesomeness

na:xowilts'it-xolun

fell

q'a:de'

soon

tehłchwe:n

grew

hay

that

tł'oh*

herb.

Once she was surprised to see that as the lonesomeness fell upon her, the herb grew.

hayi-q'

That

mił

with

hay

the

do: milding xosin

lonesomeness

na:lts'it

fell

minis'a:n

world

me:q'

inside.

It came into the world with lonesomeness.

ninch'ing'-xw

Ground toward

ch'ite:te:'e'n

she looked.

tehłchwing-xolung

It grew

'ungya'

she saw.

She looked at the ground and saw the herb growing there.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

that

ch'idiwimich

she pulled off.

xontah

House

yehna'widyay

she went in.

She pulled off part of it and took it into the house with her.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

na'wime'

she bathed.

wilwe:tł'-mił

After night

'a:dila'

her hand

me'

in

no[']nilay

she took

hay

that

k'ima:w

medicine.

'a:dina:de:-q'eh

Her legs and arms

ch'ite:te:lay

she rubbed

hay

the

k'ima:w

medicine.

hayah-mił

And

wilwe:tł'

night it was.

hayah-mił

And

ts'isloy'

she tied up

hay

the

k'ima:w

medicine.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

'a:dine:q'-ch'ing-ch'ing'

back of her

no[']nilay

she put

hay

the

k'ima:w

medicine.

She bathed her arms and legs with it, and when it was night lay down with some of it in her hand and a bundle of it behind her.

xutł'e'-e:-mił

Middle of the night

ya:na'wilay

she picked it up.

haya:ł

And

xon'-ch'in'-ch'ing'

on the fire side

no[']nilay

she laid it.

In the middle of the night she took the bundle up and put it in front of her.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ch'ixe:ne:wh

she talked.

'a'de:ne'

She said,

minłun-ding

"If ten times

whiky'a:-ch'ing'

from me

ditse'

towards

tsumehstł'on

women

tah

other

xokyung

his heart

tehsya:-te:

goes,

hay

the

na:miq'eh

last one

hay

xokyung

his mind

na'tehsdiya:-te:

goes to

hay

that

whe:

whiwung

to me

xoje:'

his mind

nundiya:-te:

will come back.

Then speaking to it she said, "If ten times his heart goes from me to other women, finally it will come back to me.

łah-xw gya'

I wish

do:-xwe:xowilyun'-te:

crazy he will be.

I hope he may be crazy.

xoduxwe:d-'unłung'

How many soever

tsumehstł'on

women

ch'iwehsyo'-te:

he shall like,

xoh

even if

xokya:ng'ay

his arms

me'

in

sitin-te:

they lie,

hayi-heh

anyhow

hayah

there

xoq'it

on him

ningyay-e:-te:

it will come.

How many soever women he likes, even if they lie in his arms, this medicine will come to him.

hayah-mił

And

xoduxwe:d-'unłung'

how many soever

mitah-ding

among them

na:'isya'-te:

he goes

hayi-heh

anyhow

nayxołtsa:n-e:-te:

it will find him

hay-de:t

this

whe:

whikyun-sa'a:n

my heart."

Among how many soever of them he goes, this my heart will find him."

hay

The

k'ixinay-ne'in

Ki:xunai

'e:ng'

it was

ła'ay-xw

really

ts'iwima'-xosin

it was still.

The noise of the Ki:xunai was quiet.

mixine:whe'

Their talk

do:-xwe:da'ay yehna:dyay

she never heard.

She did not hear their talk.

hayah-mił

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

hayi-q'

"This way

'undiyah-te:

it will be.

"This way it will be," she thought.

nidila:n*

Hateful to you

nahsdilin'-te:

will become

hay

the one

we:silyo'-ne'in

you used to like.

"You will hate the one you used to like.

hayah-mił

And

'aht'ing-mina:tse:

ahead of all

nahsdile'n-e:-te:

it will be

hay

whe:

me

whina:wiliwh-te:

you will think about.

Before all others you will think about me.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:diyah-te:

it will be

k'iwinya'nya:n-tah-ding

in the Indian world,

hayi-q'

this way

'a:xolah-de'

if they do."

It will be this way in the Indian world, if they do this."

xutł'e'-dung'

In the morning

nina:'usdiqe'-hit

when she got up

yide'

toward the north

dahna[']wilay

she put it.

When she got up in the morning, she put the bundle of medicine toward the north.

xutł'e'-dung'

In the morning,

łah-xw

just

digyung

here

yidahch'ing

east

ya:ngyay

the sun was up

mił

then

'ungya'

she saw

xoq'it

on her

yehk'ine:nding'

light shone in.

When the sun was just here it shone upon her.

xoch'ing'

To her

'ungya'

she saw

yehna'widya:

he came in

hay

xoxun'-ne'in

her husband.

hayah-mił-'ung'

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

hayi-q'i-xolung 'a:diyah-te:

"This way it will be.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:xolah-de'

if it happens,

mitł'owe'

medicine

na[']sehłchwing'

if they make,

hay

the

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians

na:na:nde'tł'-te:

when they come to be."

"This way it will be," she thought, "if Indians when they come, make medicine.

do:-xodiyung-whung

"There won't be many

hayi-heh

anyway,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

But there will not be many who will make it," she thought.

niwho:n

"Good

na:sehłchwe'n

I made it,"

ch'ondehsne'

she thought.

"I have made it good," she thought.

hayi-q'

This way

'a:diyah-te:

it will be.

"This way it will be."

hayi-q'

This way

mił xwe:niłxe'

it went on him.

xowun

To her

na:'ndiyay

he came back.

It went even on him and he came back to her.

xutł'e' wha:

Night sun

'e:na:ng'

it was

hay

who

xe'e:na[']k'iłwa:tł'

threw her away.

It was the moon who discarded her.