de:-xwi

here

wiłdung'

yesterday

'una:n'-do:

it was

yo:t

over there

'aywin't'e:n'-e'

it happened

k'iwiłda'ułchwin

crows

dahwinde:tł'

flew down, alighted

Just yesterday it was, some crows came flying down over there.

haya:ł

then

ung'

it was

hay wha:wh

my nephew

'a:ch'ondehsne'

thought

we:wun-te:

I'm going to kill them

yinehłyun-tehł

they eat up (future)

ye:y

there

diywho'

things

My nephew thought, "I'm going to kill them; they'll eat everything up."

hay

It

'aywin't'e:n'-e

happened

hay

the

k'ila:ch'onde'

walnut (trees)

miq'it

on them

dahwinde:tł'

they alighted

Then they flew down onto his walnut trees.

haya:ł

then

ung'

it was

xontah

house

me'

into

yehna'widyay

he went back in

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

ts'ok*

OK

ch'e'ninta:n

he took out

hay

the

ts'iłting'

rifle

He went back into his house and thought, "O.K., this is it!", and got out his rifle.

haya:ł

then

'a'de:ne'

he said

da:ydi-xw

where are

hay

the

dinday

bullets

Then he said, "Where are the bullets? Someone seems to have removed them!"

dungwho'

someone

ch'e:na'nilay

has taken them out

e:

of there

xolung

it seems

Someone seems to have removed them!"

haya:ł

then

hay

the

tsumehstł'o:n

woman

'a'de:ne'

said

hay

the

xo'osday

man

'una:n'-do:

it was

ch'e:na'nilay

(who) took them out

His wife said, "My husband took them out!"

haya:ł

then

xowilik

telling her

ch'ide:n'

he said

keh

let me

yehnawhliwh

put them in

Then he told her, "Let me put them in!

'iwhwung'

I'm going to kill

hay-yo:w

those (birds)

miq'it

on (the trees)

da'undil-e:

(which) are there, alighting

k'ila:ch'onde'-ne'en

the walnuts (past)

yayniłyeh

they are eating them up

I'm going to kill those things flying down there, they're eating up the walnuts!"

haya:ł

then

ung'

it was

xowa:na'ulay

she gave them to him

ch'e'nilay

he took them out

yehna'wilay

he put them in

hayah

there

ya'wehs'a'

he sat down

min'day'

outside

wut-ch'ixowilyung'

he watched for

hay

the

dahna:wididetł'-te:

(ones who) fly back down (future)

She gave them to him, and he took them out, put them in the rifle, and sat down outside the house watching for the birds to come back.

haya:ł

then

diywhe'eh

nothing

do:

not

dahna:dxits

it flew down

yitse'n wing'a'-e:y

it got late in the afternoon

Not a one flew down, and it got late in the afternoon.

haya:ł

then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

q'ut

now

xowh

I guess

do:ng'

it is

do:

not

nundidetł'-te:

they return (future)

keh

let me

nawhdiya'

go back

Then he thought, "I guess they're not coming back now; I'll go back in."

haya:ł

then

yehna'widyay

he went back in

ch'e:na'ning'a:n

he took out again

hay

the

diywho'

thing

me'

inside

sa'a:n

(which) lies

hay

the

dinday

bullets

me'

in

na:k'iwilwe:l

which they are kept

He went back in the house, and took out the bullet clip.

haya:ł

then

na:na:'ustsis-te:

he hung it back up (future)

hay

the

ts'iłting'

rifle

de:di-de:

it turned out

ła'

one

me'

in it

wing'a'

it remained

As he went to hang the rifle back up, it turned out there was one bullet still in it.

na:na:'ustsis-mił

he hung it up when

ła'ay-xw

suddenly

xola'

his hand

me'

in

k'iwimut'

it went off

hay

the

xola'

his hand, fingers

mine:jit

middle one

miq'it dahna:diwing'a'

on it - it stuck on top (it was shot)

When he hung it up, it suddenly went off and shot his middle finger.

haya:ł

then

'a:whiłch'ide:ne'

they told me

'aywin't'e:n'-e

it happened

ya'xotehłte:n

they took him

k'ima:w-ch'iłchwe:

medicine maker (doctor)

mich'ing'

to

Then, they tell me, they took him to the doctor.

haya:ł

then

hay

the

xola'

finger

xoh

in vain

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

do: xoling

not possible

gya'a:y

it seems

dahk'it'us

to cut it off

Then, he thought of the finger, "They can't possibly cut it off!"

xoh

in vain

wun-na:'usde:tł

they tried to do something about it

do:-tah

perhaps

de:

now

xola'

his finger

dahk'it'a:ts'

they have cut it off

do:

not

'o:lts'it

we know

But they couldn't do anything about it, and perhaps they've already cut it off--we don't know.