dahungwho'-dung'

A long time ago

hay

the

diywho'

things,

k'iwinya'n

acorns,

wun-na:ya'dił-ding

going after them time

minyay

it came

mił

when,

sahwinde'n

a group went off.

Once, a long time ago, when the season for gathering things - acorns - came, a group went off.

yo:w

Off there

me'ist-situng-xw

at Me'ist-situng-xw

xwe:ya:tehłwe:tł'

they spent the night

hayah

there

k'ila:dosch'e'

bark

xontah

house

me'

in.

They camped for the night off there at Me'ist-situng-xw in a bark house.

haya:ł

Then

ky'a:da:ya'we:ne'

they gathered acorns.

haya:ł

Then

ła:n

many

ya:ya'wing'a:n

they picked up.

They picked lots of acorns.

haya:ł

Then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

they thought,

hay

that

me:lah

some (of the acorns)

na:ya'k'itehswe:n

(who) carried them home

'a:ch'ondehsne'

thought,

dungwho'

"Someone

naha:

for us

ch'e:na'k'ininging-te:

he packs it back - (future)."

Then they thought - those who carried some of the acorns home thought - "Someone should pack this back for us!"

xoxa:

For someone

na:ya'tehsde:tł'

they went back.

So they went back for someone.

haya:ł

Then

tsumehstł'o:n

woman

łiwunin

one

ch'iwinda'

she stayed.

One woman stayed.

haya:ł

Then

hay

she

xwe:lwe:tł'

spent the night

łiwuning

alone,

She spent the night alone.

haya:ł

Then

xutł'e'-e:-mił

in the middle of the night

'ungya'

she heard

xo:'-xowh

something uncertain

'a:k'ide:n'

making a noise

ts'eh

she heard,

diywho'

something

ye:

just

łah-xw

as if

xontah

house

ch'iwinga:s

it was scratching

sile'n

like.

In the middle of the night she heard something or another making a noise, just like something scratching the house.

haya:ł

Then

do:

not

hay-xwi

to it

ch'o:ne:

she paid attention

She paid no attention to it.

haya:ł

Then

xutł'e-dung'

in the morning

'ina:'usdiqe'

she got up,

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

keh

"Let me

niwh'ing'

look at

diydi

what thing

gya'awh

apparently

'ung'

it was

hay

that

'a:t'in

was doing something

ts'iw

I heard."

She got up in the morning and thought, "Let me see what it was that I heard doing something."

haya:ł

Then

'ungya'

she saw

do:ya'ung

it was like

ch'iwinga:s

someone had scratched

nehwung

it was like

hayah

there

hay

the

ch'istin-ch'ing'-ch'ing'

she slept side toward.

She saw what looked like scratching there on the side where she had slept.

haya:ł

Then

'ung'

it was

xutł'e'-dung'

in the morning

'ina:'usdiqe'

she got up,

hay

this

heh

in spite of

ky'a:da'we:ne'

to gather acorns

k'iye:

again

ch'e'ningyay

she went out.

In spite of this, she got up and went off to gather more acorns.

haya:ł

Then

de:-q'ung-it

after

na:'undiyay

she returned

wilwił-ding

in the evening

k'iye:

again

xwe:na:lwe:tł'

she spent the night.

When she got back in the evening she again spent the night.

haya:ł

Then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

nista:n

"A log

hayah

there

no:ne:tun-te:

I put it - (future),

me:k'e:łxut'-te:

I cover it up - (future).

But she thought, "I'll put a log there, and cover it up.

do:-tah-ts'a:n'

It could be - I feel

dungwho'

someone

whiwun

after me (= out to get me)

na'way

(who) goes about

'a'whił'e:n

is doing this to me."

Possibly someone who is after me (to devil me) is doing this to me."

haya:ł

Then

'ung'

it was

q'ut

now

xa'a:ch'ilaw

she did that.

So she did that.

haya:ł

Then

lah-xwi

right

mino:ng'ay-ding

alongside it place

ch'inehsday

she sat down.

And she sat down right alongside.

haya:ł

Then

xutł'e'-e:-mił

in the middle of the night

'ungya'

she heard

q'ut

then

'a:k'ide:n'

it made a noise

ts'eh

she felt,

ch'iwinga:s

someone scratching

ye:

like

sile'n

it was.

Then, in the middle of the night, she heard a noise, like someone scratching.

haya:ł

Then

wut-ch'ixowilyung'

she kept watch,

mine:jixomił

and as she did

'ungya'

she saw

yehk'ila:

someone put his hand in.

She watched, and as she did she saw someone put his hand in.

xa'a't'ing-xw

As he did this,

'ułkyowe:

so much of it

yehk'ilay

he put in

xoky'a:ng'ay

his arm

hay-yo:w

that

nista:n

log

siłte:n

lying there (like a person)

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought

nawhxit

"I'll touch it!"

hay

that which

me:na:k'ingxut'

was covered up.

Doing this, he put his arm in so far that he thought he could touch the log lying there like a person, all covered up.

hay-me:q'

In the midst (of him doing this)

xola'-kin'

his wrist

ch'iłkit

she caught,

k'iwina:

around, across something

no'ninta:n

she put it down,

hijit

and

ch'isqit

she sawed at it

hay

his

xoky'a:ng'ay

arm.

All of a sudden she caught hold of his wrist, put his arm down over something, and sawed at it.

haya:ł

Then

xoky'a:ng'ay

his arm

dahk'int'a:ts'

she cut it off,

yo:t

off

no'niłwa:tł'

she threw it.

She cut his arm off, and threw it far away.

haya:ł

Then

xutł'e'-dung'

in the morning

'ina:'usdiqe'

she got up,

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

na:te:sdiya:-te:

"I go back home - (future)!"

She got up in the morning and thought, "I'll go home."

da:chwingq'ay'

Ferns

łe'k'iwilah-wint'e:

she gathered up - (continuous),

hay

that

xoq'ay'timił

her pack basket

me'

into

no'niłtsow

she stuffed them,

hijit

and

hay-yo:w

that

xoky'a:ng'ay

arm of his

hayah

there

yehna'wiłwa:tł'

she threw it in.

She spent some time gathering ferns, which she stuffed into her pack basket, and then threw in that arm.

haya:ł

Then

q'ut

at that time

na'tehsdiyay

she went off home.

Then she set off for home.

ye:w

Down there

xonsah-ding

Xonsahding

yidahch'ing

to it from uphill,

diq'a:n

ridge

yidahch'ing

down from it

na'wida:l-mił

she was coming as,

'ungya'

she heard

yide'

down-stream

xonsah-ch'ing'

from Xonsahding

xona:q'ito:'

their tears

na:wehsle'n-e:

flowed there

ts'eh

she heard.

As she was coming down the ridge towards Xonsahding, she heard people crying downstream from Xonsahdhing.

haya:ł

Then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

hayah

"There

ts'eh

I hear something,

keh

let me

haya:-ch'ing'

towards there

xoda:nawhdiya'

let me go back down!"

She thought, "I hear something there; let me go down there."

haya:-ch'ing'

Towards there

xoda:na'widyay

she went downhill,

de:di

presently

'ungya'

she saw

na'sa'ung

someone laid out for burial.

She went down there, and found someone laid out for burial.

xona:q'ito:'

Their tears

na:ya:wiling

flowed.

People were crying.

haya:ł

Then

'a'de:ne'

she said,

ch'ixo:diwiłxit

asking someone

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

she said to him,

xwe:da:ng'

"What is it?

xwe:da:ng'

What is it

'a:k'idyah-xola:n

has happened - apparently?"

She asked someone, "What's happened? What seems to have happened?"

do:-'una:ng'

"Something (bad) has happened to

yo:w

that one,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said,

ch'ixo:ngwhe'-mił

saying his name - with

'a'de:ne'

he spoke

hay

the person,

xoq'it

"on him

na:k'iwila:t-xw

by a tree-limb falling!"

tintaw

in the woods."

"That fellow met with a miserable fortune", he said, saying his name as he spoke, "when a tree limb fell on him out in the woods."

haya:ł

Then

'a'de:ne'

she said,

diye:

"Indeed!

xoq'it

on him

na:k'iwila:t-xw

by a tree-limb falling!"

She said, "Yes, indeed! When a tree limb fell on him!"

hay-yo:w

That

q'ay'timił

pack basket

no'ningxa:n

she put down,

me'-ch'ing'

into it

na:na'k'isle'

she felt around,

ch'e'ninta:n

she took (the severed arm) out,

xoq'it

on him

dahna'wiłwa:tł'

she threw it on top,

'a:xwił-ch'ide:ne'

she said to them,

de:di

"This

q'ina'

too!

de:di

This

q'ing'

too

hay xwe:y

belongs to him

hay

the one

whiwun

after me

na'way

(who) was going around,

ch'iwhiqot

to devil me

ming

for that reason

whiwun

after me

na'way

he was going around.

She put down her pack basket, felt around in it, took out the arm, and threw it on top of the body. She said to them, "This too! This too belongs to him - the one who was after me, after me to devil me.

q'ut

Now

xowhts'it

I know him

hay

the one who

ch'e'whinehłya:n

'ate me out' (= killed off my family)."

Now I know who killed off my family!"

haya:ł

Then

ła'a:y-xw

suddenly

'aht'ing

all

minła:ne:

the crowd

ts'ima'-xowinse'n

quiet - became

And suddenly everyone became silent.