dahungwho'-dung'

A long time ago

dongq'a'

before

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

people

na:na:nde:tł'

came down to earth

dung'

at that time

misah-niłchwin

Buzzard

mun'kyohłtsow

Blowfly

'iłch'ing'

with one another

łiy

a bet

ya:'iłdichwe'n

they made.

A long time ago, before people came down to earth, Buzzard and Blowfly made a bet with one another.

'a'de:ne'

(Blowfly) said,

dunda:ng'

"Who is it

dunda:ng'

who is it

na:tseh

first

ch'iłtsa:n-te:

sees-(future)

diywho'

something

yo:w

there

yahsłiq'

rotten

siłtin-te:

lying dead-(future)?"

Blowfly said, "Which of us will be the first to see something rotten lying somewhere?"

misah-niłchwin

Buzzard

'a'de:ne'

said

whe:

"I

na:tseh

first

'iwhtsa:n-te:

I see it-(future)!"

Buzzard said, "I will be the first to see it!"

daw

"No!"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

(Blowfly) said to him,

whe:

I

ye:

instead

do:ng'

it is

na:tseh

first

'iwhtsun-te:

I see it-(future)!"

"No!" said Blowfly, "it's I who will be the first to see it!"

haya:ł

Then

ung'

it was

de:-q'ung-it

soon afterward

q'ut

now

ya'tehsde:tł'

they went off.

Shortly after that, they set off.

da:ywho'-ding

Somewhere-place

ch'iwidil

they went along.

They were going along somewhere.

mun'kyohłtsow

Blowfly

yehch'iwingyay

went in

hay

that,

ch'iłtsa:n

he saw

k'iłuxun

a deer

siłte:n

lying dead,

minchwiwh

its nose

q'eh

along

yehch'iwingyay

he went in.

Blowfly went inside; he saw a deer lying dead and went in through its nose.

haya:ł

Then

hayah

there

me'

in

ch'iwinda'

he (had) stayed

do:

not

sa'a:y

long

mił

when

'un-gya'

he saw

je:nah-xw

in the sky

na:'usxits'

flying around,

misah-niłchwin

Buzzard

He hadn't been inside long when he saw Buzzard flying around in the sky.

nin-ch'ing'

Towards the ground, down

ch'ite:ng'e'n

(Buzzard) looked

'a:ch'o:ndehsne'

he thought,

hay-yo:w

"That one

siłte:n

lying dead

e:y

there

keh

I think I'll

hayah

there

na:nawhdiya'

I go down!

dungwhe'eh

Nobody

do:

not

na'way

goes around

e:

there."

Buzzard looked down and thought, "There is something lying dead - I think I'll go down there! Nobody is around."

haya:ł

Then

ung'

it was

q'ut

now

na:na'widxits'

he flew down.

Then he flew down.

q'ut

Now, as soon as

ch'inehsday

he sat down,

k'iwinya'n

he ate

hay-yo:w

that

k'iłuxun

siłte:n

lying dead,

hay

the one who

ch'it

dead

xola:n

was

As soon as he had sat down, he began to eat that dead deer lying there.

haya:ł

Then

sa'a:

for a long time

ya'wehs'a'

he sat

k'iwinya'n

he ate

mił

after,

'un-gya'

he saw

After he had sat eating for a long time, [he saw ...]

mun'kyohłtsow

Blowfly

'un-gya'

he saw

minchwiwh

its nose

q'eh

along

ch'e:na:'undiyay

he came back out.

[...] he saw Blowfly - saw him emerge from the deer's nose!

haya:ł

Then

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

(Buzzard) said to him,

dahung'di-dung'

"When did

ninyay

you arive?"

He said to him, "When did YOU get here?"

haya:ł

Then

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

(Blowfly) said to him,

whe:

"I

'e:n'

indeed

q'ut

now

sa'a:

a long time

digyun

here

na:whwhay

I've been around;

q'ut

now

wha:wehsle'

I am full, satisfied

ts'eh

I feel,

q'ut

now

na:tehsdiya:-te:

I go back home-(future)

And Blowfly replied, "Me, I've been around here a long time now, and now that I'm full I'm going home."

hayi-q'i

This way

mił

with, from

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

it happened,

misah-niłchwin

Buzzard

ne'en

(past)

xowun

from him

na:niwehsdilay

they were put back. (= he lost the bet)

And so it came about that Old Buzzard lost his bet.