ta'k'imił-ding

at Ta’k’imiłding

na'tehłdichwe:n

he grew up,

xontah-nikya:w

House - Big

me'

in

ts'isla:n

he was born

kile:xich

a boy.

He grew up at Ta'k'imiłding; he was born in the Big House (xontah nikya:w) - a boy.

haya:ł

then

'ung'

it was

łah-xw

only, nothing but

na'k'iwing'ah

he sang

wehst'e'

continually,

na'k'e'a'aw

he would keep singing.

He would do nothing but sing all the time; he just kept singing.

haya:ł

then

hay diydi

whatever

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide'ine'

they would tell him

'aht'ing-q'a 'unt'e:

everything

mida'-q'eh

its word, mouth - after

na'a'a'

he carried it about. (= he minded it)

He would mind everything they told him.

'e'ilwil

it would get dark

na'ky'a'ah-xw

as he sang*

xontah-nikya:w

House - Big

me'

in,

ta'k'imił-ding

at Ta’k’imiLding.

He would sing all day long in the Big House at Ta'k'imiłding.

mine:jixomił

then one time

hay

the

tsumehstł'o:n

woman

ch'e'ningyay

went out,

ta'na:n

water

ch'o:nichwit-ming

to fetch - for.

Then one day the woman went out to fetch water.

to:-ch'ing'

to the river

xoda'wingyay

she went down.

She went down to the river.

hay-yo:w

that

kile:xich

boy

na'ky'a'ah

was singing.

The boy was singing.

haya:ł

then

q'ut

as soon as

ta'na:n

water

ya'wingxa:n

she dipped up,

na:yiduq

back uphill

na'tehsdiyay

she went back

xontah-ch'ing'

house - to.

When she had dipped up some water, she headed back uphill to the house.

na'wida:l

she was going along back

mił

when,

dahyiwiłkit-xola:n

it was hovering in the air - it seemed

'ah

a cloud

xontah-q'it

the house - on, over.

As she was going back, it looked like there was a cloud hovering over the house.

haya:ł

then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

ch'iwinye'n

(as) she stood still,

hay

that

ye:

as if

me'-ch'ing'

inside it (the cloud)

na'k'iwing'aw

someone was singing

sile'n

it was,

hay

that which

xontah-q'it

the house - over

dahyiwiłkit-xola:n

hovered in the air - it seemed.

She stopped and thought that it was like someone was singing inside that thing which seemed to be hovering over the house.

haya:ł 'ung'

it was

yiwiding-it

after a while

hay

the

ta'na:n

water

ch'iwixahł-ne'en

(which) she was carrying along - (past)

no'ningxa:n

she put it down

After a while she put down the water she had been carrying.

haya:ł

then

xwe:da'ay-na:diwing'a'

her head - it extended to (= she heard something)

She heard something.

me'-ch'ing'

inside it

'ungya'

she perceived

na'ky'a'ah-ts'eh

someone was singing - she heard,

hay

(in) that

dahyiwiłkit

hovering

'ah

cloud

She could hear someone singing inside the hovering cloud.

mine:jixomił

after a while

ya:naywiłdikit

it rose back up in the air,

haya:-ch'ing'

toward there, in that direction

me'-ch'ing[']

inside it

na'k'iwing'aw-e:-ts'iw

someone was singing - there - she heard.

After a while it rose back up in the air, and she heard singing from that direction.

haya:ł

then

ch'e'iye'n*

she kept standing still.

She kept standing there.

yiwiding-it

finally

ye:w

way off

je:nah-ch'ing'

the sky - towards

nahsdile'n-e:y

it came to be - there

haya:-ch'ing'

in that direction

me'k'iwi'a:l-e:-ts'iw

he sang along - there - she heard.

Then it was way off in the sky there, and she still heard singing from that direction as it moved along.

yiwiding-it

finally

do:-xohsle'-e:y

not - it was - there (= it disappeared),

ye:w

way off

de:-nohq'it-ch'ing'

here - above us (= Heaven) - towards

xa:nayisdikit

it rose back up.

Finally it disappeared, rising back up to Heaven.

haya:ł

then

xontah-ch'ing'

house - toward

xa:na:'usdiyay

she went back up

yehna'widyay

she went back in

do:

not

ch'ixole:n-e:y

he was - there.

She went on up to the house, and went inside; the boy was gone.

haya:ł

then

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought

hay

that

de:-gya'

apparently

me'

in it

ch'itehsyay

he went off,

hay

that

'ah

cloud

dahyiwiłkit

(which) had been hovering.

She decided that he must have gone off in that hovering cloud.

haya:ł

then

hay

her

xoxun'

husband

k'iwunay'day

(from) hunting

na:'undiyay

he returned,

xoł-ch'ixowilik

she told him about it,

hayi-q'-a:n'

how it was

'ahdiyaw

it had happened

ch'ide:ne:

she said.

Her husband returned from hunting, and she told him about it, and said how it had happened.

haya:ł

then

xoq'eh

after him

do: ya'wiłde'n

not - they were happy (= they missed him)

xona:q'ito:'

their tears

na:ya:wehsle'n

flowed down.

They were lonesome for him. They wept.

haya:ł

then

q'ut

now

sa'a:

for a long time

nahsdile'n

it still was

do:

not

na:'undiyay

he returned.

A long time passed, and he didn't come back.

q'ut

now

xowh

I guess

do:ng'

it must be…

(Now I guess what happened was…)

mine:jixomił

then one time,

dunłungwho'-ding

many - times

me:nundiyay

the seasons came,

xwe'ehsday

the man

k'iwunay'ida'

went out hunting.

Then one day, after many years had passed, the man went out hunting.

de:di-q'eh

here - along

yiduq

uphill

ch'itehsyay

he went off,

k'iwunayda:

hunting.

He went off uphill from there to hunt.

haya:ł

then

'ung'

it was

ch'ite:ch'it

he got tired.

He got tired.

ch'inehsday

he sat down

k'inehst'a:n*

a tan oak

miyeh

beneath,

na'wilye:wh

he rested,

k'inehst'a:n

the tan oak

me'niwehs'a'

he leaned against it.

He sat down under a tan oak and rested, leaning against the oak.

miq'it-dahch'iwinge:n*

on it - he put fire on (= He lit a pipe, smoked).

He lit a pipe and smoked.

haya:ł

then

'ungya'

he was aware

xwe'ehsday...

the man (was)...

ch'iwilchwil...

q'un-ch'iwilchwil

a young man

xoch'ing'

towards him

ch'e'ningya:

coming out (of the trees)

ch'e'ningyay

he came out

ch'ixohłtsa:n

he saw him.

Then he glimpsed… a young man coming towards him out of the woods.

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

he looked at him,

de:di

here

'ungya'

obviously was

hay

his

xowhxiy'

son,

q'un-ch'iwilchwil

a young man

ts'isle'n-e:-xola:n

he had become - now - it seemed.

He looked at him and recognized his son, who had now apparently become a young man.

haya:ł

hen

'ung'

it was

ła'a:y-xw

immediately

xoch'ing'

towards him

'ina:'usła:t

he sprang up,

hay

(towards) his

xowhxiy'

son

He immediately sprang up towards his son.

haya:ł

then

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

(his son) said to him,

do:

not

whiwun-niwidyay-heh

towards me - anyone should come - at all!

But the other said to him: "No one should come towards me!"

do:

not

whiwilkit-heh

anyone should catch hold of me - at all!

No one should grab hold of me!

mawh

phew!

hay

the

k'iwinya'nya:n

human

mikyo:n'

scent!

It stinks - the scent of human beings!

łah-xw-a:n'

solely it is

na:whdiyay

I have come back

nohoł-xowhlik-ming

to tell you all - in order to

hay

the

xwe:di-q'eh-te:

what manner - after - (future) (=in what way will it be)

I have come back only to tell you people how things will be done.

de:-nohq'it-ch'ing'

Heaven - to

te:se:yay

I went off

hay

that

'ah

cloud

me'

in.

I went off to Heaven in that cloud.

ch'idilye:-wint'e:-ding

the religious dances - continually take place

hayah

there,

'e'ilwil

evening always comes

ch'idilye:-xw

while they dance*

They are continually dancing the religious dances (ch'idilye:) there, dancing all day long.

haya:ł

then

'ung'

it is

hay-wun

that - for

na:whdiyay

I have come back

hay-de:di

here,

na:whiłtsa:n

you have seen me again,

nohoł-na:xowhlik-ming

to tell you all again - in order to,

ch'idilye:

the dance

'ohłchwe:-ming

you make - so that,

hay

that

xwe:di-q'i

in what manner

tehsya:-te:

it (dance) goes - (future),

hay

that

da:ydi-ding

at what places

hayah

there

hay

that

diwohłye'ił-te:

you dance along (future).

It is for this that I have returned here, and you have seen me again--so that I can instruct you people to do the ch'idilye: - how it will move, what places there are that you will dance at.

de:

this (= Hoopa Valley)

miq'eh

along it

yide'

downstream,

ye:w

over there

tł'ohwung'-q'it

on Bald Hill

hayah

there

ch'e:na:dinohłye'-te:

you finish dancing - (future).*

Going downstream through the valley, you will finish the dance up there on Bald Hill.

haya:ł

then

hay

that

me'

in those (places)

xonsił-diwohłye'-te:

you dance the summer ch’idilye: (Deerskin Dance) - (Future)

Those are the places in which you will dance the Summer ch'idilye: (the White Deerskin Dance).

hay

this

ch'e:na:dinohłye'

you finish dancing

mił

when,

minłun-ding

ten - times

na:yisxa:n

it has dawned again*

mił

when,

diwohłye'-te:

you dance (future)

ya:xo:'awh

the jumping

'unt'e:

kind (of dance)

xay-ch'ing'

winter-time (= Jump)

ch'idilye:

dance,

minłun-ding

ten - times

yisxa:n-e:-te:

it dawns - then (future).

When you have finished this dance, and ten more days have passed, you will dance the jumping kind of ch'idilye:, the Winter-time ch'idilye: (the Jump Dance) for ten days.

hay

the (dance fence)

me:ne:q'

behind it

hayah-mił

there - from

'ung'

it is

whe:

I

na:te:wh'ing'ił-te:

am looking on continually - (future)

na:niwiwhda:whił-te:

I come back again and again - (future)

From behind the dance fence there I will be looking on each time, I will come back each time.

do:-xoling

not - possible

'e:n'

it is

whohłtsis

you see me.

You won't be able to see me.

hay

(the fence)

me:ne:q'

behind

mił

from

diywhe'eh

nobody

do:

not

na:'o:ya'-heh-ne'

let him go around - at all - (command)

k'iwinya'nya:n

a person!

Don't let any person do anything from behind the fence!

łing'-heh

a dog - even

do:

not

hayah-mił

there - from

yito:'o:'e'n-heh-ne'

let it look - at all - (command)!

Don't even let a dog look from there!

hayah

There - it is

'ung'

it is

mił

from

na:te:wh'ingił-te:

I am continually looking on - (future).

It's from there that I will be looking on each time.

do:-xoling

Not - possible

whohłtsis

you see me,

but

but...

You won't see me, but...

hayah-mił

there - from

na:te:wh'ing'ił-te:

I am continually looking on - (future)

I'll be looking on from there."

hayah

there

no:nt'ik'

it stretches to (= The End).

That's the end.