dahungwho'-dun'-din do'n

[a long time ago]

ch'itindil

[they were coming along]

A long time ago it happened, they were coming along.

sa'a:

a long time

ya'de:lts'e'

they lived

yima:n

across

They lived across (the sea) for a long time.

hayah

[there]

ya'de:lts'e'

[they lived]

sa'a:-din-ding

[for a really long time]

haya:ł

[and then]

There they lived for a long time, and then...

hay k'isdiyun

those elderly people

me:lah

some of them

ya'te:diya'n

[they were getting old]

do: ya:ya'winde:tł'

[they couldn't travel]

sile'n

[it became]

haya:ł

[and then]

... the old people, some of them were getting elderly, they couldn't travel any more, and then...

mine:jixomił

[after a while]

'a:ya'de:ne'

[they said]

k'ite:t'aw

[Indian doctors]

ya'ne:ł'e'n

[they looked]

'a:ya'de:ne:

[they said]

yo:w

[over there]

yima:n

[across]

gya:n'

[it is revealed]

ninis'a:n

[land]

ye:

[different]

... after a while the Indian doctors had a vision and said: "Hey, there's land way over there!"

haya:ł

[and then]

ya'ne:'ił'e'n

[they always saw it]

'a:ya:ch'o:'ine'

[they always thought]

ninis'a:n do'n

[land]

teh'idwul

[it disappeared under water]

mine:jixomił

[now and then]

And then they thought the land disappeared (under the water) every now and then.

haya:ł

[and then]

'a:ya'de:'ine'

[they always said]

mine:jixomił do'n

[after a while]

ya:na:'udwul

[it rises back up]

haya:ł

[and then]

ta'na:n

[water]

wa:nunde'ile'

[it runs off of it]

And then they would say, "After awhile the land comes up and then the water runs off of it."

haya:ł do'n

[and then]

dungwho'owh

[someone]

xolisch

[fast]

na'wa:-de'

[if they go around]

dahch'idiwinłah-te:

[he/she will run]

And then if somebody can go really fast, they can run (across to where the land is).

yo:w

[over there]

yima:n

[across]

ch'ininła:d-e:-te:

[he/she will run]

They could run way across over there.

hay ninis'a:n

[the land]

ya:silay

[lying there]

dahwixil

[it is floating]

ya:ch'ondehsne'

[they thought]

"That land lying there is floating," they thought.

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

me:ya'k'iwiłtiw

they started measuring

k'iye:-de'

again and again

ya'ne:'ił'e'n

they look at it

ch'o:yahłts'it

they learned it

hay dahundi-mił

at what time

teh'idwul

it goes into the water

haya:ł

and

hay dahundi-mił

at what time

ya:na:'udwul

it comes back up

Then they started measuring it again, they watched it every day. They learned when goes in the water and when it comes back up.

haya:ł

[and then]

dahxo:da'awh

they're running

xowinse'n

[they started]

They started running.

to:-me'

[in the water]

'aht'in

[all]

łich'iwh-q'it

[on the sand]

haya:ł

[and then]

mine:jixomił q'ut

[after a while]

ya'tilte'

[they are strong]

ya'wilchwil

[they are young]

Along the beach, they are all strong and young.

'a:ya'de:ne'

[they said]

nisah do:n'

[a long way]

ya:xo:tida'awh

[we are running]

q'ut

[now]

haya:ł do'n

[then]

dahya:xo:diwid'un-te:

[we are going to run]

They said, "We are running a long way now - now we are going to run."

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

'a:ya'de:ne'

[they said]

ninis'a:n

[land]

ya:dwa'tł'-tehł

[it is starting to rise]

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

ya:dwa:tł'-mił

[when it rose up]

dahch'idiwidgit

[they ran as a group]

dunłungwho'n

[several of them]

dahdiwinła:t

[they ran]

And then they said, "The land is starting to rise!", and then when it started to come up several of them took off running as a group.

ninis'a:n

[land]

na:ła'

[another]

dahwila:l

[it was floating]

hayah

[there]

xo:ning'a:n-e:

[they came running]

A different land was floating there, and they came running up to it.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayah

[there]

ya'de:lts'e'

[they stayed]

midiłwa:

[different]

ya'ne:ł'e'n

[they watched it]

hay dahun'di-mił

[at what time]

k'iye:

[again]

ya:na:dwa'tł'-te:

[it will rise back up]

hay

[that which]

tehna:dwa:tł'

[it went back in the water]

haya:ł

[and then]

And then they stayed there, they studied it to see when it would rise back up again, (the land) which disappeared in the water. And then ...

haya:ł

[and then]

k'iye:-ding

[again]

dahxo:diwing'a:n

[they ran across]

k'iye:

[again]

ninis'a:n

[land]

dahwila:l

[it was floating]

hayah

[there]

me:ya:xo:ning'a:n

[they ran to it]

hayah

[there]

k'iye:

[again]

ya'de:lts'e'

[they stayed]

... and then they ran across again, they ran to the next island and again they stayed there.

hayi-xw

[this way]

'a:ya't'ing-xw

[they kept doing]

yiwiding-hit

[finally]

yima:n

across there

ya'un-ch'ing

from across

[na:ya'ninde:tł']

[they went across]

xo:ning'a:n-e:y

[they ran there]

hayah

there

'ungya'

they realized

ninis'a:n

land

dahungwho'owh 'ułkyow

the size of it was huge

sa'ung

sitting there

They kept doing this - they came from arcoss there until they got here, and they realized that a huge body of land was sitting there (the mainland).

haya:ł

[and then]

hayah

there

tsit

for a while

ya'de:lts'e'

they stayed

And there they stayed for awhile.

haya:ł

[and then]

diywho'-ji

everything

ya'ne:ł'e'n

they looked it over

łung-xw-'unt'e:

a lot of variety

diywho'

for instance

k'iwiyul

food

ting

[really]

xole:n

there was an abundance

diywho'

even

ło:q'i-ne'in

salmon (no longer in existence)

ya:'ułkit

they caught it

haya:ł

and then

There was really an abundance of all kinds of food there, like they even caught salmon, and then ...

ya'te:ng'e'n

they looked around

diywho'

[some]

k'ikine'

trees

nikya:w

big ones

na:ya:di'e:tł'

were standing

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

me'dil

canoe

do:ng'

that

yahsdilchwin'-te:

we will make

... they looked around, some big trees were standing there. They said, "We will make canoes."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

wun-na:ya:'usde:tł'

they're working on it

hayah

there

ya'de:lts'e'

they stayed there

mine:jixomił

after a while

And then they stayed there for a while working on it. After a while...

me:lah-'e:n'

some of them

dahna:xo:diwing'a:n

they ran back

na:yima:n

back across

na:xondi'a:n-e:

they came running back

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

ninis'a:n

land

tin

really

nikya:w

big

sa'ung-xola:n

(we found that) there is

... then some of them came back across and they said, "We found there's a big body of land over there."

haya:ł

and then

hayah-ch'ing'

to that place

'aht'ing

all

ya:te:se'ł-te:

we will go

"And that is where we shall all go."

me'dil

canoes

'a:ng'

(emphasis)

wun-na:ya'dil

they're working on it

haya:ł

and then

k'iye:

again

ya'wilchwil

young people

ła:n

a lot of them

ch'itehsyay

they left

midiłwa:

[different one]

dahxodiwing'a:n

they took off running

hay ninis'a:n

the island

dahwilahł-ding

where it is floating

They were working on canoes. And then, even more young people left to go where it (the island) was floating.

ya'ninde:tł'-e:y

they arrived there

k'iye:

again

na:ła'a-ch'in'

to the next one

ya'niwindilił-xw

they go the same way

yiwdin

finally

-de:-xw

here

ya'un-ch'ing

coming across

ya'ninde:tł'

they came

ła:n

lots of them

ch'iningyay

they came

ya'wilchwil

young people

They went from island to island like the people did before them, and finally they arrived (at the mainland). A lot of young people came.

haya:ł q'ut

and then

wun-na:ya:'usde:tł'

they worked on it

hay me'dil

the canoe

ya:'uschwin'-te:

they're going to make

haya:ł

[and then]

They worked on the canoes that they were going to make, and then ...

me'dil

boat

te:le'n

it has became

yiwiding-hit

finally

hayahujit

[then]

na:yima:n

back across

na:ya'tehłqe:t sile'n

they started rowing

ya:xołdiniwił'a'

they have learned it

... it became a canoe after a while, and then they learned how to row the boats.

haya:ł

and then

hay-yo:w

those (people) over there

me:lah

[some of them]

na:ya'dił-ding

[where they were living]

hayah

there

na:ya'nde:tł'-e:y

they returned

And then some of the people over there went back there (to the other side, where people were still living).

haya:ł

and then

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

me:lah

some (people)

'e:na:ng'

[for sure]

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

tin

in a big way

do: xokyun-ya:xole:n

they don't have common sense

do:-heh 'a:ya:ch'ondehsne'

they never thought

keh

hey!

na:yaydił

let's go back

na:yima:n

back across there

ya:xoxa:

after them

hay ya:xok'isdiya:n'-tah

their elders

And then they said: "As for some people, they really don't have any common sense. They never thought 'Hey, let's go back after them,' their elders."

hayi-'e:n'

as for them

da:ywho'owh

somewhere

xe'e:xo:te:'a:n-e:

they took off in all directions

yo:w-xw

[over that way]

do: 'o:na:lts'it

it's not known

As for them, they took off running somewhere - it's not known where they went.

haya:ł

and then

ya:xwe:n-'e:n'

as for them

hay k'isdiyun

the old people

mixa:

after them

na:ya'unde:tł'

they went back

haya:ł

and then

And then, as for them, they came back after their elders. And then ...

xowh-do:ng'

I guess

hay

that (person)

xwa:-na:ya'way

who is leading them

łiwung

one person

haya:ł

[and then]

de:-nohq'it-ch'in'

toward heaven

ch'ixine:wh

he talks

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi

him

'a:ya:xołch'ine:

he tells them

hayah

there

wohdil-e:-te:

you will go along

haya:ł

and then

ninis'a:n

land

'ung'

there is

hayah

at that place

naha:

for you

sa'a:n

it is there

nohninis'a:n'

your land

silin'-te:

it's going to become

hay de:wohłts'e'-tehł-ding

the place where you're going to live

... I guess one of them is their leader, he prays for them. And then he tells them "You will go along there, and there is land there for you. It will become your land, the place where you will live."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

hayi

that

mich'ing'

toward it

ya'widil

they are going

[ya'xowile:l]

[they float along]

haya:ł q'ut

and then

me'dil-me'-tah

into the canoes

'aht'ing

everybody

k'isdiyun

old people

yehwinyay

they got in

diywho' 'aht'in

everything they had

And then they are going toward it, and the old people got in the canoes with all of their belongings.

mije'e:din-tah

children also

hayahujit

and then

ya'un-ch'in

across

na:ya'xohsxe'

they're transporting them

Children too (in addition to old people), then they started transporting them across.

sa'a:y-e:

a long period of time

xowh-do:ng'

[I guess]

ya'dehłts'e:-xw

they were staying there

hayah

right there

diywho'

[some]

xontah-tah

houses

ya'tehłme'n

they built them

łe:we:na:wh

they lived there

ya:xona:

wating for them

'aht'in

all of them

ch'iningyay

they came

yiwiding-hit

after a while

ya'un-ch'in

across

They were staying there for a long time, and they built some houses there. They lived there, waiting for them. All of them came across after awhile.

haya:ł

and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

sahwinde'n

they started travelling

And after that they started travelling.

de:-xw yitsin'

going south

hay to:-me' yidah-ch'in

along the shoreline south

ch'itindil

they were going

They travelled going south along the coast.

xowh-do:ng'

[I guess]

dunłungwho'-di(n)

many times

me:nundiy

[years] passed over

ch'itindił-xw

they travelled that way

haya:ł

and then

For many years they travelled that way. And then ...

mine:jixomił

after some time

na:ya'ulye:wh 'e'iliw

they kind of rest

ya'de'ilts'e'

they lived there temporarily

hay da:ywho'-ding gya'

in some place or other

... after some time, they kind of rested. They lived temporarily in various places.

haya:ł

[and then]

k'iye:

again

na:xwe'ise:l-mił

when it gets warm

xowh do:ng'

[I guess]

xay-hit

wintertime

ya'de'ilts'e'

they lived there for a while

jahda:

too much

diywho' nundil-tah

[things like] snow

diywho'

other things

xosq'uts'i

cold

ma:n

for that reason

And I guess when it warms up again - in wintertime there's too much snow and things, because it gets cold.

haya:ł

then

ya'te'indil

they go

haya:ł

[and then]

de:-xw yidah-ch'ing

from the north southward

ya'widil

they are travelling

yiwidin

finally

Then they go, they're travelling from the north southward. Finally ...

dahwilahł-ding

Eureka

mino:ng'ay'-ding

near it

ya'ninde:tł'-e:y

they came

... they came close to Eureka.

haya:ł

[and then]

hay xwa: ya'qa:l

the leader*

'a'de:ne'

he said

digyun-do:n'

right here

And then the leader said: "Right here!"

hay-de:di

this right here

miq'eh

follow it

ya:ydil-e:-te:

we are going

hay nilin

the stream

"We're going to follow this stream here."

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

[q'ut]

okay

hayi-xw

that

'a:yaydiyah-te:

we will do

haya:ł

and then

me:lah

some of them

ya'te:diya'n sile'n

they're getting kind of older

xo'ji-xw

[more and more]

haya:ł

and so

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

nehe:-'e'n

as for us

digyung

right here

ya:wehsdilyo'

we like it

And then (they said), "Okay, we will do that." And then some of them got older, quite old. And then they said, "As for us, we like it here."

digyung

here

ya:dehsdilts'e:-te:

we're going to live

haya:ł

and then

'a:ya:xołch'ide:ne'

he told them

"We're going to live right here." And then he told them:

de:-nohq'it-mił

from up in heaven

do:-me'de:din

he does not want

digyung

here

de:sohłts'e:

you live

"The Creator (he who is above us) doesn't want you to live here."

ya:ydil-e:-te:

we're going to go

hay ninis'a:n

that land

naha:

for us

wilchwin-ding

it has been made

hayah-de'-ji

until then

ya:de:widilts'e'-e:-te:

we will live

"We're going to go to that land that was made for us. Until we get to that place, we will live together."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

hayi-heh

even then

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

And even then they said:

daw

no

nehe:-'e:n'

as for us

me:ya:wditsa:s

we're tired of this

digyung

right here

ya:dehsdilts'e:-te:

we will live

łung-xw 'unt'e:

all different kinds

k'iwiyul

food

xolin

there's a lot

ła'ay-xw q'ut

truly

"No, we're tired of travelling. We're going to stay right here, we will live here. There's lots of different kinds of food there, truly.

hun'

a river

ch'e:wilin

comes out

diywho'

[something]

hayah

there

diywho'

[things like]

ło:qi-tah

salmon too

wun-na:ya:se'tł'-te:

we'll be catching

diywho'

things like

tł'iwhxa:n-tah

eels also

ya:k'iwidyun'-te:

we will eat

k'iłixun-tah

deer also

na:ya:dił

they're walking around

A river comes out there. We can catch things like salmon, and we will also eat things like eels. Deer also are walking around."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

yiwiding-hit

after a while

xowun

from them

sahya:nde'n

they travelled

And so after a while they left them there.

hay nilin-q'eh

along that stream

yiduq

[uphill]

ya'tehsde:tł'

they travelled along

mitis

over it

ya'winde:tł'

they went up

They traveled along that stream, up and over the hill.

haya:ł

[and then]

xwe:ył-q'it

Redwood Creek

ya'ninde:tł'-e:

they arrived

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

digyun

right here

midiłwa:

[instead]

ya:de:widilts'e'-te:

we will stay

tsit

for a while

Then they arrived at Redwood Creek, and he (their leader) said, "We can stay here for a while."

mitis

over it

'ung'

first

ninis'a:n

hill

mitis

over it

ya:yde'tł'-te:

we're going

hay wohdił-ch'ing'

to the place where you are going

We're going over the hill to your destination (the place that you are going).

hayah-de'-ji

to that place

hayah-de'-ji

that's where

łe:wohna:wh-e:-te:

you shall live

"To that place, that's where you shall live."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

ya'de:lts'e'

they lived

hayah

there

diywho'

some things

k'iłixun-tah

deer (among other things)

ya'wingwa:n

they killed

diywho'

[some]

ło:q'-tah

salmon also

wun-na:ya:'usde:tł'

they worked on it

And then they lived there. Among other things, they killed deer and they also worked on getting salmon.

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

de:di q'ut

now

mingya:

it is time

hay xwa: ya'qa:l

the person leading them

de:da:n'

[now]

ya:te:se'ł-te:

we are going to leave

And then their leader said, "Now it is time for us to leave."

haya:ł

[then]

me:lah

some of them

'a:ya:de:ne'

[they said]

daw

no

nehe:-'e:n'

as for us

do: me:ya:de:diding

we don't want

ya:te:dil

to leave

And then some of them said "No, as for us, we don't want to leave."

digyung

right here

ya:dehsdilts'e:-wint'e:-te:

we will always live

haya:ł

and then

hay xwa: ya'qa:l

the person leading them

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told them

de:-nohq'it-mił

from above in heaven

do: me'de:din

he doesn't want

digyun

here

de:sohłts'e:

you live

"We will always live here." And then the leader told them: "The Creator doesn't want you to live here."

hay ninis'a:n

that land

nohwa'ning'un-ding

that he has given you

haya:-ch'ing'

to that place

wohdil-e:-te:

you are going to go

haya:ł

and then

do: tehsohde'tł'-de'

if you don't go

"You have to keep going to that land he has given you. And then if you don't go ..."

do:-xoling

not

xowa'ni

part of it

'ohliw

you're going to become

digyung

here

de:sohłts'e:-wint'e:-te:

you'll always live

haya:ł

and then

"... you won't be part of it (the group going over the hill). You'll always live here. And then ..."

diywho'

anything

naha:

for you

'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e:

everything

ch'ischwin'-te:

he will create

hay ya:ne'tł'-ding

that place where we arrive

haya:ł

[and then]

"Whatever you need he (the Creator) will make for you in that place where we are going. And then ..."

hayah

there

de:sohłts'e:-wint'e:-te:

you will always live

nohnis'a:n'

your land

silin'-te:

it will become

"... you will always live there, it will become your land."

daw

no

ya'de:ne'

they said

digyung

right here

nehe:-'e:n'

as for us

ya:dehsdilts'e:-te:

we will live

haya:ł q'ut

and then

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told them

xa'-do'ong

okay

haya:ł do'n

and then

do:-xoling

it's not going to happen

miwa'n

part of it

'ohliw

you become

na:tini-xw

Hoope Valley

hay ch'itindil

people that are going

"No!" they said. "As for us, we will always live here." And then he told them, "Okay! Then you won't become part of the people going to Hoopa Valley."

digyun

here

de:sohłts'e:-wint'e:-te:

you'll always live

haya:ł

and then

diywho' na:lto'n-tah

could be dances

silin'-de'

when it becomes

diywho' ch'idilye:-tah

could be religious dances

do:-xoling

no way!

hayah

there

te:soh'e'n

you watch

do:-xolin minłung

there's no way

dohłye:-tah

you dance

"You'll always live here (in Redwood Creek). And then, what will become some dances like the white deerskin and jump dance, no way! You watch from over there. You can't dance (the white deerskin or jump dance)."

na:tinixwe:

Hupa people

wha:ne:

only

xwa:

for them

ya:silin'-te:

it will be

"It (dancing) will be for Hupa people only."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

sahwinde'n

they left

me:lah-'e:n'

some of them

q'ut

[now]

hayah

there

łe:we:na:wh

they lived

ya:xoma:lyo'-ne'in-'e:ng'

their relatives used-to-be

And then they left (the people going over the hill). Some of them, even those who were their relatives, lived there (at Redwood Creek).

'iłma:lyo'

related to each other

'a:ya:'unt'e:-xosing

they are

haya:ł

and then

They (Hupa and Redwood Creek people) are still related to each other. And then ...

na:tini-xw

Hoopa

mitis

over it

ch'itindil

they came

And then they came over the hill to Hoopa.

hayah

there

ninis'a:n

the valley

ya'ułtsa:n-e:

they saw

And then (all of a sudden) they saw the valley.

haya:ł

[and then]

ch'in

[they say]

[yinuq]-e:n'-ch'in'-ch'in'

on the upper side of the valley

na:tini-xw

[Hoopa Valley]

xontah

houses

xwa:

[for them]

no:ya'te:lay

they started putting them here and there

hayah

there

łe:we:na:wh

they started living

hayah-mił

from there

me'dilding

at Me'dilding

na:tse:-din

in the first place

łe:we:na:wh

they started living

xowh do'n

I guess

And then (it is said) they built several houses in the upper part of the valley. They settled there, and from there they first started living at Me'dilding, I guess ...

yo:w yinuq-xoliwh-xw-ding

that area sort of further up the river

hay ta'na:n

the river

mina:di

around it

nilin-ding

where it goes

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

... in the area up the river, where the river flows around the land, they said:

yo:w-na'

look there!

dilxich

fawn

ye:

like

minin'

its face

nehwa:n-e:

it looks like

haya:ł

[and then]

"Look there! It looks like a fawn's face!" And then ...

'a'de:ne'

he said

hayah do'n

there

nohnis'a:n'

your land

silin'-te:

it will become

hay dilxich-minin' ta:ng'a:-ding

"fawn's face sticking out"

ch'o:ya:ngwhe'

they named it

na:tse:-dung'

at first

... he (the leader) said, "There, it will become your land." They called it 'Fawn's-face-sticking-out-place' at first.

haya:ł

[and then]

mine:jixomił

after a while

na:ła'-xw

a different way

'a:na:wehsye'

they named it

After a while they called it something different.

haya:ł

[then]

diysh-ta:ng'a:-ding

Diyshta:ng'a:ding

'o:na:wehsye'

it became that name

hayah

there

sa'a:

for a long time

łe:we:na:wh

they lived

It came to be called {diyshta:ng'a:ding}. They lived there for a long time.

hayah-de'-jit

and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

de:-xw

from here

hun'-yide'

downriver

sahwinde'n

they went along

me:lah

some people

haya:ł

and then

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

digyung

right here

nehe:

as for us

ya:dehsdilts'e:-te:

we will live

And then they went along downriver. Some said, "As for us, we will live here."

me'dilding

Me'dilding

ya'wehsyo'

they liked it

They liked Me'dilding.

hayah

there

me:lah

some of them

sahwinde'n

they moved

łe:we:na:wh

they lived there

haya:ł

then

yide'-ding

further down the river

yiwiding-hit

finally

ta'k'imiłding

Ta'k'imiłding

Some of them moved there. Then further downriver, finally (they came to) Ta'k'imiłding.

hayah

there

me:lah

some of them

ya'wehsyo'

they liked it

hayah

there

ya'de:lts'e'

they lived

Some of them liked it there, so they lived there.

haya:ł

so

hayi do'n

as for them

xwa:

for them

na:ya:'uschwe'n

he made them

hay diywho' ch'idilye:-tah

the dances

haya:ł

and then

hayah-mił

from there

He (the Creator) made the dances for them. And then, from there ...

haya:ł

[and then]

'aht'ing-'e:n'

all of them

ła'ay

one

'a:ya:'unt'e:-ne'in

they used to be

haya:ł

[and then]

'a:ya'de:ne'

he said

xwe:ył-q'it-xwe:

Redwood Creek people

do:-xoling yidilye:

they can't dance

hay-'e:n'

as for them

de:-nohq'it-mił

from heaven

'a'de:ne'

he said

do:-xoling

can't

xwe:yłq'it-xwe:

Redwood Creek Indians

hayah

[there]

ts'isye:n

they are standing

do:

not

ma:

for them

wilchwe:n

it was made

ninis'a:n chwin'-da:ya'wiłtin-te:

they'll ruin the world

At one time they were all one tribe. And he said "Redwood Creek people can't dance. As for them," the Creator said, "Redwood Creek people can't stand there (on holy ground). It's not made for them. They would ruin the world."

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-ma:n

for that reason

dahungwho'-dun'

a long time ago

do: wilchwe:n-ne'in

it wasn't done

xwe:yłq'it-xwe:

Redwood Creek Indians

yidilye:

they dance

For that reason, a long time ago Redwood Creek weren't allowed to dance.

yo:w-xw-din-mił

from way over there

hijit

from that time

ya'te:'e'in'-ne'in

they used to watch

haya:ł

and then

hayi-xw-mił

in that way

na:tini-xw

in Hoopa

na:'usde:tł'

they went around (= started living)

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

people

They could (only) watch from a distance. And that's how people started living in Hoopa.

haya:ł

[and then]

de:di ye:

even today

hay nohnis'a:n' wilchwe:n

that land which was given to us

hayah

there

ya:dehsdilts'e:-te:-ne'in

we were supposed to live

haya:ł

[and then]

de:de:n'

as for now

łung-xw-'unt'e:

a lot of different [kinds]

nohq'it

on top of us

yehwinde:tł'

they came in

haya:ł

and then

Even today, we're supposed to live on this land that was made ours. Others have come in on top of us. And then ...

dungwho'

nobody

do: ch'o:nahłts'it

they don't know

hay xwe:di-xowh

how

ya:ne:de:tł'

we have come

na:tini-xw

(to) Hoopa

... nobody knows how we came to Hoopa (anymore).