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And then the Creator's helper came, the Creator brought him and told him, "As for you, old man from across the sea, you will become the boss of everything here."

haya:ł
and then

hay
[that]

wha
for me

'ulleh -te
you're going to do it

hay 'a:nił-de:n'-te
that which I'm going to tell you

"And then you're going to do for me what I tell you."

haya:ł
[and then]

q'ut do'on
okay

ch'ide:ne'
he said

And so the Creator's helper said, "Okay!"

haya:ł
and then

ninis'a:n
mountain

nikya:w
big

na:da'a:-ding
place where it's standing

hayah
[there]

yehk'ingqot
he poked a hole in it

xola'-mił
with his finger

And then, where a big mountain was standing there, the Creator poked a hole in it with his finger.

haya:ł
and then

'a'de:ne'
he said

digyung don'
right here

ch'e:nehł'a:ch-te
they will come out

diywho' łung -xw -'unt'e:
a variety of animals

And then the Creator told his helper, "Right here, there's going to be all kinds of animals coming out."

haya:ł
and then

hayi
[that]

'o:ngwhe'-te
you're going to name them

haya:ł
[and then]

xots'e:q'it
their umbilical cords

dahya:k'iwint'us'ił-te
you're going to cut them off consecutively

"And then, you're going to name them, and you're going to cut their umbilical cord one by one (as they emerge)."

haya:ł
and then

q'ut do'n
okay

ch'ide:ne'
he said

haya:ł
[and then]

tse
rock

łiqay
white

tsehłqay
quartz

ya'wilay
he picked up

And then he said, "Okay!" and he (the creator's helper) picked up white quartz blades.

haya:ł
so

hayah
there

no'nilay
he put them down

hay ch'e:k'iwehs'un'-ding
where the opening is

haya:ł
and then

'a'de:ne'
he said

ch'e:ninyahwh
come on out!

And he put them down there, where the hole comes out, and then he said, "Come on out!"

ła'ay-xw q'ut
[all at once]

sa:ts'
bear

ch'e:ninyay
came out

All at once a bear came walking out.

xots'e:q'it
umbilical cord

dahk'int'a:ts'
he cut it

He cut the umbilical cord.

yo:w -xw
someplace

nunya:-n'
go walk around

xoł-ch'ide:ne'
he told him

sa:ts'
bear

nolye:-te
will be your name

"Go walk around someplace" he told him. "{Sa:ts'} (bear) will be your name."

haya:ł q'ut
and so

yo:w -xw
[there]

xe'e'winyay-e:
he walked away

k'itiwa
into the bushes

And so Bear walked off into the bushes.

mine:jixomił
after a while

k'iłixun
a deer

ch'inya
came walking out

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi
him

q'ina'
also

xots'e:q'it
his umbilical cord

dahk'int'a:ts'
he cut

After a while a deer came out, and he also cut his umbilical cord.

haya:ł
and then

'aht'ing
all of them

ch'e:ya'windil-il
they kept coming out

tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay -tah
even Squirrel

And then all the animals kept coming out, like Squirrel.

'aht'ing -xw 'un'te na:way minła:n-e
every different kind of animal

ch'inyay
came out

haya:ł
and then

'aht'ing
all of them

xots'e:q'it
their umbilical cord

dahk'int'a:ts'
he cut it off

All kinds of animals came out, and then he cut off all of their umbilical cords.

'a:ya:xoł-ch'idiwine:l-il
he kept on telling them

de:-q'i
this way

'unolye:-te
your name will be

haya:ł
[and then]

tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay
squirrel

nolye:-te
your name will be

He kept on telling them, "This is what your name will be." Then (he told Squirrel), "Your name will be {tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay}."

haya:ł
[and then]

na:q'itah-k'iłixun
jackrabbit

nolye:-te
your name will be

Then (he said to Jackrabbit), "You will be named {na:q'itah-k'iłixun}."

haya:ł
and then

hayi -xw
that way

'aya:xo:lye'il
their name became

haya:ł
[and then]

yo:w -xw
away

xe'e:widil-e:
they went off

And that's what their name became, then they went off (into the woods).

k'itiwa
in the woods

ła:n
a lot

nahsya'
[it was going around]

All of a sudden there was a lot of life in the woods.

xoya:n
wild

sile'n
they became

haya:ł
[and]

yayxinehwh -ne'in
they used to talk

hay -de:
right now

nehe ya:xindiye:whe'-q'i
just like we talk

They became wild animals, (but) they used to talk like we talk now.

haya:ł
and then

na:miq'eh -din -ding
on the very tail end

'a'de:ne'
he said

ch'e:ninyahwh
come on out

digyung
here

And then, at the very tail end (of the line of animals), he (the Creator's helper) said, "Come on out here!"

haya:ł
[and then]

ch'ite:ng'e'n
he peeked out

Then he (the last animal) peeked out.

'ungya'
he realized

sixa:n-e:
it's sitting there

tse:ling wha:ne
it's all bloody

hay tsehłqay
the white rock blades

He (the last animal) realized the quartz blade is sitting there with blood all over it.

jiweh
[I'm scared]

ch'ondehsne'
he thought

do:-xoling
not

che:'iwha:wh
I'm going out

yehna'wildidow
he ducked back in

"I'm scared" he thought. "I'm not going out there," and he ducked back in.

haya:ł
[and then]

k'iye
again

'a:na:xołch'ide:ne'
he told him again

digyung
here

ch'e:ninyahwh
come on out

haya:ł
and then

daw
no

do: ch'e'ningya
he didn't come out

And then again he told him, "Come on out here!" but no, he didn't come out.

ch'ite:ng'e'n
he looked

xoning'
his face

na:'usqe:t-e:
he stuck it out there

yehna'wildido:w-e:
he ducked back in

He peeked out - he poked his face out there, and he ducked back in.

hayi -xw
that [way]

'ahdiyaw
he did it

dunłungwho'-ding
several times

chwola'-ding xowh
about five times

He kept doing that, about five times.

xoxa:
after him

na'k'isle'
he reached in

ch'e'xonilo:s
he pulled him out

hayahujit
[then]

xoning'-mił
by his face

He reached in after him and he pulled him out by his face.

xoning'-q'eh
down his face

ch'e'k'iniłtik
he squeezed it

xonin'
his face

diwime'n
it got sharp

haya:ł
[and then]

xona:'
his eyes

do: 'o:na:wehs'e'n
[can't be seen]

He squeezed his face so it became sharp, and you can't see his eyes.

haya:ł
and then

hay xoky'a:ng'ay -ne'in
his arms used-to-be

ch'ite:te:qits'
he twisted them round and round

xola'
his hands

digyung je:nah
way up high

te:le'n-e:
became

haya:ł
[and then]

He twisted his arms until his hands were way up high. And then ...

xots'e:q'it
his umbilical cord

dahk'int'a:ts'
he cut it

hayahujit
and then

... he cut his umbilical cord. And then ...

yehna'xołwa:tł'
he slammed him back in

hay xa:ky'a'un -ding
where the hole is

... he slammed him back the hole.

na:k'idmo:t'
mole

nolye:-te
will be your name

yiniw
under the ground

wha:ne
only

nunya:-te
you'll be going around

xoł-ch'ide:ne'
he old him

"Your name will be {na:k'idmo:t'} (mole), and you will only go around under the ground," he (the Creator's helper) told him.

haya:ł q'ut
and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding
after that

nahsde:tł'
they went around

And then after that they went around (all these animals).

haya:ł
and then

xontehł-taw
Coyote

xochwo: na:y
and his grandmother

ch'ide:'ilts'e'
they lived there

haya:ł
[and]

'aht'ing
all of them

'iłch'ing'
to one another

ya'xine:wh
they spoke

sile'n
[it became]

haya:ł
[and then]

minim'-mił-łe:diliw -tah
Mountain Lion also

'aht'ing
all

xontah
house

no:ya'te:lay
they built

And then coyote and his grandmother lived there, and they all spoke to one another, even Mountain Lion, they all built houses.

haya:ł
[and then]

ła:n
a lot of them

nahsya'
[they went around]

diywho'
[something]

hay ch'ixolchwe
Indian stories

sile'n
they became

hay mich'in'-ding
for that reason

haya:ł
[and]

xowa:yungxiwidlik
they have a story about them

me:lah
some of them

There were a lot of them going around, and because of that they all became Indian stories. And some of them had stories told about them.

xowhine'-tah ya:xole:n
they have songs too

hay 'unłung
all of them

na:way
going around

diywho' xoya:n
wild animals

diq'a:n
in the woods

Some of them even have songs, all of those wild animals running around in the woods.

haya:ł
[and then]

hay -yo:w
[that one]

mida'-tehmil 'e:n'
Gopher

xowhine' xole:n -ne'in
he had a song

ya:xiniy ya:xinupse: ya:xiniy ya:xinupse
[Gopher's song]

And then, the gopher he also had a song: "Ya:xiniy ya:xinupse:, ya:xiniy, ya:sinupse."

ya'de'ine'
they always say

hayi 'e:n'
as for them

na:ya'k'e'e'aw
they always sing

haya:ł
[and then]

They always say that; as for them, they always sing it. And then ...

xontehł-taw 'e:ng'
as for Coyote

q'ut
[now]

'aht'in -din
everywhere

na'uya'
he goes around

diywho' łung -xw -ne'in
a lot of things

'a'uniw
he always does

haya:ł q'ut
and so then

hay yima:ne:k'iwingxoya:n
Across-the-Sea-Old-Man

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'
he told them

hay diydi
what

wun-na:ya'dił -te:
they're going to be doing

... as for Coyote, he goes around everywhere, he always does a lot of things. And so then, the Creator's helper told them what to do (how to work in order to live).

haya:ł
and so then

hayi -xw
that's the way

łe:we:na:wh
they lived

haya:ł q'ut
and then

hay 'aht'in
everything

na'diwehs'e'n
he watched after

miningxa't'e:n'
boss

ts'isle'n
he was

And so that's the way they lived, and the boss watched after everything.

haya:ł
[and then]

mine:jixomił
after a while

ninis'a:n ne:ji -xw sile'n -mił
about in the middle of time

ła:n 'e:ng'
a lot

ch'ixolchwe
stories

And then, in the middle of time, there were a lot of stories taking place.

hay
that

wa:yungxowidlik
stories are told about them

hay 'unłung -xw
a lot

'unt'e:
there is

diywho'
some things

mikyowe'-tah
Grizzly Bear also

wa:yungxowidlik
there's stories about them

haya:ł
[and]

ła:n -ne'in
there were a lot of them

There were many stories told about them, there's a lot of animals, like Grizzly Bear, that have stories about them - there were a lot of them.

me:lah
some of it

do: 'o:na:te:sehłts'it
I don't remember

hay xontehł-taw
Coyote

xowungxowidlik
stories about him

hay
that

'unłung -xw
many things

'a:'ineh -xolun -ne'in
I heard [that] he used to do

haya:ł
[and]

hay yima:ne:k'iwingxoya:n
the Creator's helper

q'ina'
also

hay na'iya'
as he went around

mine:jixomił
[after a while]

I don't remember some of the stories. Coyote, stories about him, all the things that he did, also the Creator's helper, (stories about him) as he went around. After a while...

'a:ch'ondehsne'
he thought

do: wha'ut [-xole:n]
I don't have a wife

haya:ł
[and then]

... he (Creator's helper) thought, "I have no wife." And then ...

Verdena says {xoliwh} originally but corrects this to {xole:n} during transcription session.

hay -yo:w
those

diywho' 'unłung -xw -'unt'e:
all different kinds (of animals)

na:way
walking around

ya:mimije'e:din'
their young children

ya:xote:le'
they started having

haya:ł
[and then]

ma'ut
a mate

ya:xote:le'
they have

haya:ł
and then

xong 'e:n'
as for him

diywhe'eh
any

tsumehstł'o:n
woman

do: ch'iłtsa:n
he coudn't find

diywhe'eh
none

do: na:way
is going around

All those wild animals running around, they started having young ones, they have a mate. And then as for him, he couldn't find a woman; there's none going around.

haya:ł
and then

'aht'in--ding
everywhere

xoh
in vain

na'iya'
he goes around

And then he was going around everywhere, but in vain.

haya:ł
[and then]

mine:jixomił
after a while

'a'de:ne'
he said

de:di do'n
as for right now

'aht'ing
[all]

k'iwinya'a:n
humans

widił -te
they are coming

hay -de:di
[here]

milide'-tah
their smoke also

te:ya
it's going by

hay -de:di
here

'a:xowiłchwing'
you can smell it

And then after a while he said, "As for right now, all the humans are coming, their smoke is blowing by, you can smell it here."

de:de:
[he realized]

hay de:-xw
[here]

yidahch'in
[from the north]

ch'itindil
[they are coming]

k'iwinya'a:n
[people]

ła:n
[a lot]

qa:l
[are going along]

He realized they're coming from the north (uphill), a lot of people are going along.

haya:ł
and then

'a:ya'de:ne'
they said

te:sohloy'-te
you will make room

silin'-te
it'll be like

hay k'iwinya'a:n
the humans

nahsde:tł'-te
they're going to be around here

And then they said, "You've got to make room, the people are going to be around here."

nohni -'e:n'
as for you

xoya:n
wild

sohlin'-te
you will become

me:lah
some of you

k'iwiyul
food

sohlin'-te
you will become

"As for you, you will be become wild away from them, some of you will become food."

me:lah 'e:ng'
as for some of you

q'ut łah-xw
just

nahdił -te
you will be roaming around

misGe'gits
small

diywho' łung -xw -'unt'e:
a variety of them

na:dil-e
they will be running around

diq'a:n
in the woods

"As for some of you, you will just be roaming around. A variety of small animals will be running around in the woods."

haya:ł q'ut
so then

mine:jixomił
after a while

'a:ya'de:ne'
they said

de:di do'n
right now

mingyay
it is time

nohke'
your tails

xote:le'-te
[they will be plentiful]

hay -de:di
[here]

haya:ł
[and then]

And then after a while they said, "Now the time has come, you're all going to acquire a tail!" And then ...

ła:n
lots of it

k'ike'
tails

ch'ischwe'n
he made

hay -yo:w yima:ne:k'iwingxoya:n
the Creator's helper

hayahujit
[then]

'a'de:ne'
he said

digyung
right here

yehwohdił -te
you will all come in

haya:ł
[and then]

'aht'in
all of you

ła'ay-ding
in one place

de:wohłts'e'-te
you're going to stay there for the night

ta:kiwh
sweathouse

me'
in it

"... the Creator's helper made a lot of tails, and then he said, "You will come in here.". And then, "All of you together are going to stay overnight in the sweathouse."

haya:ł
and then

xutł'e'-dung'
in the morning

sile'n -mił
when it becomes

xutł'e'-dung'-ding
early in the morning

ch'e:nohsit -te
you will wake up

"And then when morning comes, early in the morning you will all wake up."

haya:ł
[and then]

nohke'
your tails

ya:te:sohla:-de'
you will pick up

yo:w -xw
somewhere

xe'e:xo:te:soh'a:n-e:-te
you will run off

haya:ł
[and then]

"And then you will pick up your tails, you'll all run off into the woods somewhere. And then ..."

xoya:n
wild

sohle'n-e:-te
you will become

"... you will become wild."

hay
that

te:sohloy'-te
you're going to move out of the way

hay k'iwinya'a:n
humans

widil
coming

ya:wung
away from them

"You will move out of the way of the people that are coming."

haya:ł q'ut
and so

xutł'e'-dung'-ding
early in the morning

ch'e:ya'te:sit
they started waking up consecutively

xontehł-taw
Coyote

'a:ch'ondehsne'
he thought

ch'inehł'e'n
he looked them over

And so then early in the morning they started waking up. (The night before) Coyote had thought, he looked over all the tails.

o:
oh!

ch'ondehsne'
he thought

'ułchwo:n
it's so pretty

hay -yo:w
that over there

"Oh," he thought, "that one over there is beautiful!"

dungwho'owh xoke'
somebody's tail

dahsita:n
it is sitting up there

de:de:
he realizes

k'ił-na:dil
Wolf

xoke'
his tail

Somebody's tail is sitting up there - he realizes it's Wolf's tail.

ting
really

niwho:n
it's nice

hayi -te
that's the one

ch'ondehsne'
he thought

"It's really nice, that's the one," he thought.

ch'e'ninya:-wint'e
he went outside

dime:n
sharp (sticks)

ch'ischwe'n
he made

'a:dina:'
his own eyelids

me:w
under

no'k'ite:qot
he placed them

He went outside and made sharp little sticks and placed them under his eyelids.

haya:ł
and then

ch'inehste:n
he went to bed

xona:'
his eyelids

me:w
under

ya:k'isqot
[they poke]

And then he went to bed with them (sticks) poking under his eyelids.

xutł'e'-e:-mił
in the middle of the night

xowh
we guess

xo'ji xok'iwingwa'n
he was sound asleep

xona:'
his eyes

wayk'ite:qot
they (the sticks) went through

xona:'sits'-ne'in
his eyelids

haya:ł
[and then]

In the middle of the night, I guess he was sound asleep, and the sticks poked through his eyes - his eyelids. And then ...

xokiwun
he was asleep

diywho'owh
some kind

yehk'ine:ndin'-xola:n
he saw a light was coming in

de:de:
oh!

xahsyay
it (sun) came up

yehk'ine:nde'n
a light was coming in

... while he was still asleep, it seemed like there was something shining in (through the cracks in the wall), he realized the sun came up and shone in.

ch'ite:te:'e'n
he started to look around

dungwhe'eh
nobody

do:-na:sida
isn't there

ła'ay
one

wha:ne
only

k'ike'
tail

dahna:silwa'tł'
it's laying there

chwin'-ji -nehwa:n
it was kind of ugly

He started looking around, but nobody was there. Only one tail was sitting there, and it was kind of ugly.

jahda:-ding
very much

miwa'
fur

do:-xole:n
[there isn't]

It didn't have very much fur on it.

haya:ł
and then

hayi
that

ya'winta:n
he picked it up

xoke'
his tail

sile'n
it became

hay mich'in-ding
for that reason

ch'ina:n'
[it is said]

xontehl-taw
Coyote

xoke'
his tail

jahda:-ding
very

do:-niwho:n
it isn't pretty

And then he picked it up; it became his tail, and for that reason, his tail isn't very pretty.

hayahujit
and then

xoya:n
wild

ts'isle'n-e:
he became

hayi
him

q'ut
also

haya:ł
and then

And then he also became a wild animal.

hay na:mitł'a'-ding
after that time

ch'itindil
they're coming along

q'ut
okay

And after that, they (humans) were coming along.

k'iwinya'a:n
humans

ła:n
[a lot]

nahsya'
walking about

A lot of humans were walking about.

haya:ł
[and then]

hay mich'in'-ding
that's the reason why

hay -de:di
here

na:yaydil
we're moving around

de:di 'e:ng'
[as for this]

hay mina:tse:-din -ne'in
it used to be before

haya:ł
[and then]

And that's the reason we are here, as for this (story I just told), it took place before (the animals became wild). And then ...

yima:ne:k'iwingxoya:n
the Creator's helper

q'ina'
also

xo:'-ye: 'a:'udyaw
he turned bad

haya:ł
[and then]

... the Creator's helper, he also turned bad. And then ...

hay 'e:ng'
as for him

yo:w -xw yima:n
way out in the middle of the sea

me' ts'isda:y-e:
he is incarcerated

ła'-ding
someday

de je:nis
[today]

na:mitł'a'-ding
[after a while]

xowh
[maybe]

... as for him, he is incarcerated out in the middle of the sea. One day, maybe after a while ...

'unłung -xw -'unt'e:
everything

na:na:ła'-xw*
in a different way

'a:nahdiyah -te
it is going to become

na:niwingwhon'-te
it will change for the best

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

haya:ł
[and then]

xo:'-'a:ya'te:diyah -ne'in
those that died

'aht'ing
all

ch'e:na'insit -te
they're going to wake up

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi
that (= Creator's helper)

na'ndiyay -mił
when he returns

hay
him

xona:
for him

ya:dehsdilts'e
we are waiting

... everything's going to change back, everything will become good again. Then the people that have died, they're all going to wake up when he returns; we are waiting for him.

The original recording has {na:na:ła'-xw-'unt'eh}, corrected by Mrs. Parker to just {na:na:ła'-xw} during transcription session

haya:ł q'ut
[and then]

hayi -xw
[this way]

wha:ne
[only]

hay -de:di -e:n'
[as for now]

And that's the end of this story!

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