dahungwho'-dun'

one time

ch'in do'n

there's a saying

mikyowe'

a grizzly bear

sida:-ne'ing

it was living there

One time, they said, a grizzly bear living there.

de:di

now

Blue Lake-'olye:-din

they call it "Blue Lake"

miq'i(t) yiduq

above there

The place they now call "Blue Lake", above there.

hayah

there

ky'a'a:n

a hole

yehky'a'a:n

there was a hole in it

hayah

there

me'

in

'e'ida'

it would be

haya:ł

[and then]

There was kind of like a cave, a hole in it (the side of the hill), and in there is where it would be. And then ...

dungwho'

somebody

ch'ite'ina:wh

they come past

na:tini-xw-mił

from Hoopa

Somebody would come past there from Hoopa.

haya:ł

and then

miq'it-dahch'idehłts'e:

horse

miq'it

[on it]

And (they were) on horseback.

haya:ł

and then

hayah

at that place

xolisji

fast

xoł ya:te'iqowh

they ride past

haya:ł

[and then]

do: chwi(n)-ya:yxo:wile:l

it doesn't bother them

hayi-xw

in that way

-de'

if

And then they ride real fast past that place. It doesn't bother them if they go by that way.

haya:ł

so

de:di

at that time

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told them

So at that time he told them:

ch'itehsya:-te:

he's going to go

dahwilahł-ch'in'

to Eureka

"He's going to go to Eureka."

tin 'a:na'dilaw

he got all dressed up

He got all dressed up.

miq'i(t)-ch'iwich'iwh

jacket

mike'-xoling-wilchwe:n

it's got tails

ne:si

long ones

na:ng'e:tł'

they hang down

ya'a:na'diłt'ow

he put it on himself

The jacket has long tails hanging down on it, and he put it on himself.

hayahujit

and then

q'osta:n-tah

a hat also

na'tehłch'a:t

he put on

And then he also put a hat on.

hayahujit

[and then]

xowh do'n

[I guess]

yehch'itul-tah

also his shoes

'aht'in

all

me:k'inindin na:'uschwe'n

he shined them up

ch'itehsya:-te:

he's about to leave

I guess he also shined his shoes all up, and he's about to leave.

da:ydi-xw 'un'

where

te:singya:-te:

you are going to go

ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

they ask him

'a'de:ne'

he said

dahwilahł-ch'in' do'n

to Eureka

te:se:ya:-te:

I am going

They ask him, "Where are you going to go?" He said, "I'm going to Eureka."

o:

oh

ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

they said [to him]

hayi

that

mikyowe'

grizzly bear

sida:-ding

where it is

winyahł-de'

if you go by

niłkit-te:

it will catch you

"Oh," they said, "if you go by where that grizzly bear is, it will catch you."

o:

oh

ch'ide:ne'

he said

whe: 'e'ng

as for me

hayi

[that]

do: me:whgit

I'm not afraid of it

"Oh," he said, "As for me, I'm not afraid of it."

hay mikyowe'

the grizzly bear

sida:-ding

where it is

do:-xolin chwing'o:whle:l

I'm not going to bother it

"At the place where the bear is, I'm not going to bother it."

haya:ł q'ut

and then

ch'itehsyay

he went

miq'it-dahch'idehłts'e:-q'it

on horseback

And then he went on horseback.

hayah

there

ch'iqa:l

he went by

ch'ite:w'ing'il

he looked around

daw

no

daywhe'eh

nothing

do:

[not]

na:wa:

it's going around

He went by there and looked around. No, there's nothing alive going around.

haya:ł

so

łah-xw q'ut

just

ch'iqa:l

it is walking

mine:jixomił

after a bit

So it (his horse) is just kind of walking, and after a bit...

hay miq'it-dahch'idehłts'e:

the horse

diywho'owh

something

ye: miynehsgit sile'n

it looked like it became afraid of it

haya:ł

[and then]

It appeared that his horse feared something, and then...

minchiwh-tah

its nose

ch'e:na:yxo:tehłde:tł'

it blows it

It was snorting.

na'te:ng'e'n

he looked around behind

He looked back.

me:ne:q'

behind him

diywho'owh

something

'a:k'ide:n'-ts'iw

he heard a noise

haya:ł

[and then]

He heard some kind of noise behind it (the horse).

ch'ite:ng'e'n

he looked

de:di 'ungya'

he realized

mikyowe'

bear

xoq'eh

following him

wiqowhił

it is running

He looked and realized the bear is running up to him from the back.

xolisji

real fast

na'nehłta:tł'

he kicked it

haya:ł

so

xoł

[with him]

te:qoch'i

it started galloping

xolisji

real fast

He kicked his horse real fast, and it started galloping fast.

haya:ł

so

hay mikyowe'

the bear

wilda:l

it is running along

xowh do'n

I'm guessing

ya:lto'n

it jumped

So I'm guessing the bear is running along, and it jumped.

hay miq'it-dahch'idehłts'e:

the horse

mitł'a'-q'eh

off its backside

na:na:yk'insow

it scratched it

It scratched the horse's backside.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-xw

[that way]

na'ch'iwh-ne'ing

his coat (-tails)

hayi-ne'in

[that used-to-be]

yidiwiłtsa:s

he ripped them off

haya:ł

so

na:tł'a'

back

xowh do'n

I imagine

wa:nundiwidxits'

it fell off

haya:ł

[and then]

xong 'e'n

as for him

xo'ji xolisji-din-ding

a lot faster

xoł

with him

te:qoch'i

it was running

Then it ripped off his coat-tails and fell off the back. So, as for him, it (the horse) was running faster with him.

haya:ł

[and then]

dahwilahł-ch'in'

to Eureka

xoł ningqoch'-e:

it took him

xwe:di gya' 'a:nunt'e:

it just looked terrible

de:de:

he realizes

mitł'a'

its backside

miq'it-xw-ne'ing

on it

'aht'ing

all

xe'e:k'insoh-xola:n

it scrached it off

hay mikyowe'

the grizzly bear

haya:ł

[and then]

xowh do'n

[I guess]

tse:wilin

it's bleeding

Then he got to Eureka on that horse, and it (his coat) just looked terrible. He realizes the grizzly bear scratched all along the horse's backside, and I guess it's bleeding.

tse:ling

blood

wha:ne:

[only]

me:ne:q'i-ch'in'

its back side

hayah-wint'e:

all over

na'ne:lgit

he became afraid

hay na'tehsdiya:-te:

when he's going to go back

There was blood all over on its back side, and he became afraid when he was going to go back home.

na'widahł-te:

he's going to go by

hay mikyowe'

the grizzly bear

sida:-ding

where it lives

haya:ł

[and then]

xowh do'n

[I guess]

xo:'-q'i

some way

na'tehsdiy

he went back

na:ła'-q'eh

in a different way

He was going to go by there where the grizzly bear lives, but then he went back another way.

haya:ł

[and then]

hay me'nilgit

he's afraid of it

do: me'nilgit

he wasn't afraid of it

ch'in-ne'in

he was saying

Then he was afraid of what he was saying he wasn't afraid of.