Okay,

this

is

a

story

about

how

Dog

and

Coyote

used

to

be

friends,

but

they're

not

friends

anymore.

Well,

it

was

shortly

after

the

people

came,

and

the

animals

weren't

animals

anymore.

sa'a:-dun' do'n

a long time ago

'aht'ing-xw 'unt'e:

[all kinds]

xoya:n

wild things

na:dił-ne'ing

they were roaming around

'iłch'in' ya:yixidnehwh-ne'ing

they talked to each other

haya:ł

and then

mine:jixomił

after a while

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

de: do'n

[as for right now]

xo'osday

humankind

tindil

they are coming

haya:ł

and then

A long time ago, the wild things were roaming around, and they talked to each other. And then, after a while, they said, "As for right now, humankind are coming. And then..."

hay ya:ninde:tł'-mił

when they arrive

nohni 'e'n

[as for you all]

xoya:n

wild animals

sohlin'-te:

you will become

"When they arrive, you will become wild animals."

So

they

were

told

that

they

were

going

to

become

wild

animals,

some

of

them.

And

after

the

human

people

came...

haya:ł

[and then]

'ehs

fish dam

na:niwing'a'-xola:n

it was going [= extending]

They had a fish dam.

They

had

a

fish

dam

going.

haya:ł

[and then]

k'e:ya:'ułnay

they're cooking

ła:n

lots

xowh do'n

[I guess]

ya:'ułkit

they catch it

ło:q'i

salmon

dahungwho'owh 'ułkyow

big ones

silay wilchwe:n-e:

they are laid out

haya:ł

[and then]

They're cooking lots of it, and they catch a lot of salmon, big ones are all laid out.

xo'n-e:

at the fire

ke:ya:'ułna:y-e:

they're cooking

They're cooking at the fire.

So

he

looked

over

the

hill

at

the

fish

dam,

and

here

they

caught

a

whole

bunch

of

big

salmon

and

they

have

them

all

laid

out

there.

haya:ł

[and then]

łe:na:wilay

there's a fire

Big

fire

going.

hayah

right there

k'e:ya:'ułna:y-e:

they are cooking

There's a big fire going, and they're cooking right there.

They

were

cooking

salmon.

yineh

in the ground

na:k'id'e:tł'-e:

they are stuck

miq'it

on it

na:k'id'e:tł'-e:

they are stuck

ło:q'i

salmon

xon'

fire

mina:di

around it

They have salmon on sticks stuck in the ground around the fire.

So

they

had

all

this

salmon

sitting

on

the

sticks

around

the

fire.

tin

so

niwhong-xw

good

'a:xowiłchwe'n

it smelled

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

All at once it smelled so good.

Oh,

it

smelled

so

good.

haya:ł

and then

na'uya'

he was walking

'iłtiwa:

back and forth

ch'ite:'e'n

watching

xwe:di gya'awh 'ung'

I wonder what

'awhneh

I could do

ch'o:ne:

he thinks

"I

wonder

what

I

could

do,"

he

thinks,

he's

walking

around

back

and

forth.

And then he (Coyote) walked back and forth (waiting for some salmon to get done). He thought, "I wonder, what am I going to do?"

tin-ts'eh

he's getting anxious

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at one time

chwi(n)-me'do:wile:

he's getting hungry

He's

so

hungry.

He's getting anxious all at one time, and he's getting hungry.

mine:jixomił

after a while

'ungya'

he noticed

no:k'ine:yo:t

dog

ch'iqahł

he is walking along

After a while he realizes Dog is coming.

Then

he

noticed

Dog's

walking

along.

xoch'in'

to him

ch'ixe:ne:wh

he talked

He

talked

to

him.

He talked to him.

'a'de:ne'

he said

xwe:da:n'

what's going on

haya:ł

[and then]

ning 'e'n

as for you

xowh do'n

I guess

do: chwi(n)-me:do:wile:

you are not hungry

'ułchwong-xw

so good

'a:xołchwin-ts'iw

it smells

He said, "What's going on? As for you, I guess you're not hungry." He gets the scent of it and it smells really good.

So

he

said,

"I

guess

you're

not

hungry,

it

smells

so

good

down

there."

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

hay no:k'ine:yo:t

the dog

whe: 'e'n

as for me

wha:wile:

I'm not hungry

And then Dog said, "As for me, I'm not hungry."

Dog

said,

"Oh,

I'm

not

too

hungry,

I'm

really

not

hungry."

k'e'iwha'n

I always eat

dahungwho'owh 'unłung

a whole lot

whiwa:ya'uliwh

they always give me

hay k'iwidya'n

food

I always eat a whole lot, they always give me eats.

Said,

"I

always

get

a

whole

bunch

of

food

they

give

me."

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

q'ay'-te:l

serving basket

dehsming

full

whiyeh

in front of me

'e'ixa'

they set it

All at once they put a big, full serving basket before me.

"Big

basketful

they

always

set

before

me."

'a:ng

oh really

ch'ide:ne'

he said

haya:ł

[and then]

He (Coyote) said, "Oh, really?" And then...

ni(n)

you

me:dinchwing 'ung

are you hungry for it

"Are you hungry for that?" (Dog is asking Coyote).

diye:

yes

ch'ide:ne'

he said

"Are

you

hungry

for

that?"

"Yes," he said.

"Yeah,"

Coyote

said.

'a'de:ne'

he said

keh do'n

okay

we:dił

let's go

So then he said, "Okay, let's go!"

wilwe:tł' sile'n-mił

as night falls

q'ut chwa:xowiłwe:tł'

it's getting dark

It's

starting

to

get

dark.

As night falls, it starts to get dark.

haya:ł

and then

tahna:ya:'usqot-e:

they're taking them out

hay-yo:w 'unłun

all of that

na:k'id'e'tł'-ne'in

that was stuck in the ground

And then they took out (the sticks) that were stuck in the ground.

They're

taking

the

salmon

off

of

the

sticks,

off

of

the

fire,

and

putting

it

in

baskets.

haya:ł

[and then]

q'ay'-te:l

serving basket

me'

in it

no:ya'ningxa:n-e:

they set it down

tin

really

niwhong-xw

good

'a:xołchwing

it smells

They set it down in the serving basket, and it smelled really good.

ch'iwidil

they're walking along

digyung do'n

right here

no:ne:ł

let's sit down

xoł-ch'ide:n'

he told him

They're walking along, then he (Dog) told him (Coyote) "Let's sit down right here!"

So

Dog

told

Coyote,

"Let's

sit

down

right

here,

kind

of

in

the

dark."

haya:ł

[and then]

q'ay'-te:l

serving basket

na:ya'le:

they have it

'aht'in

all

łah-xw-ne'in

happily

dehsming

they filled them

ya'k'iwinya'n-e:

they started to eat

'aht'ing

all of them

ky'ung xowinse'n-e:

they're eating

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at one time

ting 'unłung

a lot of people

na'way

they are walking around

All those people have a serving basket. They filled up their serving baskets in good spirits, and they started eating. All of them are eating. A lot of people are walking around there all at one time.

And

here

everybody

got

a

basket

full

of

all

this

salmon

and

they're

all

eating.

haya:ł

and then

ya'wehs'e:tł'

they sat there

xoh

in vain

na'te:'e'n

he looks around

da:ydi-de' gya'awh 'ung'

when

nehe:w

in front of us

no:ya'ningxun-te:

they're going to bring it

And then they just sat there. In vain he (Coyote) watches, "Where and when are they going to set down in front of us?" {So...}

Coyote

think,

"When

are

they

gonna

share

with

us,

when

they

gonna

give

us

any?"

haya:ł

[and then]

q'a:de' do'ng

after a while

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he tells him

And then, "After a while," he (Dog) keeps telling him.

"Pretty

soon,"

Dog

would

tell

him.

"Just

kinda

be

patient!"

haya:ł

and then

hayah

there

ya'a'e:tł'

they're sitting

mina:

waiting for it

xoh

in vain

By this time (Coyote is thinking) it's in vain that they're sitting there waiting for it.

mine:jixomił

after a while

'aht'ing

all

ya'nehłya:n

they ate it up

diywho' mits'ine'-tah

a variety of bones

wha:ne:

that's all

nondiya'n

it's left

me:lah

[some]

mike'-tah

the back end

mike:l'-tah

the tail part

wha:ne:

that's all

nondiya'n

it's left

haya:ł

[and then]

After a while they ate it all up. Only bones are left, the back end of the salmon, only the tail part is left. And then...

Pretty

soon

there

was

only

tails

left,

and

maybe

a

few

bones

and

things.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-ne'ing

the leftovers

'aht'ing

all of it

'iłq'it

together

na:na:ya'dehłwa:tł'

they poured it

And then they poured it all together.

They

put

it

all

together.

ła'a

one

de:wime'n

it became full

q'ay'-te:l

basket

nikya:w

big

It

was

full,

in

one

big

flat

basket.

One big basket became full.

hayahujit

and then

ch'iwixa:l-e:

somebody's bringing it

haya:ł

[and then]

And then somebody's bringing it. And then...

de:di

right here

xoyeh-no:ya'ningxa:n

they set it down

They set it down right here before them.

They

brought

it

over

and

they

set

it

before

them.

haya:ł q'ut

and then

no:k'ine:yo:t

dog

'e'n

as for him

k'iwinya'n

he started eating

łah-xw-ne'in

happily

sa'wime:tł'

he was throwing it in his mouth

And then as for Dog, he started eating right away. He was really going at it, happily throwing it in his mouth.

Dog,

he

started

to

eat,

dumping

it

in

his

mouth.

haya:ł

[and then]

yo:w 'e'n

over there

da:ydi-xw haya:ł

where is it

hayi

that

k'e'inya'n

you eat

'ung

is it

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him

Over there, he (Coyote) said to him (Dog), "Where is it? Is that what you eat?"

So

Coyote

told

him,

"Is

that

what

you

eat?"

q'ut do'n

really

niwho:n

it's good

ch'ide:ne'

he said

He

said,

"Oh,

it's

really

good!"

and...

"It's really good!" he said.

k'inyun

eat

de:di

this

k'iwinyung'ił

you start eating it

"You

eat

this!"

and

"Have

some

more,

eat

all

you

want!"

"Eat! Eat some of this!"

daw

no

xoje:' diwinch'a:t

he is becoming angry

diywhe'eh

anything

do: ch'itun

he didn't eat it

No,

he

got

mad

and

he

didn't

eat

nothing.

"No!" Coyote is becoming angry, and he didn't even taste anything.

mine:jixomił

after a while

'aht'in

all of it

ch'inehłya:n

he ate it up

hayahujit

and so

na'tehsde:tł'

they left

After a while Dog ate it all up, and then they walked away.

Pretty

soon

that

dog

ate

up

all

the

bones

and

everything

and

left

the

basket.

na'tehsde:tł'

they walked away

They

walked

away.

They walked away.

yo:w-xw-nehwa:n

a little ways away

na'widil-mił

after they [went]

hayah*-wint'e:

as a matter of fact

k'iłch'ixa:nyay

they got into a fight

haya:ł

[and then]

After they got a little ways away, as a matter of fact, they got into a fight.

xoning'

his face

ya:'uskis

he hit it

diywho'

other ways

ya:na'xotehłxuts'

he's biting him

'aht'in-ding

all over

He (Coyote) hit him (Dog) in the face, and also he's biting him all over.

So

they

got

into

a

big

fight

and

he

fisted

him

in

the

mouth

and

then

he

bit

him

all

over

and

everything,

and

Dog

is

all

beat

up

and

it's

because

he

insulted

him

by

feeding

him

leftovers,

and

Coyote

didn't

want

leftovers.

And

to

this

day...

de:di ye:

to this day

łe'dzidla:-xw

they have hated each other

haya:ł

and then

no:k'ine:yo:t

dog

ch'ixwe'iłtsis

he sees him

xontehł-taw

coyote

k'iłch'ixa:'ina:wh

they get in a fight

They still hate one another. If Dog sees Coyote, they get into a big fight.

Dog

sees

Coyote,

they

get

into

a

big

fight.

hayah no:nt'ik'

end of yarn

End of yarn!

That's

the

end

of

story.