dahungwho'-din-dun'

a long time ago

ch'in

I heard

ning'a:-ne'ing

there used to be a trail

There used to be a trail a long time ago, I heard.

miq'eh

on it

na:dya'

you can go

xoxe' mił

by foot

yo:w yinuq

up the river

It was a foot trail up the river.

hun'

river

yinuqi

upriver

ning'a:-ne'ing

it went

k'iwinya'a:n

Indians

na:dił-ne'ing

they used to go

hayi-q'eh

that way

na:ya:'udil

they always went

It went up the river. Indians used to go (on it), they always went that way.

haya:ł

[and then]

ch'itehsyay

he went

xontah na'way*

visiting

He went visiting.

yo:w yinuq

up

ch'iningyay-e:

he went

xahslin-ding

to Xahslinding

hayah

there

xowh do'n

I guess

xwe:lwe:tł'

he spent the night

haya:ł

[and then]

He went all the way up to Xahslinding. I guess he spent the night there.

do:-tah

maybe

xowh do'n

[I guess]

do: xwe:lwe:tł'

he didn't spend the night

haya:ł

[and then]

na'tehsdiyay

he left

chwa:xowiłwe:tł'

it was dark

na:mitł'a'-ding

after

q'ut wilwe:tł'

it started getting dark

Maybe he didn't spend the night, it getting dark when he left, after it started getting dark.

hayah

there

na'wida:l

he was walking along

haya:ł-tah

so

xowh do'n

maybe

ch'ine:lgit [-xw]

he was becoming afraid

xowh do'ng

[I guess]

haya:ł

[and then]

He was walking along there, so maybe he was becoming afraid. And then...

hay tin ning'ay-q'eh

along that trail

na'wida:l

he was going back

That trail that goes along is the way he was going back

yo:w

over there

'ungya'

he notices

tin

really

xwe:diqay'

it is getting white

ye: sile'n-e:

it looks like

yiduq

up that way

hay ning'ay-q'eh

by the trail

xwe:di gya'awh

what's going on

ch'ondehsne'

he wondered

Over there, all of a sudden he notices there's something that looks like a really bright light up that way by the trail. "What's going on?" he wondered.

haya:ł

so

xundin

closer

na'wida:l

he's walking along

So he came closer as he's walking along.

xo'ji

really

xowidqay'

it's getting whiter

It's really getting brighter.

de:di 'ungya'

he realizes

dahya'wing'a:

he's sitting on it

xo'ji

real

k'iwingxoya:n

old man

tse:-q'it

on a rock

He realizes there's an real old man sitting there on a rock.

xoda:w'

his beard

łiqay

it is white

ne:si

it is long

xwe:da'ay*

his hair

q'ina'

[also]

ne:si

it is long

xotsiwa'ne'*

his hair

łiqay

it is white

He's got a long white beard, and his hair is also really longi and white.

haya:ł

then

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

he looked at him

then he looked at him

haya:ł

and

'a:yixoł-diwe:ne'

it said to him

And it said to him...

sindiyun-te:

you're going to get old

"You're going to get old."

sa'a:y-e:-te:

for a long time

nunya:-xw

you will be around

yixoł-diwe:ne'

it told him

"You're going to be around for a long time."

haya:ł

[and then]

do: 'a:nahdiyaw

not a moment later

xowh do'n

[I guess]

na:'usdaw-e:

he faded away

Then not a moment later he dissipated.

haya:ł

[and then]

xwe:di gya'awh 'un'

what's happened

ch'ondehsne'

he wondered

na'tehsdiyay

he left

na:'undiyay-e:

he went back

diysh-ta:ng'a:-ding

to Tish-Tang

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told them

He wondered, "What's happened?" He left and went back to Tish-Tang, and he told them...

whe:

I

'e:na:n'

[it was]

na:k'iwh'e:n

I saw something

I saw a vision.

hayah

there

k'iwingxoya:n

an old man

dahya:ng'ay

he was sitting there

mida:w'

its beard

ne:si

it was long

haya:ł

[and then]

An old man was sitting there. He had a long beard. And then...

xwe:da'ay

his hair

q'ina'

also

ne:si

it was long

łiqay

it was white

He also had long white hair.

haya:ł

and then

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

sindiyun-te:

you're going to get old

And then he told me, "You're going to get old."

haya:ł

so

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

from that time on

'aht'in

all

tse:-dilqay

grey hair

ya'liw sile'n

they started getting

xolisji

early

xa:t'i

still

ya'wilchwil

they are young

ya:xwe:da'ay-ne'ing

their hair [used-to-be]

'e'idqay'

it turns white

hayi

that

ch'ina:n'

they thought

-ma:n

because of it

hay

that

'ahdiyaw

it happened

So from that time on, they all started getting grey hair very early. Their hair got white while they're still young. They thought it happened because of that.

hayi-xw

that way

wha:ne:

only

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