haya:ł do'n

so

ya:te:se:de:tł'

we left

ch'e:na:ya:ne:de:tł'

we came back out

hay na:ya'k'iłwuł-ne'in-di(n) mił

where they were playing baseball

So, we left, we came back out from the place where they were playing baseball.

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

keh

let's

yo:w 'iłwa'k'iliwh-din

to the store

ne:ł

we go

diywho'

some

xonsehł-din ta:wina'n*

pop

keh 'o:dixeh

let's go buy

na:te:se:tł'-te:

we're going to go back

me'-xo:lwil-ch'in'**

to the motel

And then he said, "Let's go to the store, let's go buy some pop, we're going to go back to the motel."

haya:ł

so

hayah-ch'in'

to there

na:ne:de:tł'

we arrived back

haya:ł

[and then]

yehwe:de:tł'

we went in

So we came back there, and we we went in.

ła:n

a lot

na:ya'dehłya:

they were standing in a line

diywho'

things

ch'o:ya:ngxeh-te:

they were ready to buy

haya:ł

[and then]

nehe:

we

q'in'

too

na:de:wdilya'

we stood in line

hayah

there

A lot of people were in line there, ready to buy things. And we stood in line there too.

haya:ł

[and then]

diywho'-ji

some little things

cookies xowh do'n

I think

diywho' q'in'

something else

ch'o:ngxeh-te:

he's going to buy it

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi

[that]

ch'iwile:l

he's packing it

He's going to buy some little things, cookies I think, and something else, and then he's packing it.

haya:ł

and so

hayi me:q'i

in that instant

miday'

outside

k'iwingqiwh-e:

you see lightning

'aht'in-din

all over

xundin

close

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

k'iwingqiwh

there was lightning

And so right in that instant, you see lightning all over outside, right close - all at once there was lightning.

hay nahł'itsi

the cars

na:xo:'a:n

they are running around

miday'

outside

The cars that were running around outside...

haya:ł

so

yo:w

[over there]

nikyah-xw

pretty hard

na:ynehłtse:tł'-e:

it hit it

ła'ay-xw

all at once

k'iqiwh

lightning

na:ynehłtse:tł'

it hit it

hay nint'ik'-ne'in

the line

mina:di

around it

tehsyay

it went

yo:w yitsin'-din-ding

way down the hill

'ułtsah

a long way

So, it hit it pretty hard there - all at once the lightning hit the power line and went around it, a long way down the hill.

yo:w-xw yitsin'

way down there

nisah-ch'ing'

a long way

xol'e'n

you could see it

You could see a long way down there.

haya:ł

and so

hay nint'ik'

the line

k'iqiwh me' ma: nint'ik'*

power line

hayi

[that]

mina:di

around it

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

k'iqiwh

lightning

tehsyay

it went

And so the line... all at once the lightning went around the power line.

yo:w yitsin'-din-di(n) mił

from way down there

diywho'owh

thing

nahłtsis-ne'in

it was hanging

na:ynehłtse:tł'

it hit it

dahungwho'owh

a lot of it

mikya:n'

away from it

ya:nde:tł'-e:

they flew up

From way down there, it hit the thing that was hanging (= the transformer), and a bunch of sparks flew up off of it.

hayi- xw

the way it is

de:

that place

xowh do'ng

I guess

'ułkyoh-xw hayi-xw 'e'n

it's in a big way

k'e'iqiwh

lightning happens

haya:ł

and then

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

dungwho'

somebody

ch'in

they say

xosehłwin

it killed them

k'iqiwh

lightning

haya:ł

[and then]

I guess lightning happens in a big way there. And then people said the lightning killed somebody. And then...

hay do: ne:ł-dung' 'e'n

before we got there

we:dił-ding

when we were going along

haya:ł

[then]

na:he:da'ay-na:da'ay

we were listening

radio-'olye:

the radio

me'

in it

Before we got there, when we were going along, we were listening to the radio.

haya:ł

and so

'a:ya'n-ts'iw

we heard them saying

hayi-xw

[in that way]

ch'ina:n'

they said

hay Montana-'olye:-din

in that place called Montana

dungwho'owh

somebody

ts'isye:n-ne'in

she was standing there

tsumehstł'o:n

a woman

ma'a:n-ch'itehs'e'n

window

haya:ł

[and then]

And so we heard them saying, in that place called Montana, somebody, a woman, was standing by the window. And then...

mino:ng'ay'-din

close to it

ts'isye:n-ne'ing

she was standing

k'iwingqiwh

there was lightning

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-ne'ing

[that used-to-be]

k'iqiwh

lightning

na:xoniłtse:tł'

it hit her

xosehłwe:n

it killed her

xontah

house

me'-ch'in'

in it

She was standing close to it - there was lightning, and the lightning hit her and it killed her inside the house.

haya:ł do'n

and then

de:-xw

in this place

na:sohde'ł-de'

if you go around

do: na'wa:

don't go around

k'iqiwh-ding

when there is lightning

haya:ł

[and then]

k'iqiwh

lightning

nohsehłwin-te:

it might kill you

And then (they said), "If you go around here, don't go around out when there's lightning, the lightning might kill you."