I guess this is the story I'm gonna tell about how I met my husband, forty years ago, forty-some years ago, fifty years ago almost.

nahł'its

car

q'un

new

na:y'a'

I bought

mine:jixomił

after a while

I bought a new car after a while.

I bought a new car.

xolisch

fast

nahł'its

car

A fast car.

It was a fast car.

haya:ł

[then]

'e:n'

[but]

te'iwha:wh

I always go

me' yit'us-si'un-ch'in'

the place where the mill is

na:łiwun

a different person

nohoł

with us

ts'isda:-ne'ing

he used to live

hayi

this person

xoxa:

go after

But then I would always go to the mill to pick up someone who was staying with us.

But then I always go down to the mill to pick up this man that was staying at our place.

haya:ł

[then]

tse:lnehwa:n

red

xehł-niyiłxe:

truck

xoł nahł'its

he drives around in it

hayah

there

na:'ulte'

he worked

And then there was a person with a red pickup truck that worked there.

And this person was working there that owned a red pickup.

haya:ł

[and so]

xowhtsung

I saw him

haya:ł

[and then]

And so I saw him and then...

So I saw him.

haya:ł

[and then]

hay na:'ulte'

the person that's working there

'a:xoł-de:n'

I asked him

xwe:di

what

'a:xolye:

is he named

And then I asked the man staying with us, "What's that guy's name?"

haya:ł

[and then]

And then I ask the man that was staying with us at our house what that guy's name is.

haya:ł

and then

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

do: 'owhts'it

I don't know

And then he told me, "I don't know."

So he said he didn't know what his name is.

'a:xoł-de:n'

I asked him

xwe:di

what

ya'xo:whe:

they call him

And so I asked him, "What do they call him?"

So I ask, "What do they call him?"

haya:ł

and then

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

Okie Boy

do:ng'

[it is]

xolye:

they call him

And then he told me, "'Okie Boy' is what they call him."

So he told me they call him just 'Okie Boy'.

haya:ł

and then

'a:de:n'

I said

me:diwhding

I would like

xode:siwha:wh

to meet him

And so I said, "I would like to meet him."

So I told him, "Well, I'd like to meet him." 'Cause I passed him on the road several times and... And he'd be looking at me and I'd be looking at him.

haya:ł

[and then]

dunłungwho'-ding

several times

whide:'isya:

he met me

tini

the highway

-q'eh

on

haya:ł

[and]

ch'iwhinehł'e:n-e:

he was looking at me

haya:ł

and

whe:

I

q'ing'

[also]

xone:ył'in'

I looked at him

haya:ł

[and then]

mine:jixomił

[after a while]

And then several times he met me on the highway, and he was looking at me, and so I looked at him.

'a'de:n'

[he said]

hayi 'e:n' do'n

as for him

do: me'de:din

he doesn't want

dungwho'

anybody

xode'sina:wh

to meet

He said, "As for him, he doesn't want to meet anybody."

So he told me, the guy told me, "Oh, he doesn't wanna meet anybody."

haya:ł

[and so]

do: chwing-xo:whlehł

I didn't bother him

hayi-ma:n

[for that reason]

And so I didn't bother him for that reason.

So I never bother him.

haya:ł

and then

whe:

I

whima:lyo'-ne'in

[my] cousin

na:y

with

na:'e:dil

we always go

'a:k'iwilaw-no:diyohs-din

the movies

ne:'idil'e'n

we watch the movie

xohxo-ch'e:l-ding

in Willow Creek

And then my cousin and I would always go to the theater to watch movies in Willow Creek.

So my cousin and I used to go to watch movies sometimes in Willow Creek.

haya:ł

and then

haya:-ch'ing'

to the movie place

te:se:de:tł'

we went

And then we went to the movies.

haya:ł

and then

'ungya'

all of a sudden I realize

hayah

at that place

sa'a:n-e:

was there

hay

the

tse:lnehwa:n

red

xehł-niyiłxe:

pickup

And then unexpectedly the red pickup was sitting there.

haya:ł

[and then]

Then we went to Willow Creek and we were going to the movie.

Then we noticed the red pickup sitting down there, and by that bowling alley.

I don't know how I'd say bowling alley in Hupa. I guess:

me'-k'itiłtso'n-ding jiwol-ji mił

bowling alley

I guess.

haya:ł

and then

hayah

there

nonła:t

we drove in there and stopped

keh

let's

xone:dil'in'

look at him

And then we stopped there and watched to see if he would come out.

So we drove down there and stopped there, see if he's gonna come out.

mine:jixomił

after a while

na'widahł

he came out of the building

After a while he came out of the building.

haya:ł

[and]

dungwho'owh

some other person

na:y

with

ch'iwidił

they were walking along

And he was walking along with someone.

Pretty soon they came out. Him and his friend came out.

haya:ł

[so]

nohwun

to us

ya'ninde'tł'

they came over

So they came over to us.

So they came over and stop and said hello to us. And then...

hay

the

łiwung

other guy

[hay] ['ung']

[he]

which'in'

to me

ch'ixe:nehwh-te:-ne'in

he was going to talk

The other guy, he was going to talk to me.

He was going to talk to me. But the other person...

yo:w

over there

sa'a:n

sitting

nahł'its

car

me:ne:q'

its back

hayah

there

de:

I realize

na:te:witse:

it was open

hayah

there

yehk'ilay

he reached in

The back of a car sitting there was open and he reached in there.

diywho'owh

something

ch'e'nilay

he took out

haya:ł

[and then]

whe: whinahł'idze'

my car

me:ne:q'

its back

yehch'iwime:tł'

he threw [the stuff] in

He took out a bunch of something and then threw it in the back of my car.

But he didn't come over. He went over to the other car that was parked there and the back window was open.

And he reached in there and grabbed a bunch of cigarettes and he threw it in the back of my car.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-ma:n

because of that

xolisch

in a hurry

na:tehłdida:wh

we drove off

And so for that reason I started the car right away.

haya:ł

[and then]

'a:xoł-de:ne'

[I asked him]

da:ydi-xw

where

nunyay

were you

ła'a

all

-xutł'e'

night

do: niwhtsis

I didn't see you

And then I asked him, "Where have you been all night? I didn't see you."

So I told him, "Where you been? I haven't even seen you all evening."

whe: 'e:n'

[as for me]

ch'ina:n'

[he was there telling me]

ła:n

a lot (of people)

łe'ninya:

came together

na:ya:'ułto'n

they were dancing

daywho'

a lot of things were going on

hayah

there

ch'ina:n'

[he was there telling me]

ya:wh'ay

I was sitting

ch'ide:n'

he said

"As for me," he said, "there was a party somewhere and I was just sitting there."

So he started explaining to me that he was at this party but he wasn't with anybody and he wasn't dancing or nothing.

haya:ł

[and then]

hay-yo:w

[the other guy]

yehch'iwime:tł'

he threw the stuff (in my car)

mich'in'-ding

because of that

[haya:ł]

[and then]

[nehe:n']

[as for us]

na:tehłdida:wh

we left

And so being that the other guy threw the stuff in my car, I drove off.

So being that the other guy threw all these cigarettes in the back of my car, I decide to get out of there.

na:tehłdida:wh

we took off

We took off.

yo:w

[there]

na:ldida:l

[we went back]

xohxo-ch'e:l-ding

Willow Creek

wilchwin-ne'in

they made it

diywho'-ji

things

ya:silay

they're individually sitting here and there

We went back through Willow Creek to this wide spot that was made where a bunch of things were sitting.

So in Willow Creek, we went way down the street, down to the end.

haya:ł

and then

hay

that

whima:lyo'

my cousin

'a:xoł-de:ne'

I told her

na:te:se'tł'-te:

we're gonna go home

And then I told my cousin, "We're going to go home."

So I told my cousin, "We gotta get outta here. Whatever that stuff is he threw in back of my car, we're gonna get caught with it."

do: me:de:didin

we didn't want

hayi-wun

because of that

yehnohch'iliwh

they put us in jail

haya:ł

[and then]

We didn't want to go to jail for that reason (the guy throwing the stuff in the back of my car).

We don't want to go to jail or whatever.

haya:ł

and then

hay-yo:w

down there (at the other end of the street)

xoł wilda:l

they were driving along

de:di-xw

alongside us

nonłah

they stopped

And then they came up alongside us.

And so the red pickup came along.

de:di-xw

right up close

nonła:t

it (the pickup) stopped

The pickup stopped beside us.

It stopped beside us.

haya:ł

[and then]

'a'de:n'

he said

da:ydi-xw

where

na:te:sindiya:-te:

are you going

whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

And then he asked me, "Where are you going?"

Then he ask me, "Where you going?"

haya:ł

and so

'a:de:n'

I said

nehe:n'

we

do:n' na:te:se'tł'-te:

we are leaving

na:xontah-ch'in'

back to our house

na:tini-xw-ch'in'

back to Hoopa

And so I said, "We are going back to our house, back to Hoopa."

So I said, "We're going back to Hoopa."

haya:ł

and then

'a:whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

digyung

right here

'un ch'ina:n'

the fact that you're gonna just leave me

[haya:ł]

[and then]

łah-xw

just

whe: 'e:n'

[as for me]

whiwun

away from me

yo:w-xw

[over there]

na:te:sindiya:-te:

you're gonna leave

And then he told me, "So you're going to just leave me here?"

So he said, "are you gonna just leave me lonely and blue?"

haya:ł

and so

'a:de'n

I said

da:ydi-xw

where

'o:ngwhe'

you read that

hay

that

'a:diwine'-xola:n

it is said (in a book)

And so I said, "Where did you read that from?"

So I asked, "Where did you...? What book did you read that out of?"

hayi-mił

with that

na:te:se:de:tł'

we left

And after that, we went home.

And so we left.

na:ne:de:tł'-e:

we came back

na:tini-xw

to Hoopa

haya:ł

[and then]

whe: 'e:n'

[as for me]

We came back to Hoopa and then as for me...

na:xote:sehłxe:n

I took her back

na'diwidya:

she got out of the car

hay ts'isda:-ding

where she lived

hay whima:lyo'

my cousin

I took my cousin back to her house and she got out of the car.

So we went back to Hoopa, I took my cousin back to her house and let her off.

hayahujit

after that

na:tehsdiy

I left

hay whe: siwhda:-ch'in'

to my house

na:ldida:l

[it went back]

And then I went back to my house.

na:k'ine:sehłtsis

I shut the lights off

wa:nunła:t-mił

when I drove through the gate

I shut my lights off as I drove through the gate.

So when I went through the gate, I shut my lights off and drove the rest of the way home in the dark. 'Cause I didn't want him to see my taillights from the highway.

haya:ł

[and then]

xontah-ch'in'

to my house

na:whdiyay-e:

I arrived

And then I arrived to my house.

So then I got back home.

haya:ł

and then

hay na:mitł'a'-din

after that

mine:jixomił

after a while

hay na:'ulte'-din

where he (Otis) works

na:'iwha'

I always go

haya:ł

[and then]

And then after that, after a while, I would go to the place where Otis worked.

na'uya'-e:

he's always walking around

hayah

there

He's always walking around there.

So I always take this other person to work and then I see him there.

haya:ł

and then

mine:jixomił

after a while

'a'de:n'

he said

de: do'ng

right now

nahł'its

cars

xo:tehsda'un-te:

we're going to run

xohxo-ch'e:l-ch'in'

to Willow Creek

dundi-xolun

we will find out who

dahdi

more

xolisch

fast

na'wa:

goes

And then after a while, he said, "Right now, we're going to race to Willow Creek and see who is it that can go faster."

So the next time I saw him, he said, "We're gonna race to Willow Creek."

haya:ł

and so

xa' do'ng

ok

And so (I said), "Ok!"

So then I said, "Ok!"

hayahujit q'ut

and then

xo:tehsda'a:n

we took off

And then we took off.

xolisch

fast

nahł'its

car

na:wh'a:-ne'ing

I had

q'un

new

I had a fast car and it was almost new at the time.

So I had a fast car. And it was almost new at the time.

haya:ł

and so

xong

he

q'ina'

also

tilda:wh ch'ischwe'n

started (his car)

ch'ina:n'

he said

xo'ji

really

niwhong-xw

good

'a:wilaw

it was built

mił wilda:l

the motor

me' sa'a:n

it's in there (his rig)

ch'ide:ne'

he said

And so he also started up his rig. The engine was beefed up, he said.

So he said his pickup motor was beefed up and everything so he figured he could outrun me.

hayahujit

and then

tehłda:wh

it (car) started moving

hay

the

tin

road

xo'ji

really

me:tsah-xosin-ne'ing

it was bad

hay

the

ning'ay

road

And then we went off. The road (that goes to Willow Creek) was really bad.

yo:w

[there]

xohxo-ch'e:l

Willow Creek

-ch'in'

towards

ninła:t-e:

[it (car) arrived there]

There in Willow Creek I stopped.

haya:ł

[and then]

na:se:tiw

I won

sa'a:

a long time

[xong] ['e'n]

[as for him]

de:-xw

it turned around

no:na:ng'a:-ding

where it went clear down (Devil's Elbow)

hayah

there

de:

I find out

xoł

[with him]

de:-xw

turned clear round

no:nundixits' sile'n

it slid around

And I won, I got there quite a while before him. But as for him, I come to find out that his pickup slid clear around on Devil's Elbow.

So I went all the way to Willow Creek, didn't see him. And pretty soon here he come. And come to find out that he got turned around or he almost biffed it on Devil's Elbow and turned clear round.

haya:ł

[so]

hayah

[there]

xoł nonła:t

[he stopped]

da:ydi-xw

where

nunya:-ne'in

have you been

de:ne'

I asked

So he finally caught up with me at the stop sign. "Where have you been?" I asked.

So I said, "Where have you been?"

haya:ł

[and then]

'a'de:n'

[he said]

whe: 'e:n' do:n'

[as for me]

de:-xw

turn around

na:yo:w-ch'ing'

back the other way

whił no:nundixits'

I turned clear round

hayah

[there]

de:-xw

around

no:na:ne:'ung

I turned my car

hijit

and

whił wilda:l

I was driving along

And then he said, "I turned clear round back the other way, turned my car around, and was driving along."

So he said, "well,..." He turned clear round on Devil's Elbow. So he had to go down the road and find a place to turn around to go back toward Willow Creek.

haya:ł

so

'a:de:ne'

I told him

nixa'nite:

he is looking for you

do'ng hay diywho'-ji-q'a 'unt'e mik'iłkide'

the game warden

So I told him, "The game warden is looking for you."

So I told him, "The game warden's looking for you."

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:n'

he said

q'ut xowh ch'ini xut-tah

I guess it's true

whe:

me

whixa'nite:

he's looking for me

ch'ina:n'

[he was telling me]

'aht'ing

[all]

chwiyun'who:le:l

they're bothering me (about)

hay diywho' minła:n-e:

everything

So he said, "that's probably true that he's looking for me. They're bothering me about everything."

So he said, "Well, that's probably true, the game warden was looking for me because they keep an eye on me for some reason."

I said, "No."

daw

no

de:n'

I said

"No," I said.

do:

[maybe (with -taw)]

yida:ch'in-k'itidmut'

duck

ch'it

dead

me'

under (the hood)

-taw

[maybe]

siłdite:n

you have it in there

"Maybe there's a dead duck under your hood."

So I told him, "That's not it! The game warden's looking for you 'cause you got a dead duck under your hood!"

haya:ł [q'ut]

[and then]

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

didilwa:wh sile'n

we would talk to each other

haya:ł

and then

mine:jixomił

after a time

And then after that, we would talk to each other. And then after a time...

na:'e:dil

we always go

'a:k'iwilaw-widyo:sił

the movies

-xw

to that place

-tah

sometimes

We'd go to the movies sometimes.

So after that, that kinda broke the ice. We usually see each other some place and we talked. A few times we go to Eureka and go to the movies.

haya:ł [q'ut]

[and then]

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

[after that]

hayi

[him]

xoł na:y'a'

I married him

Quite a while after that, I married him.

Quite a while after that, I married him.

And we are still together today.