1.1. khwi'ye chne̲k'we' he schint chłi̲p. |
1.1. this one person a person went hunting |
1.2. 'ap stsanshara̲qhn he stsułumi̲pelschn. |
1.2. he had a bandolier with a buffalo horn |
1.3. 'uts'aqhi̲ł khwe 'etskhwi̲stes 'u'ya̲ts'qhms. |
1.3. suddenly as he was walking he looked back at it |
1.4. ch'u hoy hnchshshntsu̲t 'uł la̲q'nts. |
1.4. it was gone then he went back in his tracks and looked for it |
1.5. ne'ku̲ łe ne' hi schitskhu̲yn tsi'ł ne' chiiła̲qi't. |
1.5. he thought maybe where I came that is where they fell |
1.6. na̲k'usq'it łe 'e'ekhu̲s'nts. |
1.6. a whole day he looked for it |
1.7. lut e 'usgwi̲cht ł hnkwi̲'ts. |
1.7. he did not find it and it became night |
1.8. ku'm ła la̲'qhw ła 'a hnq'q'a̲'wus tsi'ł 'etgwe̲khw. |
1.8. and then morning on a stump there (it --xxed out) they were hanging |
1.9. 'e tso'oota̲lmkhw tsi'ł tgwe̲khwnts. |
1.9. a dwarf there had hung them up |
1.10. ku'm khwi'ya 'ats'a̲qhl khwi̲st ł 'uł chłi̲p. |
1.10. then the one who did thus he walked away and hunted again |
1.11. ch'a'm 'eets'e̲mut łe smi̲'yem. |
1.11. just staying home his wife |
1.12. hoy ch'a'm hnmu̲lm 'e'yni̲ł t'i' 'ep sqhu̲dent |
1.12. then she just hauled water because already there was ice |
1.13. 'e 'echelkhwi̲ch'n tsi'ł chinmu̲lm. |
1.13. through a hole in the ice there she dipped |
1.14. ku'm t'i' le̲kukw khwe sqi̲'ltumkhw. |
1.14. then already far the man |
1.15. 'uts'qhi̲ł chishch'mi̲nts khwe smi̲'yem 'atsa(tsa(i̲pm ku'm 'etswi̲iii. |
1.15. suddenly he heard her the woman screaming then she cried out |
1.16. ne'ku̲ khwi'ya sqi̲'ltmkhw yo 'its'chi tgwe'l sti̲'m ł 'atsa(tsa(i̲pm? |
1.16. he thought this man my! what is the matter why is it that she is screaming |
1.17. hoy 'uł di̲k'wsm. |
1.17. then he turned back |
1.18. 'uł khuy łu'we tech tqhwe̲tst khwe 'e tse̲tkhws. |
1.18. again he went toward the water he passed his house |
1.19. khuł khwi' khwe si̲kwe' ł 'etsets'lu̲tech'n. |
1.19. ... and proceeded to the water and she was standing on the ice |
1.20. ch'a'm 'u łu̲kw khwi'ye smi̲'yem. | 1.20. she was left bloody this woman |
2.1. 'eku̲stm ła 'a sqi̲'ltumkhw ku 'yts'chi̲nmsh? |
2.1. she was said to by the man what happened to you |
2.2. ste'ekwn khwi̲'ye smi̲'yem t'u' chi 'itspu̲lutms ła 'a tso'oota̲lmkhw |
2.2. she answered this woman well he was beating me the dwarf |
2.3. tsi'ł hoy. | 2.3. with that it ends |