Xaxo:wilwatL (Dug-from-the-ground)*
*The first part was told by Oscar Brown, a half-breed, about 30 years of age whose mother belonged to TakimiLding. The story was finished by James Anderson, a man about 55 years old, a native of Medilding.

ya[']dehłts'e:

They were living

ch'in

they say

k'inchiwhi-q'it

Kintcu:hwikut

xokya:y

her grand daughter

hił

both.

An old woman was living with her granddaughter, a virgin, at Kintcu:whwhikut.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

the

k'ehłtsa:n

maiden

yineh-taw

bulbs

xa[']k'iwhe:

to dig

na[:]'iya'

used to go.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

the

xochwo:

grandmother

'a:yxołde:ne'

used to tell her,

nahx-t'a:n

"Two-stalked ones

do: xa'awh

one doesn't dig."

The girl used to go to dig roots and her grandmother used to say to her "You must not dig those with two stalks."

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

After a time

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

daydi-gya'awh-ung'

"For what reason

'a:whił-ch'ine:

does she always tell me,

do: xa'awh

'One mustn't dig it.'"

The girl wondered why she was always told that.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ła'

one

xutł'e'-dung'

morning

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

xa:y'un-te:

"I will take one out."

haya:ł

And

q'ut

ch'itehsyay

she went.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

na[']ningyay-e:

she crossed over

ch'e'indiqot'-ding

to Tceindi:qo:tding.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xa[']k'iwingxwe'

she went to digging.

One morning she thought, "I am going to dig one," so she went across the river to Tceindi:qo:tding and began digging.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

she thought,

xa:wh'awh

"I am going to take it out."

She thought, "I am going to take out one with a double stalk."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

xa[']wing'a:n

she had taken it out

mił

then

'ungya'

she heard

mije'e:din

a baby

ky'a:tehłchweh

cry.

When she had dug it out she heard a baby cry.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

dahna[']diwilła:t

she ran

to:-ding

to the river.

ch'e:na'ilła:t

She came there

mił

then

xoq'eh-ts'iw

after her she heard

ky'a:tiwilchwe:l

crying along

munchwing

"mother"

mił

with.

She ran back to the river, and when she got there she heard someone crying "mother" after her.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

me'dil

canoe

yehna[']wildito'n

in she jumped.

yima:n

Across

'ahł-me:na'niłchwit

with it she pushed herself.

She jumped into the boat and pushed it across.

yima:n

Across

yehna[']wiłqe:t

she landed

mił

then

yima:n'ch'in'-ch'ing'

on the other shore

ch'indiqot'-e:

it tumbled.

When she got across, the baby had tumbled down to the other shore.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

dahna[']diwilła:t

she ran

xontah-ch'ing'

to the house.

xa:na:'isdiła:t

She had run up

mił

then

q'ut

de:n'ch'ing'

on this side

ky'a:tehłchweh-ts'iw

it crying she heard.

She ran up to the house and there she heard it crying on that side.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

yehna[']wilła:t

she ran in

mił

then

q'ut

min'day'

back of the house

ky'a:tehłchweh-ts'iw

it crying she heard.

She ran into the house, then she heard it crying back of the house.

ła'ay-xw

At once

na[']nehsday

she sat down

haya:ł-'ung'

and

xontah-q'it

on the house

dahwidqot-ts'iw

it tumbling she heard.

At once she sat down and then she heard it tumble on the roof of the house.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

min'-tsida'

smokehole

q'eh

through

yehwidqot'

it fell.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

nahsdiqo:t

it tumbled about.

The baby tumbled through the smoke-hole and then rolled about on the floor.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

the

do:k'iwile:

old woman

ya[']wiłte:n

picked it up.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xe:q'ay'

cradle

yehna[']wiłte:n

she put it in.

The old woman jumped up and put it in a baby basket.

hay

The

k'ehłtsa:n

maiden

'e:ng'*

it was

yo'n

back of house

dinung

facing

ya:na[']wing'ay

sat down.

do: na:te:d'e'n

She did not look around.

hay mije'e:din

That baby

do: ne:l'e'n

she did not look at.

The young woman sat with her back to the fire and never looked at the child.

hay

The

do:k'iwile:

old woman

wha:ne:

only

ma:lyeh-xw 'a:'iliw

took care of it.

The old woman took care of the baby alone.

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

hay

the

mije'e:din

baby

ya:ta'ay-e:

commenced to sit up.

yiwiding-hit

Finally

nahsyay-e:

it commenced to walk.

After a time it commenced to sit up and finally to walk.

yiwiding-hit

After a while

yidichwit

to shoot

me:łkyow-e:

it was big enough.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

do:k'iwile:

old woman

ts'iłting'

bow

wun-na:'usya'

made.

hay-'ung'

And

k'iya:ts

birds

yise:tehłwe:n-e:

he commenced to kill.

When he was big enough to shoot, the old woman made a bow and he began to kill birds.

'ah'ting-q'i-'unt'e:

All kinds

'e:ng'

it was

q'ut

ch'isehłwe:n

he killed.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

the

k'ehłtsa:n

maiden

do: ch'inehł'e'n

never looked at him.

hay

The

michwo:

grandmother

wha:ne:

only

way'iłtiwh

he always gave

hay

diywho'

whatever

yise:'iłwe'

he killed.

Afterward he killed all kinds of game; and, because his mother never looked at him, he gave whatever he killed to his grandmother.

hay

The

xwunchwing

mother

'e:ng'

it was

xutł'e'-dung'-ding

early in the morning

che:'ina:wh-e:

used to go out

da:ywho'-xwo-xowh

somewhere.

łah-xw

Without reason

xa'a[']t'ing-wint'e:

she always did that.

hay-'ung'

And

yiwiding-hit

finally

xo'osday

a man

ts'isle'n-e:

he became.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

xwunchwing

his mother

'e'ilwil-hijit

at dark

na[']ne'ida:wh

used to come back.

Finally he became a man. The young woman had been in the habit of going out at dawn and not returning until dark.

ditsik

Acorns

dahungwho'owh 'a:k'int'e:*

so long

ch'ine'iwiwh

she always brought back.

She brought back with her acorns as long as her finger.

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

finally

hay

the

q'ung-ch'iwichwil

young man

'a:ch'ondehsne'

thought,

na:xodiwe:s'in'-te:

"I am going to watch her

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

what place

mił

from

ch'ine'iwiwh

she always brings

hay

the

ditsik

acorns."

hay

The

k'ehłtsa:n

maiden

'e:ng'

it was

'a:ch'o:'ine'

always thought,

hay

"The

whe:

I

mił

from

ne'iwhwiwh-ding

bring place

mił

from

chiningwin-de'ch

if he will bring

ditsik

acorns,

whiwhxiy'

my boy

xoł-de:ne'-te:

I will call him."

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

de:di 'ung'

"This time

xowut-xowe:syun'-te:

I will watch her."

One time the young man thought "I am going to watch and see where she goes." The young woman had always said to herself, "If he will bring acorns from the place I bring them, and if he will kill a white deer, I will call him my son."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

xutł'e'-dung'-ding

early in the morning

xowut-ch'ixowehsya'n

he watched her.

haya:ł

And

'ungya'

he saw her

q'ut

ch'e[']ningyay

come out.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

at once

diq'a:n

the ridge

yiduq

up

ch'itehsyay-e:

she went.

Early one morning the son saw his mother come out of the house and start up the ridge.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xoka:

after her

ch'itehsyay

he went

ch'ixoditehł'e'n

watching her.

haya:ł

And

hayah

there

yiduq

up

xa:'usyay

she went.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'ikine'

dry tree

k'isxa:n

standing

mikin'-ding

its butt

ch'iningya:-hit

when she came to

k'e:'isyay-e:

she climbed up.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

that

k'ikine'

dry tree

xoł tehłchwe:n

with her grew

de:-nohq'it-ch'ing'

toward the sky.

He followed her and saw her go along until she came to a dry tree. She climbed this and it grew with her to the sky.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

that

q'un-ch'iwichwil

young man

na[']tehsdiyay

went home.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ch'ondehsne'

he thought,

yisxun-de'

"Tomorrow

whe:

I

na:se:y'-te:

will go."

The young man then returned saying, "To-morrow I am going up there."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

wilwe:tł'

dark

mił

after

na:'ndiyay

she came back.

q'ut

ch'ininge:n

She brought

ditsik

acorns.

The woman came home at night with the usual load of long acorns.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

yisxung-hit

in the morning

ch'itehsyay

he went.

ch'iningyay

He got to

hay

that

k'ikine'

dry tree

k'isxun-ding

standing place.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

k'e:'isyay

he climbed up.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

xoł tehłchwe:n

it grew with him.

hay-'ung'

And

de:-nohq'it

to the sky

xoł xahschwe:n-e:

it grew up.

The next morning the man went the way his mother had gone, climbed the tree as he had seen her do, and it grew with him to the sky.

haya:ł

And

'ungya'

he saw

tin

road

ning'a:

was there.

When he arrived there he saw a road.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

it

miq'i[t]

on

ch'itehsyay

he went.

ch'iqa:l-hit

As he walked along

'ungya'

he saw

k'isxung

standing

k'inehst'a:n

Tan oak.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'e:'isyay

he climbed

hay

that

k'inehst'a:n

Tan oak.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hayah

there

dahya[']wehs'a'

he sat down.

He followed that until he came to an oak, which he climbed, and waited to see what would happen.

do:-winsa'a:y-mił

Soon after

'ungya'

he heard

ło'-xodiwising'ił-ts'iw

laughing along the road.

sa:k'iding

He was surprised

'ungya'

to see

ch'itindił

coming

k'ehłtsa:n*

maidens.

Soon he heard laughing girls approaching.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ch'inte:de:tł'*

they got there.

'aht'in-ding-mił

From every place

ch'iningyay

they came.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

ky'a:da[']ne: xowinse'n

they commenced to pick.

hay-'ung'

And

'ahtin-ne

all of them

'iłne:jit

divisions

ya[']wiłdichwe:n

had made

hay

which

me'

in

ky'a:da[']ne:

they picked.

They came to the tree and began to pick acorns from allotted spaces under it.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'iwinya'n

acorns

xoda'iłq'a:s

he threw down.

The young man began to throw down acorns.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']de:ne'

they said,

xa'uleh

"That is right,

k'ist'ay'-chwing

Bluejay."

"That's right Blue Jay," said one of the girls.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

łiwung

one of them

'a[']de:ne'

said,

xa:xowilwa:tł'

"Dug-from-the-ground

tsa:ng'

it might be."

Then another said, "It might be Dug-from-the-ground.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'iye:

again

łiwung

one

'a[']de:ne'

said,

xunay*

xa:xowilwa:tł'

"Dug-from-the-ground

ch'in do:ng'

they say

ła'ay-xw

really

do: ch'ixonehł'in'-te:-nehwa:n

you can hardly look at."

You can hardly look at him, they say, he is so handsome."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

nahnin

two

'a[']diwe:ne'

said,

a:

(Excl.)

do: ch'in

"They say

xone:ył'in'-tehł

I can't look at him.

[hay-ma:ng]

Always

de:di

this

qa:l*

walking

xone'iwh'e'n

I am accustomed to look at.

hay

That

do:ng'

it is

q'ut

do: ch'ixonehł'in'-te:

one can look at

ch'inehwa:n

hardly."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']de:ne'

they said,

whe:-'e'n

"I

ch'ixone:ył'in'-te:

can look at him."

Two others said, "Oh, I can look at him, I always look at this walking one (pointing to the sun) that is the one you can hardly look at."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

na:na[']widyay

he came down.

ła'ay-xw

Really

ya:xotuq

between the two

ya[']ningyay

he walked.

He came down from the tree and passed between the the girls.

haya:ł

And

ła'ay-xw

really

xoning'

their faces

na:na:ya'wilay

they turned down.

do:-heh ya[']xonehł'e'n

They could not look at him

hayi-q'

so

ningxa'-ch'inehwung

good-looking he was.

The two who had boasted they could look at him, turned their faces to the ground.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hayo:w

those

nahnin

two

wha:ne:

only

ya[']xonehł'e'n

looked at him

hay

who

'a:ya[']de:ne'

said,

nehe:-'eng'

"We

do:-xoling xone:dil'e:n

can't look at him."

The other two who had thought they could not look him in the face were able to do so.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

the

k'iłixung

deer

'e:ng'

that one

q'ut

ch'isehłwe:n

he killed

hay

which

'a:ch'o:'ine'

she thought,

hay

"That

ch'isehłwin-de'ch

if he kills

whimije'e:din[']

my child

xoł-de:ne'-te:

I will call him."

The young man killed the deer, the killing of which the mother had made the second condition for his recognition as a son.

ky'a:da[']we:ne'

He picked acorns

hay

the

xwunchwing

his mother's

miky'a:da[']ne:-ye:

picking place

me'

in.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

na[']tehsdiyay

he went home.

na:'ndiyay-e:

He got back

k'inchiwhi-q'it

to Kintcu:hwikut.

He then filled the basket from his mother's place under the tree and went home.

yehch'iwinge:n

He brought in

hay

the

ditsik

acorns

dahungwho'owh 'a:k'ingt'e:

so long

hayahujit-'ung'

and then

xowhxiy'

her boy

mił

with

łing'-wint'e'n-e:

she called him.

hay-'ung'

Then

xa'a'iniw

he always did that.

When the woman saw him with the acorns as long as one's finger, she called him her son.

hay-'ung'

And

mine:jixomił

after a time

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

xontah

"Houses

na:se:y'-te:

I am going to."

After a time he said, "I am going visiting."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

do:k'iwile:

the old woman

'a[']de:ne'

said

xa'

"All right."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

the

do:k'iwile:

old woman

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

ts'iłting'

bow

wun-na:'usya'

made,

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

na:tse:s

arrows,

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

mił-k'itiquch

shinny stick,

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweat-house wood

q'ina'

too.

"All right," said the grandmother, and then she made for him a bow and arrows of blue-stone, and a shinny stick and sweat-house wood of the same material.

xots'e:l'

His biceps

q'eh

along

no[']niłqe:t

he pushed them.

These he took and concealed by putting them under the muscles of his forearm.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xong'-'a:na[']diwilaw

he dressed himself.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'itehsyay

he went

yiduqa-to:-me'-ch'in'

eastern water toward.

haya:ł

And

yiduqa-to:-me'-ch'in'

eastern water

ch'e[']ningyay-e:

he came out to,

de:n'ch'ing'

This shore

ch'iningyay-e:

he came to.

He dressed himself for the journey and set out. He went to the home of the immortals at the edge of the world toward the east. When he got down to the shore on this side they saw him.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'e[']ninta:n

he took out

hijit-'ung'

and then

ch'ite:te:yo:s

he stretched

me'dil

a canoe.

hayahujit

And

tehch'iwinta:n

he put it in the water.

hijit

Then

yima:n

across

xoch'ing'

toward him

yehwidqe:t

he landed.

tse:l-nehwa:n

Red obsidian

hay

that

me'dil

canoe.

One of them took out the canoe of red obsidian and stretched it until it was the proper size. He launched it and came across for him.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hay

the

xoch'ing'

toward him

yehwidqe:t-ding

landing place

yehch'iwingya:-ding

in entering

mining'-q'it

the bow on

da[']k'iłkis

he put his hand

mił

then

k'iwingk'e:t'

gave a creak.

When he had landed, the young man placed his hand on the bow and as he did so, the boat gave a creak, he was so strong.

haya:ł

And

q'ut

yima:n

across

yehwidqe:t

he landed.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xontah-ding

house place

xa:'usyay

he went up.

When they had crossed he went to the village.

xo'ch

Right

minilohts

in the middle

sa'ung

stood

hay

the

xontah

house.

tse:-łitsow

Blue-stone

hay

that

xontah

house.

to:nehwa:n

Black obsidian

k'iwilte:l

was paved

mi[n]day'-q'

outside

hay

that

xontah

house.

In the middle of it he saw a house of blue-stone with a pavement in front of black obsidian.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

yehch'iwinyay

he went in.

hayo:w-xw yiduq

Up that way,

whiwunda:n

"My son-in-law

sa'a:

long time

xoxa:

for him

te:ng'in'-te:

you will look"

mił*

with.

He went in and heard one say, "It is my son-in-law for whom I had expected to be a long time looking."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

already

wha:

sun

na:na:dyay

was down.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

łe:nunidyay

gathered back

'aht'ing-ding-mił

from all places.

minłung

Ten

łiłing

brothers

xola:n

he saw there were.

When the sun had set there came back from different places ten brothers.

me:lah

Some

k'itiquch-xosin-xola:n

shinny had been playing he saw,

me:lah

some

king-mił

king

na[']k'idił-xola:n

had been playing he saw,

me:lah

some

k'iwunay[']dił-xosin-xola:n

hunting had been he saw,

me:lah

some

ky'ohłkis-xosin-xola:n

spearing salmon had been he saw,

me:lah

some

na:k'e'its-xosin-xola:n

shooting at mark had been he saw.

Some had been playing king,* some had been playing shinny, some had been hunting, some spearing salmon, and others had been shooting at a mark.

tismil

Eagle

mining'-mił-łe:diliw*

and Panther

hił

both

'ut-t'e:n-xola:n

were married he saw.**

Eagle and Panther were both married to daughters of the family.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']xołch'ide:ne'

they said to him,

de:-xw-xolung

"You here,

whila:-tsing

my brother-in-law."*

They said to him, "You here, brother-in-law?"

haya:ł-'ung'

And

he:yung

"Yes,"

ch'ide:ne'

he said,

da'n

"a while ago

ne:yay

I came."

"Yes," he said, "I came a little while ago."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

na[']diwilchwa'n

it was supper time.

xoyeh

Before him

wingxa'

they put

k'iwidqot

a basket

me'

in

mił-ky'o:xe:t

dentalia

mitsing'

its meat.

hay

That

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians

do: sa:yixa:wh

can't swallow.

When it was supper time they put in front of him a basket of money's meat,* which mortal man cannot swallow.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xong

he

nahx

two

me'

in

ch'inehłya:n

ate up.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']xondehsne'

they thought of him,

'a:k'itise:-xw

"Smart

'a:'unt'e:

he is."

He ate two baskets of it and they thought he must be a smart man.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

no[']dinilchwa'n

they finished supper

hijit-'ung'

then

q'ut

ch'e[']te:de:tł'

they went out

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

mich'ing'

toward.

haya:ł

And

q'ut

ch'e[']ningyay

went out

xong

he

q'ing'

too

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

mich'ing'

toward.

After they had finished supper they all went to the sweat-house to spend the night.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xutł'e'-e:-mił

at midnight

to:-ch'ing'

to the river

na:me: tehsyay

to swim he went.

At midnight the young man went to the river to swim.

to:-ding

At the river

ch'e:ningya:-hit

when he got

'ungya'

he heard

hayo:w-xw

that way

yida:ch'ing

down

mił

with

'a:xoł-ch'ide:n'-ts'iw

he heard say

ta:ysts'e:y'

"Sweathouse wood

'e:ng'

do:-xoling

is gone."

There he heard a voice say, "The sweat-house wood is all gone."

de:di-xw

"Around here

q'ut

'e:ng'

it is

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

people

xa'a'iniw

always do that.

do: yiłtsis

One never sees

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweathouse wood

digyung

here.

yinuqi-yiduq

To the southeast

wha:ne:

only

'e:ng'

there is

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweat-house wood."

te:wina:whing'

Mink

'e:ng'

it was

hay

who

'a:ne'

said it.

Then Mink told him that men could not find sweat-house wood near by, but that some was to be found to the southeast.

haya:ł-'ung'

And,

'ung'

"Yes,"

xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he said.

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

They said to him

minłung

ten

ta:kiwh

sweathouses

sa'a:n

standing.

hayi-tah

To all,

'ung'

"Yes,"

xoł-ch'idwinehł

he kept saying.

They called to him for wood from ten sweat-houses and he said "Yes" to all.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'aht'ing

everything

xoł-ch'ixowilik

he told him

hay daydi

that

wung-no[']xoniłt'in-te:

he is going to get him to do.

Mink told him about everything they would ask him to do.

hayahujit

And then

q'ut

ta:kiwh-ding

sweathouse place

xa:na:'usdiyay

he went up.

yehna[']widyay

He went in.

He went back to the sweat-house and went in.

hayahujit

And

xołiqay

dawn

tehsyay

it had come,

mił

then

ch'e[']ningyay

he went out

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweat-house wood

mixa:

after,

q'ut

as

xong

he

'a:xołch'ide:ne'

had told him.

When the east whitened with the dawn, he went for sweat-house wood as they had told him.

nahx

Two

tin

roads

'iłwah wing'a'

forked.

ła'

One

digyung

here

nohoł

from us

yide'-yiduq

northeast.

ła'

One

digyung

here

yinuqi-yiduq

southeast.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hay

the

tin

road

'iłwah wing'a'-ding

forking place

ch'iningyay

he arrived.

He came to the place where the trail forks and one of them turns to the northeast and the other to the southeast.

hijit

Then

'a:dits'e:l'

his biceps

q'eh

along under

ch'e[']ningyo:s

he pull out

hay

that

ta:ysts'e:y'

sweat-house wood.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ya:na:'isk'il

he split it.

There he drew out from his arm the wood his grandmother had provided him with and split it fine.

hijit-'ung'

Then

minłung

ten

ts'isloy'

he made bundles.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ya[']wime:tł'

he took them up.

hayahujit-'ung'

Then

na[']tehsdiyay

he went home.

He made this into ten bundles and carried them back to the village.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

the

na:'ndiya:-ding

he got back place

xo'dzi-nehwa:n

carefully

no[']ning'a:n

he put it down.

ła'ay-xw

Really

'aht'in-ding

every place

wildił-e:

shook.

When he got there he put them down carefully but the whole earth shook with the shock.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'aht'in-ding

every place

ła'

one

mida' ning'a:n

to it mouth he carried,

minłung

the ten

ta:kiwh

sweathouses.

He carried a bundle to each sweat-house.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'aht'in-ding

at all the places

xoł ya:te:lit

they smoked themselves.

They all sweated themselves.

hayahujit-'ung'

And

wilwe:tł'

until night

ts'isda:-xw

he stayed

hayah

there.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

wilwe:tł'-ding

at night

q'ut

k'iye:

again

ta:kiwh

sweathouse

yehch'ite:de:tł'

they went into.

He spent the day there and at evening went again to the sweat-house.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

to:-ding

to the river

ch'e[']ningyay

he went

k'iye:

again.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

hayah

there

te:wina:whing'

Mink

k'iye:

again

hayah

there

xowung

to him

ch'iningyay

came.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

he told him

yisxung

"Tomorrow

k'ite:singquch-tehł

you will play shinny."

When he went to the river to swim, Mink met him again and told him that the next day they would play shinny.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

yisxung-hit

next day

q'ut

xutł'e'-dung'

in the morning

na[']diwilchwa'n

they commenced to eat.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

no[']dinilchwa'n

they had finished

mił

then

q'ut

'a:ya[']xołch'ide:ne'

they said to him,

xa'

"Come

whiq'e:y

brother-in-law,

ya:ydił

let us go

k'itiquch-ch'ing'

to the shinny place."

After they were through breakfast the next morning, they said, "Come, brother-in-law, let us go to the place where they play shinny."

hayahujit-'ung'

And

q'ut

sahwinde'n

they all went.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

ch'inte:de:tł'

they got there.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

łiy sile'n

they made bets.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

k'ite:quch

they begin to play.

They all went and after placing their bets began to play.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

nahding

twice

xowung

from them

na:ya[']niwehsdilay

they took the bet.

Twice they were beaten.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

'a:ya[']xołch'ide:ne'

to him they said,

xa'

"Come

whiq'e:y

brother-in-law,

'iloy'

play."

Then they said, "Come, brother-in-law, play."

xowa:-ya'inta:n

They gave him

mił-k'itiquch

a shinny stick.

They passed him a stick.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'iłq'i[t] niłchwit

he pressed down on

hay

that

mił-k'itiquch

stick.

ła'ay-xw

Really

ch'isgya:s-e:

he broke it.

He pressed down on it and broke it.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

ka'

"Well

whe:

I

diywhe'eh

something

ya:ytun'-ta:ng'

may pick up."

"Let me pick up something," he said.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xots'e:l'-q'eh

from under his arm

ch'e[']ninyo:s

he pulled out

hay

that

xong

his own

xomił-k'itiquch

shinny stick.

ch'e[']nilay

He pulled out

ya:dimil

the balls

q'ina'

too.

He turned about and drew out his concealed shinny stick and the balls.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'e[']ningyay

he stepped out.

no[']k'ining'a:n

He started the game.

k'imiłna:tul'-jiwol

Wildcat

xolung

he saw

xoch'ing'

against him

ch'isloy'

playing.

Then he stepped out to play and Wildcat came to play against him.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

xa[']wingquch

he threw out.

'isdo'

Very near

ła'ay-xw

really

ch'e[']ningquch-ne'in

the throw used to be

me:dimil

the stake

kin'-ding

its foot

no:ndimil

fell.

The visitor made the stroke and the balls fell very near the goal.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

hayah

there

k'imiłna:tul'-jiwol-ne'in

Wildcat used to be

ch'ixołkit

he caught.

ła'ay-xw

Really

xoning'-ne'in

his face used to be

łe:yehch'iwingye:wh

he jammed in.

hayah

There

xa:ya[']wehs'a'

he sits that way.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

ch'e[']ningquch-e:

he threw it over.

Then he caught Wildcat smashing his face into its present shape, and threw the ball over the line.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'iye:

again

na[']k'iwing'a:

they played.

michwa:n'-tułta:n

Fox

xolung

he saw

xoch'ing'

against him

ch'isloy'

played.

He played again, this time with Fox.

hayahujit-'ung'

And

k'iye:

again

xowung

from him

xa[']wingquch

he threw.

hayahujit-'ung'

And

ch'ixołkit

he caught him.

ła'ay-xw

Really

xoning'

his face

ch'e[']niłt'ik'

he pinched out.

xa'

That way

miq'eh

afterward

'a[']niwehst'e'

he looked.

Again he made the stroke and when he caught Fox he pinched his face out long as it has been ever since.

k'iye:

Again

ya[']wingquch

he threw.

ch'e[']ningquch-e:

He threw over the line.

He then struck the ball over the line and won.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

k'iye:

again

na[']k'iwing'a:

they started a game.

nin'-miwina:-k'iste:n*

Earthquake

xolung

he saw

xoch'ing'

against him

ch'isloy'

played.

The next time he played against Earthquake.

hay-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

really

nin'-ne'in

ground used to be

na:dite:yay

opened up.

hayi-heh

Anyhow

mitis

over

dahch'itehłto'n-e:

he jumped,

xa:xowilwa:tł'

Dug-from-the-ground.

The ground opened up a chasm but he jumped over it.

hayi-heh

Anyhow

xowung

from him

ch'e[']ningquch

he threw out.

xo:

His

tse:-łitsow

blue-stone

ya:na:tuqi-ch'ischwe'n

he made come between.

hayi-heh

Anyhow

wundimil-e:

it went through.

Earthquake threw up a wall of blue-stone but he threw the ball through it.

dol

"Dol"

diwine'-ts'iw

it sounded he heard.

hay

That

wundimil

going through

'e:ng'

it was

'a:diwe:ne'

made the noise.

"Dol" it rang as it went through.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

k'ehniwh

Thunder

xoch'ing'

against him

ch'isloy'

played

xolung

he saw.

Then he played with Thunder.

hay-'ung'

And

ła'ay-xw

really

na:ngyay

it rained

mił

then

k'e:we:niwh

it thundered.

It rained and there was thunder.

hay-'ung'

And

hay

the

dahch'idiwilła:t

running

mił

with

'a:diwe:ne'

made the noise.

It was the running of that one which made the noise.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

q'ut

wilwe:tł'

it was evening.

hay-'ung'

And

'aht'ing

all

na:na[']ning'a:n

he won back

hay

which

xowung

from them

na:ya[']niliwh-ne'in

had been lost.

It was then night and he had won back all they had lost.

minłung

Ten

'isdits'

strings

xowh

about

mił-ky'o:xe:t

of dentalia,

diywho'

some

ło:q'-yiditile:

otterskins,

ts'iduqi-na'we-ne'in

fisherskin quivers,

t'e'-ne'in

blankets,

'aht'ing-q'a-'unt'e:-ne'in

everything used to be

na:na[']ning'a:n

he won back.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

sahna:nde'n

they went home.

There were ten strings of money, besides otterskins, flsherskins, and blankets.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

yisxun-hit

next day

mich'ing'

toward

sahwinde'n

they went

tit'awi-łiqay

the great bird white

hay

that

dahya:na[']wehs'a'

sat there

hay

which

k'iwinya'n-ya:n

Indians

do:

never

mich'ing'

to it

yik'ite:'its

can shoot.

The next day they went to shoot at the white bird which Indians can never hit.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

ch'o:ya:n'its

they began to shoot.

xong

He

'e:ng'

do: wung-no'iłqe:t

did not shoot.

hay-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']xołch'ide:ne'

they said to him,

xa'

"Come

ning

you

midiłwa:

in turn

wun-nohłqeh

shoot."

The others commenced to shoot and then they said to their guest, "Come, you better shoot."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

ts'iłting'

bow

xowa:-ya'inta:n

they gave him.

hay-'ung'

And

ch'itehslay

he drew it.

ła'ay-xw

Really

sigya:s-e:

it broke.

They gave him a bow, which broke when he drew it.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xong

his own

xots'iłting'

bow

ch'e[']ninta:n

he took out.

'a[']de:ne'

He said,

de:di-heh

"This anyhow

mił

with

wun-no:nehłqe:t

I will shoot.

nichwing'

No good,

q'ina'

too

mina:t

around

no:na:wit'a:ts'

is cut down."

Then he pulled out his own and said, "I will shoot with this although the nock has been cut down and it is not very good."

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a:ya[']xondehsne'

they thought,

hayo:w

"That

mił

with

miq'it

to it

dahna[']dohł'a'

he can shoot."*

They thought, " He can't hit anything with that."

hay-'ung'

And

wun-no[']niłqe:t

he shot.

ła'ay-xw

Really

miq'it

to it

dahna'diwił'a'-e:

he hit.

hay-'ung'

And

na:lts'it

fell down

ła'ay-xw

really

mił-ky'o:xe:t

dentalia

dahungwho'owh

so much

no:k'iningyo:wh

scattered about.

He shot and hit the bird, and dentalia fell all about.

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

q'ut

na[']k'iwe:-xowinse'n

they brought home

hay

that

mił-ky'o:xe:t

dentalia.

They gathered up the money and carried it home.

hayahujit-'ung'

And

na[']tehsdiyay

he went home

hay

xochwo:

his grandmother

mich'ing'

to.

hay-'ung'

And

na:'ndiyay-e:

he got back

k'inchiwhi-q'it

to Kintcu:whwhikut.

The Hupa man went home to his grandmother at Kintcu:whwhikut.

dunłungwho'-ding

So many

wilwe:tł'

nights

sile'n

as it seemed

de:di-de:

he found out

dunłungwho'-ding

so many

me:nundiyay

years

na[']wa:-xw

he stayed.

As many nights as it seemed to him he had spent, so many years he had really been away.

hay-'ung'

And

na:'ndiya:-hit

when he got back

hay

xochwo:-ne'in

his grandmother used to be

xong'

fire

me:w

beside

site:n

was lying.

He found his grandmother lying by the fire.

xowung

About him

xoje:' k'ich'ing' ya:siling'-xola:n

they had worried he found out.

Both of the women had been worried about him.

haya:ł-'ung'

And

'a[']de:ne'

he said,

nohxa:

"After you

'e:ng'

it is

na:whdiyay

I have come."

He said to them, "I have come back for you."

'ung'

"Yes,"

ya[']de:ne'

they said,

q'ut do:ng'

"all right

ya:te:se'tł-te:

we will go."

"Yes," they said, "we will go."

hayahujit-'ung'

And then

xo'ch

good

'a:na[']ch'ilaw

he fixed

xontah

the house.

'aht'in-ding

Every place

me:na[']k'isloy'

he bound it up.

Then he repaired the house, tying it up anew with hazel withes.

hijit-'ung'

Then

me:w

under

na[']k'isqot

he pushed a stick.

digyung

Here

yiduqa-to:-me'-ch'in'

eastern water

wing'a'-e:

it went.

haya:-ch'ing'

There

ya[']de:lts'e'-e:

they lived

hay

where

'ut-t'e:n ts'islin'-ch'ing'

he married.

He poked a stick under it and away it went to the end of the world toward the east, where he had married.

de:di-xowh

Now

haya:-ch'ing'

there

ya[']dehłts'ey-e:

they are living.

hayah no:nt'ik'

Here is the end.

They are living there yet.