Formula of a Deer Medicine*
*Told at Hupa, November 1901, by Senaxon. This formula was told with xv as connected with the White Deer-skin Dance. It seems clear from its form that it is a hunting medicine. The venerable priest was questioned about its connection at another time without definitely settling the matter. If it is really a formula of the White Deer-skin Dance, then that dance, held as it is at the end of the period of cohabitation, purifies the people for the hunting season.
- k'ixinay
- Ki:xunai
- na:na:nde:tł'
- became
- łe:lding
- at Lelding.
The Ki:xunai lived at Southfork.
- yide'-yima:n'ch'in'-ch'ing'
- Down river across
- ta:kiwh-we:ltsil-q'it-ch'ing'-ch'ing'
- Taikyu:whwelsilkutcintcing
- ch'e'ida'
- he lived.
One lived farther down the river on the other (east) side at Taikyu:whwelsilkutcing.
- hay-de:t
- These
- k'iwinya'n-ya:n
- persons
- na:dił
- living
- na:'ischwe'n
- he did
- diywho'
- something
- do:-wun-na'way
- he never had done.
- yo:w
- There
- yinuqi-yima:n-ch'in'-ch'ing'
- up river on the other side
- 'e:ng'
- it was
- łing'
- dogs
- whung
- only
- mino:k'ine:yo:t-e:y
- they barked
- whung
- only
- 'e'e'a'
- was there.
Up the river on the west side there was nothing but dogs and their barking.
- hay-'ung'
- And
- hay
- those
- yehyine:yo:t
- drove in by barking
- 'a:de:ne'
- made the noise.
- hay
- The
- k'iłixun
- deer
- 'e:ng'
- it was
- yehyine:yo:t
- they driving in
- 'e:ng'
- it was
- 'a[']de:ne'
- made the noise.
The dogs made the noise when they drove the deer into the river.
- hay-'ung'
- And
- hay
- the
- na:de:lchwa'n
- eating
- ła'ay-xw
- really
- misjeh
- fog
- noy'iłkit
- spread out
- 'e'ilwil
- used to be.
- hay
- The
- k'iłixun
- venison
- milide'
- its steam
- 'e:ng'
- it was
- 'a:ne'it'e'
- looked that way.
When the people ate, the steam of the cooking venison was like a fog spreading over the country.
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- hayo:w
- the one
- yide'-yima:n
- down across
- ts'isday
- he lived
- 'a:ch'ondehsne'
- he thought,
- 'isdo'
- " I wish
- duxo:'whe'eh
- something
- 'a:ya:xolah
- could befall them.
The one who lived down river on the other side thought, "I wish something could be done with them.
- dunt
- Who
- xolung
- is it
- mitł'owe'
- its medicine
- na'ischwin'-tehł
- will make
- hay-de:
- these
- k'iłixun
- deer
- do: na:'iłtsun-de'
- they won't find again?
- dunt
- Who
- xolung
- is it
- mitł'owe'
- medicine
- na'ischwin'-te:
- will make
- do:-na'iłtsun-de'
- they won't see them again?
Who will make medicine so they will not see deer any longer?
- hay-yo:w
- That one
- 'a:k'itise:-xw
- smartest
- 'a:yiniwehst'e'
- will be."
That one will be the smartest."
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- hayo:w
- that one
- yide'-yima:n
- down across
- ts'isday
- he lived
- k'iwinya'n-ya:n-tah-ding
- Indian world
- 'a:k'ił'e:n
- what they do
- 'a'k'ilaw
- he did.
The one who lived below on the east side did what they do in the Indian world.
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- yinuqi-yima:n
- up across
- hay
- the
- k'ixinay
- Kixunai
- mixontaw'
- their houses
- xoning'
- his face
- yehch'itehłqe:t
- one after the other he stuck in.
Then he went up across the river and put his face in at the doors of the Ki:xunai's houses.
- xonist'e'
- His body
- nichwe'n-e:
- not good
- ma:n
- reason
- 'e:ng'
- it was
- 'a:ch'idyaw
- he did it.
He did it because his body was bad.
- xutł'e'-dung'
- Next morning
- sahwinde'n
- they started out.
- łing'
- Dogs
- ma:ming
- they coaxed.
The next morning when they started out to hunt they had to coax the dogs out.
- me:lah
- Some
- xa'
- still
- winte:ch'
- lay there
- hayo:w
- those
- łing'
- dogs.
Some of the dogs lay in the house.
- wilwe:tł'-e:
- Until night
- ts'ima'-xosing-xw
- it was quiet.
All day it was quiet.
- hayo:w
- Those
- łing'
- dogs
- hay
- the
- k'iłixun
- deer
- 'a'ił'in'-ne'in
- used to chase
- do:-xohsle'
- was not
- ła'ay-xw
- really.
There was no chasing of the deer by the dogs.
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- ła'
- one
- yisxa:n-ey
- day
- site:ch'-xw
- they lay there
- hayo:w
- those
- k'ixinay-ne'in
- Ki:xunai used to be.
Until night the Ki:xunai lay there.
- do:-heh nahsde'tł'-xw
- They could not walk about.
- ła'ay-xw
- Really
- ya:xowinga:n
- they were worn out.
They were so worn out they could not get up.
- dungwhe'eh
- Nobody
- k'ima:w
- medicine
- do:-nahschwing'
- could make
- hayo:w
- those
- k'ixinay
- Ki:xunai.
None of the Ki:xunai could make medicine.
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- wha:
- sun
- na:nahwh-dahł-ding
- gone down time
- k'ima:w
- medicine
- ch'iswchwe'n
- he made.
- hayahujit-'ung'
- And then
- yinuqi-yima:n
- up the other side
- na[']ningyay
- he crossed.
When the sun had gone down the one who lived down river on the east side made medicine and then went up to the village on the west side.
- 'unłung-xwe:
- For everybody
- xonłung
- enough
- na:'ischwe'n
- he made.
He made enough for all, both the Ki:xunai and their dogs.
- hayo:w
- "This
- whitł'ow'*
- my medicine
- de:t
- this
- mił
- with
- 'a:diwundohchwit-te:
- bathe yourselves,"
- ya[']xołch'ide:ne'
- he told them,
- hayo:w
- those
- łing'
- dogs
- tah
- too.
"Rub yourselves with my medicine," he told them, "and the dogs beside."
- xutł'e'-dung'
- In the morning
- sahwinding'-hit
- when they went out
- 'ile:xich
- wonderfully
- łing'
- dogs
- mino:k'ine:yo:t-e:y
- barked
- whung
- only
- wing'a'
- was.
The next morning when they went out the dogs barked wonderfully. There was nothing but barking.
- haya:ł-'ung'
- And
- 'a:ch'ondehsne'
- he thought,
- whe:-ye:
- "I it is
- 'a:whił-ch'ide:n'-te:
- they will talk to.
"I am the one they must tell about," he thought.
- hayo:w
- These
- k'ixinay
- Ki:xunai
- 'e:ng'
- it is
- do: 'a:ya'xołde:n' whung
- they must not talk to.
"They must not tell about these Ki:xunai.
- whe:-ye:
- Me
- whiłch'ide:ne'
- they will talk to.
I am the one they must tell about.
- ma:
- For it
- do:
- not
- mitł'owe'
- medicine
- na:ya:'ischwe'n
- they made.
They did not make this medicine."
- haya:ł
- And
- hayi-xw
- that way
- wha:ne:
- only.