TR'AN SOGHLUQ TTHUXDI NI'IDHIT
The Old Woman Who Lived Alone

Belle Deacon

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  1. Ideyan'ni'idhittr'i'ne.
    by herselfshe livesone says
    'She lived alone they say.'

  2. Ts'anyixinixidoɬdhiɬghiluqts'iyixi,ggaɬq'ogidiniɬ'ots'ixiyiɬ.
    thenthereyears go bypoor thingandtherepole on netshe extendsthen
    'The years went by and the poor dear always netted for fish.'

  3. Axaxiɬdixeyts'in'nonxididhitchenh.
    thenautumnit came againagain
    'Fall came again.'

  4. Tixveɬaxaidandidiniyhts'ixiɬdinginixicheq'ontithiyo.
    fishnetwithshe let go of herselfthenuplandagainshe started to walk around
    'She stopped using the fishnet and started walking around in the country.'

  5. Gagyiɬyuxudzxits'idiningeloq,xiyhxonet.
    berrytoojusttowards itshe gatheredwinterfor
    'She picked berries for winter.'

  6. Uxuxiyiɬxeyts'in'nuxodhiɬ.
    suddenlyautumnit's coming
    'Winter was approaching.'

  7. Yixiyuxudzdingit'a,uxuxiyiɬengithitethok'idzyetyuxudztenadhilyuxudzentlch'ux.
    therejustshe issuddenlyout therepotlittleinjustwaterwhich is hotjustshe started to boil water
    'As she was doing these things the little pot of hot water on the fire started to boil.'

  8. Yeniɬch'uxengithit.
    she's starting to boil it (water)out there
    'It was boiling on the fire.'

  9. Uxuxiyiɬxizrolchenhxogh gits'igatetth'elts'i,ngi'inxits'ixuxididltth'onhdi.
    suddenlyapparentlydifferent wayshe didn't hear anythingoutsidefromwhen she heard
    'Suddenly from outside she heard a noise she had never heard before.'

  10. Yuxudztitl'ighith.
    justshe's startled
    'She was startled.'

  11. Gansre'dit'anh?inedhinh.
    whatdon't knowis doingshe thinks
    'What can that be? she thought.'

  12. Uxuxiyiɬngu'ovidoyxizroncheyadzgititl'inekdi.
    suddenlyoutside doorher doorapparentlyasidewhen it pushed
    'Suddenly something pushed aside the door curtain.'

  13. Yiy,ganxizrolchenh,ggaggxizrolchengu'oxiditthaghtthikdigidiɬdlotts'in'.
    geewhatapparentlyanimalapparentlyoutside doorwhere it poked its nose insideit's growling
    'Gee, there it was, an animal sticking its head inside growling.'

  14. Iiy,yuxudztitl'ighith.
    geejustshe was startled
    'Gee, she was startled.'

  15. Ndadzgoditoneɬts'in'?
    whathereit'll happen to her
    'What could she do?'

  16. Gidiɬghunhhingoyuxudzviyixxigesyuxudznixiditluxts'ixiyiɬ.
    it's growlingwhilejusther housecrummyjustit's shakingthen
    'Its growling made her crummy house tremble.'

  17. Getiynaɬjits'in',degyuxudzidaghnoq'iginditoyhn-gangoyaxa ditonel.
    veryshe's scaredaround herejustaround hershe's looking aroundsomethingherewhat she will use
    'Terrified she looked all around her for something she could grab.'

  18. Ngiyixchetavasr.
    down theretooulu
    'Down there was her ulu.'

  19. It wouldn't help,inedhinh.
    she thinks
    'It wouldn't help, she thought.'

  20. Yixtavasr,it wouldn't help,inedhinh.
    thatulushe thinks
    'That ulu wouldn't help any, she thought.'

  21. Engithiyiggiytenadhil.
    out therethatwaterwhich is hot
    'Over the fire was that hot water.'

  22. "Gilgosidhangaɬtlot,tr'ansoghluq,"yiɬne.
    go aheadherejump into my mouthold womandearit told her
    "'Come jump into my mouth," (the animal) told the dear old woman.'

  23. "`Gilgidedats'ix.
    go aheaddefinitelyhold your mouth open
    "'Okay open your mouth wide.'

  24. Ngongidhaggitagitliɬdi,"yiɬne.
    wellyour mouthwhere I'll jumpshe told it
    "'I'm going to jump down your throat," she told it.'

  25. Eyggitenaɬch'oghyuxudz,yidhaggidaghɬtsitlyuxudzngiyigg.
    thatwaterboiledjustits mouthshe droppedjustdown
    'She took that boiling water and threw it down its throat, pot and all.'

  26. Yitoyiggxizrolcheyuxudzntthigidinlighithts'iyuxudzngi'inyuxudzidiyiɬntithitrit.
    immediatelyapparentlyjustit's shaking its headandjustoutjustby itselfit left fast
    'Instantly it started flinging its head around and it ran back out the door.'

  27. Vidhaggyili'eqyitongotenaɬch'uxiy.
    its throatshe poured itmeanwhilewaterwhich is boiling
    'The boiling water went down its throat.'

  28. Ndadz goxaxatthitohoɬts'in'?
    howableshe'll go outside
    'How could she go outside?'

  29. Xaxatthaghyo'ts'ixadinh.
    unableshe might go outsideunable
    'There was no way to go outside.'

  30. Venhdidi,venhdida'xiyiɬtthitadhiyo.
    next daynext daythenshe started to go outside
    'The next morning she went out.'

  31. Xaɬts'in'godigiyeloq.
    eveningthisit happened to her
    'This had happened in the evening.'

  32. Venhdiditthine---tthitadhiyoxizrolchenh,do'oghyiggivitso'k'idz,gitsatl'ontsodidhu'on.
    next dayshe went outsideapparentlyjust over herethather cachelittlewoven grasscachewhich stood
    'In the morning she went out, out where her little cache, a grass cache stood.'

  33. Vogh'eghvoghyixixizrolchenhgitathch'idi.
    near itunder itapparentlywhere something was stretched out
    'Near it, underneath it there was something lying flat.'

  34. Tritrngithiɬchets'iyigidinetthiyhxiyiɬ.
    sticklongshe tookandshe poked itthen
    'She took a long stick and poked it.'

  35. Datthon'dixizrolchenh.
    it's deadapparently
    'It's already dead.'

  36. Axaxiɬdikxeɬedzyoghne[yo]ts'iyentl'i'an'di.
    thenwellto itshe wentandwhen she started to look at it
    'She went right up to it and looked at it.'

  37. Datthon'ɬogo.
    it's deadtruly
    'It was quite dead.'

  38. Yitots'iyuxudzxidon'idiyots'iyuxudzditavazrsoghluqnigheq'onh.
    thenjustshe went back insidejusther ulupoorshe sharpened
    'She went back inside and sharpened her poor little ulu.'

  39. Yitots'iyuxudzyogh tthititlch'iɬ.
    thenjustshe started to skin it
    'Then she started skinning (the animal).

  40. Iiy,ganzronchenh?
    geewhatapparently
    'Gee, I wonder what that is?'

  41. Dithitl'idzlochegot.
    that which is blackevidentlythis
    'It was a black bear.'

  42. Ndagidevuq'uxngichogh,xeyts'in'donxidelyoqhiy.
    how greatly?its fatwhich is bigautumnone which prepared itself
    'How fat it was, really fattened up for fall.'

  43. Axaxiɬdiyogh tthi'itlch'iɬndadz sre'xughod.
    thenshe skinned itdon't knowhow
    'Somehow she managed to skin it.'

  44. Axaxiɬdikyidhithxiɬdingu'ottso,tsoghonuggxiɬdixoghyaghdiɬcheth.
    thenits skinthenoutside doorcachebehindthenshe hung it up
    'She hung the skin up behind the cache.'

  45. Ngoyuxudzniɬtoyitatht'otth.
    wellallshe started to cut it up
    'She cut it all up.'

  46. Vuq'uxyuxudzdadzdighaɬtonh.
    its fatjustthis wayhow thick it is
    'Its fat was this thick.' %Diditonh. it's thick

  47. Guq'uxxiyiɬyidinighezriyhxiyiɬginelangyiɬyuxudz,ethokyighet'otthyuxudz,gatitlvatr.
    fatthenshe sliced itthenmeattoojustpotshe cut itjustshe started to cook it in liquid
    'She sliced off some of the fat and the meat, cut pieces into the pot and started boiling it.'

  48. [X]idaygoghiluqyiggiygenoq'uthyan'uhonh,ɬeggyan'uhonh.
    meanwhilepoor thingthatdried fishonlyshe's eatingfishonlyshe's eating
    'The poor dear thing had had only dried fish and fresh fish to eat before that.'

  49. Yuxudzgititlvatryixi.
    justshe started to cook it in liquidthere
    'She started boiling it.'

  50. Gitlvatrts'ixiɬdiyuxudzgitadhon'.
    it cooked in liquidthenjustshe started to eat
    'When it had boiled she started eating.'

  51. Yitongongidiggitsoyexiyiɬngiyiggitsiginiq'atxiyiɬxiyenyalyayh,gonelang.
    meanwhileupcacheinthendownpit cachethenshe puts them inthismeat
    'She stored the pieces of meat in the ground in her pit cache.'1

  52. Yuxudzyixixeɬedznixine'onhyitots'in'.
    alldown therewellshe storedthen
    'She soon had it all stored away nicely.'

  53. Axaxiɬdiyixixeɬedznixine'onhts'ixiɬdi,yixiq'eltritryiɬdiɬ'anh.
    thendown therewellshe storedthendown theredry willow woodtooshe's gathering
    'When she had it nicely stored away she gathered dried willow wood.'

  54. Xeɬedzxinegyixiyiqa tathdo'.
    wellnicelythereshe started to live on it
    'She started to live very well on that (meat).'

  55. Ngoq'odeguq'uxuhon.
    wellnewfatwhat she eats
    'She had never had fat to eat before.'

  56. Guq'uxnegyiɬtadhon'.
    fatnicetooshe started to eat
    'She started eating good fat.'

  57. Yitongochevanhgiqxiyiɬnidinditth'ixxiyiɬiyqaxeɬedzdhido.
    meanwhiletooice creamthenshe mixed for herselfthenitonwellshe lives
    'Once in a while she made ice cream for herself too and she lived very well.'

  58. Yitongochediggetthiyq'i'eteyh,diggetthiyyaxa dit'anhiy.
    meanwhilealsoawlshe carries aroundawlwhich she used
    'All this time she had an awl with her, the awl that she used.'

  59. Ts'anyixidhido,yexiduq'otth.
    thenthereshe livesit became cold
    'She was living there and the weather turned cold.'

  60. Yexiduq'otthxiyiɬxizrolchenhngi'inxidoyxits'igidetth'onhdi.
    it became coldthenapparentlyoutdoorat itwhen she heard something
    'When it had turned cold all of a sudden she heard someone at the door.'

  61. Ngi'inxizrolchenhxits'iq'itr'et'osrdi.
    outsideapparentlyto itwhen someone is walking around
    'Someone was walking up to the door.'

  62. Xidoyntr'ine'otsdinaqa'ghutr'ititlnekdi.
    doorwhen someone stoppedsomeone's bootswhen someone started to work on
    'Someone came to the door and started cleaning his boots.'

  63. Deg dixet'axizrolchengu'oxizrolche,chelgginghyozrxidineyodi,vinan'dinthitl'itshinh.
    after a whileapparentlyoutside doorapparentlyyoung manskinnylittlewhen he came inhis faceperson who is dark
    'After a while a skinny man came in, a man with a dark face.'

  64. "Natsoo,zroohzroohzrooh,natsoo,zroohzroohzrooh,"yatadhine'.
    grandmacoldgrandmacoldhe started to say to her
    "'Grandma, cold cold cold grandma, cold cold cold," he said to her.'2 %ED: this is not Ho

  65. Dinalachexelanh.
    personevidentlythere is
    'Someone is here it seems.'

  66. "Gilengodzdidhehoyh,"yiɬne.
    go aheadacrossgo upshe told him
    "'Go on sit across (the room) there," she told him.'

  67. Engodzyitots'itadhiyo.
    acrossthenhe went
    'He went across the room.'

  68. Yitongoengithigiɬvatr.
    meanwhileoutit's cooking in liquid
    'Meanwhile the pot was boiling by the fire.'

  69. Axaxiɬdiiynuggu yine'onh.
    thenitshe took it off heat
    'She took it off (the fire).'

  70. Dit'oxts'in'nuggu yine'onhxiɬdigodit'oxts'idiyniɬqonh.
    under herselfshe took it off heatthenhereunder herselfshe dished out
    'She put it up beside herself and ladled out some of the food.'

  71. Tth'ok'idzyexiɬdiyitl'ogidighetrit.
    dishlittleinthenshe gave him some food
    'She gave him some food in a little dish.'

  72. "Natsoo,"yiɬne,"ndadz axavidhelangon?"yiɬne.
    grandmahe told herhowyou caught itthishe told her
    "'Grandma, how did you ever catch this (bear)?" he said.

  73. Xeyts'idongsittheyqayeteyedongsoghxiyne'onhiyn'iy.
    autumnpastmy grandchildrenwaterinin the pastto mewhich they broughtit
    'Last fall my grandchildren brought it to me before freeze-up.'3

  74. Ansitl'oxiyghe'onadhitlvatrxiyiɬn'adingit'anh.
    theywhat they gave me(focus)I cooked on stovethen(focus)you're doing
    'What they gave me I cooked and just now you came.'

  75. "Tsoo,siqa'izoo,"yiɬne.
    grandmamy feetcoldhe told her
    "'Granny, my feet are cooold," he told her.'

  76. "Siqa'izoonilaanh,"yiɬne.
    my feetcoldthey arehe told her
    "'My feet are cooold," he told her.'

  77. "Gilauxudiniynqa'ningiɬgging'ts'intedoyh."
    go aheadhurry upyour feetyou warm upandyou go back
    "'Well then warm up your feet and leave."'

  78. "Chendadzdatane'ts'i'at?"yiɬne.
    alsowhatyou started to say(focus)she told him
    "'What are you saying anyway?" she asked him.'

  79. Yitxizrolcheenadhoɬdi.
    thereapparentlywhere he spent night
    'He spent the night there.'

  80. "Itsoo,"yiɬne,"ngoxotritrditatl-'eɬ.
    grandmahe told herfor youwoodI'll get
    "'Grandma," he said, "I'll get wood for you.'

  81. Tsegngoxoditatl-'eɬ.
    woodfor youI'll get
    'I'll get wood for you.'4

  82. Ts'an-godist'anh,"yiɬne.
    that's whyI'm doinghe told her
    'That's why I'm here," he said.'

  83. "Ngosoghtritrditr'iɬ'anhts'ixiq'adi'ist'its'in'.
    wellfor mewoodsomeone getsI don't like it
    "'Well, I like anybody to fetch wood for me.'

  84. Sexaxandadzdist'ats'i'at?
    meablesomehowI am(focus)
    'Can't I do it myself?'

  85. Soghtritrditeɬ'eɬ?"yiɬne.
    for mewoodyou'll gathershe told him
    'Are you going to fetch wood for me?" she said.'

  86. Axaxiɬdivenhdiditritroqotadhiyo.
    thennext daywoodforhe went
    'The next morning he went after wood.'

  87. Yitongoyuxudzyik'o'.
    meanwhilejustrejecting him
    'Even though she didn't want him there.'

  88. Iiy,che divatlaggichesoghneyonh.
    geesuch a personno-goodsuch (a person)to meone who came
    'Hey, who's this no-good bum who came to me.'

  89. Ngoviq'adi'ist'its'ianh,inedhinh.
    wellI don't like himhimshe thinks
    'I don't like him, she thought.'

  90. "Ngosigixatoheɬtlaggangichoghuhonhanh,"nets'ixiyiɬ.
    wellhe'll eat up my foodno-good(focus)too muchhe eatshimshe saysthen
    'He'll eat up all my food, that no good bum who eats too much," she said.

  91. Nginuggutritroqotadhiyoxiyiɬ,q'eltritrtlaggyozrtr'andilughux.
    upwoodforhe wentthenwillow woodno goodlittlehe hauled out
    'He went after wood then he came back hauling some rotten old willow wood.'

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  92. "Natsoonatsoo,"vazrne.
    grandmasomeone said to her
    "Grandma, grandma," he said.

  93. "Gitl'iq'atagot,"vazrne.
    (I'm hungry)trulysomeone said to her
    "I'm hungry," he said to her.5

  94. "Ngovavidinisoxiɬtiy.
    wellfoodI lacknot much
    "'Well, I don't have much food.'

  95. Gan chuxnguhonhts'i'adatane',"yiɬne.
    so muchyou eat(focus)you started to sayshe told him
    'You say you eat so much anyway," she started telling him.'

  96. "Q'aghntedoyh.
    backyou go
    'Go back to where you came from.'

  97. Ndadzdingit'anhts'i'at?"yiɬne.
    whatyou're doing(focus)she told him
    'What are you doing here anyway?' she asked him.'

  98. Xidigaɬxizrolcheyuxudzyatithinaxdi.
    finallyapparentlyjustwhen she got tired of him
    'Finally she got tired of him.

  99. Yigixatadhon'.
    he started to eat up everything
    'He started eating up all (her food).'

  100. Yuxudzyitl'oyiditrityuxudztr'iditayhts'iyuxudz,uxudiniyvitr'ixideɬdiɬts'iyuxudz.
    justshe gave him itjusthe's chewing it fastallquicklyhe swallowed itall
    'She just gave him food and whatever she had, and he just gobbled it right down.'

  101. Ndadz go ditoneɬts'in'?
    what will she do
    'What else could she do?'

  102. Vavixatadhinek.
    foodit started to run out
    'The food was starting to run out.'

  103. Ixatadhinekit---,yitongoengitheghxiyiɬxiɬdiengithingidottotthidlxichuxdixide'o.
    it started to run outmeanwhileout theretoothenoutdownriveropen holebigthere is
    'Well, at this time out in the river on the ice there was a big open hole.'

  104. Xidigaɬyuxudzshe want to get rid of him.
    finallyjust
    'Finally she want(ed) to get rid of him.'

  105. Dingit'andadzaxa,ndadzdaghtlaghinhanh?inedhinh.
    shouldhowablehowI might do to himthat personshe thinks
    'How can I get rid of him? she thought.'

  106. "Giq'ingitthi---ngitthe'ggusr yan'ts'i'at?"yiɬne.
    looks likeyour headdirty(focus)she told him
    "'Why is your head so dirty anyway?" she said to him.

  107. "Sitthe'oghggusr.
    my headfordirt
    "'My head is dirty.'6

  108. Sitthe'ningiɬtriɬgilatsook'aɬ,"vazrne.
    my headyou washgo aheadold womanhe told her
    'Come and wash my head for me, old woman," he told her.'7

  109. Tsook'aɬ,vazrne.
    old womanhe called her
    'Old woman, he called her.

  110. E',yiɬne.
    sureshe told him
    "'Sure," she told him.

  111. "Ngongitthintatltriɬ,"yiɬne.
    wellI'll wash your hairshe told him
    "'I'll wash your hair," she told him.'

  112. Yitthintitltriɬyitots'in'.
    she started to wash his hairthen
    'She started washing his hair right away.'

  113. Yitongogodit'ox xiyeyghetonhyiggidiggetthiy.
    meanwhilethisshe hid it on herselfthatawl
    'Meanwhile she had that awl under herself.'

  114. "Gongitthe',gilsitth'in q'iditthidhilu'onh,"yiɬne.
    hereyour headgo aheadon my lapput your head upshe told him
    "'Put your head here on my lap," she told him.'

  115. Ditth'in q'iditthiyaghdhu'onh.
    on her laphe put his head
    'She put his head on her lap.'

  116. Yitthintitltriɬxiyiɬyiggiydiggetthiyyidzeghiɬtits.
    she started to wash his hairthenthatawlinside his earshe poked
    'When she started washing his hair she stuck that awl in his ear.'

  117. Yityuxudztth'i'ithitthiyhyuxudz.
    therejusthe became straight and stiffjust
    'He straightened out there.'

  118. "Inga,"tr'i'nets'iyuxudztth'itr'ithitthiyhyit.
    ouchsomeone saidjustsomeone became straight and stiffthere
    "'Ouch," he cried, and he stretched out.'

  119. Yitoyiggyuxudzayggidiggizriɬdhiydhu'onh.
    quicklyjustthatmaulthere is
    'Above her there was a maul.'

  120. Iyitlyiɬts'iyuxudziyaxayuxudzyizrikghetthityuxudz.
    itshe grabbedjustitwithjusthis bodyshe poundedjust
    'She grabbed it and with it she pounded his body all to pieces.'

  121. "Iiy,che divatlagggodanh?
    geesuch a personno-goodthis person
    "'Hey who's this no-good bum?'

  122. Che divagochesivavgixatadhon?"yiɬnets'iyuxudzyighetthityuxudz.
    such a personthistoomy foodthe one who started to eat up everythingshe said to himjustshe pounded himjust
    'Who is this person who started eating all my food?" she said, and she pounded him all over.'

  123. Ngitthingyuxudzvitht'oghyuxudzxitthiyaghɬghiɬanh.
    downhilljustbankunderjustshe threw him down the bankhe
    'And then she dragged him down (to the river) and threw him right over the bank.'

  124. Ts'anyitots'in'xaɬts'in',xaɬts'in'nigitithdon'.
    thentheneveningshe started to eat again
    'Then in the evening she was starting to eat her supper.'

  125. Uxuxiyiɬxizrolchechengu'oxidoyq'ontr'ititht'otsdi.
    suddenlyapparentlyagainoutside doordoorwhen someone was walking around again
    'Suddenly somebody was walking around out by the door.'

  126. Gga.
    yuck
    'yuck'

  127. Divaxizrolcheyigginhdranyidhitlghantlagg,chexidon-ghidoɬdixizrolche.
    whoapparentlythat personall daythe one she killedno-goodagainwhen he's walking back inapparently
    'Who was it but that no-good bum she had killed that day, just walking right back in.'

  128. "Natsoo,zroohzroohzrooh,"vazrne.
    grandmacoldhe said
    "'Grandma, cold cold cold.'

  129. "Ey',"iyiɬne.
    ?she told him
    "'?," she told him.'

  130. Gan gide chetr'ot'ighinh!
    such ano-good person
    'What a bum!'

  131. "Dingit'asik'odo'dhedo.
    shouldaway from meyou stay
    "'Why don't you stay away from me?'

  132. Sigixatahon',"yiɬne.
    you started to eat up thingsshe told him
    'You're eating all my food," she said to him.'

  133. "Ngongoghtsegditatl-'eɬagodist'anh,"vazrneɬogo.
    wellfor youfirewoodI'll gatherthisI'm doinghe told hertruly
    "'Why I'm doing this to get firewood for you?" he said.'

  134. "Dalik'aɬts'in'nangidoɬ.
    shut upgo home
    "'Shut up and get out of here.'

  135. Ngonq'adi'ist'its'in',iyyiɬne.
    wellI don't like youitshe told him
    "'I don't like you," she told him.'

  136. Venhdidiche,"sitthe'chegetiy dingit'a,"vazrne.
    next dayagainmy headagainit's badhe told her
    "'My head is really bad again," he said to her again the next morning.

  137. "Sitthe'yuxudzggusr yan'.
    my headjustdirty
    "'My head's just nothing but dirt.'

  138. Gilsitthe'chetingu'ox,"vazrne.
    comemy headagainyou wash ithe told her
    'Come and wash my head again," he said to her.'

  139. Yiggidiggetthiychedegxiyenyighetonh.
    thatawlagainaround hereshe hid it again
    'She hid that awl (behind her) again.

  140. Cheyitthintitltriɬxiyiɬyidze n-gaghɬtitsche.
    againshe started to wash his headthenshe stuck it in his ear againagain
    'Once more as soon as she started washing his head she stuck it in his ear again.'

  141. Axaxiɬdikgoyilogging,goyiloggingdadzxiq'i,yilogginggo,goxughoyinatht'ith.
    thenthishis clawsthishis clawsthis wayon ithis clawsthiseven with itshe cut off
    'And then she cut off his claws up to here.'

  142. Axaxiɬdikgoyoghginetthiyhdiggetthiyaxa.
    thenherethrough itshe pokedawlwith
    'She poked a hole through them with her awl.'

  143. Ngu'oxiɬdiktsok'idzdidhu'onvoghdoghyaghde'onh.
    outside doorthencachelittlewhich is upnear itshe hung it up
    'Then she hung them up near her little cache.'

  144. Te!
    (expression of excitement)
    'Hey!'

  145. Yitots'in'ndadz godiytoleɬts'in'?
    thenwhatshe'll do to him
    'What could she do with him now?'

  146. Uxuxiyiɬengithingidottotthidlxichuxdixide'o.
    suddenlyoutdownriveropen holebigit is
    'There was that big hole in the ice out in the middle of the river.'

  147. [Yi]tengithingido'yitxits'igotlaggyittidhitlghulinhanh,yinedhinh.
    thereoutdownriverthereatthisno-goodtherethe one I should throwhimshe thinks
    'I should throw that bum into that hole out there, she thought.'

  148. Yityuxudzengithingido'niɬk'oyineggisryuxudz.
    therejustoutdownrivershe dragged him to middlejust
    'She dragged him out there.'

  149. Totthidlyuxudzxitl'otn-gotiydaghɬtsitl.
    open holejustfar endhereshe threw him in water
    'She threw him into the far end of the open hole.'8

  150. Engithingido'viyiɬxit'oxntighaɬtthit.
    outdownriverwith himunderneathit rushed
    'Down there the rushing water pulled him under the ice.'

    151. (Belle says good-bye to someone.)

  151. vi---Yitviyiɬxit'oxntighaɬtthit.
    therewith himunderneathwater surged
    'The rushing water pulled him under the ice.'

  152. De!
    (expression of excitement)
    'Hey!'

  153. Yegyuxudz yeguxuxiyiɬn'axandiydenigits'iɬogo.
    around thereactuallysuddenly(focus)she never heard from him againtruly
    'After that she never heard from him again.'

  154. Yuxudzyitots'iyuxudzshe was justgetiysidaɬts'eyh.
    justthenjustveryshe's happy
    'She was just really happy.'

  155. Iiy,sidaɬts'eyhghiluq.
    geeshe's happypoor thing
    'Gee, she was a happy poor dear.'

  156. Agidet.Vitthogh xidhis'onh,yinedhinh.
    that's itI ended his lifeshe thought
    'That's it. I've gotten rid of him, she thought.'

  157. Yitongomeatyiɬyuxudzyiq'an-gadhon'yuxudz.
    meanwhiletoojusthe ate up some of itjust
    'All this time though he had been eating up the meat.'

  158. Yuxudziyni'eyhts'ixiyiɬtritrtthituhoyhhingo.
    justithe stealsthenwoodshe goes outsidewhen
    'He was just stealing it from her whenever she went out for wood.'

  159. Cheyuxudztsoyeyoghdi'iluggoyhts'iyuxudzyini'eyh.
    toojustcacheinto ithe runs upjusthe steals it
    'He would run to the cache and steal it.'

  160. Ts'ixiyiɬimk'iyuxudzvuxididinek.
    thenalmostjustit's used up
    'It was almost entirely used up.'

  161. Degyixixeydixodhiɬxiyiɬxizrolchenh,teqaxutlxizrolchenhghidiɬdi,traqayyuxudzdondinthiggit hiy,traqayzringyozryeviyedidltth'ehiy.
    around heretherewinter is passingthenapparentlytwosledapparentlywhen they camechildrenjustwhich are fullchildrenblacklittleinin itwhich they were sitting
    'Winter was passing when two sleds came along, full of children, little black children sitting in them.'9

  162. De!
    (expression of excitement)
    'Hey!'

  163. Xidixinedatl.
    they came inside
    '(The women) came into the house.'

  164. "Tsook'aɬ,"xaɬne.
    old womanthey told her
    "'Old woman," they said (in Holikachuk).'

  165. "Xayh?"ne.
    whatshe said
    "'What?" she said.'

  166. "Goxeyts'idongdina---dinaqing'gideghtadhiyonoyninhvantr'elnigits'in'."
    thisautumnpastour husbandawaywho went?we never found him
    'Last fall our husband went somewhere and we never heard from him again."'

  167. Ts'an-godixit'anhxaɬne.
    that's whythey're doingthey told her
    'That's why they've come here, they said.'

  168. "He,ngodinaidhitltthagits'in'."
    oh reallywellsomeoneI haven't seen
    "'Oh really? Why no I haven't seen anybody?"'

  169. Dinaitltthayhts'ixe'a?
    someoneI see(focus)
    "'How could I ever see anybody?"'

  170. Degdhisdo.
    around hereI stay
    'I stay here.'

  171. Sideyan'gosiyiɬgitidaɬts'idegdhisdo.
    me aloneherewith meit's lonesomearound hereI stay
    'I'm lonesome here by myself.'

  172. "Chedivaadividuxnenh?"yiɬne.
    againwho(focus)the one you pl. are talking aboutshe told her
    "'Who's that you're talking about?" she said.'

  173. Yitongotraqaytthanxitithidiɬ,ngi'eghxiyiɬq'ixididaɬ.
    meanwhilechildrenthey started to go outoutsidethenthey're walking around
    'Meanwhile the children had gone outside and were walking around.'

  174. Uxuxiyiɬxizrolchenhgiɬigginhxidon'iluggokdi.
    suddenlyapparentlyone personwhen he/she ran back inside
    'Then all of a sudden one of them came running inside.'

  175. "Eyna,"yiɬne.
    momhe told her
    "'Mom," he said to her (in Holikachuk).'10

  176. "Ay'ottsodoghdhu'oniyq'ieta,etaloggindoghde'onh."yiɬne.
    over therecacheit's upitondaddyclawsit's hanging uphe told her
    "'Our daddy's claws are hanging out on the cache," he told her (in Holikachuk).'11

    177. JD: (laughs)

  177. Iiy,xititlnek,tthidixitadhit.
    geethey started to fightthey fought
    'Gee, they jumped up and started fighting with (the old woman).'

  178. Ngi'inyuxudzyixxik'idzyuxudzxidaghɬdinghts'ixiyiɬ.
    over therejusthouselittlejustit was shaking (from stomping)then
    'The little house was shaking.' %BD says yuxik'idz

    179. But

  179. Gontr'ansoghluqɬogetiyngitl'itth.
    thisold womandeartrulyveryshe's strong
    'But the little old woman was very strong.'

  180. Ngi'inxidigaɬtthixititlnekdi.
    over therefinallywhen they went outside fighting
    'Finally they came out of the house fighting all the way.'

  181. Ngi'eghxiɬdikyuxudztthidixitadhit.
    outsidethenjustthey fought
    'They kept on fighting outside.'

  182. "Ndadzdengilogginh?
    whatthe one who you did to
    "'What did you do to him?'

  183. Da'engiloqiydinaqing'?"xaɬnets'ixiyiɬtthidi(xu'oyh).
    you did to himitour husbandthey told herthenthey're fighting with her
    'What did you do with our husband?"' and they were fighting all the time.'12

  184. Ngitthingxizrolchenhtthixatitlnekdi.
    downhillapparentlywhere they started to fight
    'They were fighting their way down the bank.'

  185. Two womans, but the old ladyyuxudzgetiyɬogongitl'itth.
    justverytrulyshe's strong
    '(There were) two (women), but the old lady was very strong.'

  186. Ngitthingtthixatitl'inets'ixidigaɬxizrolchenhengithitotthidlxits'ixatitlnekdi.
    downhillthey started to fight downhill againandfinallyapparentlyoutopen holetowards itwhere they fought
    'They fought all the way down the bank, and finally they fought out toward the open hole in the ice.'

  187. Totthidlnuxoɬnikxiyiɬ"eyggitotthidltingasriɬghuɬ,"xaɬne.
    open holethey're coming close tothenthatopen holewe'll throw you in waterthey told her
    'As the open hole got nearer they said, "we'll throw you into the water hole."'

  188. Gotr'ansoghluqgodixi'ne.
    thisold ladydearthisthey said
    'They said this to the little old woman.'

  189. Ts'iyuxudzengitheyitxits'idixiyeloq.
    justouttheretowards itthey did to her
    'They kept on going toward the open hole.'

  190. Degngitthingtotthidluxuxiyiɬeyggitr'ansoghluqeygginhgiɬigginhnuq'oɬonhitlyiɬengithitiydaghɬtsitl.
    around heredownhillopen holesuddenlythatold womandearthat personone personwomanshe grabbedoutshe threw her in water
    'Just as they got to the water hole the little old woman grabbed one woman and threw her right into it.'

  191. De'xidaygonuq'oɬonhgiɬigginhviyiɬdiyit'anhts'i'enenh.
    ohmeanwhilewomanone personwith herthe one who is doingthe one who helps
    'Oh, one woman was helping the other.'

  192. Lochevu'oqaynotingo.
    evidentlyhis wivestwo peoplethis
    'For they were his two wives.'

  193. Eyggigiɬigginhyuxudzniytl'iyiɬyuxudz.
    thatother personjustshe grabbed herjust
    'The other one grabbed her (the old woman).'

  194. Axaxiɬdiyuxudz yeggetiyɬogongitl'itthgotr'ansoghluq.
    thenactuallyverytrulyshe's strongthisold womandear
    'The old woman was very strong.'

  195. Yitlyiɬts'iyuxudzengithichetiydaghɬtsitl.
    she grabbed herjustoutagainshe threw her in water
    'Grabbing her she just threw her into the water hole too.'

  196. Traqayyitongoyixezreɬ.
    childrenmeanwhilethey're screaming
    'The children meanwhile were screaming.'

  197. Axaxiɬdiduqon'ithiyo.
    thenshe went back up
    'She went back up the bank.'

  198. "Iiy,traqaytlaggiy,giliyxutlgiɬiggiyen'uxdidaɬ,"xiɬne.
    geechildrenno-good onesgo onitsledoneyou pl. get back inshe told them
    "'Gee, you no-good kids, go on, get into one sled," she told them.'

  199. Xutlyenxididatlts'iyuxudzonexutlyenxixighelots'iyuxudz,tthaxatitlghux.
    sledthey got back injustsledshe put them back injustshe started to haul them away
    'They got into a sled. She put them in one sled and hauled them away.'

  200. Engitheyuxudzyichexaghɬtrit.
    out therejustshe pushed them from behind
    'She pushed them out onto the ice.'

  201. Totthidlxiviyiɬdontthe'eɬtthit.
    open holewith themdisplaced water came up
    'The current in the water hole dragged them (under the ice).'

  202. Xutl'oghcheduqon'ithiyots'iyiggigiɬiggixutlchechenh,chetraqayyendinigheggitts'ichechetthanyidilughuxts'iyuxudzyityichen-ghiɬtritchenh.
    afterwardsagainshe went up bankthatonesledagainchildrenshe stuffed them inagainshe dragged it outjustthereshe pushed it from behind againagain
    'After that she went up (the bank) again and the other sled she stuffed with the other kids and she dragged it down the bank too and just pushed it in.

  203. De'.
    just like that
    'just like that'

  204. Yuxudzxixideghonh.
    allshe killed them
    'Oh she killed them all.'

  205. Axaxiɬdiduqon'ithiyo.
    thenshe went back up
    'Then she went back up.'

  206. Iiy,che go divantlaggiygochedisititl-'an!
    geesuch peopleno-goodheretoothe ones who bother me
    'Gee, all these no-good people who bother me!'

  207. Degchegitr'oditlt'ats'idhisdodi,inedhinh.
    around heretooI'm poorwhere I'm stayingshe thinks
    'I'm living here in poverty, she thought.'

  208. Ts'anghiluqyixidhido,ngoyiggiynelangyuxudzyixidonikcheyuxudz.
    thenpoor thingthereshe's stayingwellthatmeatjustit's running lowagainjust
    'So she stayed there in her poor old house where she was running out of meat again.'

  209. Iyyixidine'enhts'ixiyiɬtritrxontidoyhhingoyuxudz.
    ithe stole it allthenwoodshe goes for morewhilejust
    'He had stolen it all whenever she had gone for wood.'

  210. Yivava'ixididitsetl.
    her foodhe had diarrhea (from eating too much)
    'Her food had given him diarrhea.'

  211. Yixgitsiytlagglochenh.
    ravenno-goodevidently
    'That no-good raven.

  212. Ts'anidixinlu'on'.
    thenthe end
    'That is all.'

Notes

  1. In more recent times salmon eggs were also fermented in a pit cache (JD).
  2. This is not Holikachuk (ED).
  3. i.e. te ye 'before freeze-up', i.e. when there was still open water
  4. cf. Ho tsoog 'dry wood'. The DX term for this is tritr.
  5. cf. Koy. k'etlekk'aat 'I'm hungry'
  6. ogh from ghu 'for'
  7. Ho tsook'aɬ 'old woman'
  8. downriver end, so he had less chance of escape
  9. accompanied by two women
  10. Ho eyna
  11. Ho eta; loggin instead of logging to sound foreign? (Ho has ng, however.)
  12. Ho da'engiloq/do'engiloq