The death of Belle Deacon's first husband, Henry Gochenauer

Belle Deacon

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Told by Belle Deacon to John Deacon (Belle's second husband).
Audio recording by Jim Kari, on anl0767a.wav.  Length:  11:33.
Translation by Edna Deacon, Lucy Hamilton, Jim Dementi, and Elizabeth Workman.
Transcription by Sharon Hargus.
BD:  I'll see
(At the beginning of the recording there is some background noise from a young child talking and crying.)

  1. Ngiduggi,ngidiggisrixno'Ts'ivat'othdlinghdixeyditr'ighedaq.
    upupcreek(place name)we spent winter
    'We spent winter way back in Ts'ivat'othdlinghdi .'1

  2. Nodixiyhyitxeyditr'ighedaq.
    twicewintertherewe spent winter
    'We spent two winters there.'

  3. Xiyhnodixiyhxiyiɬ,yitxeydanditr'ithidaq xiyiɬ,ngideghtadhiyo,ngideghsrixno'.
    wintersecondwinterthentherewe started to spend winterthendownriverhe wentdownrivercreek
    'The second winter we were there, he went way down the river.'

  4. Axaxiɬdiyixigi'enathdlatxiyiɬ,engithegh tovoghxits'in',eq tidijit.
    thentherehe was starting to trap thingsthencoastfromit's starting to fog up
    'He was trapping there and fog came in from the coast.'

  5. Yitots'isriɬtinithiyo.
    thenhe got lost
    'Then he got lost.'

  6. Ts'anyitots'ie-,deg ndaghsre'nigohoɬxiyiɬ.
    thenthenwheredoesn't knowhe's walkingthen
    'He didn't know where he was walking.'

  7. Yixxiq'an'idiyots'iyitxidon'idiyo.
    househe foundtherehe walked in
    'He came upon a house and walked in there.'

  8. Yixgetiyizrengichox.
    houseverycoldit's great
    'The house was awfully cold.'

  9. Edheɬts'iyuxudzedheɬxiyiɬ,tthidixitadhitxiyiɬ.
    he's warmandjusthe's warmthenit started to become nightthen
    'He was warm (from all the walking) and then it became night.'

  10. Gitoghɬtr'ethixidinedhit.
    he breatheshe ran out
    'He couldn't breathe (all of a sudden).'

  11. Ndadzgoditoneɬts'in'.
    whatherehe'll do
    'He didn't know what to do.'

  12. Uxuxiyiɬgidhitltth'onhxiyiɬngidisinyixiq'idzxits'ixizronche,nigidzighxizronchexitidhingodi,deg xiq'i.
    suddenlyhe's listeningthenupon housefromapparentlyowlapparentlyit started to talkin Deg Xinag
    'Suddenly as he was listening from the roof an owl started to speak in Deg Xinag.'

  13. Ine'xantr'uxinegndadzsre'voxodixi'ne.
    buthe doesn't know howwhatdoesn't knowabout itit's saying
    'But he didn't know (Deg Xinag) and didn't know what it was saying.'

  14. Gonigidzighviyiɬxinayhine'xiɬdixantr'uxineg,hingoq'itithitthiyhyetrq'at.
    thisowlto himit's talkingbutthenhe doesn't knowwhilehe's starting to move aroundbreathwanting
    'The owl was talking to him but he didn't understand, while he was moving around, trying to breathe.'

  15. Vinixiɬyiggnonxididhidi,tr'inedhidi,xaxaviyexididhuq'unghonoghyo'ts'ixadiɬogo.
    morningwhen it's become againwhen he woke upunablestovehe walks tounabletruly
    'In the morning when he woke up he couldn't even walk to that stove over there.'

  16. Becausegetiyidididiniyhts'igiɬtr'eth---gititltr'ethts'ixiyiɬts'in'.
    reallyhe's sufferingandhe started to breathethenand
    'He was really suffering and starting to breathe (fast).'

  17. Ts'anyixindadz sre'drin-ghedhit,xidigaɬnodidrin-ghedhitxiyiɬ.
    thenthereI don't knowhe stayed all dayfinallytwicehe stayed all daythen
    'He stayed there all day I don't know how long, maybe two nights.'

  18. Vilinhyexiyghon' ididatl.
    his brothers-in-lawthey reached him
    'His brother-in-laws reached him.'

  19. JD: hmm

  20. Dredxizronchegiɬtr'eth.
    barelyapparently he's breathing
    'He was barely breathing.'

  21. Yuxudz yegqun'yiɬadinh.
    actuallyfiretoowithout
    'There was no fire in the stove.'

  22. Butviyiq ntr'athjiyyedhitanhts'iyit.
    sleeping baghe's lying inthere
    'He was lying in a sleeping bag there.'

  23. Getiy dingit'a.
    he's very sick
    'He was very sick.'

  24. Xiyghon' ididatlxiyiqyuxudz.
    they reached himin therejust
    'They reached him in there.'

  25. "Ndadzdengit'a?"xaɬne.
    howyou arethey said to him
    "'How are you?" they asked him.'

  26. "Gogide,getiyxetl'itth ts'iididasiniyh.
    wellverygreatlyI've been suffering
    "'Well, I've really been suffering.'

  27. Sisriɬti xidolninghgoni'insiyots'igoyixizrengichoxts'isideloyyadz ntatloyuxudz.
    I got lostthisI came hereandthishousecoldit's bigandmy clothesI took offall
    'After I got lost I came to this awfully cold cabin and took off all my clothes.'

  28. Izre gheliydiseloqyuxudzsixidalninghts'iyuxudz.
    shivering from feverI becamejustI got sick fast
    'I just got very sick, shivering from fever.'

  29. Xaxagitoghtltr'ethts'ixadinh,"neɬogot.
    unableI breatheunablehe saystruly
    "'I couldn't breathe," he said.'

  30. Yitoyiggxiyughonixidiɬq'onhts'ixiyoxochayni'itltsenh.
    right awaythey for himmade fireandthey for himteamade it
    'They made a fire for him right away and they made tea for him.'

  31. "Gongiltelnax,"xaɬne.
    thisgo aheadswallow itthey told him
    "'Swallow this," they told him.'

  32. Ndadzxaxagitoheɬgetiy dingit'ats'in'.
    howunablehe'll eathe's very sickbeing
    'He couldn't eat, being very sick.'

  33. Venhdivinixiɬyiggxiɬditr'ixinedaqts'iyuxudz,xutlyenxiyaghɬtanh.
    next dayin the morningthenthey woke upandsledthey loaded him in
    'The next day when they woke up, they put him inside the sled.'

  34. Yitots'inixiytitl'ughux.
    thenthey started to take him back by sled
    'Then they started to take him back on the sled.'

  35. Ithchax Xichuxxits'iyithiychecheyix,yixtr'ixathdlo.
    (place)tothereitagaincabinwe had
    'We had cabins also at Ithchax Xichux.'

  36. Sito'yix,xiviyixxelanh,sichidlcheyitxiviyixxelanh.
    my fathercabintheir cabinthere ismy younger brothertootheretheir cabinthere is
    'My father had a cabin there, and so did my younger brother.'2

  37. Yitxiɬdixeydixodix.
    therethenthey're spending winter
    'They were spending all winter there.'

  38. HingongitthingTs'ivat'othdlinghdixunhdedig.
    meanwhiledownus too
    'We also had a cabin at Ts'ivat'othdlinghdi.'

  39. Łexodzaxxeyditr'odixxiyiɬnodixiyh.
    (place)we're spending winterthentwicewinter
    'We spent two winters at Łexodzax.'3

  40. Anxiɬdiyitnixiylughuxts'ivendida'xiɬdisogh nixiylughux.
    theythentherethey brought him by sledandtherenext daythey brought him to me by sled
    'There they arrived with him by sled, and the next day they brought him to me.'

  41. Dredgiɬtr'eth.
    barelyhe's breathing
    'He was barely breathing.'

  42. Ndadzdasroleɬ.
    whatwe'll do to him
    'We didn't know what to do for him.'

  43. Imo ghinedyiɬadinh.
    medicinetoonone
    'There was no medicine too.'

  44. Axaɬdikngitthingxiyogh xunikxiyiɬngitthingtadhiyonh,xik'ugiɬ'ants'in'.
    thendownthey sent word of himthendownstarted to walknurse
    'Then they (his in-laws) started to go down to Anvik, bringing news of him to Anvik, since there was a nurse there.'

  45. Ande'etthedznixididatldi.
    theysuddenlyfrom downriverthey came back
    'They came back.'

  46. Yiggiyaspirinyozrzroxiyoghninelyoɬogot.
    thatlittleonlythey brought back for himtruly
    'They brought only a little aspirin back for him.'

  47. Axaxiɬdiiytitl'iniqine'gidedoghneɬ.
    thenithe swallowedbuthe's getting worse
    'He swallowed it, but he was still getting worse.'

  48. Axaɬdivenhdidinixinedhitxiyiɬxizronche,getiy dingit'a,hingo"imoitlanh"yiɬdithne' ts'in'.
    thennext dayit camethenapparentlyhe's very sickwhilesickI amtoohe doesn't say
    'The next day he was still very sick, but he never said he was sick.'

  49. Hingoiɬt'etxaɬts'in'nonxididhiktux,dinaxito' gilegiggiiytuxohaɬ,iɬt'esits'in'dinaxito'xinag.
    meanwhilecontinuouslyeveningit's timewhenBibleithe's readingcontinuouslyto melord'sword
    'Meanwhile he always read the Bible in the evening, always read it to me.'

  50. JD: mhm

  51. BD: 'n

  52. Iyyan'ghu'oɬ.
    itonlyhe carries it
    'He always carried it (Bible) around.'

  53. Xiyiɬgetiy dingit'axiyiɬ,sichidlLuciussughon-xiyu-dinaghonxididatl.
    thenhe's very sickthenmy younger brotherthey reached us
    'Then when he was very sick, my younger brother Lucius came to us.'

  54. Uxuxiyiɬxizrolchedi'nedi,"ngo,ngitthingetthingsiteɬghuɬ,ngitthingChapmants'in'.
    suddenlyactuallyhe sayswelldowndownyou'll take me by sleddownto
    'Suddenly her husband said, "take me down by sled to Chapman.'

  55. Ngo,sittha'siyotr'a'anhghun'tr'inxitasdaɬ.
    wellmy daughtermy daughterhertoI'll talk again
    'I'm going to talk with my daughter.'4

  56. Ngitthingetthingsiteɬghuɬ."
    downdownyou'll take me by sled
    'Take me down."'

  57. "Ngogetiy dengit'a,"xaɬneine'xiɬdikngitthingxiq'aditadhine'.
    wellyou're very sickthey told himbutthendownhe wanted to go
    "'Well you're very sick," they told him, but he wanted to go down.'

  58. Ngitthingxiɬdiuxuxiyiɬxizronche"on"isiɬne,ts'igovogh niniso.
    downthensuddenlyactuallycomehe told meandhereI went to him
    'All of a sudden he told me to come and I went to him.'

  59. "Ngogetiyxogh enatlniq,"siɬnedixizronche.
    wellveryI'm tiredhe told me actually
    "'I'm awfully tired," he told me.'

  60. "Agidegetiy dengit'a,"vidisne.
    wellyou're very sickI tell him
    "'Well, you're very sick," I told him.'

  61. "Ehe\textpolhooke.Ngo,ditidhasnelts'in'.
    nowellI'm not going to die
    "'No. I'm not going to die.'

  62. Ditidhasneln'agodist'anh."
    I won't die(focus)thisI do
    'I'm not going to die even though I'm like this."'

  63. "Ndadzaxadengit'ats'i'a?Getiy dengit'a,"vidis(ne).
    whatwithyou areyou're very sickI'm saying to him
    "'What's wrong with you? You're very sick," I told him.'

  64. Sitthidiɬ'oxiyiɬxizronche.
    his head is leaning on methenactually
    'His head was leaning on me.'

  65. Xinonghiduquyhdiyit.
    he sat up straightthere
    'He sat up straight there.'

    66. (marbles? dropping on floor nearby)

  66. Uxuxiyiɬxizronchedi'nedi.
    suddenlyactuallyhe's saying
    'All of a sudden, he spoke.'

  67. Ngidiggi dinaxito'ts'itr'ixinengodixizronche.
    our lordtohe spoke outactually
    'He started to pray.'

  68. "Ngo,xoghtiyhenatlniq,"dinaxito'iɬnedixizronche.
    wellof thingsgreatlyI'm tiredour lordhe saysactually
    "'I'm getting weaker," he said to the lord.'

  69. "Soxoyadz gateteyh.
    for meopen door
    "'Open the door for me.'

  70. Ngogetiyxoghtiyhenatlniq.
    wellveryof thingsgreatlyI'm tired
    'I'm awfully tired.'

  71. Ngoghyit---ngoghxiyan'dixitatleɬ,"nedixizronche.
    to youto youonlyI'll gohe saysactually
    'I'm just going to you only," he told our heavenly father.'

  72. Uxuxiyiɬxizronchedividisnedi,"getiy dengit'ats'in'auxudzxinehayh,vidisnexiyiɬ.
    suddenlyactuallyI'm telling himyou're very sick(focus)thusyou're talkingI'm telling himthen
    'All of a sudden I told him, "you're very sick, that's why you're talking like that.'

  73. "Viyan"'siɬne.
    nohe tells me.
    "'No," he told me.'

  74. "Ngongitthingsitiɬtaɬanh,silinh."
    welldownhe'll take mehimmy brother-in-law
    "'My brother-in-law will take me down."

  75. AgodonuggiHorseanhyiɬxiɬdingitthingxiytitltanh.
    thisjust backhewiththendownthey started to take him
    'Then he and Horse started to bring him to down to Anvik.'5

  76. 10 o'clockniɬk'osnalghinixinedhitine'xiɬdi,xutlyexiyaghɬtanh.
    tenit (time) isbutthensledthey put him in
    'Even though it was 10 o'clock (at night) they put him in the sled.'

  77. Getiy dingit'auxuxiyiɬxutlyexiyaghɬtanh.
    he's very sickthensledthey put him in
    'He was very sick when they put him in the sled.'

  78. Gilxizroncheche"ngi'inonngiɬneanh,"sixi'ne.
    wellactuallyagainovercomehe's saying to youthat personthey're telling me
    'They told me, "he's telling you to come over."'

  79. Soqoxidonxet'ots.
    for methey came inside
    'They came for me.'

  80. "Gilsiq'inguhoyh.
    go aheadcome after me
    "'Come after me.'

  81. Ngosiq'atl'otidhedolts'in'.
    wellyou won't stay behind me
    'You're not going to stay behind me.'

  82. Ngosiyiɬngitthingtehoɬts'ingoxiq'adist'a***,"ne.
    wellwith medownyou'll gowellI wanthe says
    'I want you to come after me,"' he said.

  83. Łekgetiylonghxiydidelon.
    dogreallylotsthe ones that they hitched
    'They hitched up lots of dogs (to the sled).'

  84. Xitathdatlaxaxiɬdinon-gidaghgichethxiq'aghiso.
    they started offthenI put on my jacketI started after them
    'They took off and then I put on my jacket and went after them.'

  85. Qunaghxiyiɬadinh.
    flashlightthenwithout
    'I had no flashlight.'

  86. Yuxudzdegidiyiɬtr'isinegits'in'.
    justaround herewith selfI don't know
    'I didn't know what I was doing.'

  87. Ngitthingxiɬdiniɬtuxtingxelanh.
    downthenportage trailthere is
    'There was a portage trail down.'

  88. Goniɬtuxtingnadhi-tasoxiyiɬxizronche.
    thisportage trailI started to walkactually
    'I started to walk the portage trail.'

  89. Yuxudztsaghɬdindiggithingogataɬtthet.
    justit's pitch blackwhileblizzard blew
    'It was pitch black and stormy.'

  90. Uxuxiyiɬxizronchexogh gits'igatistth'eldi,godegdodixixiq'idixits'ixizronche.
    suddenlyactuallyfrom somewhereI heard somethingherearound herejust up thereas iffrom aboveactually
    'All of a sudden I heard something, right around here up there.'

  91. "Belle!"sazrdiyoq.
    someone called me
    "'Belle!" someone called me.'

  92. "Xayh?"ditasne'ine'xididaghstrit.
    whatI started to saybutI stopped myself quickly
    'I started to say "what?" but I quickly stopped myself.'

  93. Xiyiɬxizronchecheyuxudz"Belle"santr'ididiyoqdidodixixits'in'.
    thenagain actuallyjustsomeone called me againjust up therefrom
    'Then something called "Belle" again from up there.'

  94. Uxuxiyiɬxizroncheyuxudz,sidzetyuxudzxidiginedatlyuxudz.
    thenjustmy inner earthey closed
    'Then my ears just closed up.'

  95. Ndadzgoditasneɬts'in'.
    whathereI'll do
    'I didn't know what to do.'

  96. Go do'egh diti---godo'eghditaginekxiyiɬq'eylgesrdenastrit.
    thisnearbyI felt around forthendry willowI broke off
    'I felt around for some nearby dry willow and broke off a piece.'

  97. Eyggiydongdixidighene'ts'ingidixisitthiɬt'oggxiyiɬnigita(gitrith).
    thatlong agothey saidaboveon top of my headthenI started to whip
    'Like they said to long ago, I was going to whip around over my head.'

  98. Degsiq'idhxiyiɬnigigitrithxiyiɬxizronche.
    hereby methenI'm whippingthenactually
    'I was just whipping around myself then.'

  99. Xeɬedznigitatltr'eth.
    betterI started to breathe again
    'I started breathing better.'

  100. Ts'iiɬt'eghisoɬ.
    andcontinuouslyI'm walking
    'I continued walking.'

  101. Ngitthests'indotithngitthests'inxizronchetotthidlxichuxdixide'o.
    bottomportagebottomactuallyopen waterbigwater extends
    'At the bottom of the portage there was a big place where there was open water.'

  102. Goyixiyuxitr'-uxudiniyyixitr'idhisots'iyityuxudz.
    herearound therehurriedlythereI walked outthere
    'Suddenly I walked out of there (off the portage trail).'

  103. Degghisoɬxiyiɬxizronche,xits'igatistth'eldiyuxudz.
    around hereI'm walkingthenapparentlyfrom thereI heard something
    'I was walking around there and heard something.'

  104. Xilinghdi'ne.
    currentit's making noise
    'The current was making noise'

  105. Xiyiɬxizroncheyuxudznisitr'ineyiɬxiq'iyit.
    thenactuallyjustsomething stopped meas ifthere
    'Then it was as if something stopped me right there.

  106. Yitnatasdhitxiyiɬxizronchego degsoghyixixits'ixizronchexilinghchuxdi'nedi.
    thereI stoodthenactuallyaround hereunder metowardsactuallycurrentbigit's making noise
    'I stood there and right under me there was the swift current making noise.'

  107. Yitxits'ixiɬdiI went-q'aghnatast'atthts'in'.
    thenfrom therethenbackwardsI took a step
    'Then I took a step backwards from there.'

  108. Natast'atth.
    I took a step
    'I took a step (backwards).'

  109. Ngi'eghndiginiyhxiyiɬxizronchengi'eghxizronche,tingxiq'agh ndiginekdi.
    overI'm feeling aroundthenactuallyoveractuallytrailI found by feel
    'I started to feel around (on that ice), and I felt the trail.'6

  110. Axaɬdikngitthingtaso.
    thendownI went
    'Then I went down.'

  111. Idiyaxangitthingtaso.
    mightwithdownI went
    'I went down trying my best.'

  112. Chegetiyisddhoqxits'ixiyiɬq'idhisiyo.
    tooveryI'm lightweightthenthenI walked around
    'I was a light woman and walked around fast then.

  113. Ngitthingyixighisoɬxiyiɬ,gosinaghoyuxudzɬekxiyetthadaghɬningh.
    downthereI'm walkingthenrightin front of my facedogit barked suddenly
    'I was walking down there when a dog suddenly barked right in front of my face.'

  114. Yuxudzeyggiyoyhviyedas'addhyuxudz,ngiyixiyuxudzxiyiqxiqidisit'iqgetiytagighithts'in'.
    thatsnowshoewhich I woredowndown I fellveryI was scared
    'I slipped and fell down in the snowshoes I was wearing, being very scared.'

  115. Xidayngitthingtathdatlan?
    wheredownthey wentthey
    'Where did they go down?'

  116. Uxuxiyiɬxiyiɬchegosichidlsoghnineyodi.
    suddenlythentoothismy younger brotherto mehe walked up
    'All of a sudden my younger brother walked up to me right there.'

  117. "Ngogodotthetdotithnasrithidatlxiyiɬ,silinhdinayiɬdidiyoq,"siɬnedixizronche.
    wellhereright down hereportagewe started to gothenmy brother-in-lawon ushe diedhe told meactually
    "'We started to go down this portage right here when my brother-in-law died on us," he told me.'

    118. gee

  118. Yuxudz yegndadzgoditasneɬts'iyuxudz.
    actuallywhatthisI'll dojust
    'I didn't know what to do.'

  119. Tastrixine'they tell herdhetraghts'ihingo.
    I started to crybutbutdon't crywhile
    'I started to cry but they told me not to cry.'

  120. "Ediggan---gilsits'idisdidhuxlik.
    go aheadto meleave me alone you pl.
    "'Leave me alone.'

  121. Gototthidlimk'itaghiso.
    thisopen wateralmostI went in water
    'I almost went into the open water up there.'

  122. Nu'uxdidiɬnu'uxlughuɬtr'al.
    you pl. go backyou pl. go back by sledbetter
    'You guys should keep going in the sled.'

  123. Ndayit nixinedhit da'?
    what time is it
    'What time is it?"'

  124. maybe around 2 o'clock in the---

  125. "Ediggantasdoɬ,"xivits'i disne.
    I'll go back upI'm telling them
    "'I'll go back up," I told them.'

  126. "Viyan'.
    no
    "'No.'

  127. Viq'idzdidhiɬtanh,ngonginasrilughuɬanh,"sixi'ne***ne,ediggan'isiyodi.
    on top of himlaywellwe'll take you back by sledhimthey tell mehe saysI got on top
    'Lay on top of him and we'll bring you on the sled," they told me, so I got on top.'

  128. He was just smiling after he was dead.

  129. Gosoghdidiyoq.
    herefrom mehe died
    'He had passed away on me here.'

  130. Just like smiling. 'n

  131. Ts'anyit xiɬditr'idaghɬtth'e'.
    thenthenwe sat
    'We just sat there for a little while.'

  132. Etthingan,nodxiydiniɬoɬetthingxiydiniɬghux.
    downtheytwicethey camped with himdownthey brought him by sled
    'They camped 2 nights bringing him down in the sled.'

  133. Axaxiɬdiyitxits'ingidiggits'ixinaghmy fathernaghxivits'idzyuxne'.
    thentherefromupinsteadinsteadto them?
    'From there they wanted to go to their father.'

  134. Imk'isixigits'in'nixidalningh.
    almostsomething bad to meit befell
    'Something almost happened to me.'

  135. Imk'ididisiyoqbecause it's ofgododixits'isoqo xinayin.
    almostI diedherejust up herewhich called my name
    'I almost died (but) something called my name from above.'

  136. Yeg yuxudzdinigininghxiq'idisiyoqts'iidiyetr tr'idin-giningh.
    actuallyI floated upas ifI diedI fainted
    'I fainted and it was as if I floated up.'

  137. and I was just

  138. Yiggi xiyozryuxudzsiyiɬ ghidinikxiq'i.
    a little bitI'm losing weightas if
    'I was getting thinner.'

  139. Tth'inhnatasghiɬts'i.
    boneI got skinny
    'I was just skin and bones.'

  140. and I couldn't eat

  141. Ni'isiqiyhts'ixiyiɬand everythingɬogot.
    I'm throwing upthentruly
    'I threw up all the time and everything.'

  142. Ts'anngidiggiyitdhisdoxiyiɬxizronche,this old mancheyixidhido.
    thenup therethereI staythenactuallyalsotherehe stays
    'While I was up there, there was an old man there too.'

  143. "Ngo,ngoghdhidonn'angoqoxighengo'.
    wellyour spouse(focus)for youhe called
    "'That was your husband that called your name.'

  144. because

  145. Ditadhine'di"on"ngiɬnets'ingoqoxighengo'.
    when he started to diecomehe's telling youandfor youhe called
    'When he was dying he called for you.'

  146. Uxudzn'aditane',"siɬnedixizronche.
    thus(focus)you started to becomehe told meactually
    'That's why you're getting like that," he told me.'

  147. "Go dadzdidaghsne'xotl'oghda',xeɬedzdonditeneɬ,"siɬne.
    thisI said itafterifwellyou'll behe told me
    "'After I say this, you're going to be okay," he told me.'

  148. My fatheryiɬgil sre' adividenedi.
    tooyou're saying it
    'My father too (said) "I hope what you're telling her is true."'

  149. Ngoq'idongvixigits'i dixitoneɬq'idingit'angidedig,hesay.
    wellalreadysomething bad will happen to herit looks likeyou too
    'Something bad might happen to you.'

  150. Ts'an yitots'iyitxizroncheni'idhisr---ntasizren'di.
    thenthereactuallyI started to get well
    'After that I started to get better.'

  151. Long timexiyiɬsiyen-gidoɬtth'it.
    thenI'm recovering
    'It took me a long time to get better.'

  152. that's why

  153. JD: thank you

  154. BD: I'll stop there.

  155. JD: nice

  156. BD: yeah?

Notes

  1. place in Anvik R. area; lit. "it flows right near the hill"?
  2. Belle's father was John Young; her younger brother was Lucius.
  3. lit. relating to rockslide or cave-in?
  4. Dolly
  5. Horse Sawyer
  6. i.e. she got back on the trail she had somehow gotten off.