'Tahahsumol! It's his horse (my father's drawhorse)!
- 'Tahahsumol!His horse!
Cel tomessuss woniyakon.And its head came off.
Piley woniyakon nkisi-punomuwan.I put a new head on it.
Olonahqey.It's made of iron.
- Olonahqey.Iron.
Askomiye-tehp nit.That should last forever.
I know it.I know it.
Naka tomessik, cossokhikon.If it breaks, fix it with a nail.
Ahtoli-monessu.It keeps coming off.
Nil kahk kinatpahasu ntahahsum.My horse has a big head.
Nit-ona nkisiya wot.That's the way I made this one.
Pihce nkisiyahpon pesqon, Once I made one,
on tomessu woniyakon, and its head came off,
Louis 'kisihtun piluwey.and Louis made a new one.
Masqemusuwey.Out of birch.
- Masqemusuwey.- Out of birch.
Nit-ona yet kisihtu.And that one I made...
Naka motekon tutte And a piece of leather
ihik neqiw woniyakon.is put under the head.
Motekon. Leather,
On [weci] skat cilehtuwon yut.so you won't nick it here.
Yut-ona 'tihinehpon, nmehcihputun tahk.There used to be one here, too, but I wore it out.
Napicehlan makson!Put a shoe on it!
- Makson...Shoe...
Neke mecimiw pihce qeni-pqonhikhotiyek,A long time ago when we were peeling logs,
peskuwok 'tolihtuniyasome people would
pqonhikon make the spud
ewehkehtit using
akomahqey.white ash.
Naka kisihtasik eli-greenuwit, And it was made of green wood,
on-oc, iyey, and they'd
'tolakonomoniya tokki kispahtek,bend it until it was dry,
on yaka, iyey, 'tolihtuniya sqot, weci... and then they'd make a fire to...
'Tahtoli-pkiksomoniyaThey'd keep charring it
tokkiw sakolalokittiyeyak tahalu-te until it was really hard,
olonahq.like iron.
Eci-wolessik.It really worked well.