A deer can hear you coming
Start Time |
Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey |
English |
00:03 |
Nilun-olu pihce naka ntatat, |
Long ago, when [I went hunting] with my father, |
00:05 |
'tekhulal |
he would hang |
00:08 |
'polakomol |
his shirt |
00:10 |
kuhusikuwamok. |
in the barn. |
00:12 |
Nit-te-na |
Then |
00:14 |
'toqtewakonol ehtek, |
his clothes would be there, too, |
00:16 |
on-oc naci-atsewan naci-kotunket, |
and he would change into them for hunting, |
00:18 |
tepot-al ma-te otuhkok, |
because deer are not |
00:22 |
ma-te nokatomuwoniya elimahsit, iya, |
frightened by the smell of |
00:24 |
ahahs, you know. |
a horse, you know. |
00:28 |
On-oc-olu iya, |
So then, |
00:29 |
cu wen kikimskahsu? |
does one have to be sure to tread softly? |
00:31 |
U ya. |
Oh yes. |
00:34 |
Mecimi olokuhse tett oloqiw. |
He always walks like this. |
00:37 |
Coke. |
Let me see. |
00:38 |
U, ntaluwi-ihin. |
Oh, I can't do it. |
00:42 |
Nusami-tkiqol-al eluwe. |
I must be too heavy, I guess. |
00:43 |
Kusami-pihtom. |
Your stride is too long. |
00:45 |
U, kekeskoss tehpu? |
Oh, just little steps? |
00:46 |
Tehpu kekesk. |
Just little ones. |
00:48 |
Tahalu nit? |
Like this? |
00:49 |
Iya. |
Yes. |
00:50 |
Naka-te-na olonaksonok eluwemihtit. |
And they wore moccasins [back then]. |
00:54 |
Because piyemi yuktok |
Because these make more |
00:55 |
cipokihtaqsuwok katok olonaksonok. |
noise than moccasins. |
00:59 |
Aha, nit naka ntatat elokehkimit. |
Yes, and that's what my father taught me. |
01:01 |
Iya. |
Yes. |
01:03 |
Nuhsuwaphot otuhk, |
When you track a deer, |
01:04 |
mecimi-te tett ktoloqap. |
you always look this way. |
01:06 |
And you go this way. |
And you go this way. |
01:08 |
U, |
Oh, |
01:11 |
tett oloqiw. |
that way. |
01:11 |
Tan tuciw kconessin, apc-oc nit. |
Then you stop every so often, and keep on that way. |
01:14 |
Apc ksakiyan. |
You watch him. |
01:15 |
See, ma-te kmoteptu. |
See, you don't make a sound with your feet. |
01:16 |
Nitok. |
That's right. |