Fiddleheads

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:21	Yut-ona eli-pispekek yut Wisiyahqesisk.	This is the inlet here, Wisiyahqesisk.
00:27	Nit-ona ihtoli-punawhotiyek,	That’s where we trapped,
00:29	siqoniw,	in the Spring,
00:31	naka ihtoli-naci-kakawomukot, ihik,	and where we went to eat lots of black ones [moose],
00:36	mekoseweyicik eci-puwalukot,	as much as we wanted,
00:41	naka ihtoli-kotunkahtiyek-ona otuhkok.	and where we hunted deer.
00:46	Nit ihtoli-punawhotiyek siqoniw	That’s where we trapped at first
00:47	Nit ihtoli-punawhotiyek siqoniw	in the spring,
00:49	amsqahs, amsqahs kispohok.	as soon as the ice went out.
00:55	Nita, yut-ona toqakuwiw	Now, this is where we picked
00:58	nattehmek suwonol.	cranberries in the fall.
01:03	Yut kehsok suwonol psi-te lamiw.	There are lots of them everywhere in here.
01:09	Nit nattehmek tan-ote kehsi-puwatomek.	We picked as many as we wanted there.
01:13	Eci-wolikok.	They grew really well.
01:17	Yut-ona eliwihtomek Mile Rock,	This is what we call Mile Rock,
01:19	yut-ona ihtoli-punawhotiyek,	and we trapped here, too,
01:23	naka ihtoli-kotunkahtiyek.	and hunted.
01:28	Yut etoli-nutiyapasihtit nikk	This is where the
01:30	mekoseweyicik	black ones [moose] would come out
01:33	naka otuhkok, naka nuli-punawhotinen yut.	and the deer, and we had good trapping here.
01:41	Yet-ona mecimiw wikultiyek	Over there is where we
01:43	monihkuhsisok.	used to live on the little island.
01:47	Nita, yut-ona	Now, here is
01:48	kisi-pisiyawolotiyek, waht naci, iyey,	where we went in,
01:53	ihtolihtehmek, iyey, fiddleheads.	to go to pick fiddleheads over there.
02:00	Nit-te npisiyanen toke.	We’re going in there now.
02:34	Nit ihtoli-maqahawolotiyek	There is where we’d get together
02:39	eci-kotunkahtiyek.	when we were hunting.
02:42	Mahsusiyil etolikok yuta.	There are fiddleheads growing here.
02:58	Eci-wolikok yehtol pesqonul.	Some of these are really nice.
03:01	Nihtol.	Those ones.
03:03	Apsokihqonul kenuk yuhtol.	But these are little.
03:06	Elkihqahk yuhtol, Dave.	These are really big, Dave.
03:10	Yuhtol kotokil.	Here are some others.
03:16	’Tapi-kotunotunol kis yut wen.	Someone’s already been picking here.
03:26	Messunomuwan.	Show it to him.
03:30	On yaka-oc ktepehtun.	And then put it back in!
03:32	Kehsi-pawatomon yuhtol?	How many of these do you want?
03:34	Tehpu elahqosi.	Just enough for me to cook.
03:46	Kpeciptunol, iyey, ksisqeyal?	Did you bring your eyeglasses?
03:48	Npeciptunol.	I brought them.
03:54	Pat!	Pat!
04:00	Nit-ona sipuhsis	That brook
04:03	sakhiye	comes out
04:05	right there?	right there?
04:06	Pqapit yet etoli-kisalket.	A beaver has been digging there.
04:11	Psi-te alaptu nit psi-te.	He’s left his tracks all around, everywhere.
04:15	Wetaptaq mus.	Moose tracks.
04:17	Nit-te tuciye mus, tette oloqiye.	A moose went by there, then went that way.
04:21	Waht-ote eli-te…	Over there he…
04:25	tuci-qasku yut.	he ran by here.
04:26	Yut-te tuci-qasku wot mus.	Here’s where the moose ran by.
04:31	Kisi-ksokassu yet sipuk,	He crossed the river,
04:32	tette oloqiye,	went that way,
04:34	etoli-te waht ewepi ihik	over there where the ground
04:38	skitkomiq.	rises.
04:44	Naka pqapit-ona yet-ona psonaptu.	And there, too, it’s full of beaver tracks.
04:51	Kinkil?	A big one?
04:52	Na kinaptu yet pqapit.	The beaver left big tracks.
04:55	Yut nit wetalket, ipa.	Here’s where he was digging, see?
05:00	Iyey, eci-tkiqolok wot, iyey…	This [moose] was very heavy…
05:03	naka ’talahkahamin.	and he was limping.
05:07	Naci-wolitahasu waht, ewepiw.	He’s going to be happy up there,over that way.
05:36	’Sami nit mecimiw ihtolaqhotihtit, ihik,	Because that’s where they used to cook,
05:38	nuttihikhotihtit kcihkuk.	where the men were cutting trees in the woods.
05:48	Ihtolahqetpon, iya,	That’s where
05:50	Georgie Big John.	Georgie Big John cooked.
05:53	On neket itom, itom nit	And back then he said that
05:56	puniw,	in the winter,
05:57	naciptaq ’samaqan,	when he went to get water,
05:59	on yaq ’tahtoli-poneqahke wen opanis,	and someone would drop pieces of bread down,
06:01	itom kehsit nit…	he said there were lots of…
06:02	Skuhtomuk. — Skuhtomuk.	Trout. — …trout.
06:05	Cu-al-lu ’pothawa.	They must have caught them.
06:08	Naka nkisi-nsotuhmuwan-na	And I told him where
06:10	mecimiw, iyey,	I used to make a
06:11	etolihtu lean-to	lean-to in the
06:14	siqoniw.	springtime.
06:23	Kisi-ktoqonultiyiq neke, iyey,	[Remember] when we stayed over
06:24	ketunkahtiyiq	that time we were hunting,
06:29	eci-tkeyik.	how cold it was.
06:32	Neket ma-te nteptehmuwonewinnul wood.	We didn’t cut enough wood.
06:34	Piwsokul.	Firewood.
06:36	’Tawi-siktewocin wen.	We sure knew how to be cold!
06:38	One o’clock in the morning,	One o’clock in the morning,
06:39	nilun Clayton waht tehsaqopiyek oposik	Clayton and I were way up in a tree,
06:41	etoli-tomtehmek yut top!	cutting the top off it!
06:51	Ma-te Clayton kisi-ckuhyew?	Couldn’t Clayton come [today]?
06:52	Nama, he was taking a nap.	No, he was taking a nap.
06:57	Ma-te kisi tama oliyew.	He can’t go anywhere.
07:51	’Tapiptunol kinaq weli-kisihpit…	He got at least enough for a good feed…
07:54	Tan kehsi-tkiqon yuhtol?	How much do these weigh?
07:56	Oh, they must be, what, five pounds?	Oh, they must be, what, five pounds?
08:01	Apc another bucket nkisi-psonehla.	And I filled another bucket.
08:04	Mecimiw-olu tan?	But how many did you used to get?
08:06	Tan-ote kehsi-puwatok wen.	As much as one wanted.
08:08	Yut-te wecuwaw, kosona pihcetu?	Was it nearby, or far away?
08:11	Wecuwawoss-ote. — Wecuwawoss.	Right nearby.
08:12	Ma-te wen pihcewsew.	No one wants to walk far.
08:15	Nit-te sonuciw.	There along the shore.
08:17	Yut-te wen altihike,	You pick them here,
08:18	yut-oloqiw kotama? Nama.	not over this way? — No.
08:20	Tehpu tett oloqiw? — Ya.	Just over that way?
08:21	Waht-ote, ihik, nsipumok.	Up there at my spot.
08:23	Keq cel nit ’toliwihtomon	What was it that your Dad
08:25	ktatat mecimiw, Masqewsisk?	used to call it, Masqewsis?
08:27	Masqewsisk waht oloqiw Little River.	Masqewsis is up toward Little River.
08:32	Nit-ona mecimiw uskuhutomon nekom.	That’s the place he used to talk about.
08:36	Qenoq ma-te wenil keq ’tiyawon.	But your Dad wouldn’t tell anyone
08:37	Tehpuhc itom wen, "Ntosipumok."	anything. People said, "At my spot."
08:42	Sokas-ona mecimiw	Cigar would never
08:43	ma-te keq ntakonutomaku.	tell me anything, either.
08:45	Ma-te knostomakuwon.	He wouldn’t tell you.
08:46	Tehpuhc itom, "Oh, waht, tett oloqiw,"	He’d just say, "Way over there,"
08:48	ewehket woniyakon.	using his head.
08:53	Nil-ona nkotuhpin.	I’m hungry.
08:55	Yahan ehta toqc kiyasqi.	Tell him that’s enough already.
09:00	Time to eat, I think.	Time to eat, I think.
09:03	Time to go cook.	Time to go cook.
09:04	Well, nita, kci-woliwon ehta.	Well, then, thanks very much.
09:08	Temonu-te nit-te kisaqotek	Later on, as soon as they’re cooked
09:09	npawatomon-oc wen motehtihikan.	I want someone to knock at my door.
09:10	Kociciyipa wiki.	You know where I live.
09:13	Nit-tehc-ona nil tehpuhc qeni-laqosuk	And meanwhile I’ll be cooking
09:16	tumahsis,	fry-bread,
09:17	on-oc ktaqami-kulihpultinen.	then we’ll really be eating well.
09:19	Apc-oc ehta	Goodbye, then.
09:20	Apc-oc.	Goodbye.