Medicine

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:05	Neket kesinuhkat,	When he was sick he came here,
00:08	komotu yut sakhiyat	and the trunk of his
00:09	cel apqotehte trunk.	car was open.
00:13	Ma-te nkociciyaw eli-ksinuhkat...	I didn't know then that he was sick...
00:15	On	And
00:18	elinaqahk 'pisunol ehtek	there were a lot of medicines
00:21	lamiw yut atomupilok,	inside the car,
00:24	on 'totolahkikatomon yuta.	and he planted them here.
00:27	On about, oh,	And, oh,
00:32	about a month-al-ote,	it was about a month later
00:36	on itom, "Mace-wiciyemin ihik	when he said, "Come with me
00:39	Bangor." On nmacahanen,	to Bangor." So we went,
00:42	on taktal ntotoli...	and the doctor told us...
00:44	Nekom-ote weckuhqepit,	While he was sitting there,
00:45	on taktal ntotoli-yuhukunen	the doctor told us that
00:47	eli-ksinuhkat, eli-iywat cancer.	he was sick, that he had cancer.
00:49	Ah!	Ah!
00:50	Holy!	Holy!
00:53	Nit weci-peci-naci-milit 'pisun.	That's why he came to give me the medicine.
00:58	Ya.	Yes.
01:00	Yet ehta,	Over there
01:02	yet-olu ntahkihkanok	in my garden the cow parsnip
01:04	paqolus nit 'totolikin.	is still growing.
01:06	'Totolikin?	It's growing there?
01:07	Iya, naka nit minsossuwimahtek.	Yes, and that elecampane.
01:11	Nit-ona nit 'kisi-punomon.	He put that there, too.
01:13	Iya!	Wow!
01:14	Yet-olu nihkaniw kisi-punokpon,	Where he put some in the front,
01:16	psi-te nokkasomon Andrew.	Andrew cut them all down.
01:18	Gee.	Gee.
01:19	Ali-lanomuhhiket.	When he was mowing the lawn.
01:23	Gee, eci-psahkeyi,	Gee, I was very sad about that,
01:26	you know.	you know.
01:28	Kenoq	But
01:31	mehcinet elinaqahk	when he died,
01:33	'pisun eyik	there was a lot of medicine
01:35	wikuwak.	at his house.
01:39	Yet-te... Veronie...	There... Veronie...
01:40	psi ehta nilun	well, all of us
01:41	nokka-epahsonomawotultinen 'pisun.	divided the medicine.
01:45	Cel mec-ote ntihin-na nil.	And I still have some of it.
01:50	Naka nit ponapsqey.	And the rock-fern.
01:52	Eci-wolikok ponapsqey.	Rock fern is so good.
01:56	Naka keq-al apc nit	And there is something else
01:58	wawikehtuhtit.	they mix it with.
02:00	Nil ntatat kisokehkimit, iyey,	What my father taught me
02:03	mesq mehcinehq...	before he died was...
02:04	Waht ntapi-macepha	I took him way out where
02:06	nit-olu New Lands,	the New Lands are,
02:08	nit-olu	and on
02:09	ponapskuk	the rocks
02:11	ntapi-nutiyatokehtunennul, ihil...	there we pulled out roots
02:13	Nekom 'toliwihtomonol goldenrods.	that he called "goldenrods."
02:18	Ihik on top of the rocks	They were on top of the rocks
02:19	cel ansa moss.	with what looked like moss.
02:21	Golden thread.	Golden thread.
02:23	Pittokotul nihtol.	The roots are long.
02:25	Ntapi-kotuntunennul.	We went to pick them.
02:27	Naka wen kosinuhket 'qotakonol.	And if you have a sore throat.
02:29	Kosona eci keqsey baby...	Or when a baby has...
02:32	Ansa Basil neke nicansis	Just like Basil's babies, when they
02:33	psi-te blisters inside.	had blisters in their mouths.
02:36	Thrush.	Thrush.
02:36	Cel ma, iyey,	They couldn't
02:38	kisihpultiwiyik.	even eat.
02:39	Nkisihtuwan nihtol goldenrod.	So I made them some of the goldenrod.
02:40	Ntapiptuwan naka ntiyahpon,	I went and got it and told him
02:42	"Kospahtuwan their mouth	to wash their mouths
02:44	three times."	three times.
02:46	On next day	And the next day
02:47	sakhi-calluwit. Itom, "Hey, Sis,"	he called me and said, "Hey, Sis,
02:49	itom, "you old witch." --	you old witch." --
02:51	"What did I do?" --	"What did I do?" --
02:52	Itom, "Kisi-kikahak my babies."	He said, "You cured my babies."
02:53	Itom, "Ma-te keq ihiwi lamiw 'tunuwak."	He said, "They don't have anything inside their mouths."
02:56	Nkikehtuwan nit,	I had cured it,
02:59	on ntoliwiyukun "old witch"!	and he called me an old witch!
03:01	On ktoliwiyukun.	And he called you that.
03:02	Awonehe.	Instead.
03:04	Awonehe wapolahte.	Instead, he had it wrong.
03:05	I know,	I know,
03:07	kenuk nkikehtuwan.	but I cured it.
03:08	Etucitposit wen nehtawi-kikehtasit.	It is very honorable when you can heal someone.
03:14	Iya.	Yes.
03:17	kecicihtu	I will teach
03:19	ntokehkima wen koti-kcicihtaq.	what I know if someone wants to learn.
03:22	Naka	And
03:24	yat, iya, Vince, not ahtoli, iyey...Ntahtoli-puwiya etolokehkimuk	I keep dreaming about teaching Vince
03:31	kcihkuk naka iya Kuhas.	and Kuhas in the woods.
03:35	Ktahcuwihc kehkimak.	You will have to teach them.
03:39	Nakahc wot npuwiyan wot ehpit,	And I dream about this woman,
03:41	ehpitsis, etoli-'sotuhmuwit 'pisun.	a small woman, telling me about medicine.
03:45	Naka nit-te 'kani-skicin	And also this old Indian
03:49	naka nikk nisuwok skitapiyik,	and these two men,
03:50	nikk-olu, iyey, 'ciw	and with them it is about
03:51	lungs.	lungs.
03:58	But ma-te anqoc wen	But sometimes
04:00	'kotuwuwehkawon skicinuwey.	people don't want to use the Indian medicines.
04:03	Nil kahk-ote npiyemi-wehkan	I would rather use Indian medicine
04:04	skicinuwey katok toke milkiyoq.	than what they give us now.
04:09	Eci-'sanaqahk toke 'pisun milkiyoq.	The medicine they give us now is harmful.
04:11	I know.	I know.
04:13	Eci-mili-milut wen.	They give you so many kinds.
04:16	Tokkiw wen enuwiyat,	Until, when you come to,
04:18	ma-te kocicihtuwon	you don't know
04:19	which one goes with what.	which one goes with what.
04:21	Ntama.	No.
04:24	Cuwitpotuhpon ehta ktuwehkanen nit skicinuwi-npisun;	We should use Indian medicine;
04:31	eci-wolikok.	it's so good.
04:33	... kcicihtuwansopon ...	If only I knew...
04:34	Nmuhsums not, iyey,	My grandfather
04:36	'kisihtun, iyey, 'pisun, wolikon 'pisun	made some medicine, good medicine
04:39	for arthritis.	for arthritis.
04:42	Ntuwasisuwihpon tahk,	I was very young,
04:43	on-oc ntoliyan spomsoq	and I would go upstairs
04:44	etoli-keepomuwihtaq psiw	where he kept
04:46	micuwakon naka keq.	food and other things.
04:47	Eci-milikok nihtol pesqahsuweskil.	He had many kinds of flowers.
04:49	On-ote pesqon wewitahatom.	I just remember one.
04:52	Yut petutiyan	When I moved here
04:53	pahkak nikonuk cel tolikonul.	they grew in my backyard.
04:55	Nit-al olkihqon; ansa velvet,	They were this big; they were like velvet
04:57	nit-al qoneyu, red olocihtetul.	and about this long, red in color.
04:59	Mesq-ote knomihtuwonol?	Have you ever seen them?
05:01	It was one of them	It was one of them
05:04	nemihtu nit ihik somsoq in a box.	that I saw upstairs in a box.
05:07	Nit-oc nit etolihtaq nopisun up there.	He would make his medicine up there.
05:10	Iya, ya, kakawankuwe.	Yes, I guess he sold a lot.
05:13	It sold.	It sold.
05:15	'Kakawankuwehtun	He sold a lot of it.
05:17	but 'kisi-komutonatomon, naka 'kisankuwehtun.	But someone stole it and sold it.
05:24	Komutonahtuwok	They stole it,
05:25	naka 'kisankuwehtuniya.	and they sold it.
05:26	Wen kecicihtaq 'pisun skicinuwey,	When someone has knowledge about Indian medicine,
05:30	cuwitpotuhpon, iyey, tama wen	we should get together
05:34	maqahaniya naka	someplace and
05:35	'tesunomawotuhtiniya keq wen kesicihtaq.	exchange what we know.