They go trapping
| Start Time | Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey | English |
|---|---|---|
| 00:12 | Puniw-olu keq-op wen olluhke? | What would people do in the winter? |
| 00:15 | Kis kisi-kotunkahtipa, | You've done hunting and |
| 00:16 | kis kisi-woli-punomoniya | you've stored away |
| 00:17 | psi-keq micuwakon, nit-oc... | all the food, then... |
| 00:19 | Punawhotuwok. | They go trapping. |
| 00:20 | - Punawhotuwok. | - They go trapping. |
| 00:24 | Macephan wen traps, | You take your traps, |
| 00:27 | naka winonawtosson yut | and where the road goes around, |
| 00:29 | knaci-punawan apc yet, apc yet, | you place them here and there |
| 00:33 | well, tama natomokilok kcihq, | in a good sized area of the woods, |
| 00:37 | tahaluhp yut camp ehtek, | like where this camp is, |
| 00:41 | on-oc kmace-punawan tokkiw piskiyak, | and you set traps until dark, |
| 00:44 | on-oc ktolihtun kotok camp. | and then you make another camp. |
| 00:46 | Apc tett ktoloqiyan oloqiw | Then you go this way |
| 00:48 | apc kmace-punawan, | and set traps again, |
| 00:50 | kiyasqi-te three camps. | making three camps. |
| 00:53 | The fourth one-op yut, | The fourth one would go here, |
| 00:55 | tahalu-tehp ball field. | just like a ball field. |
| 00:59 | Wen apaciyat apc | When you come back |
| 01:02 | natsoqan, | you check the traps, |
| 01:03 | see, tan pethok, on-oc | see, to see what you've caught, |
| 01:05 | 'totoliptun nit ihik amsqahsewey, | and bring it to the first trap-line |
| 01:08 | naka 'possehlan psi-keqsey, | and skin all the animals, |
| 01:11 | apc minuwi-punawe. | then you set the traps again. |
| 01:14 | Well, kisi-monehlat weni pethat, | Well, after you remove the ones you've caught, |
| 01:15 | apc minuwi-punawan. | you set them again. |
| 01:17 | Apc tett knankomiyan | Then you continue on |
| 01:19 | tokkiw nisewey, | to the second trap-line, |
| 01:21 | nit-ona kmacenikan, iyey... | then you go on carrying... |
| 01:25 | Naka wolawotuss? | And did they sell at a good price? |
| 01:27 | Aha. | Yes. |
| 01:28 | Woli-pqahtun wen? | You earned a good sum? |
| 01:29 | Lehsuwisok mecimi monuhmoniya. | Jewish people used to buy the pelts. |
| 01:32 | Wahte mecimiw | My uncles would go off |
| 01:35 | naci-punawiyik ntankolomok 'qocihpun. | and set traps all through the winter. |
| 01:41 | Naka, on-oc 'tolihtuniya 'tuluwa | And, they would build their canoe |
| 01:45 | on 'peci-sukiniya nemaht | and would paddle to my house |
| 01:47 | waht cikcahkiw. | down the hill. |
| 01:49 | Anqoc psonte-te canoe | Sometimes the canoe would be |
| 01:52 | nihtol motekonol. | filled with the pelts. |
| 01:54 | On-oc apc next day | Then the next day |
| 01:57 | nankomi-sukhotiniya Fredericton. | they would paddle on to Fredericton. |
| 02:00 | Assokinaqot, iya. | That's something, yes. |
| 02:02 | Nit etolankuwehtuhtit, iyey, | That's where they sold |
| 02:06 | pethomuhtit. | what they'd trapped. |
| 02:08 | Kapi-te 'tuluwal. | And also their canoes. |
| 02:09 | Assokinaqot. | That's something. |
| 02:10 | Iya. | Yes. |
| 02:12 | Mesq nit neke kpihikonol? | That was before the dams were there? |
| 02:14 | No. | No. |
| 02:16 | Gee, no, tan-op-al... | Gee, no, when would that have been? |
| 02:19 | That was in... | That was in... |
| 02:21 | Well, I was cipotuk-al | Well, I was about |
| 02:25 | newikotonahpon nit, | four years old, |
| 02:27 | four or five. | four or five. |
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Capture Date
2010-05-31
Video Length
02:32
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