When the circus came to Eastport

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:00	Trapeze niktok, iya.	Trapeze artists, yes.
00:05	Kete peciyahtit ihik sahkossok Muselenk.	...when the circus was coming to Eastport.
00:08	Aha.	Yes.
00:09	Kwewitahatomon?	Do you remember it?
00:10	Nwewitahatomon nita.	I remember that.
00:11	Yut-te tuciphak.	They passed by here.
00:12	Iya.	Yeah.
00:13	Ihik li-pomiyik kasok.	They went by train.
00:15	Kasok, iya.	On the train, yeah.
00:16	Gee, waht-tehc nit...	Gee, over there...
00:18	Cuwi-conessu yet mesq	it had to stop there
00:19	kesokassihq soqasuwakonok.	before it crossed the bridge.
00:21	Aha.	Yes.
00:21	Naka elalokittiyenaqsihtit	And there were so
00:23	elihponok tepiyahtit.	darn many elephants aboard.
00:24	Aha.	Yes.
00:25	Akkatale.	Oh my goodness!
00:26	Cu, weyossisok psi-al-ote nikk	Oh yes, animals,
00:29	animals, 'pomiphawa.	all those animals, they carried them.
00:31	Mm-hmm,	Mm-hmm.
00:33	nit-te 'tihiniyahpon, nit ihik...	They had it there...
00:35	Otehpon nit tama toke	It was where
00:37	I.G.A. ehtek.	the I.G.A. is now.
00:38	Aha.	Yes.
00:42	Tentol etoli-punomuhtit.	They'd put up tents.
00:43	Iya,	Yes,
00:44	every year-ote nit neke peciyewiwuhpon.	it used to come every year.
00:46	Iya, Sparks Brothers liwihtasu.	It was called the Sparks Brothers.
00:48	Naka iyey carnival.	And a carnival.
00:50	Sparks Brothers.	Sparks Brothers.
00:51	Sparks?	Sparks?
00:52	Sparks Brothers Circus,	Sparks Brothers Circus,
00:53	aha, cel ma nunitahasiwon.	yes, and I won't forget it.
00:55	Tan lawotu wen eli-ksahat?	How much did it cost to get in?
00:57	Nilun kahk-ote skicinuwok ma-te keq.	Nothing for us Indians.
00:59	Ma-te keq?	Nothing.
01:01	Natapilomuwannuk yukk elihponok.	We would take water to the elephants.
01:02	Aha.	Yes.
01:05	Yat-te wen two buckets milucihi.	Each one would get two buckets.
01:06	Tokkiw wen apaciyat kis	By the time you got back
01:08	nokkalokittiyehtuniya 'samaqan.	the water would be gone.
01:11	Apc 'tahcuwi-naciptun.	Then you'd have to go get more.
01:14	Wahka-te npoqahtun nit one ticket.	I'd barely earn enough for one ticket.
01:19	Wikuwaceyuhpon mecimiw.	It used to be fun.
01:22	Aha, all day-ote ntahtoli-tpinuwan	Yes, I'd watch them all day,
01:25	iyey tan-al 'toli-eweponomoniya yut...	how they put up the tent. Wow!
01:31	alokittiyena! Akim three ring circus.	An actual three-ring circus!
01:34	Aha.	Yes.
01:35	Naka pihcetu... Holy jumping!	And it was really long...Holy jumping!
01:39	Nikk nit pustok kisi-ewepehlahtit.	Those posts that they raised.
01:40	Aha.	Yes.
01:41	'Toluhkekhawa elihpon.	They used the elephants to do the work.
01:44	- Iya.	- Yeah.
01:46	Nit-tehc 'toli-ewepehlawal.	That's how they got them up.
01:48	Elihpon yut toli-wiqsonu,	The elephant pulled,
01:50	mam-otehc they get it straight.	and finally they'd get it straight.
01:52	Apc kotokil, apc kotokil.	Then another one, then another. Then another one, then another.
01:56	Alokittiye! Spopuwok niktok.	Holy cow, they were high!
01:58	Coqahk-al, wahte not	Of course, they were high above us,
01:59	ewepiw totoli-amalhessultuwok.	doing their acrobatics.
02:01	Aha.	Yes.
02:03	Keq nikk liwiyak niktok.	What are they called?
02:07	Nuci-amalhessultihtit.	Acrobats. Women. - Women.
02:12	Cu, ehpicik.	Yes, they were women.
02:13	Keq iyahp.	Wouldn't you know it!
02:14	Well, nekomaw kal tehpu nit yet kisitahatomuhtit	Well, they just decided to
02:18	nacikapuwultiniya tan elihponok eyultihtit.	go stand by the elephants.
02:23	Etoli-skuhutok wot, kis kiste,	The one she's talking about, when the tent was ready, the acrobats
02:26	yali-amalhessultihtit ewepiw.	were performing up above.
02:28	Kis kiste, kat-olu	The tent was all ready, and of course
02:30	nikk tehsahqessultuwok.	they were performing up on top.
02:32	Trapeze, trapeze.	Trapeze, trapeze -- that's what it's called.
02:35	Lapekessutiyil.	Swings.
02:40	Iya. Nakahc ehpit nacikapuwessin	Well, and the woman went to
02:42	en ci eweppit, iya,	stand on the elephant when he
02:45	elihpon.	sat up on his hind end.
02:47	Cel-oc wen... A!	And someone would... Ah!
02:50	Wen yalpayit.	Someone who was afraid!
02:54	But 'kocicihtun wot elihpon sankewopit.	But she knew that the elephant was tame. When he finished
02:56	Kis ektuwit nit-te 'soman pinatsol.	his act, he was fed peanuts.
03:00	Somahtuwiw.	He was smart.
03:02	Nakamtuhtuwok nikk.	They are slow-moving, those elephants.
03:04	Kat-op miciwoniyal pinatsol,	They don't really eat peanuts;
03:07	tehpu nit 'titomoniya.	people just say that.
03:11	'Sami eli-apsokihqahk pinatsol,	Because peanuts are so small,
03:13	naka elkilok elihpon.	and an elephant is so big.
03:15	Pskihkul.	Hay is what they eat.
03:18	'Tahcuwihp kinkihqon pinats.	It would have to be a big peanut.
03:21	Nit kal-ote-lu.	I guess so.