Chipewyan texts
Cree 4 diin ne' wo nl del et du e da wilt di de cin ne d<in ne k'e na set del people they came to. Not they knew. Cree after people they went a WQ* et du dtln ne ze xai no del de cin ne ya xai gu jo diin ne but not people they killed. They came back, Cree. Over there suddenly man 6 e djin di ts'iik won w6 tc'i* 7a des del ko la' a t'i a zis de tci'n *e' singing they heard. There toward it they went. Old man it was tip! Cover sticks with di^e* giyenitsi dfinne neduwe xak'ai jg nadeya dfinne up he pushed. Man was not. Buffalo only stood there. People were not afraid. Buffalo was not going to attack only it was. Because of that, they were afraid. That one of the buffaloes it was but a man, a man had been it was. His child, one that other it was. "My teeth will make," said the man, "I will make," said the man, "I will make." Then for him, up! They made. "My teeth will make," said the man, "I will make." et di e yi e' *a' 7i ye i Ig ec ke a' na dus die e' di i he* he said. Then they did that. "Young man, I  niditj aiye* ciisk'egu onle' After that then woman I took. Then my children were. li^e xaladi ^a xatda* ti*zexai. adja**e' ^adju tgetc'e*' One oldest then moose began to kill it became. Again far 16 wonka disda' ^adj?*' xatda' naduwe dgk'e *indadla' to it I was moving. Over there moose were none. Starvation hard 350 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. X, *a dja* in la dje* ca k'e *a du wg le' 'e' tc'e da ^a* diin ne*' became. One month not there was, porcupine. Then people 2 adu natcdt 'adja* *e'tciJQ' xatda in la tc'e' zex^ aiye' not strong became. All at once moose one I killed. That ^e tcl a na du we a dja* gwa' to ^e on letc a le' on ka soon was gone it became. Then fish they used to be toward 4 ts'(itdisda' i:adju' 'adu tc'dtdaiya *aw6dja* tsiya* I was moving. Again not they could walk it became. Young moose satcw^* zex^i aiye* kj* ^atcu tc'titdesda gwa*' hi^ my son killed. That food again they traveled. Then by the fish 6 j;a' nitc'inda' Ixx^e nalg' ts'dzzex^j aiye kj** ya7assit- they came with the camp. Fish many they killed. That food they were saved - nith da' Thunderbirds. 8 dii;e yawo'ni' •a'di jg* niwgle' yedi nade *e'tc'etdi di^ Land where it stands up only they breed there they live, they say. Ground detain nedue *awgsiln nadedi kewonedjit wo' gn cic take- wood none they make. Where they live it is place to be feared. (?) mountain ev«7 10 ne t'e na de da ne' *in tc'a dj t'e zg' ye ya, wo *i 'e' yi ne da ge they live. Men with strong supernatural power only see them. Those people trotn tbem •fttdatc'edi *iene dage* zg* *e'datc'edi nadedi dane* edulj they know it. Those ftrom them only they know. Where they live man nothing 12 «gt'ene yeyaka wg*ida' 'uVe *e'yi*e' me' tc'e ne djit kwon*- people who have near them when they see them they attack them. That is why they are afraid of them, That kind of person t'e ne 'e' du ye 7a wo 'j *e tc'et dl da ne' ze xai 'e yo "g t'e 'e yl- not they see them, they say. People they can kill it is because 14 *e' he na tc'at ke t'e 'e' wg di ge wo' tcit dl j^ wo' tcit de "e yi they are strong, with that "world tendons." "World tendons" those jg* ma'natcilt 'e'tc'edi'e' eyi zg' t'andets'it 'e' t'anetslt only they are stronger than, they say. Those only they die with they die. 16 de tcin es dat si jg* ya ^i tcul Trees twisted only it tears all to pieces. di da zan ne 'e tdc ne* tc'dt le 'e tc'it di Partridge, jack pine size small they say. 1916. Goddard, Beaver Texts, 351 The Boy who Was Cared for by a Wolf. That's the man who was called by a Wolf. One man, his children were many alone, he was. Winter, middle men, and the rest of the family, were in the city, and the family had died. People were to be started. Orphan, he had taken care of, there was. Not he could do anything. He left him there, camp alone. Then in the spring, there was no gujo, he was to go to  Hunting Dog. Kola wote mele utco utco xitdats'i' tc'u ne \\* et'i*e' etdu Old man very his dog good toward moose wolf dog because was. Not 10 lizi* elj eyi ehe* utco lige eckai xa^tdake wo 'j etdu *e' ze'- proper dog it was. That with good. One young man moose track he saw. Not 10 lizi* elj ehe* but because he killed it. "Grandfather, your dog loan me. Moose track I saw. Over there I will go," said the old man. "My grandchild, my dog is bad, but you say da ce wo te ac  "First if you kill, end of tongue you give to him, we at xaci zo' me ni di ge won Ij xawonle yetdi a ci a k'e he* I do only he is glad, you do so," he said. "The way I do not miss, my grandson," he said. "Told by John Bourassa, who learned Beaver when a boy near Dunvegan. Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, Vol. X, de tcdt* ec kai Ii *e* xiit da li w5n ze* xai et du ko la 'a yedi- He went hunting, young man with dog. Mooee dog Idlied. Not old man, the way he told him, "I am the way he told me," he said, "I am the way he told me." aiyi lizi* me djI xa ts'iit etdu yatset yetc'ele xatda ya Tin- That dog was angry. Not he ate it. He left it. Moose he cut up. 4 t'ats nadesya tu *e' k'adjaMhe' tu *Qnla* lizeM xiitt'e He started back. Water with because he was thirsty water he got. Dog Jott se ti •{ *i tu wilt do' ddn ne e t'e ye k'ai des ya ye teg ni tc*il was sleeping. Water he drank man immediately on him he Jimiped. He disemboweled him. 6 ^a* ye ze' xai ai t'e ye tCQ ye in da Iq Then he killed hi^i. All his ribs he ate. ne du e B za yu da ne yti ne du we y& 7in tetc *u' a yi ko la Was not dog and man and was not. They went to bed and that old mm 8 bele* etdu xdtt'e cele* nedtie enudli djatde* naw5sQ enudlj his dog, "Not for nothing my dog is not here I think. Wrong he did Ithink. (it da ne* CQn* Hi tc'dk et du xHt t'e e t'i e le ce le* w5n Ig yii la' He himself (?) has been howling. Not for nothing he used to do that my dog. Many times. * do not; 10 etdu 'a*! a k'e he* ma 7a won da*e ci ieci a won* x6' te a'cetdie not the way I do you will treat him.' I told him but very because he told me ma ye'niti*i*i yeze'xaiucon nedue etdu ytitda ont'e mi- to him I loaned him. He has killed him probably. He is gone. Not living he is. For him 12 ka na ta mi w5 *a* yi ka et di k5 la' look. See if you can find out," said old man. mi ka te'e des del min ka te'et del du' di e' kw% w5n ka na ni- After them, they started. This way camp toward he had made tracks. 14 ddk'lg be k'e nats'adait yidae jo' seti Ij yezexailg ayi fize* After him, they went. In front of them, only he was lying. Dog had killed him. That dog used to be i *i ne du we de tci sg*  "How shall I live? My dog with I was living. From me alone he has gone." saki ko la x5 te me di ge te'ai won li yin ka w5 de e yi 'e' xa I'i e dji old man. Very he was displeased. For him he called. Then the next morning 18 nu ^et a yi *e' ye t'a td na 7(it da e teet di ko la et du e ze' xai he came back. Then with him he lived again they say. Old man not he killed 1916. Goddard, Beaver Texts. 353 a dja* i he* gwa* won djo et siln* t'a djl* na 7a da na dli e teet di it was because Now good meat with he lived again. It happened again they say. I will tell you about the Hunting Fetish. dilnne debfit etdu kadaeyo adja* xatda ye*w6c6* adja*- Man was hungry. Not he could live it became. Moose perceived him because it happened 4 ihe* dQn yeze*xai e tc'et di eyi dtinne jn da de dla* *i *i etda- himger was killing him they say. That man had been powerful they knew. tc'et di etdu w5dezu kadatcey5 'adja* xatda w6' no wiitdja* Not long distance he could walk it happened. Moose he came to. 6 etdu k'a jut'ueyQ* awodessdt' tanadesdet tciye mo* stitda" Not yet he could shoot they rushed off. They ran away. Little moose on him used to sit *i *i 3ca ye 7in tj e yi diin ne* xat da tc'i* da* ye tetc a won* et du he pulled out. That man toward moose he was moving it about but not 8 xHt da yin di di 'a' ta na des del a yi tci ye' , tu ni ye 7ai tj e t'e moose took notice. They ran off. That little moose snow he put \mder immediately Mdtlnne dju t'aits'iit eyi tciye mdt tsiin e k'e et'e eyi*e' at'i he himself too he died. That little moose like his flesh was. With that he was doing it 10 e tc'et di tac 'e' dtlnne ya7itdad6* wonli iedi they say. Arrows with people when they lived it was they say. xat da yg tcu ya e he* de tci ye xa ya a 7in ti yi zi* t'a ye 7in ti Moose because she liked him her yoimg one she took out. In him she put it. 12 e yi *e w5n djo ci ka de te a yin la* *i *i yin di ^e tc'ai 'a yin la 1q Then good luck he had. (Moose) angry he made e yi e he* dg* ye ze xai 1q xa yin lai *e* a t'j e tc'et di because of that hunger killed him, he did so it was they say. The Man who Talked to the Buffalo. 14 *i la tc'i diin ne xa k'i ye tc'i wa ti ye ge tee 'a tci ye tcu w(it ti One man buffalo he talked to. He gave them commands, he talked to - them. yi wfit tc'i da *ac i wa tci* te na *ac siin ni tcut ai ye* hwa te *ac "To that place go, there go into the water; give me something to eat." Then they went into the water. 354 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. X, da I'a dje te n! *atc ai ye gi ze xai a dje kai i xe* ^i yu ^t 'a mai- Bftckwards they went into the water. Then they killed theoL Spear with they stabbed them. Then (7) calf 2 yatce iinnai on teg dfinnek'etcV <lnnai etdi aiyeattai tce- "Mother," plainly like people, "mother," they say. They hold them. they Idll tbem. zes xai e }a dji* milt dai yi dje* a du tsiiz ze xai ddn ne' ka je' u letc One a bull not they killed. People between he ran. 4 ai ye 'e' i de e xat te ta tc'fil ye xat tee yi de ye tc'e da Then (?) they pull them ashore. (?) They begin to eat them. The Potency of War Songs. et'aze s5n* dd diinne 'nelg nate'aba* mika *atc'ett1 Leather breech cloth time people many were at war after them they were. 6 ne du e et du te'e *i* et du a tc'et de he yg a wo dja* min ka There were none. Not they saw them. Not they could do anything It hap- pened. For them tc'et djin j;! yl ka et djin de cin ne ka a 7fit di 71 ya •{ e yi *e' they sang. For them they sang, for Cree. Where they were they saw them. Then 8 a Ytit di min ka tc'et des del na de di ^ ya i* xiit ¥e dji* zon* where they were to them they started. Where they were they saw them. "To- morrow only me tc'i* do ' de Ij 7fit di *e' et de k'a da wo de (in tse' tc6k' xa 7a- to them we will go," they said. They were trying their power. Large stones they took oat. 10 gin *Q f;i k'e k'e det ditc a k'e he* ^ yi la* ke di 7e ke da t'j tse k'e On them because they put their hands the prints of their hands appear on the • stone. ^a* gitc'i* wodesdt ayi*e' ait'e ^iya7anwg (itdu elatl Then to them they rushed. Then all they killed. Not one 12 7{it da a 7a yi la* de cin ne a gai *i* living they made. Cree they did it to. The Curing of a Woman with a Medicine Lodge. inlat'i dju* dilnne' me wo di tee elj di di me'tc'iu^ wo'tc One too man his story it is tills one. His wife very 14 detdi etdu wondez^ 7{itdaey6n *gnt'e mek'ain ci|z natc'e- was sick. Not long she could live it appeared. Along side of her medicine lodge they stood up. 7in ts*i me son % 76t de ku tc'et di . h ^ d(in ne caj w6n li et di "Who wiUuseit?" they thought. One man "I it will be." he said. 1916.] Goddard, Beaver Texts. 355 x6 te be tc'i* di ^e tc'e ni la ai yi *e diin ne xa dji* et djin ai yi Very much to him they paid. Then man did that. He sang. That 2 tc'e^e etdu na7!tda gagula t'aists'iit yutc'etdi a won* naye*- woman not she moved. "Nearly she is dying," they thought about her, but he made her live again 7inda ettc'etdi aiyi ddnne wote dtlnne nelg ye 7a det- they say, tliat man. Very men many beside her when they were sitting 4 ts'Ida aye'*i etc'etdi ^a* tc'e^e* wodjo naye7indalQ w6- then he did that they say. Now woman well he made her live. Well djo gat da* di^exolodQ* wonli eyi w5ditce elj didi she lived. This world's end it was this story it was, this one. The Medicine Lodge. 6 detain ilati na'a eyik'e z6 azis da'7aitsuz }'u} 'e' yii- Pole one stands up. On that only cover they put. Ropes with over there one giye nayetsi* etdu natc'Mdii na*a etdu k'a git'a pegs they stick up. Not strong it stands not yet in it 8 kwe ya hwu gi t'a kwe yatc e t'e 7iit djit da a zis wo te in t'ic he goes in. Inside he goes in at once he sings cover very gets tight. mat'a tc'eyule et'e etc'etdi cuns uye eyi like it is blowing it is they say. Cons its name that. The Man who Entered a Fish. 10 deya atdu tontedji deya ill la' dslai ediwotc'i* diekj I am going, not far I am going. Canoe I made. From there I paddled. xilt de ca ^e gdc ket i i on Ij zi t'a la *iic t'i l5 in t'i z5 ga Ij* ko la Just river I was paddling along it was inside I  t'i lQna7at'atc Man one alone was there. Another too alone was. They met each other. Told by Louis. 356 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. X, & w5 te milt tsdn ne du we li (fi ^a k'a milt tsiln w5n te'ul li One very his flesh none. Other still his flesh small 2 w5nli H^ metsiln* neduwe aiyitc'i* daisadg* ettsiin* Tain- was. The one his flesh none to that one, "What time did you eat?" tseda yedi yi di ca k'wdndanadidadQ ettsfln* ^yaset etdi h^ he asked. "Behind moon when it first appeared meat I ate," he said. The other 4 mfit tsdn * won tc'ul li wq Ij i wo te in tsiz ig yi di ca k'e a 7 Ill- His flesh small was. "Very much you eat. Behind moon you ate, Setting a woman's tailing yet, and yet, and yet, But you are beginning to starve," he said. This one said it. "Snow when it was little A 7% set set in the city in the west, I ate. I." he said. Together winter all through together they lived thus. In the day 8 xatse* ddnne etdu wot'e i*da'ele enudli First people not much they ate. I think. The Origin of Mosquitoes. ts'i tc'e ^ ma tsi* ts'iin ne wa tc First people not much they ate. I think. The Origin of Mosquitoes. Mosquito women her head bone from came out. Once a woman, her husband all the time she scolded: Yexaixal jo adaje madjexatc'it jo aiyeM'g daits'iit *aiye* She beat him only, all the time she was angry only. After that, she died. Then, 12 x5n to the end of the day, on the day, the day they threw her away. Not burial, they made. Then some time after, the day they passed, her  mosquitoes came out. Since that time, the water was frozen, and the mosquitoes were there. The shiftless husband, having been living, was living. Because he was starving, the lake was too large for him. Because he was starving, he went for his wife too. He was not dead, but he killed. He went home. nas ya won d6 lu ge ts'e ze xai e le ku di me tc'i u % xa ¥e dji* "Well fish he used to kill," she thought, his wife. "Tomorrow 4 c^i dzize wocdai etdi jhe* yetdi me tc'i u^ dazo ^et'e luj;e I by hook I will sit," she said. "All right." he said, his wife. Quickly flsh % WQ* te'e ge xM t'e es tdn ne et du e 7a ni get 1q a t'i 1q e yi *e' she killed, the woman. Just ice not he had cut through it was. That is why 6 et du lu ge ze xai 'e* on t'e Iq na ye yic Me to u q, lu ge na 1q Not fish he had killed it was she found out, his wife. Fish many ginwQ tege u' Mdiinne gawo daesl'Q etduli naniti dgt'e she killed woman. And he himself for rabbits. he set snares. None, he brought back. "Why, 8 wo'te ga nalg aw5n* ga etdu zexai on t'e yudi tc'ege nemile* very rabbits many but rabbit not he killed it is," she thought about him, woman. "Your snares ka wocai* yetdi da zu tc'i* ^di ihe* cemile ka neya ye'di to I will go," she said. To the man she spoke. "All right, my snares to you Go, he said. "You see, you wonder why you're so anxious to see me, you know." Then she started to go there that woman over there on mountain just as she cleared the snow off. Iced silt da dzenik'e atdilzze nadatclQ i*edi gamil ait'e There he sat. Day all the time he had sat there. There rabbit snares all You was k'e se 1^' Iq qu ke t'i mil da se I'qu Iq te ge yo nai ya mil In the snow he had left. Two snares he had set. Woman came there; snares des tQ wo te da* es I'qu wo te ga* ze xai no' 7i ai yi me te'i u *a She carried. Very (many) she set. Very (many) rabbits she killed. She brought them back, that his wife. 14 dazo dzinze si)tda*i*i fltduli zexai k'adjo etdu dzins tana- Man by the hook he had sat, nothing he killed. Again, not hook in the water Paidji etdu sc'qIq aiyi*e' luge etdu zexaielQ Qnt'e gahwe* not he had put. That is why fish not he had killed it was. Now 16 tc'e ge na yes yic tc'e ge ne du we et de* et du woman she knew him. Woman if had been none not he would have lived. tege t'adji yas k'e at daze 7a7inda ettc'etdi eyi dtlnne Woman because of winter all through my lived they say. That man 358 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, Vol. X, et du dtln ne' e t'e e 1q et dii woe dai' ku di 1q et tc'et di e t'a u not was like a man. "Not I will live," he thought they say. Leather 2. ZQ do* eli only time it was. A Man Overcomes Obstacles in rescuing his Sisters. daz5' 'Qn5dja tote^ yedeli'e* xadesya xiitt'e *at'i yiidi Man came home. Woman because she scolded he went out. "Of no importance it is." she thought. 4 Yek'e naseya xon- After him, she walked, woman. Its bones the way he was going after him. She went. She turned back. Sidja, aiyi te'e|e daz5' 7aiyat dt tc'5 t'iln ne tdnne no na date that woman. Man walked on. Other people's trail he came to. Yek'e na da date yede xwa yet'a nadate diinne elj kudi u' After them, he went. There close to them he came. People they were he thought, but 10 ya 71 no de a t'i 1q a yi ya ni tcut ma di* *e da yin Ij no de di* Those birds they were. Those they gave him food. Their food was there. Birds Partridge A yi a t'i Those were. 12 k'adju tadatc iittiUnne k'adju wonli yek'e desya *e'djice Again he was traveling. A trail again was there. After them he went. Porcupinet A t'i* 1q be di *e dje' e Ij a won^ dt tsdn ma e t'i ta won t'e wdt- they were. Their food pitch was but meat it appeared. Far away people 14 dfln ne me di •e tee on ke t'i a yi ka des ya a yi *e' a t'i Hn t'i to his sisters two those for he went, that was why it was. All at once ye tfin ne wa *i ye k'e xa yal ya t'a se ya their trail he saw. After them he went. To them he came. 16 inlat'i daz6'7a 6nke7fitdet'e ga*7abkilQ.axainka' deya One man both of them were married "After you, I came to you, a woman, my daughter, and I am not going to be married. It is, he said, the older brother. Hard man, mean it is. Not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not a man, I am not going to be married. It is, he said, not His brother-in-law, moose, had killed. "Moose will be rotten. Quickly doit" he said. The meeting, guet, and the women his wives. "Quickly go." "Now, we will go," he said, "and they will go." They started back. They were traveling back. Then not they lay down to sleep: very sleep was killing them. xa nes tetc ni' 7(in del *i *i cis na teai ku na dai wqii li tse k'as They lay down. When they had gotten up mountain large ahead of them was. Perpendicular cliff 8 (il li '(it du d(in ne ye ke 71 ya a z6 on t*e me di e tee' at tcdk' it was. Not man could climb it it was. His sisters were crying. in k'ai na na wo tec et di gii ma d(i7 7a ni na 7i del a yi tse k'ac- " Never mind, we will lie down again," he said, their older brother. They got - up again, that . cliff had been 10 *i *i ne du e Ig na 7iit des del was not. They started back. k'adju b(il g6ye7a7inwQ na 7a nes tetc k'adju tu gudacixa Again sleep was killing them. They lay down again. Again water around them 12 a na dja* Ig et du 'a* gilt de e jg a na 7(it dja* k'iit djo ca* tetc had become. Not they could do it became again. "Again He down," e' di me di a tc*e na nes tetc ni na 7i del *i *i mj ge niin d(it da de he said. His sisters lay down again. They got up again lake ground narrow 14 ta se 'a' *a' w5 dja* Ig e yi k'e na 7a des del running across had become. On that they started back again. gu di ^e tc'i* na 7in del mut ta* ko la e Ij et du ni i ya a jg e To their country they came back. His father old man was, not he could - get up. 16 nddja ecke' Over there far he went but 20 ma' et du ton t'e k'i won t'e to him not far it was. 360 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. X, The Treacherous Wife. Didn't you take me to the man alone was. In his absence, his wife Cree 2 ni ye din tj sq* yin ka ne ta e du eu de eu on t'e me nac kwo- carried off. For her he looked. Not he did anything it was. She was altogether lost. wotts'itSQ yinka neta melaceuyan 'a 71 yin la* a won* nedue For her. He looked. His brothers-in-law did it, but she was not. Now his brothers-in-law did it, but himself alone for her started. Far away, the people were, those did  man. Woman up she went from the river. "Down there, stranger, sits," she said immediately. Those men sitting ran down to him. "We des set, gi yin tcut, ya da se ka!e a' 7in la k'e da' 7i ye tj They caught him. A platform for him, they made. On it, they put him. "Giyiie kwon wote a7inla* et'is di^nne et'esihe* kwodedetce Under fire very, they made. They roasted him. Man because he was roasting he was screaming e yi •e* ko la yo *g na de Ig mes ke ai t'e 7a gi da wg Ig Then old man over there he stayed. His children all they had killed. 14 in la t'i me tu we zg* 7{it da yu' gn ddn ne kwon de det tee One his daughter only was alive. Over there man screaming 7a di ts'iik ea tcu we ye76n •a' gu k'a ne ya e* di ku la wg e t'a i he heard. "My child, what he is saying, go to see." he told her. old man. There girl 16 des ya *i 'j ti ma da7 7a tc'e ze xai *i i e yi e t'e e yi a di Ig had gone, truly her older brother someone had killed that one he was like. That one was making the noise. ya*i* yu**gn metaga nddja lin xwonne et'e adilg tea etdi She looked at him. Over there her father she went back. "Exactly brother is like is saying it. father." she said. 1 The passage is difficult. The only suggestion given by the interpreter was "She did not think he would follow her." 1916.] Goddard, Beaver Texts. 361 wgn ko la 'e des ya je he* d(in ne a wo t'a 7in ya ku la kon Tbere old man started with her. People they kill he went to.i Old man there 2 desya ku7inya dtinne et'es adilg didgt'e cetc'uw§* et'i he went. He went in. Man roasting says it. "Who is this my son he is like a t'es 1q xa na ya 7111 tj me kw^ 71 tc' i* na ye ni tj ye dl tc'en- you are cooking?" He took him down. His camp toward he took him back. There with supernatural means 4 t'e *e' w6 ju wo te 'a yin la* ^a won dj6 na 7tlt da *a yin la* good very he made him. Now well he was again alive he made him. e yi diin ne na Ig et du diin ne k'e tc'i' a t'i Iq e yl *e' mes- That man many not like people he did because his children 6 ke ga tc'iit da wq e 1q e la et du na tc'iit a dja* e yi •e* they killed. Old man not he was strong * he became because of that they did it. 7I ye •{ gQ da ne }q e yl «e' a 7! ye i Ig They were numerous because of that they did it. 8 k'adjd!e na ke tc'et du si di 7tltdi eyi dihine et'ezj cetc'uw§* Again, "We will have a foot-race," they said. That man was cooked, "My son." y edi kola cetc'uw?* A living man, alive, he took it out. Well •a' yin la* det'a ya7mti le' w6 7iit tedesiit *eyi eskai etdii he fixed it. His sack he put it in. They had the foot-race. That young man not 14 ki di di *a' m(it ta* diin ne *e' le de I'a *e da' *e a dja* ko la li* he minded his father. With the people he raced. With the eagle he became old man. Really e yi dfln ne* et du yet dai wo tea ne *g Ig a ko Ij* a c6 e* et du that man not ahead of him much he was. Because with old age not 16 na tcCit a dja* e he* 7U dai ne *g dtin ne k'e d(it tea de *e de I'a he was strong because he became ahead of them he was. Behind the people with his legs he ran. eyi *eskai*i*i yitdai ku*iya wotc'i* tatci t'a7inya diinnek'e That used to be young man ahead he was out of sight. There (bird) he went - in. After the people » The interpreter took t'a with a too to mean "weapons," a tod t'a, "kill with;" "he went among those who kill people" seems to be the proper rendering. t The interpreter took it to be na djiu, "he hunted." 362 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History, [Vol. X, del'a etdu ladai et'e d<inne7a uja ddnnets'edg ngdja he ran. Not long time it was by the people he passed. Before the people he came back. 2 eyi xat'i wSnt'elg eyi*e* a7iitdi "u* ayi eckai xats'e That one just that Idnd he was. Then he used to do that. Then that young man fint n5 dja e tsiin ni di *q e yi me tc'i u ^ *i 'i yo et de dlotc B p he came back. Meat he took down. That one had been his wife was laughing. Another 4 tc'e ge je ka a din di ye di a yi be tc'i u 'a xa diin ne ne Iq woman, "Why did you say that? " she asked. That one his wife her relations many. a yi tc'e ^e dtin ne e Ij that woman people were. 6 ayi 7a set da metc'iu^ ngdja attsdn kayedi*i atsiin nedue That one she married his wife he came back. Meat he was looking for. Meat was none. me a ye 'i yii *q ddn ne ni ya *i m ye di *q w5 tco no dja e yi 'e' "Who stole it?" "Over there man stole it. He took it. Good he came back. Because of that 8 *a t'i et du !{ ne ce dai ne *q a wg* et du et dfic di* e yi *e* a ein- he did It." "Nobody my equal but not I knew it. because of that he did it - tome la* *e gn t'e na ni dtin ne 'e* na 7in ti *i *i dfin ne tc'j* di ya ye- it was. You with the people I bet. To the man go." he said. 10 di d(in ne a* dji me tc'i u % yi Ij ts'e ye de *a' xa tus la ni ya Man before her husband was he sent her. To the door she came. ye di 'e xwa a wg« na wo te tci na da wo * t'a ci da z6 *et du ya- " Above here close to camp let us go." Man not he spoke. 12 tcut de me ta tc'i* te a me z^* xo tc'e is diin ne e' cu wu me k'e To his father, "Father, her mouth I hate. Anyway you wish din ditc ga me ta* ye ze xai e yi te'e ge ye ze xai treat her." His father killed her. That woman he killed. A Man Avenges his Son-in-law. 14 dane* desbak mika atcat'jne nediiwe etdu 7iya*i xowa- People were going to war. For them other people were not. Not they saw them. They turned back. ni del mi ^e ke na 7a di del ya 7ai mi ^e won li de j;ac tc'u ne* Lake they came to. Over there lake was black spot. "Wolf 16 be dji ze xai ku 7iit di be ya 7a *e* w5 dai 7at di gi tc'i* le yg- deer had kiUed," they thought. "Marrow we wiU eat," they said. To it they ran. 1916.1 Goddard, Beaver Texts. 363 de sdt B ^e dan ne ye xa I'a ya j;ai ni t'a dtin ne tsi* e li Iq da- One man ran by the others. To it he ran. Man's head it was. Cree 2 ci ne dfin ne 7in wg *on t'i Ig dtrn na na djin ne e Ij Ig men had killed it was. People's relative it was. yi di ^e wg tc'i* ta tc'et des del dfln ne na Ig* a yi ga dOt te'i Up to it they started. People many there were sitting. 4 B gi me dl iil lI a yi ma zj ^ ye* dtin ne 'e' a t'i ai t'e diin ne' One chief was. That one son-in-law with them x)eople he was. All people k'e7anet'e* maji* neduwe tail'alg dike neduwe ^otdacg* they counted. Son-in-law was missing. He had run away. His moccasins were not. * ' Somewhere 6 me xa ttin e cj ye' di' Ig me tee* kon mai' mi ka na ta kwon mai he froze," said his father-in-law. "Camp border for him look." Camp border du de xa Ta me k'e te'e des del at du tg t'e t'e miit ttin ne* this way he ran out. For him they went. Not far frozen 8 sa* *g me tee* xa t'e ya *i *et du *e' yi le* a yg on t'e ye tc'e le it lay. His father-in-law just looked. Not he could do anything it was. He left him. *e' yi de cin ne* me k'e te'e des del me t'a des del na 7ain del Those Cree after they went. Near them they came. They came home. 10 gi ya *i gn ke dj kw% won Ig ai yi me tee* me kw% won Ig e di- They saw them. Two places tipis were many. That his father-in-law "Their tipis most numerous thither xotc'i* du ca 'e' di tin da w5 tc'i* desya ait'e ye(7ai)7ain- I will go." he said. Alone thither he started. All he killed. 12 wg at du in la t'i 7iit da *a' yin la* ^a* x6 tit tc'dk ^a hwe* Not one alive he made. Then he was crying. Now mi de 7e tc'e won li' i he* e di' la dj kwq, da ne ne 7g tc'i* he was mad because he was. There other place camp people many thither 14 des del *e' di djo' ai te gi ye 7ain wg na 7a des del they started. There too all they killed. They went home. k'a dju mi ge ke na 7a dit del e di' djo' de cin ne na di *e Ig Again lake they came down. There too Cree had 16 I had been there, he went there. There, with hook, he sat; "My relation it is," he thought. Cree 20 e lin e ig wo' te na dzas 'e yi 'e he* yo' nai ya la ce* lu ge 7e t'e ft was. Hard it was snowing. With that he came up to him. "My brother-in-law, fish soon 7ain wq Iq ye' di" dj5' me ^ et tc'a kai se tQ 1q et du me' wot- you will kill." he said. There beside him spear was lying. Not it showed 2 da t'i ye tg e tc'a kai *i tcut ea na dji ne 'e' du a' t*i 1q ku di it lay. Spear he took up. "My relation not it is," he thought, "gwa* x6 de* at ddn ne dju' de* at ddn ne dju' e* di* di* ga tint e yi* ye ze xai and also he too ice chisel he was carrying. With that he killed him. 4 e k'e tai I'a me na dji ne du da a di* a yi* ai t*e me na- He ran away. His relations not he told. Those all his relations djinne tc'einwQ decinne ye7anwQ adane jg.7a da ngdja were killed. Cree killed them. Himself only he was alive. He came back his camp. An Old Man Escapes a Plot only to be Killed in Revenge. To da da w6 t'i fea t'a dji* 7(it da mil "e' me tcl- Old man one alone was living. Rabbits with he was living, with snares. His wife 8 u *a et t'e de e U 19 h fee' et te'u dji* dfln ne na de ta e yi ec- girl was. One from another place people living that young man kai "If I kill him, I will marry you," he said. After that, he went. Rabbit snare the direction he went for, he watched behind the hanging snow. Rabbit snare the direction he went for, he watched behind the hanging snow. Rabbit snare the tree far, rabbit was hanging. Then, the tree far, rabbit was hanging. Then, the young man, he was carrying with it, he caught it, then hard young man he was." Shot at him. The old man jumped up. Under him, he shot. Old man on him jumped. Old man on him jumped. That young man ran away in vain, he tried. Old man caught him. 