"The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (1951) Text identifier:
LA16-8 Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy Primary documentation: R.
H. Robins Edition: R. H. Robins, The Yurok Language (1958), pp.
171-183 Note: This is Mrs. Shaughnessy's Yurok-language
rendering of an English-language narrative by Robert Spott
published in Robert Spott and A. L. Kroeber, Yurok Narratives
(1942), pp. 171-178. "I", "mine", etc. therefore refer to Robert
Spott. Wek kwelekw chpeyuer' wee' mehl son' kee hehlkue 'we-
neeekue' nepuey. This is the story of the taking of salmon
ashore. Wee'eeet hewonee sonkee' 'esee nepue' k'ee nepuey. This
was done before any salmon is eaten. Nek 'ne-psech wo'oot nuemee
'we-heenoy ko nergery kue wee'eeet 'we-sook. My father was the
last person to assist at this kind of rite. Wo'oot weesh nep'
kue nepuey. He ate the salmon. Kue wee' hegohkuemeen kwelekw
Charleee Weelleeams 'we-chekoh weesh 'ue-peechowos Pewolew 'o
meweemor weet soo neke'y. The man who performed the ceremony was
the grandfather of Charlie William