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Story |
Language |
Source |
Saljiitc
dighaan.
|
sul.giits dE.gaN |
Lizards / we were killing. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Teelee'-bii'
nooshghee'
lhaan
saljiitc. |
te.le'.bii' nooc.ge' LaN sul.giits |
Sack in / I carried / many / lizards. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Teelee' teesdilbin.
|
te.le' tes.dul.buN |
Sack / we filled. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Lhaa'haa'
uuyaashtc
uudjii'stiltik.
|
La'.ha' uu.yacts oo.tcii.s.tul.tuk |
One / small / he killed. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Baan
teelh'its.
|
bAn teL.'uts |
Female / ran. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Yoo'oon
neestiin.
|
yoo.ooN nes.tiN |
Yonder / it lay. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Taajii
neestiin nchaagh-yii?"
shilhtc'nii.
|
ta.djii nes.tiN n.tcaG.yii cuL.tc'.nii |
"Where / does it lie / big one?" / he askedme. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Yoo-yee,"
dishnii.
|
yoo.ye duc.nii |
"There it is," I said. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tc'tc'aash-teel.
|
tc'.tc'ac.tel |
He was about to shoot it. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Doohaa'-shdjii'ilhtik.
|
doo.ha'.s.tcii.uL.tuk |
"Do not kill me. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Daan'
shyaashtc
uudjii'silhtig-
ee.
|
daN' c.yactc oo.djii.suL.tuk.ge |
Already / my little one / you have killed. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shiiyee
koshnaa.
|
cii.ye kuc.na |
It is I / I will live." |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uudaa'-bii'
kwon'
ghilhtik.
|
oo.da'.bii' kwooN' guL.tuk |
Its mouth in / fire / burst. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Keelhk'aas-kwan
teelee'-bii'. |
keeL.k'As.kwaN te.le'.bii' |
I dropped / sack in. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Naaheesiilh'its-kwan
yiidak.
|
na.he.siiL.'uts.kwaN yii.duk |
I ran back / up hill. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Kaakosiileeh-kwan.
|
ka.koos.sii.le.kwaN |
I became sick. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shilhyaa'tyiin-kwan.
|
cuL.ya'.t.yiN.kwaN |
With me they stood. [= with me they doctored] |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Doo-kwinishsin.
|
doo.kwin.nuc.suN |
I did not know anything. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Sheedin-kwanhit.
|
ce.duN.kwaN.hut |
I must have died. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shnaan
ooshtsaan
tceegh-it,
"Shyaashtc," ch'in-hit.
|
c.naN ooc.tsaN tce.gut c.yacts tc'in.hut |
My mother / I heard / she cried when, / "My boy,"/ she said when. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tcaakwolhgheel'.
|
tca.kwuL.gel' |
Very it was dark. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Haakwaan
shnaan, shtaa'
'an,
yoo'oon siighin,
see
chinee-dints'ii'
uunoo'.
|
ha.kwAn c.nAN c.ta' uN yoo.ooN sii.giN see kin.nee.duNts'ii' uu.noo' |
Up there / my mother, / my father / it was, / yonder/ I stood, / rock / its base / brush / behind. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Diidaa'in
diishoo'
nint'aagh.
|
dii.da'.uN dii.coo' nun.t'aG |
From north / something / flew there. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Sheek'
shghilhk'its.
|
cek' c.guL.k'uts |
Spit / he spit on me. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Nt'aa'
kaal'aa'-teelee.
|
n.t'a' kAl.'a'.tee.le |
"Your feathers / will grow. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Beent'aah-teelee
diidak'
yaa-
bii'in'.
|
ben.t'a.tee.le dii.duk' ya.bii'.uN' |
You will fly / up / sky in. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ch'idaay-ee.
|
tc't.da.ye |
Flowers are. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nshoon-ee.
|
n.coo.ne |
It is good. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ch'ildjii'-yee.
|
tcul.djii.ye |
It is light. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shaa-ndiin-ee.
|
cun.dii.ne |
Sun shines. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nshoon-ee nee'."
|
n.coo.ne ne' |
It is good / land." |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Chooyii-haa'
nchaagh
nint'aagh. |
tcoo.yii.ha' n.tcaG nun.t'aG |
Again / large one / flew there. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Daan' 'an aakwolaah?"
|
daN' uN a.kwul.la |
"Already [/ question particle ] / you fixed him?" |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Hee'uu',
daan' aakwoshlaagh-
ee. |
he.uu' daN' a.kwuc.la.Ge |
"Yes, / already / I fixed him. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Hai-hiit'
(?)
doo
t'aa'
kaal'aa-
yee?"
|
hai.hiit' doo t'a' kAl.'a.ye |
Why / not / feathers / have come out?" |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tcaa'
(?) kwilh-yaa'naakaa'-ghityiin-
ee. |
tca' kwuL.ya'.nAk.ka'.gut.yii.ne |
"Listen, / with him two are standing. [= two aredoctoring him] |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Kaa'
kwtsoonditcaan
(?). |
ka' kW.tsoon.dut.tcaN |
Well, / we will leave him. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Yaakwolht'aah."
|
ya.kwooL.t'a |
Make him fly." |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Deek'aa
noonaaniik'aats.
|
de.k'a noo.na.nii.k'ats |
There / I fell back. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Doo-kwnisin-hit.
|
doo.kW.nus.sun.hut |
I did not know how because. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Doo-taashoo'
taashaash.
|
doo.ta.coo' ta.cac |
Not anywhere / I went. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Haataah
doo-kwneesin.
|
ha.ta doo.kW.nee.suN |
Right there / I was senseless. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Kwonlhaan.
|
kwun.LAN |
All. |
|
A Supernatural Experience |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Hee'uu', beeshohloos
shindiitc."
|
he.uu' be.cooH.loos cun.diits |
Yes, / lead me up, / my friend." |
|
Coyote Competes with Grey-squirrels |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Beekohloos,"
ch'in yaa'nii.
|
be.kooH.loos tc'in ya'.nii |
"Lead him up," / he said / they say. |
|
Coyote Competes with Grey-squirrels |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ooslit
yaa'nii. |
oos.lut ya'.nii |
He burned up / they say. |
|
Coyote Competes with Grey-squirrels |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ghitcaa
yaa'nii, lheetc
bilh.
|
gut.tca ya'.nii Letc buL |
Were covered up / they say, / earth / with. |
|
Coyote Tricks the Girls |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uulaa'
ch'neelhyiil'
naaghaa-
kwaa'.
|
oo.la' tc'n.neL.yiil' naa.ga.kwa' |
It hands / she eats up / yet alive. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uulaa' naakaa'-haa'
ch'neelhyiil'. |
oo.laa' na.ka'.ha' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Its hands / both / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Kwee'
ch'neelhyiil'. |
kwe' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Its foot / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Lhaa'
kwee' ch'neelhyiil'. |
La' kwe' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Other / its foot / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Bit-tc'ee'aash,
uudjiik'ee'
ch'neelhyiil'. |
but.tce.'ac oo.djii.k'e' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Its intestines, / small intestines / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uuteelee',
uudjii'
ch'neelhyiil'. |
oo.te.le' oo.djii' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Its liver, / its heart / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uudeeskee'
ch'neelhyiil'. |
oo.des.ke' tc'n.neL.yiil' |
Its lungs / she eats up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uusii'
ch'neelhyiil' yaa'nii. |
oo.sii' tc'n.neelh.yiil' ya'.nii |
Its head / she eats up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ch'neelhyaan
yaa'nii. |
tc'.neL.yAn ya'.nii |
She eats it up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uuteelee' ch'neelhyaan yaa'nii. |
oo.te.le' tc'n.neL.yAN ya'.nii |
Its liver / she eats up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uudeeskee' ch'neelhyaan yaa'nii. |
oo.des.ke' tc'n.neL.yAN ya'.nii |
Its lungs / she eats up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uudjii' ch'neelhyaan yaa'nii. |
oo.djii' tc'n.neL.yAn ya'.nii |
Its heart / she eats up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tc'ghint'aats'.
|
tc'.gun.t'ats |
She cut it up. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Daahnoolaa
yaa'nii. |
da.noo.la ya'.nii |
She put it up / they say. |
|
Description of Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nins'isghiin
yaa'nii. |
nun.s'us.giN ya'.nii |
She lifted up / they say. |
|
Geese Carry off Raven |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nins'isghiin yaa'nii. |
nun.s'us.giN ya'.nii |
She lifted up / they say. |
|
Geese Carry off Raven |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nins'isghiin yaa'nii. |
nun.s'us.giN ya'.nii |
She lifted up / they say. |
|
Geese Carry off Raven |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Daa'yaa'nteeliichow
aayaa'shiilaagh,"
ch'inyaa'nii.
|
da'.ya'.n.tel.ii.tcoo a.ya.cii.laG tc'in ya'.nii |
"Flat mouths / took me up" / she said / theysay. |
|
Geese Carry off Raven |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ch'siitcin
beesyaa-hit
yiichow
uulai',
noo'tghintaal'-it,jeeschow
ghiltcaah
yaa'nii |
tc'.sii.tcuN bes.ya.hut yii.tcoo oo.lai' noo.t.gun.ta.lutges.tcoo gultca ya'.nii |
Coyote / climbed up when / dance-house / its top, / hestood up when / elk / he called / they say. |
|
How Coyote and Skunk Killed Elk |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Slee'lhk'ishtc
ninkowilhtiin
yaa'nii. |
sle'.L.k'ucts nun.kuu.wuL.tiiN ya'.nii |
Skunk / he took up / they say. |
|
How Coyote and Skunk Killed Elk |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Jeeschow
taist'aats'
yaa'nii. |
ges.tcoo tais.t'ats ya'.nii |
Elk / he cut up / they say. |
|
How Coyote and Skunk Killed Elk |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
K'aa'
nins'islai
yaa'nii. |
k'a' nun.s'us.lai ya'.nii |
Arrow / he took up / they say. |
|
How Turtle Escaped |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Seelhtc'indinii
see nins'is'aan
yaa'nii. |
seL.tcun.dun.nii se nun.s'us.'AN ya'.nii |
"Mockingbird" / stone / picked up / they say. |
|
Meadowlark's Breast |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Lhaan-it t'eekii,
lhaan-it nees-din
keentaan
yaa'nii. |
La.nit t'e.kii La.nit nes.duN ken.tAN ya'.nii |
Many because / girls / many because / high / it piledup / they say. |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
K'ai'teel
naanaa'ilhdilh
yaa'nii. |
k'ai.tel na.na.iL.duL ya'.nii |
Basket-pan / he moved up and down / they say. |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
K'ai'teel naanaa'ilhdilh yaa'nii. |
k'ai.tel na.naiL.duL ya'.nii |
Basket-pan / he moved up and down / they say. |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Kwon'din
nee' naanaa'tghilh'aal
yaa'nii. |
kwooN'.duN ne' na.na.t.guL.'al ya'.nii |
Fire-place / earth / he piled up again / they say. |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Doo-niineelyaan-in."
|
doo.nii.nel.ya.nun |
They are eaten up." |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Taakowit'aas-it
kwwos
kwonlhaan nee'-kw'itaah
noowilk'aasyaa'nii.
|
ta.kuu.wut.t'a.sut kW.woos kwun.LAn ne'.k'wut.taH noo.wil.k'asyaa'.nii |
They cut her up when / her leg / everywhere / on places/ fell / they say. |
|
Polecat Robs her Grandmother |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shaa
ndoo-hit
dii
nee' ninisdik'ee'
yaa'nii, uudee'
nchaaghnees.
|
|
Sun / was not when / this / earth / got up, / they say,/ its horn / large / long. |
Then, while the sun did not exist yet, this earth gotup, they say, with its large horns. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Yaa'ghittghish
yaa'nii. |
|
It looked up / they say. |
It looked up, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nee'lh'it
ninyaa-hit
diidak' shaa-uuyeehin
yaa'ghittghishyaa'nii.
|
|
Earth middle / it came when / east / sun under / it lookedup / they say. |
When it came to the middle of the world, in the eastunder the rising of the sun it looked up again, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nee' nchaagh-teelit
baaghin'in
kandintc
yaa'ghittghishyaa'nii. |
|
Earth / getting large when / coast / near / it lookedup / they say. |
There where it looked up will be a large land near tothe coast, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Diinak'
neesdin
yaa'ghittghish yaa'nii. |
|
South / far / it looked up / they say. |
It looked far off to the south, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tl'ohlhtsow
uusii'daa-kw'it'
naa'tghilh'aa'
yaa'nii. |
|
Blue grass / crown of its head on / he stood up / theysay. |
He stood blue grass on the crown of its head, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Chin
naa'tghilh'aa' yaa'nii. |
|
Trees / he stood up / they say. |
He stood trees, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ts'ii'
naa'tghilh'aa' yaa'nii uusii'-kw'it'. |
|
Brush / he stood up / they say, / its head on. |
He stood brush, they say, on its head. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ts'ii' kaal'aa'
yaa'nii. |
|
Brush / came up / they say. |
Brush grew up, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Uut'akw
yooyiinak'
naaheestyaa-hit
see naa'tghilh'aa'yaa'nii.
|
|
Above / far south / he went back when / stones / he stoodup / they say. |
When he went back far to the south he erected stones,they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Chin kaal'aa' tc'istciin
yaa'nii. |
|
Trees / grow up / he made / they say. |
He made trees grow up, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ts'ii' kaal'aa' tc'istciin yaa'nii. |
|
Brush / grow up / he made / they say. |
He made brush grow up, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Ts'isnoo'
naa'teelh'aa'
yaa'nii. |
|
Mountains / he stood up / they say. |
He erected mountains, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Too
uutc'in'aa
nee' naa'tghilh'aa' yaa'nii. |
|
Water / in front of / ground / he stood up / they say. |
He erected the ground in front of the ocean, they say. |
The Coming of the Earth |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Naakee'eetc
kaanaaghileeh
yaa'nii. |
na.kee.eets ka.na.gul.le ya'.nii |
Duck / came up / they say. |
|
The Diving Contest |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Siis
kaanaaghileeh yaa'nii. |
siis ka.na.gul.le ya'.nii |
Otter / came up / they say. |
|
The Diving Contest |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Nins'istiin,
tbilh-bii'
noolhtiin,
tc'teesghiin
yaa'nii. |
nun.s'us.tiiN t.buL.bii' nooL.tiiN tc'.tes.giiN ya'.nii |
She took him up, / basket in / she put him, / she carriedhim / they say. |
|
The Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tc'gheelh
yaa'nii, yiidak'.
|
tc'.geL ya'.nii yii.duk' |
She carried / they say / up hill. |
|
The Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Wan-haa'
naaghidaalh
yiidak'. |
wuN.ha na.gut.dAL yii.duk' |
Anyhow / she went on / up hill. |
|
The Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Shaa kaasyai
yaa'nii. |
ca kAs.yai ya'.nii |
Sun / came up / they say. |
|
The Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Naaheelh'its
yaa'nii, haidak'
yaa'nii. |
na.heL.'uts ya'.nii hai.duk' ya'.nii |
She ran back / they say, / here up / they say. |
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The Man Eater |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
"Naaghai,
shaa beent'aah
yaabii'k'.
|
na.gai ca ben.t'a ya.bii'k' |
Moon, / sun, / you fly up / sky in. |
|
The Securing of Light (2nd version) |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Beeninlhaah
gooyaanee'!
|
be.nun.La goo.ya.ne' |
You jump up / stars. |
|
The Securing of Light (2nd version) |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |
Tl'ee'dan'
kaasinyaash-ban,
k'eeninyaash-ban,
nee' biinaahindaash-ban.
|
tl'e.dun ka.sun.yac.buN k'e.nin.yac.buN ne' bii.na.hun.dac.buN |
Morning / you must come up, / you must go down, / world/ you must go around. |
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The Securing of Light (2nd version) |
Cahto |
Bill Ray (via Goddard 1909) |