Julia Starritt: "A Quack Doctor" (1957)

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[1]	hâari	pa-'êem	kun-píkshaayvu-tih
	sometime	the-doctor	3pl(>3s)-tell.lie-DUR

Sometimes the Indian doctors practice deception.

[2]	káruk	yítha	va-'êem	kun-'êetheep-anik	mu-'arátaanva	pa-preacher	mu-hrooha-'íin
	upriver	one	3sPOSS-doctor	3pl(>3s)-take.away.from-ANC	3sPOSS-disease	the-preacher	3sPOSS-wife-TOPIC

The preacher's wife took the 'pain' (disease object) away from a certain doctor upriver.

[3]	pa-preacher	mu-hrôoha	u-thaxustâa-nik	pa-'éem
	the-preacher	3sPOSS-wife	3s(>3)-suspect-ANC	the-doctor

The preacher's wife suspected the doctor.

[4]	xás	kúuk	u-'úum-anik	pa-preacher	mu-hrôoha
	then	to.there	3s(>3)-arrive-ANC	the-preacher	3sPOSS-wife

So the preacher's wife went there.

[5]	xás	ú-muustih-anik	pa-'êem	pa-'ára	u-patumkôo-tih
	then	3s(>3)-look.at-ANC	NOMZ-doctor	the-person	3s(>3)-suck.disease-DUR

And she watched as the doctor sucked a person.

[6]	xás	pa-'êem	sichakvutvara-tíri	u-síchakvutvu-tih
	then	the-doctor	belt-wide	3s(>3)-put.on.a.belt-DUR

And the doctor was wearing a wide belt around her waist.

[7]	xás	kári	pa-preacher	mu-hrôoha	u-máh	fâat	t-u-'úrishuk	sichakvutvara-súruk
	then	then	the-preacher	3sPOSS-wife	3s(>3)-see	what	PERF-3s(>3)-take.out	belt-under

And the preacher's wife saw her take something out of the belt.

[8]	xás	kári	p-oo-'íshupish	pa-'arátaanva	xás	pa-preacher	mu-hrooha-'íin	kun-áveep	pa-'arátaanva
	then	then	NOMZ-3s(>3)-show.(of.shaman)	the-disease	then	the-preacher	3sPOSS-wife-TOPIC	3pl(>3s)-take.away.from	the-disease

So when (the doctor) displaying the 'pain,' then the preacher's wife took the pain away from her.

[9]	yánava	sít-'anamahach	axicheekyamíichvar
	visible	mouse-little	toy

She saw it was a little mouse, a children's toy.

[10]	hínupa	páy	uum	vaa	u-kupavêenahi-ti	atahári
	surprise	this	3.SG	so	3s(>3)-do-DUR	always

There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.

[11]	u-pikshayvûunish-vunaa-ti	pa-'áraar
	3s(>3)-tell.lies.to-PL-DUR	the-human

She was deceiving the Indians.

[12]	káruma	itráhyar	káru	itrôop	ú-thvuuy-ti	pa-kúth	ára	u-patumkôo-tih
	in.fact	ten	also	five	3s(>3)-be.named-DUR	NOMZ-because.of	person	3s(>3)-suck.disease-DUR

The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person.