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Phoebe Maddux: They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-IV.3
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 65-66
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)

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[1] vúra ník mít vaa kun'aapúnmutihat pa'úhish u'ífeesh

They Knew That Seeds Will Grow

[2] nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.

Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.

[3] kúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar, hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak, vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh, kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa.

But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.

[4] kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra ník pa'úhish ník vúra kunsánpiithvutihanik pakookâachas.

They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.

[5] hâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith, xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih.

Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.

[6] yanéekva vúra uum taay sú'.

Behold there are lots underneath.

[7] hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.

Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.

[8] fâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan, man'áta axraas.

It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.

[9] vúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan, sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih.

Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.

[1]	vúra ník mít vaa kun'aapúnmutihat pa'úhish u'ífeesh
	They Knew That Seeds Will Grow

[2]	nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.
	Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.

[3]	kúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar, hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak, vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh, kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa.
	But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.

[4]	kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra ník pa'úhish ník vúra kunsánpiithvutihanik pakookâachas.
	They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.

[5]	hâari axmáy'ik vúra fátaak tá kunmah vaa vúra taay pátayiith, xás sú' patá kun'ûupvakurih.
	Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.

[6]	yanéekva vúra uum taay sú'.
	Behold there are lots underneath.

[7]	hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.
	Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.

[8]	fâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan, man'áta axraas.
	It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.

[9]	vúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan, sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih.
	Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.