Ararahih'urípih

Julia Starritt: "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (1957)

Primary participants: Julia Starritt (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-06
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 184-189, Text 6
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1] pihnêefich vaa káan mukríhraam pihneefthuf'ípan.

Coyote's fishery was there at the end of Wilder Gulch.

[2] xás káan atahári vúra ukrihankôotih.

He was always fishing there.

[3] xás tuthítiv, chími uthivtapáraheesh.

And he heard it, there was going to be a war dance.

[4] xás ararátaay chími kunivyíhukeesh.

A lot of people were going to come.

[5] xás káan panamnih'ifápiit áxak kun'iin.

And two Orleans girls lived there.

[6] xás pu'akara'îin kínmaahtihap.

And nobody had seen them.

[7] xás kunpíip " payêem xasík chí kinmáheesh."

And they said, "Now we are going to see them."

[8] xás uum pihnêefich káru vúra púva haríxay maahvúnaa.

And Coyote had never yet seen them either.

[9] xás upíip " miník nikyâavunaa."

And he said, "I'll fix them!"

[10] xás sípnuuk káruk u'êethroov.

So he took a storage basket upriver.

[11] xás ikríhak á' utháantak.

And he set it up on the fishery.

[12] xás upêer pasípnuuk " naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo.

And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.

[13] xasík ík ipakurîihvutiheesh ik."

You must be singing."

[14] xás kári pamúvaas uyxôorariv pasípnuuk.

Then he covered the storage basket with his blanket.

[15] xás upêer " vaa ík vúra kóo ôok ikûuntakoovish pani'ípakahaak, xasík ikôoheesh."

And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop."

[16] xás ta'ítam úkriihvaheen pasípnuuk, upakurîihvutih.

Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.

[17] xás pihnêefich yúruk upikvíriprup.

And Coyote ran downriver.

[18] xás yánava tuthivtaparákaamha.

And he saw there was a big war dance.

[19] xás upíip " chími yíth kanpárihish.

And he said, "Let me turn into someone else!"

[20] yaas'arah'ávansa kanpárihish.

Let me turn into a rich man!

[21] koovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax."

Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"

[22] ta'ítam uthivtáparaheen.

Then he went to the war dance.

[23] xás yánava pa'ifápiitsha xákarari kun'íin poothivtapárahitihirak.

And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.

[24] xás vúra koovura'îin kunsíinva vúra akárayvava kumayaas'árah, vúra kumeemshúpap.

And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich, so attractive.

[25] xás koovura'îin kunímuustih.

And everybody was looking at him.

[26] xás tá kunpatánvish " hôoy i'aramsîiprivtih."

And they asked him, "Where do you come from?"

[27] " naa vúra yíiv ni'aramsîiprivti páy nanuxákararih."

"I come from far away, from the outside."

[28] xás kâakum tá kunpiip, " atafâat uum pihnêefich.

And some of them said, "Maybe he's Coyote.

[29] kâam kiimúsan póokriihvutihirak."

Go look upriver where he's fishing."

[30] xás pa'ávansas káakum kunihmáraroov.

And some of the men ran upriver.

[31] yánava káan úkriihvutih, upakurîihvutih.

They saw him there fishing, he was singing.

[32] xás yúruk pakunpávyiihma tá kunpiip, " uum vúra pihnêefich kâam úkriihvutih, upakurîihvutih.

And when they got back downriver, they said, "It's Coyote upriver fishing, he's singing.

[33] pu'uumhára.

It's not him (dancing)."

[34] " víri akáray" tá kunpiip.

"Then who is it?" they said.

[35] " vúra hôoy u'aramsîiprivtih, tá pukin'aapúnmara.

"Where does he come from? We don't know.

[36] chíshki kúkuum kâam kiikpimúsan.

Go look upriver again quick!

[37] atafâat ník vúra pihnêefich."

Maybe it is Coyote."

[38] xás kúkuum kunpimúsar, xás ikríhak vúra úuth kun'uum.

So they went and looked again, and they went out on the fishery.

[39] yánava káan kích sípnuuk úkrii, upakurîihvutih.

They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.

[40] ta'ítam " yée naa hínupa páy uum vúra pihnêefich payûum uthívtaaptih.

So (they said), "Well, that's Coyote who is dancing downriver!

[41] kinpiksháyvuunishtih.

He's deceiving us.

[42] chôora chími nuykan."

Let's go, let's kill him!"

[43] xás ta'ítam kunpihmárarupaheen.

And so they ran back downriver.

[44] xás kunpíip " uum pihnêefich pathivtaaptíhan, pu'uumhára peekriihvútihan.

And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing.

[45] sípnuuk kích káan ukûuntakoo.

Just a storage basket is sitting there.

[46] ta'ítam chími nuykan, tá kinpiksháyvuunish."

So let's kill him, he's deceiving us!"

[47] ta'ítam ukvípaheen.

So (Coyote) ran.

[48] xás yúruk ukvíriprup.

He ran downriver.

[49] xás yánava káan ípaha u'íihya, xás usúrukaahitih.

And he saw a tree standing there, and there was a hole in it.

[50] xás pihnêefich sú' uhyívkaanva " ararátaay kiihmárarishuki, xás kâam kiihmáraroov."

And Coyote shouted in through it, "Lots of people, come out, and run upriver!"

[51] xás ta'ítam yúruk ukvíriprup.

And so he ran downriver.

[52] xás patishanihyûum ukvíriprup víri kúna kâam pa'îin kun'áharamuti tá kunihmáravarak.

And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver.

[53] xás pihnêefich upíip " thúfkaam vúra vúrunihi nani'ífuth."

So Coyote said, "Let a big creek flow down behind me!"

[54] xás vúra ukvíriprup.

Then he ran downriver.

(Bright: "This was the origin of Camp Creek, the large creek just south of Orleans.")

[55] xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."

And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"

[56] xás pa'îin kun'áharamuti xára xás kunithyárukha, ayu'âach ishahákaam.

And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water.

[57] xás vúra yúruk ukvíriprup.

And so he ran downriver.

[58] xás xôoxhirak ukvíripma.

And he ran to Martin's Ferry.

[59] xás káan yánava ikmaháchraam u'íikra.

And there he saw a sweathouse standing.

[60] xás úskaakurih.

And he jumped in.

[61] xás âapun ukyívish.

And he fell on the ground.

[62] xás upíip " amtápar vúra kan'árihish, xás paniníyuup ámtaap kamixyan.

And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.

[63] xás vúra pihnîich kan'árihish."

And let me become an old man."

[64] xás káan pihnîich úyruuhriv.

So he lay there (as) an old man.

[65] xás axmáy îim kunihmárish.

And suddenly they stopped running outside.

[66] xás kunihyívraathva ikmaháchraam.

And they shouted into the sweathouse.

(Bright: "kunihyívraathva is reduced by haplology from kun-ihyív-ivraath-va 'they shouted into the sweathouse (pl.)'")

[67] xás kunpíip " hôoy kích ára kumáheen, tóo kvíriprup."

And they said, "Where have you seen a person? He ran downriver."

[68] xás upíip " chi'é.

And he said, "chi'é.

[69] káan ník chirikiríkih."

There was the sound of footsteps there."

(Bright: "chi'é" in sentence 68 "is supposed to be a Yurok word; the informant knew no meaning for it. chirikiríkih is 'broken Karok' for urikiríkiha 'there was a sound of footsteps.' Another informant's version of this sentence gives the same word as ulikilíkiha, showing substitution of l for the flap r which is lacking in Yurok.")

[70] xás kunihmárarup.

So they ran downriver.

[71] xás pihnêefich úskaakrupuk.

Then Coyote jumped out.

[72] xás ishkêeshak úskaakurih, xás úkpuuhrin.

And he jumped in the river, and he swam across.

[73] xás má' ukvíripuraa.

And he ran up into the mountains.

[74] xás pa'ávansas uumkun yúruk ník tá kunithvirípiithva, xás puvúra fâat tá máhap.

And the men ran around downriver, and they didn't see anything.

[75] xás axmáy ithyáruk má' pihnêefich ukpêehva " shúuuuuhuuuuu."

And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."

[76] xás vaa vúra pihnêefich ukúphaanik.

And Coyote did that.

[1]	pihnêefich vaa káan mukríhraam pihneefthuf'ípan.
	Coyote's fishery was there at the end of Wilder Gulch.

[2]	xás káan atahári vúra ukrihankôotih.
	He was always fishing there.

[3]	xás tuthítiv, chími uthivtapáraheesh.
	And he heard it, there was going to be a war dance.

[4]	xás ararátaay chími kunivyíhukeesh.
	A lot of people were going to come.

[5]	xás káan panamnih'ifápiit áxak kun'iin.
	And two Orleans girls lived there.

[6]	xás pu'akara'îin kínmaahtihap.
	And nobody had seen them.

[7]	xás kunpíip " payêem xasík chí kinmáheesh."
	And they said, "Now we are going to see them."

[8]	xás uum pihnêefich káru vúra púva haríxay maahvúnaa.
	And Coyote had never yet seen them either.

[9]	xás upíip " miník nikyâavunaa."
	And he said, "I'll fix them!"

[10]	xás sípnuuk káruk u'êethroov.
	So he took a storage basket upriver.

[11]	xás ikríhak á' utháantak.
	And he set it up on the fishery.

[12]	xás upêer pasípnuuk " naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo.
	And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.

[13]	xasík ík ipakurîihvutiheesh ik."
	You must be singing."

[14]	xás kári pamúvaas uyxôorariv pasípnuuk.
	Then he covered the storage basket with his blanket.

[15]	xás upêer " vaa ík vúra kóo ôok ikûuntakoovish pani'ípakahaak, xasík ikôoheesh."
	And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop."

[16]	xás ta'ítam úkriihvaheen pasípnuuk, upakurîihvutih.
	Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.

[17]	xás pihnêefich yúruk upikvíriprup.
	And Coyote ran downriver.

[18]	xás yánava tuthivtaparákaamha.
	And he saw there was a big war dance.

[19]	xás upíip " chími yíth kanpárihish.
	And he said, "Let me turn into someone else!"

[20]	yaas'arah'ávansa kanpárihish.
	Let me turn into a rich man!

[21]	koovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax."
	Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"

[22]	ta'ítam uthivtáparaheen.
	Then he went to the war dance.

[23]	xás yánava pa'ifápiitsha xákarari kun'íin poothivtapárahitihirak.
	And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing.

[24]	xás vúra koovura'îin kunsíinva vúra akárayvava kumayaas'árah, vúra kumeemshúpap.
	And they all failed to recognize anyone so rich, so attractive.

[25]	xás koovura'îin kunímuustih.
	And everybody was looking at him.

[26]	xás tá kunpatánvish " hôoy i'aramsîiprivtih."
	And they asked him, "Where do you come from?"

[27]	" naa vúra yíiv ni'aramsîiprivti páy nanuxákararih."
	"I come from far away, from the outside."

[28]	xás kâakum tá kunpiip, " atafâat uum pihnêefich.
	And some of them said, "Maybe he's Coyote.

[29]	kâam kiimúsan póokriihvutihirak."
	Go look upriver where he's fishing."

[30]	xás pa'ávansas káakum kunihmáraroov.
	And some of the men ran upriver.