Lottie Beck: "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (1957)

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[1]	á 'iknêechhan pirishkâarim muhrôoha.
	Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.

[2]	ka'tim'îin kun'iin.
	They lived in Katimin.

[3]	á 'iknêechhan pamu'îin ukyâanik.
	Duck Hawk made his falls (there).

[4]	xás pa'áraar poo'îinhiti víriva musúrukam kun'írunaatih.
	And the people traveled behind where the falls were.

(Bright: "That is, the falls were so high, and their top jutted out so far, that it was possible to cross the river by walking underneath them.")

[5]	xás uxús " tishráam kanvâarami."
	And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."

[6]	xás káan askitávaan utápkuup.
	He liked a woman there.

[7]	u'ípak kúkuum.
	He came back again.

[8]	vúra upvâaram.
	He went away again.

[9]	vúra xára tusínmoo.
	He was away for a long time.

[10]	pâanpay pirishkâarim tuthítiv " káan tu'iimníhva."
	Finally Grizzly Bear heard he was having a love affair there.

[11]	xás kóova úxviipha, pa'îin upáktaapsip.
	And she was so mad, she tipped the falls up on one end.

(Bright: "This is the origin of á'uuyich, the hill known in English as Sugarloaf. As stated in sentence 26, this hill is the present-day home of Duck Hawk; see Kroeber, 1946, pp.13-14.")

[12]	xás upvâaram.
	Then she went away.

[13]	káruma á 'iknêechhan u'ípahootih.
	The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.

[14]	tishravará'iivreer tupikfúkuvraa.
	He came over Etna Mountain.

[15]	pamu'îin hôoy ník úxaaktih.
	There was no sound of his falls.

(Bright: "Lit., 'Where were his falls sounding somewhat?' This is an instance of the way in which Karok uses a question stylistically to express a negative.")

[16]	vúra vaa u'ípahootih.
	He was coming back like that.

[17]	asa'urúh'iivreen upitshîiprin.
	He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).

[18]	"yáh naa, panani'îin tá kunpáktaapsipreeheen."
	"yáh naa, my falls have been tipped up on end."

(Bright: "yáh naa is an interjection occurring only in this text, according to the informant.")

[19]	aseeshtákak u'íipma.
	He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin).

[20]	pirishkâarim tupaatíraa ka'tim'iinkároom.
	Grizzly Bear was carrying (her belongings) uphill from Katimin.

[21]	xás uxús " chími kankúniihki."
	And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"

[22]	âapun ásak upathakhíish.
	He kneeled down on a rock.

[23]	poo'áaksur pirishkâarim sáruk uikyívunih.
	When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.

[24]	yánava sáruk tóo krivrúuhnih.
	He saw her roll downhill.

[25]	xás vaa vúra payváheem pamupathakhíram káan kunmáheesh.
	And nowadays his kneeling-spot can be seen there.

[26]	káru á'iknêechhan á'uuyichak ukrii.
	And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.