Nettie Ruben: "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (1957)

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[1]	peekxaréeyav vúra uum kunikyâanik.
	The gods made it.

[2]	fatavéenaan kuníkyav.
	They made a priest.

[3]	kári xás púyava máruk tuvâaram ahíram.
	And so he went uphill to the fireplaces.

[4]	kári xás tá koo, tóo píinmar.
	And then that was all, he ended the world-renewal.

[5]	púyava yáanchiip vúra uum koovúra tá kunkúhinaa.
	Then the next year everybody was sick.

[6]	tá kunfíipha vúra pa'áraaras.
	The people died off.

[7]	kári xás púyava " kúkuum peekxariya'áraar chí kamikrîish."
	And so (the gods thought) "Let the priest take office (lit., sit down) again!"

[8]	kári xás kunpiip, " hûut pánukupheesh."
	And they said, "How shall we do?"

[9]	kári xás kunpiip, " man'áta."
	And they said, "I don't know."

[10]	xás kunpiip, " xâatik payêem ikyávaan ka'íru."
	And they said, "Let there be priestesses too, this time."

[11]	" chémi."
	"All right."

[12]	" káru imúsaan, káru koopitxaaríhvaan káru kixáhaan."
	"And an assistant priest, and priest's companions, and brush-burners.

[13]	" chémi."
	"All right."

[14]	kári xás ta'ítam ukûurishriheen.
	So then he took office.

[15]	xás kun'ir.
	And they celebrated the world-renewal.

[16]	púyava koovúra tá kun'áraarahitih, kixáhaan káru vúra imúsaan, káru ikyávaan, káru koopitxaaríhvaan.
	And they were all (there), brush-burners and assistant priest, and priestesses, and priest's companions.

[17]	púyava chavúra tá kunpíinmar.
	So finally they ended the world-renewal.

[18]	xás kári púyava yáanchiip kúkuum vaa tá kári.
	And then the next year (they did it) again the same way.

[19]	púyava koovúra uum púxay vúra yíthaxay kuhítihara pa'áraaras, koovúra vúra yav, púxay axvahkánxay.
	And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.

[20]	kári xás kunpiip, " vaa páy hínupa uum pookupítiheesh."
	And they said, "That's the way (Mankind) will do it."

[21]	kári xás kunpiip, " víri vaa yáas tá nupíkyaar.
	And they said, "We have just finished.

[22]	payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri vaa pakunkupítiheesh.
	When Mankind comes into existence, they will do like that.

[23]	púxay vúraxay yaas'ára axvahkánxayheeshara."
	Mankind will not be sick.

[24]	púyava vúra koomahich.
	So that's all.