Julia Starritt: "Salmon Fishing" (1957)

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[1]	pa'áraar uum pa'áama ukupéekriihvahitih.
	The Indians fished for salmon in a certain way.

[2]	píshiip imvír tá kuníkyav.
	First they made a fishing platform.

[3]	táaskar kunikyâaratih.
	It was made of poles.

[4]	ishkêeshak kunvêehkurihvuti patáaskar.
	The poles were stuck into the river.

[5]	xás sákriv vúra tá kunvêehkurihva.
	And they were stuck in tight.

[6]	xás pamukun'ikríhar uum taskanatunvêechas ukyâarahitih.
	And their fish-trap was made of little poles.

[7]	xás vaa káan pa'urípi unhíkahitih.
	And the net was tied on there.

[8]	púyava pakuníkriihvuti vaa káan kunkûuntako peemvirak'ípan.
	So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.

[9]	púyava xás mukun'urípi aas tá kunikríkurih.
	And they set their net into the water.

[10]	xás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
	And they tied a long string to the end of the net.

[11]	pa'urípi uum vâaram ukyâahitih.
	The net was made long.

[12]	ipanîich vúra uum chûuyich.
	At the far end it was narrow.

[13]	pa'ávahkam uum tírih.
	At the top it was wide.

[14]	púyava pá'aas ukríkurihva púyava pa'áama tá kunívyiihraa, xás urípihak tá kunihmáravar.
	So when they set it into the water, when the salmon came up, then they ran into the net.

[15]	púyava pa'ipanîich pa'áama tu'uumáhaak púyava pa'áan tóo kéen.
	When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.

[16]	púyava kári pa'áraar pa'urípi upithyúruripaa.
	Then the Indian pulled the net out of the water.

[17]	yanavéekva pa'áama su'.
	He saw the salmon inside

[18]	púyava xás á' tóo thyúruraa.
	So he pulled it up (out).

[19]	xás kári pa'áama áhup mûuk tu'ákoo.
	And he hit the salmon with a stick (to kill it).

[20]	púyava xás mâaka tóo skúruhripaa.
	Then he carried it ashore.

[21]	víriva pa'áama kunkupeeykárahitih.
	They caught the salmon that way.

[22]	kunipíti " uum pupiykáreeshap pakáan asiktávaan uvúrayvutihaak."
	People said they wouldn't catch (anything) if a woman was around there.

[23]	asiktávaan uum pukáan vúrayvutihara peemvírak.
	A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.

[24]	káru pu'aamtíhap káru pishpíshih.
	And (the fishermen) didn't eat honey either.