Nettie Ruben: "Elk Hunting" (1957)

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[1]	íshyuux kuniyvúnkurihvuti pachishih'íin.
	The dogs used to herd elk in (to ravines).

[2]	patóo skákavruk káan xás tá kuníykar.
	When (an elk) jumped down over a bank (and disabled itself), then (the dogs) killed it there.

[3]	pakári athkuritárahiv tá kun'ákunvanva.
	When it was hunting season, they went hunting.

[4]	víriva itheekxarámva vúra pakunpikvahrúpukva.
	They made hunting medicine, night after night.

[5]	púyava patusúpaahaak púyava ukráam kúuk tá kunihmárava, tá kunpáatvunaa pa'ávansas.
	When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed.

[6]	xás aas kun'íishvunaa.
	Then they ate a meal.

[7]	púyava aas tá kunpíshmaranaa.
	Then they finished eating.

[8]	kári xás víri pamukunxúskaamhar víriva áak tá kunsímku ánam múuk.
	Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.

[9]	kári xás tá kunívyiihship, tá kun'ákunvanva.
	Then they went off, they went hunting.

[10]	puvéek vúra uchvánihich tóo krii, tá kunpavyíhish.
	(The sun) was not yet well out, (when) they got back.

[11]	koovúra pa'íshyuux tá kunthathvíshriihva.
	They all carried the elk home.

[12]	púyava vúra kich.
	So that's all.