Julia Starritt: "Indian Clothes" (1957)

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[1]	ararayáfus uum vúra táfirapu ukyâarahitih.
	The Indian dress was made of buckskin.

[2]	payáfus uum vúra yítha vúra pufíchmaan.
	The dress was just one deerskin.

[3]	xás vaa vúra kuniyxôorarivahitih.
	And they were just wrapped in it.

[4]	xás pamukuntántaav táfirapu ukyâarahitih.
	And their apron was made of buckskin.

[5]	xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahitih.
	And their good dresses were made pretty.

[6]	píshiip panyúrar utaxapkóohitih.
	First bear-lily leaves were braided on.

[7]	axyúus ukyâarahiti káru yuxtháran káru sápruuk ukyâarahitih.
	It was made with digger-pine nuts and abalone shell and it was made with olivella shells.

[8]	yuxtháran uum tûupichas utapakpákahitih.
	The abalone shell was chopped up small.

[9]	mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara.
	Their dresses were not long.

[10]	pamukun'ápxaan ukyâarahiti sárip káru sárum.
	Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.

[11]	kunikxúrikarati panyúrar káru ikritápkir káru tíiptiip.
	They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain fern.

[12]	xás patíiptiip uum aaxkúnish ukyâahitih.
	And the chain fern was made red.

[13]	xás pamukun'ápxaan uum uvíkahiti pasárum mûuk káru papanyúrar káru peekritápkir káru patíiptiip.
	And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.