Chester Pepper: "Coyote's Journey" (1957)

Primary participants: Chester Pepper (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-03
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 170-177, Text 3
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1]	pihnêefich	vaa	ukúphaanik
	coyote	so	he.did.it

Coyote did that.

[2]	panámniik	u'ífanik
	Orleans	he.grew.up

He grew up at Orleans.

[3]	vaa	káan	muthívthaaneen
	that	there	his.country

That was his country there.

[4]	kári	xás	uxúsaanik	chími	káruk	ishpúk	kanikyâan	kahyúras
	then	then	he.thought	soon	upriver	dentalium.shells	let.me.go.to.get.it!	Klamath.Lakes

And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"

[5]	xás	uparíshriihva	antunvêech
	then	he.twined.them	little.string

And he twined little strings.

[6]	ithéeshyav	uparíshriihva
	all.winter	he.twined.them

He twined a whole winter.

[7]	achavúra	ithá'iithva	vaa	kóo	uparíshriihva
	finally	one.pack-load	that	as.much.as	he.twined.it

Finally he twined a whole pack.

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[8]	kári	xás	uvâaram
	then	then	he.left

Then he left.

[9]	xás	páy	pasâam	usaamvárakti	u'árihroov
	then	this	which.downhill	it.flows.down.from.upriver	he.went.upriver

And he went upriver downhill where that flows down from upriver.

(Bright: "páy pasâam usaamvárakti 'downhill where that flows down from upriver' is a circumlocution meaning simply 'by the river.'")

[10]	koovúra	pa'áraar	umáahvunaatih	iimkun	vúra	pufáatsahara
	all	the.people	He.saw.them	2pl.	Intensive	nothings

He saw all the people (and said), "You-all are just nothings.

[11]	naa	kahyúras	tá	nivâaram
	1sg.	Klamath.Lakes	PERF	I.go

I am leaving for Klamath Lakes."

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[12]	chavúra	ôok	ithivthanéen'aachip	tu'árihroov
	finally	here	center.of.world	he.had.traveled.upriver

Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.

[13]	káan	xás	umáh	áraar	uphikirîihvutih
	there	then	he.saw.him	human	he.was.sweating.himself

And there he saw a person, he was sweating himself.

(Bright: "This person was chiimûch 'Lizard'; cf. sentence 177.")

[14]	káan	tuvúrayvikeethun
	there	he.had.walked.around

(Coyote) walked around there.

[15]	yánava	páy	fâatva	utháthriinaa
	visible	this	something	it.was.sitting.in.baskets

He saw something sitting in baskets.

[16]	xás	uxúti	tîi	kanpakatkâatih
	then	he.was.thinking	let...	let.me.taste.it!

And he thought, "Let me taste it!"

[17]	kári	xás	upakatkátaheen
	then	then	he.tasted.it

So he tasted it.

[18]	amayaa'íshara
	extremely.good-tasting

It was very good-tasting.

[19]	chavúra	koovúra	upáfip
	finally	all	he.used.it.up

Finally he drank it all up.

[20]	xás	pamu'asíphaar	uthaxávxav
	then	his.baskets.also	he.chewed.it.up

And he chewed up (the person's) baskets to boot.

[21]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	u'áhooheen
	then	then	so	he.traveled

And then he traveled (on).

[22]	xás	úpeenti	îim	ôok	keemisha'îin	i'áveeshap
	then	he.told.him	outdoors	here	a.monster	it.will.eat.you

And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."

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[23]	kári	xás	poovôonupuk	ikmaháchraam	uvôonupuk
	then	then	when.he.came.outside	sweathouse	he.came.outside

And when he went out, (the person sweating) came out of the sweathouse.

[24]	xás	uxúti	eee	naa	nipêesh	pihnêefich	ôok	uvúrayvutiheen
	then	he.was.thinking	oh!	1sg.	I.will.say	coyote	here	he.went.around

And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here!

[25]	vaa	panini'íshaha	tupafipsîiprinaheen
	that	my.juice	he.has.finished.it.off

He's drunk up that juice of mine.

[26]	kíri	íshaha	úxrah
	I.wish	water	he.thirsts.for.it

May he get thirsty!"

[27]	xás	uxúti	vaa	kíp	kôok	uvíshvaanti	xathímtas
	then	he.was.thinking	that	just	kind	he.likes.it	roasted.grasshoppers

And he thought, "He just likes that kind, roasted grasshoppers."

[28]	xás	upíip	chími	kám'iinvi	mú'aavkam
	then	he.said	soon	let.there.be.a.forest.fire!	in.front.of.him

And he said, "Let there be a forest fire in front of him!"

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[29]	kárukvari	tu'árihroov
	upriverward	he.went.upriver

(Coyote) went on upriver.

[30]	tu'invákaamha
	there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire

There was a big forest fire.

[31]	xás	tutúraayva	vúra	uum	táay	paxathímtas
	then	he.looked.around	Intensive	3.SG	much	the.roasted.grasshoppers

And he looked around, there were lots of grasshoppers.

[32]	vúra	puna'áveeshara
	Intensive	I.will.not.eat.them

"I won't eat them."

[33]	chavúra	yiimúsich	tu'uum
	finally	little.ways.off	he.had.gone

Finally he went a little ways.

[34]	xás	uxúti	tîi	matée	kóomahich	kan'ífapvi	paxathímtas
	then	he.was.thinking	let...	later	little.bit	let.me.pick.them.up!	the.roasted.grasshoppers

And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"

[35]	hínupa	chími	u'ífapveesh
	surprise	soon	he.will.pick.them.up

He was going to pick them up.

[36]	kári	xás	uxúti	hûut	áta	kúth	papunayâavahitihara
	then	then	he.was.thinking	how	maybe	because.of	that.I.am.not.getting.enough

And (after he had eaten them), he thought "I wonder why I'm not getting full?"

[37]	xás	uxúti	naa	nixúti	ífuthkam	napávyiihrishuktih	pani'áamti
	then	he.was.thinking	1sg.	I.am.thinking	behind	they.are.coming.out.of.me	while.I.am.eating.them

And he thought, "I think they're coming out of me in the rear as I eat."

[38]	xás	uxús	chími	panini'afupchúrax	chími	kanipshivshâapi
	then	he.thought	soon	my.anus	soon	let.me.seal.it.up!

And he thought, "Let me seal up my anus."

[39]	ta'ítam	axváha	ukyâaheen
	so	pitch	he.gathered.it

Then he got pitch.

[40]	xás	pamu'afupchúrax	vaa	kumûuk	upsívshap
	then	his.anus	that	with.it	he.sealed.it.up

And he sealed up his anus with that.

[41]	xás	uxús	púya	páy	uum	payêem	uum	nayâavaheesh
	then	he.thought	and.so	this	3.SG	now	3.SG	I.will.get.enough

And he thought, "There, now I'll get full.

[42]	tá	íp	nipshívshaapat	panini'afupchúrax
	PERF	PAST	I.sealed.it.up	my.anus

I've sealed up my anus."

[43]	ta'ítam	u'aamváheen
	so	he.ate

So he ate.

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[44]	vúra	tu'invákaamha
	Intensive	there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire

There was a big forest fire.

[45]	víri	káan	ukuchnáxathunatih
	so	there	he.was.sticking.his.buttocks.here.and.there

(Coyote) was sticking his buttocks around there.

[46]	xás	uxúti	nixúti	chími	ni'uumêesh	kahyúras
	then	he.was.thinking	I.am.thinking	soon	I.will.arrive.there	Klamath.Lakes

And he thought, "I think I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."

[47]	tuthítiv	poothivnúrutih
	he.had.heard.it	as.it.was.roaring

He heard it thundering.

[48]	vaa	ukupathitívahitih	kúnish	upíti	huhuhuhuhuhu
	so	he.was.hearing.it.that.way	sort.of	it.was.saying	roaring.sound

He heard that, it sort of said, "Huhuhuhuhuhu."

[49]	xás	uxúti	chími	ni'uumêesh	kahyúras
	then	he.was.thinking	soon	I.will.arrive.there	Klamath.Lakes

And he thought, "I'm about to reach Klamath Lakes."

(Bright: "Coyote thought that the noise was made by the falls at Klamath Lakes.")

[50]	vaa	kích	poothítiv	páhuhuhuhuhuhu
	that	only	that.he.heard	the.huhuhuhuhuhu

He just heard that "Huhuhuhuhuhu."

[51]	hinupáy	pamu'afupchúrax	poo'iinkútih
	surprise	his.anus	that.it.was.burning

There it was his anus burning.

[52]	hinupáy	íp	pa'axváha	mûuk	upsívshaapat	hinupáy	vaa	poo'iinkútih
	surprise	PAST	the.pitch	with.(by.means.of)	he.sealed.it.up	surprise	that	that.it.was.burning

There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.

[53]	víri	hûut	chími	u'îineesh
	so	how	soon	he.will.do

(He wondered) what he should do.

[54]	vaa	vúra	káan	âapun	yúuxak	ukûuruthun
	so	Intensive	there	on.the.ground	in.the.dirt	he.slid.around

He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.

[55]	víriva	kích	upíti	átuhtuhtuhtuhtuhtuh
	so.that	only	he.was.saying	exclamation

He was just saying, "átuhtuhtuhtuhtuh!"

[56]	púyava	chavúra	úmsip	pamu'afupchúrax
	you.see	finally	it.was.extinguished	his.anus

So finally his anus was extinguished.

[57]	púyava	uxús	payêem	vúra	puna'ípaveeshara	paxathímtas
	you.see	he.thought	now	Intensive	I.will.not.eat.it.again	the.roasted.grasshoppers

So he thought, "Now I won't eat roasted grasshoppers again.

[58]	tá	koo	vúra	puna'áveeshara
	PERF	all	Intensive	I.will.not.eat.it

That's all, I won't eat them."

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[59]	chímiva	vaa	kúna	ukúupha	íshaha	úxrah
	soon	so	in.addition	he.did.it	water	he.thirsted.for.it

Soon he did this also, he got thirsty.

[60]	úma	vaa	ukúphaanik	pámitva	ithéeshyav	uparíshriihva	antunvêech
	emphatic(?)	so	he.did.it	when.previously	all.winter	he.twined.them	little.string

That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.

[61]	hôoyvarihva	tóo	xyáthuroovaheen
	somewhere.or.other	he.had	lost.it

He had lost them somewhere.

[62]	víri	hûut	chími	ukupheesh
	so	how	soon	he.will.do.it

So what was he to do?

[63]	pa'íshaha	tóo	xrah
	the.water	he.had	thirst.for

He was thirsty.

[64]	yiimúsich	tóo	tsîip
	little.ways.off	he.had	look.up

He looked off a little ways.

[65]	yanéekva	pasaamvároo	uvúrunihtih
	visible	the.creek	it.was.flowing.downhill

There was a creek flowing down.

[66]	káan	tu'uum
	there	he.had.arrived

He got there.

[67]	tupivaxráheen
	it.had.dried.up

It had dried up.

[68]	pâanpay	vaa	tóo	kvíripship
	after.while	so	he.had	start.to.run

After a while he broke into a run.

[69]	káan	tu'uum
	there	he.had.arrived

He got there.

[70]	tupivaxráheen
	it.had.dried.up

It had dried up.

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[71]	xás	uxúti	vúra	puna'ísheeshara	ishkéesh'aas
	then	he.was.thinking	Intensive	I.will.not.drink.it	river.water

And he thought, "I won't drink river water."

[72]	múvaas	u'iithvútih
	his.blanket	he.was.carrying.it.on.his.back

He was carrying his blanket.

[73]	payêem	panimáhaak	pasaamvároo	paninívaas	kúuk	nipaathméesh
	now	when.I.see.it	the.creek	my.blanket	to.there	I.will.throw.it.toward.it

"Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it.

[74]	xasík	vaa	nipachipchípeesh
	then.(future)	that	I.will.suck.on.it

Then I can suck on that."

[75]	xás	poomáh	pasaamvároo	ta'ítam	kúuk	upaathmáheen
	then	when.he.saw.it	the.creek	so	to.there	he.threw.it.toward.it

And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it.

[76]	ivaxráhak	xás	ukyívish
	on.dry.ground	then	it.fell.down

But it fell on dry ground.

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[77]	vúra	íshaha	tóo	xrah
	Intensive	water	he.had	thirst.for

He was really thirsty.

[78]	vúra	puna'ísheeshara	ishkéesh'aas
	Intensive	I.will.not.drink.it	river.water

"I won't drink river water."

[79]	víri	vaa	ukupítih
	so	so	he.was.doing.it

He did that.

[80]	vúra	tu'invákaamha
	Intensive	there.had.been.a.big.forest.fire

There was a big forest fire.

[81]	víri	úuth	ishkêeshak	tu'ahirímkaanva
	so	out.to.water	at.the.river	it.had.been.lying.across-stream

There were trees falling out into the river.

[82]	xás	uxúti	xâatik	vúra	ni'ish	peeshkéesh'aas
	then	he.was.thinking	it's.better	Intensive	I.drink	the.river.water

And he thought, "Let me drink the river water.

[83]	kúna	vúra	pu'astíipich	na'ísheeshara
	in.addition	Intensive	not.by.the.bank	I.will.not.drink.it

But I won't drink by the bank.

[84]	vúra	ishkéesh'aachip	xasík	ni'ísheesh
	Intensive	middle.of.the.river	then.(future)	I.will.drink.it

I'll drink in the middle of the river.

[85]	chavúra	umáh	yánava	ithyáruk	ukúripaahiti	itháriip
	finally	he.saw.it	visible	across	it.was.lying.towards.land	Douglas.fir

Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.

[86]	kári	xás	uxús	vaa	pay'ôok	xasík	íshaha	ni'ísheesh
	then	then	he.thought	so	right.here	then.(future)	water	I.will.drink.it

And he thought, "Here I will drink water."

[87]	ta'ítam	uvátakaraheen
	so	he.walked.out.across.water.on.it

So he walked out on it.

[88]	kári	xás	ishkéesh'aachip	ta'ítam	ukúkuriheen
	then	then	middle.of.the.river	so	he.stooped.down

And in the middle of the river he stooped down to the water.

[89]	víri	pookúkurih	chímiva	úuth	úkyiimkar
	so	when.he.stooped.down	soon	out.to.water	he.fell.into.the.water

When he stooped down, he suddenly fell in.

[90]	usíinvar
	he.drowned

He drowned.

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[91]	ta'ítam	upthívruuhvarak
	so	he.floated.back.down.from.upriver

So he floated back down from upstream.

[92]	víri	vúra	uum	táay	pa'ahuptunvêechas	u'áthanvaraktih
	so	Intensive	3.SG	much	the.little.sticks	they.were.floating.down.from.upstream

There were a lot of little sticks floating down from upriver.

[93]	xás	pihnêefich	uxús	chími	ahupyâamach	kanpárihish
	then	coyote	he.thought	soon	a.pretty.stick	let.me.be.transformed!

And Coyote thought, "Let me become a pretty stick!

[94]	vaa	uum	hôoy	vúrava	kanéeptaatripaavish
	so	3.SG	where	just	they.will.hook.me.out.of.water

That way they will hook me out somewhere.

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[95]	yíiv	tuthívruuhma
	far	he.had.floated.to

He floated a long ways.

[96]	chími	axmáy	yúruk	utrûuputih
	soon	suddenly	downriver	he.was.looking.downriver

Suddenly he looked downriver.

[97]	víri	vaa	kunkupítih	pa'asiktávaansa	kunxúti	kíri	nutururípan	pa'áhup
	so	so	they.were.doing.it	the.women	they.were.thinking	I.wish	we.hook.it.out.(with.sticks)	the.stick

They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks.

(Bright: "Literally, 'the women thought, 'let us hook out sticks!''")

[98]	xás	pihnêefich	tutápkuup	pa'asiktávaansa
	then	coyote	he.had.taken.a.liking.to.them	the.women

And Coyote took a liking to the women.

[99]	chavúra	kaanvári	uthívruuhma
	finally	in.that.direction	he.floated.to

Finally he floated to that vicinity.

[100]	víri	uvuunôovutih
	so	there.was.an.eddy

There was an eddy.

[101]	víriva	káan	ta'ítam	pihnêefich	káan	uthívruuhma
	so	there	so	coyote	there	he.floated.to

So then Coyote floated to there.

[102]	ooo	pa'asiktávaansa	kunpiip	ooo	yáxa	páykuuk	kóo	ahupyâamach	uthivrúhuthunatih
	oh!	the.women	they.said	oh!	look!	over.there	so.much	a.pretty.stick	it.is.floating.around

"Oh," the women said, "oh, look there, such a pretty stick is floating around.

[103]	chími	nútaatripaa
	soon	let.us.hook.it.out.of.water!

Let's hook it out!"

[104]	víriva	kuntafiripfíriptih
	so	they.were.missing.it

But they kept missing it.

[105]	káruma	uum	pihnêefich	uxúti	xáy	kanátaatripaa
	in.fact	3.SG	coyote	he.was.thinking	let.not	they.hook.me.out.of.water

Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out."

[106]	kári	xás	uxús	chími	kanipthívruuhsun
	then	then	he.thought	soon	let.me.float.away.again!

And he thought, "Let me float away!"

[107]	ta'ítam	upthívruuhrup
	so	he.floated.downriver.again

So he floated downriver again.

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[108]	chavúra	kúkuum	vaa	káan	umáh	asiktávaansa	astiip	áhup	kunikyáavanaatih
	finally	again	so	there	he.saw.it	women	shore	wood	they.were.gathering.it

Finally he saw women there on the bank again, they were gathering wood.

[109]	xás	yítha	upíip	ooo	yáxa	kóo	ahupyâamach	tuthívruuhvarak
	then	one	she.said	oh!	look!	so.much	a.pretty.stick	it.has.floated.down.from.upriver

And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!"

[110]	xás	yíth	upíip	atafâat naa	pihnêefich
	then	other	she.said	maybe	coyote

And another said, "Maybe it's Coyote.

[111]	mít	kunípaat	kahyúras	tuvâaram
	near.past	they.said	Klamath.Lakes	he.had.gone

They said he had left for Klamath Lakes.

[112]	ípararahum	atafâat naa	vaa
	reliable?	maybe	that

He's not reliable, maybe that's him."

(Bright: "Literally, 'is he reliable?' A question is often used in Karok as a rhetorical equivalent of a negative.")

[113]	púyava	ník	kunímuustih
	you.see	a.little	they.were.looking.at.it

So they looked at it.

[114]	káan	vúra	tuthivrúhuthun
	there	Intensive	it.had.floated.around

It floated around there.

[115]	xáyfaat	núhmaachichva
	don't!	we.fool.around.with.it

"Let's not fool with it."

[116]	xás	úuth	kunpíkfuutkar
	then	out.to.water	they.pushed.it.back.into.the.river

So they pushed it back out into the river.

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[117]	eee	xás	uxúti	pihnêefich	yáas	naa	nixúti	tá	nishíinvar
	oh!	then	he.was.thinking	coyote	then	1sg.	I.am.thinking	PERF	I.drowned

"Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned."

[118]	kôokaninay	vúra	pakunmáahti	úuth	kunpíkfuutkaanva
	everywhere	Intensive	when.they.were.seeing.him	out.to.water	they.pushed.him.back.into.the.river

Everywhere they saw him, they pushed him back out into the river.

[119]	chavúra	yûum	kumayúrasak	uthívruuhramnih
	finally	uphill.downriver	at.its.ocean	he.floated.into.there

Finally he floated into the ocean downriver.

[120]	káan	xás	uthivrúhish
	there	then	he.floated.ashore

He floated to shore there.

[121]	xás	vúra	tóo	sir	pihnêefich
	then	Intensive	he.had	disappear	coyote

Coyote was just lost.

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[122]	káan	vúra	uvúrayvikeethun
	there	Intensive	he.walked.around

He walked around there.

[123]	yánava	káan	ikmaháchraam	u'íikra
	visible	there	sweathouse	it.stood

He saw a sweathouse standing there.

[124]	xás	utvâamnath
	then	he.looked.into.the.sweathouse

So he looked inside.

[125]	yánava	púra karáxay	vúra
	visible	nobody	Intensive

He saw nobody.

[126]	xás	uvôoruvrath	pihnêefich
	then	he.crawled.into.the.sweathouse	coyote

So Coyote crawled in.

[127]	xás	sú'	póo'uum	pootvárayva	pamukun'ikrívkir	koovúra	athkuritmúrax	vúra
	then	inside	when.he.arrived	when.he.looked.around	their.disk-seats	all	nothing.but.fat	Intensive

And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.

[128]	pamukunpatúmkir	káru	vúra	athkúrit
	their.pillows	also	Intensive	fat

Their pillows were fat too.

[129]	káru	pamukunpiykiríkir	vaa	káru	vúra	athkúrit
	also	their.ladder	that	also	Intensive	fat

And their ladder was fat too.

[130]	xás	vúra	tóo	xúriha	pihnêefich
	then	Intensive	he.had	be.hungry	coyote

And Coyote was hungry.

[131]	uxúti	tîi	kanpakatkâati	papatúmkir
	he.was.thinking	let...	let.me.take.a.taste.of.them!	the.pillows

And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!"

[132]	xás	poopakátkat	amayaa'íshara
	then	when.he.took.a.taste.of.them	extremely.good-tasting

And when he tasted them, they were very good-tasting.

[133]	chavúra	koovúra	utháfip	pamukunpiykiríkir	vaa	káru	vúra	utháfip
	finally	all	he.devoured.them	their.ladder	that	also	Intensive	he.devoured.it

Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.

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[134]	xás	axmáy	fâat	kúnish	uthítiv
	then	suddenly	what	sort.of	he.heard.it

And suddenly he sort of heard something.

[135]	xás	uxús	chími	kaníchunvi
	then	he.thought	soon	let.me.hide.myself!

And he thought, "Let me hide!"

[136]	xás	vaa	káan	ahup'iyvoorámaam	káan	u'áasish
	then	so	there	behind.the.woodpile	there	he.laid.down

And he lay down there behind the woodpile.

[137]	xás	ikxúrar	pakunpavyíhivrath
	then	evening	when.they.came.back.into.the.sweathouse

And in the evening (the people) came back in the sweathouse"

[138]	ith'áraan	ník	kúna	tóo	pvôoruvrath	kunithyivúniihvutih
	each.person	a.little	in.addition	he.had	come.back.into.the.sweathouse	they.fell.down

(As) each person crawled in, they fell down.

(Bright: "Not basic ith'áraan 'stranger,' but and external-sandhi variant of basic ith'áraara 'one person, each person.'")

[139]	kári	xás	kunpíip	naa	nixúti	pihnêefich	ôokninay	uvúrayvutih
	then	then	they.said	1sg.	I.am.thinking	coyote	around.here	he.is.wandering

And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here.

[140]	vaa	pávaa	tá	kupavêenahan	koovúra	tutháfip	panunupatúmkir
	that	who.that	PERF	one.who.made.mischief	all	he.has.devoured.them	our.pillows

That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."

---

[141]	vúra	vaa	utháaniv	uthítiimti	pakunchuphúruthunatih
	Intensive	so	he.lay	he.was.listening	when.they.were.talking.about.him

(Coyote) lay like that, he heard them talking about him.

[142]	kári	xás	kunpíip	chími	nupákmuuvanvi	uknamxánahich
	then	then	they.said	soon	let.us.spend.the.night.away.from.home	placename

And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."

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[143]	kári	xás	uxúti	pihnêefich	nanithívthaaneen	tá	kunchuphúruthun
	then	then	he.was.thinking	coyote	my.country	PERF	they.talk.about.it

And Coyote thought, "They're talking about my country."

[144]	xás	u'árihrishuk
	then	he.jumped.out

And he jumped out.

[145]	ishávaas	nanishavásiivsha	nipthivkéevish
	child.of.deceased.sibling	my.nephews	I.will.go.along

"Nephew, my nephew, I'll go along."

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[146]	xás	kunpíip	chémi
	then	they.said	all.right

And they said, "All right.

[147]	kúna	vúra	xáyfaat	iyúupha
	in.addition	Intensive	don't!	you.open.your.eyes

But don't open your eyes."

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[148]	chémi	vaa	ník	nikupheesh
	all.right	so	a.little	I.will.do.it

"All right, I'll do that.

[149]	vúra	punáyuupheeshara
	Intensive	I.will.not.open.my.eyes

I won't open my eyes."

---

[150]	xás	kunipêer	chími	páahak	váramnih
	then	they.told.him	soon	in.the.boat	go.in

And they told him, "Get in the boat.

[151]	súva	ník	asámyiith	uxákeesh	ixusêesh	tá	nupávyiihma
	listen!	a.little	gravel	it.will.make.a.noise	you.will.know	PERF	we.went.back.to.there

You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.

[152]	púyava	ík	kári	xasík	iyúupheesh
	you.see	must	then	then.(future)	you.will.open.your.eyes

Then you can open your eyes.

[153]	kúna	peeyuuphâak	pukinpávyiihmeeshara
	in.addition	if.you.open.your.eyes	we.will.not.go.back.there

But if you open your eyes (before), we won't get there.

[154]	vaa	vúra	ôok	nupthivrúhukeesh
	so	Intensive	here	we.will.float.back.to.here

We'll float back to here."

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[155]	chémi	vaa	ník	nikupheesh
	all.right	so	a.little	I.will.do.it

"All right, I'll do that."

[156]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	kunípviitshuraheen
	then	then	so	they.paddled.off

And so they paddled off.

[157]	pihnêefich	páahak	kunipêer	sú'	ithxuuprámnihi
	coyote	in.the.boat	they.told.him	inside	lie.face.down!

They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."

[158]	ta'ítam	pihnêefich	úthxuupramnih
	so	coyote	he.lay.face.down

So Coyote lay face down in it.

[159]	ta'ítam	kunípviitshuraheen
	so	they.paddled.off

So they paddled off.

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[160]	chavúra	tu'ûuri	pihnêefich	póothxuupramnih
	finally	he.had.become.unwilling	coyote	that.he.lay.face.down

Finally Coyote got tired of lying face down.

[161]	xás	uxús	pihnêefich	tîi	kanitníshuk
	then	he.thought	coyote	let...	let.me.look.out!

And Coyote thought, "Let me look out!"

[162]	víri	pootníshuk	víri	uumyâach	kunipthivrúhish	úuth	yúrastiim
	so	when.he.looked.out	so	just.barely	they.floated.back.ashore	out.to.water	seashore

When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore.

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[163]	xás	kunípeenti	pihnêefich	payêem	pukinípkookanpeeshara
	then	they.were.telling.him	coyote	now	we.will.not.go.along.with.you.again

Then they told Coyote, "Now you won't go with us again."

---

[164]	xás	pihnêefich	upíip	payêem	ník	vúra	ishávaas	vaa	puneepkuphêeshara
	then	coyote	he.said	now	a.little	Intensive	child.of.deceased.sibling	so	I.will.not.do.it.again

And Coyote said, "I won't do it again this time, nephew."

---

[165]	chémi	chôora
	all.right	let's.go

"All right, let's go."

[166]	ta'ítam	kunpávyiihshipreeheen
	so	they.went.away.again

So they left.

[167]	ta'ítam	kúkuum	u'asimchákaheen
	so	again	he.closed.his.eyes

Then (Coyote) closed his eyes again.

[168]	chavúra	xára	tah	axmáy	asámyiith	úxak
	finally	long.time	already	suddenly	gravel	it.made.a.noise

Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded.

[169]	kári	xás	kunipêer	pihnêefich	chími	váripi	páahak
	then	then	they.told.him	coyote	soon	get.out!	at.the.boat

And they told Coyote, "Get out of the boat!"

---

[170]	poovárip	yánava	nanithívthaaneen	tá	ni'ípak
	when.he.got.out	visible	my.country	PERF	I.come.back

When he got out, he saw, (he said), "I've come back to my country!"

[171]	ta'ítam	utakníhithunaheen
	so	he.rolled.around

Then he rolled around.

[172]	yôotva	nanishívshaaneen	tá	ni'ípak
	hurray!	my.country	PERF	I.come.back

"Hurray, I've come back to my country!"

---

[173]	púya	vaa	ukúphaanik	pihnêefich
	and.so	so	he.did.it	coyote

So that's what Coyote did.

[174]	káruk	ishpúk	ukyâaranik
	upriver	dentalium.shells	he.went.to.get.it

He went upriver to get money.

[175]	víri	vaa	ukúphaanik	pihnêefich
	so	so	he.did.it	coyote

That's what Coyote did.

[176]	púra fâat	vúra	yávhanik
	nothing	Intensive	was.good

Nothing was any good.

[177]	chiimuuch'îin	kunxúseeranik	kíri	vaa	ukúupha	pufáat	vúra	yávheeshara
	Lizard	he.thought.it.about.him	I.wish	so	he.does.it	nothing	Intensive	will.not.be.good

Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."