Lottie Beck: "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (1957)

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[1]	á 'iknêechhan	pirishkâarim	muhrôoha
	falcon	grizzly	his.wife

Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.

[2]	ka'tim'îin	kun'iin
	Ishi.Pishi.Falls	they.lived

They lived in Katimin.

[3]	á 'iknêechhan	pamu'îin	ukyâanik
	falcon	his.falls	he.made.it

Duck Hawk made his falls (there).

[4]	xás	pa'áraar	poo'îinhiti	víriva	musúrukam	kun'írunaatih
	then	the.people	where.the.falls.were	so	underneath.them	they.were.walking

And the people traveled behind where the falls were.

(Bright: "That is, the falls were so high, and their top jutted out so far, that it was possible to cross the river by walking underneath them.")

[5]	xás	uxús	tishráam	kanvâarami
	then	he.thought	valley	let.me.go.away

And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."

[6]	xás	káan	askitávaan	utápkuup
	then	there	woman	he.likes

He liked a woman there.

[7]	u'ípak	kúkuum
	he.came.back	again

He came back again.

[8]	vúra	upvâaram
	Intensive	he.went.away.again

He went away again.

[9]	vúra	xára	tusínmoo
	Intensive	long.time	he.has.been.absent

He was away for a long time.

[10]	pâanpay	pirishkâarim	tuthítiv	káan	tu'iimníhva
	after.while	grizzly	she.had.heard	there	he.had.been.having.a.love.affair

Finally Grizzly Bear heard he was having a love affair there.

[11]	xás	kóova	úxviipha	pa'îin	upáktaapsip
	then	so	she.got.angry	the.falls	she.turned.it.up.on.one.end

And she was so mad, she tipped the falls up on one end.

(Bright: "This is the origin of á'uuyich, the hill known in English as Sugarloaf. As stated in sentence 26, this hill is the present-day home of Duck Hawk; see Kroeber, 1946, pp.13-14.")

[12]	xás	upvâaram
	then	she.went.away

Then she went away.

[13]	káruma	á 'iknêechhan	u'ípahootih
	in.fact	falcon	he.was.going.back

The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.

[14]	tishravará'iivreer	tupikfúkuvraa
	Etna.Mountain	he.climbed.over

He came over Etna Mountain.

[15]	pamu'îin	hôoy	ník	úxaaktih
	his.falls	where	a.little	it.was.making.noise

There was no sound of his falls.

(Bright: "Lit., 'Where were his falls sounding somewhat?' This is an instance of the way in which Karok uses a question stylistically to express a negative.")

[16]	vúra	vaa	u'ípahootih
	Intensive	so	he.was.going.back

He was coming back like that.

[17]	asa'urúh'iivreen	upitshîiprin
	placename	he.started.to.see.it

He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).

[18]	yáh naa	panani'îin	tá	kunpáktaapsipreeheen
	surprise	my.falls	PERF	they.have.been.turned.up.on.one.side

"yáh naa, my falls have been tipped up on end."

(Bright: "yáh naa is an interjection occurring only in this text, according to the informant.")

[19]	aseeshtákak	u'íipma
	placename	he.returned

He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin).

[20]	pirishkâarim	tupaatíraa	ka'tim'iinkároom
	grizzly	she.is.carrying.it.uphill.on.her.back	uphill.and.upriver.from.Katimin

Grizzly Bear was carrying (her belongings) uphill from Katimin.

[21]	xás	uxús	chími	kankúniihki
	then	he.thought	soon	let.me.shoot.her

And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"

[22]	âapun	ásak	upathakhíish
	on.the.ground	on.a.rock	he.is.kneeling.down.(on.one.knee)

He kneeled down on a rock.

[23]	poo'áaksur	pirishkâarim	sáruk	uikyívunih
	when.he.releases.the.arrow	grizzly	downhill	she.fell.downhill

When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.

[24]	yánava	sáruk	tóo	krivrúuhnih
	visible	downhill	she.has	roll.downhill.from.here

He saw her roll downhill.

[25]	xás	vaa	vúra	payváheem	pamupathakhíram	káan	kunmáheesh
	then	so	Intensive	nowadays	his.kneeling-place	there	they.will.see.it

And nowadays his kneeling-spot can be seen there.

[26]	káru	á'iknêechhan	á'uuyichak	ukrii
	also	falcon	at.Sugarloaf	he.lives

And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.