Nettie Ruben: "The White Man's Gifts" (1957)

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[1]	kári	pa'apxantínihich	tá	kunkôoha	pakunváthiinaa	kári	xás	pa'áraar	afyíiv	tá	kínmah
	then	when.the.white.men	PERF	they.stopped	when.they.fought	then	then	the.Indians	friend	PERF	they.saw.them

When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.

[2]	tá	kunyíchaachha
	PERF	they.got.together

They got together with them.

[3]	káruma	kári	pa'áraaras	kári	pa'áraaras	kári	kun'áathvunaatih
	in.fact	then	the.Indians	then	the.Indians	then	they.were.afraid

(But) the fact was, the Indians were still afraid.

[4]	kinípeenti	kêemish	pa'apxantínihichas
	they.told.them	something.dangerous	the.white.men

They were told that the white men were devils.

[5]	kári	peeshpúk	tá	kin'éeh
	then	the.money	PERF	they.gave.them

Then (the whites) gave them money (i.e., coins).

[6]	kunxúti	as
	they.thought	rock

(The Indians) thought they were rocks.

[7]	púyava	sáruk	astíip	tá	kunivyíhish
	you.see	downhill	shore	PERF	they.went

So they went down to the river bank.

[8]	kári	xás	tá	kuntiishtîishha
	then	then	PERF	they.skipped.them.on.the.water

And they skipped them on the water.

[9]	kunikvêeshri	pa'apxantínihich
	they.camped	the.white.men

The white men were camped.

[10]	kári	xás	kinipêer	káan	ík	kúvyiihmeesh
	then	then	they.told.them	there	must	you.will.go

And they told (the Indians) to come there.

[11]	kári	xás	kunívyiihma
	then	then	they.went

So they came.

[12]	xás	peempúr	kin'ákih
	then	the.flour	they.gave.them

And (the whites) gave them flour.

[13]	puvishtunvêechas
	little.sacks

It was (in) little sacks.

[14]	xás	kunpávyiihship	pa'áraar
	then	they.went.back.home	the.Indians

Then the Indians went back home.

[15]	xás	pakunpávyiihma	xás	kunpiyvêeshrihva	peempúr
	then	when.they.came.back	then	they.poured.it.out	the.flour

And when they got home, then they poured out the flour.

[16]	kári	xás	pamakáyvaas	vaa	kích	tápas	kuníkyav
	then	then	the.cloth	so	only	real	they.made

And they kept only the cloth.

[17]	vaa	arará'uup	tá	kuníkyav
	so	Indian.treasure	PERF	they.made

They made Indian treasure of it.

[18]	kári	xás	vaa	kúna	tá	kin'ákih	ipchimákananach
	then	then	so	in.addition	PERF	they.gave.them	handkerchief

Then in addition they gave them handkerchiefs.

[19]	kári	xás	víriva	tá	kunkuupha	pa'írahiv	tah	tá	kunpifkutíshiiprin
	then	then	so	PERF	they.did	the.world-renewal.ceremony	already	PERF	they.put.on

Then (the Indians) made the world-renewal ceremony, they put (the handkerchiefs) on.

[20]	kári	xás	vaa	vúra	uum	tá	kunxúusunish	yaas'ára
	then	then	so	Intensive	3.SG	PERF	they.thought.that.way.about.them	rich.person

Then people thought they were rich.

[21]	peepchimákananach	tá	kuniptákvar
	the.handkerchiefs	PERF	they.put.them.on.across.their.chests

They put on the handkerchiefs across their chests.

[22]	peepchimákananach	aaxkúnish
	the.handkerchiefs	red

The handkerchiefs were red.

[23]	peempurávaas	patuvuhvúhinaa	púyava	patakuníkviipvarayva	púyava	tá	kunsíchakvutva	vaa	tá	kunipyáfus
	the.flour.sacks	when.they.did.the.deerskin.dance	you.see	when.they.carried.blades.in.the.deerskin.dance	you.see	PERF	they.put.them.around.their.waists	so	PERF	they.put.them.on.as.dresses

And when they did the deerskin dance, when they carried the obsidian blades, they wore the flour bags around their waist, they put them on that way, as dresses.