Nettie Ruben: "Elk Hunting" (1957)

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[1]	íshyuux	kuniyvúnkurihvuti	pachishih'íin
	elk	they.chased.into.water	the.dogs

The dogs used to herd elk in (to ravines).

[2]	patóo	skákavruk	káan	xás	tá	kuníykar
	when	jump.down.over	there	then	PERF	they.killed.it

When (an elk) jumped down over a bank (and disabled itself), then (the dogs) killed it there.

[3]	pakári	athkuritárahiv	tá	kun'ákunvanva
	when	hunting.season	PERF	they.went.to.hunt

When it was hunting season, they went hunting.

[4]	víriva	itheekxarámva	vúra	pakunpikvahrúpukva
	so	night.after.night	Intensive	that.they.sang.good-luck.songs.for.hunting

They made hunting medicine, night after night.

[5]	púyava	patusúpaahaak	púyava	ukráam	kúuk	tá	kunihmárava	tá	kunpáatvunaa	pa'ávansas
	you.see	when.it.had.become.day	you.see	lake	to.there	PERF	they.ran.to.there	PERF	they.bathed	the.men

When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed.

[6]	xás	aas	kun'íishvunaa
	then	water	they.drank.it

Then they ate a meal.

[7]	púyava	aas	tá	kunpíshmaranaa
	you.see	water	PERF	they.finished.drinking

Then they finished eating.

[8]	kári	xás	víri	pamukunxúskaamhar	víriva	áak	tá	kunsímku	ánam	múuk
	then	then	so	their.bows	so	in.the.fire	PERF	they.heated.bows	medicine	with.(by.means.of)

Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.

[9]	kári	xás	tá	kunívyiihship	tá	kun'ákunvanva
	then	then	PERF	they.left	PERF	they.went.hunting

Then they went off, they went hunting.

[10]	puvéek	vúra	uchvánihich	tóo	krii	tá	kunpavyíhish
	not.yet	Intensive	little.bit	it.had	live	PERF	they.gathered.again

(The sun) was not yet well out, (when) they got back.

[11]	koovúra	pa'íshyuux	tá	kunthathvíshriihva
	all	the.elk	PERF	they.carried.it

They all carried the elk home.

[12]	púyava	vúra	kich
	you.see	Intensive	only

So that's all.