[1]

áxak pananífyiivshas káru ávansa káru muhrôoha. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar. xás vaa tá nu'ákunvar papúufich, ímpaah. xás vaa pa'ávansa ukúniihka papúufich. xás vúra yíiv sáruk. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam. xás vúra uum vaa káan xás uupíipha vúra uum kêech papúufich uum, vúra uum máath. xás vúra vaa máruk, u'áhoo. xás vaa káan tuvupaksúroo.

I had a couple of pals, a man and his wife. And we would go hunting. And we were hunting the deer [from the] road. And the man shot at the deer. It was way down there. And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer. So [when he got] there, he said? the deer was really big, it was really heavy. And then he went all the way back up. And he cleaned it there.

[2]

I think they have to clean it right away, so the blood doesn't settle, you know, in one place or something, I don't know why they have to do that, that's one thing I puna'áapunmutihara. xás vaa káan tuvúpaksur. xás vaa vúra uum kêech káru. uxúti nîinamich papúufich káru uum vúra yíiv sáruk xás.

I think they have to clean it right away, so the blood doesn't settle, you know, in one place or something, I don't know why they have to do that, that's one thing I don't know. So he cleaned it down there. And it was really big. He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.

[3]

váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka. xás upíip " Got the deer." xás vúra vaa sáruk ukfukúraa. xás vaa ukúniihkat papúufich. xás upiip, " vúra uum máath." Heavy. You know, xás vaa ip máath poo'áhoo. xás vúra vaa kêech papúufich.

And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it. And he said, "Got the deer." And he climbed all the way back up from downhill. And he shot that deer. And he said, it's really heavy. Heavy. You know, it was heavy to carry. It was a big deer.

[4]

xás upíip chími kaan vaa sáruk tá nivâaram xás vúra ni'ípakeesh vaa papúufich. "vúra uum kêech papúufich. xas vúra maath káru," upiip. vaa pa'ávansa upiip. oo, vúra uum táay vura uum pa'asiktávaansa lots of women, you know, up there in the reservation. xás vúra uum vaa kóovura tá kunyôotva. papúufich tá kun'áveesh. váa vúra punapipshinvárihvutihara, váa vúra ni'áapunmuti payêem.

And he said, I'm going down there to get it, I'll bring the deer back here. "It was a big deer. It was heavy," he said. The man said that. Oh and there were lots of women up there in the reservation. And they were all glad. They were going to eat deer meat. I'll never forget that, I know it today.

[5]

vaa vúra vaa itíhaan vúra vaa u'ákunvuti káru. taay pamuchíshiih káru.

He was always doing that, he was always hunting. And he had a lot of dogs.

[6]

asákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa.

We used to climb those big rocks out there.

[7]

yeah, núsxay, núsxayvunaa.

Yeah, we fished, we all fished.