Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor)

"Myth of the Origin of Puberty" (June 1, 1907)

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Text identifier: Sa
Speaker: Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor)
Primary documentation: A. L. Kroeber
Manuscript source: A. L. Kroeber, Yurok field notebook 75, pp. 9-18
Audio source: Keeling catalog #24-1009, Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Yurok audio:

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Aa, ey. Peesh weetue 'o sone'm. Werchpeet soonok's, 'w-esek', Weetue kee so'n k'ee kergerchper', 'oo. Nuemee chyue ko weyko' 'we-so'. Nuemee chyue ko wey k'ee mega'epoyuena k'ee 'oolekwoh.

Ah, yes. This is how they were. Jerusalem Cricket thinks thus, thinking, "This is how girls' first menstruation will be, yes." He accomplished everything like this. Everything