Lame Billy
Gambling medicine formula (1902)
Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens
Display style: paragraph | sentence | look-up
Text identifier: Ac
Speaker: Lame Billy
Primary documentation: A. L. Kroeber
Project transcription: Andrew Garrett
Manuscript source: A. L. Kroeber, Yurok field notebook 41, pp. 55-58
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Chuehl, ke'l so-no-wo'm, Woh-pe-kue-mew?
[Gambler:] "Well, where (?) are you, Wohpekumew? -
Keech wek he (?) nes-kwe-chook' mo kee-tee yoo-kwe-chok'.
I have come here because I am going to gamble. -
nue-mee me-geehl kee nee kee-tee yookw
"just starting it for nothing" -
Tue wee-'eeet wek cho (?) 'ee mehl nes.
That's why I came here. -
Mo-nee (?) 'eesh-kuue nee ske-wok-see-mek' kee 'noo-kwe-chok'.
... Gradually (?) I want to gamble. -
Peesh wee-tue mehl hek-chek'.
That's why I spoke to you. -
Chee-see-nee (?)
I guess you better let me know it. -
Nek kwe-lekw weet so-no-wok'.
I am that way. -
Wo-gee nee 'oo-lee-nek', mee' kee 'oo-lee'n wen-chokws.
I lie down in the middle, and the women lie down on both sides (?). -
Peesh weet mehl hek-chek'.
That's why I spoke to you. -
He-gey..., wee-'eeet kee keech mehl nes.
I hear it, that's why I came here." -
Hes? Kwe-see hes wee-'eeet mehl nue nes?
[Spirit:] "Indeed? Is that why you came here? -
Taok (?) chee'n wek keech 'o chyuuek'-we-nek'.
... recently I have been sitting here. -
Nek kwe-lekw chee'n ne-wook'.
I have recently seen. -
Kee kee-tee nuek'-wo ke (?) nes.
You will come here. -
Tue' wok-hlee, tue' wee' nek so-no-wok', tue' wee-'eeet mehl hek-chek'.
I am glad, that's why I did that, that's why I spoke to you. -
Wok-hlee .. nuek'-wo nes.
I am glad when you come here. -
Chuehl ne'-ges 'ne-kaap-'ehl!
Take my plant! -
... weet kee so-no-wo'm kee ...
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Tue noohl hee-puer
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Peesh wee-'eeet mehl hek-chek', 'o-loo-le-kwee-shol.
That's why I spoke to you, human being. -
Tue chuehl ne'-ges 'ne-kaap-'ehl! Cho' chpuer-koo'm 'ne-kaap-'ehl!
Take my plant! Take care of my plant! -
Ko-we-cho' 'ahs-pe'm pa-'ah! Tue chuehl hee-merks-'es!
Don't drink water! Hurry up! -
ta... 'ne-kaap', cho' mehl pe'-we-te-we'm!
you can get my plant here, wash your hands with it! -
Chuehl hee-merks-'es kee he-gook'
Hurry ... -
Wok-hlee m...
I am glad ... -
ye-ruek (?) mo-kee cho' cha-pok (?) nok-see-mek' (?) wes-'o-nah so he-goo
me know ... well, I guess you leave me tobacco. -
Cho' ne-kee ... k'e-pe'-wech-ke-wek' mehl k'ee 'ne-kaap'!
Wash your hands every time you are out with my plant! -
Chuehl, 'o-loo-le-kwee-sho'l, wok-hlee' mo nuek'-wo nes-kwe-chook'.
Farewell, human, I am glad because you came."