Jessie Van Pelt

Rattlesnake medicine (February 5, 2001)

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Text identifier: JVP1
Speaker: Jessie Van Pelt
Primary documentation: Juliette Blevins
Project transcription: Justin Spence, Andrew Garrett
Audio source: JB-01-02

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  1. Hee-naa-gar cho' nee-nee soo-too'm, tue'l.
    Get out of the way, Auntie.
  2. Ne-kah wee' nee-nee too'-moh woh-pekw 'o see-kwer'.
    A lot of us here ... out in the water.
  3. Kee-kee ke-goo-lee-shee' k'aa-wech mo-cho kee we-noo'm.
    Your back will be ... if you come.
  4. Noohl kue 'o ha'p-'o-nee pa-'ah kee le-cho-ye'm.
    Then you'll be thrown into the pitchy water.
  5. Mee' kee-mo-loohl mos ske-wok-see'm ke'l kee kem nuue'm so yoh.
    [Explanation:] Because they're bad, you doesn't want (the rattlesnakes) to come back there.