Florence Shaughnessy

"The Klamath Bridge" (1986)

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Text identifier: LA181-10
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Jean Perry
Project transcription: Adrienne Mamin

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  1. Wergerhperyerh 'o Klamath.
    We always crossed a bridge at Klamath.
  2. Kwesee pa'aahl 'o lehlkoo', tue' kue wee'eeet ... 'o keepuen toy 'o lechkene'm kue ... toomok's kue cement.
    And it fell into the water, and in the winter here they threw big pieces of cement there.
  3. It was cement.
    It was cement.
  4. Kwesee kue nek 'oolo' nuemee 'we-heechoy weet 'ap 'o mekwehl pa'aahl.
    And right below where I lived, it got piled up in the water there.
  5. Tue' kolchee plop', kem 'o kaamop' 'o yue'.
    And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.
  6. Kwesee 'eeshkuue mo'ok'w.
    And gradually there was none.
  7. Kwesee wee'eeet keech 'enuemee plop', 'eeshkuue mo'ok'w kue ... 'ue-kaamopek' 'o kes.
    And it really flooded there, and slowly there wasn't any rough water down there.
  8. Kwesee wee'eeet puelekw kwelekw keech 'o lechkenekw.
    And at the mouth of the river, it was flooded.
  9. Tue' wee'eeet nek soo, mehl mee' sku'y soo 'ok'w 'o puelekw, sku'y soo rek'woyk k'ee pa'ah, 'ohlkuemee skeleek wee'eeet, hesek' nek.
    This is what I think, because it's good at the river mouth, the water is good at the river mouth, because it's down there, I think.
  10. Skeleek nee 'oo' wee'eeet tue' kue cement kue ho werhperyerh 'o kem mee' 'ee keech mo'ok'w 'o yo' 'ohlkuemee kee lewolah mos cheetaa ko'l sook kohchewohl.
    It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.
  11. Kwelekw wo'hl tue' weesh kee heemen kohchewohl mocho wee' skelee keech wo' 'oo' 'o yo'.
    Well, they could catch it fast when it was down there.
  12. Kwelekw keech nek hesek' puelekw wo'oot tue' weesh keet hohkue'm 'ue-kaamopek' 'o puelekw.
    I think that's what started to make the mouth of the river rough.
  13. That's it.
    That's it.