Florence Shaughnessy

"Otters" (1986)

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Text identifier: LA181-2
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Jean Perry
Project transcription: Adrienne Mamin

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  1. Keskee ho 'olonekw hlkehl.
    There was land down there.
  2. Tue' wee'eeet 'ela nuue'm otters, tue' keech 'o tene'm mee' wee'eeet 'o 'uuekseye'm.
    And otters came there, and there were a lot of them, because they gave birth there.
  3. Tue' nekah ho 'ok'w 'ne-ch'eesh, and it was a collie.
    And we had a dog, and it was a collie.
  4. Kwesee keskee 'o lege'moh 'ne-'yohhlkoych'.
    And we used to go down (for) our wood.
  5. Mocho keech high tide, 'yohhlkoych' che'woreesh hehlkue 'o lechkenekw, tue' weet 'ela hegoh 'ne-'yoh.
    When it was high tide, wood drifted up on shore, and we would gather our wood.
  6. Tue' kue 'ne-ch'eeshah neeege'yoh.
    I took my dog with me.
  7. Kwesee kolchee 'o ko'l keech tetolo'hl kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
    And one time my dog was crying out there.
  8. Kwesee keech no'p'enee' ner'er'eryhl kue otter wee'eeet to' keet 'o skelee lechee' kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
    He chased two otters, and my dog fell down.
  9. Kwesee keech tyohpeyoksee' weet 'o 'w-egoo mee' hesehl, Nek soo keetee keemkee' kue '-uueksoh.
    They dislike going around there because they think, Maybe their children will be injured.
  10. Tue' wee'eeet 'o ro'opek' nek weet 'ema ko'l kegohtoh (?) kue otter, 'o ko hlook' kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
    And I ran there, ..., I grabbed my dog.
  11. Noohl 'o kemeye'moh, and noohl mocho nek megelok' noohl 'o nes kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
    Then we went home, and then when I went along, then our dog came back.
  12. Tue' wohpue 'eenee rek'eeen 'o neee'nowohl 'we-sku'y soo keech sootok'w 'we-ch'eeshah.
    And they sat in the water and looked to see where the dog had gone.
  13. Noohl keech 'o 'ok'w kue 'ne-'yoh, kem 'o kemeye'moh.
    Then we had wood, we went home again.
  14. To' 'o sega'anee neekee mo'ok'w 'we-otter.
    And then sometimes there weren't any otters.
  15. Mos cheetaa ko'l 'o gegok'w.
    They weren't anywhere at all.
  16. Tue' noohl 'o le'moh, 'ne-kew nue hegoh 'yohhlkoych'.
    Then we left, we went gathering wood in our burden basket.
  17. And cheeeshep' tue' huene'm nee wee', tue' weet kem 'o hoh.
    And flowers grew around there, and we gathered them too.
  18. Toy 'o lekomeyetek'.
    I put them here.
  19. To' wee' chpee shoo kom, 'esee kwelekw weet 'ela tene'm.
    That's all I know about that, there were a lot of them.
  20. Tue' k'ee otter keskee, period.
    These otters down below, period.
  21. Nepe'weeshneg.
    Otters.