Florence Shaughnessy

"Feeding Otters" (1986)

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Text identifier: LA181-31
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Jean Perry
Project transcription: Adrienne Mamin

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  1. Mocho kergerk' so keskee, 'o negemek' merwperh, tue' 'ahtemar mega'epoyew.
    When I was alone down at the river, I brought food, and it was wrapped in paper.
  2. K'ehl nuemee tokto'm, sega'anee popsew, neeko'l nepuy, sega'anee kahkah, sega'anee cho' nerper'w k'en 'ok'w.
    It was in tiny bits, sometimes bread, always salmon, sometimes sturgeon, sometimes there was meat.
  3. Tue' 'o new kyue' neenee kueree'm.
    I saw them floating around there.
  4. Tue' po roo, pa'aahl 'ela roo, 'o new keech weno'omue'r, keech ma hloo'm.
    ... I threw it in the water and saw them swim, and they took them.
  5. Noohl 'o huenkeksohl, noohl 'o nepee'm.
    Then they opened it, then they ate it.
  6. Then I knew they were friendly.
    Then I knew they were friendly.
  7. Noohl 'o gesee', Kwelekw, mos kee 'ee ye'mehl.
    Then they thought, Well, they wouldn't leave.
  8. They won't run away, they're not afraid of me.
    They won't run away, they're not afraid of me.