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. Mo-cho ker-gerk' so kes-kee, 'o ne-ge-mek' merw-perh, tue' 'ah-te-mar me-ga-'e-po-yew.
    When I was alone down at the river, I brought food, and it was wrapped in paper.
  2. K'ehl nue-mee tok-to'm, se-ga-'a-nee pop-sew, nee-ko'l ne-puy, se-ga-'a-nee kah-kah, se-ga-'a-nee cho' ner-per'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' nee-nee kue-ree'm.
    I saw them floating around there.
  4. Tue' po roo, pa-'aahl 'e-la roo, 'o new keech we-no-'o-mue'r, keech ma hloo'm.
    ... I threw it in the water and saw them swim, and they took them.
  5. Noohl 'o huen-kek-sohl, noohl 'o ne-pee'm.
    Then they opened it, then they ate it.
  6. Then I knew they we-re friendly.
    Then I knew they were friendly.
  7. Noohl 'o ge-see', Kwe-lekw, mos kee 'ee ye'-mehl.
    Then they thought, Well, they wouldn't leave.
  8. They won't run a-way, they'-re not afraid of me.
    They won't run away, they're not afraid of me.