Florence Shaughnessy

"Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (1986)

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Text identifier: LA181-4
Speaker: Florence Shaughnessy
Primary documentation: Jean Perry
Project transcription: Adrienne Mamin

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  1. Ko-lo kee-tee kee-pue'n, and 'ee-mok'w wee' nee hoo-le'm pe-gerk.
    It looked like it was about to be winter, and there were no men there.
  2. Mos chee-taa ko'l 'o ge-gok'w pe-gerk.
    No man at all was there.
  3. Kwe-see keech 'o kee-mo'l, nue-mee kee'm so'n kue 'we-leen.
    And they were bad, his eyes were very bad.
  4. ... Pa-pa 'o ge'm, ... Koh-pey kee shoo-tok' ... weet 'oo-le'm me-ges.
    Papa said, I'm going to the hills ... Doctors live there.
  5. 'O gee', Tue' kues ko soo he-goo'm?
    He said, How will you go?
  6. ... nee-mok'w weesh kee hoo-le'm k'ee mue-lah.
    There aren't any horses that can go there.
  7. Kues kee laa-ye'm?
    Where will you go?
  8. 'O ge'm, Kwe-lekw, wo-'oot ne-ko-muy.
    He said, Well, she knows how.
  9. Wo-'oot ne-ko-muy kee 'ue-ke-ro-moh kue wer'-yers.
    That girl knows how to drive.
  10. Nee-ko'l 'ue-ke-ro-moh mo-cho ... keech le-ko-me'y kue hay.
    She always drives when she brings in the hay.
  11. 'O ge'm, Chuue', tue' ... koy-poh kee le'-moh.
    He said, Well, we'll leave in the morning ...
  12. Kwe-see 'o ko-ma nue-mee koy-poh keech 'o guue'.
    We woke up very early in the morning.
  13. Noohl 'o le'-moh keech 'o sku'y soo ke-ro-moh.
    Then we went and it drove well.
  14. Chpaa-nek noohl Skunk Camp 'e-la nuue'-moh.
    After a long time, we got to Skunk Camp.
  15. Keech 'o cho-mee'sh roo.
    It was noon.
  16. Weesh 'e-ma hlow ne-pee'-moh ...
    Finally we ate.
  17. Kue weet ko'l ... ne-pee'-moh.
    We ate something.
  18. Noohl kem 'o le'-moh tue' won keet ke-ro-mok-see'hl.
    Then we set out again and it started to turn differently (?).
  19. Noohl kue Ragged Ass Hill 'o nuue'-moh.
    Then we arrived at Ragged Ass Hill.
  20. Kwe-see 'o gee', Kues kee soo
    And he said, How --
  21. 'O ge'm, Kwe-lekw, 'och wek kyue' 'o koo' kue mue-lah, chpee ko'r mue-lah.
    He said, Well, one horse is standing there, only one horse.
  22. Tue' weet 'o ko'l tekw-so'm.
    He cut something.
  23. To' nee-mee nue-mee plep' k'ee te-poo.
    The tree wasn't too big.
  24. Tue' weet hee-noy ... 'o let-kwe-loyhl.
    They were dragged behind.
  25. Tue' weet 'o soo kes-kee so ke-ro-moh ... 'ohl-kue-mee wo-'oohl ... kue ke-ro-moh.
    That's how the car got downhill, because the car ... with it.
  26. Hlow kes-kee 'e-la nuue'-moh.
    Finally we got down (to the creek).
  27. Kwe-see weet 'ap 'o 'e'-goo' kue wee-'eeet 'oo-le'-mo-nee 'oohl.
    And the people who lived there were there.
  28. Nee-'eehl pe-rey ko-lo keech 'ee-mok'w 'we-leen.
    There were two old women who looked like they were blind.
  29. Ko-leen nue-mee me-wee-mor keech k'ehl (?) nue-mee ...
    A very old man ...
  30. Tue' weet 'e-ma hlo 'oh-pew merw-perh.
    Then he was given food.
  31. Kem 'o le'-moh, 'em-kee kue chaahl-ke's raa-yoh ko'r.
    Then we left ...
  32. 'Enue-mee keech pler-wern, noohl 'o nuue'-moh ho Koh-pey.
    Just as the tide came in, we got to Crescent City.
  33. Noohl kue mue-lah hoo-le'-mo-nee weet 'em 'o noo.
    Then the horses ... there.
  34. Noohl ho-tel 'o le'-moh.
    Then we went to the hotel.
  35. Wee-'eeet 'o koh-che-mo-'ok'.
    I stayed there for one night.
  36. Noohl koy-poh 'em-kee 'e'-gah 'o kue ho-tel.
    Then in the morning we ate at the hotel.
  37. 'Esee noohl 'e-ma noo'-mo-nee' 'o kue me-ges.
    Then I took him to the doctor.
  38. 'O nek ... lekw-see nee-nee ye-gok' ... chpee-nah mee' keech hoh-kue' kue 'we-leen kee sho'n he-we-cheen.
    I went around outside ... I waited because his eyes were being fixed.
  39. Keech cho-mee'sh roo 'e-ma nee-'eeen ... so'n nek soo keech wey-kee'.
    And it was noon ... it was finished.
  40. 'O ge'm, Paa', kwe-lekw, kee nahk-se-moyhl noohl wee' 'oo-le'-moh ke-see 'o ke-me'y.
    He said, No, well, we'll stay here for three days, and then he goes home.
  41. Kem kee 'o kee kem 'ee ke-ro-moh ke'l (?) 'ohl-kue-mee kwe-lekw ske-go-'oh keech mehl ma-'e-po-yew kue 'ue-mohl.
    ... because his head was wrapped up in a cloth.
  42. Paas ne-wo'm ko'l sook mehl kue 'we-leen, k'ee kwe-lekw ho son-ko-nee.
    He, the one who was treated, didn't see anything with his eyes.
  43. Tue' wee-'eeet kem 'o ko'l soo ke-mey-ye'-moh.
    And then we headed home.
  44. Tue' weet kem 'o k'e-ne-go-'ohl keech 'oo-lo-'oh kue mue-lah kue wo-nue kem 'o le'-moh.
    The horses ... were often standing.
  45. 'O wee-'eeet kue Ragged Ass Hill hlow 'e-la nuue'-moh ho wo-nekw.
    Then we finally got up Ragged Ass Hill.
  46. Noohl Skunk Camp kem 'e-la nuue'-moh.
    Then we got to Skunk Camp again.
  47. Kwe-see 'e-nue-mee nuue'-moh 'o wee-'eeet, keech 'o cho-mee'sh roo.
    And just as we got there, it was noon.
  48. Kem ko'l 'ap ne-pee'-moh.
    We ate something again.
  49. Noohl 'o we-no-'ee'm.
    Then we came.
  50. Noohl 'o nuue'-moh ho yo'.
    Then we got there.
  51. Nee-kee ho-'oh-ko'hl 'e-see nuue'-moh ho yo'.
    It was dark when we got there.
  52. Well, that was eet, see, we had aer-reeved at dark, ho-me, safe.
    Well, that was it, see, we had arrived at dark, home, safe.