Robert Spott

No'och (1933)

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Text identifier: RS1
Speaker: Robert Spott
Primary documentation: Philip J. Shinahan
Audio source: Keeling catalog #24-26, accession #400-Z, Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

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  1. Kohchee perey ho pegarke's.
    There once lived an old woman.
  2. Kwesee kue we'yon chpeegee (?) 'ego (?) koypoh keech hegok'w 'w-rhlkerh.
    And the girl ... in the morning she
  3. Kwesee o ge'm, ... Kowecho' nanah kyaanekso'm muewee ... herhhlkerh.
    And she said, ... Don't ... dig ... bulbs.
  4. Kwesee 'o so'n kue we'yon neemee kyeeegaanek's kue 'w-egerhhlkerh.
    And so it was that the girl did not ... her bulbs.
  5. Kegoy keech myah, tueweet kem ee keech ... see neskwee.
    Every morning she jumped up, and
  6. Kwesee kohchee X 'o ge's nah... segonoyeye'm.
    And once ... she thought ...
  7. Hesee', Kyaaneksok' 'ee nue 'eeteen herhhlkerh, kwesee so kyaaneksok'.
    It was thought, I dug ... bulbs, and so I dug.
  8. Kwesee ...kyaanewks.. huueksoh keetee ho myah mewahsew nee kaap' 'ue negoono.
  9. Kwesee weetee' ro'opek' 'ue-wer'yers keech kwesee 'uegaayoh ... srokseeyoh, kem 'ue kwermhlr... no'omor.
  10. 'O le's, Kues kue kee sonowok'? Keech no'p'enek' kue mewah.
    S/he thought, What am I going to do? I've chased the boy.
  11. Kwesee wonuek ... 'o'lepeek 'o le'm yapue'och.
  12. 'O le'm kue perey, skwohl chee heksek', Kowecho' nah kyaanekso'm muewee herhhlkerh.
    The old woman said,
  13. wehelower keech 'o 'uueksoh [1:05] Cho' megetohlkwo'm.
    ... Take care of the child.
  14. Kwesee kue we'yon ma 'ap 'at 'eekee so myaahlkep'.
    And the girl ... jumped.
  15. 'Ikee now ho myah kue mewah n kaap' ue negoono'.
  16. Kwesee 'o le'm kue perey, Wokhlew, tos, nohpe'wes.
    And the old woman said, Thank you, child, go inside.
  17. Kwesee neekee wee nee chekchek kue perey.
    And the old woman ...
  18. Kwesee 'owok see pekcheek kue we'yon.
    And ...
  19. Noohl 'o ge's, nah, Kues kue kee sonowok'? ... kue mewah.
    Then s/he thought, um, What am I going to do? ... the boy.
  20. Kem 'o ge's, Paas. Kwesee nekah wo'o.. neeko'l 'ee neegoono' kue we'yon.
    And s/he thought, "No.
  21. [1:32] Kue we'yon kee (?) koypoh keech myahlkep' kue 'w-rhlkerh kem.
    The girl jumped ... her bulb too.
  22. Mos noweenep' 'o'lep... kue mewah.
    The boy was not happy
  23. Kwesee kue mewah kee 'ap neeegoh neeyah ... kue perey keech hohkuem 'wes'onah.
    And the boy ...
  24. Kwesee .. noweenep' .. chegey keech hoorech... kue perey ... we'yon ... uueksoh.
  25. [1:51] Kwesee keech nuemee pe'l cheeeko'l kee (?) meyenep (?) 'n-ohkuemek' ... hegook' 'ap ...
    And ... got very big.
  26. [1:58] Kwesee kue 'echkwoh kee kegohchewehl.
    And the sea lions will chase him.
  27. Keech 'o ... pegarke's.
  28. Noohl 'o wes kue we'yon .. kee... 'uueksoh. All through.
    Then the girl ...