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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Koh-chee pe-rey ho pe-gar-ke's.
There once lived an old woman. -
Kwe-see kue we'-yon chpee-gee (?) 'e-go (?) koy-poh keech he-gok'w 'wrhlkerh.
And the girl ... in the morning she -
Kwe-see o ge'm, ... Ko-we-cho' na-nah kyaa-nek-so'm mue-wee ... herh-hlkerh.
And she said, ... Don't ... dig ... bulbs. -
Kwe-see 'o so'n kue we'-yon nee-mee kyeee-gaa-nek's kue 'we-gerh-hlkerh.
And so it was that the girl did not ... her bulbs. -
Ke-goy keech myah, tue-weet kem ee keech ... see nes-kwee.
Every morning she jumped up, and -
Kwe-see koh-chee X 'o ge's nah... se-go-no-yey-ye'm.
And once ... she thought ... -
He-see', Kyaa-nek-sok' 'ee nue 'ee-teen herh-hlkerh, kwe-see so kyaa-nek-sok'.
It was thought, I dug ... bulbs, and so I dug. -
Kwe-see ...kyaa-newks.. huuek-soh kee-tee ho myah me-wah-sew nee kaap' 'ue
ne-goo-no.
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Kwe-see wee-tee' ro-'o-pek' 'ue-wer'-yers keech kwe-see 'ue-gaa-yoh ... srok-see-yoh, kem
'ue kwermhlr... no-'o-mor.
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'O le's, Kues kue kee so-no-wok'? Keech no'p-'e-nek' kue me-wah.
S/he thought, What am I going to do? I've chased the boy. -
Kwe-see wo-nuek ... 'o'-le-peek 'o le'm ya-pue-'och.
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'O le'm kue pe-rey, skwohl chee hek-sek', Ko-we-cho' nah kyaa-nek-so'm mue-wee
herh-hlkerh.
The old woman said, -
wehe-lo-wer keech 'o 'uuek-soh [1:05] Cho' me-ge-tohl-kwo'm.
... Take care of the child. -
Kwe-see kue we'-yon ma 'ap 'at 'ee-kee so myaahl-kep'.
And the girl ... jumped. -
'Ikee now ho myah kue me-wah n kaap' ue ne-goo-no'.
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Kwe-see 'o le'm kue pe-rey, Wok-hlew, tos, noh-pe'-wes.
And the old woman said, Thank you, child, go inside. -
Kwe-see nee-kee wee nee chek-chek kue pe-rey.
And the old woman ... -
Kwe-see 'o-wok see pek-cheek kue we'-yon.
And ... -
Noohl 'o ge's, nah, Kues kue kee so-no-wok'? ... kue me-wah.
Then s/he thought, um, What am I going to do? ... the boy. -
Kem 'o ge's, Paas. Kwe-see ne-kah wo-'o.. nee-ko'l 'ee nee-goo-no' kue we'-yon.
And s/he thought, "No. -
[1:32] Kue we'-yon kee (?) koy-poh keech myahl-kep' kue 'wrhlkerh kem.
The girl jumped ... her bulb too. -
Mos no-wee-nep' 'o'-lep... kue me-wah.
The boy was not happy -
Kwe-see kue me-wah kee 'ap neee-goh nee-yah ... kue pe-rey keech hoh-kuem
'wes-'o-nah.
And the boy ... -
Kwe-see .. no-wee-nep' .. che-gey keech hoo-rech... kue pe-rey ... we'-yon ...
uuek-soh.
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[1:51] Kwe-see keech nue-mee pe'l cheee-ko'l kee (?) mey-ye-nep (?) 'noh-kue-mek' ...
he-gook' 'ap ...
And ... got very big. -
[1:58] Kwe-see kue 'ech-kwoh kee ke-goh-che-wehl.
And the sea lions will chase him. -
Keech 'o ... pe-gar-ke's.
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Noohl 'o wes kue we'-yon .. kee... 'uuek-soh. All through.
Then the girl ...