Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor)

"Myth of the Origin of Puberty" (June 1, 1907)

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Text identifier: Sa
Speaker: Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor)
Primary documentation: A. L. Kroeber
Manuscript source: A. L. Kroeber, Yurok field notebook 75, pp. 9-18
Audio source: Keeling catalog #24-1009, Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

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  1. Aa, ey. Peesh wee-tue 'o so-ne'm. Werch-peet soo-nok's, 'we-sek', Wee-tue kee so'n k'ee ker-gerch-per', 'oo.
    Ah, yes. This is how they were. Jerusalem Cricket thinks thus, thinking, "This is how girls' first menstruation will be, yes."
  2. Nue-mee chyue ko wey-ko' 'we-so'. Nue-mee chyue ko wey k'ee me-ga-'e-po-yue-na k'ee 'oo-le-kwoh.
    He accomplished everything like this. Everything