Captain Spott
Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (1907)
Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens
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Text identifier: Xd
Speaker: Captain Spott
Primary documentation: A. L. Kroeber
Project transcription: Rachel Maxson, Andrew Garrett
Edition: , unpublished
Manuscript source: T. T. Waterman, Yurok field notebooks 83, pp. 27-30 and 84, pp.
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Wehloweesh chee yohpecho'l k'ee 'oolekwehl.
Ten times she went around the world of humans.Source: 83.28.1-2
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Tue wehloweesh chee yohpecho'l Meeshcheeks 'o me'y.
Ten times the young woman of Mishchiks she went around.Source: 83.28.3-4
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Weeshtue soosek', 'w-wesek', Kues tue nek kee so huenoyohl?
I think, Where shall I be transformed?Source: 83.28.5
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Kues tue nek kee so luenoyohlkoyk?
Where shall I be transformed?Source: 83.28.6
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Tue wehloweesh chee yohpecho'l Meeshcheeks 'o me'y.
Ten times the young woman of Mishchiks went around.Source: 83.28.7-29.1
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Weeshtue weesh hesek', 'w-esek, Heeeee, Kues tue kee so huenoyohlkoyk'?
I am thinking, Hiii, Where shall I be transformed?Source: 83.29.2
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K'ee kwen keet 'o luenoyohl kwen hewonee 'o nohsuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.Source: 83.29.3
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Tue weeshtue 'o soonok's 'w-esek', Kues tue nek kee so huenoyohl?
And so she thinks, Where shall I be transformed?Source: 83.29.4
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... tue weeshtue nee sooto'l.
... Then she went.Source: 83.29.5
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Chahpcheeek, tue weetee' mehl 'w-ewolek' Chahpcheeek. Ma weeshtue nee
sooto'l.
Chahpchiik, that's why it is called Chahpchiik. That is where she went.Source: 83.30.1
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'W-esek', Chuehl, Tue' weetue kee ... nohsuenowok'.
(She is) thinking, Yes, that's where I'll live.Source: 83.30.2
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Mo tue wee tue kee chpuuewerkseyek' mo kee nuueweyek', 'Aiyekwee!
If someone sees me they will think, Alas!Source: 83.30.3
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K'ee 'wes'onew 'o wee' nohsue'n.
She was born in the heavens.Source: 83.30.4
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Chuehl, hesek' weetue ko menechook' Rek'woy heer ...
Yes, I think I will disappear opposite Requa ...Source: 83.31.1
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Tue weetue ... ho menechook'.
That's where ... I disappeared.Source: 83.31.2
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Tue weetue 'w-ewolek' k'ee Chahpcheek.
It's called Chahpchiik.Source: 83.31.3
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Tue weetee' mehl 'we-skuuewoleyk' kee 'ne-pee'eeh.
That is why the mussels are good.Source: 83.31.4
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... o' nohsue'n pee'eeh 'ap ue kwel nekee' 'ne-skuyahpelek'.
... mussels are from there because I was good.Source: 83.31.5-6
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Tue weetee' mehl naa' skuuewok kue pee'eeh.
That's why they like the mussels.Source: 84.1.1
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Mo weetue' hasek soneenee mehl na skuuewok kee sho neee'nowok' k'ee
'wes'onah.
Sometimes I think that way, that they like them, as I look at the sky.Source: 84.1.2
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K'ee nekah 'we-hegohkue' keekee chpaanek wonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
... above in the sky.Source: 84.1.3
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... 'we-hegohkue' ... chpaanek wonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
... above in the sky.Source: 84.1.4
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Tue' keekee soo neenee ... keekee soo neenee skuue ... Weetee' mehl wo nue
skuuewok ...
... they are good ... That is why they like them.Source: 84.1.5
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Tue weetee' ho mehl menechook', 'n-esek', Kee na'mee neee'nowok'.
That is why I disappeared, thinking, I'll watch all the time.Source: 84.2.1-2
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Keekee 'w-oole'm...
Source: 84.2.3
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Kee kwen cho' kee sho nek wonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
... above in the sky.Source: 84.2.4
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Kee shoneenee 'ekonorkwok'.
In this way, I'll take care of the world.Source: 84.2.5
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Keeto weetue serr nergerykerk' keekee 'wo-'oole'm ...
I'll help in this world.Source: 84.2.6
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Keekee na'mee neee'nowok'.
I will always watch.Source: 84.2.7
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Tue' weetue' 'n-ewolek' Chahpcheeek.
My name is Chahpchiik.Source: 84.3.1-2
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Wee ... nee menechook'.
That is where I disappear.Source: 84.3.3
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Meeshcheeks weeshtue' o' nohsuenowok'.
I grew up in Mishchiks.Source: 84.3.4-5
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Weetee' 'o wenchokws.
The woman is there.Source: 84.3.6
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Tue weet ... nee menechook' Chahpcheeek.
I disappear at Chahpchiik.Source: 84.3.7
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Tue' weetee' mehl 'n-ewolek' Chahpcheeek.
That is why I am called Chahpchiik.Source: 84.4.1