- Bear and Coyote - Spáth qes te Slílk'yap
- Hunting and Naming - Háwe
- Robin Red Breast - Skw'ékw'qáq
- Crazy Painter - Lets'lóts'tel
- Compared to your brother - Yeláwel éy
- Making a blanket - Tháyem te Léx̲wtel
- A Torch Lighting Story - Hálx̲eywa
- Chipmunk - X̲ex̲pítsel
- Weather 1 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Létse
- Weather 2 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Isá:le
- Weather 3 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhí:xw
- Story of the Cedar Tree - X̲pá:yelhp
- Weather 4 - Xwe'ít te swáyel X̲eó'thel
- Weather 5 - Xwe'it te swayel Lhq'á:tses
- Baby Bears - Ye Spipáth
- Sasquatch Story - Sásq'ets
- Baking bread - Tháyem te seplíl
- Basket , Basket How are you Made? - Sitel , Sitel Selchims kw’es Sthethi?
- Smoking fish - Chá:lhtel
- Life On Herrling Island - Sta li te Smomoqwe
Life On Herrling Island - Sta li te Smomoqwe
Full Story
O kwikwexetem tetha ... tetha stl'chas...kw'e 'Herrling's Island'.
[That island,] that's what they called 'Herrling's Island'.
Qe [uh...] qe Smemeqw'o kw'e skwixs te sxwelmexwelh skwixs.
They used to call that 'Smomeqw'o',
i tetha kw'es kw'ekw'is te..., kw'ekw'is the mel:es li te theqat.
That's where the coons climb the tree.
Halp'exes te te... pas mekw' o stam halpexes.
Eating all the pears, they eat everything--all the fruit.
Osu li te chichelh te tals qesu i chokwultes ye...
yutl'etl'elom te tals li te theqat.
They were following their mother up on the tree.
Qe stl'is kw'es kwutes thel mamele q'ami.
The girls wanted the coons so bad.
Tl'is alhtel kw'es kwelates.
I had to go out and help them.
Olsu la mayt.
So I went out and helped them.
Olsu la mayt yutl'olem la... la kwutes the emémel.
So I went out and helped them, to get the little ones.
Osu li thetha kw'es i:lhtels yutl'etl'elom.
That's where they were eating, the little ones.
Su lay kw'ekw'i... la kw'ekw'i thel mele.
My daughter kept climbing up, climbing up till she got
pretty near where the baby coons were.
Osu la ch'imel [kw'e...] la tes te chichelh.
They were pretty near right to the top.
Osu la me a:y yutl'etl'elom lasu la xwel xwa chichelh.
They kept on going until they got too high.
Osu chokwultes the tals.
They were following their mother.
Qesu..osu... Olsu x_et'estexw thutl'o "mechxwcha chelq".
I told my daughter she was gonna fall off the tree.
Qe ewe stl'ises, kw'es mes kwates.
She didn't want to give up/She didn't care,
long as she got the coon.
Osu ch'atl'em yutl'etl'elom, lam te shxwelis te xwixwel.
They were jumping from one limb to the other.
Osu x_etstexw thutl'o, osu[?] x_etstexw thut'o mecha chelq.
I told her that they will fall down.
Olsu li te tl'ep kw'els xwilex, olmetset, olmetst mischa...
mischa... chelq yutl'etl'elom.
I was standing down the bottom waiting for them to fall down.
Osu li tetha kw'es o:mets tutl'etl'om...
They were both sitting on one limb...
kw'elsu...olsu thetstexw "Xwisetchexw te theqat qachasu mes chelq.
"Shake the limb," I says, "And they'll both come down."
"Matselchu i te tl'ep kw'els kwut, la ehot i tel ipel."
I'll be down the bottom to catch them."
Qelsu x_tastexw tetha qe... osetu kwel:exw te isa:le.
And we did that, and that's how we got two of them.
I tetha kw'els xwilex kwelat thel ipel.
I was standing down the bottom holding my apron out
[to catch them when they fell off the tree].
Ats'el tsu sesi:se [?we] q'eykw'ethoxescha [?tha]
mes chelq-- qe ewe yutl'etl'elom.
I was scared of them, I thought they'd bite me.
Olsu xwe'i kwelexw... kwelexw te isale qesu ehot i tel ipel.
We got two of them, and I had them wrapped up in my apron.
Olsu le... le'amestexw te lalem.
And I took them to the house.
Olsu lewexw li te shxwelis kw'e skwtaxwstemet te ...
tl'o qe ew sitels... skwtaxws te... [uh... stam ?kwixet]... mimoqw.
I put them in the bird-cage
(for the time being, till we got a cage ready for them).
a'a... shxwelis kw'es kwetaxws te mimoqw, sitel,
li tetha kw'els e lewex.
I got them, and then I put them in the bird cage.
Olsu thiyt te shxwelischa kw'es kwetaxstexwtset
li te tl'o qe ew chekels, chekels, shxwe'is kw'e
kwetaxwtemet ye chekels.
I made a pen with chicken-wire, the real fine chicken-wire.
We made a pen for them so they don't get out.
O se tu qex_ te emémel sqweqwas.
[There were lots of little holes.]
Osu li tetha kw'eset kwetaxwt yutl'etl'elom.
(Made a pen for them) so we put them in there.
O cha kwa su stams kw'es alhtelestexwtset yutl'etl'elo:m?
What are we gonna feed them with?
Osu eweta slheq'el:exwtset.
We don't know (what we're gonna feed them with).
Os se tu axwet te... axwet te lets'e [s] pas tutl'o.
Qe ewe stl'ises kw'es lep'exes.
[We gave then a pear, but] they didn't want to eat the pears...
Ewe lis ye th'ex_wotes. Sawqtes o yutl'etl'elom
(sh)xwelischa kw'e th'ex_wotes.
...'Cause they didn't have a place to wash it.
[They always look for a place to wash it.]
Olsu te axwet te melk qesu qoqetes yutl'etl'elom.
We gave them some milk, and they drank it.
Elsu [olxe..] axwet ... testole "peas". Osu lep'exes.
We gave them some peas, and then they ate it.
Skw'ay kw'es lep'exes kw'e stames, ewete shxwe'is ew
stames kw'as oxest loy kw'es ew th'ex_wotes yutl'etl'elom.
It doesn't matter what you give them,
they'll have to wash it before they'll eat it.
Os e tu oxwest te lothel sliw te qo, ew ste'a te
shxwelis kw'es qeqo qos.
[You give them a dish filled with water,
at the (same?) place that they drink their water.]
Let'se te shxwelis kw'es qoqes qas qe lets'e te sth'ox_wi:ls.
You have to give them two dishes, one with water that
they could drink, and the other one for
washing--washing their food.
El sqwalewel kw'es q'eykw'ethoxescha te.. tutl'etl'elom
qesu mi ay, tasthoxes, tastes tel chalex.
They were coming close to me, I put my hand out to them,
I thought they were going to bite me.
Osu stl'is o kw'es th'oqwetes tel chalex.
But all they wanted to do was suck my finger.
Osu me kw'iles, kw'iles kw'set kwelex yutl'etl'elom.
It was early in the Spring, when we got them.
Osu la ts'imel tem x_eytl' qeyalh... tem x_eytl' qesu
toti:ltset we stamescha kw'es i:lhtelestexwtset
And we were wondering what are we gonna be
feeding them in the winter time.
Osu loy te sqawth qas te... qas te xaweq qesu s'axwet yut'letl'elom.
[We just gave them potatoes and carrots.]
Eystexwes te sth'oqwi. Osetu lam o qw'iqw'emothel mekw'
swayel kw'eset u me kwolex te sth'eth'eqway.
We went every fishing every day, just to catch little
trouts for them, 'cause they like eating them.
Osu kwixetes [?ye] sta:xwelh, kwixetes alhtel kw'e
'Paddy' qe 'Jeff' te lolets'e.
They named both of them 'Paddy' and 'Jeff'.
Osu me xwa hikw yutl'etl'elom.
[They got big.]
Olsu thet, thestexw ye q'alemi "Iyolem kw'es kwat-tset o.
Ocha su la sa suq'tes kw'e s'alhtels."
I told the girls, "we better just let them goes,
so they could go and hunt for their own food."
Ose tu xwmax te... xwemax te shxwelis kw'e kwtawxs.
We opened the place where they were.
Sosu lam o atl'qel qes o me o q'o:lthet.
And they go out, and then they come back again.
Osu tl'o... tl'os te [uh] xwelitems sqwemqwemay.
Tl'is alhtel kw'es a:ystexwes.
The neighbours dogs wouldn't leave them alone.
Mewk'stam a:ystexwes yutl'olem. Osu kw'ay kw'es kwates.
Every time we let them out and then the neighbours
dogs would try to chase them. They won't stay away.
[They couldn't get them.]
Osu lhalhew yutl'etl'elom.
[So they ran away.]
Osu la kw'iy the lilts'e le te theqat, la lhaw.
The dog chased the little coon up the tree.
[One climbed a tree, running away.]
Osu la is tw'a su me chelq ew is xwe'it qesu, osu... osu la...
lekw te lol-- lilts'e slex_wtses
And he fell down somehow, and when he fell down he
lost one of his little fingers.
Osu skw'ay kw'es kwates ye... [uh] sqemqwemays ye
xwelitem stetis-tset ...kw'ay kw'es kwates kw'es a:ystexwes
Our [white] neighbour's dogs can't leave them alone,
they keep chasing them.
O qesu la ts'e lets'e swayel qesu la thex_w.
One day they just disappeared.
Tsu o:met o li te kechel kw'els o:met kw'elh
ts'its'lhamet the... [uh] i te xalh.
I was sitting in the kitchen, and I heard something at the door.
"Tam kw'e li kw'e xalh?" Olsu me hakw'eles tutl'etl'elom.
So I thought about the coons, so I though 'Oh, maybe it's them'.
Qelsu la kw'atset qesu me ay kw'etxwilem--
xwomxelem kw'etxwilem.
So I went and opened up the door, and they ran right
into the house--two of them.
"Oh kwe tel sqwalewel kw'as le a:ylesoxw!" x_et'estexw.
"Oh, I thought you left us!" [(I) told (them).]
Olsu axwet te s'alhtels, qesu lep'exes.
I gave them some of their food, and they ate it.
Osu... olsu xwemas te xwe te xalh. Osu kw'okw'ets te s'olh sqwema:y.
I just leave the door open. They just look at our dog (they don't even bother).
Osu kw'okw'etstes te s'olh sqwema:y.
And she was looking at OUR dog.
Qe qe ewelh, ewelh... ewelh iyates. Ey siyayes.
Our dog never chases them, 'cause they're good friends.
...a'a'... osu... uh... la... ley... uh... thexw yutl'etl'elom is tw'a xwchal la tw'a la, la hawe
They disappeared for quite a long time, but I guess they just went out hunting, for food, wherever they went.
Osu la thexw, qesu tu hi::th o xwi a q'olthet te
sqwema:y qe ewete, ewete the meles.
The dog went with the coons for quite a while,
and when he came back he didn't have the coons with him.
Qesu stames tw'a... stames tw'a hikw kwe...
kw'e kwelexw tutl'etl'elom qesu thexw o.
Something big must of got them, they disappeared altogether,
Osu skw'ay kw'es et ew kwelexw.
We never seen them no more.
Olsu... olsu t'ayeq'emet the s'olh sqwema:y.
I got mad at our dog.
"Tl'o telewe le x_t'astexw tetha!"
I bawled him out. I asked him if he did that,
made them disappear. ["It was you that did that!"]
O... qosu... kw'okw'etsthoxes thutl'o sqwema:y.
The dog was just looking at me.
O tw'a stames tw'a kw'e la kwel:exw.
Something (big) must have got them.