Sughidonh ndadz xo'in viyił ntasiyo. How I went with my husband. Part 1 of 2. Told by Ellen Savage at her home in Anchorage, AK, October 2002.
	Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Transcribed and translated by Donna Miller MacAlpine, Edna Deacon, and Alice Taff. At 17:50 Edna narrates an incident that she recorded two different times for this collection. The other version is titled, “Xintthe siyił genitht’uq. The first time I flew in an airplane.” [note], (added to clarify meaning), {false start}

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	Gogide, sughidonh ghiluq, gho xitasał.
	Here it is, the one who lived with me (my husband), dear one, about him I will talk.

	Yistl’i’ dong,
	When I was little,

	{ts’ith dixitso’} istl’i’ dong xits’in'‚
	from the time I was little,

	vantr’ixusneg,
	I didn't know him,

	che vonh and vito’.
	or his mother and father.

	Ngido’ Deloy Chet,
	Down there at Holy Cross,

	'n at nadhiyonh.
	he was raised up.

	Yit 'n a xidołtth'e'.
	There they lived.

	Yitongo, se, ngidiq Legg Jitno’, an got nasiyonh.
	Meanwhile, me, up there in Shageluk, that’s where I grew up.

	Yitots’i vantr’ixusneg.
	Then I didn’t know him.

	Dałine’ sraqay k’idz tr’idelanh dong.
	Maybe little children we were then.

	Xogh xinaxidilighusr.
	About them (his family) they were talking.

	Agidet, digin xit’an,
	So then, way up the Kuskokwim people, (his family)

	deg yixi xethdatl.
	they came past back there (Shageluk).

	Nginiq, nginiq xiyhtux xididltth’edi
	Up there (above Shageluk on the Innoko River), up there during the winter was the place they stayed;

	{xitsan xitidi} xits'an xitithidatl, xi’ne.
	That's where they were traveling to, they said.

	Dałine’ sraqay tr’idelanh ts’i yitots’i,
	But children we were then,

	vixoxo ditr’inedaq ts’in'.
	(and so) about them we don't think.

	Divan yił inisdhin ts’in'.
	Who they are I never think.

	Yitots’i xiyhdi xoldhił ts’i.
	So the winter passed.

	Ndadz, xidigał, xe xulegg {nixidenux} nixinedhit ts’i,
	When, finally, spring returned

	tinh xiyił qul ts'i dixuneyh,
	(and) the ice was completely finished,

	xiyił che, nq’oxdina' ye xinaxidilighusr,
	then again, people are talking,

	"Agide digin xit’an;
	"Here way up the Kuskokwim people;

	gogide xinedatl.
	here they are coming back down.

	Ngido’, Deloy Chet,
	Downriver, (to) Holy Cross,

	xits’an xitithidatl.
	back there they are going.

	Yixi yit 'n a,
	Around there,

	etthing dixit’anh
	they fish

	xiviqay xodo’, xi’ne.
	(at) their village, down below there, they say.

	{dałin} Dałine' che sraqay tr’idelanh ts’in'.
	Even so, children we were (still).

	Yuxudz xughi ditr’inedaq ts’in',
	About all of them we weren't thinking.

	Daline’, singonh an ganghiłnik,
	So, (while) my mother was cooking,

	yitots’i, yit dina qay nughi xidił ts’i iy.
	then, here at our village they stop.

	Yit xinexeł.
	Here they camp.

	Yit xinexeł ts'i yitots’i,
	Here they camp and then,

	Yitots’i singonh an, ganghiłnik,
	And then my mother she, she was cooking,

	vav, nelang yił an-ghiłnik.
	food, and meat she is cooking.

	Yitots’i, "On," xiłne.
	And then, "Come," she tells them.

	Yit yitots’i, dinayix gixiłnonh.
	Here then, (at) our house they are eating.

	Dałine’ che sraqay k'idz tr’idelanh ts’i.
	Even so, children we were (still).

	Yuxudz yixi itl’e q’utr’itidał ine’,
	All around there we walk, even so,

	xivantr'ixusneg divan sre'.
	I don’t know who they are.

	Xełedz xiyił, xividhinitl’-an ts’in'.
	I don’t look at them good.

	Ngi’egh yuxudz yeg iłt'e,
	Outside everywhere there, all the time,

	sraqay k’idz tr’idelanh ts’i, q'utr’itidał.
	small children we were, walking around.

	Ts'i yitots’i, ngido’ xiłdi nixitididił,
	So, downriver then they go,

	etthing dixit’an xitl'ogh che che,
	to fish and after that,

	yitots'i, deg dina qay che che,
	then, (they pass) our village again

	xiq’anxitididił.
	as they go back up.

	Yuxudz dixit’an xingo,
	All the time they do that, while,

	xidigał xizron che,
	finally then,

	{tr'ini} yitr’ineyonh, ghiluqin,
	we grew up, dear things,

	sraqay tr’idelanh ts’in'.
	from being children.

	Gitr'ideniłdik ts’i xiyił.
	We start writing.

	Singonh anh, "Gidiningiłdik," siłne.
	My mother, she, "You write," she tells me.

	"Ngo, gidingiłdik qul da’,
	"Well, if you don't write,

	gashigh xit’an q'ixitidhehal ts’in'," siłne.
	white people, you can't talk like them," she tells me.

	Yitots'i, yuxudz xo’in xiłdik,
	Then, for that reason,

	gidinatldik ts’i xiyił.
	I start writing.

	Yitongo iłt'et,
	During the whole time,

	xulegg tux xiyts’in' tux xiyił,
	in spring and fall then,

	{nixi} yixinixidididił ine’,
	they (husband's family) go back and forth but,

	yuxudz xivinitl-'an ts’in’,
	(at) all of them I never look,

	yuxudz ixit’an ts’in'.
	going back and forth.

	Etle got,
	Perhaps right then,

	a xiłdik itaschox xiyozr.
	I am getting bigger a little.

	Yitots’i etle yixi che nixididił,
	And then maybe they're going by again,

	singonh xiłdik an che, on xiłne ts’i.
	my mother then again, calls them to come.

	Xigighiłon'.
	She fed them.

	Anh, vonh,
	That one, his mother,

	sughidhidonh, sughidhighedonh vonh.
	my husband, my late husband's mother.

	Ts’i yitots’in',
	So,

	yitots’i xiłdi ngine’
	so then upriver,

	Xiyeghelinghdi,
	Holikachuk,

	xits'idz nixitidhidatl.
	up towards there they went.

	Etle yixi,
	Perhaps,

	anh, xiviyozr yił,
	that one, their son too,

	xiviyił dit’anh ts’in'.
	he is with them.

	Dałche, vantr’ixusneg.
	Even so, I don’t know them.

	Che istl'i ts’in'.
	I was still little.

	Yitots’i ngine' etle, yit
	And then upriver maybe, there

	Xiyeghelinghdi, q’utithinek,
	(at) Holikachuk, he starts to work,

	anh {sughidhi-} sughighedonh.
	{my husband} my late husband.

	Iy, iy a, valgats chux q’udighuł iy,
	That, that ah, big boat that goes around (steamboat),

	nginiq, nginiq yuxudz yeg
	back there, back there (Innoko River), everything like

	vav ntalyayh xiyitux.
	food they brought in it.

	Iy ye q’utithinek.
	In it he starts working.

	Dał'ine' vantr’ixusneg itth'e.
	But I don’t know him yet.

	Deg yuxudz dina qay
	Here (at) our village

	niggon idighuł ts’i iy.
	it lands.

	Xotl'ogh xiłdi, che ngido’,
	After that, again downriver,

	Deloy Chet, xits’an tidighuł.
	(to) Holy Cross, back it goes.

	Yuxudz ixit’an 'n a
	Everything they are doing,

	xełedz xiyił, viyił tr’idineg ts’in'.
	we're not paying good attention to it.

	Yit 'n a, edodz nughidighuł,
	There that one, up it comes,

	iy valgats chux.
	that big boat.

	A lo che sughidhidonh ye q’udineyh xiy.
	Sure enough my husband is working in it.

	Yitots’i nigidighuł tux yuxudz,
	When it stops, all,

	yuxudz nq’oxdina' ye
	all the people

	vith q’idz
	on the bank

	nixidał ts'i yuxudz xeyinił'anh.
	they all come to look down.

	Iy dixonh dedig, sraqay k’idz
	Ourselves also, small children,

	getiy q’udighuł iy,
	itʼs really going around,

	dina oxo xezrenh.
	for us it's good.

	Che dina tr’iłtthagg ts’i iłt'e.
	People don’t see (such things) all the time.

	Nigidighuł tux yuxudz
	Whenever the boat comes

	tth’an tr’indiyik.
	out we run.

	Vith q’idz xiłdi {dontr’ildiloy} dontr’indiyik ts'i.
	Onto the bank then we run.

	Tr’inił'anh ye valgats chux.
	We look in that big boat.

	Yitots’i qidughitux che,
	And then sometimes,

	dinagisanh yix xotthet,
	below our smokehouse

	sito’, yiq’idz, diggon gidit’oth iy,
	my father, on top of his sawhorse,

	q’idz didhisdo ts’i.
	I'm sitting.

	Nitl-’a an iy,
	I look at it,

	iy valgats chux.
	that big boat.

	Yuxudz xo’in xiłdik
	That is how

	siłtthonh itl-'an,
	he sees me looking,

	sughighedonh.
	my late husband.

	{se iy ts’i itl-} "Ngitltthonh," siłne.
	"I saw you," he tells me.

	"A, yiggi lo che nq’ołonh k’idz yozr, yiggidhido.
	Ah, sure enough a cute little girl, sitting down.

	Ane’ niggitr’inedatl, xitl'ogh,
	(When) upriver we land, after that,

	xogitr'olyak xitl'ogh, yit,
	(when) we carry up the stuff after that, there,

	yit a, yuxudz dhidlo a yi,
	right there ah, all the stuff that is there,

	ngidiq yix xantr’alyik xitl'ogh,
	up to that house we'll carry it, after that,

	voxo xenatl-'eł,"
	for her I’ll look,"

	sinedhinh, tr’ine.
	he's thinking about me, it is said.

	Tsi' yitots’i yixi,
	And then there,

	yitongo denisdhid ts’in'.
	meanwhile I’m not even thinking.

	Che nigidighuł tux,
	Again when the boat comes,

	xełedz yuxudz,
	all so nice,

	getiy longhinh
	really lots of people

	yinił'anh ts'i yitots’i,
	look at it then,

	ditr’inedagg ts’in'.
	(but) we (the children) are not thinking about it.

	Yixi yuxudz
	Around there

	siq’i dugho ngit'an sraqay ye
	the children like me

	xiviyił q'u'isdoyh nq’ołdałin k’idz ye,
	Iʼm walking around and with me, the little girls my age,

	yixi q’utr'ididał xiyił,
	we are walking around there then,

	go sughintr’ine'ots,
	somebody came to me,

	siqay xit’an,
	a person of my village,

	"Atthet,
	"Down there,

	ngiyił xitoxał ts’i xiq'a di’ne,"
	somebody wants to talk with you,"

	siłne.
	she tells me.

	"O," disne.
	"Oh," I say to her.

	"Ndadz xo’in?
	"Why?

	Gan,
	What,

	gan oxo toxał?"
	what will he talk about?"

	"Isre’," yiłne.
	"I don't know," she says.

	"Ngo, vantr'ixusneg.
	"Well, I don't know him.

	Gan sre' diłne xiy,"
	I don't know what he'll say,"

	yiłne.
	she says.

	"Gila,
	"OK,

	gila gon a gho ninehoyh.
	go ahead, he can come.

	Videne anh," vidisne.
	Tell him," I say to her.

	Ts'i yitots'i go sughi nineyo.
	So then he comes over to me.

	Chel neg.
	Handsome guy.

	"Gan, ndadz? Gan q'at?" vidisne.
	"What, what is it? What do you want?" I ask him.

	"Ęhę'ę," siłne.
	"Nothing," he says to me.

	"Ade’," siłne.
	"Hello," he tells me.

	"E," vidisne xiłdik.
	"Yes," I tell him then.

	"Ngo, ngiyił xitasał," siłne.
	"Well, I will talk with you," he tells me.

	Yuxudz xo'in xiłdi, "Ndadz xo’in?" vidisne.
	That's why then, "Why?" I ask him.

	"O,
	"Oh,

	ngughi tr’athdo, he’?" siłne.
	is someone staying with you?" he says to me. [Are you married?]

	"Yiq’i!?" vidisne.
	"What!?" I say to him.

	"Ngo sughi ntr'edo' ts’i.
	"Nobody stays with me.

	Gogide sraqay k’idz itl’anh.
	Here I am a little kid.

	Niłq’osnal dench’e viq’idz hiy.
	Fourteen!

	Xiq'i na go nixidatldhit.
	That’s how old I am.

	Sraqay k’idz tth'e itl'anh ts'i yitots’i,
	I'm still a little kid and,

	chelqay yił gho didhisno gits’i," vidisne.
	with boys I never touch," I tell him.

	"O," siłne xiłdik che.
	"Oh," he tells me again.

	Ts'i yiq'i, yixodo xiłdik,
	Down there then,

	siyił q’u’edoyh.
	with me he’s walking.

	"Sughi dighenol an," vidisne.
	"Don't touch me," I tell him.

	"Ngo, singonh,
	"Well, my mother,

	'Chelqay ye ivantegh ło na',
	'With boys, be careful,

	yoxo xidighinoł,' sidighene' ts'i," vidisne.
	they better not touch (you),' she told me," I tell him.

	"Singonh, anh,
	"My mother, she,

	chelqay dina ghidighenonhda’,
	when boys touch us,

	sraqay k’idz tr’itot'eł.
	we'll have a little child.

	Yitotth'e tth'e,
	And then before,

	dina tr'itlchet xingo,
	we get married,

	ntr'ixidiłtał tr'idet,
	we'll have a baby,

	dina iłne," vidisne.
	she tells us," I tell him.

	"Yuxudz xo’in xiłdik,
	"That’s why then,

	sughi dighenol an," vidisne
	you don't touch me," I tell him.

	Dałʼine’ diditldhik yuxudz.
	Even so he says nothing.

	Itl'e xiłdik itl'e
	Maybe then

	ndadz sre’
	I don't know what

	dinedhinh ts’in’.
	he’s thinking.

	Che yuxudz getiy
	Still, really,

	sraqay k’idz itl'anh ts’i yuxudz.
	I'm just a little kid.

	Ndadz yeg didisne ts’in'.
	I'm just talking any way.

	"Singonh disiłne ts'i yuxudz," didisne.
	"My mother tells me all this," I tell him.

	Ts'i yitots'i,
	And so,

	yitotl'ogh xiłdik
	after that

	I guess

	Agidet yitots’i etle,
	Here, after that perhaps,

	"Getiy,
	"Really,

	xiyo diniho an etle," sinedhinh.
	she knows nothing perhaps," he thinks of me.

	Ts'i yitots'i yuxudz,
	And then,

	digganidi'elnek,
	he stands up,

	yidiq tr’ididltth’edi.
	(from) where we're sitting down.

	Yiq tr’ididltth'e xiyił che.
	We're sitting down again.

	Viyił niyonigin
	A guy that works with him,

	dina ghinineyo
	to us he came,

	sitoy neg from,
	my nice uncle from,

	sitoy neg,
	my nice uncle,

	Xiyeghelinghdi xit’an.
	a Holikachuk person.

	Dina ghinineyo,
	He came to us,

	anh lo che xiyił nughinik {xiyivi}
	one who works with him

	valgats chux yet.
	in that big boat.

	Dina yi neg nughi neyo xiyił.
	To us that nice man came near.

	"Ade’," dina iłne.
	"Hello," he said to us.

	"Ithe’, deg, nq’ołonh ithe' uxłtth’onh?"
	"Have you seen a girl around here?"

	dina iłne.
	he asks us.

	"Diva," vidisne, sitoy.
	"Who," I say to him, my uncle.

	"Diva?"
	"Who?"

	"January,"
	"January,"

	ne xiłdi che.
	he says.

	"Ęhę'ę," vidisne.
	"No," I tell him.

	"Ngo January tr’itltthag ts’in'," vidisne.
	"Well, January, we haven't seen her," I tell him.

	Yitots’i nughi gidegh ntithiyo.
	Then he walked away from us.

	Xitl'ogh xiłdi anh,
	Afterwards that one,

	sughidhidonh anh, diggandi'elnek.
	my husband, he stands up.

	"Ngo ngine' valgats ye ntasdoł ts'i yitots’i,
	"Well, I'll walk up to the boat then and

	enastał," ne.
	go to bed," he says.

	Ts'i yitots’i, ngine’ nasrithidał siyix.
	And then up we went to my house.

	Dina siyix, singonh, xiviyix,
	Our house, my mother, her house,

	xits'idz donisiyigg, dedig che ngine’ ntithiyo.
	towards my house I go, and him up (to the boat) he returns.

	Ts'i xizro.
	That’s all.

	Yitots’i xiłdik che
	So then

	vughi denisdhit qul.
	I don't think about it any more.

	Vantr'ixusneg.
	I don't know him.

	Ndadz ine’ denisdhin ts’in',
	I don’t think anything,

	vaxa.
	about him.

	Ts'i yitots’i yixi
	So after that there

	iłt'e
	always

	sraqay yił q’utr’indiyet.
	with children we're running around.

	Q’utr’indiyet ts'i yitots’i,
	We're running around then,

	yuxudz xiyił ditr’inedagg ts’in'.
	we're not thinking about anything.

	Yitots’i,
	Then,

	xiyh, xidhiq’otth. {iy val... edi gival... iy...}
	late in the fall, it was freezing.

	Valgats chux yixintidighuł iy,
	That big boat that goes up and down,

	xełedz nonxiyneton’ ngine’
	they put in away nicely up there

	Xiyeghelinghdi.
	at Holikachuck.

	Yitots’i,
	And then,

	xidhiq’otth.
	it froze up.

	Tinh yił xethdlat.
	(The river) became full of ice.

	Dithitinh.
	It was frozen.

	Yitots’i dithitinh xitl'ogh xiłdi che,
	And when it froze after that then,

	nq’oxdina' ye xełedz didhitinh tux,
	for the people when it was nicely frozen,

	łek axa q’uxididał.
	with dogs they could go.

	Nginedz Xiyedghelinghdi xits’i xiyił
	From up there (in) Holikachuk

	nq’oxdina' ye
	people

	ngido’ dina qay nonxididił
	come down to our village

	łek axa.
	with dogs (by dogteam).

	Yuxudz xiłdi {dixi} dixit’anh.
	They always do that.

	Yit che che yitots’i, enedz ts'in' ideyo,
	There again, from upriver he passed,

	anh, {sughighe} sughighedonh ghiluq.
	that one, my dear late husband.

	Dałʼine’ {dine} nidhitl-’an ts’in’.
	Even so I don’t look at him.

	Ndadz ine’ xaxa vughi denisdhinh qul.
	But why don't I think about him.

	Ine’ che
	But again

	iłt'e enedz ni’edoyh.
	he always comes down.

	Engoq che dit’anh dina qay.
	Dances they would have in our village.

	Sraqay k’idz nozrelanh ts'i yitots’i,
	Little kids we still are and,

	getiy engoq q’a ditr’et'a.
	we really love dances.

	Ts'i yitots’i engoq ts'in' ntr’tdididił.
	So then we go to the dance.

	Yidedig che yit xidi'ihoyh,
	Him too again here he comes (and),

	dina yił iłt'e engoq dił'anh.
	with us always he's dancing.

	Iłt'e che dałʼine’ siyił xinayh.
	Always even so with me he's talking.

	Ine’ che gho denisdhid ts’in',
	Even then I’m not thinking of him,

	yuxudz yeg.
	about anything.

	Gode siq’a dingit’a yił, inisdhin ts’in'.
	That he likes me, I don't even think.

	Che yuxudz yeg
	Still, about anything

	denisdhid ts’i.
	I'm not thinking.

	{sraqay k} Sraqay itl'anh ts’in’.
	I'm still a kid yet.

	Yitots'i,
	And then,

	axa xiłdik, yuxudz ititht'an'.
	after that, he kept doing the same thing.

	Tthan yitots’i xiyhdi xingith,
	And then all winter long,

	iłt'e enedz ni’idoyh.
	always down he comes.

	Iłt'e xiłdi che soxo xinił’anh
	Always he looks for me

	siyił xinayh.
	to talk with me.

	Dałche dałʼine' denisdhid ts'in'.
	Even so, maybe I never think.

	Xiłdi yuxudz
	All the time

	ndadz sre' xo'in denisdhid ts’in’.
	I don’t know why I wasn’t thinking.

	Siyił xinayh dałʼine’.
	With me he talks even so.

	Yitots’i
	And then

	xidigał xulegg,
	finally spring,

	xulegg nonxididhit.
	spring came.

	Yitots’i xulegg nonxididhit.
	And then spring came.

	Yitots’i {gilyayh}
	And then

	dałʼine' che
	even so

	siq'uy neg
	my nice auntie

	gho dhisdo. {xildis}
	with her I am staying.

	Vughiyithdon {gi-}
	Her husband

	giyiqadinh ngilanh.
	is a storekeeper.

	{ngin, ngini} Nginiq xiłdik yit
	Back there

	gidegh qay che che,
	(in) another village,

	xitl’onh xidhido xingo,
	he has another store while,

	vughiyithdonh anh,
	his spouse, that one,

	dina qay dhido sidedig che, yit.
	(in) our village she stays (and) me too also, there.

	Vav yił xito'la'
	Food from her

	xiy ogho geqat.
	from her they buy it.

	Yuxudz xo’in xiłdi an,
	That’s why then that one,

	siq'uy neg, anh,
	my nice auntie, that one,

	"Go sughi dhedo.
	"With me you stay.

	Sigisraqay ye
	My children

	an ghitenik ts’in'.
	you will look after them.

	Q’usinek engos,
	I work back there,

	dinagi, dinagi gidiqad," siłne.
	(in) our, our store," she tells me.

	Ts'i yitots’i vughi dhisdo
	And then with her I stay

	xulegg.
	(during) spring.

	Yuxudz dixit’an ine’,
	It keeps happening but,

	yuxudz xiyił denisdhid ts’in'.
	always I was not thinking.

	Xiyił che nginedz
	All at once downriver

	valgats chux che ni’idighuł.
	that big boat again it's coming.

	Iy ye xiłdi che nughinik, anh,
	Inside it again he works, that one,

	sughighedonh.
	my late husband.

	Dałche tth’e yuxudz yeg
	Maybe not yet

	denisdhid ts’in’.
	I never think.

	Q’anidighuł ine' che,
	It goes back and forth,

	vughi xiyił denisdhid ts’in’.
	(but) about him I'm not thinking.

	Yit an a; enedz ni’idighuł xiyił che.
	There it is; from upriver it came again.

	Tth’e enedz ni'ithighol xingo
	Still down it came while

	sraqay tr’idelanh,
	children we (still) were,

	yiggi viyił yinisyax xintux.
	the ones I'm growing up with.

	Ngi’egh
	Outdoors

	uxitin xiyił,
	with them too,

	xiviyił q'u'isdoyh
	I walk around with them

	q’idughitux.
	sometimes.

	Yitots’i
	Then

	yeg xiviyix xidontr’ididił ts’i.
	we go in their house.

	Digazriłne.
	We play music.

	Digazriłne tux che yuxudz engithegh
	With music and everything out there

	enqoq ditr’ił'an che yuxudz.
	we're doing white man dance.

	Gan ditr’iłanh xiq’i.
	That's what we're doing.

	Yit an at yuxudz tr’it'anh xiyił.
	There we're all doing it.

	Go siyił, siyił dit’an.
	Here with me, with me he's dancing.

	Vixiviyix tr’ididltth’e xiyił.
	(At) our house they stay.

	Ghegha xidonidiyo.
	Older brother came in.

	Ghegha dina iłne,
	Older brother tells us,

	"Atthe sanh yix
	"Down there (at the) smokehouse

	yiq’it,
	right there,

	chel,"
	a boy,"

	Silas Benjamin, vi’ezrehin.
	Silas Benjamin, he was the one named this.

	"Atthe lo che,
	"Down there sure enough,

	antr'a gitltr'edh xiq’idz," dina iłne.
	it seems he doesn't breathe," he tells us.

	"Yuxi tr’an'initldhe ine’ vinisine',"
	"I couldn't wake him up even though I talked to him,"

	yiłne.
	he says.

	"Ndadz sre’ dingit’a ts'in'."
	"I don't know what's wrong with him."

	Yuxudz xo'in xiłdik,
	That's why then,

	tthinigiggok ngitthing sanh yix tthitagiggok.
	I ran downhill and to the smokehouse I started to run.

	An siyił dit’an xiłdi che
	With me he/she is too

	{siyi} siyił xodił.
	with me they were going.

	Toxin tr’idelanh ts’in'.
	Three of us we were.

	Ngiyiq xiłdi yit, sanh yix {xidi} xiditr’ixiniłyet.
	Down there then, into the smoke house we ran.

	Diyit, yiq'it, viq’idz ditr'athtanh xiy,
	There, that one, on the bed (he was lying).

	Q’idz dhitan,
	On top he was lying,

	antr'an yeg viłałtingh xiq'i,
	just like he was sleeping,

	ine' che vidhot, dił tr’inelingh.
	but out of his mouth, blood was running.

	Xidhitlyił ts'i diggandhitldonh.
	I grabbed him and set him up.

	Yitots’i an go siyił dit’an xiłdik,
	Then the ones that came with me,

	xiyidhot xiyił xiyi xitadhiyił.
	into his mouth they blow.

	"Nigitiłtr’eth.
	"Start to breathe.

	Gila xiy, nigitiłtr’eth," xałne ts’i.
	Go on, start to breathe," they tell him.

	Yitongo vit’osin xiyił, xilitr’idalningh, xilitr’idalningh.
	Meanwhile on his back, we're banging, we're banging.

	Dałine’ yuxudz yeg, viłałtingh xiq’i.
	Even so, just like he's sleeping.

	Yuxudz xo’in xiłdik,
	That's why then,

	yit, sanh yix,
	there, (to) the smokehouse,

	nq’oxdina ye dixinedatl.
	people came in.

	Ts'i yitots’i,
	So then,

	itsa’a xiłdi na ghineyo.
	grandma came to us.

	"Tr’al se iy,
	"Let me,

	se, tr'anditatl’eł anh," dina iłne.
	me, I'll do it myself," she tells us.

	Yuxudz xo'in xiłdik, gho xidoy {non} nontr'itidatl.
	Because of that then, we went to the door.

	Yit xits'i xiłdik itsa’a ghiluq anh,
	So there that poor grandma,

	ndadz sre' yixi {dixi-} nixo'oł.
	I don't know what she does to him.

	Xiyił di'ne,
	Then she says,

	"Ngo,
	"Well,

	ngo, viłałtingh qul anh," dina iłne.
	well, he's not sleeping," she tells us.

	"Yuxudz an a tr'anididhil ts’in'.
	"That's why he doesn't wake up.

	Go lo che vigidighon yet ditlteł, anh,"
	Notice here, in his chest he is shot, that one,"

	dina iłne.
	she tells us.

	Yuxudz ye getiy.
	That's too much.

	Tr’itathtrax.
	We start crying.

	Xiłdi yuxudz, yuxudz tr’inedagg ts’in'
	Then we never think

	dideyoq, tr’inedagg ts’in'.
	he is dead, we never think.

	Ts'i yitots’i yit yuxudz,
	So there everyone,

	vito’ ghiluq xiyił vonh ghiluq xiyił,
	his poor father and his poor mother then,

	yixinixinedatl ts'i yitots'i.
	they all came over (from lower village) there.

	Continued on Sughidonh 2.