ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᓂᒐᓪᑯᓪ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ
‘ᑌᓕ ᐧᑫᓪᐯᐦᓚᓐ
ᒃᒋ ᐯᒪᐧᓱᐧᐃᓐ
Koluskap nicalkul Cihkonaqc
‘toli-qolpehlan
Kci-pomawsuwin
ᓇᑲ ‘ᑭᔅᑲᑦᒣᒃᐦᐊᓐ᙮
naka ‘kiskatmekhan.
ᐅᒋ ᒧᔅᑫᒧᐧᐊᓀᓪ ᓂᓱᐧᐃᐦᑎᒋᓪ᙮
Uci-moskemuwanol nisuwihticil.
ᒃᒋ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐧᐊᐧᐁᓀᓪ᙮
Kci-Cihkonaqc wawonol.
ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ‘ᑌᓕ ᑭᓯ ᒪᒉᑉᑫᑌᐸ ᒣᑌᐧᐁᓓᓄᒃ
Koluskap ‘toli-kisi-macepketepa motewolonok
ᑌᐦᐳ ᐁᓕ ‘ᑌᒪᑌᒃ ᓀᔅᐱᐦᐧᑲᒻᑭᓪ᙮
tehpu eli-‘tomatok nespihqamkil.
[ How Koluskap turns his uncle turtle
into a great person
and how he marries him.
how he gets a partner;
about turtle’s eggs;
and how koluskap drove away the wizards
by merely smoking red-willow bark. ]
ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᐧᐁᒋ ᒪᒐᐦᐊᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᑯᒻᒄ,
Koluskap weci-macahat Oktokomq, ᒪᒉᐧᐁᐦᑫᑦ ᐁᐧᑭᑌᓐ;
macewehket oqiton;
ᐯᒋᓱᑫᓐ ᐱᒃᑐᒃ;
pecisukon Piktuk;
ᐁᑌᓕ ᐯᒋᔭᑦ ᔅᑭᒋᓐ ᐅᑌᓀᒃ;
etoli-peciyat skicin-utenek;
ᓂᑦ ᐁᑌᓕ ᒣᔅᑲᐧᑎᐦᑎᑦ ᓂᒐᓪᑯᓪ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ᙮
nit etoli-moskawtihtit nicalkul Cihkonaqc.
ᑫᒪᒡ ᐧᐃᓭᑭ ᒪᓓᔪ ᓇᑲ ᒣᓇᑲᑌᒪᐦᑐᓐ᙮
Komac wisoki Maleyu naka menakatomahtun.
ᐃᑌᒣᒃ: [ ᐁᓗᐧᐁ ᑲᓪ ᐁᑌ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᓂᒐᓪᑯᓪ, ]
Itomok: “Eluwe-kal-ote Koluskap nicalkul,”
ᑫᓄᒃ ᐁᓗ ᑫᑌᑭᒃ ᓕᑕᐦᐊᓱᐧᐁᒃ ᓂᑦ ᔪᑦ ᑭᓯ ᒃᓄᐧᐊᑫᓐ
kenuk-olu kotokik litahasuwok nit yut kisi-knuwakon
[ᑫᓭᓇ: ᒪᒉᒃᒧᐧᐊᑯᓐ ] ᙮
(kosona: macekmuwakon).
ᑕᓐ ‘ᑌᓕᔭᓐ, ᐧᐁᑦ ᓂᐦᑲᓂ ᔅᑭᓄᐦᓯᔅ ᑭᓴᑫᒣᓐ
Tan ‘toliyan, wot nihkani skinuhsis kisakomon
[ᑫᓭᓇ: ‘ᑭᓭᓄᑫᑌᒣᓐ]
(kosona: ‘kisonukotomon)
ᐁᓕ ᐸᐧᐊᑌᑭᓪ ᐁᑐᒋ ᐧᐁᓚᒪᑕᒄ,
eli-pawatokil etuci-wolamataq,
ᓂᑦ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᒧᓴᐦᒍᐧᐃ ᐧᐃᐧᑫᐦᓚᓪ᙮ nit koluskap musahcuwi-wikwehlal.
‘ᑌᓕ ᐳᓇᓐ ᓴᑫᓕ ᔅᑭᑕᐱᔨᓪ᙮
‘toli-punan sakoli skitapiyil.
ᓂᑦ ᐁᓗ ᓴᐱᔦ ᐊᓭᒃᑦᐧᑲᐦᑫᐧᐊᐦᑯᒃ,
Nit-olu sapiye-assoktqahkewahkuk,
ᐁᓕ ᓀᒥᐦᑐᐧᐁᒃ᙮
eli-nomihtuwok.
[Koluskap,
when he goes from Newfoundland,
uses a canoe;
he comes to pictou;
he comes to an indian village;
there he finds his uncle turtle.
He is very lazy and he goes slowly.
They say;
“He is certainly Koluskap’s Uncle,”
but others think this is by adoption.
However that may be,
this old fellow bore his wants (so well),
he being so good natured,
that Koluskap takes a liking to him.
He decided that he would make him a powerful (or strong) man.
This happens wonderfully, as we shall see. ]
ᐁᓕ ᐯᒋᔦᔨᒃ ᐱᒃᑐᒃ ᐯᒥᑫᐦᑎᑦ [ ᑫᓭᓇ: ᐧᐃᑭᐦᑎᑦ]
Eli-peciyeyik Piktuk pemikehtit (kosona: wikihtit)
ᐊᐧᑲᒣᒃ ᓀᒄᑕᑌᒃ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒣᓪ;
aqamok neqtatok wikuwamol; ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᐧᐃᓱᑭ ᐧᐁᓚᐯᐧᐃᐧ ᓂᓯᐧ ᐁᓪᐧᑭᐧ ᐁᓕ ᓴᑫᒪᐧᐃᑦ;
Koluskap wisoki-wolapewiw nisiw elkwiw-eli-sakomawit;
ᑭᓯ ᒧᓴᓪᐧᑫᓱ᙮
Kisi-musalqessu.
ᑲᑦ ᐧᐊᐦᑫᐦᓯ ᒧᓴᓪᐧᑫᓯᐧ ᑉᓯ ᑌ ᐁᐦᐱᒋᒃ᙮
Kat wahkehsi musalqesiw psi-te ehpicik.
ᑉᓯ ᑌ ᐸᐧᐊᑐᒧᐧᐊᓐ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒃ ᙮
Psi-te pawatomuwan wikuwak.
‘ᑌᓴᐦᐊ ᓀᒥᐦᔭᓐ᙮
‘Tosaha nomihyan.
ᓂᓯᓂᔨᓪ ᓂᒐᓪᑯᓪ, ᐊᓭᑭᒪᐦᑐᐧᐁᓪ, ᒣᒋᒥᐧ ᐊᓐᐧᑫᒡ ᒃᒋ ᐧᐁᓚᔅᑐᐧᐊᓪ ᙮
Nisiniyil nicalkul, assokimahtuwol, mecimiw anqoc
kci-wolastuwal.
[When he comes to Pictou
where there are more than a hundred wigwams,
Koluskap was a very handsome man,
as if he were a chief;
he was much loved;
not a little was he liked by all the women.
All want him in their wigwams;
he refuses to see them;
he stays along with his uncle, the strange one;
he always takes great delight in him in old times.]
ᑫᑎ ᒃᒉᔭᐧᐃ ᒪᐧᐃᔭᓐ ᓇᑲ ᐸᐳᓪᑎᓐ, Koti-kceyawi-mawiyan naka papultin,
ᑫᓄᒃ ᐁᓗ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᑲᑕᒪ ‘ᑌᒥᑕᐦᐊᑌᒧᐧᐊᓐ ‘ᑌᓕᔭᓐ;
kenuk-olu Koluskap katama ‘tomitahatomuwan ‘toliyan;
ᑕᓐ ᑌᐦᐳ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒻᑫᔨᓐ ᑫᓭᓇ ᐊᒪᓪᐦᑕᐦᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐸᐳᓪᑎᒣᒃ᙮
tan tehpu wikuwamkeyin kosona Amalhtahkewin papultimok.
ᒣᒡᑌᐁᓗ ‘ᑌᐧᑫᒋᑫᐦᓯᒧᓚᓪ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᔅᑲᑦ ᐧᐃᑌᔨᐧ,
Mec-te-olu ‘toqecikehsimulal Cikonaqc skat witeyiw,
‘ᑎᔭᓪ [ ᑉᓯ ᑌᐦᒡ ‘ᑎᔪᓪᑎᔨᓂᔭ ᓇᒃᔅᐧᑭᔨᒃ᙮ ]
‘tiyal “ Psi-tehc ‘tiyultiniya naksqiyik.”
‘ᑌᐧᑫᒋᒧᓚᓐ ᑫᒄ ᐧᐁᒋ ᔅᑲᑦ ᒡᐸᐦᑲᑌᒧᒃ,
‘toqecimulan keq weci skat cpahkatomuk,
ᑕᐦᒍᐧᐃᐦᑉᑐ ᐧᐁᓀᐧᑯᑌᑫᔨᓐ᙮
tahcuwihptu wonoqutokeyin.
[There is to be a great feast and games,
but Koluskap does not care to go,
either a guest or as a performer in the sports.
Still he asks Cihkonaqc whether he will not take part;
he says “All the girls will be there.”
He asks him why he does not marry;
it must be that he lives in a lonely fashion. ]
[ ᐁᑐᒋ ᐁᐦᑕ ᒃᑌᒪᑫᔨ ᒣᒉᐦᑌ ᑲᑕᒪ ᐯᔅᐧᑫᓄᐧᐃᐧ ᓐᑌᓗᐧᑯᑌᐦᐧᐊᑫᓐ
“Etuci ehta ktomakeyi moceh-te katama pesqonuwiw
Ntollukwutehwakon
ᑕᓐ ᔪᑦ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒣᒃ ᒪᐧᐃᔭᒣᒃ᙮ tan yut wikuwamok mawiyamok.
ᑲᒣᑦ ᐁᑉ ᓂᓪ ᓐᑌᑌᓕ ‘ᑌᒪᓐ ᓂᐦᑯᒃ? ]
Kamot-op nil ntotoli-w’toman nihkuk?”
[ ᓂᑦ ᑲᐦᒃ ᐁᓐ ᑌᐦᐳ ᐁᓗ ᐸᐧᐊᓪᐧᑲᒃ᙮ ]
“Nit-kahk on tehpu-olu pawalqak.”
ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ‘ᑌᓕ ᐊᓯᑌᒣᓪ ᓂᒐᐦᑯᓪ,
Koluskap ‘toli-asitemol nicahkul,
[ ᒧᓴ ᑌᒥᑕᐦᐊᒧᑫ-ᐁᒡ ᐧᑫᒉᒥᐧ ᒃᓯᔅᑯᒃ;
“musa tomitahamuke-oc qocomiw ‘ksiskuk;
ᑕᓐ ᑲᐦᒃ ᓂᑦ ᐁᓕ ᐦᐅᓐᑕᑕᒄ ᐧᐁᓀᒃᒪᐦᓯᑦᐦᐅᑌᒣᓐ
tan-kahk nit eli-huntataq wonekmahsithutomon
ᑕᐦᐊᓗ ᐅᒋ ᑕᐦᓯᒃ ᐁᓓᒄ ᐁᓓᐧᑫᑌᐧᐊᑫᓀᓪ᙮ ]
tahalu uci-tahsik oloqotewakonol.”
[ “I am so poor that
I have not one garment
which is suitable for a feast.
Is it not better
that I should smoke my pipe at home?” —
“If this is all that is wanted,”
Koluskap replies to his uncle
“do not take thought for the exterior of your face;
he who knows how can easily do it over,
as a suit of clothes is made over.” ]
[ ᐊᐦᐊ, ᓐᑐᐧᐊᓭᒻ ]
“Aha, ntuwasom”
ᐃᑌᒻ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ
[ ᑫᒄ ᑭᓪ ᒃᑎᑌᒣᓐ ᐊᒋᐦᑐᐧᐊᓐ ‘ᑌᓚᒻᐦᐁᒃ ᐯᒪᐧᓱᐧᐃᓐ ? ]
itom cihkonaqc “Keq kil ktitomon acihtuwan ‘tolamhok pomawsuwin?”
[ ᒃᒋ ᐧᑲᐱᑦ, ]
“Kci-Qapit,”
ᐁᓕ ᐊᓯᑐᐧᐅᐦᑌᒃ ᓴᑫᒻ ᙮
eli-asituwuhtek sakom.
[ ᓂᑦ ᓯᑭᔪ ᐁᓓᑫᒣᒃ;
“Nit sikiyu elokemok;
ᒣᔅᒄ ᓀᒄᑌᒧᐧᐊᓐ ᔪᑦ ᐁᑌᓀᐦᓯᔅ ᓐᑌᓗᐦᑲᓐ ᐁᒡ ᓂᑦ᙮
mesq neqtomuwan yut otenehsis ntolluhkan-oc nit.
ᑭᓪ ᑌᐦᒡ ᐁᓇ ᔪᑦ ᐁᓕ ᑌᑫᒍᐧᐃᒃ
Kil-tehc-ona yut eli-tokecuwik
ᐁᓕᔦᐧᐁᓪᑎᒣᒃ ᓇᐦᓭᑦ ᓐᑫᔅᐱᓱᓐ᙮
oliyewoltimok nahset Nkospisun.
[ “Yes, my child,” says Turtle,
“ What do you say if you make over the inside of a person?” —
“ by the great beaver,” answers the chief,
“that is hard to do,
(yet) before I leave this village, i will do this.
Do you, however, in this present playground put on my belt. ]
ᐁᑐᒋ ᑌ ᑭᓯ ᓇᐦᓭᓀᒃ,
Etuci-te kisi-nahsenok,
ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐯᒋ ᐧᐃᓭᑭ ᐧᐁᓚᐯᐧᐃᓐ
ᑕᓐ ᑌᐦᐳ ᔅᑭᑕᑉ ᑫᓭᓇ ᐁᐦᐱᑦ ᒣᔅᒄ ‘ᑌᓕᓀᒥᐦᑐᐧᐊᓐ᙮ Cihkonaqc peci-wisoki-wolapewin
tan tehpu skitap kosona
ehpit mesq ‘tolinomihtuwan.
ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᓇᓭᐧᐁᒧᐧᐊᓐ ᐱᔦᒥ ᑯᐧᓚᐦᑭᓪ ᐁᓓᐧᑲᑌᐧᐊᑫᓀᓪ᙮
Koluskap nassewemuwan piyemi kulwahkil oloqatewakonol.
‘ᑌᓕ ᑌᐸᒧᐧᐁᓪ ᒣᐦᒋᔦᒃ ᑭᔅᑫᒣᓪ ᑕᓐ ᐁᑐᒋ ᔅᑭᑕᐯᐧᐃ ᔪᑦ ᐱᔦᒥ ᑌᐦᒡ ᐧᐁᓚᐯᐧᐃᑦ ᔅᑭᑕᑉ᙮
‘Toli-tepamuwol mehciyok kiskomol tan etuci skitapewi yut
piyemi-tehc wolapewit skitap.
ᐁᐯᒉᓪ ᓴᓐᑫᐧᐃᒪᐦᑐ ᓇᑲ ᓴᑫᓓᔨᓐ
ᑕᐦᒍᐧᐃ ᒉᓪ ᐧᐁᐦᐅᓯᓱᐧᐃᑦ ᐱᔦᒥᑌᐦᒡ ᓴᑫᓓᔨᑦ,
Opocol sankewimahtu naka sakoleyin
tahcuwi-cel-wehusisuwit piyemi-tehc sakoleyit,
ᓀᐦᐸᐦᐊ ᑉᓯ ᑌ ᐧᐁᓂᒃ ᔪᑦ ᔅᑭᑦᑫᒥᒄ ᙮
nehpaha psi-te wenik yut skitkomiq.
[So when he puts it on,
Turtle becomes young and handsome,
such a one as man or woman has not yet seen.
Koluskap dresses him in most beautiful clothes
. He promises him that to the end of his days,
he will be a most beautiful man.
Because he is patient and tough,
he must be like the toughest animal,
so that he may kill all creatures in the world.]
ᐁᓐ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐧᐁᒋ ᐁᓕᔭᑦ ᐁᑌᓕᒪᐧᐃᔦᒣᒃ᙮
On Cihkonaqc weci-eliyat etolimawiyemok.
ᓀᒄᑦ ᑌᓕ ᓴᑫᒻ ᐱᑦᑯᒃ ᓄᐦᐅ ᐧᐃᓭᑭ ᐧᐁᓕᐦᑯ ‘ᑐᓭᓪ᙮
Neqt toli sakom Pitkuk nuhu wisoki- wolihku ‘tusol.
ᐧᐁᑦ ᐯᒋ ᓕ ᐁᐧᐊᓯᓱᐧᐃᑦ ᓂᐦᑌᓪ ᓀᒥᐦᔭᒋᓪ ᓇᑲ ᐧᐁᓱᐧᐁᓯᓐ;
Wot peci-li-ewasisuwit nihtol nomihyacil
naka wesuwessin;
‘ᑎᑌᒣᓐ: [ ᓀᒥᐦᔭ ᐸᐧᐊᑌᒣᓐ ]
‘titomon: “nomihya pawatomon”
ᑌᑫᒡ ᑉᓯᑌ ᔅᑭᒋᓄᐧᐁᒃ ᐱᑦᑯᒃ ᐸᐧᐊᑌᒪᓂᔦᓪ
ᔪᐦᑌᓪ ᓇᒃᔅᐧᑭᔦᓪ᙮
Tokec psi-te skicinuwok Pitkuk pawatomaniyol
yuhtol naksqiyil.
ᓀᐦᐸᐦᐊᐧᐊᓪ ᑕᓐ ᐧᐁᑦ ᒣᐦᔅᓇᑦ᙮
Nehpahawal tan wot Mehsnat.
[Then turtle goes to the feast.
Now the chief of pictou has three beautiful daughters.
The youngest one he looks on, and he returns and says:
“I see her whom I desire.”
But, as it happens,
all the lads at pictou desire this maiden.
They will kill him who wins her.]
ᐁᑐᒋ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᐧᐃᐦᐧᑫᓀᒣᓐ ᓇᑲ ᒪᒉᑉᑐᓐ ᐧᐊᐸᑉ;
Etuci Koluskap wihqonomon naka maceptun wapap;
ᓇᒋ ᑫᓗᐧᓓᐧᐊᓐ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᙮
naci-kelulwewan Cihkonaqc.
ᐧᐁᓕᑕᐦᐊᒪᓪ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐁᔅ;
Wolitahamal wikuwoss;
ᐁᓕ ᐅᓕᑕᐦᐊᒪᓪ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᓱᐧᐁᓪ᙮
eli-ulitahamal Cihkonaqsuwol.
ᓂᑌᐁᓇ ᓇᒃᔅᒄ ᐅᓪᓀᐦᑲᓐ ᐱᓓᔨ ᔅᑕᐦᐧᑫᓄ; Nit-te-ona naksq ulnehkan pileyi stahqonu;
ᔅᓯᐯᓪᑭᒃ ᐁᓚᓐ ᒃᒋ ᐧᐊᑉᔅᐧᑫᐧᐃᔨᓪ᙮
sipelkik elan (?) kci-wapsqewiyil.
‘ᑌᓕᔭᒣᓐ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᓱᐧᐁᓪ ᓇᑲ ᑫᔅᐸᐦᑌᒃ ᐧᐃᔪᐦᔅ
‘ᑌᓕ ᐧᐁᓕᐧᑭᐱᓂᔭ᙮
‘Toliyamon Cihkonaqsuwol naka kospahtek wiyuhs
‘toli-woliqipiniya.
ᓂᑦ ᑌᑭᐧ ᑌ ‘ᑭᓯ ᓂᓱᐧᐃᓂᔭ᙮
Nit tokkiw-te ‘kisi-nisuwiniya.
[Then Koluskap takes and fetches wampum,
he proposes for Turtle.
The mother consents; she approves of Turtle.
Then the maiden spread out new fir boughs;
she covers the bed with a great white bear’s skin.
She goes to Turtle and they eat dried meat for supper.
So they were married.]
ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐧᐃᓭᑭ ᒪᓓᔪ;
Cihkonaqc wisoki maleyu;
ᑫᑌᑭᒃ ᑫᑐᓐᑲᑎᐦᑎᑦ ᓀᑫᒻ ᑲᐦᒃ ᐁᓓᓯᓐ ᐧᐃᐦᑯᒃ᙮
kotokik kotunkatihtit nekom-kahk elessin wihkuk.
ᓀᒄᑦ ᐯᒻᑭᔅᑫᐦᒃ ᓂᓱᐧᐃᑎᓕᒋᓪ
Neqt pemkiskahk nisuwitilicil
‘ᑎᔪᑯᓐ: [ ᓂᑦ ᐁᓗ ᔅᑲᑦ ᑫᒄ ᓕ ᐁᓗᐦᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᓀᑫᓴᔨᐧ ᐁᒡ, ᑫᓯᒃᑌᓚᒥᐦᐯᓐ᙮ ]
‘tiyukun: “Nit-olu skat keq-li olluhkewin nokosayiw-oc,
kosiktelamihpon.”
ᓂᑦ ᓇᐦᔅᓀᓐ ‘ᑕᑫᒻ᙮ Nit nahsnon ‘takom.
ᐁᐦᐱᑦ ᓄᐦᓱᐦᐧᑲᓐ ᓇᒋ ᑫᑐᓐᑫᐦᓕᑦ;
Ehpit nuhsuhqan naci-kotunkehlit;
‘ᑫᑎ ᓀᒥᐦᔦᓪ ᑕᓐ ᐧᐁᑦ ᐁᓓᑫᐦᓕᓐ᙮
‘koti-nomihyol tan wot elokehlin.
ᑲᑕᒪ ᐱᐦᒉᑐ ᐁᓕᔦᐧ,
Katama pihcetu oliyew,
ᐁᓐ ᐧᑲᔅᑌᐦᓯᓐᓀ,
on Qastehsinen,
ᓇᐱᔅᐧᑲᒪᓐ, ᒉᓪ ᒃᓯᐦᑌᐦᓯᒻᓱ᙮
napisqaman, cel ksihtehsimsu.
ᓂᓱᐧᐃᑎᒋᓪ ᓂᑦ ᑌ ᐧᐁᓱᐧᐁᓯᓐ,
Nisuwiticil nit-te wesuwesin,
ᓇᒋ ᔭᐦᐊᓐ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐁᓭᓪ: [ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᑲᑦ ᑌ ᑫᒄ ᐁᓚᐧᑎᐧ ]
naci-yahan wikuwossol: “Cihkonaqc kat-te keq olawtiw.”
ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐁᓭᓪ ᐁᓗ ᐃᑌᒻ: [ ᑌᐦᐳ ᑫᒄ ᐁᓗᐦᑫ; ᑭᑭᑐᐧᐊᓐ ]
Wikuwossol-olu itom: “ tehpu keq elluhke; kikituwan”
[Turtle was very lazy;
when the others went hunting he stays at home.
One day his wife says to him:
“Now if you do not do something quickly, we shall starve to death.”
then he puts on his snow-shoes.
The woman follows him as he goes to hunt.
He does not go far; then he stumbles;he falls down, he hurts himself.
His wife then goes back; she says to her mother:
“ Turtle is not worth anything!” Her mother says;
“He will do something in time, be patient.” ]
ᓀᒄᑦ ᑭᓱᐦᒃ ᐁᓗ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ‘ᑎᔭᓪ ᒋᐦᑲᓀᒄᓱᐧᐁᓪ:
Neqt kisuhk-olu koluskap ‘tiyal Cihkanoqsuwol:
[ᓭᐸᐧᐁᓀᒃ ᑌᓕ ᒃᒋ ᒪᐧᐃ ᐁᔅᐯᔅᑫᒪᐦᐅᑎᓐ;
“Sepawonok toli kci-mawi-espeskemahutin;
ᑭᓪ ᐁᓇ ᒃᑕᐦᒍᐧᐃ ᑌᓕ ᐧᐃᒋᔭᓐ᙮
kil-ona ktahcuwi-toli-wiciyan.
ᐁᐯᒉᓪ ᑉᓯ ᑌ ᑫᑐᓀᓓᐧᑫᑦ ᔅᑭᓄᐦᓱᐧᐁᒃ ᔪᑦ;
Opocol psi-te kotunoloqot skinuhsuwok yut;
‘ᑌᐧᑫᒋᑦ ᐁᒡ ᓀᐦᐳᑫᒃ;
‘toqecit-oc nehpukuk;
ᑫᑌᒻᑲᐦᑫ ᐁᒡ ᓇᑲ ᑌᒻᑭᐱᓪᑯᓐ;
kotemkahke-oc naka temkipilkun;
ᐁᑐᒋ ᐁᓓᓭᒃ, ᐧᑭᐦᐃᐧ ᐧᐁᑦ ᐁᒡ ‘ᓯᓪᐦᐅᐧᐁᓪ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒣᒃ᙮
etuci elessok, qihiw wot-oc ‘silhuwol wikuwamok.
ᒃᑌᓕ ᑭᓯᐧᑫᓯᒧᐦᑐᐧᐁᒃ,
ktoli-kisiqosimuhtuwok,
ᒃᒥᓚᓐ ᐁᒡ ᐱᓗᐧᐊᐯᔪᐧᐊᑫᓐ ᐧᐁᒋ ᐦᒡ ᑭᓯ ᐸᓯᑌᑭᔭᓐ
kmilan-oc Piluwapeyuwakon weci-hc kisi-pasittokkiyan nisokehs,ᓂᓭᑫᐦᔅ, ᑫᓄᑫᓗ ᓄᐦᐅᐧᐁᔾ ᒃᒣᒉᒪᐦᒉᓱ,
Kenuk-olu nuhuwey kmocemahcessu,
ᑫᓄᒃ ᐁᓗ ᑕᐦᒍᐧᐃ ᓓᔪ ᙮ ]
Kenuk-olu tahcuwi leyu.”
[One day Koluskap says to Turtle;
“ Tomorrow will be a general big ball game;
you must take part in it.
Because all the young men are enemies here,
they will try to kill you,
they will crowd you and trample you;
when they do,
it will be near your father-in-law’s wigwam
. In order that you may escape them,
I will give you magic power,
so that you can jump over it twice,
but the third time you will go terribly,
but it must be so.” ]
ᑉᓯᑌᓇ ᓓᔪᔪᐦᐅᑦᐯᓐ,
Psi-te-na leyuyuhutpon,
ᔅᑭᒋᓄᐧᐁᒃ ‘ᑌᐧᑫᒋ ᓀᐦᐸᐦᐊᐧᐊᓪ ᙮
skicinuwok ‘t-oqoci-nehpahawal.
ᐁᓕ ᐧᑫᓯᒧᐦᑐᐧᐊᑦ,
Eli-qesimuhtuwat,
ᒍᐧᐃ ᐸᓯᑌᑯ ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒣᒃ ᑕᐦᐊᓗ ᑌᐦᑉ ᑌᑫ ᓯᑉᔅ ᐧᑫᔅᐧᑭᒋᑐᐧᐃᔭᑦ
cuwi-pasittokku wikuwamok tahalu-tehp toke sips
qesqicituwiyat,
ᑫᓀᒄ ᐁᓗ ᓄᐦᐅᐧᐁᐧᐁᔾ ᓇᐱᐦᑌᐦᓯᓀᓐ
ᐧᐃᑯᐧᐊᒥ ᐁᐯᓯᔭᐦqᐃᐦᑯᒃ
kenoq-olu nuhuwewey napihtehsinon
wikuwami-oposiyahqihkuk.
ᓂᑌ ᐁᒃᐦᐅᒋᑦ ᐁᑌᓕ ᐧᐊᐦᐊᑦ ᐯᑌᒃ ᐧᐃᒃᐳᐦᓚᓱ ᐧᐁᒋ ᐯᑫᑌᑌᒃ ᐁᒣᐦᑫᐧ᙮
Nit-te ekhucit etoli-wahat Potek-wikpuhlasu
weci-poketetek emehkew.
[Everything happened thus;
they young men tried to kill him;
in order to evade them,
he had to jump over the wigwam as if he were a bird flying,
but the third time he was caught on the wigwam poles.
Then he hung there dangling, smoke-blackened by smoke rising from below.]
ᐧᐁᑦ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ᓚᒥᑯᐧᐊᒻ ᐁᐦᐃᑉᑦ ‘ᑎᔭᓐ:
Wot Koluskap lamikuwam ehpit ‘tiyan:
[ ᓂᒐᓗᒄ, ᑫᑎ ᓴᑫᒪᐧᐁᐦᓚᓪ, ᒃᒋ ᓴᑫᒻ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᙮
“Nicaluq, koti-sakomawehlal, kci sakom Cihkonaqc.
ᑭᓯ ᑲᐧᐱᑦᒣᓐ ᒃᒋ ᑲᑫᓭᒃᒥᒄᓱᐧᐁᒃ᙮ ]
Kisi-kapwitmon kci-kakesokmiqsuwok.”
ᐁᑐᒋᐧᐃᒃᐯᓚᐦᓴᑦ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒉᓪ,
Etuci-wikpolahsat Cihkonaqcol,
ᒪᓓᒻ ᐁᑌ ᒣᑌᑫᓄᒻ ᒋᑫᓇᒄᔅᑌᒃ᙮
malom-ote motekonum cikonaqstek.
ᐁᓕ ‘ᒋᓚᐧᑫᓯᑦᐯᓐ ᒣᒡ ᐁᑌ ᐧᐁᐧᐃᓇᑦᐧᑫ ᙮
Eli- ‘cilaqesitpon mec-ote wewinaqot,
ᑌᑫ ᐯᒻᑭᔅᑲᐦᒃ ᓇᑲ ᓄᑌᓗᐦᒃᓭᐦᓚᓐ;
toke pemkiskahk naka nutoluhksehlan*;
ᐯᔅᐧᑫᓐ ᑌᐦᐳ ᒋᓪᑫᔦᓯᒃ ᐁᔅᐧᑫᓇᓯᒃ᙮ Pesqon tehpu cilkeyossik esqonasik.
ᓇᑲ ᒋᑉᑭᑕᒄᓱᐧᐊᒣᓐ:
Naka cipkitaqsuwamon:
[ ᓐᑐᐧᐊᓭᒻ ᒃᓀᐦᐱᐦᐃ! ]
“ntuwasom knehpihi!”
ᑫᓄᒃ ᐁᓗ ‘ᑐᐧᐊᓱᒣᓪ ‘ᑕᓯᑌᒻᑭᓪ:
Kenuk-olu ‘tuwasumol ‘tasitemkil:
[ ᑲᑕᒪ ᐁᓓᔨᐧ; ᒃᒥᓕᓐ ᒃᒋ ᐯᒪᐧᓱᐧᐊᑫᓐ ᙮ ]
“Katama eleyiw; kmilin kci-pomawsuwakon.
ᑌᑫᒡ ᐧᐁᒋ ᒪᒉᔨᐧ ᑭᓯᑌᐦᒡᔭᓕᑌᑉᔅᑲᓐᔅ ᐁᑌᓚᒻᑯᓓᒃ
Tokec weci-maceyiw kisi-tehc-yali-tepskans etolamkulek —
ᑭᓯ ᐯᒪᐧᔅ ᒃᑕᑫᒥᐦᑯᒃ ᓇᑲ ᓴᒪᐧᑲᓀᒃ ᙮
kisi-pomaws ktakomihkuk naka samaqanok.
ᒋᑲ ᑌ ᑌᒥᐧᑫᐦᑐᐦᐅᑭᔨᓐ,
Cika-te tomiqehtuhukiyin,
ᒣᒡ ᐁᑌᐦᒡ ᒃᐯᒪᐧᔅ ᐁᔅᐧᑫᓇᑌᒃ ᑭᓱᐦᔅᑫᓂᐧ ᙮
mec-otehc kpomaws esqonatek kisuhskoniw.
ᐯᒋᑌᐦᒡ ᒃᒧᔅᐦᐅᓐ ‘ᑌᓕ ᑌᐦᓭᓐ ᐁᒡ
ᑭᓯ ᒧᓀᑌᓓᒃ ᒃᐦᐁᒃᑫ ᓯᑉᐧᑭ ᙮ ]
Peci-tehc kmoshun ‘toli-tehson-oc
kisi-munetolok** khokek sipkiw.”
[Then Koluskap,
sitting in the wigwam,
says to him;
“My uncle, I will make you a chief, the great chief of the turtles.
You can bear up (carry) great nations.”
So he smoked Turtle.
Then his skin gets hard.
How he marked him is still visible to this day,
and he disembowels him;one thing only,
the greater intestin is left.
And he, Turtle, calls out to him:
“My newphew you are killing me,”
but his nephew answers him:
“ Not so, I am giving you great life.
Hereafter you will be able to roll through flame —
you can live on land and in the water.
Even if they behad you,
you will still live for nine days.
Even your heart shall beat when taken from your body that long.”]
ᑫᒪᒡ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐧᐁᓕᑕᐦᐊᓱ ᓇᑲ ᓂᑦ ᐯᒋᓓᔨᒃ
Komac Cihkonaqc wolitahasu naka nit pecileyik.
ᑉᓯ ᓂᐦᑐᓪ ‘ᑦ-ᐊᐧᐁᑫᐧᐃ-ᐸᐧᐊᑌᒣᓀᓪ
Psi nihtol ‘t-awekei-pawatomonol.
ᐧᐁᔅᐸᓴᐦᑭᐧᐃᒃ ᑉᓯᐧ ᔅᑭᑕᐱᔨᒃ ᑫᑐᓐᑲᑐᐧᐁᒃ᙮
Wespasahkiwik psiw skitapiyik kotunkatuwok.
ᑫᓗᔅᑲᐱᔦᓪ ‘ᑕᑭᓄᐧᐁᐦᑕᑫᓪ:
Kosluapiyol ‘takinuwehtakol:
[ ‘ᐧᑭᓗᐧᐊᑐᓂᔭ ᐁᒡ ᑕᓐ ᒃᑌᓕ ᑭᓯ ᑭᒥᓐᓗᑯᓐ᙮ ]
“ ‘qiluwatuniya-oc tan ktoli-kisi-kiminlukun.”
ᔅᑭᓄᐦᓯᓭᒃ ᓂᐦᑲᓇᐦᐸᓱᐧᐁᒃ ᓇᑲ ᒋᐦᑫᓇᒄᒡ ᐊᓯᑦ ᓇᑲ ᑲᓪᓱ
Skinuhsisok nihkanahpasuwok naka Cihkonaqc asit naka kalsu**.
ᑫᓄᒃ ᐁᓗ ᓭᓭᓚᐦᑭ ᒣᑌᐧᐁᐧᓂᐦᑐᐧᐃᔦ;
Kenuk-olu sesolahki motewolonwihtuwiye;
‘ᐧᑫᔅᐧᑭᒋᑐᐧᐁᐃᔭᓐ ᔅᐱᐧᑭᐧ ᐧᐅᓐᔭᑫᓄᐧᐊᒃ᙮
‘qesqicituwiyan** spiqiw wonyakonuwak.
ᑲᑕᒪ ᓀᒥᑕᐧ ᓇᑲ ᒧᓚᐦᑫᒃ ᐯᒪᐧᑲᑫᒃ,
Katama nomiyaw naka mulahkek pemaqikek, ᓂᑦ ᐁᑌᓕ ᓀᐦᐸᐦᐊᑦ ᒧᓭᓪ᙮
nit etoli-nehpahat musol.
‘ᑦ ᐊᑦᒡᑯᐧᐃᒪᓐ ᐊᒃᒪᐧᑎ;
‘t-atckuwiman akmawtik;
ᑫᑐᓐᓕᑎᓕᒋᐦᐃ ᐯᑕᐸᓯᐦᑎᑦ, ᑌᓴᒄᐳ ᒥᓯ,
kotunlitilicihi petapasihtit, tesaqpu** musu,
ᐁᑌᓕ ‘ᑐᒪᑦ ᐁᑌᓚᔅᑯᔪᐦᑦᑎ᙮
etoli-’tumat etolaskuyuhtit.
[Cihkonaqc rejoices very much and this comes bedtimes.
He has needs of all these things.
The next day all the men go hunting.
He is warned by Koluskap: “They will try to kill you.”
the young men go on ahead and Cihkonaqc delays and waits.
Then, however, he makes a magic flight;
he jumps over their heads.
No one sees him and in the strong (thick) woods,
there he kills a moose.
He drags it to the snowshoe road;
when the hunters arrive,
he is sitting on the moose,
smoking and waiting for them.]
ᑌᑫ ᑫᓗᔅᑲᑉ ‘ᑎᔭ:
Toke Koluskap ‘tiya:
[ ᐧᐁᓐ ᐁᒡ ᓂᐦᑲᓂᐧ ‘ᑦᒋᒧᔅᑫᐦᓱ ᑉᓯ ᓀᑫ ᐧᑫᓐᑭᔅᑲᐦᒃ᙮ ]
“ Wen-oc nihkaniw ‘tcimuskehsu psi neke qenkiskahk.”
ᓂᑦ ᐁᓕ ᐯᒋᔭᒃ; ᑉᓯᑌ ᐊᐧᑲᒥ ᒧᔅᐧᑭᑕᐦᐊᓱᓪᑐᐧᐁᒃ᙮
Nit eli-peciyak; psi-te aqami mosqitahasultuwok.
‘Kisolumaniya nehpahaniya Cihkonaqol naka wuluqosol** Koluskapiyol.
Koti-macahat Koluskap, ‘tiyukun tan-oc elihsoltihtit: “Amsqahuwas-tehc motuwatomoniya kci-sqot; nit-tehc kil kotsiyakalkon; nicaluq, kosikaqsiw. Nit-tehc ‘tepolutomoniya kopiscunlukun; nit kolakamon; “musa nit eleyic.”
ᐧᑫᓪ
[Now Koluskap tells them (ironically):
“Someone will come out ahead, all during the day.”
Then this happens and all are very angry.
They decide to kill Cihkonaqc and his nephew Koluskap.
When he is ready to leave,
Koluskap tells him what will happen:
“First, they will kindle a great fire;
then they will throw you into itl do you,
my uncle, go joyfully; you shall not suffer, owing to my power.
Then they will plan to grown you;
do you beg ‘let not this be’.
They will arrange it all the more (earnestly);
do you fight them; still it shall be.”]
aqamkehicili * Koti-elluhkotiniya; kmihkakmon mec-tehc-olu eleyu.” Nit elihitekli** peciye naka Cihkonaqc wolitahasu; ‘tatyuhewiktuwam woluqosol.**
[ Then what was said comes to pass and Cihkonaqc is glad; he takes leave of his nephew.]
Naka ‘pokkikalaniya ‘kotsiyakaniya naka ‘qolpitut naka tetluhqsin maleyu-ona. Yut mehtamkolek sqot, ‘tuhkiyan; Apc wihkutomon piwsokul, ipocol tkeyi-tpuhkot. Apc ‘pokkikalaniya nostuhmuwaniya ‘piscopolaniya. Nit yaka sikte-nokatok ‘tiya; “Musahk nit eleyinuket-oc. Kamot-op knuktcehktihinya (knekaqsiniya) katok ktahcupahkaliniya?” Nit weci kisolutomuhtit maciyatckuwimaniya. Nit ‘cipokitaqsin ayut; siki-mikahket; ‘kecopskehla oposiyik; Muskapskehtun ponapskul, ayut wocopskiyi, tahalu wen wenatominet. Wotepelaniya oqitonok; tehpuhlaniya epasakom**. Nit etoli-cuwapakehtit; totolisahkiyaniya elomi-nehkemahpomahtit ketaphalit. [So they seize him and throw him in, and he rolls over and goes to sleep, for he is lazy. Then when the fire burns down, he wakes up; he asks for more wood, because the night is cold. Again they seize him; they plan to drown him. Then, as if he were fearful, he says; “Do not let this be done. Is it not better that you leave me alone than that you should throw me into the waters?” on this account, they resolve to drag him on. Then he screams; also he fights fiercly; he tears up the trees, he rips up rocks also roots like a madman. They take him in a canoe; they paddle to the middle of the water. Then they throw him in, they stay watching him sink down.]
Wespasahkiwik wisokolahte keq nomihtuniya etoli-macetutmuwik, kci-penapskuwok, tama-al qaptemin. Nisuwok skinuhsuwok wihqehtuniya oqiton; milawiyasukinya. ‘Natsakituniya keqs nita peci-sokititwehse. Kci-monesapsqok emqute sahkeptun, nit Cihkonaqc wolossit etoli-ksalosuhket. Nomiya weckuyalit; kcicihtun naci-wiqehluku; ‘Tatiyuhewikotuwan, olomi-cuwahpi-tepoqonessuwa. Mec-ote nit toke etolawsit. Mec-te toke psiw Cihkonaqcok nemiyahtit wenil, nit-tehc cuwahpi-tepoqonessultiniya.
[Next day at noon they see something beginning to crawl on a great rock, out yonder as far as the eye can reach. Two young men take a canoe; the paddle out to discover what this might chance to be. On a great rock island one foot high, Cihkonaqc lies there sunning himself. He sees them coming; he knows it is so as to take him he takes his leave, plunging into the water. He still lives there. Even now all turtles, when they see someone, plunge into the water.]
Cihkonaqc nomiyan ‘nisuwiticil; woitahasuwi-pomawsuwok naka wasisol nomihyaniya. Nit li peciye elomi-kisuhknekiwik, Koluskap naci-nomiyan nicalqol naka wasis “knostuwa itok,” Koluskap metiyewestaq: “kotama,” Cihkonaqc oli-ikotohom: “cipotuk musikisqatuwe; kotama tan tehpu elikit skitap nostomuwon.” Neke Koluskap itom: “Wawonol weskuwotokil” itom: ‘huwa, huwa’, nit nit mec ‘wawon’ pestomuhkatiyik eliwihtomuhtit. Cihkonaqc titomon: “Tan-olu eyik?” Koluskap ‘t-elkiman walkatamon tepqanok; kceyawi-oc moskomonol. Komac wolinmonol naka ‘tasehkinmonol. Mec-ote tokec eli-mihqitahamot Cihkonaqok eleyats, eli-papyets Koluskap, Mec-ote nit Cihkonaqc eliponatok toke pemkiskahk.
[Cihkonaqc visits (sees) his wife; they live happily and a baby they get (see). Then some time afterwards, Koluskap comes to see his uncle and the child cries. “Do you understand what he says?” Koluskap says. “No,” Cihkonaqc replies, “Perhaps he is talking in the Mosigisq Tongue; there is no man living who can understand it.” Then Koluskap says: “He is mentioning eggs; he says {Hoowah, Hoowah} This the Passamaqouddies still call an egg. Cihkonaqc says: “Where are there any?” Koluskap directs him to dig in the sand; he will find many of them. He rejoices greatly and wonders at them. Still even now to commemorate what Koluskap did to the turtles and how he jested, the turtles lay eggs even to this day.]
