Lost Arrow -- Part 1

1

There was a little boy who lived all alone in a house in the forest.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne haya'tí -- he by himself
• haksa'aa -- (he is) a boy
• hanôkek -- he lived (in a place)
• ne kanöhsa'ôwe -- native-style house
• kahatakô -- in the forest

2

His name was Lost Arrow.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• Hu'nöhtö'ö -- Lost Arrow (lit. he-has-lost-his-arrow)
• hayasônö' -- his name was; he was called

3

He was never lonely because he had a song for company.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nae -- indeed
• te'wêtö -- never
• shô -- just
• teukwëtææ'ö -- he's not lonely
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kaiôni -- the reason why; because
• ukwényô -- it's possible; can
• hutênút -- he's singing

4

It was a song his grandmother had given him long ago, a very beautiful song.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-unëhtsi -- long ago
• wai -- indeed, really
• wáôwö' -- she gave it to him
• n-öwöhsút -- his grandmother
• huikê -- this
• úênö' -- song
• akwas -- very
• wai -- indeed
• nê -- this
• kaëníyú -- beautiful song

5

The song went like this:

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nêkê -- this
• shô -- just
• ne úênö' - the song

6

When Grandfather Thunder walks on the mountain he takes along his stick.

• thsiatháíne' -- we he goes walking
• n-aksút -- my grandfather
• kanöta'ke -- on the mountain
• ëöta'tisyútë' -- he'll go with a cane (lit. he'll stand a cane up for himself)

7

When the rainbow carries the chickadee --

• thsikaawi' -- when it carries it
• n-u'háút -- the rainbow
• huikê -- this
• tsiktsö'khwê' -- chickadee

8

But I do not need to sing you all of it, because you certainly remember it yourself.

• nae -- indeed
• tha'tewakatöëtsúni -- I don't need to
• te'kakwékö -- not all (of it)
• nô -- perhaps, likely
• ëkatënútë' -- I'll sing (it)
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• syëtéí -- you know it
• n-ís'a -- you (emphatic/contrastive)

9

Lost Arrow did not know how to hunt and he had no seeds for corn.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• teatuwæthe'skwa' -- he didn't hunt (habitually)
• N-u'nöhtö'ö -- Lost Arrow
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• teunëöyëtônö' -- there was no corn

10

But he lived very well on fruit, berries and acorns.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• shô -- just
• utsíya' -- fruit, berries
• ukúwæ' -- acorns
• khu -- and, too, also
• haskwa' -- he would eat (habitually)

11

His grandmother had also taught him how to make bread and porridge from acorns.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-öwöhsút -- his grandmother
• waöwöyëstë' -- she taught him
• n-ukúwæ' -- acorn
• ëöthæhkôni' -- he will make himself bread
• ëötetsiskôni' -- he will make himself porridge
• khu -- and

12

So he never went hungry, because there were oak trees and beech trees all over the mountain.

• nae -- indeed
• te'wêtö -- never
• ta'teutöswe'të' -- he's not hungry
• ne' kaiôni -- that's why, because
• ne'hu -- there
• wai -- indeed
• ne kanöta'ke -- on the mountain
• kanôkek -- it lived (in a place)
• kakuwæka'te' -- lots of oaks
• kaskë'ëka'te' -- lots of beeches
• khu -- and

13

On the other side of the mountain there were dogwoods, but you cannot eat dogwood berries.

• síkwá -- away, over there
• skanötati -- on the other side of the mountain
• kahsísat -- dogwood tree
• kwá he -- but, however
• te'aö -- it's not possible; can't
• huikê -- this
• aahsék -- you might eat it

14

You cannot even eat acorns unless you grind them up and soak them in water and ashes.

• nae -- indeed
• te'aö kwa' -- can't even
• ukúwæ' -- acorns
• ëhsék -- you'll eat it
• ëkêôk shô -- unless
• ëhséthe't -- you'll grind it up
• ëwënôét -- it will stay overnight
• khu -- and
• úneka'ke -- in the water
• u'këë'ke -- in the ashes
• khu -- and

15

Lost Arrow hardly ever went to the other side of the mountain, only once in a while in the springtime.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• te'wêtö nô -- hardly ever
• ne skanötati -- the other side of the mountain
• teathaaine'skwa' -- he wouldn't go walking (habitually)
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• auska'a -- only, just
• wêtö ti'kwa -- whenever
• ne tëkwitekne -- (in) Spring

16

At other times he stayed in the woods near his home.

• tyawë'ö -- always
• nae -- indeed
• he'skwa' -- he would be (in a place)
• kahatakô -- in the woods
• tuskë -- near
• he -- to, at
• thë'tyôtak -- he was living there

17

While Lost Arrow was gathering acorns he would sing:

• thsiakuwæeeskwa' -- while he would gather acorns
• N-u'nöhtö'ö -- Lost Arrow
• hatënuthak -- he would sing

18

When Grandfather Thunder walks on the mountain he takes along his stick.

• thsiatháíne' -- we he goes walking
• n-aksút -- my grandfather
• kanöta'ke -- on the mountain
• ëöta'tisyútë' -- he'll go with a cane (lit. he'll stand a cane up for himself)

19

When the rainbow carries the chickadee --

• thsikaawi' -- when it carries it
• n-u'háút -- the rainbow
• huikê -- this
• tsiktsö'khwê' -- chickadee

20

Most of the time he was gathering acorns. The rest of the time he was shelling them, grinding them, setting them to soak in ashes and water, or washing the flour for bread and porridge.

• wésu' -- a lot, much, many
• únë -- now, at this/that time
• thsiakuwæeeskwa' -- when he was gathering acorns
• wêtö ti'kwa -- whenever
• shô -- just
• hukëyöskwa' -- he would shell it
• hathe'thak -- he would grind it
• hea'skúskwa' -- he would put it to soak in water there
• ëkí -- or
• hathe'syuwaeskwa' -- he would wash the flour
• ëöthæhkönyáne' -- so that he'll make himself bread
• ëkí -- or
• ëötetsiskönyáne' -- so that he'll make himself porridge

21

He always sang while he worked, and so he was never lonely and never hungry.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• tyutkôt -- always
• hatënuthak -- he would sing
• tsiatyuu'taskwa' -- while he would work
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• te'wêtö -- never
• shô -- just
• teukwëtææ'ö -- he's gotten lonely

22

Lost Arrow lived this way for a long time.

• ne'huhtsi -- in this way
• u'yönishe't -- for a long time
• hanôke' -- he lives (in a place)
• N-u'nöhtö'ö -- Lost Arrow

23

He was getting to be a big boy.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-únë -- then
• hutyatatahkö -- he's growing up.