Niwakashææ'ö 01.50

01.50.01

Aunt Virgie always said the Mingos used to eat people when she was a girl, and she could testify what kind of meat was the best.

• tyawë'ö -- always
• nae -- indeed
• wa'ákë' kës -- she often said
• tyesnye'skwa' -- she used to say
• ne akéhak -- my aunt
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• thsikeksa'aa -- when I was a child
• ne ôkwe -- people
• u'waa' -- meat
• työkwe'taskwa' -- we all used to eat people
• twatekhôni -- we all eat
• ne työkwe'ôwe -- us Indians

01.50.02

She said "Even now I'd rather eat a white dog than a brown one.

• wa'ákë' -- she said
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-únë -- now
• khu -- and
• aöhö'ö -- better, more
• akeka'has -- I like to eat it
• ne tsiyækêêt -- white dog
• aakya'ták -- I might eat (the body)
• he niyu'tê -- than
• uiskwanyë'ta'ê' -- it is brown

01.50.03

It's got a better flavor to it."

• aöhö'ö -- better
• wai -- indeed
• uka'ö -- it tastes good

01.50.04

See, she never did give up dog-meat, but that was easier to come by, wasn't it?

• istúk -- you see
• wai -- indeed
• tyutkôt -- always
• ne tsíyæ -- dog
• u'waa' -- meat
• yeskwa' -- she used to eat it
• yötekhôni -- she eats it
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• te'kanúô' -- it is not difficult
• ëhséku' -- you will obtain it
• wayê' -- right? isn't it?

01.50.05

Before the White people came, the Mingos were in a very poor situation.

• háhu' nö'wôti' -- before
• waatíyö' -- they came
• ne hatínyö'ö -- White people
• únë -- then
• wai -- indeed
• hatikwëtææ'skwa' -- they used to be bad off

01.50.06

Anyone who wanted to eat human flesh had to depend on eating other Indians.

• ha'tekakôtak -- had to
• wai -- indeed
• auska'a -- just, only
• ne ökwe'ôwe -- Indian
• u'waa' -- meat
• ehsék -- you ate
• ehsatekhôni' -- you ate

01.50.07

Everybody knows that Indian flesh is stringy.

• kakwékö -- everyone
• nae -- indeed
• kunöhtö' -- someone knows
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• u'wáníyö -- the meat is tough
• ne ökwe'ôwe -- Indian
• u'waa' -- meat

01.50.08

Mostly people had to eat Algonquians, and since Algonquians, as the name shows, ate mostly tree-bark, they were the stringiest Indians of all.

• ha'tekakôtak -- had to
• shô -- just
• ne hatiötás -- Algonquians
• u'waa' -- meat
• ehsék -- you ate
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne hatiötás -- Algonquians
• auska'a -- just, only
• káôta' -- tree
• hátís -- they eat
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kaiôni -- that's why
• ne'hu -- that
• nô -- probably
• kakwékö -- everyone, all
• nae -- indeed
• uæhtak -- very, most
• u'wáníyö -- the meat is tough, stringy

01.50.09

It was a real God-send when the pork-fed White people came.

• wíyú -- it is good
• nae -- indeed
• waatíyö' -- they came
• ne hatínyö'ö -- White people
• ne kiskwis -- pig
• hátís -- they eat it

01.50.10

These two White guys, see, had been captured by the Mingos.

• teyökwe'táké -- two poeple
• hnínyö'ö -- two White guys
• kyö'ö kës -- it is often said
• waöwötiya'tayénô' -- they captured them
• ne ökwe'ôwe -- Indians

01.50.11

One of them was calm and quiet while they waited for their fate.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nêkê -- this
• nae -- indeed
• tha'kwistë' -- nothing
• téúthá' -- he didn't say it
• aaöwënötyúô' -- they might kill him

01.50.12

The other one cried and blubbered.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• huikê -- that
• nae -- indeed
• húya' -- he is the other one
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• hustá' -- he cried
• teuhsëthwë -- he cried

01.50.13

Finally he asks his mate "What do these people want to eat us for?"

• ta unë -- and then
• wauôtô' -- he asked him
• të'ë kúwá -- why, what for
• teunötöëtsúni -- they want it
• ëyôkhík -- they will eat us

01.50.14

"Well, for dinner, I reckon" he answered.

• söekhá' -- dinner
• kúwá -- why
• íwí -- I think
• ëyôkhík -- they will eat is
• waë' -- he said