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Arnold Guerin

  1. nus nuw’ hwi’ t’a’thut kw’ouyukw.
    1. And I tried trolling.  
  2. ni’ tsun ’uw’ hwu spouput ’u tthuw’ nu swe’ nu pout.
    1. I had my own boat by then, my very own boat.  
  3. nus nuw’ kw’ouyukw, thuyul’sum’, ts’ewuthus kw’unu sqe’uq Tony kw’unus ni’ thuyt.
    1. I tried trolling; I prepared my gear, and my cousin Tony helped me.  
  4. kwthu shtu’es tthu nu peeyts’tun. kwthu shtu’es kw’unus sthuthi’stuhw ’i’ kwthu nu shtu’estuhw tse’ thu nu kw’ikwul’shun’.
    1. How to have the trolling poles and the line.  
  5. nilh ni’ sts’ewutham’shs, nilh ni’ sts’ewutham’shs, s’i’wustham’sh kwthu nu shtu’estuhw ’i’ sthuthi’ kw’unus ha’kwush.
    1. That was how he helped me, what he helped me with, how to use everything properly.  
  6. ni’ … ’uwu te’ ni’ nu hay ’u kwthey’ sil’anum.
    1. I didn’t make too much in that year.  
  7. ni’ thulh hwts’aluwun ni’ wulh nem’ hith kw’unus ni’ kw’oukw’i’oukw kwus wulh hwts’aluwun ’i’ ni’ tsun thuynuhw kwthu ni’ ha’kwusheen’ ni’ nu shkwan’nuhw tthu stseelhtun
    1. It was the following year, when I started again, and it was towards the Indian part, that I really learned to do things properly, the way they should be, all the things that I used, how to catch them.  
  8. ’i’ yelh nus ni’ thinamut ni’ kwelh ’uw’ hith kw’unus ni’ kw’oukw’i’oukw.
    1. And then I got on my feet and I did trolling for many years.  
  9. ni’ ha.a.ay tun’ni’ ’u kwthey’ ’i’ ni’ tsun hwayum ’u kwthunu poutulh.
    1. And after many years, I quit, sold my boat.  
  10. ni’ nu shwayum kwthu nu poutulh nus niw’ kwe’t kw’unus kw’oukw’i’oukwulh.
    1. I sold my boat, and retired from trolling.  
  11. nus niw’ hwu’alum’ yaays ’u kwthu ni’ulh ’uw’ nu syaay’us kw’unus longshoreman.
    1. And I went back to longshoring, the work that I did before.  
  12. nilh ni’ shni’s ’i’ ni’ tsun hay kw’unus fishermanulh stu’e ’u tthey’.
    1. And that’s when I quit fishing.  
  13. ni’ tsun ’uw’ yu thinamut kw’unus kw’oukw’i’oukw.
    1. I did learn how to fish by trolling.  
  14. hay tsun ni’… hay ’al’ ni’ ’iyus syaays tthu skw’ouyoukws syaays ’u kw’us stsuw’utme’t kw’us kw’oukw’i’oukw.
    1. And I was really … it’s very enjoyable when you do trolling, when you get experienced.  
  15. ’i’ ha’ ch sqi’qul’mut ’i’ tl’lim’ ch ’uw’ puqw ’al’.
    1. If you haven’t got the experience, you just go broke.  
  16. hweluq ’i’ ’uwu te’ ’un’ shhw’iluqut kwthu huy’qws tthun’ engine ’u kw’us ni’ sqi’qul’ kw’us kw’oukw’i’oukw.
    1. You would almost have nothing to buy the gas for your engine when you don’t know how to troll.  
  17. ’i’ ha’ ch stsuw’et kw’us kw’oukw’i’oukw ’i’ n’an ’uw’ ’uy’ syaays.
    1. If you know how to troll, it’s very good work.  
  18. ’uw’ stu’e tse’ ’al’ ’u tthey’ tthunu sqwul’qwul’.
    1. And this is how it has been.  
  19. ni’ hay.
    1. And that’s the end.  

Arnold Guerin