Eugene Harry
Recorded on October 13, 2012
Transcribed and translated by Donna Gerdts
- kw’unus ’i stl’i’tl’qulh ’i’ ni’ tsun lumnuhw kwunu si’lu kwus ’i yu ’i’mush.
- When I was a child, I saw my grandfather walking.
- kwutst ’i’ yu ’ishul’ ’i’ ni’ lumnuhwus tu slhewut’.
- When we were paddling, we saw some herrings.
- ha.a.y ’ul’ qux tu slhewut’.
- There was a school of herrings.
- susuw’ kwunnuhwus tu kwuyxmuns sus ’uw’ st’e ’u nii’uhw ’ushul ’akw’utus.
- And he got a hold of a (what is used for herrings), and he would just hook them.
- hay ’ul’ qxe’luts tu slhewut’ ni’ ’akw’utus.
- And there would be just a lot of herrings that he would hook.
- ’iyus kwunus ’i (lumnuhw) le’lum’ut kwunu si’lu kwus ’i ’i yu kw’oukw’iyukw, kw’oukw’iyukw.
- I really enjoyed watching him catching fish, fishing.
- lhukw’lhukw’tus tu qu..u.ux slhewut’.
- He gaffed a lot of herrings.
- hay ’ul’ ’uy’mat tl’lim’ ’uw’ ’i ’iyus tu shqwaluwuns kwus ni’ kwunnuhwus.
- And he was always really happy when he caught them.
- susuw’ ts’uy’hwtus, ts’uy’xwtus, ts’uy’hwtus, ts’uy’hwtus tu slhulhewut’, ch’ukwxtus, ch’kwaxtus.
- And he would dry the herrings, and he’d fry them.
- tl’lim’ ’uw’ ’iyus kwsus yu ’i’lhtun’ ’u tu slhulhewut’, hulitun’, hulitun’s tu smustimuhw.
- And he was really happy about eating herrings, because it was saving his life.
- hay ’ul’ ’uy’ slhexun’ kwus ni’ kwunnuhwus tthey’.
- He always felt that this is medicine to have this food.