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Atiku-napeu (The Caribou Man)
Katshi ishinak e atikukue, peiku napeu
ekue apishikushit tshietshishepaushinit e uteshkanit ushtikuanit
mak e uapishit umatshishkapemit. Natshe ma anite, uin ekue tipenimat
nenua kutaka atikua, ekue tutak tshetshi mishkutshipannit nana ka
ishi-natutikuanunit, natuenitamiueu uitshi-atikua tshetshi eka shuku
pessish taniti anite kanatauniti etaniti miam ishinakuannit anitshenat
kanatauht uesham ui mishta-nipaiataui atikua. Uin tepenimat aueshisha,
Atiku-napeu uin ushtikuanit ekue tat tshe aitiniti nenua atikua.
Atiku-napeu
After having dreamed that he was a caribou, a man awoke one morning
with antlers on his head and a white spot on his hind-quarters.
After a certain time, he became the leader of a herd and turned
upside down the way the caribou were hunted. He asked his fellow
caribou to stay away from the hunters if it came to pass that they
were hunting the caribou excessively. On becoming a master of the
animals, Atiku-napeu, the Caribou Man, came in this way to rule
over their destiny.
Legend of the Caribou Man
Mishtapush mak mashkuat (Mishtapush and
the Bears)
Mishtapush, ueshkat e mishishtit
uapush eshi-inniut miam innua, mititeu mashkua. Netshishkuat tshishenniu-ishkue-mashkua,
ekue nipaiat, pakuneu, ekue uishkueietshit nenua mashkuiana. Nenu
etashpititishit, tshi peshuapameu mashkua kie ekue nipiait mashkussa
nenu tepishkuanit. Katshi mitshishut, Mishtapush ekue ushimut nete
utshit. Mashkua nashueuat, muku uipat ekue puniaht usham mishta-kununu.
Tepuateuat enuet Mishtapusha : "Tshima ishinakuak tshetshi
nipaishku auen anu e apishissishit mak tshin". Tapue ekue ishinakuak
Mishtapush utiteu pishissa kie nipaiku anu e apishissishiniti.
Mishtapush and the Bears
One day Mishtapush, a large hare who had lived in bygone days as
a man, was following a bear trail. Coming across an old bear, he
killed it, took his skin, and used it to cover himself. Thanks to
his disguise, he was able to approach a family of black bears and
later kill the bear cubs during the night. After eating the spoils
of the hunt, Mishtapush fled into the mountains. The bears chased
him, but had to stop their pursuit because the snow became too deep.
They cried out to Mishtapush : “We wish you to be killed by
someone smaller than yourself.” His fate was sealed when Mishtapush
stumbled across a group of lynx and was killed by one of the cubs.
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