ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎩᏟ - Coyote and Dog

ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏅᏛᎢ - Coyote misses the deer

ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏦᏛᎢ ᏩᏯᎡ. ᎩᏟ ᎤᏓᎵ ᎨᏎ. ᎪᎳ ᎢᏴ ᎨᏎ. ᎩᏟ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏧᏂᎲᏘᏗ ᏭᏴᎲᏎ. ᎤᏂᏢᎬᎢ ᎨᏎ. ᎤᎬᎭᎷᏰ.

Coyote lived in a tent. His wife was Dog. It was | winter time. Dog and her children with her went out | for fuel. There was a stump. She chopped it down.

ᎪᎯᏓ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏔᎴᏒᎢ ᎤᏂᏢᎬᎢ ᎨᏎ ᎩᏟ ᎥᏍᎩᎾ ᎤᎷᏰ. ᎠᏫ ᎠᎦᏂᎴ ᎤᎴᏴᏎ. ᎤᎿ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏔᎴᏒᎢ ᎨᏎ. ᎤᏲᎨ. ᎠᏫ ᏙᏱ ᎤᏟᏍᏓ ᎤᎵᏔᏗᏅᏎ. ᎦᏙᎯ ᎤᏅᏥ ᎨᏎ ᎩᏟᏃ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏍᏓᏩᏛᏎ. ᏧᏢᏔᎮ ᎦᏂᏓᏛ ᏧᏂᏴᎮ. ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏚᏬᏎᎴ, “ᏍᏗᏙᏓ ᏍᏗᎩᏑᎦ. ᏛᏲᏟ.” ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏍᏓᏓᎾᏩᏍᏔᏁ. ᎻᏍᎪᎶᏭᎹ ᏚᏙᎠ ᏌᏊ. ᎪᏔᏤᎧ ᏚᏙᎠ ᏐᎢ. ᎻᏍᎪᎶᏭᎹ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎨᏎ. ᎪᏔᏤᎧ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᎨᏎ. ᎤᏂᏤᎵ ᎦᎵᏦᏛᎢ ᎤᏂᎷᏤ ᎤᏂᏙᏓᏃ ᎤᏂᏁᏤ. ᎤᎾᏛᏁ, “ᎪᏂᏥ ᎠᏓ ᎠᏫ ᏫᎩᏑᎦ.”

For a long time | a deer used to have a hole there in the stump that Dog chopped down. The deer 5 was hit when it fell. There was its hole. It was broken. The deer jumped out quickly. There was show on the ground, and Dog fol lowed the deer. | She caught up with it and caught it by the tail. She said to her children: I " Go and get your parent. He shall shoot it." | The two children started to run. One was named || Misqolo'wum; jq the other one was named Qlota'ptsek!. Misqolo'wum | was a boy; Qlota'ptsek! was a girl. They arrived | at their tent and spoke to their father. They said: "Mother says you should come | and take the deer."

ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏙᏱ ᎤᏟᏍᏓ ᎤᏓᎾᏩᏍᏔᏁ. ᎤᏍᏗ ᏡᎬ ᏚᏍᏡᏰ ᏔᎵᏃ ᎤᎾᎬᎭᏟ ᎤᏩᎢᏢᎢ ᎤᏍᏆᎵᏎ. ᎤᏴᏟᏌᏁᎾ ᎠᎵᎬᏓᏃᏍᏙᏗᏃ ᎤᏟᏍᏓ ᎤᏁᏎ. ᎤᎿ ᏭᏪᏅᏎ. ᏥᏍᏚ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏤᏪ ᏥᏂᎦᏓ ᏗᎩᏍᏗ ᏚᏂᎮ. ᏚᎨ. ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᎵᏣᏗ ᎤᏬᏢᏁ ᏔᎵᏃ ᏗᎦᏟᏓ ᎤᏬᏢᏁ ᎤᏩᎢᏢᎢ ᎬᏗ. ᎾᎯᏳ ᎤᏂᎩᏎ. ᎤᎿ ᎤᎷᏤ ᎤᏓᎵ ᎤᎴᏁ ᎦᏂᏓᏛ ᎠᏰᎮ. ᏚᎳᏑᏞ ᎤᏅᏥ ᏗᎳᏑᎶᏙᏗ. ᏥᏈᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏥ ᎤᎿ ᎤᏓᎵ ᎠᏫ ᎠᏰᎮ.

Coyote ran out quickly. | He split a little tree1 and he broke in two a bush.2 || He went in again and pulled off quickly his hair band. He went there. He spilled rose hips(jisdu unigisdi), which were all the food that they had. | He ate them. Then he made a bow, and he quickly made two arrows | out of the bush.2 Then he started. He got there, and his wife stood there | holding the tail. He had snowshoes on his feet. There was much snow where || his wife was hold- 9q ing the deer.

ᎢᎬᏱ ᏅᏅᏥ ᎤᏍᏙᎡ ᎢᎬᏱᏗᏜ ᎤᏓᎵ ᎤᏛᏁᏃ: “ᏃᏊ ᏗᏣᏲᎯ!” ᎾᎯᏳ ᎠᏫ ᏚᏲᏎ. ᎤᏅᏥ ᎭᏫᏂ ᎠᏫ ᎠᏞ. ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏚᏍᏓᏲᏞ. ᏃᏊᎴ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏅᏥ ᎤᏲᏍᏔᏁ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏅᏤ. ᎦᏟᏓ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏜ ᏭᏪᏅᏎ. ᎾᎯᏳ ᏌᏊ ᎦᏟᏓ ᎤᏩᏰ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏍᏓᏲᏟᏌᏁ. ᏃᏊᎴ ᎦᏙᎨ ᎤᏅᏥ ᎦᏚ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏟᏓ ᎭᏫᏂ ᏗᏜ ᏭᏪᏅᏎ. ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏟᏓ ᏄᏩᏴᎾ ᎨᏎ. ᎾᎯᏳ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏂᎩᏎ ᏩᎭᏯ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏟ ᎤᎵᏘᏎ. ᎩᏟ ᎤᎿ ᎦᏙᎨ. ᎤᏲᏏᏍᎨ.

First he tramped down the snow in front of her, and | said to her: "Now let go!" Then Dog | let go of the deer. The deer was running in the deep snow. Coyote shot. | Just then (the deer) broke through the snow and fell. The arrow went over it. Then he had one more arrow, | and he shot again. Just then (the deer) stood right on the snow, and the arrow went under it. || Coyote had no more arrows. Then the deer | left, and it escaped 25 from Coyote. There stood | Dog. She was hungry.