Written and Read by Peter Kalifornsky
from: A Dena’ina Legacy, K’tl’egh’i Sukdu. pp. 364-365.
edited by James Kari and Alan Boraas
Alaska Native Language Center: Fairbanks.
| K’NUY’A UHUCH’EL’ANI | Beaver Trapping |
|---|---|
| 1. Gu dach’ qents’ugh’i ben dazdlu. | Over here there is a series of seven lakes. |
| 2. Undadi ben en’at k’enuy’a qan gheneshu. | At the last lake I came upon a beaver lodge. |
| 3. K’iłkedi ba tanełu | I set traps in the water for them |
| 4. ch’u quggił ba tananłu. | and I set snares in the water for them. |
| 5. Łtaqul’i bidults’i. | There were eight of them staying inside (the lodge). |
| 6. Łuq’u q’anik’danełnen. | I caught all of them. |
| 7. Betsen ghenhdi k’q’ush gheshghun. | I made dried carcasses out of that meat. |
| 8. Ch’u yethdi dasgedi yighełu. | Then I smoked them. |
| 9. Qughusht’a dayesh hdi qun, zełghal, heyi niłtu. | When they were nicely wind cured, I bundled them up (keeping them) for winter. |