beach. We were safe.

_The oral part of the story in the language of the narrator, with a
literal translation into English._

(1) _Me[n]'wija_
a long time ago

(2) _aw ninisis'san_
this my hair

(3) _me'gwa giijina'gwak tibi'shko aw_
while it looked like that

(4) _me'gwa gimashkaw'isian_
while I possessed strength

(5) _kin dash_
you and (i.e., and you)

(6) _ga'nabatch kikwiwi'se[n]siwina'ban_
perhaps (probably) were a boy

(7) _mi'iw_
very well

(8)-(10) _iwe'di_
there

(11)(12) _nin be'jig_
I one

(13) _mi'nawa_
again (furthermore)

(14) _Gabiwa'bikoke_
"The Miner"

(15) _akiwe[n]'si_
old man

(16) Expressed by gesture only.

(17) The same as No. 13.

(18) _ogwis'san ga'ie, Sabadis_
his son too, John Baptist.

(19) _mi minik'_
so many

(20)(21) Gestures only.

(22) _mi wa'pi_
thus far, i.e., at that time.

(23) _we'ai gion'din_
then the wind blew from

(24) _me'gwa nin wewe'banabina'ban_
while I was (in the act of) fishing with the hook
_nin'goting gonin'gotchi_
at one time somewhere (out of its course)
_oda'bigamo nimigis'skane'ab_
was drawn my hook line

(25) _a'nin ejiwe'bak_?
how it happens?

(26) Gesture only.

(27) _taai'!_
ho!

(28) _mi'gwam_
the ice

(29) _ma'dja_
goes

(30)(31) Gestures only.

(32) _we'wib_
quickly

(33)(34) Gestures only.

(35) _wagak'wad[)o][n]s_
hatchet

(36) (37) Gestures only.

(38) (39) _nin bita'gime_
I put on snowshoes

(40) _win madja'min_
we go (start)

(41) Gestures only.

(42) (43) _mamaw'e_
together

(44) Gesture only.

(45) _esh'kam ki'tchi no'din_
more big wind

(46) Gesture only.

(47) _mi ja'igwa gima'djishkad_ (i.e., _mi'gwam_)
already has moved off (i.e., the ice)

(48) (49) Gestures only.

(50) _mi'wapi_
thus far, i.e., at such a distance

(51) Gesture only.

(52) _a'nin dash gediji'tehigeiang?_
how (i.e., what) shall we do?

(53) (54) _mi e'ta be'jigwang wagak'wad[)o][n]s_
only one hatchet

(55) _ge'get gisan'agissimin_
indeed we are badly off.

(56) _haw! bak'wewada mi'gwam!_
well! (hallo!) let us