So two chiefs and a priest travel to Europe, part 4
Here’s page 4 of the narrative, Chinook first. You still have a chance to post a comment below, with your ideas for an English translation. As I’ve been doing, I’ll add a translation here at the same time that I post the next installment. Here’s the previous installment.— Dave
Delegation of Aboriginal Chiefs, Ottawa, 1916.
© CMC/MCC, 36002, Delegation of Native Chiefs from Western Canada during a subsequent visit in May 1916.
© Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, 1916, negative no. 36002.
Seated (from left to right):
James Raitasket, (chief of the Lillooet tribe, Upper Lillooet, British Columbia); John Chelahitsa, (chief of the Douglas Lake, tribe, Okanagan, Spences Bridge, British Columbia); Paul David, (chief of the Tobacco Plains tribe, Upper Kutenai, [Koosville], British Columbia); Basil David, (chief of the Bonaparte tribe, Shuswap, British Columbia)
Standing (from left to right):
Elie Larue, (chief of the Kamloops tribe, Shuswap, British Columbia); John Tetlenitsa, (chief, Thompson, British Columbia); James Alexander Teit, (not Aboriginal; Spences Bridge, British Columbia); Thomas Adolph, (chief of the LaFontaine tribe, Upper Lillooet, British Columbia); William Pascal, (of the Pemberton tribe, Lower Lillooet, British Columbia)
<Married. July 19, 1904.>
Mokst tanas man pi mokst tanas kluchmin tiki malii, pi
Two youths and two young women wanted to get married, and
klaska ayu wit kopa liplit iaka haws, kanamokst klaska tilikom
they were waiting at the priest’s house, with their families,
pus naika mamuk malii klaska. Klaska malii kopa kwinam tintin
for me to marry them. They were married at five o’clock
kopit sitkom son: ukuk klaska nim:
in the afternoon: these are their names:
1º Andri Manwal kopa Kamlups, kanamokst Fostin kopa Hlawt.
1. Andrew Manuel of Kamloops, with Faustine of Hallout.
2º Shorsh Aliksis Kamloups, kanamokst Polin Basil, wiht Kamlups.
2. George Alexis, Kamloops, with Pauline Basile, also Kamloops.
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<Departure.>
Taham tintin nsaika klatwa kopa stishon: ayu tilikom pi
[At] six o’clock we went to the station: a lot of [Indian] people and
ayu tikop man shako wiht kopa stishon; klaska shik hanc
a lot of whites came also to the station: they shook hands
nsaika, pi wik saia taham pi sitkom nsaika mash Kamlups.
with us, and at almost six-thirty we left Kamloops.
Kopa Shushwap stishon kanawi Shushwap tilikom chako iskom
At Shuswap [Lake] station all the Shuswap [Indian] people came to shake
nsaika lima, wawa klahawiam kopa nsaika.
our hands, saying goodbye to us.
Wiht kopa Saman Arm taii Narsis pi Fraswa Shilpahan
Again at Salmon Arm chief Narcisse and Francois Shilpahan
pi kansih klaska tilikom chako iskom lama kopa nsaika.
and several of their people came to shake hands with us.
Iawa nsaika kopit nanich tilikom kopa British Kolombia.
Then we were done visiting people in British Columbia.
Tanas lili wiht nsaika sit dawn, nsaika kuli pulakli
A bit later we sat down, [and] we ran [through] the evening
styuil, pi nsaika kro kopa Sikamaws stishon. Iawa nsaika
prayers, until we got to Sicamous station. There we
li dawn pus slip. Wik saia sitkom pulakli alta.
lay down to sleep. It was nearly midnight now.
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<Revelstoke, Glacier.>
Sitkom pulakli nsaika tlap kopa Rivilstok: iawa nsaika
At midnight we got to Revelstoke: there we
tlap tanas ihi: iht man chako kopa trin, trin kuli
got a bit of a laugh: one man came onto the train: the train traveled
alta tanas saia, pi ukuk man tiki stop kopa iht ilihi
then a bit farther, and this man wanted to stop at a certain place
pi stim kar wik kata stop, pi ukuk man tlap ayu sik tomtom
but the steam car [=train] couldn’t stop, so this man got very upset
pi ayu wawa kopa taii kopa cikcik; pi kaltash ukuk
and was going on to the conductor: but it was no use,
wik kata stim kar stop kopa kah ilihi pi iaka kro saia
the steam car couldn’t stop at any place until it arrived at a distance
kwinam tatilam mails: iawa klaska mash iaka kopa ilihi.
of 50 miles: there he was put out on the ground.
Two young men and two young women wanted to marry. And they waited a long time at the priest’s house, with their people so that I would marry them. They were married at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. This is their names:
Andre Manuel from Kamloops with Fostin from Hlawt
Georgia Alexis from Kamloops with Pauline Basil also from Kamloops.
6 o’clock we went to the station. A lot of people and a lot of white people also went to the station. They shook hands and then around 6:30 PM we left Kamloops. At the Shuswap station, all the Shuswap people came to shake our hands and say goodbye to us. Also at Salmon Arm Chief Narsis and Francois Shilpahan and how many other people came to shake our hands. There we finished seeing the people of British Columbia. A little later again we sat down, we went through the evening prayers, and we arrived at the Sicamous station. There we lay down to sleep. It was around midnight.
In the middle of the night we came to Revelstoke. There we saw a funny thing. One man came on the train, the train had gone quite far, and the man wanted to stop at a place but the steam car wasn’t able to stop, and the man became very upset and spoke a lot to the train conductor. But they weren’t able to stop the steam car at any place and he went 500 miles. They let him off in that place.
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Nice work again. I’ll get my translation put in ASAP!
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