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Wiyot Tribe, CA

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Wiyot (Della Prince)	English
1. Gawu vayughu’ruviyoutw gitga, Wigi dadalilh, gurra loudegaquwou’m yulh.	I’m going to tell a story about the Humboldt Bay people, but I don’t know very much about it.
2. Da gudughunu goutsawi’warr, rrak vou’r dadalilh.	The northern people abused them terribly.
3. Rrak hishvuri daqoun, ya gawu dalilh, gudughunu goutsawi’warr.	The people from the south started to go because they were abused terribly.
4. Voul, da dou vularr.	They had houses built.
5. Bi’murr, gida vulh, juwa da gudughunu goutsawi’warr.	Perhaps it was at South Jetty where they were terribly abused.
6. Voulaqh, vi’wurr, gou dula tighurrushilh, kasuni’.	In their houses, where the smoke goes out, the smokeholes.
7. Hou’l, du va diqeburughashouy, vusu'l, ga vulh hiruwibagurrurr.	They came and poured water down, so their fires all went out.
8. Dalhda da nughurruk, hi yililh daqoun, gitga gulak da’l, gitga.	After some time they said, “We’re not going to stay any longer.”
9. Lhu svawi gudughunu goutsawi’warr.	They had been abused so very badly.
10. Rrak hishvuri, gitga daqoun rrudalilh.	They decided to go south.
11. Rrak hishvuri, rrudalilh, juwa vulh ya’ruwayaqouy.	They went south, that's where they all went.
12. Juwa qus, hi da ga’w, youditanuli’souy, rrawi’ gitga vulh, rradughu’n, ga gou bougu’nulilh, ga dishgamilh gitga, hougaqou’muqu’l daqoun, rrak vou’r darrudalilh.	A hill was made to lie along there; they thought, “The north wind won’t touch us anymore”; they didn’t want the north people to know about it.
13. Juwa va wourr da nughurruk, qus ha vulh loulhiv, juwa da wanu qus hougawuqu’l, hourraqu’l, kich rradughu’n, ke gou bougu’nulilh, hou gudughunu valalhvi’muqu’l, gourr gudughunu goutsawi’warr, chviwan.	Ever since then, a hill lies along there, they made the hill thinking, “The north wind might touch us again,” they felt so bad about those who abused them so terribly after that.