Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine / Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198

by Frank G. Speck

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1. 1. ni·gawa
   2. And then that
2. 1. Gluskα̨bε´
   2. Gluskabe
3. 1. wedji·mαdjełα´nt
   2. went away
4. 1. sobegu´k
   2. to the ocean
5. 1. ni·wuno´sotəg-
   2. then he followed
6. 1. wetekamə´n
   2. a river up
7. 1. malαmi·´
   2. at last
8. 1. ktci·dαba´kwαni·ganα´k[55]
   2. to the great divide.
9. 1. ni·wedji·´
   2. Thence
10. 1. kalapα̨´welα`nt
    2. he started up
11. 1. mozu´l`
    2. a moose
12. 1. ni·wa´
    2. and that
13. 1. mu·s
    2. moose
14. 1. mα̨djełα´nt
    2. started off
15. 1. man·´i·wi·
    2. among
16. 1. si´·bui·ku`k
    2. the rivers
17. 1. teka´
    2. in direction
18. 1. Pan·awᴐ̹·´mp`skao`k
    2. of Penobscot River Valley
19. 1. lagwewi·´
    2. toward.
20. 1. ni·wewᴐ̹la´n
    2. Then she knew
21. 1. Pukədji´nskwes´u`[56]
    2. Pukedjinskwessu
22. 1. ni·gi·zi·we´dolamα`k[57]
    2. and she could sense it.
23. 1. owa´
    2. That one
24. 1. a´ida
    2. well
25. 1. məde´olənuskwe´
    2. sorceress.
26. 1. ni·ugadawi·´gak`hi·`ki·hα`n
    2. Then she wanted to tease
27. 1. Gluskα̨ba´l`
    2. Gluskabe.
28. 1. ni·
    2. Then
29. 1. ugadawi·´kəlapα̨´wəla`n
    2. she wanted to start up
30. 1. mozu´l`
    2. the moose
31. 1. wadji·´ndagi·zi·nlα`ŋk`ᵂ˙
    2. so that not he could kill it.
32. 1. ni·wa´
    2. That
33. 1. Gluskα̨bε´
    2. Gluskabe
34. 1. wε·wedəhamα´n
    2. knew her
35. 1. yuli´l
    2. this
36. 1. Pukədji´nskwes·uwal`
    2. Pudedjisdwessu
37. 1. e´li·gak`hi·ki·hogo`t
    2. how she was teasing him,
38. 1. ni·udli·´dəhamα`n
    2. then he thought
39. 1. “e´begwatcinatci.`
    2. “on account of it not also
40. 1. kəna´mi·hi·`
    2. you will see me
41. 1. yu
    2. here
42. 1. pemi·łα´”
    2. passing by.”
43. 1. ni·geła´
    2. Accordingly
44. 1. ni·wa´
    2. that
45. 1. uba´bmi·gwil-
    2. searched all
46. 1. awᴐ̹bi`n
    2. about to see him
47. 1. Pukədji´nskwes·u´
    2. Pudedjinskessu
48. 1. tani·ba´weni·`
    2. how if anybody
49. 1. udli·nami·hα´n
    2. she could see.
50. 1. ni·ge´nəwαnda`
    2. But not
51. 1. wi·´bi·wi·
    2. except
52. 1. unami·tu´n
    2. she saw
53. 1. eli·´dji·lakwəs·inli·`t
    2. how the tracks
54. 1. udαŋəma´
    2. of his snowshoes
55. 1. pemsege´k
    2. on the ledge.
56. 1. niα̨lawi·´
    2. For a long time
57. 1. uno´sawα̨p`tasi`n
    2. she followed the tracks
58. 1. neganowa´
    2. then that
59. 1. Gluskα̨ba´l`
    2. Gluskabe
60. 1. wəsε·´smi·wαni·halα̨·l`
    2. she lost his tracks
61. 1. wzami·´wi·tc
    2. because
62. 1. wudli·´dəhamgun
    2. it was willed
63. 1. ni·´
    2. that
64. 1. wedjinda´
    2. not
65. 1. p`skαŋgo´k
    2. she could find him.
66. 1. ni·wa´
    2. Then that
67. 1. Gluskα̨bε´
    2. Gluskabe
68. 1. madα̨bełα´nt
    2. went down
69. 1. si·bu´k
    2. to the river.
70. 1. ni·wanami·hα´n
    2. Then he saw
71. 1. mozu´l`
    2. the moose
72. 1. yu´lil
    2. this
73. 1. noso´kawα`nt
    2. he was following.
74. 1. ni·ubi·bmα´n
    2. Then he shot it
75. 1. ni·a´ida
    2. well then
76. 1. ni·ugi·bi·łα´n
    2. it fell
77. 1. mozu´l`
    2. moose
78. 1. ni·gi·zi·´
    2. then after
79. 1. eləmi·giptes·i´k
    2. he fell and lay down
80. 1. ni·udlo´s·α`n
    2. and
81. 1. ubəs·i·halα´n
    2. he skinned it
82. 1. ni·gi·zi·´p`si·halα´nt
    2. and after he had skinned it
83. 1. gi·zi·´p`kwedji·łα´nt
    2. when he had taken out
84. 1. ni·u-
    2. then
85. 1. la´gəzi·α`l`.
    2. his intestines
86. 1. uge´dnəmə`n
    2. he took
87. 1. ni·udla´kewαn
    2. then he threw them
88. 1. ude´miza`l`
    2. to his dog
89. 1. ni·´yu
    2. and here
90. 1. edeli·`nłamα`k
    2. where he was killed
91. 1. mu·s
    2. moose
92. 1. ni·
    2. that
93. 1. muzi·´kətci·`
    2. moose buttocks
94. 1. lewi·tα̨zu´
    2. is called
95. 1. si·bi·wi·´
    2. and
96. 1. yu el`ta´gi·hazi`k
    2. here as it stretched out
97. 1. wula´gəzi·a`l`
    2. his intestines
98. 1. wa
    2. that
99. 1. mu·s
    2. moose
100. 1. nit·e
     2. right away
101. 1. li·wᴐ̹·bi·gα`k
     2. became white
102. 1. tet·atci·dji·´
     2. and now
103. 1. eska´mi·
     2. forever
104. 1. wᴐ̹·bi·gα´n
     2. white
105. 1. tagagi·wi`·
     2. until
106. 1. metka´mi·gegε`.
     2. at the end.
107. 1. ndatlokαŋga´n
     2. My story
108. 1. tagα´gα̨begəsi`·t
     2. all.

[55] Said by the informant to have been the ridge dividing the waters flowing into the St. Lawrence from those flowing southward into the Atlantic.

[56] A mythical character common to the Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Wawenock. She is described as having a figure like a “jug,” who lives alone in the remote forests.

[57] A common concept among the Wabanaki, “to know a thing by intuition.”