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By English WORD or PHRASE
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1623 Story Sentence Search Results For "a"
English:
10. A pregnant woman should not eat chicken for if so the baby will tear her up like a chicken looking for food.
Lenape:
10. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch michi tip
a
si wiyus èli xu tuxkën
a
o
a
làshi tip
a
s ènt
a
n
a
tunink mehëmichink.
English:
11. A pregnant woman should not look at a rabbit. When her child is born the child will be hare-lipped like a rabbit.
Lenape:
11. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch pwën
a
o chëm
a
mës. Ent
a
wël
a
hël
a
t n
a
mwimëntët
a
kòhshëtune n
a
mimëntët
a
làshi chëm
a
mës.
English:
12. A pregnant woman should not look at an opossum because the child will look like a opossum.
Lenape:
12. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch pwën
a
iyo òpinkw èli xu òpinkwin
a
kwsu n
a
mimentët.
English:
13. A pregnant woman should not look at a departed person as the baby's eyes will spasmodically close, it will look like a person already deceased.
Lenape:
13. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch pwën
a
iyo
a
wèn
a
l
a
lehëlexèt èli n
a
mimëntët wëshkinko xu shësh
a
wëshkinkwe, lin
a
kòt
a
wèn mèchi m
a
t
a
a
hpi.
English:
14. A pregnant woman should not keep looking at a food which is in sight without eating some because the baby will be cross-eyed.
Lenape:
14. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch pwën
a
mu mehëmichink m
a
t
a
michiwën èli xu n
a
mimëntët
a
hpimshkinkwe.
English:
15. A person should not ask a dog questions because if they answer you will die. [Nora did add that it was okay to talk to a dog, just do not ask a question.]
Lenape:
15. M
a
tàch
a
wèn tutëm
a
o mwek
a
neyo ènt
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne n
a
xkumënt
a
wèn xu ànkël.
English:
16. No one should eat a gizzard until she is an old woman or old man or it is said their face will become wrinkled.
Lenape:
16. M
a
tàch
a
wèn michi tësi kënch t
a
kìkuwi xkwe òk kìkuwi lënu ènt
a
xu nèl wëshkinko pisële hùnd.
English:
17. A person should not defecate nor urinate in a garden as 'Our Mother Corn' is pure.
Lenape:
17. M
a
tàch
a
wèn ik
a
lìchieyok shki h
a
kih
a
kànink t
a
li, èli w
a
K
a
hèsën
a
Xàskwim pilsu.
English:
18. One should not eat or drink outside after dark without first giving a small bit, placed on the ground, for the departed.
Lenape:
18. M
a
tàch
a
wèn mitsi òk mëne piskewëni kochëmink kënch t
a
hìt
a
mi suk
a
lètàmu në mehëmichink òk në mehëmënink èli yuki nèlk
a
hkonkwik kot
a
tàmëneyo hùnt.
English:
19. When one brushes ones hair the hair should be put in a fire, and one tells 'Grandpa Fire,' "I give it to you." It is said that when a person leaves this earth 'Grandpa Fire' will give the hair back to that person.
Lenape:
19. Ent
a
a
wèn kìshi chixàm
a
te n
a
mixekàn
a
m
a
y ik
a
h
a
tuneyo tënteyunk t
a
li, luweyok "T
a
t
a
hëlën muxums
a
." Ent
a
a
wèn
a
lëmsk
a
te yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
xu n
a
muxumsën
a
n
a
tënt
a
y làpi mwil
a
o n
a
a
wèn.
English:
1a. When a person wants to go somewhere he should not be taking his clothes off and on
Lenape:
1
a
. Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
tët
a
a
te m
a
tàch pipili hèmps
a
ik
a
h
a
tu
English:
1b. because when he dies he will try to come back (to change his clothes).
Lenape:
1b. èli ènt
a
ànkëlëke làpìch pè.
English:
20. A menstruating woman should not go into the Big House, nor dance in the Doll Dance. she is in her menstrual period, and that will make unclean the things that are good.
Lenape:
20.
A
lëwixënit xkwe m
a
tàch tëmike xinkwik
a
onink t
a
li, shët
a
ko këntk
a
te òht
a
s këntk
a
n. Nisksu n
a
xkwe, òk niskitun wèmi kèku weltëk.
English:
21. A person should not use salt in Feast food (a Feast for the departed) or in food eaten after a peyote meetings. (These foods are cooked without salt and no salt is used before eating.)
Lenape:
21. M
a
tàch
a
wèn hn
a
k
a
t
a
mu sikh
a
y ènt
a
wihunkèt shët
a
ko ènt
a
kìshi michihtit mpisun.
English:
22. Anyone (but usually children who come to the table) who refuses to eat will have their face blackened and be sent away. Anyone who sees the blackened face will not feed him.
Lenape:
22.
A
wèn m
a
t
a
k
a
ht
a
mitsite sëkënëm
a
on wëshkinkw òk ik
a
lilësk
a
o.
A
wèn ènt
a
neyòte në sëkixink wëshkinkw m
a
t
a
tòx
a
m
a
io.
English:
23. When a person is pitiful and loses a relative a hide, a deerskin string, is tied around his or her wrist. (The string should not be removed, but be allowed to wear off.)
Lenape:
23. Ent
a
a
wèn tëm
a
ksite ànkhil
a
te elànkumàki kënch t
a
xès,
a
htuhwi xès, ik
a
h
a
t
a
kwe nòxkink t
a
li.
English:
24. When a woman loses her husband she should have her hair taken down (and worn loose although it can be tied up like a ponytail) for a year. Her hair is taken down by the deceased husband's relatives.
Lenape:
24. Ent
a
xkwe ànkhil
a
te wit
a
em
a
chi she
a
lhùkwe kwëti k
a
htëne. Làxënëm
a
o mwilàxk n
a
wicheòchi elànkumàki.
English:
25. A person should not go to sleep with the red paint (used on the faces of dancers, or participants in the Big House Church)on his or her face because the departed people will say, "Oh, this person has come to see us," because when a person leaves this world he or she is painted, and that is the reason they say that.
Lenape:
25. M
a
tàch
a
wèn k
a
wi ènt
a
èl
a
hkën
a
te wëshkinkw èli yuki nèlk
a
hkonkwik
a
wènik xu luweyok, "O, pèchi w
a
she
a
wèn nehkun
a
," èli ènt
a
a
wèn
a
lëmsk
a
t yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
èl
a
hkën
a
o, n
a
l në wënchi në luweyok.
English:
26. One should wash ones hair within four days after the death of a relative.
Lenape:
26. Ent
a
a
wèn ànkhil
a
te èlànkumàke shixùkòte new
a
kishkwike.
English:
27. No one should go to sleep with wet hair because the departed people will say, "Oh, this person has come to see us (in the spirit world)!" Soon the person will sicken and die. (This comes from that fact that when a person dies, and the body is washed, so also is the hair).
Lenape:
27. M
a
tàch
a
wèn k
a
wi ènt
a
skàp
a
ntp
a
t èli yuki kètëm
a
ksichik
a
wènik luweyok, "O, pèchi èt m
a
y nèhkun
a
w
a
she
a
wèn." Xuniti n
a
a
wèn p
a
lsu òk ànkël.
English:
28. In the spring in the woods (when the sap rises) a person should cut the wild grape vine and saturate the hair (with the sap) because the elders say, "Soon the hair will grow long like a grape vine."
Lenape:
28. Sikònke
a
wèn tekënink eyok kishkshëmën në wis
a
hkimi, skàpënëmën në mwilàxk èli luweyok yuki kik
a
yàk, "Xuniti në mwilàxk xu
a
làshi kwënikën në mwilàxk
a
làshi wis
a
hkimi.
English:
29. It was said long ago by the Delawares now deceased if a person goes outside or is seated outside, if he hears a Rain Crow (Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, it is named by the old Delawares) he will be lazy all day long.
Lenape:
29. Luwèn hùnt lòmwe yuki Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke ènt
a
a
wèn kochëmink li
a
te, shët
a
ko lëm
a
t
a
hpite kochëmink, ènt
a
pënt
a
ote n
a
chulëns k
a
xkhuwes èluwènsik luweyok hùnt kwëti kishkwi
a
wèn nulhànt.
English:
2. When a person likes to take shortcuts it is said they will not live a long life.
Lenape:
2. Ent
a
a
wèn winki pukweehël
a
te m
a
t
a
kwëns
a
wsi hùnt.
English:
30. It was said long ago by the elders that when a person hears a little bird named a wren soon someone will visit us, it was said by the old Delawares.
Lenape:
30. Luwèn hùnt lòmëwe yuki kìk
a
yàk ènt
a
a
wèn pënt
a
ote n
a
chulëntët hinutët èluwènsit xuniti xu
a
wèn kiikàmùkun
a
, luwèn hànkw yuki xuwi Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke.
English:
31. When a screech owl comes to your home and and lands outside in a tree where a person lives they say, "Oh, that is not good!" They began to be afraid and they burned some salt and they prayed. That is the way the old Delawares did long ago. (The belief was that he is a messenger of bad news that someone you know or a relative is going to die.)
Lenape:
31. Ent
a
w
a
chululhuwe pèchi lihël
a
k hìtkunk t
a
li kochëmink ènt
a
a
wèn wikit luweyok hùnt, "O, m
a
t
a
wëlëtu."
A
lëmi wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk, wëlusemëneyo në sikh
a
y òk p
a
t
a
m
a
ok. El
a
ihòsihtit hùnt lòmwe Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke lòmëwe.
English:
32. It is said that long ago when they had boys in the family the boys were not allowed to drink or eat soup because they say that when they wanted to go hunting all the animals would run away because (that soup) becomes like bells they have on their legs. That is the reason all the animals would run away.
Lenape:
32. Lòmëwe hùnt ènt
a
a
wèn wël
a
hël
a
t pil
a
echëchàk m
a
t
a
a
wèn lelëm
a
tìli mënèn ok mitsin shit
a
y èli luwèn hùnt ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
a
l
a
it wèmi yuki
a
èsìsàk
a
lëmshimuwàk èli
a
làshi hùnt sësùmwèktët
a
ik
a
h
a
tu wik
a
tink. N
a
l në wënchi wèmi yuki
a
èsìsàk shimuwàk.
English:
33. It is said that a person should not whistle or sing while he is eating. Whoever does this will be eating with the devil.
Lenape:
33. M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn chipuwe ènt
a
mitsit shët
a
ko
a
suwit luwèn hùnd.
A
wèn xu wipum
a
o n
a
m
a
ht
a
n'tu ènt
a
në lësit.
English:
34. When a person wants to eat he should not just wear one shoe because if he does this he will be one-legged. He should wear two shoes.
Lenape:
34. Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
mitsite m
a
tàch t
a
kwëti chipàkw ik
a
h
a
tu èli ènt
a
a
wèn në lësit xu kwëtk
a
te. Nish
a
shëkw chip
a
hkok ik
a
h
a
tu.
English:
35. A person should not cut his finger or toe-nails on a Sunday because when he does this he will do something embarrassing.
Lenape:
35. M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn tëmik
a
hshehwi ènt
a
këntëwei kishku èli xu ènt
a
lësit tënt
a
n
a
mikoihòsin.
English:
36. The snow is waiting. [This refers to small patches of snow still around after most of the other snow has melted. It means these patches are waiting for more snow to come.]
Lenape:
36. Pehëwe n
a
kun.
English:
37. A person should not brag about himself.
Lenape:
37. M
a
tàch
a
wèn kshàkënim
a
hòk
a
y
a
.
English:
38. The elders said the insects will bother a person if he tells wintertime stories when it is summer.
Lenape:
38. Luweyok yuki kik
a
yàk muxwèsàk t
a
a
wèn n
a
chihkuk ènt
a
a
thiluwèt nipënëwi.
English:
3. If a person whistles when it is dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
3. Chipuwète
a
wèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
4a. When a person sits on a (long) log when it is burning (in an outdoor fire)
Lenape:
4
a
. Ent
a
a
wèn lëm
a
t
a
hpit xkwëchi mës
a
ko ènt
a
lusink
English:
4b. people will not listen to him when he says anything.
Lenape:
4b. m
a
tàch
a
wèn këlsìt
a
o ent
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
5. A person should not blow on any medicinal tea (as one would to cool it) when he wants to drink it.
Lenape:
5. M
a
tàch
a
wèn put
a
t
a
muwën mpisun ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
mënète.
English:
6. A person should not break off icicles as this will anger the winter spirit, and it will become colder weather.
Lenape:
6. M
a
tàch
a
wèn pënitehëmu nushhùkòn
a
èli tòhih
a
o luwànàn'tu,
a
lëwi xu the.
English:
7a. One should not abuse dogs as they will not allow him across the 'bridge' when he dies. (The belief is that a bridge is in the Milky Way, and one must cross it to get to Heaven).
Lenape:
7
a
.
A
wèn kètëm
a
kih
a
te mwek
a
neyo t
a
wingi lelëm
a
xkoxkàn ànkëlëke t
a
y
a
xkunink t
a
li.
English:
7b. In the sky there is a bridge, and when a person goes home to where the Creator lives he must cross that bridge, the deceased elders said.
Lenape:
7b. Ent
a
mushhòkunk t
a
li h
a
te në t
a
y
a
xkun, ent
a
a
wèn m
a
chite Kishelëmukònk wikit kënch t
a
xkoxk
a
te në t
a
y
a
xkun, luweyok kìk
a
yunk
a
hke.
English:
8. A person should not crack nuts after nightfall, it is said the departed people will want them.
Lenape:
8. M
a
tàch
a
wèn p
a
hkàsi piskewëni, kètëm
a
ksichik
a
wènik kot
a
tàmëneyo hùnt.
English:
9. A pregnant woman should not eat anything that (it is suspected) a cat has tasted because a cat has a bad mouth.
Lenape:
9. Kèt
a
nichnit xkwe m
a
tàch michi mehëmichink n
a
pushis michite èli m
a
hchëtune w
a
pushis.
English:
stories about Wehixamukes. That is all I can say.
Lenape:
a
chimëw
a
kàn
a
Wehix
a
mukèsi. N
a
l në shëk nkàski luwèn.
English:
the council over in the West where we now make our homes.
Lenape:
a
chimulsi
a
yukwe ni she pe m
a
ikeyànkw wënt
a
hkwi ehëliwsik
a
k.
English:
into the council house. There was also a fire in that house.
Lenape:
a
chimulsik
a
onink t
a
li. Tënt
a
y òk h
a
tè në wikw
a
hëmink t
a
li.
English:
More and more, every day and every year, it proceeds to be lost
Lenape:
a
h
a
luwi kikishkwike òk kik
a
htinke
a
lëmi t
a
onkën
English:
The rabbit had difficulty getting up.
Lenape:
a
hchinki pàskwin n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
it is more than ever difficult.
Lenape:
a
hi hwësk
a
a
hot.
English:
"Yes, my friend. Since long ago I have known that I [possess] power and
Lenape:
"
A
hikt
a
, nchuh! Lòmwe nochi nuw
a
tun nchipilìsi òk
English:
he had sharp teeth and he growled. Those dogs were all very frightened.
Lenape:
a
hkin
a
nikè òk lùkwixin. Nèki mwek
a
neyok wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk.
English:
he wore a bear skin. In his hand he held
Lenape:
a
hku màxkwi xès. Këlënëm
English:
[
your Love and friendship.
] love and friendship.
Lenape:
a
holtëw
a
kàn òk witisëw
a
kàn.
English:
precious men now deceased,
Lenape:
a
hp
a
shèki lënunk
a
,
English:
are there in the sky in the Autumn."
Lenape:
a
hpihtit mushh
a
kunk t
a
hkokwëni."
English:
Is there a warrior here who can call me a coward?
Lenape:
A
hpu hàch il
a
kèski luwihëlit shwil
a
it?
English:
At one time there was a man named Kwëlëpisuwe.
Lenape:
A
hpu nìki lìkhìkwi lënuw
a
luwènsu Kwëlëpisuwe.
English:
deer's jaw. That was what they used to use when they made a garden
Lenape:
a
htuhwi në t
a
ompikàn. N
a
hùnt n
a
tìli hn
a
k
a
ktàmëneyo ènt
a
h
a
kihèhtit.
English:
deer meat, and corn mush, and deer tongue.
Lenape:
a
htuhwi wiyus òk s
a
p
a
n òk
a
htuhwi wil
a
nu
English:
they all hunted when they wanted to find food.
Lenape:
a
l
a
hòtuwàk k
a
ht
a
màxk
a
muk mehëmichink.
English:
Let's all go hunting. I will go along and I will kill all
Lenape:
a
l
a
itàm. Nèpèch wite òk nèpèch wèkwitehook
English:
Verse 2:
Tomorrow at this-time, Where perhaps will I be?
This time tomorrow. Reckon where I'll be.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
yukwe lëkhìkwi, T
a
èt t
a
a
hpi
a
?
English:
Tomorrow at this time, Wonder where I will be?
Lenape:
A
làp
a
yukwe lëkhìkwi, T
a
èt t
a
a
hpi
a
?
English:
Verse 3:
Tomorrow at this-time, Where perhaps will I be?
This time tomorrow. Reckon where I'll be.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
yukwe lëkhìkwi, T
a
èt t
a
a
hpi
a
?
English:
Tomorrow now at this time, Where will where I be?
Lenape:
A
làp
a
yukwe lëkhìkwi, T
a
èt t
a
a
hpi
a
?
English:
The men hurried as they wanted to dig him up,
Lenape:
A
làpil
a
htuwàk nèki lënuwàk k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
kt
a
h
a
wò,
English:
It seems like I can smell many squirrels toward the north."
Lenape:
A
làshi
a
t
a
nëmël
a
o x
a
heli x
a
nikok ik
a
li luwàneyunk."
English:
It seems like the boy was there for about
Lenape:
A
làshi
a
t
a
pil
a
echëch ik
a
a
hpu
a
hp
a
mi èt m
a
h
English:
like they had done long ago when they lived in the east
Lenape:
a
làshi lòmwe èl
a
ihòsihtit ènt
a
wikh
a
tihtit wèhènchiopànk
English:
it seemed like she did not hear her mother
Lenape:
a
làshi m
a
t
a
pwënt
a
wio nèl kohès
a
English:
He seemed like he did not have good sense,
Lenape:
A
làshi màt
a
wëleòt
a
muu,
English:
as we forgive those who do wrong to us.
Lenape:
a
làshi mpunelìntàmënèn
a
h
a
ch
a
nil
a
emkwenkik.
English:
because it seemed like it helped him when he stood.
Lenape:
a
làshi wichëmùkwën ènt
a
nip
a
it.
English:
like there are now in our lifetime.
Lenape:
a
làshi yukwe ènt
a
mèchi pèt
a
wsienk.
English:
they start to smell each other, they are looking for their own thing.
Lenape:
a
lëmi kwsiàntëluwàk, nòtunëmëneyo nihëlàchi kwèkunëmëwoo.
English:
They began to beg him and they hugged him and
Lenape:
A
lëmi mehëmèntuw
a
l
a
òk kòsk
a
htèn
a
o òk
English:
They began to repeatedly hit those children who were ascending.
Lenape:
A
lëmi pëp
a
hkàm
a
neyo nèk àspichik mimënsàk.
English:
He began to tear him to pieces, then he began to eat.
Lenape:
A
lëmi pëphòkwën
a
, n
a
a
lëmi mitsu.
English:
this icicle to float away.
Lenape:
a
lëmipukwën wàni nushhùkòwën.
English:
The water began to boil.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wënte në mpi.
English:
They began to build houses there, they made bark houses.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wikheyok në t
a
li, hòkèsik
a
on
a
m
a
nituwàk.
English:
Il commença à hurler, en disant: « Venez m'aider! Venez m'aider! »
Lenape:
A
lëmi x
a
hol
a
mu, luwe, "Wichëmikw, wichëmikw!"
English:
He began to holler, saying, "You all help me! You all help me!"
Lenape:
A
lëmi x
a
hol
a
mu, luwe, "Wichëmikw, wichëmikw!"
English:
Empezó a gritar: “¡Ayúdenme! ¡Ayúdenme!”
Lenape:
A
lëmi x
a
hol
a
mu, luwe, "Wichëmikw, wichëmikw!"
English:
Er fing an zu schreien und sagte: „Ihr sollt mir alle helfen! Ihr sollt mir alle helfen!”
Lenape:
A
lëmi x
a
hol
a
mu, luwe, "Wichëmikw, wichëmikw!"
English:
Leave at once! All of you! Now!
Lenape:
A
lëmsk
a
kw! Wèmi! Yukwe!
English:
“The man with the rope is chasing it.”
Unfortunately the recorder was turned off before Nora said the last word, tùkòpink.
Lenape:
“
A
lëmsk
a
ol
a
o t
a
n
a
lënu (tùkòpink).”
English:
Then the men left and went home, and when they got to
Lenape:
A
lëmskeyok nèki lënuwàk m
a
chiyok ènt
a
p
a
htit
English:
Some people now absent from this Council, have spoken against you
Lenape:
A
lënte
a
wènik ktàkënimkuk m
a
t
a
a
hpiyok yushe
a
chimulsin,
English:
Some of the people said various things,
Lenape:
A
lënte
a
wènik mësi luweyok,
English:
some must have been killed for nothing.
Lenape:
a
lënte èt nuchkweh
a
ok.
English:
Some of the men are across the river.
Lenape:
A
lënte lënuwàk k
a
mink.
English:
Some said that long ago when the ocean
Lenape:
A
lënte luweyok lòmwe ènt
a
yushe kit
a
hikàn
English:
Some barked, some howled. They wanted to flee
Lenape:
A
lënte mëkikeyok,
a
lënte wehuluk. K
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h shimëwàk.
English:
We are better!
Here Lillie sings a portion of a Woman Dance which contains the words Alëwi kiluna - We are better, in responsorial singing with the men singers. The rest of the song is vocables.
.
Lenape:
A
lëwi kilun
a
!
English:
Wenn er seine Delawareindianersprache benutzte, machte er viele Fehler.
Lenape:
A
màchixsu ènt
a
a
lënixsit
English:
When he talked Delaware he talked incorrectly
Lenape:
A
màchixsu ènt
a
a
lënixsit
English:
Al hablar Delaware lo hacía incorrectamente
Lenape:
A
màchixsu ènt
a
a
lënixsit
English:
Quand il parlait la langue Delaware, il ne parlait pas correctement,
Lenape:
A
màchixsu ènt
a
a
lënixsit
English:
there were big trees and when he got there he sat down.
Lenape:
a
mànk
a
kòk, në tòpin n
a
l në mòy lëm
a
t
a
hpin.
English:
But, anyway it is said the woman
Lenape:
A
mënchi hànt
a
hùnt n
a
xkwe
English:
Are we dead? Where is this place?
Lenape:
A
nkëluhën
a
hàch? T
a
ni hàch yu t
a
li?
English:
had lost that one who was his son
Lenape:
ànkhil
a
o nèk
a
nèl kwis
a
.
English:
as they were warming by their fires
Lenape:
a
osuwàk wtënteyëmëwo
English:
We will trade, tribe to tribe, one to one.
Lenape:
A
shëntèsihën
a
, mësi èlh
a
kèchik, nèntkwëti.
English:
Athiluhakàn hùnt chëmamës lòmëwe xeleli ehathiluhèt
Lenape:
A
story
a
bout R
a
bbit, who used to m
a
ke
a
lot of stories long
a
go.
English:
Who will go and get a firebrand so we can have some fire?"
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch
a
n
a
tink pëlit
a
y wënchi
a
kàski tënteweenk?"
English:
thunder beings live.
Lenape:
a
wènik pèth
a
khuweyok wikihtit.
English:
he said. "If anyone cries he will ruin it and I can never bring her back.
Lenape:
"
A
wèn mëlimwite pòlitun nëni, n
a
t
a
chich nkàski ktëki.
English:
Bessie starts with a comment in English to Bruce and Jim - "I hate to tell you this but you all said to go ahead and tell stories so I'm going to tell it." Bruce – "OK, go ahead."
Lenape:
Bessie st
a
rts with
a
comment in English to Bruce
a
nd Jim - "I h
a
te to tell you this but you
a
ll s
a
id to go
a
he
a
d
a
nd tell stories so I'm going to tell it." Bruce – "OK, go
a
he
a
d."
English:
froze their hands because that child was really an icicle.
Lenape:
ch
a
k
a
htën unàxkëwoo èli nushhùkòwën n
a
mimëntët.
English:
[The Delawares sing] Oh, blackbird!
Lenape:
Chëkën
a
kwi, w
a
h
a
!
English:
Oh, blackbird!
Lenape:
Chëkën
a
kwi, w
a
h
a
!
English:
Oh, blackbird! He is stealing from the garden.
Lenape:
Chëkën
a
kwi, w
a
h
a
! Këmuth
a
kènsu.
English:
you make straps and let them hang down. Then tie them Then tie them together and make them into a ball."
Lenape:
chichilukehi shèshèhël
a
k nèl n
a
hùnt
English:
Then you must take them where they hang down
Lenape:
chichilukehi shèshèhël
a
k nèl n
a
hùnt
English:
and they stayed forever in the sky our ancestors said,
Lenape:
chim
a
hpuwàk mushh
a
kunk luweyok kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke,
English:
strength and power.
Lenape:
chitànësëw
a
kàn òk chipilësëw
a
kàn.
English:
they threw it into the big river.
Lenape:
chòpònihineyo ènt
a
xinkwi sipunk.
English:
Christ has been born
Lenape:
Christ ènt
a
mit
a
hpit
English:
Christ has been born
Lenape:
Christ ènt
a
mit
a
hpit
English:
They just stuffed their pipes and smoked.
Lenape:
Chuwskën
a
tun
a
nèk upokënëmëwò hupweok.
English:
Cuyloga was the name of his father.
Lenape:
Cuylog
a
m
a
h n
a
luwènsu nèl uxò
[Jim Thompson - Uh-huh. You will he
a
r this response throughout the story
a
s Nor
a
t
a
lks
a
nd her f
a
ther
a
cknowledges wh
a
t she s
a
id,
a
common pr
a
ctice when listening to
a
storyteller.]
English:
Oh, if ever she doesn't like her son-in-law,
Lenape:
E, ènt
a
ku chich wshink
a
l
a
io nèl n
a
tun
a
m
a
ko,
English:
Yes. We have been honored to bear good things to give to the King.
Lenape:
E-e. Nulelìntàmuhën
a
a
luk
a
lkehën
a
tìli pètun
a
weltëk kèkun
a
ènt
a
milënt n
a
S
a
kim
a
.
English:
Yes, we're at Wococon.
Lenape:
E-e, Wococonink ntàpihën
a
.
English:
they called him Mësinkw.
Lenape:
èhëlëwihël
a
htit Mësinkw.
English:
about what happened to them in the direction
Lenape:
èhëlin
a
mihtit hùnt wënt
a
hkwi ënt
a
English:
I used to hear them say
Lenape:
ehëlìst
a
ok nik
a
hke nkik
a
yuyëmink
a
English:
as it is called by the White people, and in addition
Lenape:
ehëluwèntànk wàni shëw
a
n
a
kw; òk n
a
heli
English:
"Oh, I am already cold and I am hungry.
Lenape:
"Ei, mèchi t
a
ni nt
a
hkochi òk nk
a
tupwi.
English:
Oh, the little one was cold. He must be hungry.
Lenape:
Ei, t
a
kòhchitu w
a
a
wèn. K
a
htupu èt.
English:
Oh, he was simply told, “You can’t do anything, go on off,
Lenape:
E, ksini l
a
n, "T
a
ku ki kèku kàski lësi, m
a
y ik
a
li
a
kt
a
English:
Oh, the young man was in a quandary. He thought, "I wish my mother-in-law wouldn't treat me that way!
Lenape:
E, kwil
a
hùntàkw lelëntàm n
a
skìnu. Litehè hùnt, "Kwël
a
h
a
t
a
m
a
t
a
në ntëlihkuwën nsùkwis.
English:
he placed the hand under his upper arm.
Lenape:
ekwi tël
a
mànkànink totun në nòxk.
English:
The way I fought was given to me by Netawatewes
Lenape:
El
a
ht
a
key
a
milukw w
a
Nètëw
a
tëwès
English:
the camps that she was stubborn.
Lenape:
el
a
ikh
a
tink tìli
a
hchinkx
a
n.
English:
They are servants of the spirits, because evil comes to them, we will have a strange experience.
Lenape:
El
a
luk
a
lchik m
a
nëtuwàk, èli m
a
t
a
weltëk mëshik
a
këwo, chipilin
a
muhën
a
.
English:
my relatives of long ago told me.
Lenape:
elànkumàkik lòmwe ntëlkune.
English:
Our deceased relatives had told us that you would come here.
Lenape:
Elànkumàkp
a
nink
a
hke ktëlkun
a
kp
a
hëmo.
English:
what his status was among his people.
Lenape:
èlelëmùksit with
a
keyunk.
English:
il pouvait se rendre réellement compte de la place qu'il occupait au sein de sa tribu.
Lenape:
èlelëmùksit with
a
keyunk.
English:
lo que su gente pensaba de él
Lenape:
èlelëmùksit with
a
keyunk.
English:
was seine Leute von ihm eigentlich hielten.
Lenape:
èlelëmùksit with
a
keyunk.
English:
where you seat me."
Lenape:
èlhukwèpi
a
kt
a
tuneyo."
English:
because she was struck by those thunders.
Lenape:
èli
a
l
a
hukuk nèl pèth
a
khuweyo.
English:
because many fell in there where
Lenape:
èli
a
mànkèli ìk
a
li pënihëleyok në ënt
a
English:
Because there might be a few of us in this house who still can
Lenape:
Eli èt kèxihën
a
yushè wikw
a
hëmink kwi
a
kwi kàski
English:
where you go so how can we know because you are gone."
Lenape:
èli eyàn ònhik
a
kàski nuw
a
tuwënèn èli eyàn."
English:
he said, "because if he hands him to her she will never return, and she will take him to where
Lenape:
"èli ìk
a
lën
a
m
a
wtèch n
a
t
a
chich kwëtkën
a
io xu chimi tòlëmuxòl
a
o
English:
both of them were bullfrogs
Lenape:
èlii nèk xànth
a
nèyok nèk.
English:
because it is said that it was dry weather, many things
Lenape:
èli kènu hùnt yukwe në kènu lìkhìkwi k
a
h
a
pàn, x
a
heli kèku
English:
because several days later all the babies got sick, and finally they died.
Lenape:
èli kèxukwëni wèmi p
a
lsuwàk mimëntëtàk, x
a
ntki ànkëluk.
English:
because you possess your kingdom.
Lenape:
eli knihël
a
tàmën ks
a
kimëw
a
kàn.
English:
because you possess your kingdom.
Lenape:
èli knihël
a
tàmën ks
a
kimëw
a
kàn.
English:
because of what you did.
Lenape:
èli ktëlsuw
a
kàn.
English:
because they were still surprised at the way Wehixamukes had talked.
Lenape:
èli kwi
a
kwi chipelìnt
a
muk èltunhèt nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
because he fears ridiculre
Lenape:
èli kwitànk p
a
wchètëw
a
kàn
English:
because they thought he was an incompetent person, but anyway
Lenape:
èli liteheyok
a
nehàchi
a
wèn, shëk
a
mënchi
English:
because long ago our now deceased ancestors said
Lenape:
èli lòmwe yuki kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke luweyok,
English:
because long ago the Delawares
Lenape:
èli lòmwe yuki Lën
a
peyok
English:
because it is said that long ago the Lenape came from the East
Lenape:
eli luwèn lòmwe hùnt nìki w
a
Lën
a
pe wënchiiopànkw,
English:
because I do not think about my life
Lenape:
èli m
a
t
a
kèku ntëlelìntàmuwën n
a
lelëlexeokàn
English:
to whom the Munsi leader refers!
Lenape:
èlimit w
a
Monsii nik
a
nixink!
English:
because in the council house it is pure, everything is well arranged and pure."
Lenape:
èli n
a
a
chimulsik
a
onink pilët, wèmi kèku wëlixën òk pilët."
English:
because Wehixamukes liked to eat deer tongue.
Lenape:
èli nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
winkitàm
a
htuhwi wil
a
nu.
English:
At that time they did not clothe the children, and he was exposed.
Lenape:
Eli nìki lìkhìkwi ku hèmps
a
kwi mimëns,
English:
because I stand and say, "White Eyes wants peace,"
Lenape:
eli nip
a
i
a
òk luwey
a
"Kukwèth
a
kèxtun k
a
ht
a
tàm wël
a
nkùntëmëw
a
kàn,
English:
because I want to deliver (the message) to them, to animals of every kind, when the chief hires me, when he makes me his messenger.
Lenape:
èli nk
a
t
a
ik
a
luxoht
a
òòk, wèmi elin
a
kwsit
a
èsës, w
a
she s
a
kim
a
ènt
a
a
luk
a
lit ènt
a
pùchël
a
h
a
lit.
English:
because I know well that all good things come from You
Lenape:
èli nuli w
a
tun weltëk wèmi kèku Ki wënchixën.
English:
because I know well that all things come from You.
Lenape:
èli nuli w
a
tun weltëk wèmi kèku Ki wënchixën.
English:
For I know that, at the present time to which our granted existence has come,
Lenape:
èli nuw
a
tun mèchi yukwe she petelëmukwenkw
English:
For I know that, at the present time to which our granted existence has come,
Lenape:
èli nuw
a
tun mèchi yukwe she petelëmukwenkw
English:
because the children were pure.
Lenape:
èli pilsuwàk nèki mimëns
a
.
English:
because the owl was wearing earrings
Lenape:
èli s
a
hk
a
xehu n
a
kukhus.
English:
because he is cold." But the young woman because she was stubborn
Lenape:
èli t
a
hkòchu." Shëk n
a
skixkwe nèli
a
hchinx
a
t
English:
the way they wanted to, and they lived enjoyably.
Lenape:
èliteh
a
t, òk p
a
p
a
ilehëlèxe.
English:
because he admired himself. Everyone hated him, even
Lenape:
èli ulin
a
o nihëlàchi hòk
a
y
a
. Wèmi
a
wèn shink
a
l
a
o, ìli
English:
because they knew that those Nanticokes practiced witchcraft.
Lenape:
èli uw
a
tuneyo nèki Wënètkok nihënuchihëweyewàk.
English:
as much as a cow we will kill, an Oxen.
Lenape:
èlkikwi wèhshëmwis knihël
a
w
a
, oxen.
English:
The way they are there above,
Lenape:
Elsihtit t
a
li hòkunk,
English:
said. That is the reason why the white people
Lenape:
èluwèhtit. N
a
l në she në wënchi yukshè Weòpsichik
English:
Oh, that little old one said, "I really do love my little son-in-law!"
Lenape:
E luwe hùnt n
a
kiketët, "Nkëkhit
a
hol
a
kt
a
ni n
a
n
a
tun
a
m
a
ktët," luwe hùnt.
English:
The Angels are all singing
Lenape:
Enchëlàk
a
suh
a
tuwàk
English:
"Oh, the little dog looked so cute.
Lenape:
"E, ninkëmin
a
kwsitit n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
“Well, for me, though, it’s easy to hide from anybody.
Lenape:
“E, ni x
a
ne
a
pëw
a
t, ntëli
a
ken
a
kònshiph
a
n
a
wèn.
English:
when the man told the story.
Lenape:
ènt
a
a
chimwit n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
when the sharp cracking thunder it is said that is the boy.
Lenape:
ènt
a
a
hkëshehël
a
k luwèn hùnt n
a
l nàni n
a
l n
a
she pil
a
echëch.
English:
When the hunters left
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmsk
a
htit nèki èl
a
ichik
English:
Cuando los cazadores se fueron
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmsk
a
htit nèki èl
a
ichik
English:
Als die Jäger weggingen,
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmsk
a
htit nèki èl
a
ichik
English:
Lorsque les chasseurs partirent,
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmsk
a
htit nèki èl
a
ichik,
English:
when he leaves this earth
Lenape:
ènt
a
a
lëmsk
a
t yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
English:
Where I additionally gave my brothers, the Whiteman, all that now
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
nhùkwi li mil
a
k nim
a
htësàk Weòpsit, yukwe she wèmi
English:
Als die Männer von der Jagd zurückkamen,
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
p
a
l
a
ihtit nèki lënuwàk
English:
Cuando los cazadores regresaron
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
p
a
l
a
ihtit nèki lënuwàk
English:
When the men returned from hunting
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
p
a
l
a
ihtit nèki lënuwàk
English:
Quand les hommes revinrent de la chasse,
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
p
a
l
a
ihtit nèki lënuwàk
English:
where a person had killed a deer. Different things were strewn about
Lenape:
ènt
a
a
wèn hnil
a
t
a
htuho. Mësi kèku lànkòhte
English:
If anyone wants to say some of his ideas I will be glad for what he has to say."
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
luwèt kèku nulelìntàm
a
kèku ènt
a
a
wèn kèku luwèt."
English:
when someone gives a name.
Lenape:
èntà
a
wèn milënt luwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
when someone is given a name.
Lenape:
èntà àwèn milënt luwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
When he stood it was like he wanted to stand straight.
Lenape:
Ent
a
h
a
nk nip
a
it
a
làshi
a
t
a
k
a
ht
a
shàx
a
hkik
a
pu.
English:
when they touched him they almost
Lenape:
ènt
a
ik
a
lën
a
htit n
a
hùnt n
a
k
a
hti
English:
and when they got there they found the woman, she was lying there dead,
Lenape:
ènt
a
ìk
a
p
a
htit n
a
mòxk
a
woo nèl xkweyo, kèku hùnt w
a
k
a
shenkixin,
English:
He wanted to fool us and it seems he is still fooling us.
Lenape:
Ent
a
k
a
ht
a
kiòlùkònk xi kwi
a
kwi pè kiòlùkònk.
English:
when it is going to rain. After the man
Lenape:
ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
sukëlànk. X
a
ntki n
a
lënu
English:
That’s why when I used to sleep they really crowded me up, that’s why my shoulders are like that.
Lenape:
ènt
a
k
a
wiy
a
nt
a
hi t
a
hchik
a
kok nàni wùnchi lin
a
kwsineyo ken
a
nhòpikònàk.
English:
when they said something. Still I want to try to do
Lenape:
ènt
a
kèku luwèhtit. Kwi
a
kwi nk
a
t
a
nkwëchil
a
ihòsin
English:
When you make straps and let them hang down. Then tie them
Lenape:
ènt
a
kènu shëhk
a
yuwik kp
a
x
a
kënëmën n
a
lch n
a
kwëtënëmën ènt
a
English:
Then you take the peelings you have peeled off the elm tree and
Lenape:
ènt
a
kènu shëhk
a
yuwik p
a
x
a
kënëmën n
a
lch n
a
kwëtënëmën ènt
a
English:
When he came near the young woman said,
Lenape:
Ent
a
kixki p
a
t n
a
skixkwe luwe,
English:
when he brings her back. "Then they will have a dance," he said, "the men will sing,
Lenape:
"ènt
a
ktëki pèshëw
a
t. Nàlch m
a
huwàk m
a
whwin," luwe hùnt, "
a
suwàk nèk lënuwàk,
English:
When they returned they saw Wehixamukes
Lenape:
Ent
a
làpi ktëkihtit neyòwò nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
English:
When evening came all the men went to cut wood.
Lenape:
Ent
a
lòkwik mënàxeyok wèmi nèki lënuwàk.
English:
when you said, "I wish I could eat a turkey that had been dipped in grease."
Lenape:
ènt
a
luweèkw, "Kwël
a
h
a
pëpòhkën
a
sit chikënëm nkàski muhò."
English:
Als er Holz haute, verletzte er sich versehentlich.
Lenape:
Ent
a
mànàxèt pwititehò hok
a
y
a
.
English:
En coupant le bois, il se blessa accidentellement.
Lenape:
Ent
a
mànàxèt pwititehò hok
a
y
a
.
English:
Cuando estaba cortando leña se golpeó a sí mismo accidentalmente.
Lenape:
Ent
a
mànàxèt pwititehò hok
a
y
a
.
English:
When he was cutting wood he accidently hit himself.
Lenape:
Ent
a
mànàxèt pwititehò hok
a
y
a
.
English:
when they made clothing, and
Lenape:
ènt
a
m
a
nituhtit eh
a
hkwink òk
English:
When she went to bathe she was naked.
Lenape:
Ent
a
m
a
y tixëmwit supsu.
English:
When they went to water their horses at the creek, that one old woman
Lenape:
Ent
a
mënihusèhtit sipunk, kwëti n
a
x
a
wshisës
English:
whenever they ate. The bones,
Lenape:
ènt
a
mitsihtit. Nèl xkàn
a
,
English:
When the fox saw the rabbit he must have had a bloody behind.
Lenape:
Ent
a
n
a
òkwës neyòt mhuktiè èt m
a
n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
When the Ottawa leader Pontiac
Lenape:
Ent
a
n
a
T
a
wei nik
a
nixink P
a
nti
a
k
English:
when they sing exclusively for the women when they dance.
Lenape:
ènt
a
n
a
xkuhëmënt ènt
a
xkweyok mëkùchi shëk këntk
a
htit.
English:
When the both of those tribes finished
Lenape:
Ent
a
nèk èli l
a
keichik kìshi m
a
nituhtit
English:
When the children would go to bathe they all drowned.
Lenape:
Ent
a
nèki mimëns
a
k m
a
y tixëmwihtit, tòptëpèneyo.
English:
crashed against the rocks,
Lenape:
ènt
a
nèl
a
hsën
a
mëshik
a
kuk,
English:
When he saw what is called waterskiing
Lenape:
Ent
a
nemën në “w
a
terski” èluwènt
a
sik
English:
when the women are in fours we will see that woman on the fourth [day]," he said,
Lenape:
ènt
a
newihtit nàlch n
a
new
a
n
a
yukwe n
a
k
a
nàni," luwe hùnt,
English:
and when they see each other they want to fight.
Lenape:
ènt
a
nèwtihtit m
a
th
a
keyok.
English:
when he saw the Delaware
Lenape:
ènt
a
neyòt Lën
a
peyo
English:
He had to go looking for food because there were not stores
Lenape:
Ènt
a
ntunànk mehëmichink èli màt
a
h
a
te mèmh
a
lëmuntik
a
on
a
English:
car lorsque le jour se leva, ils ne purent le trouver nulle part.
Lenape:
Ènt
a
opànkw kwil
a
o,
English:
Cuando amaneció no lo podían encontrar
Lenape:
Ènt
a
opànkw kwil
a
o,
English:
When morning came they could not find him,
Lenape:
Ènt
a
opànkw kwil
a
o,
English:
Am nächsten Morgen konnten sie ihn nicht finden.
Lenape:
Ènt
a
opànkw kwil
a
o,
English:
When I came to this place, I too like my younger sister said.
Lenape:
ènt
a
p
a
n yushe t
a
lli, nèpe
a
làshi w
a
n
a
xisëmës èluwèt.
English:
They walked in a forest near a prairie
Lenape:
Ent
a
shinkèk pëmësk
a
neo kixki mëkëkèk
English:
when he came to a woods, big woods, he stopped because he saw
Lenape:
ènt
a
shinkèk, xinkwi shinkèk, p
a
te, nokihil
a
n èli nèmën
English:
so that when it rains things will grow well. Our Father the Creator
Lenape:
ènt
a
sukëlànk wënci wëlikën kèku. Kuxën
a
w
a
Kishelëmukònk
English:
they always did that long ago she softened the things which
Lenape:
ènt
a
tëlënëmëneyo lòmwe tòkënëm
a
on
a
wèn
English:
When (unclear) long ago but now we have come to this time in our lives
Lenape:
ènt
a
(uncle
a
r) lòmwe shëk yukwe ènt
a
pèt
a
wsienkw
English:
Verse 3:
In a big valley, I will hang from a whiteoak tree.
Down in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white oak tree.
Lenape:
Ent
a
xinkwi p
a
hs
a
yèk, Nshehël
a
n wipunkòkunk.
English:
In big valley, I hang from a whiteoak tree.
Lenape:
Ent
a
xinkwi p
a
hs
a
yèk, Nshehël
a
n wipunkòkunk.
English:
when these dogs meet each other
Lenape:
ènt
a
yuki mwek
a
neyok kisk
a
wtihtit
English:
when I stand here pitifully, Father.
Lenape:
ènt
a
yushè nkëktëm
a
ki nip
a
in, Nux
a
.
English:
When this had all happened, they began to make
Lenape:
Ent
a
yu wèmi kìshi lèk,
a
lëmi m
a
nituwàk
English:
Every morning he would go hoe.
Lenape:
Èshi òpànk m
a
y l
a
kehëm
a
.
English:
he must have been a Lenape.
Lenape:
èt m
a
h nàn Lën
a
pe.
English:
as it was there that the thunders struck her.
Lenape:
èt m
a
ìk
a
tòlhukwën èt m
a
pèth
a
khuweyo hùnt.
English:
First of all I’d like to welcome you all here. And I’m very glad to see so many of you here. My Indian name is Touching Leaves. So I would like to address my Delaware people at this time in my native language.
Lenape:
First of
a
ll I’d like to welcome you
a
ll here.
A
nd I’m very gl
a
d to see so m
a
ny of you here. My Indi
a
n n
a
me is Touching Le
a
ves. So I would like to
a
ddress my Del
a
w
a
re people
a
t this time in my n
a
tive l
a
ngu
a
ge.
English:
He fed the dog on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink tòx
a
m
a
o n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Half-Arrow was the name of the one younger brother.
Lenape:
H
a
lf-
A
rrow luwènsu n
a
kwëti nèl xisëmës
a
English:
she first married an old man before she married another person.
Lenape:
hilusës
a
hìt
a
mi wël
a
hële n
a
kënch n
a
hkoi
a
wèni ulh
a
l
a
n.
English:
old being told the man,
Lenape:
hilusës èt m
a
h nàn lutël
a
o
English:
History Room. Then this why this fire is brought [this refers to hot coals from a wood fire]
Lenape:
History Room. N
a
yushè ènt
a
pèt
a
sik yushè tënt
a
y,
English:
First I want to say that my name is
Lenape:
Hìt
a
mìch nk
a
tà luwe ntëluwènsi
English:
she should first marry an old man.
Lenape:
hìt
a
mi hùntànk hilusës
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
First he smeared [some deer's] blood on his face and on his neck.
Lenape:
Hit
a
mi shuhëmën
a
mhukw wëshkinkunk òk uxkwekànkànink.
English:
They used those fur-bearing animals for their pelts
Lenape:
Hnàk
a
t
a
mëneyo nèki wixëwësichik
a
èsìsàk tòxèsëmëwo
English:
potatoes. The white people say, "Irish potatoes."
Lenape:
hopënisàk. Shëw
a
nàkw luwe, "Irish pot
a
toes."
English:
they all cried, because those stars fell.
Lenape:
hùnt-ànkw lëpàkh
a
tëwàk, èli nèk
a
lànkòk pënihëleyok.
English:
It was said that a young woman was eating icicles.
Lenape:
Hùnte w
a
skixkwe nushhùkòn
a
tòlëmi m
a
mhòn.
English:
Then it is said the boy went outside and when he returned again he told his grandmother
Lenape:
Hunt në kwëchin n
a
pil
a
echëch n
a
tël
a
n nèl uhëm
a
ènt
a
ktëkit làpi pèchi
English:
He said when he had already finished, “You finish signing on this paper.”
Lenape:
Hùnt tëluwèn mèchi kìshi kènu, “P
a
mpilink kìshi s
a
yineyo.
English:
and he began to cry. He said, "Grandchild, you have truly come back. I am glad to see you."
Lenape:
hùnt tòlëmi mëlimwin. Luwe hùnt, "Nuxwitët, kehël
a
èt m
a
ki ktëki kp
a
. Nulelìntàm newëlàn," hùnt.
English:
Our elder brothers' tribe (the Europeans) wanted to fool us when they were new here.
Lenape:
Hùnt w
a
kènu wëski ènt
a
w
a
k
a
ht
a
kiòlùkònk w
a
she x
a
nsën
a
èlh
a
keit. [
Nor
a
- Uh-huh. You will he
a
r this response throughout the story
a
s Bessie t
a
lks
a
nd Nor
a
a
cknowledges wh
a
t she s
a
id,
a
common pr
a
ctice when listening to
a
storyteller.
]
English:
it is said that eventually the young woman married someone, a young man.
Lenape:
Hùnt x
a
ntki
a
wèni wël
a
hële n
a
skixkwe, skìnu.
English:
"You will die, you will die!" he said. Then he said
Lenape:
"Ihànkël, ihànkël!" luwe hùnt. N
a
hùnt tëluwèn,
English:
throw it into the big river."
Lenape:
ìk
a
chòpònihin ènt
a
xinkwi sipunk."
English:
[because] it was put there what white people call, "Fertilizer."
Lenape:
ik
a
h
a
t
a
su Shëw
a
nàkw luweyok, "Fertilizer."
English:
She threw her bucket away and she ran back home very quickly.
Lenape:
Ik
a
li hùnt tël
a
hèn
a
t
a
hus
a
kwët
a
hkixin tëki m
a
chh
a
t
a
hkihële.
English:
Go off and play, go way off and play
Lenape:
“Ik
a
li m
a
y p
a
pi, ik
a
lìchi m
a
y p
a
pikw
English:
When I came to our house I told my grandmother, "Look at this."
Lenape:
Ik
a
pe
a
a
në wikienk, nuhëm
a
ntël
a
n, "Pën
a
yushe kèku."
English:
was struck by the thunders. It then began slowly
Lenape:
ìk
a
t
a
lhukwën nèl pèth
a
khùweyo hùnt. N
a
a
lëmi tk
a
iti
a
lëmi
English:
with the people she danced, she danced with those women when they danced.
Lenape:
ìk
a
wìchi witke, ìk
a
wìchi këntke nèk xkweyok ènt
a
këntk
a
htit.
English:
And they landed at the man's head.
Lenape:
Ik
a
wilink n
a
lënu m
a
htèxën.
English:
The war chief said, "Not to me!"
Lenape:
Il
a
luwe, "Ni x
a
ne ku!"
English:
you even have difficulty walking around much less making it rain.
Lenape:
ìli hùnkw
a
h
a
chinki kènu kpëp
a
msk
a
n
a
x
a
t
a
k
a
t
a
sukël
a
nheyàn.
English:
even if he does not know how many there may be
Lenape:
ìli m
a
t
a
uw
a
tuwën kèxihtit, luwète nihëlàchi kèku èliteh
a
t.
English:
Even the chief went and told them,
Lenape:
Ili n
a
s
a
kim
a
m
a
y tël
a
woo,
English:
Introduction by Bruce Pearson
Lenape:
Introduction by Bruce Pe
a
rson
English:
Introduction by Nora in English
Lenape:
Introduction by Nor
a
English:
Jesus You are born!
Lenape:
Jesus Këmit
a
hpi!
English:
Jesus You are born!
Lenape:
Jesus Këmit
a
hpi!
English:
Jesus said, "I am the way
Lenape:
Jesus tël
a
o, “Ni lih ey
a
a
n
English:
John's home - a new world.
Lenape:
John wikit
a
hpihën
a
- pili hàkink.
English:
Don't die, friend. You must see this.
Lenape:
Kàchi ànkëluhàn, nchu. Knemën yushè.
English:
Don't try to give him to her,"
Lenape:
Kàchi k
a
ht
a
mil
a
hich," luwe hùnt.
English:
Don't be afraid. It's me, Manteo!
Lenape:
Kàchi wish
a
sihàn. M
a
nteo t
a
ni!
English:
Don't be afraid. The visitors are friendly.
Lenape:
Kàchi wish
a
sihàn. Wëlànkunsuwàk kiik
a
màchik.
English:
Now this axe for you cut trees or for cutting wood or to make
Lenape:
Kàchi yushe tëm
a
hikàn wënchi kiskhòn hìtkuk wënchi m
a
nàxën shit
a
wënchi
English:
The dog wanted to warm because he was shaking with cold
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
a
osu èli skàpsu òk nànk
a
hchu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
we want to sing.
Lenape:
k
a
ht
a
a
suwienkw.
English:
They wanted to take her to the fire again,
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
èt m
a
làpi tënteyunk luxòl
a
,
English:
Those men must have wanted to treat Wehixamukes good
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
èt m
a
nèki lìnuwàk wùl
a
ch
a
h
a
o n
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
English:
we want to pray;
Lenape:
k
a
ht
a
p
a
tàm
a
enkw;
English:
There is something strange in these.
Lenape:
Kànk
a
mi kèku yushe h
a
te.
English:
The owl must have been jealous because he saw where the man was sleeping.
Lenape:
Kànku èt m
a
h n
a
kukhus èli m
a
h neyot n
a
lënu ènt
a
k
a
wit.
English:
The sun was surprised, he said,
Lenape:
K
a
nshelìntàm n
a
kishux, luwe,
English:
We will stay hidden and perhaps they will not see us."
Lenape:
Kànt
a
hpihënàch t
a
mse màt
a
nèhkuwiwën
a
nàk."
English:
Those men were all very surprised when he said that
Lenape:
K
a
shelìntàmuk nèki lënuwàk ènt
a
në luwèt
English:
before he can cross or the ice will stop him
Lenape:
kàski xkohke
a
wèn n
a
hkihële ne nushhùkòwën,
English:
Do you want to try it?"
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hèch kwëchil
a
htuneyo?"
English:
Do you want to try it?"
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hèch kwëchil
a
htuneyo?"
English:
Do you want to try it?"
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hèch kwëchil
a
htuneyo?"
English:
you will have someone visit, someone will visit you from way off."
Lenape:
k
a
t
a
xu kiikàmëke,
a
wèni xu kiikàmùkw òhëlëmi wènchi
a
ichi."
English:
"Tie some bark on your hand to heal it."
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
“Átate corteza a la mano para que se te cure”.
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
“Átate corteza a la mano para que se te cure”.
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
„Binde ein bisschen Rinde an die Hand, damit sie wieder heil wird.”
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
“Átate corteza a la mano para que se te cure”.
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
« attache un morceau d'écorce a ta main pour la cicatrizer. »
Lenape:
"K
a
xkwtu hòkès knàxkink."
English:
Il avait attaché sa main à l'arbre.
Lenape:
k
a
xpil
a
su nòxk hitkunk.
English:
he had tied his hand to the tree.
Lenape:
k
a
xpil
a
su nòxk hitkunk.
English:
se había atado la mano al árbol.
Lenape:
k
a
xpil
a
su nòxk hitkunk.
English:
Er hatte die Hand an den Baum gebunden.
Lenape:
k
a
xpil
a
su nòxk hitkunk.
English:
Your shoulder blades really stick way out when you sit down?”
Lenape:
Kehël
a
hànkw ken
a
nèk khòpikònàk
a
hi s
a
kixinuk ènt
a
lëm
a
t
a
hpiyàn?”
English:
I really do want peace.
Lenape:
Kehël
a
ni nk
a
t
a
tàm wël
a
nkùntëw
a
kàn.
English:
I am truly glad because our Father [God] gave me
Lenape:
Kehël
a
nulelìntàm èli Kuxën
a
milùkw
English:
"You have truly done something strange. From now on you will be eaten
Lenape:
"Kehël
a
yukwe kchip
a
ihòsi.
A
lëmi yukwe wënchi këmohulëneyo ki
English:
"You have truly done something strange! You have killed my child!"
Lenape:
"Kehël
a
yukwe kchip
a
ihosi! Knil
a
o nich
a
n!"
English:
and they fell down repeatedly and everything blew away, trees blew down.
Lenape:
këk
a
ihëleyok òk wèmi kèku
a
lëmxën, hìtkuk
a
mihëleyok.
English:
It is said the squirrel was huge.
Lenape:
Këkhìtkil hùnt n
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
an old man who lived separately came toward them.
Lenape:
kèku èt m
a
n
a
hilusës wënt
a
hkwi hùnt p
a
li wiku n
a
hilusës hùnt.
English:
"What do you fellows want?"
Lenape:
"Kèku hàch k
a
t
a
tàmuhëmo?"
English:
What are you wearing? What am I wearing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktàkwi? Kèku hàch ntàkwi?
English:
"What's wrong with you? Aren't you hungry?"
Lenape:
"Kèku h
a
ch ktëlsi? Ku hàch k
a
tupwii?"
English:
Why is it that I cannot eat at the table also?"
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi m
a
t
a
nkàski mitsii èhènt
a
lipwink t
a
li?"
English:
“What is the reason that boat is running?”
Lenape:
“Kèku hàch wënchi në muxul
a
lëmihële?”
English:
And here he was, half fish and half human.
Lenape:
Kèku l
a
h wàn, p
a
hsi n
a
mès òk p
a
hsi
a
wèn.
English:
He told me something, that he wants to trade.
Lenape:
Kèku t
a
ntëlkwën, k
a
ht
a
a
shùntèsu.
English:
The man would just have a smile on his face.
Lenape:
Këlëksuwinkwèxin shëk n
a
lënu.
English:
Do you remember what happened yesterday? You've been sick for a long time.
Lenape:
Këmësh
a
tàmën kèku èlèk lòkëwe? Lòmwe nochi kp
a
lsi.
English:
I will give what you ask.
Lenape:
Këmilël kèt
a
tàm
a
.
English:
He is stealing.
Lenape:
Këmuth
a
kènsu.
English:
We shall protect you from our enemies and show you the riches of this land and water.
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkihëmòch wënchi shink
a
lkwenk òk pënëntulën yushe weltëk hàki òk mpi.
English:
watch over us day by day so that we can walk
Lenape:
ken
a
hkihinèn kwëni kishukw tìlìch kàski
a
hp
a
msk
a
nèn
English:
take care of this bridge.
Lenape:
ken
a
kituneyo në t
a
y
a
xkun.
English:
beginning to crawl. Then one day the man told his wife,
Lenape:
kënch
a
wèn
a
a
lëmi
a
hp
a
mxkwsu. N
a
wixkòchi t
a
hùnt n
a
lìnu tël
a
o hùnt nèl
English:
A person had to hunt all the time to kill deer,
Lenape:
Kënch
a
wèn nkëme
a
l
a
ite hnil
a
te
a
htuhuk
English:
A person had to always be on the alert,
Lenape:
Kënch
a
wèn nkëme kwèxsite,
English:
so he can give a person a name, he must have had a vision about something."
Lenape:
kënch kàski wihël
a
t
a
wèn, kench t
a
linkwehël
a
te kèku.”
English:
We have to flee to where there’s thick brush, and we are able to hide.
Lenape:
kënch kènu ènt
a
a
hi
a
hwèk lësimwiyenke kënch nilun
a
nkàski kànchixinhùmën
a
.
English:
a person must first have received a vision
Lenape:
(“Kënch t
a
a
wèn hìt
a
mi mëshëninke linkwehëleokàn)
English:
a person must first have received visions
Lenape:
“Kënch t
a
a
wèn hìt
a
mi mëshëninke linkwehëleokàn
a
English:
but it is all right if the dog wants to speak on his own.
Lenape:
kënch t
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne nihëlàchi kèku luwète.
English:
he must first cross a large bridge.
Lenape:
kënch xkoxk
a
te xinkwi t
a
y
a
xkun.
English:
Long ago the Delawares lived
Lenape:
Kènu hùnt Lën
a
peyok hùnt m
a
h lòmëwe nèk wikh
a
tu(wàk)
English:
This is a story that was told to me about the women
Lenape:
Kènu hùnt yukshe ntëlkuk ntël
a
chimwin nèk xkweyok
English:
Take me to the creek and put some corn meal
Lenape:
Kènu ikàch ktëluxòlihëmo sipunk, kohomokàn
English:
his parents had died then
Lenape:
kènu kwik
a
yuyëm
a
wèmi nëk
a
hke p
a
lilin
a
munk
a
në
English:
is already grown and she wants to marry someone
Lenape:
kènu mèchi kishikit ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
wël
a
hël
a
t
a
wèni
English:
That we also will be really happy.
Lenape:
Kèpën
a
kìchi kul
a
tèn
a
minèn.
English:
The Son of God
Lenape:
Kèt
a
n'tuwit kwis
a
English:
if they want to have war I will go
Lenape:
kèt
a
t
a
mihtit m
a
ht
a
kenk nëwitèch
English:
Take pity on us,
Lenape:
Këtëm
a
kelëminèn,
English:
someone will pity you, someone who will take pity on you.
Lenape:
kètëm
a
kelëmukuw
a
,
a
wèn wixk
a
wchi
a
hpu kètëm
a
kelëmùkèkw,
English:
Feeling pity in my mind;
Lenape:
Këtëm
a
kelëntëw
a
kàn;
English:
You could buy the things with it."
Lenape:
Këwënchi
a
në kèku mh
a
l
a
mën."
English:
this and we will make several balls from it," he said. Then they finished fixing it.
Lenape:
kèxàch m
a
nih
a
hën
a
p
a
hs
a
hik
a
n
a
yu wënchi," luwe hùnt. N
a
hùnt në tòneyo
English:
several visions when I was young,
Lenape:
kèx
a
linkwehëleokàn
a
ènt
a
wësksi
a
ne,
English:
several of them fell down, they landed on the ground.
Lenape:
kèx
a
pënihëleyok, hàkink m
a
htèxinuk.
English:
There are only a few young men here but they are fishing.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
skìnuwàk
a
hpuwàk shëk
a
meyok.
English:
They want such a little. We are full while they are hungry.
Lenape:
Kèxiti k
a
ht
a
tàmuk. Kilun
a
kispwihën
a
nèk
a
onèk k
a
htupuwàk.
English:
near the lake, he walked by there it is said.
Lenape:
kèxiti në mënëpèkunk, në pwëp
a
msk
a
n hùntànkw.
English:
followed her child a little way as he floated away.
Lenape:
kèxiti nòol
a
o nèl wënich
a
n
a
a
lëmipukw.
English:
had visited the thunder beings for several days,
Lenape:
kèxukwëni kiikàm
a
ok nèki pèth
a
khuweyok,
English:
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Lenape:
Kèxukwëni nutikeyok nèki lënuwàk
English:
For several days the men had stayed at home and also
Lenape:
Kèxukwëni nutikeyok nèki lënuwàk òk
English:
the men
Lenape:
Kèxukwëni nutikeyok nèki lënuwàk òk
English:
several of those boys and girls.
Lenape:
kèxuwàk nèki pil
a
echìchàk òk xkwechëchàk.
English:
the older folks. They had a daughter, a young woman.
Lenape:
khik
a
yàk.
A
hpiyo hùnt tònëw
a
a
, skixkwe,
English:
the ground split when the earth quaked.
Lenape:
khìkh
a
kehël
a
k n
a
h ënt
a
kwchùkhòkehël
a
k.
English:
“You should go back and tell your mother that she goes with us.
Lenape:
“Ki
a
kwëtki këm
a
y l
a
n
a
k
a
hèsëw
a
kènu
a
wèn wichewkun
a
English:
It must have been so, because when he opened his eyes a little bit
Lenape:
Kichi èt m
a
h në le, èli ènt
a
tunkshènink m
a
htiti
English:
Perhaps this must be true. This is the reason the dogs and wolves fear each other.
Lenape:
Kìchi èt m
a
h në le. N
a
l në wënchi yuki mwek
a
neyok òk tëmeyok xwëntuwàk.
English:
You are [possessed of great] powers, and you are strong."
Lenape:
Kichi èt m
a
kchìpilësi, òk kchitànësi."
English:
'Really, it is true, it is true!'" he said
Lenape:
"Kìchi, n
a
në le, n
a
në le." luwe hùnt.
English:
What you think will be done
Lenape:
Ki èliteheyàn lèkèch
English:
What you think will be done
Lenape:
Ki èliteheyàn lèkèch
English:
visit with the thunder beings.
Lenape:
kiikàm
a
o nèki pèth
a
khuweyok.
English:
they visited the boy's grandmother for many days.
Lenape:
kiikàmëw
a
nèl n
a
yukwe n
a
pil
a
echëch uhëm
a
xelukwëni.
English:
that our deceased elders said.
Lenape:
kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke èluwèhtit.
English:
Our elders said where
Lenape:
Kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke luweyok ent
a
English:
We will live a good life for only a short while.
Lenape:
Kilunàch t
a
kìti kulehëlexihën
a
.
English:
We always live here on the earth,
Lenape:
Kilun
a
hàkink nkëmei ktàpihën
a
,
English:
We truly live pitiful lives.
Lenape:
Kilun
a
kehël
a
këtëm
a
k
a
wsihën
a
.
English:
We can only do truly small deeds;
Lenape:
Kilun
a
kehël
a
ktànkìti lësihën
a
;
English:
We must now try to watch over ourselves,
Lenape:
Kilun
a
kënch yukwe kënut
a
wsihën
a
,
English:
We are really very weak.
Lenape:
Kilun
a
kìchi sòmi ksh
a
wësihën
a
.
English:
[
to whom you and I and all People owe their being
] he gave to us and everyone good health and
Lenape:
kilun
a
òk wèmi
a
wèn milkun
a
wël
a
màlsëw
a
kàn òk
English:
We who live along the shore reach from the summer islands to the winter sea.
Lenape:
Kilun
a
shòhpe wikichik nipëni mën
a
t
a
y
a
òk luwàni kit
a
hikàn.
English:
We live very pitiful lives;
Lenape:
Kilun
a
sòmi këtëm
a
k
a
wsihën
a
;
English:
"This one is our brother."
Lenape:
"Kim
a
htësën
a
t
a
wàni."
English:
engañar a la gente, y así podía descubrir
Lenape:
kiòl
a
wo
a
wènik, òk k
a
ht
a
w
a
tun
English:
to fool people, and he could thus find out
Lenape:
kiòl
a
wo
a
wènik, òk k
a
ht
a
w
a
tun
English:
um herauszufinden,
Lenape:
kiòl
a
wo
a
wènik, òk k
a
ht
a
w
a
tun
English:
devait vouloir duper les gens, et de cette façon,
Lenape:
kiòl
a
wo
a
wènik, òk k
a
ht
a
w
a
tun
English:
Father who created us, accept from me (this) pleading,
Lenape:
Kishelëmienkw, wètënëm
a
i winëweokàn,
English:
Our Creator is very strong,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk
a
hi chit
a
nësu,
English:
Our Creator does many great deeds,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk
a
hi xinkwilësu,
English:
Our Creator will live on forever,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk ih
a
pchìch lehëlèxe,
English:
Our Creator wants us,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk k
a
t
a
tàm
a
kun
a
,
English:
Our Creator has watched over us for a long time,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk lòmëwe nut
a
wsu,
English:
Our Creator does good things,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk nèk
a
wëlilìsu,
English:
Our Creator lives in Heaven,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk òs'h
a
k
a
me
a
hpu,
English:
Our Creator exists. It is He who takes care of us.
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk t
a
a
hpu. Nàl n
a
ken
a
hkihkun
a
.
English:
Our Creator is always happy,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk wihël
a
tèn
a
mu,
English:
they finished fixing it he told the man,
Lenape:
kìshi wëlituneyo n
a
tëluwèn n
a
lënu
English:
who was very stubborn. It was known in all
Lenape:
kit
a
hchinkxe. W
a
hkwësu wèmi
English:
our friends here in this building.
Lenape:
kitisën
a
nàk yushè wikw
a
hëmink t
a
li.
English:
nearby the lake at the edge of the water where these children played together.
Lenape:
kixiti në mënëpèkunk shopenk tënt
a
p
a
ph
a
tineyo nèk mimënsàk.
English:
near to the fire. The old man told her,
Lenape:
kixki tënteyunk. Tël
a
o n
a
k
a
hilusës
a
,
English:
lived near each other there in the East in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Lenape:
kixki wikh
a
tuwàk wèhènchiopànk Pennsylv
a
ni
a
òk New Jersey t
a
li.
English:
he must put some corn meal on the ice
Lenape:
kohomokàn kënch t
a
t
a
onìch mèchi
a
lëmipukwën nushhùkòwën
English:
Wehixamukes held his breath and did not even
Lenape:
Kokènëmën lexeon n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
òk
English:
Perhaps that Little-Bird will return, because he wants to see
Lenape:
Kon
a
it xi n
a
Tànkchulèns xu hàshi xu pe èli k
a
ht
a
neyòt
English:
Perhaps now this is named the state of Ohio or of Indiana perhaps since that time.
Lenape:
Kon
a
it yukwe yushe luwènsik në st
a
te Ohio shìt
a
n
a
Indi
a
n
a
kon
a
it në òsi lìkhìkwi.
English:
you should always pray, you should shake hands with each other,
Lenape:
kp
a
t
a
m
a
hëmo
a
nkëmee, kònkùntihëmo
a
,
English:
you will get something good."
Lenape:
kp
a
t
a
tuhëmòch kèku wèltëk."
English:
he had acted silly that finally that was the way he lived.
Lenape:
kpëchehòsu x
a
ntki chimi në tël
a
wsin.
English:
albern benommen hatte, dass das endlich seine Lebensweise geworden war.
Lenape:
kpëchehòsu x
a
ntki chimi në tël
a
wsin.
English:
qu'il s'avait comporté tellement bizarrement que finalement ça eut devenu sa facon de vivre."
Lenape:
kpëchehòsu x
a
ntki chimi në tël
a
wsin.
English:
había actuado como un simplón que finalmente había adoptado esa manera de vivir.
Lenape:
kpëchehòsu x
a
ntki chimi në tël
a
wsin.
English:
Your kingdom is coming.
Lenape:
Ks
a
kimëw
a
kàn pètuxweyu.
English:
Your kingdom is coming.
Lenape:
Ks
a
kimëweokàn pètuxweyu.
English:
They look hot, but they're cool to the touch.
Lenape:
Kshëtein
a
kòhtu, shëk te ènt
a
a
lënink.
English:
[
I have great love and regard towards you, and I desire to win and gain
] I love you all, and I hope I can receive your
Lenape:
Kt
a
holhumo, kwël
a
h
a
nkàski mëshënëmën kiluw
a
English:
You people must all leave because we want this land!"
Lenape:
Kt
a
lëmsk
a
hëmòch èli nk
a
t
a
tàmënèn yushe hàki!"
English:
He looked back and he looked at then and they arose in a group.
Lenape:
ktëkinkwèxin pën
a
a
n këku nëk
a
hke
a
lëmultuwàk àspiyok hùnt.
English:
Te dije que te ataras corteza a la mano, pero primero corta la corteza y sepárala del árbol”.
Lenape:
Ktëlël k
a
xkwtu në hòkès hìt
a
mìch wis'hò n
a
hitùkw."
English:
I told you to tie that bark on your hand, but first cut the bark off the tree."
Lenape:
Ktëlël k
a
xkwtu në hòkès hìt
a
mìch wis'hò n
a
hitùkw."
English:
„Ich habe dir gesagt, du sollst die Rinde an die Hand binden, Aber zuerst die Rinde vom Baum abschneiden.”
Lenape:
Ktëlël k
a
xkwtu në hòkès hìt
a
mìch wis'hò n
a
hitùkw."
English:
Je t'ai dit d'attacher un morceau d'écorce à ta main, mais il faut d'abord détacher l'écorce de l'arbre. »
Lenape:
Ktëlël k
a
xkwtu në hòkès hìt
a
mìch wis'hò n
a
hitùkw."
English:
he told you that when a person wants peace he is a coward.
Lenape:
ktëlkëwoo ènt
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
tànk wël
a
nkùntëw
a
kàn shwil
a
e.
English:
There wasn't anyone around then; there wasn't anyone
Lenape:
Ku hùnt
a
hpii
a
wèn nike, ku
a
wèn yu
English:
What WhiteEyes said.
Lenape:
Kukwèth
a
kèxtun Eluwèt
English:
It is a good feeling because
Lenape:
Kuliteheokàn wënchi
English:
The shopkeeper did not tell them how to eat it.
Lenape:
Ku n
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt tël
a
wiyo èhëli michin.
English:
Something was because the woman never left her son.
Lenape:
ku n
a
nink
a
l
a
io n
a
kwis
a
n
a
xkwe.
English:
I don’t want to miss hearing anything.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
p
a
lëst
a
mu kèku.
English:
I don’t know now this book says in the summer to use it, maybe it was medicine
Lenape:
ku nuw
a
tu yukwe lekhikàn luwe nipënëwi h
a
nk mësi kèku nh
a
k
a
tàm, wèchi èt në mpisuni.
English:
He was not often there among the people, he was always separate.
Lenape:
Ku tëmiki ìk
a
wìchi
a
wènike, nkëme p
a
li.
English:
You know the way and you know the road.
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tun ey
a
n òk kuw
a
tun tëm
a
kàn.
English:
he couldn't even walk yet.
Lenape:
ku x
a
ne kwi
a
kwi kàski pëmëske.
English:
Our Father who created us, truly thank (You)
Lenape:
Kuxën
a
Kishelëmienk, kehël
a
w
a
nìshi
English:
Our Father who created us, truly thank (You)
Lenape:
Kuxën
a
Kishelëmienk, kehël
a
w
a
nìshi
English:
Our Father who created us, thank you that I can stand here in this place.
Lenape:
Kuxën
a
Kishelëmienk, w
a
nìshi tili nkàski nip
a
in yushe t
a
li,
English:
Our Father who created us, thank you that I can stand here in this place,
Lenape:
Kuxën
a
Kishelëmienk, w
a
nìshi tili nkàski nip
a
in yushe t
a
li,
English:
"I wish you would all help me, I want to cut some wood.
Lenape:
"Kwël
a
h
a
t
a
kwichëmihëmo, nk
a
t
a
mànàxe.
English:
I wish I owned a cow,
Lenape:
Kwèl
a
h
a
wèhshùmwis nulh
a
l
a
,
English:
when he came back. He said, “Now I definitely cannot live with you, now I myself am leaving.
Lenape:
kwëlëpit. Tël
a
o, "Mèchi t
a
ku nkàski kènu wit
a
wsuhulhùmo, mèchi t
a
nèpe ni nt
a
y
a
lëmsk
a
.
English:
He was gone a long time. When he returned
Lenape:
Kwën
a
ke. Ent
a
làpi p
a
te,
English:
“You leave your grandson alone, whatever he does We will see if he can make it rain.”
Lenape:
"Kwën
a
lin
a
o n
a
kuxwis, kèkusht
a
èl
a
ihòsit k
a
xënèch t
a
kàski sukël
a
nhe.
English:
a long building and they made faces on the inside,
Lenape:
kwènèk wikëw
a
m òk wëshkinko m
a
nituw
a
k l
a
munkwe,
English:
[and] all day long and all night you [should] sit up.
Lenape:
kwëni-kishùkw òk òp
a
ni këlëm
a
t
a
hpihëmo.
English:
[and] take out some finger-rings.
Lenape:
kwëtënëmën
a
sh
a
pwëlënchehun
a
.
English:
One time when these Delaware men went hunting
Lenape:
Kwëtèn ènt
a
a
l
a
ihtite nèki Lèn
a
peòk;
English:
Once a long time ago a dog, supposedly an old dog, said,
Lenape:
Kwëtën èt m
a
h kwëti mwek
a
ne, kikexàm èt m
a
h, luwe,
English:
One evening in the Autumn
Lenape:
Kwëtën lòkwik t
a
hkòkwëni
English:
Once long ago the wolf leader said
Lenape:
Kwëtën lòmwe nik
a
nixink tëme luwe
English:
Once when he was walking in the woods he must have bathed in a lake there.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h ènt
a
a
hp
a
msk
a
t tekën
a
t
a
li wèchi èt m
a
h tixëmu ènt
a
mënëpèkunk t
a
li.
English:
Once a man went hunting in a big forest.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h lënuw
a
a
l
a
i ènt
a
xinkwi shinkèk.
English:
Once his father told him, “You are finally grown.”
Lenape:
kwëtën m
a
h nèl uxò tël
a
o, “X
a
ntki kishikin.”
English:
One morning he saw that everything had been bitten off.
Lenape:
Kwëtën òp
a
nk wënèmën wèmi kèku tëmànt
a
su.
English:
Un jour, il accompagna plusieurs hommes à la chasse.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènt
a
kèx
a
lënuwàk
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
En una ocasión fue a cazar con unos hombres.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènt
a
kèx
a
lënuwàk
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
Einmal ging er mit einigen Männern auf die Jagd.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènt
a
kèx
a
lënuwàk
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
One time he went along when several men went out hunting.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènt
a
kèx
a
lënuwàk
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
One time he went along when several men when out hunting.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènt
a
kèx
a
lënuwàk
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
It is the first day of the month,
Lenape:
Kwëti èl
a
hkimkwësit kishux,
English:
One old man left, he went into the woods.
Lenape:
Kwëti hilusës
a
tòlëmsk
a
n, shinkèkink e.
English:
So then his grandmother was told by the other elder,
Lenape:
kwëti (k
a
) mèli uhëm
a
nèli òk në t
a
kòk hùnt kìk
a
y luwe,
English:
The man had hunted all day, finally it got dark.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishkwik
a
l
a
i n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
, x
a
ntki piske.
English:
One man said, "There is someone who is going to be coming;
Lenape:
Kwëti lënu luwe, "
A
wèn t
a
k
a
ht
a
pe;
English:
One man said, "We must be alert as it seems like wild tribes are around here."
Lenape:
Kwëti lënu luwe, "Kwèxsihënàch
a
làshi
a
wènh
a
keyok n
a
yut
a
."
English:
One is, "Young women should not bathe in the nude [in a large body of water],
Lenape:
Kwëti, "M
a
tàch yuki skixkweyok ènt
a
tixëmwihtit supsiyëwàk
English:
The man said, "I know what I could do to bring her back."
Lenape:
Kwëti n
a
lënu luwe hùnt, "Nuw
a
tun ni
a
ènëmën wënchi
a
ktëki pèshëw
a
n."
English:
One of the men told him, "It is true.
Lenape:
Kwëti n
a
lënu tël
a
o, "Kichi èt në le.
English:
he opened one of his eyes a little bit he saw that the "wild Indians"
Lenape:
kwëti n
a
ushkinkëm wëneyo pèchultihtit nèki
a
wènh
a
keyòk.
English:
One of the old women screamed out and said,
Lenape:
Kwëti n
a
x
a
wshisës x
a
hul
a
mu luwe,
English:
one of my hands, and my mother will be a pure young woman."
Lenape:
kwëti n
a
xkink, òk wèk
a
hèsin pilsit skixkwe."
English:
One of those Indians kicked Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
Kweti nèk
a
wènh
a
keyòk sh
a
khwìk
a
o n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
. .
English:
[
Penn's original: There is one great God and Power
] As translated: There is only one Creator and His power
Lenape:
Kwëti shùk Kishelëmùkònk òk nèk
a
làntuw
a
kàn
English:
It is said that one young woman was stubborn.
Lenape:
Kwëti skixkwe
a
hchinkxe hùnt.
English:
but they (the government) fight it. Oh, it was said at that time we will treat you good.
Lenape:
kwi
a
kwi kmàth
a
k
a
tàmëneyo. E, nìki luwèn xu t
a
kul
a
hch
a
hëluhën
a
English:
missed Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
kwilumëwo nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
Would you like to try them?"
Lenape:
Kwinki hèch
a
kwëchil
a
htuneyo?"
English:
they fooled the red people.
Lenape:
kwiòl
a
wo nèki mèxkeòhkësichik.
English:
a hoe so they could use them. Then they (the chiefs) just hung them on their necks. Nora: Uh-huh, I heard that.
This might sound like a strange thing to do but in those days the ax heads and hoe heads were much smaller and the early Lenape probably thought they looked like some type of pendant, especially since they were not hafted (they did not come with a handle attached).
Lenape:
kwipëlën
a
y òk kènu wënchi hn
a
k
a
tàmëneyo. N
a
hùnt k
a
ksini ukwènineyo. Nor
a
: Uh-huh, ntëlsìtàm.
English:
Let me go see them, I honor them.
Lenape:
L
a
h
a
p
a
m
a
y neyòòk, xinkwelëm
a
ok
English:
Again and again he told her, but again she didn't want to
Lenape:
L
a
hëlàpi tël
a
o, shëk làpi shinki.
English:
Inside where my father lives
Lenape:
L
a
munkwe nux wikit
English:
Inside where my father lives
Lenape:
L
a
munkwe nux wikit
English:
inside of the Big House Church for twelve nights.
Lenape:
l
a
munkwe Xinkwik
a
onink tèlën òk nish
a
piskèk. .
English:
I will come again, and I fix for you where I am.
Lenape:
làpìch mp
a
, òk nëwëlixtul ki ènt
a
àhpi
a
.
English:
it is Fall again it is time to set up the Big House church.
Lenape:
làpi ënt
a
t
a
hkokik, n
a
hùnt ulixtuneyo në Xinkwik
a
on.
English:
He put the rings back in his pocket,
Lenape:
Làpi pòkìtëmink h
a
tun
a
nèl sh
a
pwëlënchehun
a
,
English:
She told him again, "Tell a story!"
Lenape:
Làpi tël
a
o, "
A
chimwi!"
English:
Again they told him, "It's not that way!
Lenape:
Làpi tël
a
wò, "Tètx
a
n tà nën!
English:
Again they took her to the fire
Lenape:
Làpi tëluxòl
a
wo tënteyunk n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
.
English:
there is a fork in the white road (the Milky Way)
Lenape:
l
a
x
a
oh
a
kexink òpitëm
a
kànink
English:
[
this great God hath commanded to love and help and do good to one another
] He wrote to live well and everything good in our hearts;
Lenape:
lèkh
a
mën wël
a
wsëw
a
kàn òk wèmi weltëk kèku ntehën
a
nink;
English:
I used to sleep between them.
Lenape:
Lel
a
i hànkw nk
a
wi, n
a
ni she ken
a
English:
but anyway they let him hunt with them. It wasn’t long they lost Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
lelëm
a
wit
a
l
a
in. M
a
t
a
kwëne kwil
a
wo n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
the Delawares had no iron so it was made out of
Lenape:
Lën
a
pei hùnt kènu
a
ku sëk
a
hsëni nihëlàchi m
a
nit
a
onu n
a
English:
a Lenape so that he will shut up?
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe tìlìch chitkwësin?
English:
The Delawares. Then a short distance away a woman lived.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peyok. N
a
p
a
liichi wikuwàk n
a
xkwe hùnt.
English:
the Delawares. Then a short distance away a woman lived.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peyok. N
a
p
a
liichi wikuwàk n
a
xkwe hùnt.
English:
II se comportait ainsi juste parce qu'il
Lenape:
lëni èt në tël
a
ihòsin k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h
English:
Er benahm sich so, weil er die Leute austricksen wollte,
Lenape:
lëni èt në tël
a
yhòsin k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h
English:
simplemente actuaba de esa manera porque quería
Lenape:
lëni èt në tël
a
yhòsin k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h
English:
he just acted that way because he must have wanted
Lenape:
lëni në tël
a
yhòsin k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h
English:
They are just curious, and they have come to trade.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk k
a
ht
a
w
a
tuwàk, òk pèchi
a
shëntèsuwàk.
English:
men; and Wehixamukes went along with them.
Lenape:
lënuwàk òk n
a
Wehix
a
muxès wìchi wite.
English:
our councillors accepted it
Lenape:
lëpweìnuyëmën
a
nàk wètënëmëneyo.
English:
He was panting and he looked weak.
Lenape:
Lèxewsu òk sh
a
in
a
kwsu.
English:
If the Munsi leader thinks that, or any other warrior in this council
Lenape:
Liteh
a
te n
a
Monsii nik
a
nixink, shìt
a
ko pili il
a
yushe ènt
a
a
chimulsink
English:
He thought, “Someone must like to steal,” and then he went home.
Lenape:
Litehe, “
A
wèn èt t
a
winki këmutke,” n
a
mòchin.
English:
He thought perhaps this father would know what he is going for.
Lenape:
Litehe èt wèchi èt w
a
nux uw
a
tun kèku wëntuxwèt.
English:
The thought of the wise men
Lenape:
Liteheyok nèki lëpweìnuwàk
English:
The thought of the wise men was that the Creator
Lenape:
Liteheyok nèki lëpweìnuwàk xu Kishelëmùkònk
English:
They though that soon the little dog would bring the firestick.
Lenape:
Liteheyok xuniti n
a
mwek
a
netët pè pèshu pëlit
a
y.
English:
No, I am not very afraid.
Lenape:
L: Ku t
a
, Nt
a
hi kwit
a
mu.
English:
elm. Then he told him, "Now we will leave
Lenape:
lok
a
n
a
hunshi. N
a
hùnt tëluwèn, "Yukwe t
a
yushe punitiwënèn
English:
an elm tree and you make straps and let them hang down. Then tie them
Lenape:
lok
a
n
a
hunshi, n
a
lok
a
n
a
hunshi ènt
a
English:
off the elm tree, the elm tree
Lenape:
lok
a
n
a
hunshi, nèl lok
a
n
a
hunshi.
English:
Long ago when the Whiteman first came over to this side of the ocean
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènt
a
p
a
t w
a
Weòpsit wënt
a
hkwi yu k
a
mink
English:
A long time ago when the Delawares all lived in the East
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènt
a
wikh
a
tihtit yuki Lën
a
peyok wëhènchiopànk
English:
It was the old type of hoe like they used before they
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èt kwipëlën
a
y ènt
a
hn
a
k
a
tèmën ènt
a
kwipëlën
a
y nèk
a
o
English:
It is said that our ancestors said that long ago
Lenape:
Lòmëwe hùnt luweyok yuki kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke
English:
Long ago there were many kinds of corrections.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe x
a
helèn
a
wki h
a
teyo kwìtëlìtëw
a
kàn
a
.
English:
A long time ago when the Delawares lived
Lenape:
Lòmwehk
a
mik ènt
a
yuki Lèn
a
peyòk wikh
a
tihtit
English:
Long ago there was a person who was named Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hund
a
hp:u
a
wènik:
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
Hace mucho tiempo existió alguien llamado Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hunt
a
hpu
a
wènik
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
II y avait, autrefois, un homme qui s'appelait Wehixamukes. . . . .
{Note:
The line heading reads 'English' but that is a part of the database, and the lines in this story are really in the French language.}
Lenape:
Lòmwe hunt
a
hpu
a
wènik
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
Vor vielen Jahren lebte eine Person namens Wehixamukès. . . . .
Note:
The line heading reads 'English' but that is a part of the database, and the lines in this story are really in the German language.}
Lenape:
Lòmwe hunt
a
hpu
a
wènik
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
Long ago there was a person who was named Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hunt
a
hpu
a
wènik
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
Long ago there was a person who was named Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hunt
a
hpu
a
wènik
a
luwènsu Wehix
a
mukès.
English:
Long ago when the earth was new
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt ènt
a
l
a
wsienkw wëskink
English:
A long time ago there was a man who lived in a big forest.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt lënuw
a
xinkwi shinkèkink wiku.
English:
Long ago they lived together
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt m
a
h nihëlàchi wikh
a
tuwàk
English:
Long ago they lived together
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt m
a
h nihëlàchi wikh
a
tuwàk . . . Note: The Len
a
pe word “hunt” is used frequently in this story. It c
a
n be tr
a
nsl
a
ted
a
s “it is s
a
id’ or “supposedly.” It me
a
ns the teller did not
a
ctu
a
lly witness the events of the story. In the English tr
a
nsl
a
tion we did not repe
a
t the tr
a
nsl
a
tion e
a
ch time.
English:
It is said that long ago the Delawares had different thoughts
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt yuki Lën
a
peyok mësiliteheyok ènt
a
English:
Long ago it was said, "When a dog looks at you when you eat, feed him a little.
Lenape:
Lòmwe luwèn, "Ènt
a
mwek
a
ne pën
a
kòn ènt
a
mitsiànk, kt
a
xàmëlch kèxiti.
English:
Long ago two Delaware women went to town.
Lenape:
Lòmwe m
a
h nish
a
Lën
a
pèxkweyok utènink eyok.
English:
I heard this story long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmwe mpihpënt
a
mën yushè
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
For a long time I had heard our old people
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi mpihpënt
a
ok yuki kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke
English:
It has long been known that the rabbit likes to lie
Lenape:
Lòmwe nòchi w
a
hkòt tëli w
a
chëm
a
mës winki këlunèn
English:
It has long been known that wolves and dogs hate each other.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nòchi w
a
hkòt yuki tëmeyok òk mwek
a
neyok shink
a
ltuwàk.
English:
I have lived for a long time in Dewey, Oklahoma,
Lenape:
Lòmwe yushe Dewey, Okl
a
hom
a
, nochi wikin.
English:
L: A cat is washing his face. I have heard what the old people said, "When a cat is washing his face
Lenape:
L: Pushis ksinkwe. Ni mpihpëntàmëmën luweyok
a
wènink
a
hke, "Ènt
a
n
a
pushis ksinkwèt
English:
Is that Shëwàsko? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: White people call it "Dock." Um-huh, it tastes good.
Lenape:
L: Shëwàsko hàch nën? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: Shëw
a
nàkw tëluwèntàmën "Dock." N: Um-huh, wink
a
nu.
English:
The grass is overgrown. Um, there is a lot there,
Lenape:
Lucy: [
A
pt]
a
lskwe. N: Um, x
a
heli yushe t
a
li,
English:
burned, it did not ever rain. Then the Delawares were bewildered - where they lived
Lenape:
lutè t
a
ku hàshi sukël
a
nu. N
a
kwil
a
lelìntàmëneyo yuk lën
a
peyok, n
a
l n
a
wikh
a
tihtit
English:
Pointing to the north he said, "There are some of the enemy tribe.
Lenape:
Luw
a
neyunk linxke luwe, "She nèk
a
wènh
a
keyòk.
English:
He said, “That’s right, I had two wives long ago.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, “
A
hëkt
a
kehël
a
; nish
a
m
a
h xkweyok nulh
a
l
a
lòmëwe.
English:
He said, "I am really not a Lenape, I am an icicle.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, "
A
ku t
a
ni Lën
a
pe, nushhùkòwën t
a
ni.
English:
He said, “Well, I was a chief’s messenger, long ago.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, “Ken
a
t
a
ni pùchël lòmëwe.
English:
He said, “That’s really true.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, “Khichi t
a
nàni le.
English:
It is said that the man would say, “I am really good looking!"
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt n
a
lënu, “Nulsi t
a
!
English:
The buffalo said, it’s hard for us, because we’re big.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt n
a
sisiliye, “
A
hòt nilun
a
, èli nëmëmànkilhùmën
a
.
English:
That is what the one called Rabbit said.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, n
a
yukwe nëshe tëlëwèn hùnt n
a
chëm
a
mës èlëwènsit.
English:
He said, "That soup, oh it looked good.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, "Në kshit
a
y o,wëlin
a
kòt në kshit
a
y.
English:
And that deer said the same.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt òk n
a
a
htu
English:
She said, "I really don't hate my little son-in-law!"
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt, "T
a
ku t
a
shink
a
l
a
n
a
tun
a
m
a
kwtët.
English:
He said, "As long as you keep it you will give us a little piece of your land
Lenape:
Luwe hunt, "Tët
a
s
a
ki kulh
a
tuneyo tànkitìch kt
a
h
a
ki kmilihën
a
English:
He said, “You are the biggest liar! You are shameful!”
Lenape:
Luwe, “Kèt
a
hkëlunèt
a
wèn! Këmix
a
nësi!”
English:
One day the dog said,
Lenape:
Luwe kwëtën kishkwik n
a
mwek
a
ne,
English:
The war chief said, he said, "I'll kill him!"
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
il
a
, luwe hùnt, "Nihël
a
!"
English:
The old man said, "I met a strange looking person
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
k
a
hilusës
a
, "N
a
kisk
a
o kànk
a
min
a
kwsit
a
wèn,
English:
My late grandmother said that when a young woman
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
k
a
nuhëmën
a
n
a
kènu hunt ènt
a
skixkwe
English:
Wehixamukes répondit:
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
,
English:
Wehixamukes dijo:
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
,
English:
Wehixamukès sagte:
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
,
English:
Wehixamukes said,
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
,
English:
Wehixamukes said, "I heard you people yesterday
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Kpëntulhumo lòkëwe
English:
Wehixamukes dijo: “Me golpeé a mi mismo accidentalmente.
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Mpithiteho hnàk
a
y.
English:
Wehixamukes dit: « je me suis blessé par accident.
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Mpithiteho hnàk
a
y.
English:
Wehixamukès sagte: „Ich habe mich versehentlich verletzt.
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Mpithiteho hnàk
a
y.
English:
Wehixamukes said, "I hit myself by accident.
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Mpithiteho hnàk
a
y.
English:
Wehixamukès répondit: « Mais oui, je peux faire ça. »
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukes
a
, "Òsòmi, n
a
l tà nën."
English:
Wehixamukes said, "Oh yes, I can do that."
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Òsòmi, n
a
l tà nën."
English:
Wehixamukes dijo: “Sí, yo puedo hacer eso”.
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Òsòmi, n
a
l tà nën."
English:
Wèhixamukès sagte: „Jawohl, das kann ich ohne weiteres machen.”
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wèhix
a
mukès
a
, "Òsòmi, n
a
l tà nën."
English:
Wehixamukes said, "I would have done so if you had told me."
Lenape:
Luwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, "Sh
a
i
a
m
a
h liàntpàne!"
English:
Wehixamukes said, I would have done so if you had told me."
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, “Sh
a
y
a
m
a
h liàntp
a
ne.”
English:
the old dog said, "You all should now detach your things,
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
kikexàm, "Këchkënëmuk kwèkunëmëwo,
English:
The sun said, "There they are. Help yourselves."
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
kishux, "Shè l
a
h nën, wichëm kàk
a
yëw
a
."
English:
(The wolf said) "The dog said, 'He guessed he forgot.' I will hit him in the head when I see him."
Lenape:
"Luwe n
a
mwek
a
ne, 'Mèchi èt wànin.' Mp
a
pelpiteho ènt
a
neyok,"
English:
The fox said,
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
òkwës,
English:
The boy said, “I will not give away the Lenape life!"
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
pil
a
echëch, "Ku t
a
?? t
a
xu mèkënënu Lën
a
pei lehëlexeokàn!"
English:
It is said that boy's grandmother
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt nàni pil
a
echëch uhëm
a
English:
it is said a boy went with these thunders when he wanted it to rain.
Lenape:
luwèn hùnt pil
a
echëch wite yuk she pèth
a
khuweyok ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
sukël
a
nk.
English:
a town is called (that). thanks; that's all for now.
Lenape:
luwensik utèn
a
y. *** w
a
nëshi; l
a
h
a
p
a
nàni txi.
English:
The book is named Light in the Forest.
Lenape:
Luwènsu yu lekhikàn Light in the Forest.
English:
That one told him, "I am glad because you came here
Lenape:
Luwe, "Nulelìntàm èli p
a
a
n yushe t
a
li
English:
He just said, "Since that is what I said."
Lenape:
Luwe shëkw, "Eli n
a
në ntëluwèn."
English:
They said, "We will really treat you good for as long
Lenape:
Luweyok hunt, "Kulich t
a
kul
a
hch
a
hëluhën
a
xu tët
a
sàki yushe ènt
a
English:
They said that once a man wanted to go and
Lenape:
Luweyok hùnt kwëtën m
a
h lënuw
a
k
a
ht
a
hùnt m
a
y
English:
and they said, "What will we do?"
Lenape:
luweyok, "Kèku hàch xu ktëlsihën
a
?"
English:
Our departed ancestors said,
Lenape:
Luweyok kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke,
English:
said a person should not ask questions of nor
Lenape:
luweyok m
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn ntuxt
a
o òk
English:
Those white people said, "This is our land!
Lenape:
Luweyok nèki weòpsichik, "Shè l
a
h yu nt
a
kiyëmën
a
!
English:
The young men said,
Lenape:
Luweyok nèk skìnuwàk,
English:
and they said, "We definitely can kill him."
Lenape:
luweyok, "Nilun
a
t
a
kàski nhil
a
wën
a
."
English:
They said, "Thanks!" Then they left by way of the sunbeams.
Lenape:
Luweyok, "W
a
nìshi!" N
a
tòlëmsk
a
neyo wipèkunk lih.
English:
This book says that he said, “I am definitely True-Son.”
Lenape:
Luwe yu lekhikàn, luwèn, “Ni t
a
Kichi-Kwis.”
English:
It looks good. Um-huh. It looks like it will rain. It will rain again.
Lenape:
L: Wëlin
a
kòt. N: Um-huh.
A
làshi xu sukël
a
n. L: Sukël
a
n làpi.
English:
He was sad. So then (that being the case) he went walking around at the edge of the brush
Lenape:
M
a
hch
a
tèn
a
mu hùntànkw n
a
hùntànkw tëli-
a
y
a
hp
a
msk
a
n sh
a
ohwe nën.
English:
no-good thing into the fire!", but the old woman didn't want to.
Lenape:
m
a
hchikwi kèku tënteyunk!", shek n
a
x
a
wshisës shinki.
English:
He is unhappy our father the Creator.
Lenape:
M
a
htelìntàm èt w
a
kuxën
a
Kishelëmùkònk.
English:
He is unhappy our father the Creator.
Lenape:
M
a
htelìntàm èt w
a
kuxën
a
Kishelëmùkònk.
English:
the man was homely. He just said that.”
Lenape:
m
a
htësisu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
. Lëni shëk në tëluwèn.”
English:
beans, lettuce and corn.
Lenape:
m
a
làxkwsit
a
, èhàskànt
a
sik, òk xàskwim.
English:
he was exposed. When the other children
Lenape:
màmhìchihële. N
a
yu[ki] t
a
kokik mimëntëtàk
English:
they cut wood and finally they had a lot of
Lenape:
mànàxeyok, x
a
ntki x
a
heli
English:
He must have been a Manetu (a spirit creature)."
Lenape:
M
a
nëtu èt m
a
h nàn."
English:
He made some sharpened little sticks,
Lenape:
M
a
nitu kinh
a
sik hìtkwëtët
a
,
English:
or to make a log house. That is what it is used for.
Lenape:
m
a
nitun kènu 'log house'. Nël në wënchi m
a
nitun nën.
English:
They made dishes, the dirt is what they used, clay.
Lenape:
M
a
nituwàk kènu lòkèns
a
në hàki hn
a
t
a
muk sisku.
English:
This dead person must have been scalped."
Lenape:
"M
a
nuk
a
l
a
èt w
a
k
a
a
wènik
a
."
English:
he just had a scowl on his face.
Lenape:
m
a
nunkinkwexin shëk.
English:
Mary introduces the song telling about it in English.
Lenape:
M
a
ry introduces the song telling
a
bout it in English.
English:
[
and not to do harme and mischeif one unto one an other
] and not to do wrong and hurt anyone in his heart or body.
Lenape:
m
a
tàch
a
wèn
a
hàch
a
nih
a
kësh'hitehoo tèhink òk tuhwèpink.
English:
“A person should not brag about himself,” the elders said.
Lenape:
“M
a
tàch
a
wèn
a
hi kshàkënim
a
hòk
a
y
a
,” luweyok yuki kìk
a
yàk.
English:
No person shall come into the presence of my father unless through me.”
Lenape:
M
a
tàch
a
wèn pèxus’hìk
a
o nux kënch ni lih.”
English:
Let not your heart be troubled:
Lenape:
M
a
tàch lelìntàmuwën kte sàkwixën:
English:
Let not your heart be troubled:
Lenape:
M
a
tàch lelìntàmuwën kte sàkwixën:
English:
"Don't have hard thoughts about this."
Lenape:
"M
a
tàch t
a
a
hi kèku liteh
a
."
English:
did not even move. The "wild Indian" thought to himself,
Lenape:
màt
a
ìli kwìchkwi. Litehe n
a
a
wènhàke,
English:
but he never moved. Then the "wild Indians" turned around
Lenape:
màt
a
ìli kwìchkwi. N
a
èt m
a
ènt
a
kwëlëpihtit
English:
no one could eat.
Lenape:
màt
a
kàski
a
wèn mitsi.
English:
to tassel. Then the woman thought,
Lenape:
m
a
t
a
kwëni k
a
ht
a
xu suw
a
lu èt. N
a
hùnt n
a
titeh
a
n nà xkwe,
English:
If it were not so I would have told you.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
në lèke ktëlën
a
.
English:
"I do not own any witch-medicine."
Lenape:
"M
a
t
a
t
a
nulh
a
tu nuchihëweokàn."
English:
the young woman had died.
Lenape:
m
a
t
a
topiwën n
a
k
a
skixkweyo.
English:
If the fool had not caught me, I might be be in Tennessee.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
tunkke
a
n kèpch
a
t, Ntàpi
a
m
a
h Tènësi.
English:
Verse 2:
If that fool had not caught me, I might be in Tennessee.
Hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
tunkke
a
n kèpch
a
t, Ntàpi
a
m
a
h Tènësi.
English:
They didn't know he would be coming.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
uw
a
tuwëneyo tëli xu p
a
n.
English:
we will fight those wolves whenever we see them."
Lenape:
m
a
th
a
k
a
wën
a
nàk nèki tëmeyok ènt
a
neyoke.”
English:
Your name is highly regarded.
Lenape:
M
a
xinkwelënt
a
su ktëluwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
Your name is highly regarded.
Lenape:
M
a
xinkwelënt
a
su ktëluwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
they certainly lived together. Then they began to be bewildered, then the elders began to visit each other
Lenape:
m
a
y
a
y wikh
a
tuwàk. N
a
shè në kènu tòlëmi kwil
a
lelìntàmëneyo, n
a
a
lëmi kiikàntuwàk nèk kìk
a
yàk
English:
he went and drove them into the garden [with the sharpened ends sticking up.]
Lenape:
m
a
y kënt
a
tehëmën h
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
and he went to see his uncle and his aunt and his younger brother
Lenape:
m
a
y neyo nèl shis
a
òk nèl k
a
hètët
a
òk nèl xisëmës
a
English:
They went and notified everyone.
Lenape:
M
a
y wehom
a
suwàk wèmi el
a
ikh
a
tink.
English:
It was already dark when he went there, and that one was standing there again.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi piske hùnt ik
a
tòn, kèku wàn làpi nip
a
it.
English:
You have already let them know where we are.”
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi w
a
tël
a
neyo èpiènkw.”
English:
He had placed everything there that he wanted to use.
Lenape:
Mèchi t
a
hùnt toh
a
lehòn wëlituneyo nëni kèt
a
hn
a
k
a
tink.
English:
The wolves were already waiting over the hill.
Lenape:
Mèchi yuk tëmeyok pehëweyok òs
a
onke.
English:
Now at present when I too assist in
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe she ènt
a
nèpe wihìchi
English:
"Now after what we have done she will never again hate you.
Lenape:
"Mèchi yukwe she xu ktënëmënèn t
a
chich kshink
a
lku hùnt.
English:
The went to the store [or trading post].
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink eyok.
English:
The went to the store [or trading post].
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink eyok.
English:
They went to the store [or trading post].
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink eyok.
English:
They wanted to go to the store to buy something.
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink k
a
ht
a
eyok m
a
i mh
a
l
a
muk kèku.
English:
couper du bois et tout nettoyer. »
Lenape:
mënàxe òk pilitu wèmi kèku
English:
cut wood and clean everything.
Lenape:
mënàxe òk pilitu wèmi kèku.
English:
cortar leña y limpiar todo.
Lenape:
mënàxe òk pilitu wèmi kèku.
English:
Holz zu hauen, und alles sauber zu halten.
Lenape:
mënàxe òk pilitu wèmi kèku.
English:
Remember many of our friends died over the winter.
Lenape:
Mësh
a
tàmën x
a
heli kitisënàk ànkëluk luwàne.
English:
He ate various animals,
Lenape:
Mësi
a
èsësàk mhwe,
English:
The old woman walked here and there, saying,
Lenape:
Mësi
a
hp
a
mske n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
, luwe,
English:
He would go wherever he wanted on the prairies and in the forests.
Lenape:
Mësi lih yu t
a
e ënt
a
mëkëkèk òk ënt
a
shinkèk.
English:
The Delaware men camped at many different places,
Lenape:
Mësi òk yuli m
a
ikeyòk nèki Lën
a
pei lënuwàk
English:
Not long after she ate them she suddenly got pregnant
Lenape:
Mètxàki èt t
a
m
a
mhòt nèl nushhùkòn
a
wixkòchi sàkwilìsin.
English:
There was blood everywhere,
Lenape:
Mhukòkòt wèmi në t
a
li,
English:
play a trick on those Indians."
Lenape:
mikwih
a
wkch nèki
a
wènh
a
keyòk."
English:
Let us give them corn (seed) and the women to help them plant it.
Lenape:
Mil
a
wën
a
xàskwim òk xkweyok wichëmëkuk tìli hàkihèneyo.
English:
Give me those arrows! You are acting foolish in this house!
Lenape:
Mili nèl
a
luns
a
! Sòmi kpëchehòsi wikw
a
hëmink!
English:
Give us our bread every day
Lenape:
Milinèn ntàponëmën
a
kwënikishukw.
English:
Give us our bread every day
Lenape:
Milinèn ntàponëmën
a
kwënikishukw.
English:
Give us good health, (and) happiness,
Lenape:
Milinèn wël
a
màlsëw
a
kàn, wël
a
ten
a
mëw
a
kàn,
English:
Give us a good road so that we can continue
Lenape:
Milinèn weltëk tëm
a
kàn tìlìch kàski ik
a
lìchi
English:
Give us a good road so that we can continue
Lenape:
Milinèn weltëk tëm
a
kàn tìlìch kàski ik
a
lìchi
English:
[and] he rushed home again.
Lenape:
mòchh
a
t
a
hkihël
a
n làpi.
English:
[
that hath made the world and all things therein,
] He made this where we live and everything good within,
Lenape:
mònitun yu ènt
a
l
a
wsienk òk wèmi kèku l
a
munkwink weltëk,
English:
He will ruin it for me, and in the future I cannot bring anyone back."
Lenape:
Mp
a
lit
a
kwën, n
a
xu ènt
a
ktëki
a
wèn kàski pèshëwàk."
English:
Our temples are called Machicomuck. It is there that we pray.
[note - Machicomuck is not a Lenape word.]
Lenape:
Mp
a
t
a
mweik
a
onën
a
luwènsik M
a
chicomuck. Ik
a
t
a
li mp
a
t
a
m
a
hën
a
.
English:
for water, and for the sun shining upon us here on this earth. .
Lenape:
mpi òk yu ènt
a
kishux pèchi òxek
a
m
a
kun
a
yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
.
English:
water, and for the sun shining upon us on this earth
Lenape:
mpi òk yu ènt
a
kishux pèchi òxek
a
m
a
kun
a
yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
English:
I would be made a chief’s messenger all the time.
Lenape:
Mpùchël
a
h
a
lke nkëme hànkw.
English:
we forgive those who are indebted to us.
Lenape:
mpunelìntàm
a
inèn lekh
a
m
a
k
a
n
a
chik,
English:
in the sky that is where the bridge is.
Nora added in English that all the dogs that have died guard the bridge and if you ever abused a dog he will tell the others not to let you across.
Lenape:
mushh
a
kunk h
a
te në t
a
y
a
xkun.
English:
"My fellow dogs, we all know that we are afraid of
Lenape:
"Mwèk
a
nèwtuk, kuw
a
tunèn tëli kòx
a
wën
a
nàk
English:
He smelled smoke from where the Lenape were camped.
Lenape:
Mwël
a
mën kwèshh
a
tèk ènt
a
nèki Lën
a
peyok m
a
ekèhtit.
English:
they held a council. They went after the deceased woman and brought her. The deceased one
Lenape:
n
a
a
chimuls
a
htuwàk hùnt. N
a
n
a
l
a
n n
a
k
a
xkweyo n
a
pèshëw
a
n. Kèku èt m
a
w
a
k
a
English:
My great-aunt's mother was there when this happened.
Lenape:
N
a
a
h
a
nhùkwi nuhàm kohès
a
a
hpu ènt
a
yu leke.
English:
Then they began to move, the Delawares and the Nanticokes
Lenape:
N
a
a
lëmi kwsultuwàk, nèki Lën
a
peyok òk Wënètkok
English:
Then the boy left when he saw her.
Lenape:
N
a
a
lëmske hùnt nàni pil
a
echëch ènt
a
neyòt.
English:
Then they left to go far away to play. Suddenly
Lenape:
N
a
a
lëmskeyok hùnt ik
a
lëchi m
a
y p
a
puwàk. Wixk
a
wchi
English:
the Indian (of a tribe not known to the Lenape) said,
Lenape:
n
a
a
wènh
a
ke luwe,
English:
The rabbit said, “Not me, not me!”
Lenape:
N
a
chëm
a
mës luwe, “Ku t
a
ni, ku t
a
ni!”
English:
The rabbit said, “Oh no, I am just resting.”
Lenape:
N
a
chëm
a
mës luwe, “O, ku t
a
. Lëni shëkw nt
a
y
a
l
a
ximwi.”
English:
The rabbit said, “OK, that’s it.”
Lenape:
N
a
chëm
a
mës luwe, “Yuh, n
a
l t
a
nën.”
English:
The man will carry his little son, " he said.
Lenape:
Nàch n
a
lënu kwën
a
o nèl kwitët
a
," luwe hùnt.
English:
that is where you will pray, for twelve days,
Lenape:
nàch në ktënt
a
p
a
t
a
m
a
neyo, tèlën òk nish
a
txukwëni.
English:
The Hunter Wanted to Go Hunting
Lenape:
N
a
èl
a
is k
a
ht
a
a
l
a
i.
English:
Then when her baby was born he grew very quickly.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
a
hpit n
a
mimëntët n
a
shihkànch kshiku.
English:
Then when they got out of the building they picked up their things
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kchihtit wètënëmëneyo nèl kwèkunëmëwo
English:
When he finished cooking, the man began to eat.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kisàm
a
t, n
a
tòlëmi mitsin n
a
lënu.
English:
Then when they had finished hunting, they went home.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kìshi
a
l
a
ihtit, m
a
chiyok
English:
Then when is is really hot, to
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kìshi këkhìchi kshëtèk, xu
English:
Then when he finished saying that the little dog sat down.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kìshi kèku luwèt n
a
chëminkwtët lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
Then when they finished eating they went to sleep.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kishi mitsihtit k
a
ultuwàk.
English:
When he had finished doing that Wehixamukes began to give the war-cry.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kishi në lësit n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
a
lëmi kukuwèmu.
English:
when he finished eating all of him he just held one piece,
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kishi wèkom
a
t kwëti shuk pàke këlënàm,
English:
Then when everyone was well seated, they were seated in a circle, then all at once
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kìshi wèmi wëlàpihtit, òkànkwèpuwàk, n
a
wixk
a
ochi
English:
Then when it was finished cooking they used squirrel soup.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kishtèk kènu wël
a
tuwàk x
a
nikwi kshit
a
y.
English:
When the "wild Indians" came near
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kixki p
a
htit nèk
a
wenh
a
keyok
English:
Then when he looked at him again, here he was a bullfrog,
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
làpi pën
a
ot kèku èt m
a
w
a
xànth
a
ne,
English:
Then when they got home they began to cook it, they wanted to taste the thing.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
m
a
chihtit n
a
tòlëmi wix
a
nineyo, kòt
a
wëtàntàmëneyo në kèku.
English:
When he got home he began to cook, and he made soup.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
m
a
chit tòlëmi wixënin, kshit
a
y m
a
nitu.
English:
Then when the steam arose
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
n
a
ehòlèk àspihëleyu
English:
Soon after the old being said that he heard them a little,
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
n
a
hilusës kèku èluwèt m
a
htìti pënt
a
ksu,
English:
Then when a little cloud floated by near where he was standing
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
n
a
këmhòkwtët pèmihël
a
k kixki nip
a
y
English:
Then when one man was cutting down a tree, the tree fell
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
n
a
kwëti lënu kiskhòte hitukw ènt
a
pënihël
a
k
English:
Then when he finished saying that suddenly a big wolf stuck his head in the doorway,
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
në kìshi luwèt wixk
a
ochi n
a
xinkwtëme s
a
khùkwè skonteyunk,
English:
Then when those dogs came to that little basket
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
nèk mwek
a
neyok p
a
htit në tànkh
a
kànëtëtink
English:
When he did that, when he told his granddaughter that
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
në lënink, ènt
a
në l
a
t nèl uxwis
a
,
English:
Then when they came there to the council house
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
p
a
htit
a
chimulsik
a
onink t
a
li,
English:
Then when they came to the store the storekeeper
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
p
a
htit në mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink n
a
n
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt
English:
When they arrived where they lived, they began to cook . . .
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
p
a
htit wikh
a
tihtit,
a
lëmi wixënuwàk...
English:
He went in the direction where those
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
pèchi pètuxweyu ènt
a
nèki
English:
Then when they carry water it thundered all over and they spilled the water.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
pëmëxòhtuhtit mpi hùnt pèth
a
khòn wèmi yu t
a
li sukh
a
mëneyo yuni mpi.
English:
Then when they came to the doorway they fell all over each other and
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
skontenk ènt
a
p
a
htit këkëlik
a
wtuwàk òk
English:
While they were just walking along a little path
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
tëm
a
k
a
nëtëtink ènt
a
p
a
pëmsk
a
htit
English:
to where their garden was, and she began to work.
Lenape:
n
a
ènt
a
tòkih
a
k
a
nëw
a
, n
a
hùnt tòlëmën
a
kwsin.
English:
Then they all went one by one into the
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
wèmi nènkwëti
a
hpihtit në shè
English:
Then every Autumn they prayed
Lenape:
N
a
èshi t
a
hkokën p
a
t
a
m
a
ok
English:
Then he stood on a hill for a while
Lenape:
N
a
èt chëweyunk nipu l
a
h
a
p
a
.
English:
Then it already happened that it was about to rain,
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
h mèchi n
a
m
a
htèxën ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
sukël
a
n,
English:
It might be a rattlesnake rattling!"
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
h n
a
shixikwe pè shëshuhwit!"
English:
They must have been little spirits and they must have had wings.
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
h nèk m
a
nëtutëtàk èt m
a
h kènu wëlunkònuwàk hùnt.
English:
it must have been the hand of the two-legged person.
Lenape:
n
a
èt m
a
h në nòxk n
a
nishk
a
t
a
t
a
wèn.
English:
About that time the man returned home.
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
n
a
m
a
y
a
yxkwi n
a
lìnu pèchi ktëki.
English:
That child must have been asleep over there in the house.
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
n
a
mimëns k
a
wi wëlè wikihtit
English:
It was a big piece of land our Lenape ancestors of long ago gave to them.
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
n
a
xinkwi pàke hàkink yuk kènu Lën
a
peyok ènt
a
lòmwe kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
ènt
a
mil
a
htit.
English:
Then he awoke and began to look for his mother.
Lenape:
N
a
èt m
a
tukihële n
a
nòtun
a
on nèl kohès
a
.
English:
then I would graze her there.
Lenape:
N
a
hànk nti
a
sin në t
a
t
a
li.
English:
in addition my late grandfather, when he was made chief,
Lenape:
n
a
hëlii n
a
k
a
nëmuxums
a
, ènt
a
pèchi s
a
kim
a
whenk,
English:
The old man told her, "Now throw that
Lenape:
N
a
hilusës
a
tël
a
o, "Yukwe t
a
l
a
nihi n
a
English:
the tree fell and mashed Wehixamukes;
Lenape:
n
a
hitukw shkwiskhitehò nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
;
English:
"You all stop, you all stop!" but it was for nothing.
Lenape:
"N
a
hkihël
a
kw, n
a
hkihël
a
kw!" shëkw nuchkwe.
English:
They did so, they put ashes on him.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnkw t
a
punkw ik
a
h
a
t
a
oneyo.
English:
The man left. The woman and her little son stayed home.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt
a
lëmske n
a
lìnu. N
a
n
a
xkwe nutikeyok n
a
kwitët
a
hùnt
English:
Then Rabbit would be asked, “What’s the matter with you?
Lenape:
N
a
hùntànkw l
a
n chëm
a
mës, “Kèku hàch ki ktëlsi?
English:
When the animals would assemble in council, they would talk about when they hide from people.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt ènt
a
m
a
ehël
a
htit hùntànkw òk
a
èsësàk,
a
hkënutëmëneyo hùnt
a
nkw ènt
a
kèn
a
kònshiph
a
htit
a
wèni.
English:
Then when the young man got there, all at once a person approached. Oh, everything that he had on was very yellow;
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt ènt
a
në
a
n n
a
skìnu, kèku hùnt w
a
a
wèn pey
a
t. E, wëli wis
a
e wèmi kèku ik
a
èt
a
kw.
English:
Then he picked up that bark which he had
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt ènt
a
wètënëmënèn ènt
a
òhshàk
a
yuwik
English:
Then the woman told her children
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt hànk n
a
xkwe tël
a
n nèk wënich
a
nën
a
,
English:
He came there and he said, "Grandchild,"
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt ìk
a
pòn, n
a
hùnt tëluwèn, "Nuxwitët,"
English:
Then the woman went there. It was just a short distance
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt ìk
a
tòn n
a
xkwe. N
a
kèxiti hùnt òhëlëmìchi
English:
and all at once it thundered. Then that woman
Lenape:
n
a
hùnt ìk
a
wënchi pèth
a
khòn. N
a
n
a
k
a
xkweyo hùnt kènu
English:
Then it began to look like rain, and was getting cloudy.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt k
a
ht
a
sukël
a
n,
a
làshi
a
lëmi k
a
ht
a
kùmhòkòt.
English:
Then they had a council. They were surprised
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt kènu n
a
a
chimulsuwàk hunt. N
a
hùnt k
a
nshelìntàmuk
English:
then you must tie them together and then you must make a ball," he told him.
Lenape:
n
a
hùnt kt
a
hònhùkòptun
a
, n
a
lch këm
a
nih
a
n p
a
hs
a
hikàn," tël
a
o hùnt.
English:
Then he went outside, carrying his son, and and he began to hunt for
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt kwëchin hùnt n
a
lìnu, n
a
kwën
a
n n
a
kwis
a
, n
a
tòlëmi ntun
a
on
English:
And they asked him again, “How come those ears of yours are so long?”
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt l
a
pi l
a
n, “Kèku hàch wùnchi nèlshe khit
a
ok
a
a
hi
a
hkòney
a
.
English:
Then that other one told the man to say,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt làpi t
a
kok kwëti tël
a
o lënu tël
a
o hùnt,
English:
Then he said, "Here, I will give you this red flag."
Lenape:
N
a
hunt luwe n
a
Willi
a
m Penn, luwe hùnt, "He yu kmil
a
neyo màxkel
a
htikàn."
English:
Then it is said long ago by the elders,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt luwèn lòmwe kik
a
ink
a
hke,
English:
Then they said, "Oh my!" They said
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt luweyok hùnt, "Chei t
a
mwe!" Luweyok hùnt
English:
When animals had a council long ago, they would have a council and talk about something.
Lenape:
N
a
hunt m
a
ehëh
a
htit lòmëwe
a
èsësàk, m
a
ehëleyàk hùntùnkw,
a
hkënutëmuk kèku.
English:
And then the rabbit jumped up. He said,
Lenape:
n
a
hùnt n
a
chëm
a
mës pòskwiph
a
tun. Luwe hùnt,
English:
That is the way my late grandmother was done
Lenape:
N
a
hunt n
a
k
a
nuhëmën
a
n
a
nëni lih
a
n
English:
It is said that the old one did not like her son-in-law; she hated him.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
kìk
a
y t
a
ku hùnt
a
hi wink
a
l
a
io nèl nòtun
a
m
a
ko; wshink
a
l
a
a
.
English:
thunders. One man said, "I could back bring her," he said.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
kwëti lënu luwe hùnt, "Ntèpi
a
ni ktëki pèshëw
a
," luwe hùnt.
English:
There was a man and a woman who lived by themselves
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
kwëti lìnu (òk) xkwe nihëlàchi p
a
li wikuwàk
English:
The man tightly held onto his son.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
lënu chit
a
ni kwën
a
o n
a
kwis
a
.
English:
They say the Mesinkw is always there. He said to them, "This is what you do
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
Mësinkw nkëmee ìk
a
. Tël
a
n hùnt, "Shè yu ktënnëmëneyo
English:
Then the young man did that. The next day he went there again.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
në tënëmën n
a
skìnu. Opànke làpi n
a
në tòn.
English:
"Then when the woman steps aside she will tell her husband,'Give-me that our-little-son.'
Lenape:
"N
a
hùnt n
a
pàxke n
a
xkwe n
a
xu tël
a
o nèl wit
a
em
a
chi, 'Mili n
a
kwitëtën
a
.'
English:
Then he said, “That’s alright.” The boy then he returned, then he went to tell his mother
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
tëluwèn, “N
a
t
a
nëni!” N
a
pil
a
echëch n
a
ktëki, n
a
m
a
y l
a
n n
a
kohès
a
.
English:
Then it is said the squirrel was afraid and he pulled out the hand,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
x
a
nikw wish
a
su pwënëmën në nàxk,
English:
Then the woman went outdoors, or rather, she went out.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt n
a
xkwe kwëchin hùnt, shëmuch, kchi hùnt.
English:
Then they gave those late chiefs an axe and
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt nëk
a
hke kènu s
a
kim
a
yunk
a
hùnt kènu mil
a
n tëm
a
hikàn òk
English:
Then again the next morning he went there, then went to where they always got water.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt nèli làpi òpànke làpi n
a
në tòn, n
a
në wële tòn èhèhèli mpi n
a
t
a
mihtit hùnt.
English:
Then they did that. He told his mother,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt nëni tënëmëneyo. Tël
a
o hùnt nèl kohès
a
English:
That is why left that place.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt në wënchi nk
a
th
a
kh
a
tineyo.
English:
Or rather, before he floated away he said,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt shëmuch nèsko
a
lëmipukw. Tël
a
n hùnt èt,
English:
Then they said, “You didn’t say, ‘I want to cut it’.”
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tël
a
neyo, "
a
ku ktëluwe, 'nk
a
t
a
t
a
kishksh
a
'."
English:
Then the white man told them, “No, that is not the way to use them when you wear them on your neck.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tël
a
n n
a
Shëw
a
nàkw, "
A
ku, në kènu tìli hn
a
k
a
tàmuwën ènt
a
hukwèniy
a
.
English:
Then the white man said, “This is how it is done when you plant or when you hoe.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tël
a
n n
a
Shëw
a
nàkw, "Shè hànk yu lën
a
su (ènt
a
) xkumi
a
ne kèku wënchi l
a
kehëm
a
n.
English:
Then she told her mother, “Don’t cry."
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tël
a
n nèl kohès
a
“Kàchi t
a
mëlimwihàn."
English:
Then he told him, "Now I want to show you what you must do."
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tëlkwën, "Yukwe t
a
nk
a
t
a
wënt
a
mulën xu wèl
a
ihòsiàn.
English:
then they said, then we will help you again!"
Lenape:
n
a
hùnt tëluwèneyo, n
a
làpi shè ktëli wichëmëlënèn."
English:
Then he said, "Then you say,
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tëluwèn, "Nàch ki ktëluwèn,
English:
Then he said, “All right.” Then they always made use of them.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt tëluwèn, "N
a
t
a
nën." N
a
hùnt nkëme n
a
kènu tìli hn
a
k
a
t
a
mëneyo.
English:
So he picked him up. He thought, "Whatever is wrong with him?"
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt wètën
a
n. N
a
litehe hùnt, "Kèku èt t
a
èlsit, kèku èt t
a
wënchi
English:
Then suddenly one of them said, “You should go with us.
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt wixk
a
wchi n
a
hùntànk wënchi luwèn n
a
kwëti “Kwicheihën
a
a
.
English:
The woman said, "That's good."
Lenape:
N
a
hunt wtël
a
n n
a
xkwe,"N
a
t
a
nëni!"
English:
Now this is where it comes from when they have
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt yukwe nëshè ènt
a
m
a
hwin nëni wënchixën
English:
Then that is what they did. When that person came there
Lenape:
N
a
hùnt yukwe në shè tënnëmëneyo. Ent
a
ìk
a
p
a
t n
a
a
wèn,
English:
Then the dog grabbed him,
Lenape:
N
a
ik
a
a
lihël
a
l
a
n n
a
mwek
a
ne,
English:
Then an old man came there. He had a long beard.
Lenape:
N
a
ìk
a
pòn hilusës.
A
hkònitun
a
ye.
English:
the man jumped into it.
Lenape:
n
a
ìk
a
tël
a
kihël
a
n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
he jumped onto it. Then the man went home
Lenape:
n
a
ìk
a
tël
a
kihëlën. N
a
mòchin n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
English:
Then they threw that old woman into the fire.
Lenape:
N
a
ik
a
tël
a
nihineyo n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
tëntëyunk.
English:
They threw the ashes into the lake.
Lenape:
N
a
ìk
a
tòl
a
nihineyo në punkw mënëpèkunk.
English:
Then she went to the garden to hoe the corn which hadn't yet started
Lenape:
N
a
ik
a
tòn h
a
kih
a
kënink èt m
a
n
a
xàskwim
a
lëmi mèchi k
a
ht
a
English:
That great grandmother of mine she advised her children,
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
a
h
a
nhùkwi nuhëm
a
tòlepòm
a
o nèl wënich
a
n
a
,
English:
that old man, they began to pray.
Lenape:
n
a
k
a
hilusës
a
,
a
lëmi p
a
t
a
m
a
ok.
English:
the old man told them, "Go and get that old woman
Lenape:
n
a
k
a
hilusës
a
tël
a
o, "N
a
l n
a
x
a
wshisës
English:
That old man sent for two men. When they came
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
hilusës
a
wènchim
a
o nish
a
lënuwàk. Ent
a
p
a
htit
English:
My late grandfather George Falleaf (1862-1939) told me this,
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
kënu nëmuxums
a
George F
a
lle
a
f ntihëlùkwën yuni,
English:
the man, "You people might hear us sometimes."
Lenape:
n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
, pwënt
a
ihëmo èt wixk
a
ochi.
English:
My late mother told us this a great while ago
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
ntihëlëkunèn lòmëwe
English:
Wehixamukès because they were afraid of those wild Indians
Lenape:
n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
eli kòx
a
woo
a
wènh
a
keyok
English:
02
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
èli kòx
a
woo nèki
a
wèhn
a
keyok.
English:
Wehixamukes said that because since long ago they all knew
Lenape:
nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
èli lòmwe nochi uw
a
tuneyo
English:
Wehixamukes said, "You people wait for me! Let me
Lenape:
N
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
luwe, "Pèhikw! Lëh
a
p
a
ni
English:
Wehixamukes tomó un hacha,
Lenape:
nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wètënëmën tëm
a
hikàn,
English:
Wehixamukes prit une hache et
Lenape:
nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wètënëmën tëm
a
hikàn,
English:
Wehixamukes picked up an axe,
Lenape:
nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wètënëmën tëm
a
hikàn,
English:
hob er ein Beil auf
Lenape:
nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wètënëmën tëm
a
hikàn,
English:
Wehixamukes just disappeared under the ground.
Lenape:
Nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wt
a
yi èkwi hàkink.
English:
Suddenly he saw his little son crawling toward him,
Lenape:
N
a
kèku yu wëneyòn në kwitët
a
pèxkwsit,
English:
When he went hunting he killed some squirrels.
Lenape:
N
a
kènu ènt
a
a
l
a
it x
a
niko hnile.
English:
And then when - - - the squirrel soup and the new thing.
Lenape:
N
a
kènu ènt
a
- - - në x
a
nikwi kshit
a
y òk në wëski kèku.
English:
Then those old women will lead and the two will lead." he said.
Lenape:
N
a
kìkuwi nek xkweyok nàlch nèk nish
a
nikàniyok," luwe hùnt.
English:
Then when he finished hooping the four times a cloud came up in the West.
Lenape:
N
a
kìshi newën pòk
a
luhwin n
a
pèchi àspihële kùmhòkw yu èhëliwsik
a
kw.
English:
Then we will kill him and skin him.
Lenape:
N
a
knihël
a
wën
a
xu, pxin
a
n nàn.
English:
Then they took that person out of the water and began to cut him up.
Lenape:
N
a
kòhp
a
l
a
neyo n
a
a
wèn,
a
lëmi piksh
a
.
English:
Then the war chief wanted to kill him.
Lenape:
N
a
kòtun
a
l
a
n n
a
n il
a
.
English:
Then the man went back and got his little son and carried him. They left
Lenape:
N
a
ktëki hùnt n
a
lënu hùnt n
a
tòlëmuxòl
a
n n
a
kwitët
a
. N
a
a
lëmskeyok
English:
"Then we will do it when you get here tomorrow evening
Lenape:
"N
a
ktënëmënèn xu kp
a
a
n
a
a
làp
a
lòkwike
English:
One of those Indians kicked Wehixamukes
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti
a
wènh
a
ke sh
a
khwik
a
o n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukes
a
,
English:
Then one old man said, "We will hold a council tomorrow.
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti hilusës luwe, "
A
chimulsihënàch
a
làp
a
.
English:
Then one old man said, "We will have to kill that person."
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti hilusës luwe, "Nhil
a
wënàch nàni
a
wèn."
English:
One old man said, "Take him out of the water, we will cut him up."
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti hilusës luwe, "Yukwe t
a
k
a
hp
a
l, piksh
a
wënèch."
English:
Then one dog said to him, "We are hungry too!
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti mwek
a
ne tëluwèn, "Nèpën
a
nk
a
tupwihën
a
.
English:
Then they were bewildered because already everything had burned up and everything began to be dry.
Lenape:
N
a
kwil
a
lelìntàmuk mèchi wèmi kèku lute òk
a
lëmi k
a
xkte wèmi kèku.
English:
When he couldn't find her, he crawled outside. Then he began to cry.
Lenape:
N
a
kwil
a
o, n
a
ktùxkwsu hùnt n
a
mimëns kòchëmink t
a
. N
a
mëlimu.
English:
Calmly they are sleeping
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
i k
a
wiyok
English:
Calmly they are sleeping
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
i k
a
wiyok
English:
Then he adopted that boy. The book says the boy was a white person. [Jim Thompson] – That’s it.
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
ph
a
l
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch. Luwe yu lekhikàn Shëw
a
nànkw t
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch [Jim Thompson] – N
a
nàni.
English:
Then he (the boy) turned around again, and again he went to the East and four times he whooped.
Lenape:
N
a
làpi kwëlpin, làpi wèhènchiopànkw tòn, newën pòk
a
luhwin.
English:
she again went and pushed the dog over.
Lenape:
n
a
làpi m
a
y tòm
a
nihin n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
So the next day he went there when it got to be evening that is the way they did.
Lenape:
N
a
làpi òpànke n
a
në tòn ènt
a
lòkwik n
a
hùnt në tënëmëneyo.
English:
Then again he got ready, he went to lie down in the road,
Lenape:
N
a
làpi tòlëm
a
mehël
a
n, m
a
y shènkihël
a
n tëm
a
kànink.
English:
The man began to cook.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
lëmi wixënu.
English:
The man said, "Oh well, you can eat with me
Lenape:
N
a
lënu luwe, Osòmi! Kàski wipumi
English:
The man told the dog,
Lenape:
N
a
lënu tël
a
o n
a
mwek
a
ne,
English:
The little mongrel dog said, "Oh, my friend, I can! I can go get it!"
Lenape:
N
a
lënxàmtët luwe, "O, nchu, ni t
a
! Ni t
a
n
a
ti!"
English:
It is said that when the sharp cracking thunder when there is strong lightning
Lenape:
n
a
l hùnt luwèn n
a
yukwe nàni tìli witèn ènt
a
sës
a
làxki pèth
a
khònk wèmi kèku
English:
Then he thought, "I want to lie down for the night by this tree."
Lenape:
N
a
liteh
a
n, "Nk
a
t
a
t
a
a
l
a
ximwi m
a
ike yushe ènt
a
hìtkunk t
a
li.
English:
That is all I can say now for a while on this day.
Lenape:
N
a
l në ntënxi luwèn yukwe lëh
a
p
a
ènt
a
kishkwik.
English:
That is all I can remember of what
Lenape:
N
a
l në shëk nkàski mësh
a
tàm nek
English:
This is what I was told by my late mother.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shè ntëlkenèp n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
That is all I can do, just talk humbly.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shùk nkàski lìsin, pèchi m
a
y shùk nkëktëm
a
ktunhè.
English:
That is all I can do, to come and just beg
Lenape:
N
a
l në shùk nkàski lìsin, pèchi m
a
y shùk winëwe
English:
That is all that I can say of what was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shuk nkàski luwèn ntihilùkènèp nàk
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
That is the place we will gather." Then those dogs said,"Okay, that will be it."
Lenape:
N
a
l në t
a
li m
a
ehël
a
nèn." Luweyok nèki mwek
a
neyok, "Yuh, n
a
l t
a
nën."
English:
In the lake is where that person grew up,
Lenape:
N
a
l në tënt
a
kishikin mënëpèkunk n
a
a
wèn,
English:
That is the reason the elders say that even until now
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi luweyok yuki kìk
a
yàk ili yukwe
English:
That is the reason they used the squirrel soup.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi në x
a
nikwi kshit
a
y nòk
a
tàmëneyo.
English:
that is the reason I can give a person a Lenape name.
Lenape:
n
a
l në wënchi nkàski mil
a
n
a
wèn Lën
a
pei luwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
That is why they told us when a dog looks at you when you eat feed him some
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi ntëlkehën
a
ènt
a
mwek
a
ne pën
a
kòn ènt
a
mitsi
a
kèxitìch kt
a
xàm
a
kèku.
English:
that is where these White people came from.
Lenape:
n
a
l në wënchi w
a
she Weòpsit ènt
a
pèchi m
a
y nutxùkhùmën
a
.
English:
"That is why there is the Big House Church, what happened at that time."
Lenape:
"N
a
l në wënchixën në Xinkwik
a
on, èlèk nìki lëkhìkwi."
English:
That is why they still use it [the piece of him]
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi yukwe mèchi nh
a
k
a
tàmëneyo
English:
That was the way they did
Lenape:
n
a
l në yukwe hunt tënëmëneyo.
English:
as well as their (old ways? [meaning not clear]) and all their practices.
Lenape:
n
a
l t
a
ne (ònkuw
a
kàn?) òk wèmi èl
a
ehòsit.
English:
Then he said, "You all have a dance!" It really happened [the dance].
Lenape:
N
a
luwe hùnt, "Këm
a
whwihëmòch t
a
." N
a
hùnt kìchi hùnt n
a
në le.
English:
Then he said, "But for four days
Lenape:
N
a
luwe hùnt, "Shëk neyukwëni xu
English:
Then the one woman said, "The shopkeeper said this thing was called oatmeal."
Lenape:
N
a
luwe n
a
kwëti xkwe, "N
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt luwèntàmën yu kèku hotmil."
English:
Then she said, "I hid it in the woods! I will go and get it!"
Lenape:
N
a
luwe, "Nkành
a
tun ènt
a
shinkèk! N
a
tëmënch!"
English:
That is all I can recall.
Lenape:
N
a
l yu pèchi nkàski mësh
a
tàm.
English:
This is what my late mother told me.
Lenape:
N
a
l yushe ntëlkwën n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
That is all I can tell
Lenape:
N
a
l yushe shëkw nkàski luwèn,
English:
This comes from a correction of long ago,
Lenape:
N
a
l yushe wënchixën kwìtëlëtëw
a
kàn lòmëwe,
English:
Then they all went home together.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
chultuwàk wemi.
English:
The fox was so angry and so he went home.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
nunksin n
a
òkwës, n
a
m
a
y mòchin.
English:
Then they did not take the hide off but cut it into very small pieces. Then they [the Delawares] looked good at it.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
y
a
y hùnt m
a
t
a
ènt
a
p
a
xkihël
a
k në xès m
a
y
a
y tànkiti kwishksh
a
wòò. N
a
hùnt pihpën
a
neyo.
English:
Then he went to visit the rabbit.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
y kwiikàm
a
o n
a
chëmàmës.
English:
Then the young woman went to meet him. She began to pet the little dog.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
y nòkisk
a
o n
a
skixkwe. Tòlëmi òchem
a
n
a
chëminkwtët.
English:
Then he ran back to where those [Delaware] men were.
Lenape:
N
a
mòchh
a
t
a
kixin èpihtit nèki lënuwàk.
English:
So they went home, they cooked it.
Lenape:
N
a
mòchineyo, wixënineyo.
English:
Then he went and killed all of those wild Indians.
Lenape:
N
a
mòy wèkwiteh
a
neo nèki
a
wènh
a
keyok.
English:
A spirit that lived in the water came into her,
Lenape:
N
a
mpiyink ènt
a
l
a
wsit m
a
nëtu pèxus'hìk
a
o,
English:
The dog smiled,
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne këlëksëwinkwèxin,
English:
The dog said,
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne luwe,
English:
The dog said, "Stop! Stop! I heard something.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne luwe, "N
a
hkihël
a
! N
a
hkihël
a
! Mpënt
a
o kèku!
English:
Then they ate it. Oh, it was good!
Lenape:
N
a
mwichineyo. O, winkàn.
English:
They ate them when they made soup.
Lenape:
N
a
mwitsineyo ènt
a
m
a
nituhtit kshit
a
y.
English:
One of those old men was named
Lenape:
N
a
*** n
a
k
a
kwëti hilusës
a
luwènsu
English:
My late father said, “That wasn’t so,
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
k
a
nuxò luwe, “M
a
t
a
kt
a
ni,
English:
then that deceased woman disappeared. She was not seen again, never was there again.
Lenape:
n
a
n
a
k
a
xkweyo t
a
èt t
a
hùnt. Ku chich nèhkwësi, ku chich ìk
a
wìchi.
English:
The the one woman said, "I'll buy it. I'll try it."
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
kwëti xkwe luwe, "Nëm
a
hëlàmën. Nkwëchil
a
htu."
English:
Then the one woman said, "I'll buy it. I'll try it."
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
kwëti xkwe luwe, "Nëm
a
hëlàmën. Nkwëchil
a
htu."
English:
The the one woman said, "I'll buy it. I'll try it."
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
kwëti xkwe luwe, "Nëm
a
hëlàmën. Nkwëchil
a
htu."
English:
Then the storekeeper said, "Here is something new.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt luwe, "Shè yu wëski kèku.
English:
Then the storekeeper said, "Here is something new.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt luwe, "Shè yu wëski kèku.
English:
Then the storekeeper said, "Here is something new.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùnt luwe, "Shè yu wëski kèku.
English:
Then the dog forgot to bring the fire.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne wànin tìli
a
pètun tënt
a
y.
English:
They are repeatedly trembling
Lenape:
N
a
nànkihëleyok
English:
This is what I heard from my late mother and grandmother when they told stories.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
ntihëlëstàmën w
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
òk nuhëm
a
ènt
a
a
chimwihtit.
English:
The boy was just now beginning to be able to crawl,
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch hùnt kënch
a
wèn
a
a
lëmi kàski
a
hp
a
mxkwsu
English:
Then the boy told his grandmother, “I really can make it rain.”
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch tël
a
o nèl uhëm
a
"Ni
a
t
a
nkàski sukël
a
nhè."
English:
Then the young man knew that his mother-in-law hated him.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
skìnu uw
a
tun tëli shik
a
lkwën wsùkwis
a
.
English:
Then that little old one came there.
Lenape:
N
a
në kiketët hùnt në pòn,
English:
Then the two young men dipped up some ashes.
Lenape:
N
a
nèki nish
a
skìnuwàk tòns'h
a
mëneyo në punkw.
English:
Then the women would all get up.
Lenape:
N
a
nèki xkweyok pàskwiph
a
tuneyo.
English:
Then the Delaware women thought it was like sapan or rice.
Lenape:
N
a
nèk Lën
a
pexkweyok liteheyok
a
làshi s
a
p
a
n o pèhp
a
stèk.
English:
They were orphans because long ago their father had left (meaning he died).
Lenape:
N
a
nèk shikwineyo hùnt nèk lilòmëwe uxëwook nëk
a
lëkëwoo,
English:
They were orphans because long ago their father had left (meaning he had died)
Lenape:
N
a
nèk shikwineyo hùnt uxëw
a
a
lilòmëwe nëk
a
lëkëw
a
a
,
English:
and the women will dance in a circle," he said. "Then when they have this dance
Lenape:
n
a
nèk xkweyok òk
a
keyok," luwe hùnt. "N
a
ènt
a
m
a
whwihtit, n
a
yushe ènt
a
English:
Let it be so.
Lenape:
N
a
në lekèch
English:
Let it be so. Amen.
Lenape:
N
a
në lekèch.
A
men.
English:
Then his father lost the boy, then he began to be depressed,
Lenape:
N
a
nèl uxò ànkhil
a
o n
a
pil
a
echëch, n
a
t
a
lëmi sàkwelìntàm,
English:
Then I too will go with with them wherever. Then when he left then
Lenape:
N
a
në nèpè nëwiten tët
a
ey
a
htit n
a
në nt
a
n. N
a
shè ènt
a
nt
a
lëmsk
a
t n
a
English:
Then I will go with my friends the thunder beings. Those are my friends.
Lenape:
N
a
nën newitèn yuk shè nitisàk shè pèth
a
khuhweyok. Ni t
a
nèk nitisàk.
English:
That was the beginning of the Lenape being called "Delaware."
Lenape:
N
a
në shè wënchi
a
lëmi luwènsin w
a
Lën
a
pe "Del
a
w
a
re."
English:
That is all I can remember right now of this old story.
Lenape:
N
a
në shùk nkàski mësh
a
tàmën yukwe yushe xuwi
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
That is the only reason, they say, why this place where one prays [the Big House Church] was set up.
Lenape:
Nà në shùk shè hùnt wënchi në wëlixën në yukwe yu shè ënt
a
p
a
t
a
mànk.
English:
that bark house, that was made from sheets of bark, began to leak.”
Lenape:
nàni hòkèsik
a
on nëni wënchit
a
wnu yul hòkès
a
nëni n
a
wënchi wëntpe.
English:
El hombre que estaba a cargo le dijo,
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
El hombre que estaba a cargo le dijo,
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
Le chef du groupe lui dit:
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
The leader told him,
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
The head man told him,
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
Der Anführer sagte ihm:
Lenape:
N
a
nik
a
nixink lënu tël
a
o,
English:
That elder, “truly, my friend, the house, the bark house, that was made from sheets of bark, began to leak.”
Lenape:
Nàni kìk
a
y, "M
a
y
a
y, nchus, nàni wikit, nàni hòkèsik
a
on, nàni wëntpe nàni kènu
English:
Then Wehixamukes stood up and he quickly jerked out
Lenape:
N
a
nip
a
in n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
kwëchil
a
htun
English:
leave. Then Wehixamukes stood up and he quickly jerked out
Lenape:
N
a
nip
a
in n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
kwëchil
a
htun
English:
Then the long-waisted dog stood up and held a little stick in his hand
Lenape:
N
a
nipu n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kwch
a
t chëminkw hìtùkwtët këlënëm
English:
Then seven girls ascended
Lenape:
N
a
nish
a
sh xkwechëchàk àspiyok
English:
On the hillside, in the grass, all I have to do is make a hole, and that’s where I back in.
Lenape:
N
a
ni she èli pën
a
ònkèk ènt
a
skikwikèk, sèki olhey
a
, nàni she ntëli
a
hsh
a
kchèin.
English:
That’s how I hide from anybody. Sometimes someone comes close by, and he doesn’t see me,” said that rabbit.
Lenape:
N
a
ni shè ntëli kònshiph
a
n
a
wèn. T
a
mse nëkhùkwitit pëmëske
a
wèn, t
a
ku neykuu,” luwe hunt n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
Then me, when I was a young woman, I received
Lenape:
N
a
ni, uskixkwei
a
ne, mëshënëmën
English:
That’s how come my ears are long, so that I will hear anything well.
Lenape:
N
a
ni wënchi kèn
a
nhit
a
òk
a
a
hkòney
a
, èli hànkw
a
hi këlëst
a
m
a
kèku.
English:
That’s why his ears are long, because he always wanted to hear things well.
Lenape:
N
a
ni wùnchi hùnt
a
hkòneyo nèl she hwit
a
ok
a
, èli hànkw
a
hi k
a
ht
a
këlësànk kèku.”
English:
with my little son's leggings? I want to soften them
Lenape:
n
a
nkwitët kòkun
a
nk
a
t
a
t
a
tòkënëmën
a
English:
Then I told my older brother, "OK, he wants these pecans from us."
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n n
a
n
a
x
a
ns, "N
a
t
a
nën, k
a
t
a
t
a
m
a
kunen t
a
yuk k
a
nsèm."
English:
Then I asked my late father,
Lenape:
N
a
ntuxt
a
o n
a
k
a
nuxò,
English:
"Then pull on those things that were cut up from the elm tree.
Lenape:
"N
a
òht
a
nihineyo nèl kènu nèl ènt
a
piksh
a
htit nèl lok
a
n
a
hunshi."
English:
And then he left.
Lenape:
N
a
òk wënchi m
a
chin.
English:
The fox said, “OK, well, let’s smoke."
Lenape:
N
a
òkwës làpi luwe, “Nëpèht
a
hupotàm.”
English:
The fox went and sat down.
Lenape:
N
a
òkwës m
a
y lëm
a
t
a
hpin.
English:
of the fox and rabbit story, on this day. Thank you!
Lenape:
n
a
òkwës òk në chëm
a
mës
a
chimew
a
kàn, yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik. W
a
nìshi!
English:
that half fish and half human. (Like a mermaid or Merman)
Lenape:
n
a
p
a
hsi n
a
mës òk p
a
hsi
a
wèn.
English:
"Then if that woman is to be brought back
Lenape:
"N
a
pèshëwàke n
a
xkwe ktëki pèshëwàte
English:
the boy because that Cuyloga he was called
Lenape:
n
a
pil
a
echëch èli n
a
Cuylog
a
èluwènsit
English:
They brought the ashes to where the Lenape were gathered.
Lenape:
N
a
pwètuneyo në punkw ènt
a
nèki Lën
a
peyok m
a
ehël
a
htit.
English:
he would go there immediately. At first it seemed like he just wanted to visit,
Lenape:
n
a
sh
a
i ik
a
tòn. Lin
a
kòt hit
a
mi lëni kiike,
English:
Then it is said that the boy left and he went eastward to where
Lenape:
N
a
shè hùnt tòlëmsk
a
n n
a
pil
a
echëch, n
a
në wèhènchiopànkw n
a
në
English:
Then it began to stop raining. It didn't even rain a little bit.
Lenape:
N
a
shè n
a
hùnt
a
lëmi
a
l
a
l
a
n. T
a
ku hàshi
a
lëmi tk
a
iti
a
l
a
l
a
n.
English:
she told her fellow tribesmen, “Now this grandson of mine has left and we will never see him again
Lenape:
N
a
she n
a
n
a
kìk
a
y tël
a
o nèl with
a
keyo, "Mèchi t
a
w
a
nuxwis
a
lëmske, t
a
chich knineiowën
a
nà,
English:
Then he quickly lay down again. He thought to himself that soon those "wild Indians" will come.
Lenape:
N
a
shènkihël
a
n làpi. Litehe xuniti nèk
a
wènh
a
keyok peyòk.
English:
The White man began to say something
Lenape:
N
a
Shëw
a
nàkw tòlëmi l
a
n, kèku l
a
n
English:
The young woman saw him first. She went and pushed the dog over.
Lenape:
N
a
skixkwe neyo hìt
a
mi. N
a
mòy tòm
a
nihin n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The other woman said, "Let's-go-home.
Lenape:
N
a
t
a
kòk xkwe luwe, "M
a
chitàm.
English:
"It was around here! It was around here!"
Lenape:
"N
a
t
a
m
a
h yu t
a
! N
a
t
a
m
a
h yu t
a
!"
English:
That now is it.
Lenape:
N
a
t
a
yukwe në shè.
English:
She told him, "Give me our little son. I love him, my little son, I want to see him."
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
n hùnt, "Mili n
a
kwitëtën
a
. Nt
a
hol
a
n
a
nkwitët, nk
a
t
a
neyo."
English:
Then he told the squirrel,
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
n n
a
x
a
nikw,
English:
Then he told the girl “You should go with us.” Then he told the boy
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
n n
a
xkwechëch
a
“Kwicheihën
a
a
.” N
a
hùnt tël
a
w
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch
a
,
English:
Then (the man) said, "You-all come in, you-all come in. We will sit around in a circle."
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
n, "Nuwikw, nuwikw. Okànkwèpihën
a
."
English:
They told him what he must do was cook.
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
wo k
a
ht
a
t
a
wixëni.
English:
They told him what he must do was cook and
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
wòo k
a
ht
a
t
a
wixëni òk
English:
Diese sagten ihm, dass es seine Aufgabe war, zu kochen,
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
wòo k
a
ht
a
t
a
wixëni òk
English:
lIs lui dirent: « tu dois cuisiner,
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
wòo k
a
ht
a
t
a
wixëni òk
English:
Ellos le dijeron que lo que tenía que hacer era cocinar y
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
wòo k
a
ht
a
t
a
wixëni òk
English:
Then she said, "Oh yes! We will buy it and try it."
Lenape:
N
a
tëluwèn , "Nëpèht
a
! Nëm
a
hël
a
mën xu nkwëchil
a
htu."
English:
that is what that little old one did. Then he (the other man) told him
Lenape:
N
a
tënënëmën n
a
kiketët. N
a
hùnt tël
a
o hùnt
English:
Then after he had been there for a while he came back again and again he told the elder,
Lenape:
N
a
tënëshè n
a
m
a
t
a
n
a
ke n
a
làpi kwëtkin làpi mòy tël
a
o nèl kìk
a
y
a
,
English:
"Go and get your witch-medicine!"
Lenape:
"N
a
ti në knuchihëweokàn!"
English:
"Get those dirty clothes."
Lenape:
"N
a
ti nèl niskhèmps
a
."
English:
Then it slowly began to stop raining.
Lenape:
N
a
tk
a
iti
a
lëmi òk pàkël(
a
n).
English:
They started to climb on the sunbeams and finally got to where the sun lives
Lenape:
N
a
tòlëmi àlëmàkusineyo wipèkunk, x
a
ntki peyok kishux wikit.
English:
Then those owls began to fight.
The husband-owl accused his wife of being in that tree because she liked the man who was sleeping under it. Finally he hit her with his wing.
Lenape:
N
a
tòlëmi m
a
th
a
k
a
l
a
o nèl kukhus
a
.
English:
They left to go look for sunbeams
Lenape:
N
a
tòlëmsk
a
neyo ènt
a
n
a
tun
a
muk wipèko
English:
So they left to go squirrel hunting that man and his friend.
Lenape:
N
a
tòlëmsk
a
neyo nutx
a
nikweyok n
a
lënu òk nèl witis
a
.
English:
Then he left and he began to run that Wehixamukes
Lenape:
N
a
tòlëmsk
a
n tòlëm
a
mehël
a
n n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
,
English:
Chorus:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you're bound to die.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe,
A
làkwi m
a
y ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe,
A
làkwi m
a
y ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe,
A
làkwi m
a
y ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe,
A
làkwi m
a
y ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe,
A
làkwi m
a
y ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, Hang down your head (and) cry
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe, N
a
ukwèpi mëlimwi
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, Hang down your head (and) cry
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe, N
a
ukwèpi mëlimwi
English:
Chorus:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, Hang down your head (and) cry.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley. Hang down your head and cry.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe, N
a
ukwèpi mëlimwi.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, Hang down your head (and) cry.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe, N
a
ukwèpi mëlimwi.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, Hang down your head (and) cry.
Lenape:
N
a
ukwèpi T
a
m Tulpe, N
a
ukwèpi mëlimwi.
English:
Then the Creator said,
Lenape:
N
a
w
a
Kishelëmùkònk luwe,
English:
She was really burned, she looked very black.
Lenape:
N
a
wëli lusu hùnt, wëli sëkin
a
kwsu.
English:
Everyone came there, and for many days
Lenape:
N
a
wèmi
a
wèn ìk
a
pè, x
a
helukwëni
English:
Then soon after that we went home.
Lenape:
N
a
wèmi mètxàki n
a
m
a
chinèn.
English:
They then all notified each other at that place. The chief was notified and all the people, and
Lenape:
N
a
wèmi yu t
a
li wehum
a
wtin hùnt. N
a
n
a
s
a
kim
a
wèhum
a
o, òk
English:
rather than those of the older people.
Lenape:
n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
nèki kìk
a
yàk.
English:
rather than those of the older people.
Lenape:
n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
nèki kìk
a
yàk. .
English:
Then they sent for several children
Lenape:
N
a
wènchim
a
o kèx
a
mimëns
a
English:
Then they sent for several children because the children were pure.
Lenape:
N
a
wènchim
a
o kèx
a
mimëns
a
èli pilsuwàk nèki mimëns
a
k.
English:
Then he saw the boat coming three years later.
Lenape:
N
a
wënemën në muxul pèchihël
a
k nexik
a
htinke.
English:
Then she saw her husband, and she stepped to one side.
Lenape:
N
a
wëneyòn hùnt n
a
wit
a
em
a
chi, n
a
pòxkèn hùnt.
English:
So he picked him up and carried him inside, he was really wet.
Lenape:
N
a
wètën
a
n, hùnt n
a
pwëntuxòl
a
n, wëli skàpsu hùnt.
English:
Then she got her hoe and then went to the garden.
Lenape:
N
a
wètënëmën èt m
a
kwipëlën
a
y, n
a
ìk
a
è h
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
Then he picked up his pipe, he pulled it out
Lenape:
N
a
wètënëmën upokàn, pwënëmën,
English:
Then all at once a mongrel dog stood up and he said, "that is so,
Lenape:
N
a
wixk
a
ochi lënxàm nip
a
i, luwè, "N
a
l t
a
nën,
English:
Then suddenly the time had arrived for
Lenape:
N
a
wixk
a
ochi mèchi t
a
m
a
htèxink tìli
English:
Then suddenly an owl alighted (in the tree).
Lenape:
N
a
wixk
a
ochi pèchi lihël
a
t kukhus.
English:
Then suddenly they returned again it rained then the girl returned
Lenape:
N
a
wixk
a
wchi t
a
hùnt n
a
làpi pèchii ktëkiyok n
a
ènt
a
sukëlànk n
a
hùnt ktëki pè n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
The squirrel was afraid, he wanted to hide the hand
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
nikw wish
a
su, k
a
ht
a
hùnt k
a
nh
a
tun në nòxk
English:
Then finally those wolves gave up.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
ntki luk
a
heyok nèk tëmeyok.
English:
Finally the fox quickly got mad,they almost fought.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
ntki m
a
nunkihël
a
n n
a
òkwës,k
a
hti m
a
ht
a
keyok.
English:
making a treaty with the white people
Lenape:
n
a
xkuntëw
a
kàn wìchi weòpsichik,
English:
Three days from now you will die. You will be lying under red dirt.”
Lenape:
N
a
xukwënàkhàke ktànkël. Këmàxkh
a
kièxi.”
English:
Then they had held a dance for four days.
Lenape:
N
a
yu ènt
a
neyukwënàkàt hùnt m
a
whwin hùnt.
English:
That is what they say the Big House church comes from.
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe hùnt në wënchixën yu Xinkwik
a
on.
English:
Now then you must come back, you must come very early tomorrow morning, while it is still dark."
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe kwëtki xu, xu
a
làp
a
iti xu kp
a
, kwi
a
kwi piske."
English:
That is the reason I am walking around." Then he told him,
Lenape:
"N
a
yukwe në shè hànkw nëwënchi
a
y
a
hp
a
msk
a
n hànkw." N
a
hùnt tëlkwën,
English:
That’s the reason why I would want to hear things well.”
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe nëshe nëwùnchi hànkw k
a
ht
a
a
hi këlëst
a
mën kèku.
English:
That is what I told my daughter and my grandchildren, “They are still fooling us.” Nora: That is true.
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe shè n
a
ntël
a
n n
a
nich
a
n kènu yukshe nuxwisàk, kwi
a
kwi pè kiòlùkònk. Nor
a
: Kìchi në le.
English:
Now then, you will see us the way we really look
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe t
a
kneihën
a
èlin
a
kwsiènkw hùnt
English:
That is now where our money comes from now I still receive it
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe wënchi n
a
èt wënchixën këmòniyëmën
a
yukwe pè mëshënëm
a
i
English:
That is when they came here.
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe yu shè pòneyo yukwe yu she.
English:
Now the one jumped back into the water.
Lenape:
N
a
yukw n
a
kwëti ktëki mpink l
a
kihëleyunk
a
hke hùnt.
English:
On the fourth day when it was night the woman returned and there
Lenape:
N
a
yu newën ènt
a
piskèk nèk
a
wìchi n
a
xkwe ktëki pè èt m
a
English:
"Then when the women are in fours we will see that woman," he said,
Lenape:
"N
a
yushe," luwe hùnt, "
a
làshi
a
èluwèt newën
a
n
a
xkwe
English:
[The blackbird sings] I will feel strong all winter long!
Lenape:
Nchit
a
n
a
màlsi liluwànke!
English:
[Now blackbird sings] I will feel strong all winter long!
Lenape:
Nchit
a
n
a
màlsi liluwànke!
English:
I am strong because the Manitus gave me their own
Lenape:
nchitànìsi èli yuki m
a
nëtuwàk milkuk nèk
a
w
English:
you will hold a dance, you will have a dance," he said.
Lenape:
nèch këm
a
nituhëmo li m
a
whwin, m
a
whwinch," luwe hùnt.
English:
"They can be seen when those Seven Sisters
Lenape:
"Nèhkwësuwàk ènt
a
nèk
A
nsiskt
a
yèsàk
English:
they went to where his relatives lived, and he went to tell them.
Lenape:
nèk
a
o eyok èlànkum
a
chi wikh
a
tihtit, n
a
mòy luwèn.
English:
they themselves did long ago when they lived toward east.
Lenape:
nèk
a
o nè èlìsihtit lòmwe ènt
a
wikh
a
tihtit wënt
a
hkwi wèhènchiopànk.
English:
he became an orphan so he went to live with his grandmother
Lenape:
nèk
a
wshikwinèn n
a
ln
a
she uhëm
a
nàln
a
tìli wikin
English:
the "wild Indians" got ready to leave.
Lenape:
nèki
a
wènh
a
keyòk k
a
ht
a
èt m
a
a
lëmskeyok.
English:
those wild Indians.” The men exchanged glances
Lenape:
nèki
a
wènh
a
keyok.” Pipën
a
wtuwàk nëki lënuwàk
English:
Those beings had eaten it before
Lenape:
Nèki
a
wènik mihëmichineyo
English:
The old people said
Lenape:
Nèki kìk
a
ink
a
hke luweyok
English:
At that time the Delawares and the Nanticokes
Lenape:
Nèki lëkhìkwi nèki Lën
a
peyok òk Wënètkok
English:
The Delawares were a little bit afraid of the Nanticokes
Lenape:
Nèki Lën
a
peyok kèxiti kòx
a
wòò nèki Wënètkok
English:
the Delawares, all at once here came a dog.
Lenape:
nèki Lën
a
peyok, wixk
a
ochi mwek
a
ne pe.
English:
Those children listened to all that he had to say
Lenape:
Nèki mimënsàk këlìst
a
mëwok wèmi kèku èluwèt
English:
Those two men drug that old woman
Lenape:
Nèki nish
a
lënuwàk pwèt
a
chil
a
wo n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
English:
Those two men went along with her when she went to get it.
Lenape:
Nèki nish
a
lënuwàk wicheoo ènt
a
n
a
tink.
English:
by the thunder beings." Everyone was surprised
Lenape:
nèki pèth
a
khuweyok." Wèmi
a
wèn k
a
nshelìntàm
English:
those wolves. What should we all do now?
Lenape:
nèki tëmeyòk. Kèku hàch xu ktëls
a
htihënuk mèchi?
English:
Those wise men said, "We have done wrong.
Lenape:
Nèk lëpweìnuwàk luweyok, "Nch
a
nilìsihën
a
.
English:
Those wise men said, "We have done wrong.
Lenape:
Nèk lëpweìnuwàk luweyok, "Nch
a
nilìsihën
a
.
English:
Those dogs, oh they were hungry.
Lenape:
Nèk mwek
a
ne, o, k
a
htupuwàk.
English:
he must put some corn meal on the ice
Lenape:
në kohomokàn ik
a
h
a
t
a
kwën n
a
nushhùkòwënink
English:
the Delaware Woman Dance. This then is the length of the story.
Lenape:
në Lën
a
pei xkweyok ènt
a
n
a
xkuhëmunt hùnt. N
a
nëshè shëk nkàski s
a
k
a
wchimwin.
English:
While they were doing that [dancing]
Lenape:
Nèli n
a
lën
a
mihtit luwe hùnt
English:
While they were doing that, they began to rise (into the air)
Lenape:
Nèli në lësihtit,
a
lëmi àspiyok
English:
Her mother hollered angrily at her. She told her,
Lenape:
Nèl kohès
a
lòxk
a
m
a
o, tël
a
o,
English:
peeled from that willow, or rather,
Lenape:
nèl poh
a
thòwoo nèl nushem
a
kw, shëmuch kènu
English:
the rings. He said, “I will burn them, I will burn them!"
Lenape:
nèl sh
a
pwëlënchehun
a
. Luwe, “Lusëmënàch, Lusëmënàch!"
English:
his wife. He really wanted to see the woman. Note:
Unfortunately, at this point the tape becomes too distorted to be able to salvage any more of this recording.
Lenape:
nèl wicheòchi.
A
lëwi
a
winki neyon n
a
xkwe.
English:
for his wife. Then he remembered
Lenape:
nèl xkweyo në wit
a
em
a
chi. N
a
hùnt mwesh
a
tàmën
English:
"I think very highly of him!", she said. "What did you
Lenape:
Nëm
a
xinkwelëm
a
," luwe hùnt. Tò tàch ktëlituneyo n
a
English:
When there is a big wind, are you too afraid of it?
Lenape:
N: Ent
a
xinkwi kshàxink, kèpe hàch kwitàmën nën?
English:
"All right, let's hold a council meeting - there at that council house,
Lenape:
"Nëpèht
a
a
chimuls
a
htihënuk - shè në t
a
li
a
chimulsik
a
on,
English:
"All right my friend, let us go hunting!
Lenape:
"Nëpèht
a
nchu,
a
l
a
itàm!
English:
You can come and sit right here!"
Lenape:
Nëpèht
a
! Yushe lëm
a
t
a
hpi!"
English:
We too would like to have some of the soup. We too are hungry."
Lenape:
Nèpën
a
winki mënehënèn në kshit
a
y. Nèpën
a
nk
a
tupwihën
a
."
English:
Once when it was dry weather when the Delawares lived
Lenape:
Nëshè në hùnt k
a
h
a
pàn kwëtën wikh
a
tihtit nèk Lën
a
peyok
English:
Before he died that person told them, "You have killed me for nothing!
Lenape:
Nèsko
a
nkëlëk n
a
a
wèn tël
a
o nèl
a
wènik, "Nuchkwehihëmo!
English:
Before a person can go to where the Creator lives
Lenape:
Nèsko
a
wèn pey
a
te Kishelëmùkònk èpit
English:
Before the white people came
Lenape:
Nèsko p
a
htite yuki weòpsichik
English:
for four times at night," he said, "she will be there, she will be there, that will be her."
Lenape:
newën ènt
a
piskèk," luwe hùnt, "xu ìk
a
wìchi, ìk
a
wìchi xu, n
a
l xu nàn.
English:
I saw him, he was swimming this direction in the water," [he told this] when he told his vision in the church.
Lenape:
neyo pet
a
shëwihëlëk mpink," ènt
a
wënchik
a
neit.
English:
for four days I will be gone. I am going to the east.
Lenape:
neyukwëni xu ns
a
kh
a
kèn. Xu wënchi opànk nt
a
.
English:
They used those dirty clothes and when they were hit
Lenape:
Nh
a
k
a
tàmëneyo nèl niskhèmps
a
ènt
a
pëp
a
hk
a
m
a
htit
English:
that is where my children and grandchildren live.
Lenape:
nich
a
nàk ènt
a
l
a
wsihtit òk nuxwisàk.
English:
who owns the witch bundle.
Lenape:
nihël
a
tànk n
a
nuchihëwei wiòhshun.
English:
the head fighter of the Delaware tribe there.
Lenape:
nik
a
nixink m
a
ht
a
kèt Lèn
a
pei èlh
a
keichik t
a
li.
English:
A long time ago when I was a boy
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe ènt
a
pil
a
echëchi
a
ne
English:
The people used the animals, they lived from them.
Lenape:
Nình
a
k
a
t
a
m
a
neyo nèki
a
èsësàk n
a
l në wënchi wènt
a
wsineyo.
English:
I myself will lead these
Lenape:
Ni ntìli s
a
hk
a
kwën
a
neyo yuki
English:
He stood there. In his hand he held
Lenape:
Nipu. Nòxkink këlënëmën
a
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nish
a
hùnt wënich
a
nën
a
, xkwechëch òk pil
a
echëch.
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nish
a
hùnt wënich
a
nën
a
, xkwechëch òk pil
a
echëch.
English:
Two Delaware women went to town.
Lenape:
Nish
a
Lën
a
pèxkweyok utènink eyok.
English:
Two Delaware women went to town.
Lenape:
Nish
a
Lën
a
pèxkweyok utènink eyok.
English:
Two Delaware women went to town.
Lenape:
Nish
a
Lën
a
pèxkweyok utènink eyok.
English:
Two young men came there
Lenape:
Nish
a
nèk skinuwàk peyok,
English:
He gave me two pieces of money.
Lenape:
Nish
a
ph
a
ke moni nemilùkw.
English:
We are going to Roanoak with White and other people.
Lenape:
Nishuxwehën
a
White òk pili
a
wènik Ro
a
no
a
kink nt
a
hën
a
.
English:
I am that peace Indian
Lenape:
Ni t
a
n
a
wël
a
nkùntëwi Mèxkeòhkësit
English:
“I am the one my friend I can make rain."
Lenape:
"Ni t
a
nchu nkàski sukel
a
nhe."
English:
Fellow tribesmen, that I say a few words
Lenape:
Nit
a
pe, kex
a
ptun kèku ntëluwen.
English:
Fellow tribesmen, that I say a few words
Lenape:
Nit
a
pe, kex
a
ptun kèku ntëluwen.
English:
"I will help you! She will love you!
Lenape:
"Ni t
a
xu kwichëmel, kt
a
hòlùkw xu.
English:
My sister (Nora) when I visit her I am glad to see her
Lenape:
nitkuxkwe ènt
a
kiikàmàk nulelintàm ènt
a
neyok
English:
I can still use my own language,
Lenape:
nkàski kwi
a
kwi n
a
k
a
tàmën nihëlàchi èlixsi
a
,
English:
I can still use my own language,
Lenape:
nkàski kwi
a
kwi n
a
k
a
tàmën nihëlàchi èlixsi
a
,
English:
I want to heat this boulder.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kshësëmën yushè xinkwi
a
hsën.
English:
I want to go hunting, I am going to look for a turkey."
Lenape:
nk
a
t
a
m
a
y
a
l
a
i, nk
a
t
a
m
a
y ntun
a
o chikënëm."
English:
He wanted to buy those pecans from us.
Lenape:
nk
a
t
a
mh
a
l
a
m
a
kunen nèk k
a
nsèm.
English:
"I am hungry. I wish I could eat some turkey that has been dipped in grease."
Lenape:
"Nk
a
tupwi. Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski muhòòn chikënëm pëpòhkën
a
sit."
English:
What is this? Seems like a gourd, or maybe not?
Lenape:
N: Kèku hàch yushe?
A
làshi
a
t
a
xkàn
a
khàkw, shihàch ku? L: Um-huh.
English:
The earth always quaked, and they say the stars fell [meteor showers].
Lenape:
Nkëmee kwchùkhòkehële, òk hùnt pënihëleyok nèk
a
lànkok.
English:
All he knew was the Lenape way of life.
Lenape:
Nkëme k
a
ht
a
kèku w
a
tu ènt
a
Lën
a
peike lehëlexeokàn.
English:
He would always work, and every spring he would make garden, different things;
Lenape:
Nkëme mikëmòsu, èshi sikònk h
a
kihe, mësi kèku;
English:
the grass always comes up in the Spring then I will take care of you.
Lenape:
nkëme skiko s
a
kink èntxën sikònk n
a
t
a
n
a
ken
a
hkihëlëneyo.
English:
Verse 1:
I met her there on a hill, Knocked her in the head at that place
I met her on the mountain. There I took her life.
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o ènt
a
chëweyunk, Lëpiteho në t
a
li
English:
I met him there on a hill, I knocked him in the head at that place.
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o ènt
a
chëweyunk, Lëpiteho në t
a
li.
English:
I met him there on a hill, My knife I used
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o ènt
a
chëweyunk, Nshikàn n
a
k
a
tàm
English:
Verse 1:
I met her there on a hill, I used my knife.
Met her on the mountain. Stabbed her with my knife.
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o ènt
a
chëweyunk, Nshikàn n
a
k
a
tàm.
Note: This is
a
shortened form of My Knife to fit the song. The correct form is Mpàxkshikàn
English:
I will try out the bravery of the Munsi warrior
Lenape:
Nkwëchil
a
htunch il
a
w
a
kàn
a
il
a
i Monsi
English:
They stopped at a big river that is called White River.
Lenape:
Nokihël
a
neyo xinkwi sipu luwènsik Opèksipu.
English:
Nora introduces the song telling about it in English.
Lenape:
Nor
a
introduces the song telling
a
bout it in English.
English:
Nora dijo que hay una lección en los cuentos de Wehixamukes, y la lección está en su respuesta: “¡Lo hubiese hecho si me lo hubieses dicho!” La lección es que uno debe ser cuidadoso y se debe pensar antes de hablar.
Lenape:
Nor
a
s
a
id th
a
t there is
a
lesson in the Wèhix
a
mukès stories,
a
nd it is told by his response, "I would h
a
ve done so if you h
a
d told me.” The lesson is to be c
a
reful
a
nd think
a
bout wh
a
t you s
a
y.
English:
There are strawberries here,
Lenape:
Nor
a
: Tehim yushe t
a
li,
English:
her son-in-law would wear
Lenape:
nòtun
a
m
a
ko kèku èkwilit
English:
hand under his arm.
Lenape:
nòxkink èkwi tël
a
mànk
a
nink.
English:
Wehixamukes answered him saying,
Lenape:
Nòxkum
a
o n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
, luwe,
English:
Here is some Lamb's Quarters [a plant]. Have you ever eaten this? L: Um-huh.
Lenape:
N: Shè l
a
h yu xkànës
a
k. Këmihëmichi hàch yushe? L: Um-huh.
English:
Me duele la mano”.
Lenape:
Nt
a
helìntàm nàxkink."
English:
Ntahelìntàm nàxkink." Me duele la mano”.
Lenape:
Nt
a
helìntàm nàxkink."
English:
Je me suis fait mal à la main. »
Lenape:
Nt
a
helìntàm nàxkink."
English:
My hand is hurting."
Lenape:
Nt
a
helìntàm nàxkink."
English:
Mir tut die Hand sehr weh.”
Lenape:
Nt
a
helìntàm nàxkink."
English:
I love her daughter, I love them all, I want to try to help them!" he said.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hol
a
nèl tòn
a
, nt
a
hol
a
ok wèmi, nk
a
t
a
kwchi wichëm
a
ok!" luwe hùnt.
English:
I am leaving to go and prepare where you will stay, and
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmsk
a
m
a
y wëlixtulën èpi
a
, òk
English:
if I leave to prepare it for you
Lenape:
nt
a
lëmsk
a
nèch ènt
a
wëlixtulën ki èpi
a
,
English:
They thought that the land was only to be as big as the hide they put on the ground but it was a big piece.
Lenape:
nt
a
lìte n
a
në shùk xès n
a
k
a
ht
a
h
a
l
a
neyo hàkink èt m
a
h n
a
xinkwi hàki.
English:
That will be for how long I will be a friend to you all," he said.
Lenape:
Nt
a
shi kènu nàlch në s
a
ki kulànkumëluhëmo," luwe hunt.
English:
“Was that really true (that he was handsome)?”
Lenape:
ntël
a
, “Kichi hàch në le?”
English:
our debts, like we
Lenape:
ntëlekh
a
m
a
k
a
nën
a
,
a
làshi kilun
a
English:
how I might explain their customary practice
Lenape:
ntëli
a
weit
a
hkënutàmën ehël
a
ehòsit
English:
that we have lived this long;
Lenape:
ntëli pèt
a
wsinèn;
English:
He told me, "Alright." He bought them from us.
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw, "Yuh." N
a
nëm
a
hëm
a
l
a
kunèn.
English:
“I delivered some messages to all these different kinds of animals,” he said.
Lenape:
Ntëluxòhtun kèku
a
ptun
a
kàn òk she wèmhàki èlin
a
kwsichik
a
èsësàk,”
English:
This is all I will say now. That is what I can say
Lenape:
Ntënxi luwèn yukwe. N
a
l nëshe nkàski luwèn,
English:
"I should cut down or pull up some of the weeds."
Lenape:
"Ntèpi
a
n
a
a
lënte në skiko tëmitehëmën òk munënëmën."
English:
told to me by my now deceased ancestors.
Lenape:
ntihëlùkuk lòmwe nkik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke.
English:
I think they want what we want.
Lenape:
Ntite k
a
ht
a
tàmëneyok kilun
a
kèt
a
tàmink.
English:
I think she is named Kaltas.”
Lenape:
Ntite luwènsu K
a
lt
a
s.”
English:
That must have been a witchcraft bundle,
Lenape:
Nuchihëweokàni wiòhshun èt m
a
h nën,
English:
You have killed me for nothing!" But anyway the people killed him.
Lenape:
Nuchkwehihëmo t
a
!" Shùk
a
mënchi nhil
a
wo n
a
a
wèn.
English:
I am glad when I see them at this place.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm ènt
a
wèmi neyok yushe t
a
li.
English:
I was glad. I said to her, "You keep it for me.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm. Ntël
a
, "Ki wëlixt
a
i.
English:
We ate well and we had a good meeting.
Lenape:
Nuli mitsihën
a
òk nuli
a
chimulsihën
a
.
English:
Father who created us, Creator, have pity on us, all of us,
Lenape:
Nux
a
Kishelëmienkw, tëm
a
kelëminèn wèmi èntxienkw,
English:
Oh, how unfortunate you bring the hairy faces today.
Lenape:
Oho,
a
làkwi èli pèshëwàk nèki wixëwinkàk yushe kishkwik.
English:
they all stood around and looked at Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
òk
a
k
a
puwàk pwën
a
wò n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
and he seemed like he did not have good sense
Lenape:
òk
a
làshi màt
a
wëleòt
a
muu,
English:
Und er schien ein bisschen albern zu sein.
Lenape:
òk
a
làshi màt
a
wëleòt
a
muu,
English:
et il ne donnait pas l'impression d'être très cohérent,
Lenape:
òk
a
làshi màt
a
wëleòt
a
muu,
English:
y parecía que no tenía sentido común,
Lenape:
òk
a
làshi màt
a
wëleòt
a
muu,
English:
and that strange looking person began to sing.
Lenape:
òk
a
lëmi
a
suu n
a
chipin
a
kwsit
a
wèn.
English:
and rabbit hairs scattered here and there.
Lenape:
òk chëmàmsi mixèkën
a
mësi lànkòhte.
English:
and when a person eats him he will find that two-legged person's
Lenape:
òk ènt
a
a
wèn muhòt m
a
xk
a
o nèl nishk
a
t
a
t
a
wèn
English:
and when said my 'white person' name is Nora Thompson Dean.
Lenape:
òk èntà Shëwànàhkwi luwènsià luwèsi Norà Thompson Deàn.
English:
and when my "White person" name is said my name is Nora Thompson Dean.
Lenape:
òk ènt
a
Shëwàn
a
hkwi luwènsi
a
ntëluwèsi Nor
a
Thompson De
a
n.
English:
and it must have been difficult for a person to live.
Lenape:
òk èt m
a
h
a
hot ènt
a
a
wèn lehëlexe.
English:
"Oh, I really am sad because my mother-in-law hates me!" he said.
Lenape:
"O, khìchii t
a
nsàkhòtèn
a
mi èli nsùkwis nshink
a
lùkw," luwe hùnt.
English:
and first he hid his war club under his clothing.
Lenape:
òk hit
a
mi kàntënëmën në p
a
hkàskinkwehik
a
nëm èkwi èh
a
hkwit.
English:
And, they say, suddenly lo-and-behold here came that person
Lenape:
Òk hùnt wèxk
a
ochi kèku w
a
n
a
ìk
a
pòn n
a
a
wèn
English:
and your great power,
Lenape:
òk k
a
nshilësëw
a
kàn,
English:
And the power,
Lenape:
Ok k
a
nshilìsëw
a
kàn,
English:
and several Delawares were watering their horses
Lenape:
òk kèx
a
Lën
a
peyok mënihuseyok.
English:
and near the council house door there will be a little basket.
Lenape:
òk kixki në
a
chimulsik
a
on skonteyunk h
a
te tànkh
a
kànëtët.
English:
And now I must tell you that I feel that soon my life will come to an end, and
Lenape:
Ok ktëlëlhumo yukwe ntël
a
mùlsi xuniti nëwikòsì[ch] òk
English:
And the old man said, “All the white blood has been replaced, then now he had Lenape blood.”
Lenape:
Ok luwe n
a
hilusës, “Xu wèmi kt
a
nihin n
a
òpèk mhukw, n
a
Lën
a
pei mhukw ik
a
h
a
tu.”
English:
And lead us not into temptation,
Lenape:
Ok m
a
tàch s
a
hk
a
kwëninèn këshëwelìntàmëw
a
kànink,
English:
And do not lead us into temptation
Lenape:
òk m
a
tàch s
a
hk
a
kwëninèn këshëwelìntàmëw
a
kànink
English:
and I do not dislike doing anything.
Lenape:
òk m
a
t
a
ntihàshi shinkilìsin kèku.
English:
and would not help you. However, he speaks well of you
Lenape:
òk m
a
t
a
wichëmùkuk. Shëk, wëlàkënimukw
English:
and your glory forever.
Lenape:
òk m
a
xinkwelësëw
a
kàn
a
pchich.
English:
and the glory it will be forever.
Lenape:
òk m
a
xinkwelìsëw
a
kàn
a
pchich.
English:
and I am a full-blood Lenape.
Lenape:
òk mèschèsit Lënàpe nhàkày.
English:
and the boy had all kinds of thoughts.
Lenape:
òk mësilitehe n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
and there was blood all around. Wehixamukes
Lenape:
òk mhukòkwixën wèmi yu t
a
li. N
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
English:
and his shoes that he always wears,
Lenape:
òk mòchip
a
hko ik
a
èh
a
t
a
kwën nkëme
English:
and when it was morning the old man must have taken him to the town
Lenape:
òk n
a
hilusës ènt
a
a
làp
a
èk utènink èt m
a
h tëluxòl
a
o.
English:
and also my older brother and I went to gather pecans.
Lenape:
òk n
a
k
a
n
a
x
a
ns
a
ènt
a
k
a
nsèmheenkw.
English:
And the other Indian said,
Lenape:
Ok n
a
làpi
a
wènh
a
ke luwe,
English:
and fish, and the fur-bearing fur-bearing animals.
Lenape:
òk n
a
mènsàk òk wixëwësichik
a
èsësàk.
English:
And her husband and her children.
Lenape:
òk n
a
wit
a
em
a
chi òk wënich
a
n
a
.
English:
and your children and your great grandchildren.
Lenape:
òk nël knich
a
nàk òk nèl
a
h
a
nhùkwi kuxwisàk.
English:
and I want to do the way the old Delawares did.
Lenape:
òk nkàtà lënëmën xuwi Lënàpeyunkàhke ehëlënëmihtit
English:
And forgive us
Lenape:
òk punelìntàm
a
inèn
English:
And forgive us our wrong doing,
Lenape:
Ok punelìntàm
a
inèn ntàch
a
n
a
wsëw
a
k
a
nën
a
,
English:
and to repay me when your ships come.
Lenape:
òk tènhùkw ènt
a
muxulàk p
a
htit.
English:
and onions, and these
Lenape:
òk ulepënàk, òk yuki
English:
And the young man he too did that way
Lenape:
Ok w
a
skìnu hunt n
a
në lih
a
n
English:
and all the animals when he caught them, he ate them.
Lenape:
òk wèmi
a
èsës ènt
a
thun
a
t, muhòò.
English:
and do everything thing you can,
Lenape:
òk wèmi kèku kàski lìsineyo,
English:
and for all good things you have given me, thank You
Lenape:
òk wèmi weltëk kèku ènt
a
mili
a
n w
a
nìshi,
English:
and for all good things you have given me, thank You,
Lenape:
òk wèmi weltëk kèku ènt
a
mili
a
n, w
a
nìshi,
English:
and all these rivers: Delaware River, (and) Hudson River,
Lenape:
òk wèmi yul she sipuw
a
: Lën
a
pei Sipu, Hudson River,
English:
and show how Delaware songs are customarily sung.
Lenape:
òk wënt
a
m
a
sin ehël
a
suwink Lën
a
pei
a
suw
a
kàn
a
.
English:
and you will all know me because when I am born a finger will be off
Lenape:
òk xu knën
a
ihëmo èli ènt
a
wësk
a
hpi
a
ntëmëlënch
a
English:
And these other older brothers of mine were also given money.
Lenape:
Ok yuk t
a
kòkik n
a
x
a
nsàk, òk nèk mil
a
ok moni.
English:
"Oh yes, I am hungry, but I want to know what the reason is that you feed me on the ground?
Lenape:
"O, nk
a
tupwi t
a
, shëk nk
a
t
a
w
a
tun wënchi h
a
kink ènt
a
x
a
miàn?
English:
Oh, the women bother me, even when I am trying to sleep."
Lenape:
O, nsàkwihkuk nèki xkweyok, ìli ènt
a
k
a
wi
a
."
English:
"Oh, " she said to me, "that is good, that is money.
Lenape:
"O," ntëlùkw, "shiki t
a
nëni, moni t
a
nëni.
English:
The next morning they began to cut firewood, and they used a
Lenape:
Opànke
a
lëmi mànàxeyok, hn
a
k
a
t
a
muk
English:
The next morning he went to the garden.
Lenape:
Opànke h
a
kih
a
kànink tòn.
English:
The next morning it was cloudy, it began to thunder repeatedly and rain.
Lenape:
Opànke kùmhòkòt,
a
lëmi pèpèth
a
khòn òk sukël
a
n.
English:
The next morning they all left again. They went to cut wood and trees.
Lenape:
Opànke làpi tolëmsk
a
neyo mën
a
xeyok òk kiskhòò hitkuk.
English:
Opossum is watching, Opossum is watching.
Lenape:
Opinkw pën
a
su, Opinkw pën
a
su.
English:
Opossum is watching, Opossum is watching.
Lenape:
Opinkw pën
a
su, Opinkw pën
a
su.
English:
oh, they were wrinkled and dry and white,
Lenape:
o, pisëleyo òk k
a
xkteyo òk òpeyo,
English:
Ow! Leave me alone! Stop!
Lenape:
O! Punihi! Kàchi!
English:
from across the water, the Delawares lived with difficulty,
Lenape:
òspèkwe wënchi, wàni Lën
a
pe
a
hchinki lehëlèxe,
English:
"Oh," the Whiteman said to him, "You are Delaware!" [Thinking the Lenape word "ntëluwèn" sounded like "Delaware."]
Lenape:
"O," tël
a
n n
a
Shëw
a
nàkw, "Ki èt 'Del
a
w
a
re!'"
English:
Oh, everyone shook hands with that man. Finally when it got to be evening,
Lenape:
O, wèmi ànkunsu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
. X
a
ntki ènt
a
lòkwik,
English:
Oh, they all "made over" the man.
Lenape:
O, wèmi
a
wèn p
a
hòkòl
a
o n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
"Oh, come here, come here! You are shivering from the cold!"
Lenape:
"O, wënt
a
x
a
, wët
a
x
a
! Nànk
a
hchi!"
English:
Oh, it tasted good. Oh, they liked to eat it.
Lenape:
O, winkàn! O, winkitàmëneyo, kènu
English:
Oh, all of the people were afraid.
Lenape:
O, wish
a
s’h
a
tuwàk wèmi
a
wènik.
English:
I am truly glad because I listened well to my now deceased ancestors
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi nulelìntàm èli nuli nkëlìst
a
ok nkik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke
English:
he quickly jerked out his war club and began to hit those "wild Indians" in the head;
Lenape:
p
a
hkàskinkwehikànëm
a
lëmi lëlàphitehon nèki
a
wènh
a
keyòk;
English:
a short distance away, and their little son who was just
Lenape:
p
a
liichi, òk kwitëtëwoo hùnt tànktitu n
a
pil
a
echëch,
English:
We will pray each and every one of us."
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
m
a
hënàch wèmi èntxiènk."
English:
We will pray each and every one of us."
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
m
a
hënàch wèmi èntxiènk."
English:
when they pray, they use that piece.
Lenape:
p
a
t
a
m
a
neyo, nh
a
k
a
tàmuk pàke n
a
k
a
a
wènik
a
.
English:
Finally it stopped raining and the world was still.
Lenape:
Pàxkël
a
n x
a
ntki òk kël
a
mixën xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
.
English:
When the boat came he said, "Here he is."
Lenape:
Pèchihël
a
k në muxul, luwe, "Shè yukwe nàni."
English:
When he came then he was our brother, the chief said.
Lenape:
Pèchihël
a
t, n
a
kim
a
htësën
a
t
a
nàni, n
a
s
a
kim
a
luwe..
English:
right up to New York, it is called Hupokàn (hupokàn means-'pipe' i.e. Hoboken).
Lenape:
pèchi ik
a
wëli New York ènt
a
hànkw Hupok
a
n
English:
He came into his presence
Lenape:
Pèchi m
a
y nutxukunk.
English:
so that we can continue to live longer here on this earth. Forgive us
Lenape:
pèchi pèt
a
wsinèn yushe ènt
a
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
. Punelìntàm
a
inèn
English:
to live longer here on this earth. Forgive us
Lenape:
pèchi pèt
a
wsinèn yushe ènt
a
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
. Punelìntàm
a
inèn
English:
came to live with us.
Lenape:
pèchi yushe wit
a
wsumku.
English:
Turkey-Clan and Wolf-Clan then again Turtle-clan people.
Lenape:
Pëleyok òk Tùkwsitàk n
a
làpi Pukuànkuwàk.
English:
heard a baby crying inside the bundle that the old woman had on her horse's back.
Lenape:
pè mëlimwit l
a
munkwe wiòhshunink n
a
x
a
wshisës tòlëmuns
a
n
a
yuntànk.
English:
*** Pemenent and many older men.
Lenape:
*** Pemënënt òk x
a
heli khikuwi lënunk
a
.
English:
The speaker is Nora Thompson Dean, a full blood Delaware Indian woman.
Lenape:
Pèmtunhèt Nor
a
Thompson De
a
n, mèschèsit Lën
a
pèxkwe.
English:
Look at me, Grandfathers, with my friend the four-legs! (the four-legs refers to a horse.)
Lenape:
Pën
a
ikw, muxumsën
a
, òk w
a
nitis newk
a
t
a
t!
English:
Look at this copper, or is it? A rope, perhaps.
Lenape:
Pën
a
yushe màxk
a
hsën, shihàch ku? L:
A
làhshi tùkòpi, kon
a
èt.
English:
understand the Delawares when they say something (in Lenape).
Lenape:
pënt
a
o wàni Lën
a
pe ènt
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
repeatedly dipping a turkey in a kettle [of grease],
Lenape:
pe pëpòhkën
a
t chikënëm husink,
English:
He knocked on the door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmën skont
a
y.
English:
sent to us the bloodied wampum belt and
Lenape:
pèt
a
nehëm
a
lkwenk mhukhòsik kèkwi kël
a
m
a
pisu òk
English:
All is pure when it is dawn
Lenape:
Pilët ènt
a
pèt
a
pànke
English:
a different person, a young woman, a person he would like to have.
Lenape:
pili
a
wëni, skixkweyo,
a
wèni wink
a
l
a
t ulh
a
l
a
o.
English:
many different tribes as well at that time.
Lenape:
pili l
a
keichik x
a
heluk nìki lëkhìkwi.
English:
Pure child very small
Lenape:
Pilsit mimëns
a
hi tànktitit
English:
She hit the bundle that old woman and she said, "Shut up! You will eat soon!"
Lenape:
Pòkàntàmën në wiòhshun n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
luwe, "Chitkwësi! Xuniti këmitsi!"
English:
the long-waisted dog arose because it has long been known
Lenape:
pòskwin n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kwch
a
t chëminkw èli lòmwe nòchi w
a
hkòt
English:
Turtle clan members when they go to war.
Lenape:
Pùku
a
nkuichik ènt
a
m
a
ht
a
kenk.
English:
Leave that dog alone! You can see he wants to warm himself
Lenape:
"Puniw n
a
mwek
a
ne! Kneyo k
a
ht
a
a
osu
English:
"We really want some ashes, hot ashes."
Lenape:
"Punkw t
a
nk
a
t
a
tèmënèn, kèshtèk punkw."
English:
bags in which to store grease, and when they made moccasins and other things.
Lenape:
put
a
l
a
sàk òk lènhàksën
a
, mësi kèku ènt
a
m
a
nituhtit.
English:
The man must have heard the owls when they were talking.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o èt n
a
lënu pè pèmtunhèt nèki kukhusàk.
English:
He heard the rabbit when he said, "Come in! Come in!"
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o n
a
chëm
a
mës ènt
a
luwèt, “Tëmike, tëmike!”
English:
Wehixamukes escuchó todo lo que le dijo.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Wehixamukes entendit fort bien ce qu'on lui dit
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Wehixamukes heard everything that he said.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Wehixamukes heard everything that he said.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Wehixamukès hörte alles, was er sagte.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
he showed them something, "This is something new I received.
Lenape:
pwënuntël
a
o kèku, "She yu wëski kèku nëmëshënëm.
English:
-REPEAT CHORUS HERE-
Lenape:
-REPE
A
T CHORUS HERE-
English:
-REPEAT CHORUS HERE-
Lenape:
-REPE
A
T CHORUS HERE-
English:
-REPEAT CHORUS HERE-
Lenape:
-REPE
A
T CHORUS HERE-
English:
who exercised authority over the Delawares at that time.
Lenape:
s
a
kim
a
t
a
m
a
òhtit nike lëkhikwi yuli Lën
a
peyo.
English:
fire-drill when they made a big fire.
Lenape:
sànkhikàn ènt
a
m
a
nituhtit xinkwi tënt
a
y.
English:
weasels and skunks and lynxes,
Lenape:
sànkweyok òk shk
a
kok òk niànkweyok,
English:
It is bright around the two
Lenape:
S
a
pëlee òk
a
i nèk nish
a
English:
„Ich hätte es so gemacht, wenn du es mir vorher so gesagt hättest.”
Lenape:
"Sh
a
i
a
m
a
h liàntpàne!"
English:
“¡Lo hubiese hecho si me lo hubieses dicho!”
Lenape:
"Sh
a
i
a
m
a
h liàntpàne!"
English:
"I would have done so if you had told me!"
Lenape:
"Sh
a
i
a
m
a
h liàntpàne!"
English:
« c'est ce que j'aurais fait si vous me l'aviez dit! »
Lenape:
"Sh
a
i
a
m
a
h liàntpàne!"
English:
He immediately said, “See there! You are the one who is stealing from my garden.”
Lenape:
Sh
a
i luwe, “Shèkt
a
, ki ktìli këmuth
a
kèn.”
English:
That’s what you should do, you shake hands with each other."
Lenape:
shè
a
në ktënnëmëneyo, kònkùntihëmo."
English:
but because it is bad weather today
Lenape:
shëk èli m
a
ht
a
pàn yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik
English:
but when those young thunder beings
Lenape:
shëk ènt
a
nèk wësksichik pèth
a
khuweyok
English:
but the boy did not want to go home because they had blackened his face.
Lenape:
shëk n
a
pil
a
echëch ku winki m
a
chi èli m
a
h sëkënëmën në wëshkinkw.
English:
but take us away from evil:
Lenape:
shëk p
a
lilënëm
a
inèn methìk:
English:
but take us away from evil;
Lenape:
shëk punelìntàm
a
inèn mèthìk:
English:
"See there, now I know who that thief is.”
Lenape:
“Shèkt
a
, mèchi nuw
a
tun n
a
a
wèn kèhkèmutkèt.”
English:
but it was said tomorrow he would return. Oh yes, what did it say?
Lenape:
shëkw
a
làp
a
hunt xu ktëki. Shëmuch, kèku hàch luwèn? Note:
The p
a
rt beginning with Shëmuch is Nor
a
commenting on the book
a
nd not sure who w
a
s doing wh
a
t.
English:
but they were happy because they could pray the way they wanted to,
Lenape:
shëk wël
a
tèn
a
mu èli kàski p
a
t
a
m
a
nèk
a
lih
English:
but she took it out of the inside of a tree the bundle of the old woman.
Lenape:
shëk wètënëmën l
a
munkwe hìtkunk n
a
wiòhskun n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
.
English:
that is all I myself heard from the old Delawares
Lenape:
shëkw n
a
l në shëkw nkàski mpënt
a
mën ni xuwi Lën
a
peyok
English:
and there is the little basket, and put your things in there
Lenape:
shè l
a
shè në tànkh
a
kànëtët, ikàch n
a
ktël
a
nihineyo kèkunëmëwo
English:
The rabbit was lying down.
Lenape:
Shenkixin n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
"Here is what that dog really told us."
Lenape:
"Shè t
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne tëlkunèn."
English:
They were all in a sad state of mind. The men just now
Lenape:
Shielìntàmuw
a
màlsuwàk nèki lìnuwàk kënchëwèn
a
English:
by the seashore, is where long ago our departed ancestors used to make their homes,
Lenape:
shòhpiye, lòmëwe ehël
a
ikèhtit (?) kik
a
yëmën
a
nink
a
,
English:
but Wehixamukes was powerful and wise.
Lenape:
shuk chipilësuw
a
òk lëpwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
mais c'était Wehixamukès sage et puissant.
Lenape:
shùk chipilësuw
a
òk lëpwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
;
English:
but he must have wanted to flirt.
Lenape:
Shùk èt m
a
h k
a
ht
a
chëmësu.
English:
But there was nothing they could do now,
Lenape:
Shuk kwil
a
lësuwàk mèchi wemi keku t
a
hchihile.
English:
but they couldn't do anything, it was too late now.
Lenape:
shuk kwil
a
lësuwàk, t
a
hchihële mèchi.
English:
If anyone wants to cross [who doesn't do this]
Lenape:
shùk lëni
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
xkohke
English:
But that is what he had told me, he told me that now it comes from this boy when he was there
Lenape:
Shùk n
a
yukwe nëni ntihëlùkwën, ntëlùkw she l
a
h ne yukwe wënchixën yuni ènt
a
në pil
a
echëch witèt.
English:
but I can never see you people because those old ones are going.
Lenape:
shùk t
a
chich kàski ni newùluhùmën
a
chich èli në t
a
ey
a
htit nèk shè
English:
but Wehixamukes was powerful and wise;
Lenape:
shukw chipilësuw
a
òk lëpwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
;
English:
pero Wehixamukes era poderoso y sabio;
Lenape:
shukw chipilësuw
a
òk lëpwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
;
English:
Aber Wehixamukès war eigentlich mächtig und weise;
Lenape:
shukw chipilësuw
a
òk lëpwe nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
;
English:
they rubbed him. They said, “Don’t! Don’t! Give them to us, give them to us.”
Lenape:
sikwën
a
o. Luweyok, “Kàchi! Kàchi! Milinèn, milinèn.”
English:
as the river flows and the sun always moves, and as long as
Lenape:
sipu pëm
a
hënèk ok ènt
a
yu kènu kishux kènu ènt
a
nkëme pëmësk
a
t, ok ènt
a
English:
Siskuwahënèk, which our brother the Whiteman calls Susquehanna;
Lenape:
Siskuw
a
hënèk, wàni kim
a
htësën
a
weòpsit ehëluwènt
a
nk Susqueh
a
nn
a
;
English:
Sitakw, aint it? Nora: Uh-huh, Sitakw. Bessie: Then he put it on there.
Lenape:
Sit
a
kw,
a
in't it? Nor
a
: Uh-huh, Sit
a
kw. Bessie: N
a
hùnt ìk
a
tòtun.
English:
a young man should marry an old person before
Lenape:
skìnu kìk
a
y
a
wël
a
hële n
a
kënch
English:
Sound of the katydids.
Lenape:
Sound of the k
a
tydids.
English:
Sound of the Katydids.
Lenape:
Sound of the K
a
tydids.
English:
Nora:
This song is a Delaware version of the song of Tom Dooley.
Lenape:
Nor
a
:
This song is
a
Del
a
w
a
re version of the song of Tom Dooley.
English:
to rain. Before long it rained hard, and it thundered repeatedly.
Lenape:
sukël
a
n. N
a
kè kt
a
hùnt kshil
a
n hùnt, n
a
pèpèth
a
khòn
English:
before anyone comes to get water," he said.
Lenape:
t
a
chich
a
wèn mpi n
a
t
a
mu," luwe hùnt.
English:
a turtle rattle and he held his hand up
Lenape:
t
a
hkoxi shuhënikàn òk àspintxke
English:
and they saw some children, they were many
Lenape:
t
a
hùnt wëneyoneyo mimënsàk, x
a
heluk hùnt
English:
he will not be able to cross, but will fall through the ice and float away when he gets to the middle.
Lenape:
t
a
kàski xkohke
a
lëmipukw hànkw n
a
nushhùkòwën mèchi ènt
a
l
a
i p
a
t
English:
You can’t do anything.” So she chased him off.
Lenape:
T
a
ki ku kàski kèku lësi." Ksini ik
a
li lësk
a
o.
English:
We really did not know who he was.
Lenape:
T
a
ku nuw
a
h
a
iwën
a
a
wèn t
a
.
English:
the thunder beings began to gather bones.
Lenape:
t
a
lëmi m
a
ehëmëneyo xkàn
a
nèki pèth
a
khuweyok.
English:
You return to your homeland with these two men.
Lenape:
T
a
lëmuxòl
a
ok yukishe nish
a
lënuwàk.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
T
a
lk in English.
English:
Sometimes someone comes close by, and he doesn’t see me,” said that rabbit.
Lenape:
T
a
mse nëkhùkwitit pëmëske
a
wèn, t
a
ku neyou,” luwe hunt n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
Where is the coward? The man who follows another man
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch n
a
shwil
a
it? N
a
lënu ènt
a
n
a
ol
a
t pili lënuw
a
English:
from the basket there. Then they all fled into the big forest.
Lenape:
tànkh
a
kànink t
a
li. N
a
tòlëmshimwineyo ènt
a
xinkwi shinkèk.
English:
I will never forget that when I was sick, you prayed to your Jesus Christ for me.
Lenape:
T
a
n wiwàniwàn ènt
a
p
a
lsi
a
p
a
t
a
mwelxi n
a
Jesus Christ.
English:
wood. Then they began to heat the
Lenape:
t
a
xàn
a
ulh
a
tuwàk. N
a
a
lëmi chës
a
su n
a
English:
Be careful! Don't do anything foolish!
Lenape:
Tek
a
t
a
! Kàchi x
a
howehòsihàn!
English:
and he accepted them. Then he put them on handles, whatever it is
Lenape:
tëki, wètënëm
a
o. N
a
hùnt ìk
a
tòtun nèl sit
a
ko, kèku èt t
a
nën.
English:
he told them, "You should do this.
Lenape:
tël
a
neyo, "Shè
a
yu ktënnëmëneyo.
English:
He told them, "You people should put ashes on me, it will be all right.
Lenape:
Tël
a
n hùnk hùnt, "Punkw
a
ik
a
h
a
t
a
oneyo, xu m
a
y
a
yihële.
English:
The Mesinkw said to them, "This is what you should do,
Lenape:
Tël
a
n hunt n
a
Mësinkw, "Shè
a
yu ktënnëmëneyo,
English:
She told him, “Tell a story, tell a story, you must know many things.
Lenape:
Tël
a
o, “
A
chimwi,
a
chimwi, x
a
heli èt kèku kuw
a
tu.
English:
He told the young man, "Go and peel
Lenape:
Tël
a
o hùnt nèl skìnuw
a
, "Këm
a
y kènu pòthòò kènu
English:
She said to her, "When you hear me that is me carrying water.”
Lenape:
Tël
a
o hùnt (or ènt
a
) “pënt
a
y
a
ne ni ntëli ìk
a
wìchi pëmëxòhtun mpi."
English:
He told him, "Get down, get down! That's not the way.
Lenape:
Tël
a
o, "Lixi, lixi! Tètx
a
n t
a
nën.
English:
L' homme lui dit: « descends, descends donc! Ce n'est pas comme cela qu'il faut faire.
Lenape:
Tël
a
o, "Lixi, lixi! Tètx
a
n t
a
nën.
English:
Der Mann sagte ihm: „Komm herunter, komm herunter! So geht es nicht.”
Lenape:
Tël
a
o, "Lixi, lixi! Tètx
a
n t
a
nën.
English:
Le dijo: “¡Bájate, bájate! Esa no es la manera de hacerlo.
Lenape:
Tël
a
o, "Lixi, lixi! Tètx
a
n t
a
nën.
English:
They also told their chief.
Lenape:
Tël
a
o n
a
s
a
kimëwoo.
English:
He told the rabbit, “Are you sick?”
Lenape:
Tël
a
o nèl chëmàms
a
, “P
a
lsi hàch?”
English:
He told the men all village,
Lenape:
Tël
a
o nèl lënuw
a
wèmi èlikh
a
tink,
English:
She (the grandmother) told her grandson, “You want to stop it already, there is already enough!”
Lenape:
Tël
a
o nèl uxwis
a
, "Mèchi
a
në k
a
t
a
n
a
xkënëmën, mèchi tèpi!"
English:
she said, "Here is what to do when a person makes a new bark house."
Lenape:
tël
a
o, "Shè t
a
yu lìsin ènt
a
a
wèn m
a
nit
a
k wëski hòkèsik
a
on."
English:
Ils lui demandèrent: « Qu'est-ce tu fais? »
Lenape:
Tël
a
wo, "Kèku hàch ktëlsi?"
English:
They asked him, "What are you doing?"
Lenape:
Tël
a
wo, "Kèku hàch ktëlsi?"
English:
Sie fragten ihn: „Was machst du da?”
Lenape:
Tël
a
wo, "Kèku hàch ktëlsi?"
English:
Le preguntaron: “¿Qué estás haciendo?”
Lenape:
Tël
a
wo, "Kèku hàch ktëlsi?"
English:
They told him, "What on earth are you doing?"
Lenape:
Tël
a
wò, "Kèku nink l
a
h kmikëntàm?"
English:
For eleven years he had lived there with the Lenape.
Lenape:
Telën òk kwëti k
a
htëne lehëlexe ènt
a
Lën
a
peike t
a
li
English:
eleven years ago he was adopted
Lenape:
tèlën òk kwëti k
a
htëne m
a
h l
a
ph
a
l
a
English:
the boy was fifteen years old.
Lenape:
tèlën òk p
a
lenàxk k
a
htën
a
mu n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
nineteen and sixty-eight.
Lenape:
tèlën òk pèshkunk òk kwët
a
sh txinxke òk x
a
sh.
English:
that the long-waisted dog is smart.
Lenape:
tëli n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kwch
a
t chëminkw tëli lëpwein.
English:
the way he fixed it so we can walk around he said.
Lenape:
tëlixtun tìli
a
hp
a
msk
a
nèn luwe hùnt.
English:
the way he fixed it so we can walk around," he said.
Lenape:
tëlixtun tìli
a
hp
a
msk
a
nèn," luwe hùnt.
English:
He said to him, "What's the matter, my son, it seems like you are sad?"
Lenape:
Tëluwèn n
a
, "Kèku hàch tëlsi nkwis,
a
làhshi
a
t
a
ksàkhòtèn
a
mi?"
English:
They call it oarmeal.
Lenape:
Tëluwèntàmën hotmil.
English:
They call it oatmeal.
Lenape:
Tëluwèntàmën hotmil.
English:
They call it oarmeal.
Lenape:
Tëluwèntàmën hotmil.
English:
abuse dogs,
Lenape:
tëm
a
kih
a
mwek
a
neyok,
English:
Come in. I am glad that you all came.
Lenape:
Tëmikèkw. Nulelìntàm èli p
a
èkw.
English:
Wherever on all this earth you will be eaten and your children."
Lenape:
Tëtàch el
a
m
a
k
a
mik
a
wèmi yu t
a
li këmohuke òk nèl nich
a
n
a
."
English:
[
and to whom you and I must one Day give an account, for all that we do in this world:
] at some future time how we have lived will be seen; God
Lenape:
tët
a
lëkhìkwi nèhkòt èl
a
wsienk; Kèt
a
nëtuwit
English:
- TEXT TO BE ADDED -
Lenape:
- TEXT TO BE
A
DDED -
English:
- TEXT TO BE ADDED -
Lenape:
- TEXT TO BE
A
DDED -
English:
There was a spring there at the lake, that the old one always got water. That is where the young man went.
Lenape:
Thëpèkw në h
a
te mënëpèkw, n
a
në tihëlil
a
m
a
n n
a
khìk
a
y. N
a
në tòn n
a
skìnu.
English:
It is cold today, February is the date of this month.
Lenape:
The yukwe èntà kishkwik, Chkw
a
li Kishux l
a
hkimkwësit yu kishux.
English:
this part not recorded
Lenape:
this p
a
rt not recorded
English:
First you pluck the turkey and then take out all those innards."
Lenape:
[This p
a
rt w
a
s
a
dded l
a
ter to cl
a
rify the story
a
nd there is no sound file]: Hit
a
mìch munën
a
n
a
chikënëm òk ktënëmën wèmi nèl wëlàkshiy
a
."]
English:
and the turkey still had feathers and still had its innards.
Lenape:
[This p
a
rt w
a
s
a
dded l
a
ter to cl
a
rify the story
a
nd there is no sound file]: òk mikwën
a
h
a
su òk kwi
a
kwi wëlàkshi
a
l
a
mungwe nàk
a
chikënëmò.
English:
Nisha
Lenape:
This story is continued in P
a
rt Two.
English:
Thomas said, "We do not know
Lenape:
Thom
a
s tël
a
o, “M
a
t
a
nuw
a
tuwënèn
English:
so that you take pity on us, all of us, these
Lenape:
tìlìch tëm
a
kelëminèn, wèmi èntxienkw, yuki
English:
say, "We will wait for Wehixamukes."
Lenape:
tili luwèneyo, "Mpeh
a
wënàch nàk
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
."
English:
that I can still stand at this place, and that
Lenape:
tìli nkàski kwi
a
kwi yushè nip
a
in, òk tìli
English:
that I can still stand in this place, and that
Lenape:
tìli nkàski kwi
a
kwi yushè nip
a
in, òk tìli
English:
that I can still stand at this place, and that
Lenape:
tìli nkàski kwi
a
kwi yushè nip
a
in, òk tìli
English:
that I can do naming, to give a person a Lenape name
Lenape:
tìli nkàski wihël
a
n, mil
a
n
a
wèn luwènsëw
a
kàn Lën
a
pei
English:
My older brother could not understand him.
Lenape:
Tòl
a
pënt
a
oo n
a
k
a
n
a
x
a
ns
a
.
English:
and her body began to swell.
Lenape:
tòlëmi m
a
hkwisu tuhwèpiyëmink.
English:
The dogs began to eat.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi mitsin nèk mwek
a
neyok.
English:
He began to eat. He was eating with his friend.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi mitsin. Wipum
a
o nèl witis
a
.
English:
and began to shake the snake.
Lenape:
tòlëmi tënt
a
hk
a
nihin n
a
xkuk
English:
he left. He went looking for some other women
Lenape:
tòlëmsk
a
n. N
a
tun
a
o pili xkweyok
English:
The long-waisted dog then began to talk and he said,
Lenape:
Tòlëmtunhèn n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kwch
a
t chëminkw luwè,
English:
her horse had a big bundle on his back,
Lenape:
tòlëmuns
a
nòyuntàm xinkwi wiòhshun,
English:
anyone here when they arrived. Now they say that
Lenape:
tòpiwën ënt
a
p
a
htit. N
a
yukwe në she hùnt
English:
She fed him bread and meat which she brought from where they lived.
Lenape:
Tòx
a
m
a
on
a
hpòn òk wiyus ènt
a
pèshëw
a
t wikh
a
tihtit.
English:
peas. They are already tall
Lenape:
tùkòlàkwsit
a
. Mèchi yushe kwën
a
hukuk
English:
The moon is full, low tide. It is a good time for gathering oysters.
Lenape:
Tùkwsu kishux, hìkpèxën. Wëlët
a
wèn m
a
yhòn sis
a
winàk.
English:
All is pure, it is very quiet,
Lenape:
[Verse 2] - Wèmi pilët,
a
hi chitkwe
English:
All is pure, it is very quiet,
Lenape:
{Verse 3] - Wèmi pilët,
a
hi chitkwe
English:
This warrior Munsi leader Hupokan
Lenape:
W
a
il
a
Monsii nik
a
nixink Hupokàn
English:
*** thanks; I am glad when I am yet again able to remember
Lenape:
*** w
a
nëshi; nulelënt
a
m ènt
a
i
a
pchi kàski mësh
a
tàm
a
English:
the Delaware language and songs,
Lenape:
wàni Lën
a
pe elixsit ok tòsuw
a
k
a
n
a
,
English:
The Delawares brought (these) grasses a while ago,
Lenape:
Wàni Lën
a
pe wèski pwètuneyo skiko.
English:
Se le olvidó que estaba solo porque por tan largo tiempo
Lenape:
Wànin tìli xuhànin èli lòmëwe nochi
English:
Il avait oublié qu'il était tout seul, parce
Lenape:
Wànin tìli xuhànin èli lòmëwe nochi
English:
He forgot that he was alone because for so long
Lenape:
Wànin tìli xuhànin èli lòmëwe nochi
English:
Er hatte vergessen, dass er allein war, weil er sich so lange
Lenape:
Wànin tìli xuhànin èli lòmëwe nochi
English:
Thank You for watching over us,
Lenape:
W
a
nìshi Ken
a
hkihinèn,
English:
Thanks to (the spirits) of our grandfathers we are well!
Lenape:
W
a
nìshi kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
hke nul
a
màlsihën
a
!
English:
Thank You Our Creator
Lenape:
W
a
nìshi Kishelëmienkw
English:
Thank You Father who created us. Amen.
Lenape:
W
a
nìshi nux
a
Kishelëmienkw. N
a
në lekèch.
English:
I am thankful when I come to visit here when I see them
Lenape:
W
a
nishi t
a
ènt
a
pèchi kiikeyàn yu t
a
li ènt
a
wichi neyok
English:
about where the White people came to us.
Lenape:
w
a
she Weòpsit pèchi nutxùkhùmën
a
.
English:
let it be known he will follow wherever I go or himself be a coward.
Lenape:
w
a
tël
a
sùch òk n
a
olùkw tët
a
yut
a
ey
a
a
shìt
a
ko nèk
a
nè shwil
a
it.
English:
Perhaps we could call it Osële Enta Tekëna.
Lenape:
Wechi èt kilun
a
a
tëluwehën
a
Osële Ent
a
Tekën
a
.
English:
Perhaps what he thinks is when he talks that way he can scare
Lenape:
Wèchi èt litehe ènt
a
n
a
lëtunhèt kàski wish
a
m
a
o
English:
It seemed like that son was very ill.
Lenape:
Wechi èt m
a
h
a
hi p
a
lsu n
a
kwis
a
.
English:
Perhaps he was a Lenape, I really don’t know.
Here Nora says she doesn't know if Cuyloga was a Lenape because his name did not sound like a Lenape name.
Lenape:
wèchi èt n
a
Lën
a
pe, ku x
a
ne nuw
a
tu.
English:
they detached their things and they put them into the little basket
Lenape:
wëchkënëmëneyo n
a
kwèkunëmëwoo ik
a
t
a
l
a
nihineyo n
a
tànkh
a
kànëtët.
English:
Touching Leaves Woman is my Lenape name
Lenape:
Weènchipàhkihëlèxkwe èntà Lënàpeyëwènsià
English:
[Here Nora addresses the Spirits of the Four Directions]: Oh, Spirit of the East! Oh, Spirit of the South!
Lenape:
Wèhènchiopànk èl
a
n'tuwiàn! Wèhènchi sh
a
wn
a
ki èl
a
n'tuwiàn
English:
Oh, Spirit of the West! Oh, Spirit of the North!
Lenape:
Wèhènchi wsik
a
kw èl
a
n'tuwiàn! Wèhènchi luwàneyunk èl
a
n'tuwiàn!
English:
he notified everyone and they held a council. He said, "Here is what was told to us
Lenape:
wehum
a
su
a
chimàls
a
htit. Tël
a
o, "Shè t
a
n
a
kèku ntëlkun
a
English:
She burned up and so did the witch-medicine.
Lenape:
Wèkhwìksu òk n
a
wënihënuchihëweokàn.
English:
he killed them all. There was not even one left.
Lenape:
wèkwih
a
ok. Màt
a
ìli kwëti pilihële.
English:
The dog had told the truth because three days later
Lenape:
Wël
a
mëwe n
a
mwek
a
ne èli n
a
xukwënàkhàke
English:
the truth, and the life.
Lenape:
wël
a
mhìt
a
mëw
a
kàn, òk lehëlexeyëw
a
kàn.
English:
believe in God and believe in me.
Lenape:
wël
a
mhìt
a
o Kishelëmùkònk òk wël
a
mhìt
a
i ni.
English:
Believe in God and believe in me.
Lenape:
Wël
a
mhìt
a
o Kishelëmùkònk òk wël
a
mhìt
a
i ni
English:
[
this great God hath commanded to love and help and do good to one another
] peace, helpfullness, so to help and love all people
Lenape:
wëlànkuntëw
a
kàn, wichënt
a
mëweokàn tìlìch wichëm òk
a
hol
a
n wèmi
a
wèn,
English:
[
and well being,
] happiness comes from Him,
Lenape:
wël
a
tèn
a
mëw
a
kàn nèk
a
wënchixën,
English:
They had some squirrel soup.
Lenape:
Wël
a
tuwàk x
a
nikwi kshit
a
y.
English:
he looked pleased because he must have had a vision.
Lenape:
wëlelìntàmuwin
a
kwsu èli èt m
a
linkwehële.
English:
As goodness comes from Heaven
Lenape:
Wëlësëw
a
kàn òs'h
a
k
a
mink
English:
Good words;
Lenape:
Welhìk
a
ptun
a
kàn
English:
was really burned when she was struck by the thunders.
Lenape:
wëli lusëw
a
ènt
a
ìk
a
a
l
a
hukuk nèl pèth
a
khuweyo.
English:
they made things so that they could bring them to this place
Lenape:
wëlituwàk kèku tìli kàski pètuneyo yushè t
a
li
English:
Every kind of animal, including deer and buffalo.
Lenape:
Wèm elin
a
kwsit
a
èsësàk, òk
a
htuhuk òk sisiliyeyàk
English:
Everyone was in a strange state of mind, and they sat up all night.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn chipelìntàm, opàni lëm
a
t
a
hpuwàk.
English:
all the people. Then
Lenape:
wèmi
a
wèn l
a
n. N
a
hùnt kènu
English:
Every creature he met he would eat.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn tëli ènt
a
kisk
a
ot muhòn.
English:
He said, "All the women will be two at a time behind each other.
Lenape:
"Wèmìch," luwe hùnt, "nihënish
a
nek xkweyok tèk
a
wtuwàk.
English:
do something wrong and when we say something wrong. Thank You Dear Father
Lenape:
wèmi ènt
a
a
hch
a
nil
a
n òk ènt
a
a
hch
a
n
a
ptunhe. W
a
nìshi Nux
a
ti,
English:
when we do that which is wrong and when we say something wrong. Thank You Dear Father
Lenape:
wèmi ènt
a
a
hch
a
nil
a
n òk ènt
a
a
hch
a
n
a
ptunhe. W
a
nìshi Nux
a
ti,
English:
everything got scattered. Then the dog yelled at them, and said
Lenape:
wèmi kèku
a
h
a
sehële. N
a
n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kch
a
t chëminkw lòxkàm
a
o, luwe
English:
Everything is difficult because we have lost everything
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku
a
hòt èli ntànkhitunèn wèmi kèku.
English:
You will be given everything. That is really true, he gave us everything.
Lenape:
wèmi kèku kmìlëneyo. Kìchi n
a
në le, wèmi kèku kmilkun
a
.
English:
You [should] think of all the good things you could do.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku wëlëtëk kpën
a
elëntàmëneyo, kèku
a
kèski lìsièkw.
English:
All the dogs that have lived
Lenape:
Wèmi mwek
a
neyunk
a
hke
English:
We gave him all the pecans we had.
Lenape:
Wèmi nëmil
a
nèn k
a
nsèm entxi wël
a
t
a
enk.
English:
All is pure, it is very quiet,
Lenape:
Wèmi pilët,
a
hi chitkwe
English:
They will all of them shake."
Lenape:
Wèmi tëli chùkwihël
a
neyo nèk.
English:
The man notified everyone there.
Lenape:
Wèmi tëli m
a
y wehom
a
sin n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
All the women like me!
Lenape:
Wèmi yuki xkweyok wink
a
lkuk!
English:
They gave to all the different tribes one piece of him.
Lenape:
Wèmi yuk l
a
keichik mwil
a
wo kwëti pàke n
a
k
a
a
wènik
a
.
English:
Everywhere where there is a lot of water
Lenape:
Wèmi yu t
a
li ènt
a
x
a
heli mpi
English:
All of us here will walk on this part of the earth
Lenape:
Wèmi yu t
a
nilun
a
ntëluxwenèn yu èlkikwixink h
a
ki
English:
so that they can walk around here on this earth.
Lenape:
wënchìch kàski
a
hp
a
msk
a
neyo yushè ènt
a
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
.
English:
on which they could begin to climb to where ours elder brother the sun lives.
Lenape:
wënchìch kàski
a
lëmàkusineyo wikit n
a
x
a
nsën
a
kishux.
English:
so that he could flirt [again].
Lenape:
wënchìch kàski chëmësin.
English:
So that we can live a good life,
Lenape:
Wënchich kàski wël
a
wsienkw,
English:
so that some spirit in the water will not come into them."
Lenape:
wënchìch m
a
t
a
m
a
nëtu pèxus'hìk
a
wiyok mpinkink."
English:
so that can take ahold of this. What is it called in Lenape? I forgot it.
Lenape:
wënchi kàski kènu ik
a
a
lënink. Kèku èt èluwënsik ènt
a
Lën
a
pe? Nonin nën.
English:
and use, and the shoes he put on,
Lenape:
wënchi kàski làpi ik
a
h
a
tun kèku ènt
a
chip
a
hkwèt.
English:
We have sent for Wanchese. We wait.
Lenape:
Wènchim
a
wën
a
W
a
nchese. Pèhëwehën
a
.
English:
from which they came because they were very afraid back then.
Lenape:
wënchi p
a
htit nìke èli òhs
a
mi wish
a
sihtit.
English:
So You would help us when,
Lenape:
Wènchi wichëminèn ènt
a
,
English:
it came from the saying that when the sharp-cracking thunder
Lenape:
wënchixink në luwèn hànk ènt
a
sis
a
làxki pèth
a
khònk
English:
they saw him all stretched out in a bark house.
Lenape:
wëneyò ship
a
nàkèxin hòkèsik
a
onink.
English:
lo vieron acostado en una casa de corteza.
Lenape:
wëneyò ship
a
nàkèxin hòkèsik
a
onink.
English:
sahen sie ihn liegend in einem Haus aus Baumrinden.
Lenape:
wëneyò ship
a
nàkèxin hòkèsik
a
onink.
English:
ils le virent étendu dans une cabana en (écorce de) bois.
Lenape:
wëneyò ship
a
nàkèxin hòkèsik
a
onink.
English:
where a person goes forever," he said, "Then don't anyone cry," he said.
Lenape:
wënt
a
hkwi
a
wèn ey
a
t," luwe hùnt. N
a
kàchi k
a
ht
a
a
wèn melimwihich," luwe hùnt.
English:
toward the west they went.
Lenape:
wënt
a
hkwi èhëliwsik
a
kw eyok.
English:
over towards what is called Indiana.
Lenape:
wënt
a
hkwi Indi
a
n
a
në luwènsik.
English:
toward the east in the far away land of Pennsylvania.
Lenape:
wënt
a
hkwi wèhènchiòpànk kith
a
kàn
a
Pennsylv
a
ni
a
.
English:
toward the east in Pennsylvania.
Lenape:
wënt
a
hkwi wèhènchiopànk Pennsylv
a
ni
a
.
English:
Teach me a song:
Lenape:
Wënt
a
m
a
il
a
suw
a
kàn:
English:
Come here You who created me,
Lenape:
Wënt
a
x
a
Kishelëmiàn
English:
Accept it from me when I talk humbly, dear Father.
Lenape:
Wètënëm
a
i ènt
a
këktëm
a
ktunhe
a
, Nux
a
ti.
English:
and accept from me this pleading. Amen.
Lenape:
wètënëm
a
i winëweokàn. N
a
në lekèch.
English:
and accept from me this pleading. Amen.
Lenape:
wètënëm
a
i winëweokàn. N
a
në lekèch.
English:
and accept from me this pleading. Amen.
Lenape:
wètënëm
a
i winëweokàn. N
a
në lekèch.
English:
would accept their prayers
Lenape:
wètënëmën nèk
a
o p
a
t
a
mweokàn
a
English:
picked up the deer bladder and put it on his head.
Lenape:
wètënëmën në shkit
a
kàn ik
a
h
a
tun wilink.
English:
of those things they picked up and put them on their bodies,
Lenape:
wètënëmuk nèl kwèkunëmëwoo, ik
a
h
a
tuneyo wtuhwèpiyëmink,
English:
Our Father who is in heaven,
Lenape:
Wetuxëmienk os'h
a
k
a
me èpit.
English:
Our Father who is in heaven,
Lenape:
Wetuxëmienk os'h
a
k
a
me èpit.
English:
"Help us!" I sing,
Lenape:
"Wichëmikèk." nt
a
suwin,
English:
where they lived no one said anything,
Lenape:
wikh
a
tihtit màt
a
ìli
a
wèn keku luweyòk,
English:
head, and horns, and bladder, and
Lenape:
wil òk shëmuw
a
òk shkit
a
k
a
n òk
English:
[Here Nora gives the date in Lenape of the recording of this story]
Winaminke Kishux (when the corn is ripe month)
this is what the Lenape people call August.
Lenape:
Win
a
minke kishux Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke èluwèhtit.
English:
The old woman begged. She told them,
Lenape:
Winëwe n
a
k
a
x
a
wshisës
a
. Tël
a
wo,
English:
that she liked to go to the garden. Then they went there,
Lenape:
winki h
a
kih
a
kànink e. N
a
hùnt nëni tòneyo
English:
It is said that he liked women. When he learned where some women lived
Lenape:
Winkxkwee hùnt. Ent
a
w
a
t
a
kw xkweyok wikh
a
tihtit
English:
They ate with the man, soup and meat.
Lenape:
Wipum
a
o nèl lënuw
a
, kshit
a
y òk wiyus.
English:
We ate with her when it was noon
Lenape:
Wipum
a
wën
a
ènt
a
p
a
xàkwèk.
English:
Those Delawares were all afraid they say
Lenape:
Wish
a
s'h
a
tëwàk hùnt nèk Lën
a
peyok
English:
They were frightened, then that those dogs just any thing
Lenape:
Wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk n
a
n
a
hkoi nèk mwèk
a
neyok
English:
The Delaware were all scared
Lenape:
Wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk wèmi nèk Lën
a
peyok,
English:
The young woman was scared, so she went and threw it into the lake.
Lenape:
Wish
a
su n
a
skixkwe, mòy chòpònihin mënëpèkunk.
English:
told his wife, "I want to go hunting,
Lenape:
wit
a
èm
a
chi tël
a
o hunt, "Nk
a
t
a
m
a
y
a
l
a
i,
English:
and he stayed with her because he couldn't do anything because he was about seven years old.
Lenape:
wit
a
em
a
n
a
she t
a
ku kènu kàski kèku èli
a
hp
a
mi èt nish
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mu
English:
about seven he-stay-with-her can thing because
Lenape:
wit
a
em
a
nàshe t
a
ku kènu kàski kèku èli
a
hp
a
mi èt nish
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mu sup seven his-
a
ge m
a
ybe eight. Now then supp. it-dry-we
a
ther once they-live those Del. now this direction
English:
he stayed with her and he was an orphan he didn't have
Lenape:
wit
a
em
a
o nàl n
a
wikin òk shikwine t
a
ku wël
a
hëlei
English:
"Stay with me!" I sing;
Lenape:
"Wit
a
èmil!" nt
a
suwin
English:
Suddenly a different owl alighted there.
He was her husband owl.
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi pèchi lihël
a
t n
a
pili kukhus.
English:
He would suddenly stand up and reach into his pocket
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi pòskwin pòkìtëmink linxke
English:
the dog suddenly heard something making a rattling noise by the path.
Lenape:
wixk
a
ochi pwënt
a
o n
a
mwek
a
ne kèku t
a
pè shëshëwixink tëm
a
k
a
nëtëtink kixki.
English:
Suddenly that one Delaware man heard a baby
Lenape:
Wixk
a
wchi n
a
kwëti Lën
a
pei lënu pwënt
a
o mimëntët
a
English:
(and) suddenly the leader stopped.
Lenape:
wixk
a
wchi n
a
nik
a
nixink lìnu nòkihël
a
n.
English:
Meat and bread I will give you." Oh, the little dog was glad.
Lenape:
"Wiyus òk
a
hpòn këmilël." O, wëlelìntàm n
a
mwek
a
netët.
English:
and at that place he disappeared into the ground.
Lenape:
wt
a
yi ènt
a
hàkink tàli.
English:
That person must have pulled them, and that is why they drowned.
Lenape:
Wtën
a
o èt n
a
a
wèn, wënchi
a
ptëpèneyo.
English:
there are many mansions.
Lenape:
x
a
heli
a
hk
a
nshik
a
on
a
h
a
te.
English:
On many evenings they would talk together the dog and the man.
Lenape:
X
a
heli ènt
a
lòkwik pëmëtunheyok n
a
mwek
a
ne òk n
a
lënu.
English:
You must know many stories."
Lenape:
X
a
heli èt
a
chimëw
a
kàn
a
kuw
a
tu."
English:
There are many things a person must do
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku kënch
a
wèn lësite
English:
many spirits lived there under the water.
Lenape:
x
a
heli m
a
nëtuwàk tënt
a
l
a
wsineyo èkwpiyenk.
English:
there was a lot of foam from which they [Whites} began to be made.
Lenape:
x
a
hèli pit
a
y
a
lëmi m
a
nituwàk.
English:
I do have many grandchildren and children
Lenape:
X
a
heli t
a
ni nulh
a
l
a
a
h
a
nhùkwi nuxwisàk òk nich
a
nàk.
English:
many at that time. They did not all live together at one place
Lenape:
x
a
hel nìki lìkhìkwi èli t
a
ku wèmi kwëtèli wikh
a
tiiyok
English:
There must have been many of them at that time, and there must have been
Lenape:
X
a
heluk èt m
a
h nìki lëkhìkwi òk èt m
a
h
English:
they were many at that time. It was said there was a young woman
Lenape:
x
a
hèluk nèki lìkhìkwi.
A
hpu hùnt skixkwe
English:
make a loud noise they are heard
Lenape:
x
a
hi kèku luweyok ènt
a
pënt
a
hsihtit
English:
Squirrel soup and oatmeal tastes good.
Lenape:
X
a
nikwi kshit
a
y òk në hotmil winkàn.
English:
Finally when the Delawares all began to leave there,
Lenape:
X
a
ntki ënt
a
ìk
a
wënchi
a
lëmultihtit nèk Lën
a
peyok,
English:
Finally the ground trembled, they were all afraid. They began to scream
Lenape:
X
a
ntki kchùkhòkehële, wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk.
A
lëmi sës
a
l
a
muwàk
English:
Endlich sah ihn einer der Männer in einem Baum.
Lenape:
x
a
ntki kwëti lënu wëneyo hitkung t
a
li;
English:
Un des hommes l'aperçut enfin en haut d'un arbre.
Lenape:
x
a
ntki kwëti lënu wëneyo hitkung t
a
li;
English:
Finalmente uno de los hombres lo vio trepado en un árbol;
Lenape:
x
a
ntki kwëti lënu wëneyo hitkung t
a
li;
English:
finally one man saw him up in a tree;
Lenape:
x
a
ntki kwëti lënu wëneyo hitkunk t
a
li;
English:
Finally they grabbed her again.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki làpi ik
a
a
lihël
a
l
a
.
English:
Finally they burned several persons, men and women
Lenape:
X
a
ntki lusëwo kèx
a
a
wènik, lënuwàk òk xkweyok,
English:
Finally they burned her a little.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki m
a
htiti lus
a
.
English:
Finally after a while it began to rain, it rained hard.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki m
a
t
a
n
a
ke n
a
pèchi sukël
a
n,
a
hkëshil
a
n.
English:
Finally that person was born.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki mhit
a
hpu n
a
a
wèn.
English:
Finally that person, half fish and half human
Lenape:
X
a
ntki n
a
a
wèn, p
a
hsi n
a
mès òk p
a
hsi
a
wèn
English:
Finally Wehixamukes said, "Let's go.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
luwe, “
A
lëmsk
a
tàm,
English:
But finally the dog wouldn't eat;
Lenape:
X
a
ntki n
a
mwek
a
ne m
a
t
a
mitsii;
English:
Finally the dog sat up straight, and he said,
Lenape:
X
a
ntki n
a
mwek
a
ne wëlàpihële, luwe,
English:
Finally they saw the tents, he was surprised at what he saw. Note:
At this point there is some distortion in the tape, and the following three lines are from a later part of the story
Lenape:
X
a
ntki nemënèn nèl èmsik
a
on
a
, k
a
nshelìntàm ènt
a
nem.
English:
Finally those earrings fell - then it must have become the owl-berry.
The following autumn the man returned to the place he had been sleeping and there was a vine growing with red berries that looked like the earrings the owl had been wearing. After that the Lenape called the Bittersweet vine Kukhusëwim - the "owl berry."
Lenape:
X
a
ntki pënihëleyo nèl s
a
xk
a
kxehun
a
- n
a
l èt m
a
h nèl kukhusëwim.
English:
finally they came here these old sayings.
Lenape:
x
a
ntki pètuxweyu yuki xuwi luweokàn
a
.
English:
Finally they heard Wehixamukes making a war cry.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki pwënt
a
wo n
a
k
a
Wehix
a
mukès
a
pè kukuwèmwit.
English:
Finally that man was hated
Lenape:
X
a
ntki shink
a
lkwësu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
English:
he told them, "Now I wil be going home."
Lenape:
x
a
ntki tël
a
o nèl
a
wènik, "Mèchi xu nëm
a
chihën
a
[nëm
a
chi].
English:
Finally he caught that two-legged person.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki twën
a
o n
a
nishk
a
t
a
t
a
wèn.
English:
Finally the Creator saw him.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki w
a
Kishelëmùkònk neyoo.
English:
Finally he ate all of the two-legged person.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki wèkom
a
o n
a
nishk
a
t
a
t
a
wèn.
English:
and finally he killed the snake.
Lenape:
x
a
ntki wënihël
a
o nèl xkuk
a
.
English:
Finally all at once a two-legged person was running along,
Lenape:
X
a
ntki wixk
a
ochi hùnt pemh
a
tàhkihil
a
t nishk
a
t
a
t
a
wèn,
English:
Finally this came here to where you and I live.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki yu pèchi yushè ènt
a
wikinèn kilun
a
,
English:
He owned many dogs.
Lenape:
Xeli mwek
a
neyo wël
a
hële.
English:
He had on hide leggings and he had something green he was wearing on his neck.
Lenape:
Xèsii k
a
kun
a
ik
a
h
a
tu òk àskàskwe yukwe yushe tëli hùkwenin hùnt.
English:
The great feeling for others,
Lenape:
Xinkòk
a
nimkwësëw
a
kàn,
English:
He yelled loudly and said, “Dafunen, dafinen!”
Lenape:
Xinkòl
a
mu, luwe, “Dàfinèn, Dàfinèn!” [His improper pronunci
a
tion of Nt
a
pinèn - Here we
a
re.]
English:
The great love.
Lenape:
Xinkwe
a
holtëw
a
kàn.
English:
big rock. When it got very hot,
Lenape:
xinkwi
a
hsën. N
a
ènt
a
kìchi kshëtèk, n
a
English:
the squirrel was large.
Lenape:
xinkwi m
a
h n
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
und ging in den tiefen Wald, um Holz zu hauen.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn m
a
y mënàxe.
English:
and he went into a big woods to cut wood.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn m
a
y mënàxe.
English:
et partit dans une grande forêt pour couper du bois.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn m
a
y mënàxe.
English:
y se adentró en un gran bosque para cortar leña.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn m
a
y mënàxe.
English:
Is the water deep?
Lenape:
Xitkwe hàch?
English:
It must have been a female owl, a female,
Lenape:
Xkwei kukhus èt m
a
h nàn, xkwei,
English:
They are owned by a woman. She is named "Queen."
Lenape:
Xkwe nihël
a
lkuk. Luwènsu "Queen."
English:
of the singing for the women when they dance.
Lenape:
xkweyok ènt
a
n
a
xkuhëmënt ènt
a
këntk
a
htit.
English:
women, men, children, and even dogs.
Lenape:
xkweyok, lënuwàk, mimënsàk òk ili mwek
a
neyok.
English:
on earth as in Heaven.
Lenape:
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
a
làshi òs'h
a
k
a
me.
English:
on earth as in Heaven.
Lenape:
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
a
làshi òs'h
a
k
a
me.
English:
You would perhaps not be afraid if you all pray."
Lenape:
Xu
a
t
a
mse kènu m
a
t
a
kwish
a
sihumo p
a
t
a
m
a
èkwe."
English:
"If anyone wants to go across the stream [on the ice]
Lenape:
"Xu
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
òsixk
a
n
a
i e
English:
The man lived alone, except for his dog.
Lenape:
Xuh
a
nu n
a
lënu, shëk wël
a
hële mwek
a
ne.
English:
Give it to me when we go to town."
Lenape:
Xu këmilin utënink
a
a
nkwe."
English:
If you are able to pray, properly,
Lenape:
Xu kènu kèku p
a
t
a
m
a
èkwe kàski, wëli,
English:
[and] our Creator will take pity on all of you.
Lenape:
xu këtëm
a
kelëmùkëw
a
n
a
Kishelëmùkònk.
English:
was that the Creator would accept their prayers
Lenape:
xu Kishelëmùkònk wètënëmën nèk
a
o p
a
t
a
mweokàn
a
English:
I will come again when these White people will treat you badly,
Lenape:
xu làpi mp
a
, ènt
a
sòmihkwèkwe yuki weòpsichik
English:
We will come back, don't worry.
Lenape:
Xu làpi mp
a
hën
a
, kàchi sàkwelìntàmuhàn.
English:
If you don't feed him, he will tell you something."
Lenape:
Xu m
a
t
a
xàm
a
o xu kèku ktëluwàkw."
English:
I'll cook this thing, I'll try them."
Lenape:
Xu nëwixëni yu kèku, nkwëchil
a
htun
a
."
English:
Soon I will smoke this (place with cedar smoke) as my late mother did when she used it.
Lenape:
Xuniti nkwëshh
a
tènëmën yushè nk
a
hès
a
nihël
a
tànk
English:
We will soon know the people are who have the witchcraft."
Lenape:
Xuniti uw
a
tuwënèn
a
wènik welh
a
tuhtit nuchihëweokàn."
English:
soon I will use cedar. Thank you. [This refers to burning some red cedar leaves to make smoke to purify the room.]
Lenape:
xuniti xu n
a
k
a
tàmën pëpxòkwës. W
a
nishi!
English:
I will hold this little gourd rattle. This is what I will hold," he said.
Lenape:
Xu nkënëm kènu shuhòhòktët. N
a
l xu n
a
nkënëmën," luwe hùnt.
English:
I will give you something different to wear on your neck, that’s it. Then he handed them back,
Lenape:
Xu pili këmilël kènu èkwèni
a
, n
a
t
a
nën. N
a
hùnt ìk
a
tënëm
a
o nèl
English:
and the bones were old." The one
Lenape:
xuweyo èt m
a
h nèl xkàn
a
." N
a
kwëti
English:
those old ones. The Delawares called those old thunder beings the old ones.
Lenape:
xuwihëleyok. Tël
a
wihël
a
wo yuk Lën
a
peyok nèk xuwi pèth
a
khuhweyok xuwihëleyok.
English:
old Delawares now deceased what they did long ago when they lived
Lenape:
xuwi Lën
a
peyunk
a
hkë ehëlënëmihtit lòmwe ènt
a
wikh
a
tihtit
English:
Perhaps at some time I will come again. I can come to see you
Lenape:
Xu x
a
nè xu wixk
a
ochi làpi mb
a
. Pèchi m
a
y pënul
English:
I heard this story a long time ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Yu
a
chimëw
a
kàn mpihpëntàmën lòmëwe ènt
a
uskixkwei
a
ne.
English:
Because they were all afraid
Lenape:
Yuhèe yuni wish
a
s'h
a
tëwàk
English:
“All right! I will tell a story.
Lenape:
“Yuh! Nt
a
chimwìch.
English:
We would like to hear,
Lenape:
Yuh winki pënt
a
mwèlxinèn,
English:
You be with us when,
Lenape:
Yuh Wit
a
eminèn ènt
a
,
English:
The animals held a council.
Lenape:
Yuki
a
èsësàk m
a
ehëleyok.
English:
these Indians so they can dance and
Lenape:
yuki mèxkeòhkësichik tìli këntk
a
neyo òk
English:
These dogs and wolves were friends long ago..
Lenape:
Yuki mwek
a
neyok òk tëmeyok witisëw
a
k lòmwe.
English:
These Deklawares here, and this
Lenape:
yuk Lën
a
peyok yu t
a
li, òk w
a
she.
English:
These thunder beings began to fly and they flew way off.
Lenape:
yuk pèth
a
khuhweyok tk
a
iti
a
lëmi òhëlëmi
a
hp
a
mihëleyok.
English:
Now on this day things are difficult. We are friends now.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik
a
hòt. Nitis'hëmën
a
yukwe.
English:
Today I want to say a few words
Lenape:
Yukwe èntà kishkwik kèxàptun nkàtà kèku luwe
English:
1
Lenape:
Yukwe èntà kishkwik kèxàptun nkàtà kèku luwe
English:
Today what our elders of long ago
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik lòmwe kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nink
a
he.
English:
Today because I can still carry it on
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik ntëli kàski kwi
a
kwi pëmëxòhtun
English:
Now on this evening I want to tell an old story
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
lòkwik nk
a
t
a
xu
a
chimwi
English:
I want to talk about what some people now departed did a long time ago,
Lenape:
Yukwe nk
a
t
a
a
hkënutëmen në èlsihtit hùnt lòmëwe
a
wènik
a
hke,
English:
we have now lived this long;
Lenape:
Yukwe pèt
a
wsinèn;
English:
On this day I want to do what the deceased Lenape
Lenape:
Yukweshè ènt
a
kishkwik nk
a
t
a
lësin xuwi Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke
English:
On this day I want to do what the deceased Lenape
Lenape:
Yukweshè ènt
a
kishkwik nk
a
t
a
lësin xuwi Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke
English:
Now here on this evening my relatives I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Yukwe shè ènt
a
lòkwik elànkuntiànk, kèx
a
ptun nk
a
t
a
kèku luwe.
English:
Now I want to talk again about what
Lenape:
Yukwe shè làpi nk
a
t
a
a
hkënutëmën
English:
Now I want to tell a story the way my departed grandmother and mother did.
Lenape:
Yukweshe nk
a
t
a
a
chimwi n
a
k
a
nuhëm
a
tihël
a
chimwin òk nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
Now I want to carry it on now when it is evening
Lenape:
Yukwe shè nk
a
t
a
pëmëxòhtun yukwe ènt
a
lòkwik,
English:
[The leader said] "Now then go knock them in the heads those wild Indians.
Lenape:
“Yukwe t
a
m
a
y lëpiteho nèki
a
wènh
a
neyok.
English:
Now Lucy will tell an old story.
Lenape:
Yukwe w
a
Lucy xu
a
chimu.
English:
From then on the squirrel is small
Lenape:
Yukwe wënchi
a
lëmi w
a
she x
a
nikw tànktitu
English:
Now on this day I want to pray.
Lenape:
Yukwe yushe ènt
a
kishkwik nk
a
t
a
p
a
t
a
m
a
.
English:
Here now where I have been traveling around in the East
Lenape:
yukwe yu she [ènt
a
] (ni)
a
y
a
hp
a
msk
a
a
, wehënchiòpànk
English:
Now a little a few words I want to say.
Lenape:
Yukwe yushe m
a
htiti kèx
a
ptun nk
a
t
a
luwe.
English:
Now I want to read this book.
Lenape:
Yukwe yushe mèchi nk
a
t
a
a
hkënt
a
mën yu lekhikàn.
English:
now this was in the east, but I do not know where because my grandfather didn't tell me.
Lenape:
yukwe yu wënt
a
hkwi wèhènchiopànk, t
a
ku nkàski w
a
tun tët
a
èli ku ntëlku n
a
k
a
nëmuxums
a
.
English:
eastward, def. not I-cannot know where because not he-tell-me that my-gfather.
Lenape:
yukwe yu wënt
a
hkwi wèhènchiopànk, t
a
ku nkàski w
a
tun tët
a
èli ku ntëlku n
a
k
a
nëmuxums
a
.
English:
*** this state which is called Pennsylvania;
Lenape:
*** yuni khikh
a
kàn èluwènsik Pennsylv
a
ni
a
;
English:
this Doll came from and how it came to exist.
Lenape:
yuni wënchixink wàni òht
a
s ènt
a
wënchixink wënchi
a
hpin wàni òht
a
s.
English:
This story is just one of many different
Lenape:
Yushe
a
chimëw
a
kàn kwëti shëk èli x
a
helën
a
wke
English:
The name of this story is The Stubborn Young Woman.
Lenape:
Yushe
a
chimëw
a
kàn luwènt
a
su n
a
A
hchinkx
a
t Skixkwe.
English:
This story was told to me long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Yushe
a
chimëw
a
kàn ntëlkenèp lòmwe ènt
a
skixkwei
a
ne.
English:
This that was created by our Father" the one said.
Lenape:
yushe ènt
a
tëlelëmukunk Kuxën
a
” luwe hùnt n
a
kwëti.
English:
here on this earth. Pity me dear Father
Lenape:
yushè ènt
a
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
. Tëm
a
kelëmi nux
a
ti
English:
Today I want to tell and old story about the dogs and wolves.
Lenape:
Yushè kishkwik nk
a
t
a
xu
a
chimwi - mwek
a
neyok òk tëmeyok.
English:
Here again is a Wehixamukes story.
Lenape:
Yushe làpi Wehix
a
mukèsi
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
This is where the correction came from
Lenape:
Yushe pèchi wënchixën në kwìtëlìtëw
a
kàn
English:
this place and many Delawares now deceased, precious Delawares,
Lenape:
yushè t
a
li òk x
a
heli Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke,
a
hp
a
shèki Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke,
English:
at this place where I live I will do the best I can.
Lenape:
yushe t
a
li wiki
a
kèski t
a
lësi
a
.
