Weòpsichik Pèchi Witawsumku

Origin of White People . . . Told by Nora Thompson Dean to Nicholas Shoumatoff in 1977.

English:

It is said that long ago the Delawares had different thoughts

Lenape:

Lòmwe hùnt yuki Lënapeyok mësiliteheyok ènta

English:

about where the White people came to us.

Lenape:

washe Weòpsit pèchi nutxùkhùmëna.

English:

Some said that long ago when the ocean

Lenape:

Alënte luweyok lòmwe ènta yushe kitahikàn

English:

crashed against the rocks,

Lenape:

ènta nèl ahsëna mëshikakuk,

English:

there was a lot of foam from which they [Whites} began to be made.

Lenape:

xahèli pitay alëmi manituwàk.

English:

Then it is said long ago by the elders,

Lenape:

Na hùnt luwèn lòmwe kikainkahke,

English:

that is where these White people came from.

Lenape:

nal në wënchi washe Weòpsit ènta pèchi may nutxùkhùmëna.

English:

Some of the people said various things,

Lenape:

Alënte awènik mësi luweyok,

English:

that is all I myself heard from the old Delawares

Lenape:

shëkw nal në shëkw nkàski mpëntamën ni xuwi Lënapeyok

English:

said. That is the reason why the white people

Lenape:

èluwèhtit. Nal në she në wënchi yukshè Weòpsichik

English:

came to live with us.

Lenape:

pèchi yushe witawsumku.

English:

That is all I can recall.

Lenape:

Nal yu pèchi nkàski mëshatàm.

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