I Could Paddle All Day Long: White Ash and Crooked-Knife

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:15	Akomahq nit ewehkuhukot	White ash is what we used
00:19	ihil 'tahakonol	for paddles
00:22	naka tomhikonatkul,	and axe-handles,
00:25	naka tan tehpu keqsey wen ewehket	and for anything one used
00:29	kcihkuk, kosona wen neqt elihtaq, ihil,	in the woods, or once upon a time
00:32	tools.	for making tools.
00:33	Mecimi-te wen ewehkahat akomahq.	One always used white ash.
00:36	Ipa yut ehta eluwekhotiyek nilun mecimi-te	Look, this is what we used to use,
00:39	nit elikok mihkutanis.	this kind of knife.
00:41	Nekom-ote wen 'cuwi-lihtun.	One had to make it oneself.
00:42	Ntat kisihtaq 1988.	This is one my dad made in 1988.
00:45	Ya, wolikon.	Yes, it's a good one.
00:46	July.	July.
00:49	Nil-ona nkisihtunehpon pihce tuciw	I made one, too, back in
00:53	1971;	1971;
00:54	kisihtuwan nit elikok.	it's like what I made.
00:57	Naka wot, iya...	And this...
00:59	...kittakon.	file.
01:00	- ...kittakon.	- file.
01:03	Kittakon not file.	Kittakon is a file.
01:07	Kittakon is a flat file, like this.	Kittakon is a flat file, like this.
01:12	'Cuwi, iyey,	One has to put it (knife)
01:15	'cuwi wen kcossenal mahkiyew,	into the fire for a little while,
01:17	tokkiw pqaqosit,	until it's red hot,
01:20	on yaka, iyey,	and then one can
01:24	wen 'kisuwehkahan.	use it.
01:26	Namoqicehlal wen ihik	Then one plunges it into
01:28	mimeyak kosona 'samaqanok,	oil or water,
01:30	weci woli-ksikihit.	so that it will be nice and sharp.
01:35	Yut nit, iyey, keq ktoliwihtomon, David,	What do they call this, David,
01:38	lihkutolakon?	a draw-knife?
01:39	Lihkutolakon.	A draw-knife.
02:09	Wolikon nit, iyey,	That looks good,
02:11	kisihtuwon...	that one you've made...
02:12	Ya. Neket ya...	Yes. In the past...
02:14	...tomhikonahtoq.	the axe-handle.
02:15	Tomhikonahtoq.	An axe-handle.
02:19	Neket Sapatis	Long ago I watched Sabattus
02:22	ntahtolosakiyan etolihtaq yuhtol,	make these, over and over,
02:24	naka nihtol pihceyikil.	and those long ones.
02:28	Tomhikon tehpu 'ciktehmonol,	He would just rough them out
02:30	naka, iyey,	using an axe and
02:32	crooked knife.	a crooked knife.
02:35	Naka supehtaq,	And when he smoothed it,
02:37	ma-te sandpaper 'tuwehkawon,	he wouldn't use sandpaper,
02:39	tehpu piece of glass.	just a piece of glass.
02:42	Nit ehta...	Then...
02:44	Nit-te-na mecimiw ntat elihtaq nihtol.	And that's how my dad used to make those.
02:48	Yuktok api, iyey,	These people here were
02:51	apuwikhikehtit Mexico,	filming in Mexico;
02:54	niktok-ona niktok ihik skicinuwok-ona nikk.	those were indigenous people, too.
02:58	Not-ona ya,	This one Indian
03:01	skicin etoliyat, ihil, yuhtol	was making a top
03:05	petqakikossit wen kiwtahqehlacil.	that you could spin.
03:09	Nihtol etoliyat,	When he was making it,
03:12	tomk-ote 'tapi-tomihtahal stahqonol, nit-al 'tutaqsin.	first he cut off a stick about that big around.
03:16	Nit-al qoneyu, iyey...	It was that long.
03:18	Ma kahk tomihikon,	Not with an axe,
03:22	machete.	but a machete.
03:23	Nit-al qoneyu.	It was that long.
03:25	Nit etolosat...	When he was cutting...
03:26	kissat,	when he had cut it,
03:28	on 'totoluwehkan nekom	then he used
03:31	puhtayewey.	a piece of glass.
03:34	Tahalu-tehp kil, iyey...	Just like you...
03:38	'Sami neket psi-te wen nit	Because in the past
03:42	ewehket,	everyone used that
03:43	supehtaq wen keq.	to smooth things.
03:44	- Supehtaq wen keq.	- To smooth things.
03:46	Mecimi-te ma-te tama, iyey,	There used to be
03:49	broken glass kistew.	no broken glass to be found anywhere.
03:52	Psi-te wen 'tuwehkan.	Everyone was using it.
03:57	Naka, iya, Pulis,	And Horace,
04:01	nekom-ona draw-knife.	he used a draw-knife.
04:04	He used to make bows and arrows.	He used to make bows and arrows.
04:09	Nekom-ona crooked knife	He also used a crooked knife
04:11	naka glass.	and glass.
04:14	Nit mecimiw ellukhotihtit.	That's how they used to do it.
04:16	Ma tahk toke 'tuwehkawoniya. - No.	They don't use it now. - No.
04:20	Tepot yut nil...	But this is my...
04:23	amsqahsewey-ote kisihtu yut.	This is the very first one I made.
04:28	Wolikon.	It looks good.
04:29	Kiyasqi-te wen kisuwehket?	Hopefully someone will be able to use it?