029. Fishing for Cod with Baited Kelp-Line and Sinker

Dictated by Captain Bill, January 2, 1914. Notebook XVIII: 31.

A description of the technique for fishing for cod using a baited line with a sinker.

29.1
ʔuyiyat 
ʔuyiya 
at the time 
-ˀat 
PASS 
at the time 
maamiitaqsimč 
maamiitaqsimč 
train for live bait fishing 
train for live bait fishing 
ʔaħkuu 
ʔaħkuu 
this 
this 
hupaɬʔi 
hupaɬ 
month 
=ʔiˑ 
DEF 
the month 
hayaskiqimɬ 
hayaskiqimɬ 
December 
January 
. 

One trains for live-bait fishing this month, Gusty-month (January).

29.2
ʔuʔuʔiiħʔat 
ʔuʔuʔiiħ 
gather 
-ˀat 
PASS 
he gathers 
tušksmapt 
tušksmapt 
wild peas 
wild pea plant 
ʔayiiỷap̉at 
ʔayiiỷap 
get a lot 
-ˀat 
PASS 
getting a lot 
. 

He gathers many wild-pea plants.

The leaves of this plant are also used for rubbing the bait-fish to make them white, since the cod will not bite on them otherwise.

29.3
ʔucaʔap̉aƛ̉at 
ʔucaʔap 
put s.t. in 
-ˀaƛ 
NOW 
-ˀat 
PASS 
he puts them in 
ʕuc̉itʔeʔeʔi 
ʕuc̉ita 
waterhole 
-ˀaˑʔa 
on the rocks 
=ʔiˑ 
=DEF 
a waterhole on the rocks 
hiỷaaʔaqħʔaaqƛ̉atʔitq 
hiỷaaʔa 
rocky place 
-ħ2 
CONTEMP 
-ʔaaqƛ 
INTENT 
-ˀat 
PASS 
-ʔiˑtq 
3s.REL 
at the rocky place where he will 
ʔuusimč 
ʔuusimč 
do ritual training 
doing ritual training 
. 

He puts them in a water hole at the rocky place where he is to train.

29.4
ʔunaak̉aƛ̉at 
ʔunaakʷ 
have 
-ˀaƛ 
NOW 
-ˀat 
PASS 
he has them 
ʔuut̉iiʔiɬa 
ʔuut̉iʔiɬa 
imitate 
imitating 
tuškuuħ 
tuškuuħ 
cod 
cod 
. 

He has them (in the form of) imitation codfish.

29.5
ʔaħʔaaʔaƛ̉at 
ʔaħʔaaʔaƛ 
and then 
-ˀat 
PASS 
and then he does 
m̉ačiƛqatħʔap̉aƛ̉at 
m̉ačiƛqatħ 
pretend to bite 
-ˀap 
CAUS 
-ˀaƛ 
NOW 
-ˀat 
PASS 
pretending they bite 
tuškuuħt̉iiʔiɬeʔi 
tuškuuħt̉iʔiɬa 
imitation codfish 
=ʔiˑ 
=DEF 
the imitation codfish 
. 

Then he pretends that the imitation codfish bite.

Frank Williams' people would take little red suuma along as bait; rub it down until white with wild peas. Make cod about four feet long out of young spruce roots and make open mouth out of two cedar lines, one for lower, one for upper lip. Put it in water. Then take line (not a real line) made of fine spruce roots; tie suuma at end and put it down in cod's mouth to imitate biting. Then pray that cod should bite when you ut out your suuma in fishing.

29.6
qʷaaʔatukʷiƛqas 
qʷaa 
thus 
-ˀat 
PASS 
-uk 
POSS 
-iƛqas 
1s.OPT 
may mine be treated thus 
ʔuʔuʔiiħʔiikquus 
ʔuʔuʔiiħ 
fish for 
-ˀiikʷ1 
HYP.FUT 
-quus 
1 CND 
when I am fishing for 
tuškuuħ 
tuškuuħ 
cod 
cod 
. 

'May my (bait) be so treated when I am fishing for codfish!'

29.7
hišsỷiiħstaqšiʔatukʷiƛqas 
hišsỷiiħstaqšiƛ 
search for everywhere 
-ˀat 
PASS 
-uk 
POSS 
-iƛqas 
1s.OPT 
may mine be searched for everywhere 
ƛawiičiʔat 
ƛawiičiƛ 
approach 
-ˀat 
PASS 
approaching 
. 

'May mine be sought after approaching from all over!'

29.8
muup̉itšiʔat 
muup̉it 
four times 
-šiƛ 
PRF 
-ˀat 
PASS 
he does four times 
waaʔat 
waa 
say 
-ˀat 
PASS 
saying 
muup̉it̉ap̉atƛaa 
muu 
four 
-p̉it3 
... times 
-ˀap 
CAUS 
-ˀat 
PASS 
=ƛaa 
=again 
he also lets it do 
m̉ačiʔap̉at 
m̉ačiƛ 
bite 
-ˀap 
CAUS 
-ˀat 
PASS 
biting 
tuškuuħt̉iiʔiɬeʔi 
tuškuuħt̉iʔiɬa 
imitation codfish 
=ʔiˑ 
=DEF 
the imitation codfish 
ʔuukʷiɬʔap̉at 
ʔuukʷiɬ2 
refer to 
-ˀap 
CAUS 
-ˀat 
PASS 
doing it to 
suumat̉iiʔiɬeʔi 
suumat̉iʔiɬa 
imitation tomcod 
=ʔiˑ 
=DEF 
imitation tomcod 
. 

He says it four times, and four times also he lets the pretended codfish bite a pretended tomcod.

A small species of fish used as live bait.