Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

1. Ratiksa’okón:’a wahotiió’ten kahéhtakon akenhaketsherakwé:kon

The children worked in the garden all summer

2. Wahatirihwísa’a ahonten’nikòn:raren ne kaienthóhsera,raonatonhnhéhtshera They promised to take care of the plants, their sustanence

3. Áhsen nikontate’kén:’a kahéhtakon wa’kontehiá:ron

3 sisters grew in the garden

4. Wahatién:tho ne ó:nenhste They planted corn

5. Wahatién:tho ne osahè:ta They planted beans

6. Wahatién:tho ne kioneritstakè:tote They planted squash

7. Wa’onkwatera’shwí:ioste wa’ethí:ken ne ase’shón:’a

We were lucky to see the vegetables

8. Taio’nahkwáweron tsi na’okén:nore kí:ken kakwitè:ne

It was very rainy this spring

9. É:so tsi io’tarihénhne kí:ken tsi niwakénhnhes It was very hot this summer

10. É:so tsi iohstathénhne kí:ken tsi niwakénhnhesIt was very dry this summer

11. Í:iah é:so teiokennóron kí:ken tsi niwakénhnhes

It did not rain a lot this summer

12. Rotihehtowá:nen They still had a big garden

13. Ó:nen ia’káhewe ahatiienthó:ko The time came for them to harvest

14. Wahatiienthó:ko nahò:ten wahotiiénthon They harvested what they planted

15. Wahatiièn:kwako They did harvest tobacco

16. Wahatinon’onserá:ko They did harvest squash

17. Wahati’rhotsherá:ko They did harvest green beans

18. Wahatihsahe’tá:ko They did harvest dry beans

19. Wahatinèn:hako ne oro’ónhta (Onehohta’kó:wa)

They harvested seeds of the sunflower

20. Wahatinèn:stako ne teionenhstatsikhè:tare They did harvest sweet corn

21. Wahontenenhstenteweien’tónnion ne teionenhstatsikhè:tare

They did can the sweet corn

22. Wahatihnenna’tá:ko They did harvest potatoes

23. Wahatikhwarò:roke They did gather a lot of food

24. Wahontekhwateweién:ton They did store the food

25. Wahonteweien’tónnion ne ase’shón:’a They did can a lot of vegetables