Noy xugidighedhitinh. The one who escaped form war. Told by Ellen Savage at her home in Anchorage, AK, October 2002.
	Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Transcribed and translated by Donna Miller MacAlpine (DMM), Ellen Savage, Edna Deacon, and Alice Taff. (added for clarity) {false start} [notes].

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	Xidhoyh.
	The story.

	(DMM) The one you just told us.

	Yeah.
	Yeah.

	Gogide,
	Here it is,

	deg xiq'i {xitatl}
	in the local language

	vixitatldhoyh,
	I'll tell it,

	go idał, vixatldhok iy.
	right now, the one I already told.

	Yidong engithidong {xid}
	A long, long time ago

	xidhoyh.
	story.

	Ngine',
	Up river,

	ngine',
	up river,

	Xiyighelinghdi xit'an ye,
	the Holikachuk people,

	singonh,
	my mother,

	sinughił di'ne,
	she told me,

	"Ayiggi ngitsiy k'idz,
	"That one, your little grandpa,

	ayiggi gide Xiyighelinghdi,
	right there in Holikachuk,

	xit'an an at.
	he's a Native from there.

	Agide, noy.
	So (there was) war.

	Ghon' xits'i vonh
	From there his mother

	ngiyiłtaninh, anh,"
	is the one who carried him,"

	dina iłne.
	she told us.

	"Tr'ine,
	"It is said,

	xiyhts'in' go dadz
	in falltime like this

	vonh and vito',
	his mother and his father,

	tr'ine,
	it is said,

	xivits'i iy da'on yeg
	their relatives, lots of them

	ngitthing,
	down there,

	a, Nulato or,
	ah, Nulato or

	Yiqin
	Yukon

	xivits'i iy da'on ye didiltth'en.
	their relatives lived there.

	Ts'ixitathdatl
	They go to them

	Xiyighelinghdi xits'in'.
	from Holikachuk.

	Ts'i yitots'i yit qay xinedatl.
	So then they reached that village.

	Qay xinedatl ts'i xiłdik,
	They reached the village and then,

	xivits'i iy da'on ye,
	their relatives,

	gho xidixinedatl.
	they went in to them.

	Yit xadidltth'e.
	They started to stay there.

	Xełedz xineg yuxudz yit xididltth'e.
	Nicely, all of them stayed there.

	Yeg ndadz sre' ine',
	I don't know how many but,

	ndadz sre' inałtadi
	I don't know how many nights

	xinadhoł yuxudz dixet'a xingo.
	it was, during which they camped.

	Yitots'i,
	And then,

	xiłts'in' tux,
	in the evenings,

	an nq'ołdałin ye
	the women

	te xonxididił.
	carried up the water.

	Anh giłigginh xiłdi nq'ołonh anh,
	One of those women,

	te xitadhiyodi
	at the water place (water hole)

	yit te titlchet xiyił, tr'ine.
	started to get water, then, it is said.

	Iy te iy yuxudz yeg
	All that water

	ni'idinix.
	was moving.

	Vinjit didlidhiyh.
	She got scared.

	Go itl'e noy ghidił,
	Perhaps war is coming,

	inedhinh.
	she thinks.

	Ngidiq, tr'ine, yuxudz yeg,
	Up the bank, it is said,

	xanidliggok.
	she ran up the bank.

	Yix xidon iliggok.
	She ran into the house.

	Yuxudz xiłdi xinughił di'ne,
	She told everyone,

	'Ngitthet,
	D'own there,

	te getiy ni'idinix.
	the water is really moving.

	Noy,' ne. [Although Ellen pronounces the word "no'oy" for 'sun', we think she means to say "noy", 'war'.]
	War,' she said.

	Ne', 'Agide ndałon
	She said, 'Right now maybe

	tr'odił.'
	they are coming.'

	Nginedz or ndagh sre' xits'i.
	From upriver or she doesn't know where.

	'Noy dił'an nighidił ndałon,' xiłne.
	'The fighting people (army) are crossing (the river) maybe,' she tells them.

	Xiye gho dluggidilighusr, tr'ine.
	They laugh at her, it is said.

	'Ngo xits'i tidhene ts'i, ngonh.
	'Don't talk like that, mother.

	Dina qul,' xałne.
	There is nobody there,' they say.

	Ts'i yitots'i yuxudz,
	So after that,

	xididighenek.
	she quit talking about it.

	Che yuxudz, yuxudz ts'in' ne, ne, {xey ix, hiy hiy hiy yi}
	It's still so with her (what she believed) but,

	xivixo yighela' ts'in',
	they didn't believe her,

	anh xiłdi anh,
	that person,

	Xiyighelinghdi xits'i xit'an,
	the people from Holikachuk,

	nq'ołonh anh vigi-,
	that woman her,

	vigidiyorz k'idz, vigi-,
	her little son, her,

	trixineganh k'idz yił,
	with her little baby,

	vughiyithdon yił xiłdik yit,
	and with her husband there

	{dits'i} vits'i iy da'on vixididltth'e.
	staying right there with their relatives.

	Ts'i yitots'i xinathdrit," ne.
	So then they went to bed," she said.

	"Deg xitixet'a xiyił.
	Then they were sound asleep.

	Vinixiłyiq
	In the morning

	nixitili'eł dixits'i xiyił,
	before it got light,

	qay yuxudz yeg,
	The whole village,

	getiy longhin
	really lots of people

	nedatl.
	came.

	Yix tux oxo tithidatl. {xidigi-, xige}
	Among the houses they went.

	Uxitiy
	Those things

	tixixighon, tixixighon, tixixighon.
	they're killing, killing, killing.

	{Ni} Yiggiy dałtidl ixdinałdał,
	They didn't have those guns,

	uxitiy deg.
	what they use around here.

	(DMM) Q'o is the arrow.
	(DMM) Q'o is the arrow.

	Ts'i yitots'i yuxudz yix tux ixididał iy
	Then they went in all the houses

	xivigi'iłting' axa,
	with their bows and arrows,

	nq'oxdina' ye yuxudz,
	lots of people,

	{ixi-, xate-} yuxudz tthidixixine'onh.
	they slaughtered everyone.

	Gan nq'ołonh xiłdik anh
	That woman's then she,

	diyozr k'idz {digi-}
	her little son,

	digitr'ixineganh k'idz,
	her little baby,

	tr'ine, dughi yixini'iłt'anh.
	it is said, she put him under her.

	Yitongo iy q'o
	Meanwhile an arrow

	idiq'idz dithitonh.
	she put on top of her.

	Yitots'i antr'an yeg {didl-}
	So then it looks like

	q'o axa dalyoq xidingit'a.
	with an arrow she was already struck.

	Yuxudz xiłdi xaxa
	All the time

	viłałtingh xiq'i.
	like she's sleeping.

	Ts'i yuxudz dingit'a nighisino ts'i xiyił.
	All that time she stayed that way, not moving.

	{vigi-} Viyozr k'idz xiłdik, anh q'idz xiłdik
	her little son, on top of him

	dathtanh.
	she's lying.

	Yitongo vughiyithdon,
	Meanwhile her husband,

	go viq'idhith,
	right beside her,

	tr'ine, q'idong
	it is said, already

	q'o axa xiyeditltił.
	with an arrow in him.

	Ts'i yitots'i viyetr qul.
	So now his breath (life) was gone.

	Yuxudz dingit'a ts'i xiłdik yuxudz.
	Even so she just stayed like that.

	Ngi'egh yuxudz, yuxudz,
	Outside all of them, everything,

	qay xichux yuxudz,
	the whole big village,

	xit'an ye yuxudz,
	all the people,

	tr'ine, yuxudz,
	it is said, all,

	yuxudz xeloq, noy.
	they all died, war.

	Yuxudz {xivi} xitogh ghidiltotl q'o axa.
	All of them were shot with arrows.

	Ts'i yuxudz dina qul ts'i xidiyoq.
	Like there was nobody living.

	Ixideyan' yuxudz.
	Only them (the mother and baby).

	Yixi tux xidixodił ts'i xiłdik,
	They (the attackers) went among all the houses,

	yeg yuxudz,
	all the people,

	xiviyideloy tux xiyił,
	among their clothes too,

	gan yeg xiyiq'a dingit'a yuxudz, xighiłzrek.
	anything they liked, all that they took.

	Yuxudz xotl'ogh xiłdik,
	After they did that,

	nixitithidatl.
	they left.

	Anh nq'ołonh xiłdik an,
	That woman, she,

	tth'e yuxudz ingit'a viyozr k'idz {vigi-, viy-, vigi-}
	still she is lying like that (on) her little son,

	tr'ixineganh k'idz gho yix.
	little baby underneath her.

	Xidigał xezron che,
	Finally at last,

	tr'anyeniłtanh.
	she took him out (from under her).

	Ngi'egh yuxudz yeg
	Everything outside

	q'udixidetth'iq,
	was quite all around,

	nq'oxdina' ye qul ts'in'.
	no people.

	Agide yuxudz.
	That's all of them.

	Nixitithidatl, inedhinh.
	They left, she's thinking.

	Yitos'i xits'i xo'in xiłdi
	So that's why then

	digigik'idz tr'anyiniłtanh dughiyixi xits'in'.
	she took her little baby out from under her.

	Xełedz xineg xiłdik,
	Really nicely then,

	niyethtl'enh.
	she dressed him up (taking care of him).

	'Agide, dadz ghiluq, viyił, ntasdoł itl'e,' inedhinh.
	'Now this poor dear, with him, I'll walk back perhaps,' she's thinking.

	Ts'i yitots'in',
	So then,

	xełedz xineg diyeloq ts'i xiłdik.
	very nicely she does it.

	Niyithtl'enh ts'i.
	She dresses him up.

	Niyiłtał ts'i xiłdik.
	She's carrying him then.

	Ngi'in tthiniytth
	She puts her head out.

	Tthi'idiggisr.
	She crawls out.

	Antr'an ye ghidiggisr.
	Like she's crawling on out.

	Ghihoł qul;
	She didn't walk;

	ghidiggisr.
	she crawled.

	Xidigał ndagh sre'
	Finally she doesn't know how

	xits'i nineyo,
	she got out,

	ghidiggisr xingo.
	while she's crawling.

	Xiłdik, 'Sixitiłtthał,' inedhinh ts'in'.
	Then, 'They might see me,' she's thinking.

	{a dig} Digigik'idz, xiłdik anh,
	Her little one, then that one,

	dughi yixiyił do.
	he stayed under her.

	Iłt'e yołtał ts'in'.
	Still she's holding him.

	Ts'i yitots'i xidigał xezron che
	So then finally at last

	tritr tux {ne} idiggisr.
	she crawled into the woods.

	Yit xits'i xiłdi diggadiniłnek.
	There then she stood up.

	Ts'i yitots'i xinił'anh.
	Then she looked around.

	Yuxudz xinił'anh.
	She looked all around.

	Dina qul.
	No people.

	Diva ine' 'n iy?
	Who would there be?

	Xighela' ts'in'.
	They weren't there.

	Agide yitots'in',
	So then,

	yit, xits'i xiłdik,
	from right there then,

	digigik'idz yił,
	with her little one,

	tr'ine,
	it is said,

	Xiyighelinghdi xits'i ntithiyo ghihoł ts'in'.
	she started walking straight to Holikachuk.

	Ghihoł ts'i yiyił nughidoł.
	She walked back with him.

	Che yuxudz,
	All that,

	vughiyithdon,
	her husband,

	yuxudz xivileg yił, qul ts'in'.
	and all their dogs, gone.

	Yiyił ghihoł ts'i yuxudz.
	She walks on with him.

	Xidigał xezron che,
	Finally at last,

	Xiyighelinghdi niyiłtanh."
	she carries him back to Holikachuk."

	Agide,
	Thus,

	istl'idong,
	when I was little,

	nighitl-'an',
	I saw him,

	anh,
	that person,

	tr'ixineganh k'idz, ghelahin.
	the little baby, he was him.

	Singonh sinoł didighene'.
	My mother told me.

	Ayiggi gide anh.
	That one, that was him.

	Tr'ixineganh k'idz ghela'
	He was the little baby

	yit noy dighit'an dong.
	when the war happened long ago.

	"Yuxtsiy an anh," dina iłne.
	"That's your grandfather," she tells us.

	Ts'i nighitl-'an' anh,
	I saw that person,

	noy, xugidighedhitinh.
	war, the one who escaped from it.

	Vonh, gidiyighiłdhitinh.
	His mother, the one who escaped with him.

	Yit yitots'i vaniginagh ts'in'.
	Right there I never forgot it.

	Che singonh sinughił didighene ts'in'.
	Then my mother told it to me.

	Agidet, xunik.
	There it is, a true story.

	Agide
	There it is

	yit, yidong,
	there, long ago,

	a yuxudz, noy dighit'an.
	that's how war was.

	Getiy engtthegh
	Really far over there

	{ne} novogh xits'in'
	from the coast

	go Deg Xit'an
	(to) the people around here,

	yuxudz xighił'an 'n a an at.
	they used to do that way to them.

	Deg Xit'an ye
	The Deg Xit'an

	iłt'et
	always

	{xiyił xidin} idiyił ghidiniyh.
	take care of themselves.

	Yuxudz xoghot xiłdik xitixixithghon ts'in'.
	That's why they never got killed.

	Yitots'i,
	So then,

	yuxudz xaxa xiłdik xełedz xineg xivixa dixighet'a'.
	all of them then did (live) really good.

	Yitongo engtthegh xit'an ye
	Meanwhile the coast people

	nixididił ine',
	they come but,

	q'agh nixitididił.
	they go back.

	Che xivan, Deg Xit'an ye,
	Then for them, the Deg Xit'an,

	{xivixo-} xivixo xididltth'e.
	they are waiting for them.

	Yitots'i yixenedatldi,
	Then where they come,

	xitixoghitaghonh.
	they'll kill them off.

	Yuxudz xo'in q'anixidididił.
	That's why they turn around.

	Yuxudz xighit'an xiyił xidigał,
	That's what was happening finally,

	tr'ine,
	it is said,

	gashigh xit'an ye
	(when) the white people

	nedatl engan xits'in'.
	came over from far away.

	Yit xits'in' a xighidighenek.
	From right then they stopped (having war).

	Yuxudz gashigh xit'an ye ixinałjit.
	They were afraid of the white people.

	Xiłdik,
	Then,

	yuxudz gits'i dixidiyoqda',
	when anyone did something bad,

	giholyaxdi, xidixivitolyał.
	the jail house, they'll put them in it.

	Yuxudz xo'in xiłdik
	That's why then

	yuxudz xighidighenek iy.
	they quit all that (war).

	Yit xits'in',
	From then on,

	yuxudz,
	everything,

	yuxudz an at dighidighenek.
	they quit all of it.