Vocabulary

ᎠᏍᎦᏯ - man
ᎠᏯᎢ – s/he, it is inside it
ᎤᏂᏜᎬ – a stump
ᎪᎯᎩ - TBA
ᏥᎩᏒ (ᏥᎨᏒ) - TBA
ᎤᎶᎨᏒ - field
ᏓᏛᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬ – s/he is growing/raising it
ᏎᎷ - corn
ᎠᎴ – and/or
ᏌᏊ - one
ᎢᎦ - day
ᎤᎦᏛᏅᏎ TBA
ᏯᏍᏆᎵ TBA
ᏗᎦᎸᏗ TBA
ᏗᏤ TBA
ᎾᎢᏂᎨ TBA
ᏭᎷᏣ – s/he, it arrived there
ᏓᏫᏒ TBA
ᎢᎾ ᎢᎦᏘ - tall ᎤᎸᏎ TBA
ᏓᏤᏢ TBA
ᎤᎪᏩᏛᏗ TBA
ᎤᏖᎸᏎᎢ TBA

ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏯᎢ ᎤᏂᏜᎬ


ᎪᎯᎩ ᏥᎩᏒ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎶᎨᏒ ᏓᏛᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᏎᎷ ᎠᎴ ᏌᏊ ᎢᎦ
ᎤᎦᏛᏅᏎ ᏯᏍᏆᎵ ᏗᎦᎸᏗ ᏗᏤ ᏎᎷ.
ᎾᎢᏂᎨ ᏭᎷᏣ ᏎᎷ ᏓᏫᏒ ᎢᎾ ᎢᎦᏘ ᎤᏂᏜᎬ ᎤᎸᏎ ᏓᏤᏢ ᎤᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎤᏖᎸᏎᎢ. ᎤᏂᏜᎬᏃ
ᎤᏒᏙᏂ ᎨᏎ ᎠᎴ ᏲᎾ ᎠᏂᏓ ᎠᏂᏁᎴ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏔᎾ ᏲᎾ ᎢᎸᏢ ᏙᏯ ᎡᏙᎮᎢ. ᎠᏍᎦᏱᏃ
ᎤᏂᏜᎬ ᎤᎩᎸ ᏚᎾᏒᏞᎢᎤᎶᎮ ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎤᏒᏙᏅ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ ᏫᎤᎸᏤ ᎠᎴ ᏲᎾ ᎠᏂᏓ ᏗᏂᎾᏜᎥ
ᏫᎤᏅᏥᏞ. ᎾᏃ ᏲᎾ ᎠᏂᏓ ᎤᎾᎴᎦᏁ ᎩᎳᏊᏃ ᎢᏴᏓ ᏣᎢᏎ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏈᎬ ᏭᎷᏣ ᎤᏒᏙᎾ
ᏫᏄᎷᏨᎾ ᎠᏂᏓ ᏗᏂᏯᎥ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎪᎮ ᏲᎾ ᏜᎾᏗᏟ ᏗᎦᏅᏍᎨᏂ ᏫᏚᎦᏌᏔᏂᏞ ᎠᎴ
ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᏁᎾᏕ ᏲᎾ ᏗᎦᏅᏍᎨᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎴ ᎤᏂᏄᎪᏤ ᎤᏍᏙᏂ ᎤᏂᏈᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏲᎾ ᏭᎳᏘᏎ
ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎡᎵᏊ ᎢᎤᎪᎮ ᏎᎷ ᏚᏫᏒ ᏠᎨᏏ.


The Man In The Stump

A man who had a field of growing corn went out one day to see how it was ripening and climbed a tall stump to get a better view. The stump was hollow and a bear had a nest of cubs in the bottom. The man slipped and fell down upon the cubs, which set up such a squealing that the old she-bear heard them and came climbing down into the stump tail first, in bear fashion, to see what was the matter. The man caught hold of her by the hind legs and the old bear was so frightened that she at once climbed out again, dragging the man, who thus got out of the stump, when the bear ran away.


Story from James Mooney’s “History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees”
Translation by Anna Huckaby, Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center