Pig Stealing Story, by Vera Tims 

She was my friend and one of the purest souls I know. I desired to have her demeanor. Vera was a very easy person to love. I miss her.

Rest easy, Vera! You are deeply missed.

Here is the full transcription of her story. To turn on subtitles in the video, please click the [CC] icon in the lower right corner of the video screen. Sashkiꞌ inkiꞌat ishko inchokmahnattook, miya. My mother's father used to like to drink, they say. Ingmat inka̱naꞌ alhihaꞌ pihlíꞌshcha nanna honkopat ayat taꞌ, uh kaniyaꞌookya. And then he gathered up all his friends and they all went stealing, somewhere Himonnaka̠ shokhaꞌ honkopattook, miya. One time they stole a pig, they say. Ingmat abit taꞌcha inchokkaꞌ ishtona. And then they killed it and took it home. Ingmat inka̱naꞌ alhihaꞌ ma̠ mat tochchíꞌna, oshta yahmitokaꞌn, ingmat And then a bunch of his friends, three or four might've been, and so uh, uh, *biikat*, uh, \kani̱ꞌkat\ ishi, shokhaꞌ ma̠. they got their share of the pig. Ingmat ishtaya inchokkaꞌ. And then they took it to their houses. Ingma̱, uh, sashkiꞌ inkiꞌmoꞌno inchokkaꞌ ma̠ ,uh, ceilinga̱ bla ma̠ ashaachittook, miya. And then in my mother's father's house, up in the ceiling, they put it there, they say. Haatoko̠ kanahmat o̱no̠littookaꞌn, yamma honkopattooka̠. Haatoko̠, So then somebody must've told on them, that they stole that [hog]. So then, alhtokaat onat taꞌ, inchokkaꞌ ma̠. the cops came, to that house. Ingmat nipiꞌ ma̱ hoohoyo. And so they were looking for that meat. Kaniyaꞌookya ashaachihnattookaꞌn, imoobattookaꞌn, but He could've piled it somewhere, they probably thought, but uh sashkiꞌ inkiꞌmoꞌno ceilinga̱ blamako̠ ashaachittook, miya. my mother's father had put it up there in the ceiling, they said. Haatoko̠ alhtokaꞌ alhlhihaꞌ mat onat tahakmat ikhayoꞌchokittook, miya. So then when this group of cops got there they didn't find anything, they said. Haatoko̠ nanna ikkani̱hshcho áncha pílla ayat tahattook, miya. So then they didn't do anything and they just left, they said.