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Mucv-nettv nettv hę̄rusen punpvlhoyen
Today we have been given a wonderful day

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kvpe-cvfke hayetvn mvn cem vhayvkvhant owis.
to make lye, and I am going to teach you all.

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Linda Bear cvhocefkvt os.
My name is Linda Bear.

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Cvrke hocefkvt–Linda Sulphur Bear mvt owis.
My dad’s name–I am Linda Sulphur Bear.

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Woodrow Sulphur cvrket owēmvts.
My dad was Woodrow Sulphur.

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Owisen Nak-kerretv Ohhayetvn mvn vtotkit os,
Even so, I work with Nak-kerretv Ohhayetv,

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Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

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Este-cate ‘punvkv Maskoke, Seminole mvn ‘punayit os.
Maskoke Indian language, Seminole, is what I speak.

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‘Punvkv–mv ‘punayit os.
The language–that’s what I speak.

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‘Punvkv etohtvlhuecvt ont owis.
I am a language translator.

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Mvn mowēt vtotkit owēs.
That’s the work I do.

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Totkv ’tēcvlket mvt totkv ’tecakn owat, ue-hiyen morehcet,
When the fire starters start the fire, I am going to boil the water,

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kvpe-cvfke mvhayetvn vlicēcvhant owis.
and start teaching how to make lye.

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Hokvs! Totkv ’tēcv estit o
Ready! Whoever is the fire starter

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Totkv ’tēcv?
Fire starter?

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Nak ’stowis mēcvkat, mvn Nak-cokv Rakko mēkusvpkvn hayetvn owēs.
Whatever we do, the Bible, we should make a prayer.

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Hoccēt owēs. Hoccēt owēs.
It is written. It is written.

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Mv mahen mvt
That’s about it.

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Mēkusvpkv hayvks.
Let’s pray.

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Hesaketvmesē purke hvlwe liketskat,
Our father who lives on high,

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yv nettv hęrusē pometskat, mvto cekiceyēt os.
we thank you for this beautiful day you have given us.

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Yv vhahoyat mvn
This recording

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mvto cekicit os.
I am saying thank you.

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Puetake puhohsekon–ehohsekon kowē mvt hahoyet.
So we don’t forget the children–so they don’t forget, they’re making it.

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Mvto cekicvyēt os.
I am saying thank you.

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Cēsvs, cem eppuce ofvn mēkusvpkvn hayet owi, Emen.
In Jesus, your son, I pray, Amen.

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Heyv kvpe-cvfke eshayetv, eto eskerkēn owvyēt owēs.
To make this lye, I use a special wood.

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Vnet coskv kihocat mvn osafke eshayetv cvyacēt owētok mvn,
Myself, the one called postoak is the one I like to make sofkey with,

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mvt kvpe-cvfke eshayēt owēs.
we make lye with that.

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Heyv seca, seca lvste kihocat, mvt os.
This blackjack, the one called blackjack, that’s the one.

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Hvtą yvo huerēt os.
Here’s another one.

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Mvo osafke hęrēn hayēt owēs, kvpe-cvfke eshahoyen owat.
If you also make lye with it, it makes good sofkey.

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Hiyowat totkv vhēhkekv,
Now the fire is burning,

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uewv morehcet owvhanēt owēs.
so we are going to boil the water.

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Mowen vhēhkvten,
As it burns,

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yv ēsso homv mvn hakofvn ēsso-homvn encahwēt,
we will take the ashes from it,

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vtēhkvn vtehhēt.
and put it in a container.

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Ue-hiyet ohkalet mvt kvpe-cvfke eshayetvt owētok.
You’re supposed to pour hot water on it to make lye.

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Hiyowat mvn uewv resohlicvhant owēs.
Now we are going to put the water on it.

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Hiyowat owv morikekv, orēn eto tat fvmę̄cuset.
Now the water is boiling, and the wood smells very pleasant.

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Monkat, mvt tayētt owvcukkv,
So it looks ready now.

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ēsso-homv mvn ’svm vlakeccen owat,
If you’ll bring the ashes to me

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mv esohlicofvn,
when he sets it here,

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yvn takuecehpin.
let me get this ready.

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Yv hiyowēn, vtēhkv,
Like this uh, the container

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hiyowēn ohlihcet, yv ’sencullickv hvmmehcet,
set it here like this, do this strainer like this,

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yv em pvticetvt owēs, mvt owēs.
you have to lay this down underneath.

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Ēsso-homv mvt ēssot owikv, kvpe-cvfke hvsvtkvhanet mowvtētok.
The bitter ashes are ashes, but the lye comes out clean.

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Yvn hvmmehcet, em pvtihcet ohwen,
Do this, lay this down underneath,

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ēsso-homv vhayat
the way the bitter ashes have been made,

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hiyowēn mehcet, ohtēhet…
do it like this, then put it in…

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Hokvs. Onkv owv? Owv mvn
Ready now. So then the water? The water,

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yesvm ohlikn owat, hoktē lopicuset. Yaske.
Yaske is nice enough to bring it to me.

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Mvto!
Thank you.

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Ohwen hvmmehcet, yv ue-hiyēt owēs.
Then you do this, this is hot water.

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Morkēt owēs.
It’s boiling.

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Vntat ue-morkēn–nake te?
The boiling water–what is it?

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’Sohcanē cvyacet owēs, mvt.
I’d like to pour it over.

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Kvpe-cvfke ląhnusēt kihocat,
The lye has gotten really brown, as they say,

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okcąhtus ohwēt cvyacēt owēs.
I like it really kind of reddish.

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Osafke fvmēcusis ont ’stenhayēs kowit owēs.
I think it makes the sofkey smell very good.

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Hvmmēcet ēsso-homv ohkalet,
Pour (the water) on the ashes like this,

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mowis ’sohliket, encullicvyof.
let it sit, while I’m straining it.

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Hiyowēt, pvlatkvcukes.
It looks like it’s dripping like this.

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Vcewįcus owēt owēt owētok.
It takes a little while.

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Ohkalē monket, vsopet resvcvnkt owvcoks.
Keep pouring on it, it is clearly absorbing and draining into.

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Encullicē kicvkēt hiyowēn hehcv.
We say that it’s straining like this, look.

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Hvtvm,
Again,

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ohkalvyē monket o.
I’ll keep pouring onto it.

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Hiyowēt hēceccv, cvfcakat mv?
Do you see it dripping like this?

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Encullict owvcokt os.
It’s clearly straining it.

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Eto coskv mvt os kowi.
I think that it’s postoak.

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Vntat mvn ’sē-vnicvyēt owētok, coskv.
That’s what I use, postoak.

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Mvt vnhopot ǫho.
They found it for me.

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Hvtą home-mahekot os konccen owat,
And again, if you think that it’s not bitter enough,

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hvtą oh-vpayet, yv osafke.
you can add more to the sofkey.

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Vsopat, ēsso akhvtapkē hakepēt onkv, mvn.
The ashes are shrinking down, because they are absorbing the water.

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Hvtą ohkalet.
So, again, pour water on them.

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Encullē monkt owat o.
It is still straining.

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Fvckētt owis owē witē, hvtą.
It may be full again already.

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Mv vtēkusen, mvn. Hiyowēt ’sohliket ensulkēpen
That’s all for now. Let it sit like this and increase.

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Mowvkēs. ’Mēhaketvt owēs.
We can do that. We can wait on it.

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Hokvs cē. Hiyowat kvpe-cvfke tat takehpekv, encullihcikv.
There! The lye is ready now, because I’ve strained it.

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Yv ląhnuset hakēt os.
This has become very brownish.

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Yvn vcvncihcit.
I have poured it (into jars).

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Osafke hakv,
Making sofkey,

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hoktvke ētv fullat mēkusvpkv-cuko tis fullat,
women elsewhere, maybe those attending church,

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osafke hayvkēpat
those who make sofkey,

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kvpe-cvfke hayetv kerrvkekot owaket makaket.
they say they don’t know how to make lye.

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Hvtą ’stvn nesetv kerrvkekot enheckvkekis fullēt ont on.
And again, they don’t know where to buy it and don’t have any.

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Mvn hayetv kowit, art okvyi.
I’m trying to make it, that’s why I was here.

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Mv hę̄ruset,
That’s very pretty,

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cąhtusē hahkvt tis, kafe–I mean coffee–
it came out very red, coffee–I mean coffee–

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Osafke herēn hayēt owēs.
It makes very good sofkey.

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Enfvmecē tąyus owen. Mowisen yekcēt onkv.
Its smell is just right. But, it is very strong.

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Vkērkv, osafke vkērkv hokkolen facken owat,
Gallons, for two gallons of sofkey,

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yv mowvhanet, onkat yv vcvnkv mowvhanen owat,
about this much, or this container, about this much,

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vkērkv yv ’sostat hvmkusēn mvn ’sakcvnetvt owēs,
you pour one fourth of a cup in there,

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noricetskat, noricetskof.
that you’re cooking, while you’re cooking.

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Yv cutkusat mvt vhoskekv, mvn vcahnin o.
This little one is left, so let me pour it.

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Hokvs cē! Kvpe-cvfke hayetv tat, mv vtēkusēt os.
There! That’s all there is to making lye.

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Nake ’tetakuecetvt mvt vcewįcus owēt owēt ont owisen,
Preparing these things takes a little while,

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mv ēsso-homv hayetv, hvtą eto hopohyet eskērket owetv onkv,
but in order to make ashes and to find certain wood,

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mvn mēcetvt owetvt owēs.
that’s what you have to do.

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Onkv yv kvpe-cvfke kicvyat mvt os.
So this is what I call lye.

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Coskv eshakat os.
It’s made with postoak.

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Onkv hiyowat osafke haketv hayvhant owikv,
So now I am going to make sofkey,

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hvtētof, noren owat, vcewįcus owēt norēt owētok.
later, when it cooks, it takes a little while to cook.

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’Tetakofvn hompvkvrēs. Hokvs!
When it’s ready we all will eat it. There!

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Hiyowat osafke hę̄rvhanēt hahkekv,
Now the sofkey has been made very well,

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osafket takētt onkv,
the sofkey is ready,

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mv totkv ’tēcv mv tat, mvt lopicē tiskv,
the fire starter was nice,

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vm vnict ǫhkv,
he helped me,

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mv osafke aem vcvnvhant owis.
so I’m going to pour him sofkey.

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’Sesketv ocetskv?
Do you have a cup?

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Atetsken owat, aecem vcvnarēs.
If you come up, I’ll pour for you.

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Mowen hoktvke avm vnicakat mvo.
And the women who helped me, too.

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Hokvs. Hę̄rvnto te?
There. Is it good?

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M-hm, hēres.
M-hm, it’s good.

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Ēyaskē, mvto, vm vnicetskat!
Ēyaskē, thank you for helping me!

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Osafke eskepvs. Mvto!
Have some sofkey. Thank you!

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Haley!
Haley!

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Osafke ceyacv? Osafke ceyacv?
Do you want sofkey? Do you want sofkey?

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M-hm. Mvto!
M-hm. Thank you!

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Oh, vm osuswv! Yane, osafke ceyacv?
Oh, my grandchild. Yane, do you want sofkey?

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Ehe.
Yes.

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Mvto.
Thank you.

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Uh-huh. Eskepvs.
Uh-huh. Have a drink.

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Hokvs cē. Osafke mvn enhayahkikv,
There. I have made sofkey for them,

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mvt, mvt os, osafke.
so that’s it, sofkey.

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Kvpe-cvfke mowen akcanet hayetvt owēs, yv vce osafke.
And you pour the lye in it to make it, corn sofkey.

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Vce kicē ohocat, vce-hvtke.
This corn I have, is white corn.

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Mv kvpe-cvfke akcanvkat mv hvrpe lowvcēcēt owēs.
The lye that you pour in makes the hull of the corn soft.

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Mv esse orē ocēt on ’te-nukwv ’stenhottopicē owēt ont on,
It has a lot of fine hairs that scratch people’s throats,

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mv kvpe-cvfke mv ’svkcanvkof,
that’s why when you pour the lye in,

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vce lowvcēcen mvn norēt owēs.
it makes the corn soft as it cooks.

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Onkv, mv vtēkus. Mvto-o!
So, that’s all. Thank you!

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