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Well, this is what you want to know, Mrs Frances, the story of José Santos Noco Guaji.

bueno eto pwooꞌo to pechoyore veno Pransiska , eto mayeꞌe historia ema José Santos Noko Guaji .

When he was a soldier, the man was a comrade of my grand-father, the father of my father.

ema te to sontaapo , ema ꞌchane makochane ema ma nochko nuti , mueya ma tata ,

People, when they white people arrived, people did not want... people did not want the white people to enter, they wanted to kill them, because this was the order of Pedro Ignacio Muiva.

eno ꞌchañono te to titekpompo eno tkomeriono , eno wo nawroꞌriꞌi eno no ꞌchañono ... wo nawroꞌriꞌi to tsiopano eno tkomeriono , nawooꞌo to nakopaka eno , jicho eto mawoniipiiꞌi ma Pedro Ignacio Muiva .

And so the white people did not want to... they did not leave the white people enter.

ene takeeꞌi eno no ꞌchañono tkomeriono wo nawroꞌo to ... wo naesopa no ꞌchane tkomeriono to tsiopano .

And people went there, here they killed people, they whipped them.

ene tyonompo eno ꞌchañono onogi , te pjoka nakoparakpo eno no ꞌchañono , naestarakopo .

Pedro Ignacio Muiva said: "Do not run off, I... um... we are going to kill them" he said.

ema Pedro Ignacio Muiva makepo ema : " wo akujnopo nuti manjeꞌeyore pnoñono vkopakoyre " makepo .

And he ordered this to the people who were his soldiers. And they escaped, when he got hit, they hit Pedro Ignacio, they killed him, they attached him (like oxen), they hit him, they cut him. He was still defending himself, but his fellows had run away. That's how they won over him.

ene eno no ꞌchañono sontaronriꞌi mayeꞌe ema , ene mawonikpo , asike tjunopookompo eno ( to ) te tkeꞌnapo , naeꞌopo ma Pedro Ignacio , nakopakopo namuujokpo , naeꞌopo , naechkopo ; ema tkotyuchworichꞌini , pero no majanemuriono tjunopookompo : takeeꞌi naetoꞌakpo ema .

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ene nakuchokuꞌpo eno ꞌchañono onogi te to nowrikriꞌi no ꞌpomriono , tyuumutompo , nakuchokuꞌpo te to nakopayakaripka to komisión , ma taetpikpo ema José Santos Noko Guaji sontaariꞌi ema nawonikpo , tyonompo .

There, the soldiers, the soldiers were ten, they were going to reach at... the people.

onogi , sontarono , diesnano no sontarono tyononriꞌi nakopayako te (@) no ꞌchane ,

And there, the people were strengthening in the woods.

ene onogi no ꞌchañono teyjuchwompo te to smeno .

And when the ones on the committee arrived and entered on their horses, the people caught them.

ene to titekpompo eno tsiopono tkoperojono eno no komisiononriꞌi , nakopayako no ꞌchañono .

And them, they used a lasso, they tied it to a tree.

ene eno , nanokpuiji to laso , [ nae ] naemitjiko to ... te to ykugi .

So that when all the ones on horses entered, they started to shoot arrows, they killed them.

asike te tsiopompo namutu eno tkoperojonriꞌi , nanaekchopo nakoyusrepo , nakoparakpo .

And one of the man was good and knew how to ride, because when he arrived, when they were going to come out where there was a rope, then um... they stretched out the rope, the horse arrived and when it arrived there, it couldn't pass the rope.

ene ema ma étona , tyuuna muetkopka to tkópero ema ꞌchane , porke te to titekpo , tyuchkonyorepuiji te to towꞌo to wákapi , ene [ naa ] manjeꞌe nakojarupkopo to wákapi , titekpopo to kwoyu enepo taechisꞌo wipo taatoꞌo [ taet ] tanukaaꞌi to wákapi .

And one of them knew how to ride, sent by God, they shouldn't kill him.

ene ema ma étona muetko tkopero mawoniru ma viya , ema wo nakpakyore ema ꞌchane

The horse saw when they stretch out the rope, the horse jumped and passed the rope, so that he ran and went.

taemꞌopo to kwoyu to [ na- ] nakojarupkopo to wákapi , teterekpo eto kwoyu tanukpo to wákapi , asike ema tjunopopo tyompo .

When he went, the others chased him, he was far away already, God had pity on him, they did not catch up with him.

to tyompo ema , naponojokpo no ꞌpomriono , ema ewireripo , majapanu ma Viya , wo nakopayaka .

It is him who informed the people when he arrived here in town.

emapo mametokopo eno ꞌchañono , te pjoka titekpopo te to ꞌwósare ,

He informed the commandant, the one of the committee informed the soldiers too, that they had been chasing him, that they killed the others.

mametokopo ema te to ... ma comandante , naeꞌ no militariono , enopo mametokooꞌi ema ma komisionriꞌi to naponojokriꞌi , nakoparako no ꞌpomriono .

Well, "well, we are going to send a hundred soldiers" he said. They sent another committee, they went, they went to the place where the others had been killed.

Bueno , " tyuri viopjukyore sien soldado " makoꞌe , nopjukpo ꞌpona komisión , tyonompo , tyonompo te to nakoparasꞌo no ꞌpomriono .

It was his turn as a soldier, Santos Noco Guaji, he was accompanied by my grand-father, they went, he was with a hundred, a hundred people.

taetpikpo ema Jose Santos Noko Waji sontaariꞌi ema makochane ema nochko , tyonompo , makochaneeꞌi eno no sien , siengiene sontaru .

When they arrived there, they (the others) left them enter, they entered and they were ready with their arrows to kill the soldiers, the soldiers were carrying shotguns, guns, whatever.

Te titekpompo oni , naesopo to tsioponriꞌi eno , nakosioproko ene ttsetsekwonripo to tagiigire to [ nakopa ] nakopasiꞌyore no sontarono , eno sontarono eno tyomonriꞌi to eskopeta , fusi , tajpuka eto .

And the trinitarios were warrying only arrows, so that they were scared.

Ene eno trinranono tagiigirechus to nomriꞌi asike tpikompo ,

And it was the turn of the soldiers to enter, they shot arrows at them.

ene eno taetpikpo tsioppo nakoyusrepo .

And they were going to shoot arrows at Santos Noco, he spoke in our language: "Don't kill me, me too I am your relative."

ene ema nayukyorepuini ema José Santos Noko , techjikpo te to vechjiriiwo : " wo akukpaknu nutirichu ajañonnu .

-And why did you join (the army) ?

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es que eno , nuti sontaanuuꞌi twoniknonriꞌi pero nuti wo , wo naksiojwoyre wo [ nakpara ] wo nakpakꞌeyre eti njañonono .

-Good, leave your shirt", theytold him, because he was a soldier, they gave him a civil shirt.

tyuri pnokjigia pjo pkámisa " najichpo ema , jicho sontaariꞌi ema , naejrokpo to camisa civil

So my grand-father was with him, they were two the ones who were speaking our language, that's why they have not killed them.

Asike emapo ma nochko ema makochaneeꞌi , apinano eno techjikonriꞌi te to vechjiriiwo , takeeꞌi to wipo nakopakaaꞌi .

And they went out, um... they went with the killers, the trinitarios, the others were chasing the other people.

Ene tyuchkuꞌompo eno , [ na- ] manjeꞌe , nakochanepo eno no tkopaꞌiono , no trinranono , eno no ꞌpomriono naponojokpo no ꞌpomri ꞌchañono .

They went in there, the place called San José where the Jucumari lives, the Jucumari, it often eats people, it is called San José.

tyonompo te to pjokni tkíjare San José towꞌo eto to Ukumari , eto Ukumari eto tanikojno no ꞌchane eto , eto tkijare San José

There the people went, our ancestors have been whipped, because they did not want the Spanish-speaking people to enter.

enepo nakijꞌe eno ꞌchañono , eto to tkestarakompo no viyanoviono , jicho wo nawroꞌriꞌi to tsiopano no tkomeriono .

this is why then Santos Noco, José Santos Noco, he was a student, the man was Trinitario, but it is said that he had been studying in Santa Cruz.

takeeꞌi juiti ema Santos Noko , Jose Santos Noko , ema estudiante ema ꞌchane trinranu pero eneji makarawoꞌiiriꞌi te to Santa Cruz .

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There the man had studied earlier,

ema ꞌchane ene maꞌesturiaresꞌo kopeni

He was small still when he went, people were pitying the man, the man was not good-looking, but his head was good.

ꞌchiꞌchoꞌrichꞌo tyompopka najapanuuꞌi ema ꞌchane , wo toonanaji ema ꞌchane , pero to machuti tyuuna

So that the man was a student, when he came in here, he really knew how to speak Spanish.

asike ema ꞌchane esturiareko , te tsioppo oni jeꞌe muetkogiereko tkomeri .

And he had a magic book, José Santos Noco had this.

Ene etjooꞌi to mayeꞌe libro mágico , eto makoyꞌe ema Jose Santos Noko ,

So he was learned, the man was speaking like the lawyers, the doctors.

takeeꞌi mkatariꞌi , abogadono , roktorono [ no ] makutechjisraaꞌi ema ꞌchane ,

So that they wanted to know him, who could be this Trinitario José Santos Noco, he knew well how to write.

takeeꞌi ema nawooꞌo naemotyore ema , majpuka ema trinranriꞌi José Santos Nokoriꞌi , ema muetkoris to tkajre .

When the people were getting lost, um, they did not want to be killed, another authority came in and the poor people were hiding there.

Te to temtikporipo no ꞌchañono , manjeꞌe , wipo ( nau ) nawroꞌo to nakoparaka ; tsioppo ma ꞌpona tparaako , ene enochichano terajriikowonriꞌi ene onogi .

And :"Don't worry", said José Santos Noco.

Ene : " wo akuuyoko " majichpuiji ema José Santos Noko ,

"Don't worry, gentlemen, I'm going to look into it, I am going to write to the authority in Trinidad", he said, "so I'm going to look into it".

" wo akuuyoko tatanoviono nimꞌarine , nkajreyre jmakni tparaako te to Trinra " makepo , " asike nimꞌarine nuti ".

And since he had special powers, he got everything (lit. there was his catching), José Santos Noco,

Ene komo ema titpaajiꞌoriꞌi ema etjooꞌi to makootooriꞌi ema José Santos Noko ,

He knew, really, the man was a student twenty years in the school in Santa Cruz, so that the man was learned.

muetko jeꞌchu estudiante veinte añu te eskuela te to Santa Cruz ema ꞌchane , takeeꞌi mkatariꞌi ema ꞌchane .

"Now it is necessary that we put our children to school, they are equal to the Spanish-speaking ones in their knowledge" so said the poor man, yes.

" Juiti eto takomnuuꞌi eto to wnoka te to eskaera eno vchichanoviono , nakutirichu eno tkomeriono to naetkogne ", ene makeeꞌi ma ꞌchanetcha ema jeꞌe

They put him (in a high position) because he was knowledgeable, they made José Santos Noco a corregidor.

nakosioppo te to [ techem ] muechemraꞌirariꞌi ema , nakosioppo koregieroopo ema Jose Santos Noko .

He fixed, he made the village, he named the corregidor, the capitan grande, the caciques, he delegates responsibilities to many of them.

muetpiriko , manokpo eto to ꞌwósare , manokpo eno tparaakono , ( ma... ) manokpo ma koregieroru , kapitán grande, no kasikiono , no nasimtuwono eno manoko matuparako

And the man had a high position. He, um... he knew well, the man was knowledgeable.

ene ema ꞌchane ꞌchopetuparaꞌo emajicho , manjeꞌe , muetkognejcha , techemraꞌi ema ꞌchane

And he was not tyrannic, he was not bad, he was going straight when he spoke, he taught the people.

ene wo tkojchochigia , wo winarajina , matupiru to muechjisra , muemitko eno ꞌchañono .

Yes, I have been saying so, Lady, Lady Frances.

jeꞌe nkeeꞌi meme , meme Pransiska .