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zards were flapping about. There was no talk of
finding them then. If there was a group [of fugitives]
they assembled two or three hundred of the worshippers.
They killed [the fugitives]. The ones who
prayed killed. The ones who didn't pray killed. But
the worshippers died. They fled. They went far
away, as far as Rinkon, [(Rincon Chamula) where
they're been] ever since.
Well, when they fled the magistrate arrested them.
They went to jail.
But it was no jail, to the river they went. They
went to the river, thrown in the river.
Well, then little by little, gradually it was settled.
It was settled properly. It was settled properly. It
calmed down.
Even longer ago, my mother and father said,
[there was trouble] in Tzajal Yemel [Red Avalanche],
Tzajal Yemel. but the soldiers went, they
went to look there in Tzajal Yemel. But the women
turned their asses to them.
Then the bullets went up their asses. They died. It
simply cooled down. That was a great deal longer
ago, of course. As for The Bird, ooh, The Bird was
probably eighty years ago.
Well, then they all die—d. The holy earth cooled
off. It was fine.
Another group appeared. They climbed up. The
soldiers were all federals.
The Chiapanecs fled. They came here. And some
put on women's ceremonial robes, [men's] ceremonial
robes. Watch out for the cold, you bastards! The
mangy ones were dying of the cold. They were lined
up by the houses, seeking a place to stay. They were
given tortillas, given them [for nothing]. They fled
from Chiapa. The bastards were stupid. The other
Chiapanecs, the other ones from Chiapa never fled.
There was a woman there called Sirira. She was the
younger sister. The older sister was Sinco Rosa.
Sirira's husband was Elaidos.
You see, [they had] a house like this. The women
had made holes in the walls. They fired from high
up. They fired from high up. The officers, the men
were on the ground. They had a cannon. The soldiers
were pi—led up there.
The federals came, since they were robbers, but
they die—d. They were the ones who died. The
Chiapanecs won. The Chiapanecs won.
But the Chiapanecs weren't all alone. Julian Grajales
appeared from Tzajal Ch'en [Red Cliff]. But he
was an old ma—n, but he was a chief. A Thunderbolt,
a Thunderbolt. But the federals were killed
then, the federals. They die—d. It had cooled down.
It had been fine.
Then another group came, too. But Chamula had
cooled off for good. There was nothing at all. To
XUN VASKIS 115
mi rason, mi te stae che7e, mi 7o jun krupo mas ta
stzob sba ta chib 7oxib syen i much'utik 7a li
jresaletike ja7 tzmilik, 7a li much'u tzpas resale che7e
ja7 milvan, ja7 mil van i mu7yuk 7ochem ta resale,
ja7 milvan, yan ti jresaletike ja7 7icham jatav 7un bat
ta j-mek, k'al Rinkon k'al tana 7un.
Bweno pwes day, 7a li 7a li ti k'al 7ijatave che7e
preserente tzak, bat ta bat ta chukel.
Bu, chukel, nab 7ibat, jipe ta nab.
Bweno pwes day, k'unk'un k'unk'un 7imeltzaj 7un,
meltzaj lek 7un, meltzaj lek, ch'ab xi.
7A ti mas vo7ne che7e, ja7 xa chal ti jme7 jtote ta
Tzajal Yemel, Tzajal Yemel, pero 7a li solteroe
che7e bat ba sk'elel taj ta Tzajal Yemele pero 7a li
7antze ta la svalk'un xchak.
7Ora, ta chak 7i7och i balae, laj taj 7une solel sikub
7un, 7a li mas vo7ne ta j-mek 7un bi, mas, 7a li
Pajaroe che7e, jee, 7o nan ta chan-vinik jabil li
Pajaroe.
Bweno pwes, 7ila—j skotol ta j-mek 7isikub i
ch'ul-balamile lek 7oy.
Bweno, 7och j-vok noxtok 7un muyel 7imuy tal
7un, 7a li soltero 7une naka jvereral.
Bweno, 7a li jsoktom 7une 7ijatav 117 talik Ii7 toe,
7i 7o xa slap 7a li xchil i 7antzetike xakitail, k'el aba
ta sik kavron, sarnoso laj ta sik ta naetike xcholet xa
chch'amun na, ch7ak'bat vaj k'elanbat, jatav tal ta
Soktom 7une, spentejoal li kavron 7une 7a li yan
jchapaneko yan jsoktometik te yo7e mu7yuk 7onox
xjatav, 7o te jun me7el Sirira sbi, ja7 mukil 7a li
vixile Sinko Rosa, 7a li smalal li 7a li Sirirae 7a li
7Elaidos.
Va7i 7un, 7a li na chak Ii7 7une, 7a li 7antzetike
7ixch'oj i snae, ta 7ak'ol chak' i balae, ta 7ak'ol chak'
i balae, 7a li moletik viniketike ta lumtike te kanyon
7un te li soltero bu—sul 7un.
Bweno, 7ital li 7a li fereral 7une komo j7elek' pero
ja7 7ila—j, ja7 laj kuch yu7un i jsoktome.
Bweno, pero ke mu yu7unuk 7a li stuk i jsoktom
7un to, 7ilok' tal te ta te ta Tzajal Ch'en Julian
Grajales pero mo—1 pero totil chauk, chauk, pero te
laj, 7i fereral 7une fereral, 7ila—j sikub to 7ox 7un bi
lek to 7ox.
Bweno pwes, ja7 to tal 7otro j-vok' noxtok 7un,
yan li Chamu7e sikub ta j-moj, ch'abal ta j-mek k'al