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At the beginning of the war, it seems, one group
[of Obregonists] was gathered at the graveyard.
Another group was gathered at Ya7ajvil.
Now when they were eating at Ya7ajvil they were
discovered by Pineda's soldiers. [Pineda's soldiers]
killed them all, of course!
Now Pineda wasn't all by himself. All his men
went like this. They went and circled around Ya7am
Ton. They went down. They went to attack [the
others] like this, at the graveyard. They circled back
around there.
[At the lower graveyard or the upper graveyard?]
At 7Olon Mukenal [Lower Graveyard].
They circled back around the lower graveyard.
There were heaps of mea—t, bee—f, mu—tton,
chi—cken left there. As for the chicken, is there
anyone who would eat it like that? Cooked in lard in
a frying pan! It was served out there.
It looked fine, if you didn't know fear, of course! I
was little. I was probably the same size as your
daughter [eleven years old]. My neighbor had some
sheep. We stu—ck the sheep in the pen. We came
back home, since the bullets were spu—ttering now
at Jol Na 7Ichin [Top of Horned Owl House], as we
call it. Yes, the bullets were spu—ttering now. After
that, we hadn't a chance here now.
Ooh, Pineda's soldiers came—came cha—sing [the
Obregonists].
The ones who were fleeing were killed. As for us,
we thought that all of Obregon's soldiers died—that
not one had been left.
But you see, Pineda's soldiers came on up. They
were coming to kill us. We hadn't a chance of going
anywhere. "So forget it, let's each of us lie down at
home. We can't say we don't know about [the
shooting]," we said. That's what we said. I didn't
know what was happening. I didn't know what had
started. Ooh, they passed by to collect at the courthouse.
They passed by to collect all the . . . there
were twelve sheep, three cows. They gathered them
together. Old Pineda drove them from here to San
Cristobal. But the food—the cows that had already
been killed were to—ssed up quickly on the horses.
They brought them back. Yes!
Now I don't know if the authorities were there [at
the courthouse] or not, or if anyone was there. All
the meat was left there. They divided it up with their
friends. But the food that was already served out—it
didn't matter who took it. It made no difference.
There is a cross here. Have you seen it there above
the spring above Tz'uiltasbil Vo7 [Blessed Spring]?
There by the cross we went—went to stick the sheep
in the pen. There were two chickens cooking. Each
one in a frying pan. The owner had already left.
We came back. "Come on let's take them!" the
TONIK NIBAK 171
7A ti k'al primero 7ak'-k'ok' ya7ele j-lome lamal ta
ta mukenal, j-lome lamal ta Ya7ajvil.
7Ora, yolel la chve7 li ta Ya7ajvil li 7itae yu7un i
yajsoltero Pinedae, ja7 7ilaj smilel komel skotol 7un
bi -7Ora, 7a li Pineda 7une mu yu7nuk stukuk nox 7a
li taj yepal svinik 7une xi xa ba sjoy 7a li 7a li Ya7am
Ton 7une yal ech'el 7un ba spas 7atakar i xi ta
mukenal 7une, 7ijoy tal te yo7 7une.
Ta 7Olon Mukenal.
7Ora, li sjoy tal li ta 7Olon Mukenal 7une, te
la—mal 7ikom bek'—et vaka—x chi—j kaxla—n, 7a
li kaxlane mi7n 7o buch'u yech sti7, bakubtasbil ta
mantikat ta xalten 7i te xekajtik.
Va7i 7un, lek yilel ti yu7un mu xana7 xaxi7 a7a,
bik'iton to 7ox ja7 nan yech jmuk'ul chak 7atzebe,
7oy xchij i jlak'-nae, ja7 jti—k'tikotik i chij ta korale,
litalotikotik ta jnatikotik k'u ti xp'otote—t xa li bala
ta Jol Na 7Ichin xkaltikotike, xp'otote—t xa li bala
7une, laj xa mu xa yoraikotik tana Ii7i.
Jiii, tal 7a li yajsoltero li Pineda 7une, tal
nu—tzvanik 7un.
Va7i 7un, 7o la laj la ma jatavuk 7ox, 7a li
kalojtikotik vo7otikotike laj skotol li yajsoltero li
7Ovregone, mu junuk 7ikom.
Buy 7un, muy xa tal li yajsoltero li Pinedae, ja7 xa
chtal smilotik mu xa yorauk bu chibattik. "Yu7n yiyil
puch'likotik ta jnatik ju-jun tal mu7nuk chkaltik ti
mu jna7tike, va7i," xichiotikotik 7un, ja7 yech
7ikaltikotik, mu jna7 k'usi yolel mu jna7 k'usi 7och,
jiii, 7ech' stzob i ta kavilto 7une 7ech' stzob skotol,
7a li 7oy lajcha-kot chij, 7ox-kot vakax, 7a li 7ech'
stzob 7un smakoj tal H7 ta Jobel ti mol Pineda 7une,
yan i ve7elil ya7el li vakax bu milbikil xa 7une ka—j
xi sjipik tal ta ba ka7, yich'ik tal.
7Ora, li 7autorida ya7el 7un mu jna7 mi muk' tey
mi tey mi 7o buch'u teye ja7 xa 7ak'bat komel skotol
ti bek'et 7une tey la xch'akbe xchi7il 7un, yan i te
xekajtik ve7elile muk' xa ta 7alel buch'u stam, muk'
sk'oplal, ja7 7oy la H7 mi 7aviloj i krus 7a li yo7 7o
Ii7 tzba vo7e Ba Tz'uiltasbil Vo7e ja7 te yo7 li krus
7un Ie7e ni7ayotikotik ta 7a li ni7ayotikotik ta
tik'-chij ta koral, 7o tey cha7-kot kaxlan chta7aj,
ju-jun xalten ju-jun, bat xa 7ox i yajval 7une.
Va7i 7un, nitalotikotik 7un. "La7 jtamtik!" xiyut i