n̓k̓wilx, uɬ axáʔ mət təl̓ ƛ̓əʔiʔs, uɬ k̓aʔx̌íʔ n̓qil̓t k̓əl̓ st̓iltx iʔ čwix

He went upstream, maybe in a bark canoe, and he got over some falls at the Kootenai river