ManiocManiocI forgot one thing before.before1SGspeak.S1INFmindforget.S2PAWhen we arrived in Siliguri, we didn't go straight on.Siliguriarrive.S21PL.EXCJTOPacrossTOPstraightNEGgo.S1NOMNo, when we arrived in Siliguri, a man took us there and told us, "The contractor will come, and we'll bring you train fare."NEGgo.S1NOMSiliguriarrive.S21PL.EXCJTOPacrosscontractorDEFcome.S1EXCLCOMPTOPvehiclefarebring.S21PL.EX→3SGCOMPmanoneERGtake.S21PL.EXNOMbutthatERGBut the contractor didn't come, and he didn't bring the money. So we were broke.thatcontractorDEFNEGcome.S2PA.NEGmoneyalsoNEGbring.S23SG.O.NEGthusbrokebecome.S2PAthen we really suffered — from hunger.thushardshipmuchbecome.S2PAhungerNEGeat.S1We stayed hungry for seven days in Siliguri.hungerNEGeat.S1Siligurisevendaylie.S21PL.EXFrom there after seven days we went on to a goat pasture.thereABLagainsevendayINSTacrossgoatcowshedup.togo.S21PL.EXWe went over there after staying hungry for seven or eight days, and there they gave us some food. We stayed there about two days.go.S21PL.EXCJTOPINFsevendaydayhungerNEGeat.S1lie.S21PL.EXCJtheresnack3PLgive.S21PL.EXmeal3PLgive.S21PL.EXthentwo.dayswhattherelie.S21PL.EXThen we went up to a place called Goat River and worked.lie.S21PL.EXCJTOPthusCJupgoatriver3PLsay.S23SG.ONOMup.toupgo.S21PL.EXCJTOP1PL.EXworkdo.S21PL.EX→3SGWe cut bamboo.bamboocut.S21PL.EX→3SGThey were giving us about fifty rupees per hundred — it was like a daily contract — and we worked there for about a month.per.hundredhundredGENhundredGEN25rupeeone3PLgive.S21PL.EXNOMdayGENcontractlike3PLgive.S21PL.EXNOMbutthatDEFCJ1PL.EXtheremonthonewhatworkdo.S21PL.EX→3SGWe worked, and later —workdo.S21PL.EX→3SGCJthusthat.onelaterAfter we'd worked, the contractors pocketed the money.workdo.S21PL.EX→3SGCJTOPmoneyalsoa.littleTOP3PLeat.S23PLdispatch.S23SG.OcontractorPLERGThey pocketed it. They didn't come from Assam, and then later we worked and they didn't give us rice either.3PLeat.S23PLdispatch.S23SG.OacrossABLCJAssamABLCJ3PL.SA.NEGcome.S2PA.NEGthenEMPHlaterthenworkdo.S21PL.EXdo.S21PL.EXCJCOMPEMPHgrainPLalso3PL.SA.NEGgive.S21PL.EX.SO.NEGThey didn't give us the money for our work either.1PL.EXdo.S21PL.EX→3SGNOMmoneyalso3PL.SA.NEGgive.S21PL.EX.SO.NEGSo what we did was, we went up to a village.3PL.SA.NEGgive.S21PL.EX.SO.NEGCJTOPhowdo.S21PL.EX→3SGupvillageup.togo.S21PL.EXUp in the village — we couldn't get rice down below, and the contractors didn't send any.villageingo.S21PL.EXCJEMPH1PL.EXthenTOPmilled.grainget.S1NEGbe.possible.S1GERtheremilled.grain3PL.SA.NEGsend3SG.O.NEGcontractorPLERGSo we brought down some manioc.thusCJTOPcotton-treeyambring.down.S21PL.EX→3SGWe brought down 5 maunds of manioc and we went on working eating manioc.cotton-treeyamDEFfivesixbring.down.S21PL.EX→3SGCJTOPthatDEFcotton-treeyamDEFeat.S11PL.EX→3SGPROGworkdo.S21PL.EX→3SGBut that manioc wasn't good for us.thenEMPHthatcotton-treeyamINSTTOP1NSG.ONEGnourishPA.NEGI was poisoned — we were poisoned by the manioc.very.muchintoxicate.S21SG.SO.PA1NSG.Ointoxicate.S2PAcotton-treeyamDEF.INSTWe were poisoned and we vomited and defecated as soon as we ate it.1NSG.Ointoxicate.S21PL.EXCJTOPvery.muchvomit.S11PL.EX.REFLthusthat.muchGENINTENSthusshitshit.S11PL.EX.REFLThat was no good so we went to the jungle and dug up some wild yams.thenthatNEGbecome.S2PA.NEGagainjungleingo.S21PL.EXCJTOPforestyamDEFdig.S21PL.EX→3SGWe dug up wild yams and brought them back and ate them.forestyamDEFdig.S21PL.EX→3SGCJTOPthatDEFthatbring.S21PL.EX→3SGeat.S11PL.EX→3SGBut that was no good either.butthatCJNEGbecome.S2PA.NEGThen later — suddenly the contractor came from over there [in Assam].thenlaterTOPthenONOM.suddenlyADVacrossABLcontractorDEFcome.S2PAHe came and took us and paid our wages.come.S2PACJTOP1NSG.Otake.S2PAthusfare1NSG.Oput.in.S2PACJTOPAnd we went back to Siliguri.thenSiliguriagaingo.S21PL.EXNOM