"Iht tanas man kopa Kwawt" translated into English

[ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU]

Howdy,

Here's a translation from the Chinook Jargon of that excerpt I posted last
week.  Is Kwawt in Shuswap country?  --  Dave

"Iht tanas man kopa Kwawt, iaka nim Mishel Toma, iaka skukum haws tanas,
ankati, kopa Wesminster [sic].
[A boy from Kwawt, named Michel Thomas, was formerly a prison boy* at (New)
Westminster (BC).]

"Kopa Krismas, iaka kopit skukum haws; pi iaka tilikom mash chikmin kopa
iaka, pus iaka kilapai kopa iaka ilihi.
[At Christmastime, he quit the prison; and his folks sent him money, for
him to return to his [own] country.]

"Pi dret iaka tlap ukuk chikmin, pi ilo iaka kilapai kopa iaka ilihi.
[And he really did get that money, but he didn't return to his country at
all.]

"Klunas kah iaka klatwa.
[He may have gone anywhere.]

"Iaka tilikom ayu sik tomtom kopa iaka.
[His folks are very worried about him.]

"Pus klaksta man iaka nanich iaka, tlus iaka aiak mamuk komtaks kopa
nsaika."
[If any one sees him, they should let us know.]

*(I inserted commas for readability; I'm reading this as 'iaka skukum haws
tanas, ankati' ["prison boy (=worker?)], formerly".  Alternatively we might
read 'iaka skukum haws tanas ankati', a slightly strange way of saying "he
was [in] prison a little while back".)  Comments?