SOME WABANAKI SONGS. 7 



There we will hear the great owl sing his usual song, teeg-lee-goo-wul-tique,^ and see all 

 the animals obey his song. 



There we will .sit, on that beautiful mountain, and watch the little stars in their sleepless 

 flight. They do not mind the song, teeg-lee-goc-icul-tiqiie ; neither will we mind it, 

 hut sit more closely togethei' and think of nothing'.but ourselves, on the beautiful 

 mountain. 



Again, the teeg-lee-goo-wul-tique will be heard, and the night traveller will come closer to 

 warn us that all are dreaming, except ourselves and the little stars. They and their 

 chief are coursing along, and our minds go with them. Then the owl sleeps ; no 

 more is heaid teeg-lee-goo-iniltiqiie ; the lightning ceases smoking; the thunder ceases 

 beating his drum ; and though we feel inclined to sleep, yet will we sit on the 

 beautiful, shining mountain.'' 



For the sake of comparison with the remaining Wabanaki dialects, as well as with 

 the other branches of the great Algonqviin linguistic stock, it has been thought well to 

 append the originals of the foregoing songs. Notwithstanding numerovis local pecu- 

 liarities, it will be seen that many of the words in use on the shores of the Atlantic 

 present little variation from forms that would be intelligible in Manitoba, or even in the 

 region of the Saskatchewan. 



Song. No. 1. 



N-t-â pôo-ne-mok me-ne-cook 'n-t-l-ee mach-e-nùn 



Nes-tà-goo nes-tà-goo mee-l-'t-'gwo gl5os-wà-gan 



Wên-mach-ënun jjoo-'skin-et? 



Wen lai al-lëe lint-wajan mach-ê-nun ? 



Muks-kel-môok ga-duk-in mach-e-nun 



Tà-ah-loo bes-we-wasees m'-a-cook na mach-e-nun. 



Na-bal-us a-ga-waâk much-up-t'-àk Che-ball-ock moo-sarge-ait I 



Moo-sarge to-gee wa-wa-ben t'-a lo-k'doch towe-bes gueesan gô-loûet. 



N-tâ poo-ne-mok mc-n'-cook n-t-lee mach-e-nun. 



Na-bal Che-ball-ock much-up-t'-wait wà-gan moo-sarge-ait 



Moo-sarge wa-gan Acweeden n'-s;'irto-gee la-sa-win we'l-e-bes sa'tà àh-lo kesoes k'are-que-da 



la-1 sa sa-sen 

 L'ii'ta poo-ne-mok me-ne-cook n't'lee mach-e-nun godilmer da-win gc-àk ma-da-win da-poos- 



Sip:<êesoe. 

 Moo-sarge sog-a la-wu go-dàmar gâues-ne-kardo-mo d'are-o-dagëe mêe-soon sur-ka-sin. 

 N'ià poo-në-mok mc-nê-cook n't'le mach-enun. 



Bes-ke-arc diVda-gaquo no-da-mo da-pos-ko-ko-khus — ko ko-khus glint-oo-mis-kàin squosell. 

 N'do que gat'wun n'gâzin Getauchs-kn-ôo-do-man glint wagon — P-all moo-sarge-wàgon-al — 



rôo-ke-inn ne-me-ah-moo-sarge 

 N'I'à poo-ne-mok mé-ne-cook n-t-lee machê-nun. 



SoNG. No. 2. 



Kel naga nie k'machee-aset'n kis-agwoo-n't bes a quett wootch-naga k'mis-ôo-finen n't 

 bes a quett wootch-k'tot-lee sag yanen-wel-in-a gis-ett kisoes (sun) eel min kee gat. 



1 "Go to sleep ail," tr. 



' The Indians have such a way of mixing their tenses, that it is almost impossible to be literally correct. 



