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those who do not comb their hair! I sneer | at the chiefs under 

 1 5 the true, real chief, ya w8, ! I am || the great chief who makes 



people ashamed. | 



Mourning Song for Moda^na 



1 1. Ye he he ya! It deprived me of my mind, when the moon went 

 down I at the edge of the waters. Ye he he ya! | 



5 2. Ye he he ya! It deprived me of my breath, when the ] mouse- 

 dancer began to gnaw on the water. Ye he he ya! | 

 10 3. Ye he he ya! It deprived me of my mind when Moda^na began 

 to utter the cannibal-cry | on the water. Ye he he ya! | 



Moda^na, a hamats!a of the Awik'lEm of the AwIkMenox", and 

 his sister were drowned on Virgin Rock. This mourning song 

 (L!aq!walayo copper sound) is sung by all the men and women as- 

 sembled in the house of the deceased. The song is given with Mr. 

 Himt's interlinear translation into Kwakiutl. 



13 yaLoxa lEmxutolis tsodzEtolis L!ElL!anolxolisxEn dasda^lEma lax 



g'lgabE^wasa ala g'Igame, hek'as^a, ya wa. Ha, nox" max'tsla- 

 15 g'iladze he g"Iga,ma^ya. 



MoiTRNiNG Song for Moda^na 



1 1. Ye he he ya la yax'ts!egilax"dex owaxsde lax'dayase k'ioqunsa 

 Ye he he ya la. wii^masilax'dexa n§,qa^ye lax'dase la k'logilnsS.- 

 la Laelaqii no^sak'as^5x"de^ya. Ye he he ya. 

 lag'iLa^yaxa ^mEkulak'as^6x"da. Ye he he ya. 



5 2. Ye he he ya la yax'ts!eg"ilax'dex he^yasbes lax"dayase k" !ak" lapa- 

 Ye he he ya la wa^masilax'dexa hasa^ye yixs lax'dase k" !ak" !apa- 

 lag'aLe qae kMapalalk"as^ox"de^ya. Ye he he ya 

 g'lLexa g'ig'Elayatsagalalk'as^ox'da. Ye he he ya. 



10 3. Ye he he ya la yax'ts!eg"ilax"dex owaxsde lax'dayase hamadzEla- 

 Ye he he ya la wa^masilax'dexa naqa^ye lax'dase hamsham- 

 qwalag'lLae qa Moda^nak'as^ox"de^ya. Ye he he ya 

 ts!alag'tLae yix Moda^nak'as^6x''da. Ye he he ya. 



