boasj songs 1293 



Feast Song 



Traditional feast song of the Yaex'agEme, a Kwexa clan, 

 ascribed to their ancestor Yix-agEme^, who sang it at LEX'siwe^ 

 after his house at Ft. Rupert had been flooded by Qlaneqe^lak". 



The poor dear ones are coming in, the children.' 1 



They say he will speak. 



They say he will get angry in his house. 



They say he will not kill. 



They say he will not kill at once. 5 



They say he will not kill outright. 



It is only said he gave enough to eat. 



It is only said he satisfied their hunger. 



It is only said he made them vomit. 



It is just said he made up his mind to do it. 10 



It is just said he told them to eat. 



It is just said he put them across his back.^ 



Always doing mischief to him who does not finish the food given to 



him, ya ye ya ha, ya ye ya ha! 

 Let your servants, 15 



Let those who have you for their chief, 

 Burn in your great house, chief! 

 So that those who have you for their chief burn up, true chief! 



Ya ye ya ha, ya ye ya ha ! 



Feast Song 



AwaliLElak"as^6wa g'ig'i^ya. AwallLElak'as^5wa g'ig'i^ya. 1 



LaxLCEm^lae waldEmnokwa. LaxLeEm^lae waldEmnokwa. 



LaxLCEm^lae ^yak'ilila. LaxLCEm^lae ^yakillla. 



K" !esLae wFyalagila. K' !esLae wFyalag'ila. 



K'les^laLae hex'^idegila. K'!es^laLae hex'^degila. 5 



K"!es^laLae hebeg'Ila. KMes^laLae hebeg'Ila. 



A^ma^lae mEnl^idg'Ila. A^ma^lae mEuHdg'ila. 



A^ma^lae pol^idg'Ila. A^ma^lae poMdg'ila. 



A^ma^lae hox^widgila. A^ma^lae hox^widg'Ila. 



AlEma^lae SwElx^idqeya. AlEma^lae &wElx^idqeya. 10 



AlEma%e hagweg'indqeya. AlEma^lae hagwegindqeya. 



AlEma^lae xwelegindqeya. AlEma^lae xweleg'indqeya. 



^ya^yak'ilak" ^naxwaya xa wax"llll ^naxwaya. 



Ya ye ya ha. Ya ye ya ha. 

 Weg"axLe lax"os omedeyaqosa. Weg'axLe lax'os omedeyaqosa. 15 

 Weg'axxe lax'os g'igedeyaqosa. Weg'axLe lax'os g"Igedeyaqosa. 

 Xumxwataq laxs g"ox"dzeyaqos g^igSma^ye. 

 Qa weg'esox q !ulx'^idesox g'Igedeyaqos tl g"igllma^ya. 



Ya ye ya ha. Ya ye ya lia. 



' RepeUtions omitted. ' As wolves do with their quarry. 



