1294 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [bth. ann.sb 



20 Let your guests die of vomiting, chief! 



Let your guests die of overfeeding, true chief! 

 Ya ye ya ha. Ya ye ye a ! 



Shaman's Songs 

 1. 



{InlToductory, telling how he acquired power from the Killer Whale.) 



1. Wa, a ya a ha, I was carried under the sea by the superna- 



tural power, the supernatural power. Wa a ya. 



2. Wa, a ya a ha. I was taken under the sea by paddling by 



the supernatural power, the supernatural power. Wa a ya. 



3. Wa, a ya a ha, and I was taken into the house of Hole-in- 



Middle-of-Sea the supernatural power, the supernatural power. 

 Wa a ya. 



4. Wa, a ya a ha, and I put on my neck the life-bringer neck- 



ring of Hole-in-Middle-of-Sea, the supernatural power. Wit a ya. 



5. Wa, a ya a ha, I have had thrown into my stomach the life- 



bringer of HoIe-in-Middle-of-Sea, the supernatural power. Wa 

 a ya. 



6. Wii, a ya a ha, the real life-brmger, the healer of this super 



natural power. Wa a ya. 



7. Wa a ya a ha, the real long life giver, the healer of this super 



natural power. Wa a ya. 



20 Weg-axLe lax'ox hogwalesEmos Le^lanEmaqos gTgama^ya. 

 Weg'axLe lax'ox poLalesEmos Le^lanEmaqos ^1 gigftma^ya. 

 Ya ye ya ha. Ya ye ya a. 



Shaman's Songs 

 1. 



1. Wa, a ya a ha g'ag'ayapElayux"d5xs ^nawalakwaaeaexwa ^uawa- 



lakwaae wa aya. 



2. Wa, a ya a ha sesE^wapElayux''d5xs ^nawalakwaaeaexwa ^nawa- 



lakwaile wa a ya. 

 .3. Wa, a ya a ha laxlaeLEma lax gokwas LagoyEweLCs ^nawa- 

 lakwaaaexwa ^nawalakwaae wa aya. 



4. Wa, a ya a ha Ian qax'osa^yasos q!weq!ulag'Flayo q&nayos La- 



goyEweLes ^nawalakwaae wii aya. 



5. Wa, a ya a ha Ian niEgesasos q !weq iulagi-layos LagoyEweLes 



^nawalakwaa wa aya. 

 0. Wa, a ya a ha q !wcq Iiilag'ilak'as^ox helig'ayowaxsa nuiwalakwex 



wa a ya. 

 7. Wa, a ya a ha g'ilg"ildokwllak"as-ox helig'ayowaxsa ^nawala- 



kwex wa aya. 



