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(8) Composed by n man of the TiA'qIdentaii named Onc-whose- 

 quill-is-disliked (Tlfiwu'kdulniik). 



NAxa'djiln cei'xtlAgi-je'gt. 



I was dreaming ni my spirit iinrler the fireplace. 



Ixt!ri'gi-3'e'gi. 



Under-the-fireplace spirit. 



I w.as dreaming of my spirit under the lire])ltice. 

 Under-the-fire-place spirit. 



(9) Com})Osed by one of the TlA'((Id('ntrm nanK^l KfisIendnA'xtc. 

 These spirit songs were also used in dancing. 



Ili'nde naixe'tc dr, I'xdenAx hxxa'ci. WatslA's iyr'']i ixinfi'iiAx 



Into river you throw (imp).) down to the let him Let yoti ;it the mouth 



him month float. raven of the river 



xA'kut ga dusxa't!. 



to dry dr.-iy liim up. 

 ground 



Throw him into the river that he may float down. Let the Rtiven 

 people at the month of the river drag him np. 



(10) A song with Athapascan woi'ds which came to a shaman named 

 Cuwusr'n from an Athapascan spirit — words nnintelligilde to my 

 informants. 



(11) This is a ground-hog song sung while the singer holds up its 

 skin in front with both hands. Its cry when jumping into its hole is 

 also imitated. 



CAna' isAnu' dixa' geiJ yit kA tu'at. Idjige't cukA't 3"en 



Wake tip that voting man [and] up on let us go. You get anything hefore 



eliir 



clsta'itc. Idjige't cukA't Atcavve' Let At idJA'qx. 



you always You get anything [before] not thing yon ever 



sleej). therefore kill. 



Wake up that 3'oung man and let us go up on the cliti'. You 

 always sleep before j^ou hunt. That is why you never kill anything. 



(12) After a bear had been killed its head was set up b}' the tire 

 and people dropped grease into the tiic in front of it, at the same time 

 saying "You have come out of the l)ody among us, so you are we." 



Yax aga'n dixa' yuxu'ts! ade' duAxdjinu'tcya, "' Whu, whu, whii," 



In front is burn- this the grizzly thus is always heard " VVhu, whii, whu," 



of him ing the young bear to say, 



tire man 



ayu' ayA'x dayadoqa'nutc. 



that like they always talk to it. 



The fire is l)urning in front of this young man. This is what the 

 grizzly bear is alwa3\s heard to Hny: " Whu, whu, wdiu," so they 

 alwa3^s talk to it. 



(13) A Ka'gwAntan cradle song, sung over the child and used also at 

 feasts. The child itself is supposed to be speaking. 



