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Kll^n't hixwacfi'dln Axho'iixo cAt kAx. KA'cde gi\x deg-u't 



Around I ul ways like my brother's wife lor. I tliought he would 



the house to creep ' jump up 



he'dudikaxec. An dfit iiAXAsge'ttc. 



and I should be Town around I always tramp, 



very much ashamed. 



I like to creep around the house all the time after my brother's 

 wife.'' I thought that he wovdd jmup up and 1 should l)e vpry much 

 ashamed. I always tramp about the town [after my brother's wife]. 



(14:) Cradle song for a o-irl. 



La'oxAckoxo' xAt kAde'xnutc, xAt kAdr'xnutc. Cak!u sfi'ni he. 



If I do not take I shall always be I shall always Ije Girls little, listen, 



anything ashamed, ashamed. 



Caklu sa'ni he. 



(iirls little, listen. 



If I do not take anythino- (to the party], I sliall l)e asliamed, 1 sliall 

 be ashamed. Little girls, listen. Little girls, listen. 



(15) Cradle song for a boy. 



Hagu' (^Adica'cgi Axhu'nx ducA't nA(i uAna'ni. 



Now 1 am certain my brother his wife after he dies, 



to marry 



1 am certain to marry my brother's wife after he dies."' 



(16) A cradle song of mdvnown authorship. It might be used bj^ 

 anj'one. 



Tslitsk! agatlu'ku kaiti-yA'di q!es. Q!at AgAtage' AXLfi'k! q!es. 



Small liird let nio shoot my younger for. A small let me my sister for. 



liiotlier trout spear 



Let me shoot a small bird for my younger brother. Let me s[)('ar 

 a small trout for my sister. 



(IT) The song with which Raven was nursed. Both phratries use it. 

 Aha' Aha (|!at!i-daye'djiyi. Yel ((!osite' axo'x yaolicu'. Yel 



Aha aha island snipes. Raven tracks among [I] see. Haven's 



(i. e.,here it is) 



qe'lk!"-hAs. Dzaua', dzAUA', dzAnA'. 



nephews. Bad smell- bad smrll- bad smell- 



ing lisli, •' iiig fish, ing (ish. 



Aha, aha, island snipes. Among them 1 see lots of raven tracks, 

 the nephews of ravens. Bad-smelling hsh, bad-smelling lish, bad- 

 smelling fish.'' 



(IS) Composed b}- one of the Llene'dt named Cuklusa'yi (Little-lake- 

 up-above), when his people expected others to come with food to give 

 them a feast. His name was probably derived from Auk lake. 



Tela yigiyi' tiiq! qavA't kAnaha'ntc. Tsu naqAte'n uga' An 



Every day in front of my face italway.sis. Also I sleep when of 



them 



xalqe'ntc. De iftde sAx"LitlA'n. 



I always Indeed for I long much, 



think". you 



a Wlien a man died and was succeeded by his brother, the latter married the widow. 

 b Because ravens lived on them. 



