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CtAnu'k" YAx xat uwati' ida'yu tutA'iik diyr''}. 



Having a like I am abdiit thinking you 



sudden you Rav».'ns. 



sickness 



It is before my face every day. And when I sWep I always think 

 of you. 1 lono- much for you. 



Thinking about you Rayens comes to me like a sudden sickness. 



(11>) Also composed l>y Cuklusri'yi on the same occasion as the 

 preceding. 



TukaisinA't ye'li ctAnu'gya qot uwatl' ida'yu tutA'nk i.Iene'di 



You make me Raven as if sliaking I were com- aljout thinking iJene'di's 



feel pletely you 



yA't([!l. 



children. 



You make me feel as if I were shakino-. tliinkino- alwut you, 

 iJene'dfs children. 



{"20) Composed by Cuk!usa'yi after they had vainly ('.\i)ect(Hl a feast 

 for some time. 



1V!as xAt ce'gT aua'cj xAt qogAna' yak"'duni'k T!A'(|!dentan 



(Jnlv I it is from it I am going without seeing TA'cildentfm's 



to (lie ^ [that are talked aliout] 



yA't(|!i. 



children. 



Ts!u AkA'x gAne'xt xanu'k" isaguwu' GanAXA'di yA'tqli. Ts!u 



.■\gain I try to make myself Well thinking about you GanA.\.\'di's children. Also 



idade' gax ctutx xAdate'x. 



about crying into lalwaytry 



you myself to stop. 



I alone am going to die without having seen T!A'q!dentan's children. 

 1 try to make myself well again thinking about GfuiAXA'di's 

 children. 1 keep trying to stop crying about you. 



(21) Composed by Kuxc'lI of the i.lenc'di when they expected people 

 to give them a feast. There is a little bird called people's-thoughts 

 (cifituwu'), and a person knows Avhen he sees it that a feast is coming. 



SugaA'sgi tugasAgwc'tc iye'li digo'tc (|iituwu' hat gAdaqe'nin. 



Always feels happy about you thi Wi'lf people's- tow.ird when his thoughts 



Raven [phratry] thoughts him fly. 



Adu'sgi yet gux sAne'x dekfyaqlaq! hl'ni wutc wuLia't. DeA'q! 



I wonder Ravens will save way out there water together are upset on. On it 



who 



hAs wulixfi'c yu^^e'J. 



they float the Ravens. 



You Raven always feel happy about this Wolf phratry when your 

 thoughts Hy toward him like the bird named people's-thoughts. 



I wonder who can get out and save the Ravens that are upset to- 

 gether way out there in the seas. 



(22) This is called Big-song (Ci-Lcn) and was used by all the Kii'- 

 gwAntan at feasts after a rich man had died. As they sang all turned 

 around in the direction of the sun. It was also sung for the Deer in 

 making peace, when it was ended dit!'erently. Originally it is said to 



