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(26) A potlatch song- composed ]\y Mun-that-obeys (QlayA'xMjo'ste) 

 of the Box-hou.se people. 



Qa'kde ituwati' tea kit katl'yi^ Yayi'kde wudaqe'ni YeJ Lei 



Out you want to indeed wluile are ? Inside went Raven not 



come killer 



Acq!e' wukla's^ TcA'tcIawa Ag-vvAtsa's Yel (jle'iqowaklas tcA dikl't? 



[you know what] And indeed you think Raven you will satisfy now you killer 



"lie eonsumed? whale? 



Tc!a liutc ciyA'x aoditA'ii doa'ni. Tca Le'iiAx i agAne'x? 



Just he with him- turned over his town And alone how can ho 



self (the world). .s.-ivc himself ? 



Why do you want to come out, kilk^r whak^^ Don't you know 

 what liaycn did when he went inside of a whaled And do you think 

 you will satisfy llayen, you killer whale^' 



He turned this wo.i'ld oyer with himself. And how can he alone 

 saye himself? 



(27) Composed by Nawe'ya, a yery old man of the Box-house people, 

 just before he died, so that it could ))e used at feasts. 



Ak"ce' ivvakle'gt Ka'o-wAntan yA'tcjlh IyA't(i!i kAt idjiklA'n. 



You nnisl he very Lcood, Ka't^w.vntan's children. Your childri'ii for you have jumped 



(i. v., opposites) to save. 



(^e'ga xAt ya'yagaxe ^^'uckita'n yA'tqli. De daq uAxag-u't 



Truly she n'ou have i)itied W'lickita'n children. Now up I am going 



slAgi-qa'wu ani' de. 



ghost world to. 



You must be yery g'ood, Ka/gwAntairs children. Your children 

 have jumped to saye you. 



1 am yery glad that you took pity on me, Wuckita'n's children. 

 Now L am g"oing up to the ghost world. 



(28) Song about the eagle hat, sung at a feast when one is not satis- 

 lied with the property he has ol)tained. Tlie word given ])elow, which 

 is the only one, is said to be Tsimshian. 



Xedzicxaga', Here is the eagle hat. 



(2l») A similar song about the gonaqAde't hat. Jnformaiit did not 

 know w hat the words mean, they being in Tsimshian. 



N.vgAUAwa' hujAna' hao hao. Lu((Ana', howeyer, is evidentl}' 

 Ld'koala, Kwakiutl name for the winter cereiuonial. 



(30) This song is used by all the Wolf families, who sing it all together 

 just as they are coming in to a feast. 



Anqfi'vvo yanagu't. Yltuwu' yIcAtIi'<}!. 



A rich man is coming. Your feelings you keep silcTit. 



[Words repeated at the end] Cisate' ye yanaqe'tr "(xanha'o hutc!." 



When it is thus they always say " It is all gone." 



ended 



There is a rich man coming. Keep silent. 



When it is ended, they always say, "" It is all gone." 



(31) Composed in theTsimshian language and used by the Ka'gwAntan 

 at a great feast. 



GudA'x gana'kcia JAiigi'kcia agi'kcia. The last word is said to mean 

 '■'"stern of canoe." 



