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Tiiiiifi'x aoliyA'x. Hat qox tc!u LududA'x agV i Lix qlcdiici' 



Copper he made it into Here back tlien will you come ? Never feast 



(i.e., pretended 

 it was). 



qfi'sliyayik an? 



do you think we town ? 

 have in this 

 part of our 



I am very much ashamed of the chief. lie only made a pretense 

 with cedar bark. He made it into copper plates. Will you come 

 back here? Do you think we never have feasts in this town? 



(44) Composed ))y one of the Ka'u-wAntan called YuwiVk!". 

 Ye'oi yex Ackadc' yanaA't Ka'gwAntan yA't(|!i dfituwu'. 



S|iirits lilvL' on him 'coming JCa'KWAntan'.s children thiiikinm' of. 



down 



llatsatiya' Ka'owAntan yA't(i!i gfisu' xan ik^wAnfi'wu kayaqayi' 



Alas! (ii llaidu Ku'f^wAntan's daiighters where with me you were going your word.s 



word, hadjadi'a) [is it] to die 



xade's adusha'itc? 



you ought to fullill ? 



Thinkin<>- of you, Ka'^wAntan's children, is just like havino- .spirits 

 come down u})on me. 



Alas! Ka'^\vAnt:in\s children, why don't you fulfill your promise 

 that you were going to die with me? 



(4:.">) Composed by For-a-town spirit (An-de-yek) of the Llene'di 

 about the T!A'(i!dentan, becau.se wIkmi the latter came to ,luneau to 

 drink they did not pay any attention to the Auk people. 



Iir}k!"-hAs ani" Akya Aq! yi(i! Akiige'. Axir}k!"-hAs anl'tc yAx ye 



Your grandfather's town this 'is not. My grandfather s town like thus 



^ [rich] 



ya'osite tcA qa gux kluca'ni. 



has made you now [yon] slaves poor. 



Ye sukA'tya tcuckA'x xAltl'n ade' nati'tcya wuna'wu ((a. x\yayide' 



So people are how I see when are ' dead men. Before it 



treated 



XAt kACC'x. 



I am drinking. 



De tulAtsi'n aye'x yidzigi't T!A'i|!dentan yA'tqli. Tc!a Lei 



Now you arc very like it ' you did 'i'!.\'i|!dcutan's children. But not 



seltish for 



iyA'kuqwa(|!e' tela waa iyAC[ayi'. Ate ye cyidzini' ya'diyel. 



"l will blame you for will bl'anic your That is his own fault this fiaven's. 



vvortis. 



This is not your grandfather's town. It is my grandfather's place 

 that has made you rich, you poor slaves. 



I o])serve how peoi)le are treated after they ai-e dead, and therefore 

 I drink before I die (i. e,, enjoy myself). 



What you did was very seltish, TiA'qIdentan's children. But 1 

 will not blame you for your words. It is this Raven's fault. 



(4()) Composed l>y Nigo't, one of the Taku Yenye'di. His name is 

 used also by the Ka'gwAntan. 



