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(50) An "Angry song" composed l)}^ Sexdagwe't! of the Llene'di 

 against Little Raven (Yelk!), a blind man of Tongass (Ta'ntaqoan), with 

 whom he was angry. 



Deki' triciikade' dak Acia'waAdi do'xom (ja'yaqayi qlaye'nAx 



Far out on the beach out chased his friends' words because of 



ye cdi-xe'tc Yelk!, Tc!uq!wA's!ga ye'x 1 ctux danu'qnutc. LekAx 



so tlirew himself Little A little ninnb ' like not into I ever feel. Not for 



[before my Raven. myself himself 



words] 



kodjitl'ni Yelk! xan q!Ak gAx duqe'n. 



can see Little Raven to me whose words are always reported. 



Just as if a man chased him out on the beach because of some one's 

 talking, Little Raven threw himself before my words. 1 do not feel 

 even a little numb. That fellow. Little Raven, whose words they are 

 alwa3^s reporting to me, can not see anything. 



(51) On the same subject as the above and b}' the same composer. 

 Yelk! IckA'x ke djitrni 3-ex guxyikyA'tix isatlyl'tc xa iq!a'yanuk. 



Little not fur ont can see I'ike ' slave's son because you I hate what you 



Raven yourself are always say. 



Yen qoha'ni yAx iyAda'ts!ik!a'nq! qii gux ucya' Ate xa i(i!ayanu'k. 



Sea cu- big like vou have spots all over and slave look just for I hate to have you 



cumber(?) ' ' your face like that talk to me. 



Wase'L 1 ke citi'ni yeq! sli'qie yAx L!e'wu gilaxA'ntc CkAX 



Why not seeing anything 'into dish like sand you always For your- 



at all pick up self 



ke djiti'ni yeq! tcA gux yi k yA'di ^ 



not seeing into you big slave's son? 



Little Raven, I hate what you keep saying, because you are a slave's 

 son and can see nothing. I hate to have you talk to me because you 

 have spots all over your face like a big sea cucumber (i) and look like 

 a slave. Don't you know that, because you can not see anything, you 

 big slave's son, you keep picking up sand instead of dipping into the 

 dish^ 



(52) Composed about a certain man by Andeye'k, oneof the L!ene'dL 

 Ts!u Jamestowntc iya'wadji Llene'di yA'ttili. Ts!u na'ilaL!lt 



Also t lie Jamestown had punished Llene'di's children. Also you put away 



you 



de yIq!Alaiye'li. Ate ke yai'laLAkq!u. 



(imp. ) * your lying. That is you get the best of j)eople. 



how 



Axtuwa'sigu yaGold creek xAt ya'yagaxe'. Ts!u At cuAXAltl'tc 



I always like this Gold creek me to have you pity in. Also I always feel very 



happy when 



yaCxold creek xAt j^ayaga'xe KiksA'di yA'tq!i. 



this Gold creek me you pi'ty in KiksA'di's children. 



The Jamestown'^' has punished you already, i.ene'dfs children. 

 Put away all of your lying. That is how you get the best of people. 



I always like to have you pity me in this Gold creek. I always feel 

 very happy when you pity me in this Gold creek, KiksA'df s children. 



a A former revenue cutter, which probably carried away the man against whom this was composed 

 and held him in confinement for a time. 



