SWANTON] TLTNGIT MYTHS AND TEXTS 405 



Yen duwaxe'tc ceyiidiYeik!. Tcuc kAnLide'q! ceyiidiYe'lk!. 



There they have al- this Little Raven. Already he is ashamed this Little Raven, 

 ready knocked 

 him down 



They have already knocked down this Little Raven. This Little 

 Raven is already ashamed. 



(01) Composed by Under-a-blanket (Kaguntu'k!) of the WAtane'di, 

 part of the KiksA'di, about the son of a LluklnAXA'di named Yesgu'qtc, 

 whose brother had been killed in compensation for the killing- of her 

 brother. 



Axtuwu' tin wutc udiya' L!uk!nAXA'di yA'tqli. Ate Axtuwii'tc ke 



My mind with hisis just the same LliiklnAXA'di's children. So I am begin- 



nASXA'n. 



ning to love him. 



DasA'k"ci aga' AnxAlge'ntc qe XAt gA'sgidin, Ya'qigwa Axhu'nxo-hAS 



I wonder for it I always look I wake up in the There might ray brothers 



what morning. be a time 



qakxAsitl'n. 



I might see. 



His mind is just like mine, LlfdvlnAXA'di's children. 80 that I am 

 beginning to love him. 



I wonder what I always look for when I wake up iu the morning. 

 Sometime I might see my brothers. 



(62) Composed by Man-that-is-not-all-right (Qa-ucte/) about Princess 

 Thom (Gadji'nt), because when she was very young all sorts of young 

 men went to her house, tilling it as if it were a saloon. Princess 

 Thom was the own sister of Qla'dustin. (See p. 347.) 



IvAt-hfyi nao-dakA-hi'tiyi At qa cuxi'xtc ilikil'dzi a'si yAdiye'l. 



Even from whisky house (saloon) people getaway but not from it is this Raven. 



you 



Even from a saloon people get away, but not from you, Raven 

 woman. 



(63) Composed by a man named KfitdA' (Around-a-flat-basket, 

 or Arouud-a-woven-oil-presser), whose wife was taken away from him 

 by her people, who would not let her return. 



Tc!a niio datuwu' yAx 1 xa uste'x, Toqye'di yA'tqli. 



Just whisky desire for like never I sleep, Toqye'di's children. 



Like one who desires whisky, I never sleep, Toqye'di's children, 



(64) Composed by Among-the-brant (Qenxo')*^ of the KiksA'di, about 

 Saxa', when his wife had been taken from him, and he felt very sad. 

 The last words are said to be in Tsimshian. 



Xaq! Hdzl' yaAxtuwu'. Wudjke't xoysl'itc yfit Axtuwu'. 



Tome is very this my mind. Around I were carry- to this my mind, 



hard ing 



Hayu' wAiga'k cinda'? 



What is the matter with you? [Tsimshian words]. 



oThis name probably owe.s its origin to the circumstances recounted in story 24. 



