SWANTON] TLINGIT MYTHS AND TEXTS 407 



Poor Dorsal-fin-of-killer-whale-seen will die before he reaches 

 Victoria. 



(69) Although this song is very much older, the words were put in 

 at the time the people of Sitka killed those of Wrangell. Just ])efore 

 they started singing, everyone had to raise his paddle and cheer on 

 account of the scalps. A Nanyaa'yi killed at that time was named 

 Ltcluq!. 



Ts!u q!wAn na-u' wet CtAqlhfn. 



Again (imp.) you live at it the Stikine. 



Will you live at the Stikine any more? 



(70) This is sung by all the Ka'gwAntan when a person's V)ody is 

 being burned, the iirst part during the l)urning itself and the second 

 part while the women are dancing around the lire, wearing ear pend- 

 ants. The first part is called Nodding-of -heads-to-and-f ro (KitcdacTyi'), 

 and the onh^ words used are Tinna' sfiwu', "There are lots of coppers," 

 repeated again and again. 



[Second part] At acuwagu't kiwa'Len yA'dA Axqe'ik!. 



To it he has been led up to a place where my nephew, 

 people are killed 



[Third part] De Acyayl'q! hit yen aoliyA'x duka'kdiAs. 



Already for him house there have made his uncles. 



My nephew has been led up to a place where people [go who have 

 been] killed." 



His uncles have already made a house for him there. 



(71) A man had all of his friends destroyed by a bear, and was the 

 only one left in the fort they were then occupying. There he com- 

 posed this song. The last w^ords are used because he was going to 

 succeed his uncle. 



IwuxJidja'q Axka'k ixo'ni anye'tlt ixHdJA'q". axva'x wuni'yi qa 



I compare you, my uncle, your to high I compare Like me is like a man 



friends caste you. 



ci'llngit-a'ni tut wusgaxe'n. Agaguci' dua'n itl'di slit W'uduiwu'slln. 



this world in is crying about. At that time his town to have taken asked to have. 



out from 



I compare you, my uncle, to your high-caste friends. A man in the 

 same state as myself is now wandering about this world, crying. At 

 that time a man such as that asked to have the things taken out from 

 his place. 



(72) Composed })y a Chilkat man named Kaogu' on the instant when 

 he was asked to compose a song about a certain man's mother who had 

 just died. 



Lle'wu kle'uAx yen ayacJi't duye'li weditca'k!. Gax A'sgide ([ot 



Sandy beach over on there has taken his Raven the Eagle. To make anyone enough 



over cry 



Asiha', Kfi'gwAntan yA'tqli. Yeitc qo'a dutu'tx (lonAshe/tc. 



it is, Ka'gwAntan's children. Raven, how- toiler always comes to 



ever, amuse. 



a .\ special sky realm for tliosc who have died by violence. 



