swANTON] TLINGIT MYTHS AND TEXTS 409 



The Tlingit equivalent is given at greater length, as follows: 



LAX Axte'qitc isexA'n Tsague'di jA'tqli. Tca'tclA ii'n tsa XAt 



Very my heart I love you Tsague'di's 'children. Only with in- I 



from you deed 



goqwAna'. 



will die. 



I love you from 1113^ heart, Tsague'dfs children. You are the only 

 one I will die with. 



(77) Composed by Pressing-down (KAstla'k), one of the Tcu'kAn-ca' 

 (TcukAne'di women). Her brothers were drowned and their bodies 

 were not recovered. 



Iq!ayi' XAt yawaLa'k Ka'gwAntfin yA'tqli. Da ica'n xAt ye 



Your point me has beaten, Ka'gvvAntan's children. But pity me this 



na'yigax. 



you have on. 



DasA'k^ci aga' AnxAlge'ntc qe xAt ASgl't. Yfiq! ga AxI'kl-hAs 



I wonder lor it I always look when I wake up in the There might my brothers 

 wliat after morning. be a time 



when 



qakAsitl'n. 



I would see. 



Your point" has beaten me, Ka'gwAntiin's children. But take pity 

 on me. 



I wonder what I always look after when I wake up in tiie morning. 

 Sometime I might see my brothers. 



(78) Composed by Kaqiitucu'tc of the Ka'gwAntiin when his father 

 and his uncle died. 



Djilqa't hln yix yAk"gwasa'x ikAne'k Axka'k. 



Chilkat river down will come down your sickness my uncle, 

 through (sound of your 



death) 



NadadA'x gAdjixa'n nfidagawu' AXLa'. Natu'tx ke yita'n 



From the nations has fallen down the nation's drum, my mother. From among up you take 



the nations 



Atu'denAx duA'xtc axuI'. 



from among can be heard my mother, 

 them 



The noise of your death, my uncle, will come down tiirough Chilkat 

 river. 



The nation's drum has fallen down, ray mother. Take the drum 

 out from among the nations so that they can hear my mother. 



(79) Composed b}^ a Nanyaa'yi named KakAsguxo', about KAcklA'Lk! 

 and Lqlaj'a'k!, referring to the time when they strove to cross the 

 Stiidne and were turned to stone. This is a mourning song, there- 

 fore a long cane is used when it is sung. 



Acl'n gua yen jmtlti'tk dinayi' yagu'. Axka'k deye kAndawA'Ll. 



With him goes there drifting the nation's canoe. My uncle already is breaking up 

 (ashore) (= is dead). 



Uq! AUA'xJixatc. 



Him I do not expect any 

 here more. 



a Probably where they were drowned. 



