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(100) A very iiiodern love song. 



DjildakA't-At Lcxko'ctu yex kati'yi my dear Itoy xAt djiwAiiA'q, 



Everything indifferent to me as it' is me has .tronc from, 



my dear Tommy. 



1 don't care about anything .since even my dear boy, my dear Tonnny, 

 has gone from me. 



(101) A love song composed Ijy a dancer named Slqloe't, who 

 belonged to tlie Haven phratry. His sweetheart was away when the 

 ■1th of July came. 



Wa'sA k"cis XAt qogwati' yadjulai'a yaqe'ga-e'ni. Axti't-liAs Lei 



How I wonder I will be this July morning is coming. My aunts not 



qoqati'n lax ye'xa guge'k! Axtuwu'. 



I can see very a weak about it my thoughts. 



I wonder what this coming July morning will be like. My mind 

 is very weak thinking that I shall be unable to see my aunts (i. e. , ni}^ 

 sweetheart)." 



(102) Composed by a man named Raven-skin (Yel-dugu') when his 

 sweetheart abandoned him. 



Yuk doqe'qluc gogAna' qa godji' tin qongAUA'. Lex eel gux 



If one had charge of death person a Wolf with it would be easy It would be 



(woman) to die. 



sagu'gis. 



very pleasant. 



If one had control of death, it would be very easy to die with a 

 Wolf woman. It would be veiy pleasant. 



(103) A mourning song belonging to the KJl'gwAntan. 



Tela hii dfituwu' Acl't usite' yadego'tc. Lil q!wAn ctu ye'da(|!eq. 



Right his mind to him wa.s thisman of Wolf Never (imp.) Vjlame others. 



[people]. 



It is his own fault that this \Volf man got into that condition (i. e., 

 died). Do not lay the blame on anybody- else. 



oThe term translated "aunts" is used generally for those women of the opposite clan with whom 

 it was allowable to marry. 



