168 POETIC TEXTS. 



37. Song of Old Marten or SMlamtch: 



Nd' ai nen aggi'dsha -l~\-l ~\j.^ 



1 go up and stick fast to the tree. 



38. Song of spirits^ walking-stick, or sku'ksam hd'kskish: 



Sku'ks ai nu si'kamba I 



Leaniug on a staff, I the dead man's spirit am traveling. 



39. Song of the large black woodpecker: 



Sku'kashak nu na'pka 



I the young woodpecker have brought on sickness. 



40. Song of the strap made of otter skin (sxi'l) : 



S^l'l ai nil mu'luash, -l^^\j. — 

 s;fi'l ai nu shui'sh gi. j. - - 1 - _l _ 



I the skin-strap am a conjurer's tool, I am a^agic song. 



41. Song of the sxi'b-bird: 



Szi'pu nil shui'sh 



Of the s;^b-l)ird I am the song. 

 Or, iit oilier words : 



I the s;i;fb-bird am singing about myself. 



42. Song of the storm-blast: 



Sl^wish ai nu wuydmna 



I the storm-wind I wind around. 



43. Song of the lark: 



Ndnukash g^-u na'paksh, 

 Sk61iilam g6-u na'paksh. 



The disease brought on by me, the lark, spreads everywhere. 



44. Song of the spu'm or female shkd'-bird: 



Kaflash nu shnol6ka 



I am snapping at the ground. 



45. Song of the sweat-lodge stick-hole: 



Stsaiisawalks gd- u shui'sh gi -l-_|^-^|j._ 



This is my song, that of tie stick-hole. 



46. Song of the loon or tdplal: 



Tseldwash nish shidlamnu tapMlas 



I am the loon and my waves follow me. 



47. Song of the bodily pains: 



Tatkti'sh ai nH na'pka 



I the painfulness have come upon ye. 



