] 78 POETIC TEXTS. 



Kii' tcha-aga. Winua nil a ku'tsag, sli^shatk kA'tsag; pakisb wak ktVtsag. 



WeMtash. Nu ai weket4sh gi; wdketa nil shahualtdmpka, nfi shahualtdmpka, 



3 11 li wek(jtash shdwa. 



Mdnhiya. Ncl-aslit shil'sliatk, mankag sbil'shatk. 



Kahnolsli. Ga' a ge-u kdkniilsh, g^-u hilt kakniilsli; ml shla-ip6le kdknulsh, 



p'laiwash kdkiiulsb. 



Pdphash. Piipkasli walta g^-u a g(i-isb; walta ge-u g^-isb papksham lu'lp; 



ka'gi g^-u papkasb gti-ish. 



9 Spu'klish. Nil ai spu'klisb, n4-asbt shii'shatk. 



Shidkdfkisli. Ge-u a shlako'tksh, ga' ki hu sblako'tkisb ; wudsi'tsi aiiku, tiim 



udsi'tsi; tiini i'l^i, tiimi anku, tiimi ge-u anku gi. 



12 Pd'Jcsh. Sbui'sbam ge-u pa'ksh; katcbgal g^-u shui'sb. 



WeUkag. Nil ai wela'kag; nil a tchia wela'^atkank; ge'k a bVlp, ge'k a mu- 



miaatch. 



NOTES. 



The majority of these songs are destitute of auy interesting and characteristic 

 features, and being of easy interpretation I gave them without translation, adding, 

 however, the necessary remarlcs iu the Dictionary. These pluases are common-place 

 repetitions of some sharaanie ideas current in the tribe, and are given in a low jargon 

 or technical slang redundant in elisions and contractions. Only a few of their number 

 are rhythmical. The prououu nil, I, is often repeated tliree times in one sentence, in 

 the form of ni, nu, an (a nu), ank (a uu gi), ua (uCi a). 



Of the thirty-seven objects which have given origin to these songs sixteen do not 

 occur in the sliamanic songs given by other informants and two are given here under 

 other headings: thes%, paishash (under kdlo), and the marten, Skdlamtch (under pe'p). 

 I have arranged all the songs in categories of natural objects. 



Kakash also fiu-nished a series of limbs and organs of certain animals which were 

 supposed to exercise supernatural powers, and therefore were made the subject of a 

 shui'sh, shuiuotkish, or incantation. They are as follows: of the hlacl- hear, the head, 

 snout, paws, far and heart; of the dog, the head, hair, fur, ears, tail and paws; of the 

 weasel (tchashgal), the head, eyes, snout, nose, chin, long haii-, paws and tail; of the 

 minJc, the paws, snout, fur, tail and heart; of the shuvishflwlc, the head and legs; of 

 the salmon, the head and fins; of the fly, tiie wings (las, black or white) and legs. 

 About the young antelope and old woman's spirit (wil'liag and weMkaga) see below. 



176; 2. witsa. When the clear sky is said to blow with a shrill sound (witsa), and 

 thus "to sing its own song", this means that the winds are blowing fiercely tlirough 

 the air, high above the ground. 



176; 3. This song on the grumbling or rattling earth (walta, Imalta) was made by 

 Doctor John on the subject of liisown imprisonment, tlie cause of wliich I have rolat<Ml 

 elsewhere. 



176; 1. ShAshapsli, SiiAsliapamtcli is tliemytliologic name of (he grizzly hear: 118, 1. 



