ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 627 
Translation: 1. Aia haia! Sing Haialikya/latl, sing Ts’étsa/ék‘a 
songs, Tldkoa’la ! 
2. Aia haia! Then the people will ask you to fulfil 
their desires, Tlokoa/la ! 
3. Aia haia! Then they will take the cedar-bark 
ornaments out of your hair, Tlokoa’la ! 
4, Aia haia! Then they will ask you to give them 
plenty to eat, Tlokoa’la! 
IV. Ma'mak-a. 
1. Hau. Wiaiikyasle! dd/k-oatlakyas naua’lakuas; ia! 
Hau. Go on! See his great 
nawalak; 1a! 
2. Wa/ikyaslz ! diddk‘sz’méqs k-a/mina ! 
Goon! Look after your sacred implement ! 
3. Hiaikya’smis wi osukuila k-a/mina. 
Truly it makes that they have no the sacred implement. 
time to escape 
4, Hiikya/smis ts’étsak'wila nau’alak-. 
Truly it shortens life the nau'alak. 
Translation: 1. Hau: Behold his great nau‘alak ; ia! 
2. Be careful in swinging your sacred implement. 
3. Truly it kills the people, so that they have no time 
to escape the sacred implement. 
4, Truly, it cuts short their lives, the nan‘alak. 
Nore.—k'a'mina is the name of the Ma’mak:a’s stick, described on 
page 70. Nau'alak: designates any kind of dancing implement. 
V. O'lala. 
Olala sings: 1. K’alak-olistsuqtEn léintinla’kyaatla ts’éqpék'a'lagyilis. 
The world knows me when I reached the dancing pole 
in the earth. 
People sing: 2. K’rltitsema’aqus aly’aé’ems lowa! 
You are the bringer of the foundation of daylight ! 
3. Ald’mitsEma/aqus alH’aé’ems lowa ! 
You are the finder of the foundation of daylight ! 
4, Kdtitsima/aqus k’otk'oté’ems lowa! 
You reach to the pointing to heaven! 
earth 
VI. Tsé'k’ois (=bird inside). 
i; Omatatla/lagyila k'a/minatsé tsé/ak'os ; 14! 
Make silent! the sacred implement inside your great; wi! 
2. Tlétléqk-d/lagyilitsuq, tpmilk‘oatlalagiis nau’alak: tséak‘os ; id! 
Everybody names you, let it be still whistle your great; iad! 
