er: 
ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 631 
gyinli‘kyelé p’ip’ayia/latl p’esagyi’la p’esagyi’la, mia/qoagyila 
together with to promise to to giveaway to give away to give away 
children give away blankets blankets many 
blankets blankets 
mogqsista’lis’a léilk-oa/atlé. Yi/heyi. 
to gwe away tribes. Yi'heyt. 
blankets to 
everyone 
Waansala iautlemé’tl atla/nema gyigyik'a’maé atld’q’é _—‘k’oé’gyilisa 
Try tomake him of the the chiefs  thatitmay something 
mild wolves not happen 
quagueé’gyi'lisa wi/lagyila nemia/lisila k-amélék‘agyila. Yuiheyi. 
(moving his make short make short make people fall Yiheyt. 
tail ?) life lived dead together. 
Ie., The chiefs of the wolves will come and bark in the house, giving 
away blankets. You will always be one of the greatest, you! 
the oldest of all the chiefs of the world. Yiheyi. 
Wonderful are the words of the chiefs of the wolves. They say: 
We shall all assemble with our children, to the promise to give 
away blankets, to the giving away of blankets to all the tribes 
of the world. Yiheyi. 
Let us try to make them mild the chiefs of the wolves, that he 
may not unexpectedly shorten our lives and kill all of us by 
moving his tail. Yiheyi. 
VII. Kuniqua. 
Kunquakyastléqk‘ae. Sa/kyastlasé ku’/nquakyaso. 
Verily ! it will thunder loud for him. Oh! wonderful will be that thunder. 
VIII. Qo'los (a species of eagle). 
K-oa’lanits ha’winalanak: Ts’é’k‘oa cuns gyi/k‘amaé qo’loskyaso 
Let us not frightenhim Ts'é’k'oa our chief the wonderful eagle 
koa’ latlala nak‘otlid/is Ens nia’la. 
sitting down on the middle of of the sky. 
top of 
Ie., Let us not frighten him the great bird, our chief, the wonderful 
eagle, who sits down in the middle of the sky. 
IX. Henkyagstdla or Kita’ qolis. 
Ya/lamla/wiszns nnma/lamené’qom Qua/nék‘n/Inqtlé Omagyilak‘srns 
Tt is said that together the small move heuds in. who ts made 
we will ones dancing after him our chief’s son 
nEmts’aqké’alisé. 
the only greatest one. 
Ma’sé wa/tldems Ni’tlemgyila? 
What is the word of Natlemgyila ? 
