ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 573 
TRANSLATION. 
1. My supernatural power restores life. 
2. My supernatural power makes the sick walk. 
3. My supernatural power cuts life short. 
3. Song of Shaman, initiated by the Wolf. 
2 Laistalt' srlaytiedies gy lgyildiguilatlaindé kauq nauw'alak 
Made to go around the world by making lifelong past the supernatural 
hai tlo' koala. being 
hai magic. 
2. To-isti' liszlaytiedias gyi lgyildiguilatlaindé haug nawalak 
Made to walk around the world by making life long past the supernatural 
hai tlo' koala. being 
hai magic. ‘ 
3. Ma'tela ond'gua'yask'ai  gyi'lgyildoguilatlaindé k:aug nau'alak har 
Ahead I the poor one making life long past the supernatural being hai 
tlo'koala. 
magic. 
TRANSLATION. 
1. The one who makes life long made me go all around the world, the 
supernatural being. 
2. The one who makes life long made me walk all around the world, the super- 
natural being. 
3. The one who makes life long placed my poor self ahead of all, the super- 
natural being. 
4, Song of Shaman, initiated by Bagbakudlanwasv wae. 
1, Ai, hai'alikyilaamede no'gquaia k’od'nastés Bagbakualanuest'waé, do'hula. 
Ai, healing all the time I wildness of Baqbakuadlanugsi'waé, behold ! 
2, Ai, goa'gulagyiydithyas ond'gua k°od'nastes Bagbakudlanuest'waé, do'kula. 
Ai, saving life I wildness of Baqbakualanugsi’waé, behold ! 
TRANSLATION. 
1. Behold ! I am able to heal by the power of the wildness of Baqbakualanugsi’ waé 
2. Behold ! I save lives by the power of the wildness of BaqbakualanuQsi’ wae. 
5. Song of Shaman, wmitiated by the Echo. 
1. Yahau,  hé'ilikyayatloe gyi lgyildigquilags héilikyayugdé haus’ 
Yahau, healing with making life long with means of healing of : 
tla' koalahyas’o. 
the magician real. 
2. ntyakayatloe gyi lgyildiguilags Héyak ayoqda haus 
Blowing water with making life long with means of blowing water of 
tlo' hoalahyas’s. 
the magician real. 
TRANSLATION. 
1. Yahau. The power that makes life long lets me heal with the means of 
healing. 
2. Yahau. The power that makes life long lets me blow water with the means 
of blowing water. 
BIRTHe 
The husband of an enceinte woman in the seventh month of preg- 
nancy prepares to insure an easy delivery by collecting the following 
four medicines ; four tentacles of a squid, a snake’s tail, four toes of a 
