ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 563 



VI. War Song. 



Netlawa'tinak ni'natlutluni'siDam. 

 Across the mountains they go far aivay. 



Atnd'nitli'tlne sii'ntla a'tkonka'tlawusQo'niya'mne. 



They are much afraid of Blaclfeet ? 



Atslo'nitli'tlne sa'ntla ; tlsQa'tlal k'a'tlaQa'Etltsin. 



They are much afraid of Blackfeet ; they will steal horses. 



Atnu'pslati'yitlka'niki'tiae. 

 They keep singing a long time. 



Ni'natlho'tl5ni'sinam tla opka'tloni'sinam. 



They go far away ; they cross the mountains again. 



No'kwankik'i'tlaqk'ni'yam. Ta'aQas atka'kaskini'tlne. 

 Kill all the buffaloes. Enough of singing. 



This song Paul explained as follows :— The Indians cross the mountains 

 to go to the distant Blackfoot country, where there are great prairies and 

 many buffaloes. The Indians are much afraid of the Blackfeet. The 

 youths form circles and sing. The Kootenays are much afraid of the 

 Blackfeet. They are going to steal horses. They sing for a long time. 

 Then they hasten to return across the mountains, having finished killing 

 buffaloes. 



YII. Children's Song. 



Kitki'nitl kane'he tla'kitlak ka'wiska'kana'nam. 

 Kiktci'kina'mnam atsli'tkini'tlne ka'ktlinka'iyam. 

 Atsli'tkini'tlne k'a'tla 'tlka'mu niktci'ketl. 

 Hinnen netsta'hatlna'na atawu"te aqkinu'tlams. 

 Nau't'na'na atni'nsi kiyii'k'mii'tles atni'nse aqkinu'tlam. 



Paul gave the following explanation of this song : — The children join 

 hands in a circle, and bending the knees assume a sitting posture, the 

 whole weight of the body resting on the legs below the knees. They 

 keep rising up and sitting down, never actually sitting on the ground, 

 however. One of them closes his eyes, and the game consists in the 

 others stepping on his toes, &c., and pretending to be women, snakes, 

 ganS) or the like. 



Hunting {ho' nana' qS, I hunt). 



The Kootenays have always been great hunters. In former times they 

 used to cross the Rockies to join the Blackfeet and other tribes in the 

 great annual buffalo hunt. Since the disappearance of these animals they 

 have been forced to confine themselves to the pursuit of bears, deer, 

 wolves, and the smaller fur-bearing animals. The Indians are very skil- 

 ful in the chase, and it is said that in the old days certain families hunted 

 only some particular animal ; the bear or the beaver, for example. The 

 flesh of most of the animals killed is eaten by the Indians, and the hides 

 are disposed of to the whites. The Upper Kootenays kill a large number 

 of skunks (Qd'aas), which they sell to the Chinese miners, who use them 

 for medicinal purposes. 



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