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out the gambling; also play ball, jump, and run races. The girls play 

 with dolls. The girls and boys both play in canoes, and stand on half 

 of a small log six feet long and a foot wide and paddle around in the 

 water with a small stick an inch in thickness, and in fact play at most 

 things which they see their seniors do, both whites and Indians. 



§ ih— MUSIC. 



The character and frequency of their music, both vocal and instru- 

 mental. — Vocal: Love songs, tamanamus or medicine-men songs, war 

 and gambling songs, and baby songs. All but the war songs frequent, 

 but with no regularity. Instrumental : A kind of rough drum to ac- 

 company tamanamus and gambling songs. 



The classes who practice it. — All classes practice all kinds. 



The existence of minstrels or special musicians. — None. 



The occasions, icith copies of the melodies and score, if possible. — War 

 songs in war time; tamanamus songs at the medicine-men's work; 

 gambling songs at gambling, and love songs very irregular, but often, 

 especially when in company, traveling, or at work, and more especially 

 by the women and younger persons ; baby songs when taking care of 

 their children. Their own native songs as yet I have been unable to 

 obtain. 



The following are songs in Chinook, which they have been taught 

 during the past two years at church and Sabbath-school. The Chinook 

 is the language which they use in their intercourse with the whites, 

 except when an interpreter is used, although the Twana is their own 

 language, and used in the intercourse between themselves. 



TUNE. 



1. Ahukuttie nika tikegh whiskey, (Repeat twice.) 



Pe alta uika mash. 



Alta nika mash (Repeat twice.) 

 Ahukuttie nika tikegh whiskey, (Repeat twice.) 

 Pe alta nika mash. 



2. Whiskey has cultus, "1 



Pe alta nika mash. I 



4. Cultns klaska muckamuck, | 



Pe alta nika mash. I 



(Translation.) 



1. Formerly I liked whiskey, 

 But now I throw it away. 



2. Whiskey is very bad, 

 And now I throw it away. 



3. Whiskey kills the people, 

 And now I throw it away. 



4. They drink that which is bad, 

 And now I throw it away. 



