Haida Songs

PUBLICATIONS
of the
American Ethnological Society

Edited by
FRANZ
BOAS-
VOLUME
III
HAIDA SONGS
By JOHN
R.
SWANTON
rSIMSHIAN TEXTS
(New
Series)
By FRANZ BOAS
Late E. J. BRILL PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS
LEYDEN,
1912
CONTENTS.
Page
Haida. Songs, by John R.

Introduction
I.
Swanton
3
5
Cradle-Songs
II.
Mourning-Songs
Miscellaneous Songs
Series),
56
61
III,
Tsimshian Texts (New

Introduction
f.
by Franz Boas
65
67
The
Story of Asdi-wa'l; or,
The Meeting on
the Ice,
71
-*.
Story of (lunaxnesEmg'a'd
147
Gauo'
Story of Porcupine and Beaver
193 227 237
4.
56.
Story of the Porcupine Story of the Deluge
243
Vocabulary
254
[vj
257035
INTRODUCTION.
I H E following" songs were collected by the writer in connection with his work for the Jesup North Pacific
Expedition
to the
during
the
winter of 1900-01.
w
The
general
characteristics of the songs
were described in Ethnology of the Haida" (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. V, p. 121). As has been
Contributions
in
stated
a discussion of the songs, the cradle-songs are
the property of the various families.
For
this
reason the
songs which form the bulk of the collection here presented

a
arranged according to the families to which they be-
long.
The names
following
of the
families
to.
will
also be found in
the publication before referred
The
songs
:
alphabet
is
used for rendering
Haida
KXVLANATION OF ALPHABKT
USK1J IN
RENDERING INDIAN SOUNDS.
A
i
'
e, e,
1,
a, a,
6, (a),
o u o u
a,
a
i
t
obscure
e,
a,
are probably the same sound, intermediate between the continental values of
i
= =
and
e,
/in
has
/////.
a
o,
its
continental value,
u, are
probably the same sound, intermediate between the continental

in
values of
a a
'
German a
and u. Bar.
is
aw
in law, only in foreign words.
A "
indicate that the preceding consonant

position of the
pronounced with
a, 0,
and u
mouth
respectively.
[.3.1
4
Sottans,
Surd.
Fortis.
Spiralis.
Nasal.
Velar
Palatal
q!
k!
t!
x
x
s
n
n
in
Alveolar
g d
dj
k
t
Dental
Labial
Lateral
tc
tc!
b
L
s
p
L
l!
Laryngeal catch and breathing

. .
h, y, w.
-j-
indicates great length of preceding vowel.
I have omitted the anterior palatal series, because the Haida sounds which should be classed under that head seem to me accidentally produced, owing to the presence of a following close vowel, p seems to occur only in onomatopoetic elements; b occurs not more than two or three times in strictly Haida words; and m, although considerably more abundant, is by no means common. The catch ( 8 ) is used in Masset instead of Skidegate g and x instead of Skidegate x. x is like German ch in Bach ; x is similar, but pronounced farther forward. Even among old people the fortis sounds are frequently reduced to simple pauses. This is particularly true of sounds formed far forward in the mouth. At other times they nre uttered with rapidity and force. In recording my texts, I found it difficult to distinguish fortis-sounds from sonants, l sounds something like ///, and l something like // or kl ; in both the tip of the tongue touches the back of the teeth, and the air is expelled at the sides: \ is similar, but more of the tongue is laid against the roof of the mouth, and a greater volume
of air allowed to escape,

as string.
fi
is
identical with English
ng
in such
words
Words in parentheses in the translations have been added to make the sense of the Indian clearer bracketed words or parts of words in Indian indicate forms which are inserted in the rhythmic songs, but would be omitted
;
in
prose.
! !
I.
CRADLE-SONGS.
(Skidegate Dialect.)
Xa'gi la'nas.
i.'dja'ada kudju's
unan
it
lu Q!c/na l'naga'-i ya'kAisl'ga L gaya'oga

when Skedans
the
was
town of
middle
in
its
smoke
âqo'nga-ftna's Lu'hao l dja'adaga-i

large
may be
when
what (kind of
a)
woman
(are you)!
i/dja'ada
kiidjii'sgu
was there
Lga-i
Skedans
gA'nLa-i
Creek
ge'istA
out of
l!
they
si'qigAnfga]
make
the noise
A woman
of singing continually
qa-ixuna'n-llfia's
Lu'hao l djaada'ga
when
what
may
(not) be
woman
(kind of a) are (you)
You need
a
not think that the

will
middle of Skedans
smoke of your house in the be as great as when you were

life
woman
(in
your previous
upon earth
).
You need
not think that they
will
make such
a continual
to
noise of singing in
Skedans Creek as they used

(in
when
you were a
woman
your previous existence).
The
child
is
considered a re-incarnation of some dead relative.

[si
QSa'dAsgo qe'gawa-i.
2.
ya'+nafi Gi'ttns dja'tgan marry own his woman Eagle

Gi'ttns
Eagle
sugwa'+n.
he
is
saymg.
+n. dja'tgan ya'+nafi sugwa

his
gadju'+wAn sugAn, Ad?'dAxua XA'nhao wa'ga i>,

Here behind us
yet
his
woman
own
marry
he
is
saying.
wife
sits
gadju'+wAn sug.u, Adl'dAxua xA'nhao wa'ga

Mere behind us
yet
his wife
sits,
HaU' waga daogi'+lgego+.

Come
his
let
us go up and get.
Hal a'
Come
waga daogi'+igego+.
his
let
Ha
My
Adl'dKxua XA'nhao
Here behind us
yet
ga'djiwAn su wan, hl'djigana xA'nhao wa'ga hi- (wife) yet owiboy wa'ga gadju'+wAn su gAn.
us go up and get.
f -
J^
says.
his wife
sits
he
He He
says* he
says he
is
is
His wife
His wife
Eagle-Woman. going to marry his own he says-, (the town sitting right behind behind (the town), he says.
is
,
is
Eagle.Woman, going to marry his own
sitting right
Come, Come,
My
His wife
us go up and get her! get her let us go up and sits there own boy is saying his wife he says. right behind (the town),
let
is
sitting
3'
Ha'lA+ dl'+ga+ ski'nxaLga'go.

Come
for
me
all
wake up.
At qa'+ngadigwanga,
I
dreamed about,
9
gasi'n xega'nftn. are going to make (Laughing) b ' they & k
Ha ha
a noise about him.
"To say"
Kach
is
line of this
used here for "to cry." song is repeated.
Come, wake up, and I dreamed about it. Ha, ha oh, what a
!
listen
to
me!
noise they are going to
make over
him
(at the potlatch)!
Oa'gials qe'gawa-i.
[The following cradle-songs for boys and girls are said to have been sung in the sequence here given when sung at potlatches at least, the position of the last one was fixed.]
5
(For Boys).
4-
A'+yana-h a'+yaiia-f
Be
careful,
a"
yana+ a'+yane a'+yano,

be careful,
be careful,
be careful,
be careful,
A-fildja'o-gafia a-fildja'o-gana a'yane a'yaiie. One who is a noble- one who is a noble- be careful, be careful,
man,
Wherever you
man,
la'
l ge'ida+lAii qla'oxan [s]ge'-f xAn aqa'dji

sit
aya+
you
into that place
his
head here
(//-)
qlaisoredlVo qlai'xas ge-|- ku'djugwa+ngasa-f n.

take off and put
without anything
he will rove about.
away
Ayana'+a
Be
careful
lldja'o-ga'nan
one who
is
gan dAn
for
hi'dja gadju'gAne.
sit
a noble-
you
as
man
a boy belonging to a good family.
Be
careful
of him, be careful of him, be careful of him,

of
be careful of him, be careful of him. This nobleman, this nobleman, be careful

careful of him,
him,
be
Wherever you
he
sit,
take off his head and put

(i.
it
away, or
will travel
about without anything
3 e., in poverty).
Be
1
careful of this
Aya The
is
nobleman,
etc.
equivalent to wa.
of an Eagle girl must give away blankets to this boy's parents, he will marry no one else when he grows up. That is what "taking off his head" means. The reference to his poverty is made with mock humility.
*
father
so
that
Hao
This
gl'na
thing
gA+n
*
dAfi idjaga'djl'was e'dji.

you
sitting as a
for
boy
are.
Hao
This
gl'na
thing
gA+n
for
dAfi idjaga'djl'was
you
sitting as a
e'dji.
are.
boy
NAfikflsLas agA'fi i'ndaLxaga'gAni.

NAnki'lsLas
himself
made
human
being.
Sklls
naga'ga
kuski'ndias
was,
e'dji,
wA'stA
from
it
Qlaku'ngwi
Rose Spit towards
Property in the house
ga-ilgaga'n dA'nal ixtjudal.

"his flood
with
tidal
wave went.
Gwa-isku'n xa'-idAga-i xA'nhao dAfi na'ga

North Island
people
Ikia'sigei
towards the door
even
e'dji.
your
house
gut guniJgA'ndias
are as other
many
as
when waves meet each

close together.
and are packed
Hao
This
gl'na
thing
gA+n
'
dAfi idjaga'djl'was e'dji.

you
sitting as a
for
boy
are.
This This
is is
why you why you

the
are a boy are a
boy
being.
flood
his
NAfikflsLas has
become a human
in
From
property
house a
went towards
Rose Spit. Even from North Island the people are crowded into your house, as when waves meet and are packed together. 1 That is why you are a boy.
A+ya-j-na'+ aya'ne a'+yano.

Be
careful,
be careful,
be careful.
La hao
He
is
ildja'oga+n.
a nobleman.
The
flood
child
is
born
to give
these great potlalches.
His property
is
likened to
the
raised in the time of NAnki'lsLas,
and
it
is
said that people will
crowd
into his house even from North Island.
r+lgian wAga'n(an) ku'+skl ftwas se+ lu tcl'nan qoniga'-i

(Face)
like
it
will
be wherever your
place
is
his grand-
powerful
changed
father
gl a la qeatdl'+ga.
for
he looks expectantly.
Aya'fio a o ildja'oga-fn.
He
careful,
this
is
a nobleman.
Be
careful (of the child),

is
be
careful,
be
careful.
This
going
will
to
be a great man.
His face
be changed wherever he
may
be,
when he
l
looks for the coming of his powerful grandfather

sees him).
(and
Be
careful, this
is
going to be a great man.

7-
A+yane'+
Be
careful
/
a'da gua e'dji

you
?
tcl'na-i.
grandfather.
is
A+yane
Be
+ +
a'da gua
you
?
e'dji
is
NAfikl'lsLas.
NAiiki'lsi.as.
careful
/
A+yane
Be
a'qwes nAfi kitna'fiugin. 2

this
careful
sky
one
touched.
3 s
?
Be careful. Be careful. Take care.
Is this Is this
you, grandfather?
you, NAfikl'lsLas
This
is
perhaps the one that touched the sky. 3
U'yate u'yate
Only
only
da'lAii
you
yA'ta
gadA'ldia'asan.
are going to be a yA'ta. 4
U'yate u'yate
Only
1
da'lAii yA'ta+gadA'ldia'asaii.
you
called
are going to
only
his
be a
yA'ta.
Skedans and
people
versa.
Djc'basa,
the
Tsimshian chief
at
Kitkalla,
"grandfather,"
and
vice
After he has become a man, the child's face will
look joyous
2 3
when he
sees his Tsimshian friends approach.
Equivalent to ugA'ngin.
child.
The mother "The one
refers to ancestors,
one of
1
whom
is
possibly being reborn in her

a cliff
that
touched the sky'
is
Many-Ledges (Ties qoa'naiya),
back of Skedans inhabited by a supernatural being. 4 One of high family, who wants for nothing.
IO
tcl'na-i+ lana'-fga
town
a'+nga
his
la
he
xl'
will
tskiitsâ.
with prop-
His grandfather's
fill
erty seaward.
Dl q'ndAldigoasl' lu qt'ngets na'ga-i

You
are of the great
[a]
gut gAn aqle'da

each (near) other
carving
since
chief's
house
people
qinskitsga'dias.
large toward the east (or seaward),
DaLv'n yA'ta gadA'ldiasan.

You
a yA'ta are going to be.
Only you are going Only you are going
to
be a
yA'ta.
You
Since
will
will
fill
to be a yA'ta. up your grandfather's town seaward with
property.
you are of the great people, your have large carvings seaward.
chief's houses
You
are going to be a yA'ta.
WAgana'n
Like
it
ge'tf-f dia-f-n,
it
has become,
WAgana'n
Like
it
ge'il-fdia+n,
it
has become,
Gado'+ GafgA'ida-kun gado'

Around
Gaiga'tda point
dai.gfsLdian.
lots of
around
canoes are coming.
WAgana'n
Like
it
ge'if-fdia-f-n,
it
has become,
WAgana'n
Like
it
ge'tf+dia+ii.
it
has become.
has come to pass. Plenty of canoes are coming around Point GatgA'fda
it
Now Now
it
has
come
to pass,
(to
potlatches).
Now Now
it
it
come has come

has
1
to pass, to pass.
point of land southwest of Skedans village.
JO.
Glna
Things
tlnxA'n, glna'-f tinxA'n,

all sorts of,
things
all sorts of,
l nao da'o-gadAldia'n, a l nao dao-gadA'ldian

grow up
well,
As many as
as
many
as
grow up
SqagI tiga
Dogsalmon
kill
well.
qlaU'ft'nsgua,
he
is
not going be able,
to
As many
l nao dao-gadA'ldian, a l nao dao-gadA'ldian

as
well, as many ti'ga q!alA?i'nsgua a,
kiil
grow up
A xagu
Halibut
as
grow up
well.
he
is
to
not going be able,
l nao dao-gadA'ldian, a l nao dao-oadA'ldian

as
As many
grow up
well,
as
many
as
grow up
well.
Ga-igtts
Cedar-bark
ti'ga
kiil
qlaLAti'nsgua,
he
is
(i.e., to
chop)
to
not going be able,
l nao dao-gadA'ldian, a l nao dao-gadA'ldian

as
As many
grow up
well,
as
many
as
grow up
well.
As many As many
things as
grow things as grow
(he (he
may may
not
kill).
not
kill).
Dog
salmon he may not kill. 1 As many as grow, as many as grow. Halibut he may not kill.
1
As many as grow, as many as grow. Cedar-bark he may not kill l (i. e chop), ., As many as grow, as many as grow.
1
1.
Gus
What
tin
kudju'diafi,
are you for,
gQs
what
tin
kadjo'dian?
are you for?
Sga'na
Supernatural
li'nga-i
kudju'diari
you are (you) are there power going to have for

tin
Gus
What
kudju'diari,
are yon for,
gus
what
will
tin
kudju'diafi?
are you for?
Because the slaves
do
it
for him.
12
Gatxala'n lu
In front of
i'sdala-i
pass
ki'lskuna
he will not
like
canoe to (have)
him
A'hao
For that
lin
he
kudju'dian
is
going to be
Gus
What
tin
kudju'dian, giis
are
tin
kudju'dian?
are you for?
you
for,
what
Sga'na
li'nga-i kudju'dian.
Supcrnatu- you are (you) are there ral power going to have for.
What are you for, what are you for? You are to have a supernatural helper. What are you for, what are you for? You will not let canoes pass in front of
what you are for. What are you for, what are you for ? You are to have a supernatural helper.
is
you. 1
That
12.
K!ustfn
Two
gwali'nasi,
if
klusti'n
two
gwali'nasi,
if
wa'ga
their
qa'dji
heads
la
1
there were,
there were,
dagaga'olinasi.
would keep.
Klusti'n Two
gwalfnasi,
if
klusti'n
two
gwalfnasi,
if
wa'ga
their
qa'dji
heads
la
I
there were,
there were,
dagaga'oli'nasi.
would keep.
If there
were two (boys),
if
there were two,
would keep
their heads.
If
there were two (boys),

their heads.
3
if
there were two,
would keep
If
people of low family passed close in front of chiefs' houses in their canoes
they might be injured or enslaved.
As a mother received property from the parents of the girl her son married would have received more if she had had two sons. Mothers who did no make these gifts were laughed at.
2
she
{For Girls.)
13-
G A 'nhao
you
dAn dja'ada-gadju'gAfi, d A n
U
e
dja'das, dA n dja'das
are <",
/J~ A'- A T dAn djaadas, dAn dja'adas.

are a
WOman,
yU
you
are a
woman,
woman,
you
are a
woman.
Qan
dAfl
y
_, A dAn j--/ djaadas,
dja'ada-gadju'gAn, are ' Wom n

'
dAn
Von
dja'adas,
are a
d A fi dja'adas
you
are a
woman,
woman!
dAn dja'adas.
you
are a
^you
are a
woman,
woman.
Xa'na qa'h
Sk,de g ate Inlet
^ wo^
fclia'na-i
kilda'lrJxaigaiAgAn d A n dja'adas, dAfi you are going to comtand you art a woman', you
djaadas.
are a
woman.
To command
inlet,
you are a woman, you are a woman, you are a are a woman, you are a woman. For this you are a woman, you are a woman, you are a woman, you are a woman, you are a
this
For
woman, you
woman
the
sticks
(i.
you are a woman,
house-poles) of Skidegate you are a woman.

e.,
14.
Hao
dalA'n sg A 'nxAnhao ya'te gadVldigane qlo'ldjat, hao

You
only ones
were bronght up well
dalA n sg A nxAnhao ya'te gad A 'ldigane qlo'ldjat,

y u
only ones
chiefw
were brought up well
chief women',
g.'o
na-kun gado' ga Lnda'liJxaga-iyu.

point
1
Skedans
around
,
sit
in his
u daUn /j Hao
You
Vour grand-
canoe and come

-
with him
sgA nxAnhao,
only ones,
etc.
etc.
(four times).
al
Tcl'naii qo'naiya-i
powerful
gwai'ga+gut
his islands together
dak'n dAnqla'-isgidan su *
you
pulle
said '
A'figa gi A'ngaxawa'yu.
Theirs
1
to
how
they act with
it.
The
girls
of this
command when
fami^^Tîed
house-poles are to be raised.
SkidegateThle^ÎnTli^viil 6
14
Hao
daU'ri sgA'nxAnhao, etc. (four times)

You
only ones,
etc.
QledAs klia'oga
Tattoo
for
gi gaxa-uxansiiya'-i yu. 1 sit down (or take the position).
You, chief women, are the only ones brought up well enough; you, chief women, are the only ones brought up well enough,
To
sit
in
(the
chief's)
canoe and come around Skedans

etc.
point with him.
You, chief women, are the only ones,
(four times),
2
To
pull
your
powerful
grandfather's
islands
together,
they say.
You, chief women, are the only ones,
etc.
(four times),
To
sit
down
to receive tattoo-marks.
Hao
That
a'-hgadal,
is
hao a'+gadal, a
that
is
tcl'na
na'ga
house
qa/li-|inside
gut
the
right,
right,
grandfather's
around
dao
gutiLv q!a-iguxanskia'nsi.
in different
sit
around in groups
(the slaves).
parts
Wa
Hao
That
Ikia'gua gaga'-i nAn qla'ouwas la hao agA^n ga'djida

far
Near the door
off
one
sits
him
let
take care of you
hao agA'n gada'lda

let
him take
care of
you
a'+gadal (eight times).

is
right.
That is right, that is right, (the slaves) sit in groups around the inside of your grandfather's house.
Let the
one
right,
sitting
far
off
near
the door take care of
you, take care of you.
That
that
1
is
is
that
that
is
is
right,
that
is
right,
that
is
right,
right,
right, that is right.
Yu
is
equivalent to hao.
is
"Your grandfather"
Reference
is
Raven, and the islands are the Haida country and the
to
mainland.
3
perhaps made
mainland marriages.
Equivalent to
ga-i.
6.
Di LlnaxAn
I
ge'iidaii
became
hao a guda'figani[he].
they used to wish.
like that
WAgana'il o
_Like
that
la geilsgia'n
hao
o.
she became soon.
A'hao
,
dak'n
Y U
sgA'nxAn
onl y
ki'lsLa-i
chief
ya'ta
only
(or At)
di
you
gad A ldjl'gan
are( s aidofa1,igl,
family)
hao 0+.
They used
Like
it
You
to wish that I should be like that. she soon became. are the only ones fit to be chiefs' daughters.
17-
Hao dak'n sgA 'nx A n

You^
only
kilsLa'is
chief
ya'ta gadA'ldlgAnkwe
are of a high family
Mao dalAn
You
<î
sgA'nxAn
only
kilsLa'is ya'ta
chief
gadA'ldlgAnkwe.
are of a high family.
l!
they
(aya+) qlotga'ndixan dja'gadA'figanl.

used
F r
^ be soliciting
(they) tried to get the
woman
Hao dak'n
You
a long time.
;
sg A 'nxan kilsLa'is ya'ta gadA'ldlgAnkwe

only
chief
are of a high family
Hao dak
Y U
n sgA'nxan kilsLa'is ya'ta gadA'ldlgAnkwe.

onl y
îef
are of a high family.
be a chief woman. For (you) they begged a long time (to

fit
You You
alone are
alone are
fit
to to
be a chief woman,
obtain
you
in
marriage).
You alone You alone

'
are are
fit
fit
to be a chief to
woman,
be a chief woman.
Or
gl'tsis ("chief's
daughter").
this
r<VhJ WOmaD)
(
he SeC d VerSe f
.
S0D S
is
substitut ed for kilsLa'is wherever
êntical with this one, except that qio'ldjat J

it
occurs,
i6
i;
Hal a' ga'gin gao-o

Come,
let
(eight times)
her
(or "let
on my lap us have her")

sit
Ga
The
ga'os
villages
waLu'xAn
all
la
gu'tgi
to each other
gagaga'ngao gu'tgi
hand
(her)
ska'i
to each other hand
dlgo
only
1a.
La sgun ga'ginugwa'n, la sgun ga'gmugwa'n.

I
take care of her now,
only
take care of her now.
HaU'
Come,
let
ga'gin gao-o (several times). her sit on my lap.

let
Come,
her
sit
on
my
lap! (eight times)
All the villages used to
hand her
to
one another.
I
Now
only
let
take care of her,

sit
now
!
only
take care of he
Come,
her
on
my
2
lap
(several times)
19.
Gu'sLao gudja'+gaiia your daughters Whv J

J
daU'n ga ki'ngatsgas ga da daoj

you
to
news went down
what did you
come
after.
gfada'lan
well brought up one?
Ga
gina'n
Crying
a gl xA'nhao
for
l!
they
qa'yinga'fia ge'da
attend you
gaglhman
is
(no one)
place where she
crying
gaga'ogwafi gacUl, ge'da gaglhlfia'n gaga'ogwafi gadAl.

Ivine * about, y
well brought place where she up one,
is
crying
lying about, well brought U P one

*
On
account of what news of your daughters to you (to The Land of Souls) did you
going down come up for
something, well brought up ones? There is now no one to attend to
you on account of
there your crying, where you are crying about (because you are are now no slaves), well brought up one, where crying about, well brought up one.
^^
i~~This
means
that all the people of all villages used to
be slaves of
this family,
and
2
so took care of the baby, but
now
is
The second
verse of this song

is is
the mother has to do it all herself. identical with this one, except that ugo'nfor the
gafia
("your fathers")
said to
be substituted
words gudja'+gaila (*your
daughters"), but gu'iiga
properly applied only to a man's father.
17
20.
L ,a
,Wn *
only
gtfUW.
"are that
U
they
sa'ga.
say.
da
Those
VW.
inl>
hao
drf
Those
l!
way
su'ga.
say.
,
they
Gahi
it.!
La geitga'nan
it
l!
they
su ga.
say.
_/
Not (with) howus

ever
was that way
They alone belong

But
it
say. a high family, they high family, they say. alone belong to a with us, they say. is not that way
They
to
2I. 1
Ha
Here
la ha La+ ha i*'+. .a ha L a+ ha i*'+, ha
(Laughter)
sgoa na A'cra talga'odigAn

is
gwe+,
[of them],
Mack ground used
one
h7L a hAaV
Crow
ha rf +
ha la ha L a + ha
*+.
llke a '
Ha
leLk)
la ha r.a+ ha +. ha La+ ha Le'+, ha UUe a crow. crow, (Uack) just
lite a
sung This song has to be
j^^'He p^
AMER. ETHN.
SOC. VOL.
III.
last.
the
euu
is
supposed
to
" ve
been
earth. former existence on tattooed in her
2 _POBL.
i8
Qlo'na qe'gawa-i.
22.
Hao
tcl'nAii
lana'ga gua da da'ga.

town
?
Your grandfather's
you
own.
Ga'godiya-i gua sga'naga, Ga'godiya-i gua sga'naga.

Lies large
?
is it
powerful,
Lies large
is it
powerful.
Hao
tcl'nAfi
lana'ga gua da da'ga.

town
?
Your grandfather's
you
own.
Ofngodiya-i gua sga'naga, Ql'ngodiya-i gua sga'naga.

Lies
down
greatly
is it
powerful,
Lies
down
greatly
is it
powerful.
Hao
tcl'nAfi
Your grandfather's
xat tda'anuga da da'ga uya'te ga'djuyafi. copper fire you own you only to sit greatly.
are
fit
Do
you own your grandfather's town? Lying large, has it supernatural power? Lying large, has it supernatural power? Do you own your grandfather's town ? Lying greatly, has it supernatural power? Lying greatly,
has
it
supernatural power?
fit,
You
only are
sitting greatly, to
own your
grandfather's
copper-fire.
(In
Tsimshian.)
231
No'+ gunato'+
Wa-fgitcl
3
na-j~ gunato'+ (six times) qlayAm gwa'tAksta natnigAn aho'yuda

near
3
down
river (?)
cry
4
(?)
walsf mglgy&t
noble
dAmgI+
q!ado'+
men
/
No+
1
gunato
+ na+ gunato'4-, no+ gunato'+ na-f gunato'+.

song are unintelligible, although a number of words
This and the following
may be -recognized.
2
3
Perhaps
gisi
("down
river").
The
translation
first
of this
word applies only
to
the
latter
part
of the word,
excluding the
4
three letters.
future.
Daiu indicates
19
(In
Tsimshian.)
24.
He-e-e-e+ gw&'ldAma
Woman
aga'-i (six times)
HA'naage he-e-e-c+ gwa'ldAma
aga'-i ha-a-dl+ gitci

bfelha algu
haliotis
qkl
mas
(a)
nl'cina afgu'
not
(?)
ha-a-dl+
git
not
(?)
He-e-e-e+ gwa'ldAma
aga'-i (three times).
tgai-u' la'nas.
25.
Di'nAii djat I'+ngadju-f-
My
child
(comes out having)

married,
woman
My
child
(comes out having)

married,
woman
[Aq!a] Qlaiya'-i aqlofgu'stA-f-,

Q!aiya'-i
from the top
of,
My
child
(comes out having)

married,
woman
Di'nAii djat I'+ngadju-f.
My
child
(comes out having)

married.
woman
My My
My My
child
child
comes out married, comes out married,

comes out married, comes out married.
1
From
the top of (Mount) Q!aiya'-i,
child child
Probably a'tgK ("not'
),
or Igu ("small").
20
26.
GitTn-djatsgan ya'nafi+-f su'++gaiV,

Eagle-woman
his
own
has already married,
he
is
saying;
GitYn-djatsgan
Eagle-woman
his
ya'nan++ sO'++gan.
has already married,
he
is
saying.
own
even
Adi'dAxua xA'nhao wa'ga gadjiwan

Near
right
su.
he
sa >' s
*
behind
his
sits
greatly,
[the town]
Ha'lai wa'ga da'ogttkuxaogo

Come,
his (wife) let us all
go up and get
Ha'lai wa'ga da'ogttkiixaogo.

Come,
go up and
get.
Adl'dAxua xA'nhao waga gadjiwan

Near
right
su.
he
sa y s
'
behind the house
even
his
.sits
greatly
He He He
is is
saying he has married an Eagle woman; saying he has married an Eagle woman.
sits
all all
says she
let let
greatly right behind (the town).
Come, Come,
us us
go up and get her! go up and get her
He
says she
sits
greatly right behind (the town).

27.
le++di'go-h agA'n te++dl'go-h Lgalai'gul djina's. Ao-Vfi &

Get ready
1'sifi
(for him),
get ready (for him),
Lgalai'gut
women
of.
I'dja
it
kudjQ'dian
is
e'++ya
get
a 1'ldjao
here nobleman,
ai++iljao.
nobleman.
Again
a boy,
Get ready
Lgalai'gut
for
8
him,
4
ready
for
him, 3
women
of the
family.
Again
1
it
is
a boy.
This refers to the marriage customs. That is, to marry him.

extinct branch of the Gi'tins of Skidegate. Indicating that boys were scarce.
3 *
An
28.
Gia'ioi
At the
time
Xa'na
Skidegate
qa'li,
Inlet,
gia'Lu
at the
Xa'na
Skidegate
qa'fi,
Inlet,
time
DA'nfiai da Lida'ogo-uiai'ya, To swell up you burst (on that day),
Sgate
Secret Suciety
ista'uti
kflsLa-i (four times).

chief.
having one day [or morning],
Ga-i 1a
That
i'sta-uf
do one day
(again),
kl'lsLa-i
chief,
(four times).
Ga'odjaos
Drum
(town)
ga'-ila i'sta-ul ki'lsia-i.

at
that
do
it
some
chief,
place
day,
Skidegate
Inlet,
Skidegate
Inlet.
When
Do Do
it
you burst with swelling,

the Secret Society perform one day, chief.
again, chief!
You had
it
one day
at
Drum Town,
29.
chief!
DalA'n sgu'nxAn
You
only
gua+
?
a'hao qindia'haowus
here look about
Tci'nan Iklia'nga A'figa

Grandfather's
(i. e.,
daU'n hao
you
ha-iluda'liJxa uya'te
got
all
timbers
yours
out of the
only
to
fit
Raven
/
woods
n.
do
peoples')
gadA/ ldlgwa
highly moving around.
Uyate' ga'dAldian, uyate' ga'dAldiaii, kflsLa-i ya'ta

Only
fit
only
fit
highly moving around,
chief
fit
to
be
ga'dAldiafi.
The oldest of the set. Once when there was Town had enough property
2
a great famine in Skidegate Inlet, the chief of

to hold a potlatch
Drum
and save every one from
starvation.
22
looking about: grandfather's You are the only ones fit to get all your highly moving around. 1 timbers out of the woods, chiefs moving around, chiefs Highly moving around, highly
Are you the only ones who
sit
highly
moving around.
Na
yu'Ans xa'-idAga-i.
30-
NAfikl'lsLas
ibi>as & NAfiki'lsias's inahk.1
gonga'+ qindjl'wayu hao hao qinxie'ndaUn.

father
one, a great o
such a great one
coming along.
Gua-H qinge'dao i+dja'n su qi'nlgalwan.

Halloo!
great chief
is
he
says
great one moving about.
Gua'+ qwiga
Halloo!
sky to
(gi)
gl'na gagitlugin u'hao

something
stretched up
(like a rope)
hao
it
Is
he
is
is
he
there,
qinxife'ndAl-Afigua'.
great one
moving along.
great moving about,
Qifige'do Ifdja'n su qfrUgAlwAn gua'.

Great chief
is
he
says
halloo!
He
says
it
is
NAnki'lsLas's great father
moving along so
greatly.
Halloo, great chief moving about! extending Halloo he moves along greatly like something
!
to the sky.
Halloo great chief moving about
The baby is addressed, house-timbers. is, the Raven peoples mother pretends that he NAfikHsLas's father would be an Eagle, and the
1
That
is
reborn in her child.
23
3i-
A'gua
1
ktlsLa'-i
chief
agA'n ina'sLda qi'ntgAlugA'n hao hao.

growing himself up so great as he
sits.
[ere
is
Dad
You
ki'ngat ugua',
arc getting rich (or great) sitting there,
dAn
you
kl'ngat ugua'.
are getting rich (or great) sitting there.
DAfi sLu'lgAtwAfi gua'.

You
are
DAfi-h qi'nlgAtwAfi gua

You
are highly
moving so greatly as you sit.
moving
SIt -
as
Y ou
DAfi ki'ngat ugua', dAn kffigat ugua'.

You
are getting rich (or great) sitting there,
you
are getting rich (or great) sitting there.
Daii sLulgAhvAn gua'.

You
are moving so greatly as you sit.
DAfi+ ql'ntgAtwAn gua

You
are highly
7
.
moving
stt -
as
y u
DAfi sLu'tgAlwAfi gua'.

You
are
moving
as
so greatly
sit.
you
grow up greatly as he sits. great. You are becoming great, you are becoming are moving You You are moving so greatly as you sit.
Here the
chief causes himself to
highly as you
sit.
becoming great. You' are becoming great, you are You are moving You are moving so greatly as you sit.
highly as you
sit.
You are moving
so greatly as
you
sit.
Lga'xetgu
32
-
la'nas.
IHaol
1
i'sin
[a
L
a]
J
i.gua'
I
[a]
dAn lala'ga+gaga
your
screens
inside
[ha]
xega'nlthere w.ll be
Again
do not expect
ga'lgalwan. ina'-us wagM-ga'gma'fta noise

for
it
(you) ,rou) are crying
moving (you) are moving while sitting down.
24
I
do not expect there will again be a noise screens, for which you sit crying.
1
inside
your
33-
Hao
fsin a-a-a-a i/gua'-a-a-a Luguft'na

Again
perhaps
xetga'+ dAn xatga'

in front of
Upset-Canoe
your
father
ai+ dAn gai.gandA[ga] dAn gatga'iao

you
look around
things
at
llfia'-us.
expect to
be.
new
you
taken care of
sitting
Aiyane'-e-e-A e-e-eyan a'-a-a aiyane' q!o'ldjatga'+.

lie
careful
be careful,
chief-woman.
Hao
i'sin
a-a-a-a
i/gua'-a-a-a
perhaps
gie'stA
from where
tla'go xAndja'os
copper
ge
Again
came from around
dAn
vour y
xatga'
father
ai+
dAfi
you
gaLga'ndAfga]
look around at
things
dAn
you
gafga'tao
be taken care of sitting
new
llfia'-us.
expect to be.
Aiyafie'-e-e-A e-e-eyan a'-a-a aiyane' q!o'ldjatga'-f.

Be
careful,
be
careful,
chief-woman.
Hao
I'sin
a-a-a-a
Lgua'-a-a-a
perhaps
gie'stA
li'mAn
xA'ndjusge
in
from where hide of some came around mainland animal
dAfi
vour y
xatga'
father
ai+
dAfi
you
gaLga'ndA[ga]
look around at things
dAn
you
galga'lao
be taken care
of sitting
new
lina'-us.
expect to be.
Aiyane'-e-e-A e-e-eyan a'-a-a aiyane' qlo'ldjatga'

Be
careful,
be careful,
chief-woman.
These words
are intended as a gentle reproof,
reminding the child that he
is
too high born to cry in that way.

2
place north of Cape Ball.
25
Hao
i'sin
a-a-a-a
i/gua'-a-a-a
perhaps
gi'stA
gu'lxas xA'ndjus ge
catnc
Again
from where big variety of abalone
around
dAn
your
xatga'
father
ai-h
dAn
you
gaLga'ndA[ga]
look around at
things
dAn
you
gafga'fao
be taken care
of sitting
new
lina'-us.
expect
to be.
Aiyanc'-e-e-A c-e-eyan a'-a-a aiyaiie' qlo'ldjatga'-}-.

Be
careful,
be careful.
chief-woman.
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe/ chief-woman, and look around upon all things
in
front of Upset-Canoe.
Be
careful,
be
careful,
chief-woman
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe, chief-woman, and look around the place whence
coppers come.
Be
careful,
be
careful,
chief-woman
li'mAn-hides come.
Be
careful,
be
careful,
chief-woman
abalones come.
Be
careful,
be
careful,
chief-woman.
Chiefs'
children
used
to
be
placed
high
trading-canoes so that they could look about.
up on blankets ip the centre of Here the baby is reminded of what
she used to do in a former existence.
26
34-
Agua'
It
qloldja't
chief-woman's
xatga'1-f +Aii
fathers
Ldjin
Bella Bella
xa'-idAga-i
people
gAn
with
may be
LusqA'sL
return by
indja'wAs
from being angry
gu
there
tdaanii'
the
fire
dji'ina
next to
la'na
that
fa'-a-a-a
let
canoe
one
agA'ii ha-i tclltga'go gu'anda.

let
watch
jind
tend you
while you
lie
about,
Gu'sta gl da'gagina'ii galgu'lwan?

What
for
are
you crying
and
sitting around as a noble sits ?
Gu'sta gl da'gagina'ii galgu'lwan?

What
for
are
you crying
and
sitting
around
?
as a noble sits
Agua'
It
qloldja't
xatgal++An Gwai'got
fathers
xa'-idAga-i
people
gAn
with
may be chief-woman's
Ninstinls
LOsqA'sL indja'wAs
return by
gu Lgia'gustA
there
la
na la'-a-a-a agA'n
let
let
canoe
from being angry
(one) next to
the door
that
one
ha-i
tditraVo oru'anda.
whVie you
lie
watch ana tend you
about.
Gii'sta gl da'gaglfia'n gafgu'lwafi?

What
for
are
you crying
and
sitting
around
r
as a noble sits
Gu'sta gl da'gagina'n gafgu'lwafi?

What
for
are
you crying
and
sitting
around
as a noble sits?
Perhaps when the chief-woman's fathers return from being angry with the Bella Bella people, that one (captured slave) next the fire will take care of you while you are
lying about.
For what do you cry as you
sit
like a noble's child?
Perhaps when the chief-woman's fathers return from being angry with the Ninstints people, that one next to the
door
will
take care of you while you are lying about.

as you
sit
For what do you cry
like
a noble's child?
27
35i,r.'gua
At that
time
nAn
some ones
na'nga
grand-
sija-i
hand
dja'kia
wooden
tray
qindja'waxan
ha. been hurt, I hear
wa-i
For
it
mother
with square sides
gagina'n, wagi ga'fgaJwa'ii qlo'ldjida, qlo'ldjida, gadja'o J J V (you)

VOUJ cry, Cry.
for
it
fvnu^ (you)
C sit
U ^ nA and
u:r... chief-woman
move around
(i. e.,
chief-woman
...
'
sit
and
the body),
move.'
Perhaps you are crying and are moving around for your grandmother's hand, which was hurt on a wooden
tray
chief-woman, chief-woman.
36.
Da'gua ga'gwaiya' ga'gwaiya', da'gua ga'gwaiya'

\ou
?
(whence) have been falling
have been
falling,
you
(whence) have been falling,
ga'gwaiya'.
have been
falling.
Da'gua ga'gwaiya' ga'gwaiya'

You
?
have been
falling
have been falling
Sq.'aos
qas
gu'stA
from
gua
-
da
y U
gagwaiya'
i
Salmontop P of berry bushes
gagwaiya'
have been
falling
da
you
'"/e been
falling
gagwaiya' gagwaiya'.
have been
falling
have been
falling.
Whence have you
fallen,
have you
3
fallen?
you fallen, have you Did you fall, fall, fall,

berry bushes?
1
Whence have
fallen?
fall,
from the top of the salmon-
A woman
of this
family
had such a large hand, that she could nick up
That
is,
"How
did you
come
to us?"
28
57-
Ha-ita'
gidona'
ha-ifa'
gidona'.
gitsis
Stop crying, chief's child;
stop crying, chief's child.
Hao
Ist'n
hfn Lgua a
I
gaodjuwa'-i
drums
hao
dAii
you
gan
f r
Again
do not chief 's child's expect
xegitdia' ttna'gus.
sound
are going to.
Ha-i wA'gt(n) gagina'ti gatga'twan. moving about crying for it Now

seated.
Ha-ita' githii'na gadju'gAn.

Stop
crying,
great chief's child child of noble
family
sits.
Hai hai glthuna'

Now, now,
great chief's child
gadjii'gan.
child of noble
family
sits.
Ha-ita'
gidona
7
;
ha-ita'
gidona'.
gitsis
Stop crying, chief's child", stop crying, chiefs child.
Hao
isi'n
hi'n
Lgua
I
gua'gAna'-i
hao dAn gAn

you
for
Again
do not chief 's child's heavy planks
expect
qfngao
arc going
dla'o ttna'gus.
to lay
Ha
Now
wA'gi[n] gagina'n
for
it
are going to.
crying
galga'twan.
moving about
seated.
Ha-ita' githu'na gadju'gan.

Stop
crying, great chief's child
child of noble
family
sits.
Hai
hai githuna' gadjii'gan.

great chief's
child
Now, now,
child of noble family sits.
Stop crying, child!

I
Stop crying child! chief's do not expect that drums will sound for you, the about crying. child, again, for which you are moving
Stop crying, great chief's child!
Stop crying, great chief's child!

Harila' gidona'
is
equivalent to La'na gut u'tda nAngida's.
29
Stop crying, child! Stop crying, child! do not expect that they are going to lay heavy planks for you, the chief's child, again, for which you are moving about crying. Stop crying, great chief's child!
I
Stop crying, great chief's child
1
!
38.
Ha
dlda*ui'+gl'+ anA'n xAngo' fAndjY+wa'+s la+.

Towards the woods someone
facing
sitting
down
(like
he (who
common
people)
was
sitting).
Dja Lana' q!o'guga-|-o+.

Say,
stop
telling lies.
Daii siwukndju'ga'+sga+fha] djigA'ldAxwan gi+djhao.

Your
mouth
will
be crooked
mosquito
(i...e.,
people.
common
people)
One
sits
here like a
lies
common
person facing the woods.

people. 2
Say, stop telling
Your mouth
will
become crooked, mosquito

39-
HaU'
Come,
sqada'l go'nga u skitgadju'giagAn-uJdies.

father,
chief 's child's
sing a song for the child this (accompanied by drumming) morning.
La
You
agA'fia gutda'wona'ga hadigwa'n Qlo'na qe'gawa'-i.

yourselves
make ready
in
mind
and time
Those-born-at-Skedans.
Hak'
Cume,
sqada'l go'figa u skitâdju'giagAn-utdies.

chief 's child's
father,
sing a song for the child this (accompanied by drumming) morning.
La
You
1
acrA'na
yourselves
gutda'wona'ga hadigwa'n Dji'gua

make ready
in
ai la'nas.
mind
any time
Town-of-DjI'gua-People.
All this refers to potlatching and house-building.
Some one
or the
uses the low-class
word
for "sitting
down"
to the child,
and
is
told
to
stop
wealthy will give away so

a
many
blankets as to put him to shame
and "give him

crooked/
1
bad name."
Common
That is what is meant by "your mouth will become people are called "mosquito people."
HaU'
Come,
sqada'l go'figa u skkgadju'giagAn-uklies.

"
^
gida'-i.
chief's child's
father,
this sing a song for the child (accompanied by drumming) morning.

_
La agA'na gutda'wona'ga
You
yourselves
hadigwa'fi
any time
Da'gAn
sel
make
ready
in
mind
Common-Food-Steamers.
Come,
chief's child's father,
sing a song for him, accom-
panied by drumming, this morning! Be ready, Those-born-at-Skedans
Come,
sing a song for him, accom-
panied by drumming, this morning! Be ready, Town-of-Dji'gua-People
Come,

this
sing a song for him, accom*
morning! Steamers! Be ready, Common-Foodpanied by drumming,

40.
AdAii
Your
go+nga
*
naga'ga,
house
in,
adAfi
your
go'+nga naga'ga, Olo'na

father's
father's
house
^
in,
Cape Qlo'na
kun
sq!e'na-i hao[a]
sea-gulls
ga
ta gofialxa'ndies.
making
cries.
eating things are
Ga
All
tlieS e
dAii gidagalga'l uga'fi.

you
are going to
proudly
as
move
you
sit.
things
Gllu'sAms AdAfi go+figa naga'ga, adAfi go'+nga naga'ga,

Your
father's
house
in,
your
father's
house
in,
Nass Inlet
sq!e'na-i hao[a]
sea-gulls
ga
ta gofialxa'ndies.
are
eat things
making
cries.
Ga
All
t
dAfi gidagalga'i uga'fi.

you
are going to
proudly
as you
sit.
h ese
move
things
alert for invitations to a potlatch,
The
families
are
told
to
be on the
when
the child will be tattooed, etc.
3*
In your father's house, in your father's house,
Cape Q!o'na
the midst of
sea-gulls
make
cries as
they eat.
in
You
are
going to bear yourself proudly
these things.
In your father's house, in your father's house,
sea-gulls
Nass
Inlet
make
cries as they
eat.
in
You
are going
to
bear yourself proudly
the midst of
these things.
41.
HaU'
Come,
gagi'n gu, haU' gagi'n gu.

let
us take there; come,
let
us take there.
(the
baby) on our knees
(the baby)
on
our knees
Go'nga na'ga
Its father's
qa/li
inside
gutgl gagaga'fi, gutgl gagaga'n.

to each
house
hand
it,
to
each
hand
it.
other
other
Hal a" gagfn

Come,
let
gu',
haU'
come,
gagi'fi gu'.
let
us take it on our knees,
us take
it
on our knees.
Come,
let
us take (the baby) on our knees

!
Come,
let
us take (the baby) on our knees
Hand
it
it
to
one another inside of

us
its
father's house,
hand
to
one another
let
Come,
it
take
it
on our knees
Come,
let
us take
on our knees
42.
Hao
da'lAfi
La'a hao daLv'n La tclna'-i lana'ga

you
grandfather's
gut glda
upon
chiefs'
You
town
children
gAnlgaklia'n,
walking about,
That
is,
those invited to the potlatch.

for lana'ga.
Sometimes qaqa'nga ("his town"), perhaps qaâ'oâ, was substituted
32
Dalv'n sgun
You
(are
ya'claiis
fit
gftsts,
chiefs'
dal.v'n
you
ya'daga.
are
fit
_-
the)
only (ones)
to
be
to be.
children,
Sqada'ls daU'n ya'daga,

Great ones
you
arc
fit
to be,
Gitsfs dalA'n ya'daga.

Chiefs'
you
are
fit
to
l)c.
children
You walk about

town.
as chiefs' children in your grandfather's
Only you are
fit
to
be
chiefs'
children.
chiefs).
You You
are are
fit
fit
be sqada'l (close relatives of to be chiefs' children.

to
Stasa'os qe'gawa-i.
43-
Wa'ioi dfnAii glda' kuxia'ngwansl' lu ginxAn

At that
time
sl'fget
alone
a'nga
my own
my
child
youth
goes around as a
when
for
nothing
la qla'-ugwan,
I
sit
around.
When my
child
alone (for
becomes a youth, I shall vainly he will go to live with his uncle).

44.
sit
around
Gi'tin-dja'tgan iana'-|-n woman of he married Eagle his own

Here behind us
yet
/
suwan.
he says,
Adi'dAxua xA'nhao waga ga'djiwan

his (wife)
is
su'ugAfi.
he
says.
sitting,
Adi'dAxua xA nhao waga ga'djiwan su'ugAn.

Here behind us
yet
his (wife)
is
sitting,
he
says.
Ha'U waga
Come,
da'osgian di'go.
all
his (wife) let us
go
and gel!
33
Ha'lA waga da'osgian di'go.

Come,
go
and get!
Adl'dAxua xA'nhao waga ga'djiwan

Here behind us
yet
his (wife)
is
sii'ugAii.
he
s;ays.
sitting,
Ha'lA
Come,
waga
da'osgian dlVo.
and get!
his (wife) let us all go
He
says he has married his own Eagle us he says his wife

us he says his wife
is
woman.
Here behind Here behind Come, let us Come, let us Here behind Come, let us
sitting. sitting.
is
go and go and go and
get her! get her!

is
us he says his wife
sitting.
get her!
45-
DAfi sgu'nxA'n gua dja'ada kudjii'diawis,

You
are not the
woman
we who belong
a
to
only one
low family,
DAfi sgu'nxA'n gua dja'ada kudjii'diawis.

You
are not the
woman
we who belong
a
to
only one
low family.
Djia'djats
hao qoa'nga,
are plenty,
Women
Djia'djats
hao qoan kuha'oga.

plenty
Women
belonging to a low class.
You You
are not the only
are not the only
woman woman
of our low-class family,
of our low-class family.
There are plenty of women, There are plenty of low-class women.
This contains a polite self-abasement, wliich
is
of"
course intended to be taken
exactly the opposite sense.
-PUBL. AMER. ETHN. SOC. VOL.
III.
34
Sqoa'ladas.
4 6.
WA'ga xe'gan qengfndala-i

His(sonor making a great went by on
daughter)
noise
the water.
(four times).
Agua
I
ga'-idjlxuihao.
is
wonder which way he

(i. e.,
going
the child)
W^ga
daughter)
xe'gAii qengfndala-i.
noise
great went by on the water.
His (son or making a
A'gua gwaisku'ngwi.
It
must
be
towards the north point of the islands.
His great son (the child) went by upon the water with a great noise.
wonder whither he is eoinoHis great son went by upon the water with a great noise. Perhaps to North Island (to invite the people to a potlatch).
I
\
47-
Hi hiyaihlya gwa-i
Island
1
ki'lsLa-i
chief
hao ahai'ya aya

this
qlai'gindalAfi
was coming
gudA'ii
thought,
hao
but
Ihl ihl
ahaiya
hi hlyai
KilsLa'-is Lua'-i L!a qngfndala-i,

Chief's
hiya.
canoe, however,
comes
greatly.
thought the island chief was coming, But the chief's canoe comes greatly. 3
I
1
The
That
"island chief" probably refers to

is
Raven
or another supernatural being.
the canoe of this infant.
4 8.
Aya'fia kflsLa-i ga'fia (four times). my own. Be careful of chief
Dja Lan
Say,
ta
q!o'gugago.
biting.
stop
Daii
Your
si-u'
djigu'ldAxwan
mosquitoes
gkla'-i.
mouth
commoD
things.
might become crooked
Be
careful of
!
my
chief.
Stop biting
Your mouth might become crooked, common mosquitoes.

49-
Da
You
gut
your
gua
?
gagwai'ya
to fall into
gagwai'ya;
to fall into
qa'-idjis
spruce
qas gu'stA
top
from
mind made up
(the cradle)
(the cradle);
gagwai'ya
to fall
*,
sq!aos qas
salmonberry bush top
>u st a
from
gagwai ya.
to
fall
in;
in.
Did you make up your mind to fall (into the cradle), to fall in from the top of a spruce-tree, to fall in from
the top of a salmon-berry bush?
50.
A'dAn go'nga na'gaga

Your
father's
aclv'n tci'nga na'ga,

your
grandfather's
atU'11 tci'nga
your
grandfather's
house
in,
house,
naga,
house,
Gilu'sAms
Nass Inlet
sq!e'na-i
sea-gulls
ga
tago'nahcandies
noise while eating
ga
in
dAn
you
qoya'
dear
make a
ga'fgalwan.
move about
highly.
1 The singer is probably drawing an analogy between the biting of mosquitoes and bad words used towards the rich by common people, who are called "mosquitoes." 2 The second time this was sung, Qlo'na kun ("QlO'na Point") was substituted
for
Gilu'sAms.
36
A'dAii
Your
go'figa
father's
na'gaga Lgai-u'kun
house in
Skidegate Point
sq!e'na-i
sea-gulls
ga
make
tago'fiala noise while
xandies ga dAn gi'dagalgAl.

eating
in,
you
get higher all the
time (receiving
more tattoo-marks,
etc.)
In
your father's
house,
in
your grandfather's
house,
in
your grandfather's house,
Where Nass
In
Inlet sea-gulls
(i.
e M the Nass people)
make
noises as they eat, you, dear,
move
highly.
(i.
your father's house, where Skidegate Point sea-gulls e., Skidegate people) make a noise as they eat, you
(i.
get higher
e.,
become a greater
5*-
chief) all the time.
Aya'fia
15e careful,
t'ldjao
noble
yana
mine,
xl'lsis
leaves
gaila'n
like
g^'tgei
to
dak'n
you
xi'ldji
are going
men
one
another
qe'ndaldiasga.
to
grow.
Aya'fia kflsLa-i ga'iia, aya'na kflsLa-i ga'fia.

]?e careful,
chief
mine
Be
careful,
chief
mine
Be
Be
careful,
my
noble sons! you
will
grow
to one another
like leaves.
careful,
my own
chief!
Be
careful,
my own
chief!
Lga'xet
gitina'-i.
52
A'gua tla'gagua gagfnan awa'gua

Right
here
for
it
ki'lsLa-i?
chief?
crying
sitting right
here,
A'gua tla'gagua gagfnan awa'gua

Right
here
for
it
kflsLa-i
chief
1
crying
sitting right
here.
37
A'gua ha'yat xA'nhao djasasgaiia

Right
here
will not
dAfi
yours
go'tga dji'ldasga
sit
belong
your
sisters
up
make him,
hi S llcr
ki'lsLa-i?
chief?
Lga'natsga'na sqlens
Cousins (yours are)
sea-gulls
is
are
(like)
ga t'agAfiahcangA'ns gana'n
some
people
dAfi
you
make them
cry by
like
stepping on
xe'tga susgfngAs kflsLa-i.

in front
say
is
of
to
going be
chief,
A'gua tlaga'gua gagfnan awa'gua

Right
here
for that
ki'lsLa-i?
chief?
crying
sitting right
her e,
Are you crying for it, chief? Are you crying for it, chief? Are you crying for your sisters,
that you be seated up
higher (on a pile of blankets)? For your cousins, that there be people in front of you as numerous as if people made sea-gulls cry, being obliged
to step
on them,
For those things are you crying here,

53-
chief?
Dlga gfi'goaya-h dlga ga'goaya+, ye he

To me
'
he,
he,
you came,
to
me
you came,
ye
he
Dlga ga'goaya, dlga ga'goaya.

To me
Mother
you came,
to
me
you came.
Awa'-i Lla'hao di'ga dina'n

instead of
to
ga gwaiya'gAn.
to
(
me
my
child
came walking,
some one
else
me J
gilt
Awa'-i Lla'hao di'ga dina'n

Mother
instead of
to
gwaiya'gAn.
me
my
child chief's came walking,

chiild
another
1 Awa'-i ga'dji wehe,
Mother
of noble family
mother,
Awa'-i ga'dji awa'-i (four times).

Mother
of noble family
mother.
__^______
Equivalent to awa'-i.
38
You came to me, you came to me, ye he he! You came to me, you came to me. You came walking to me, calling me "mother,"
of to
instead
some one
else.
is
To me my child, who calling me "mother,"

Mother of noble Mother of noble
family,
a chief's child,
came walking,
family,
mother of noble family, mother
of noble family, mother of noble family.
54-
Gugu's gi
What
for
la
he
gitglna'+n?
?
is crying like a (or she) noble's son [git]
Giigu's gi la gafgatwa'fi?
What
Atcl'na-i
Grandfather
for
he
moves around?
l
na'ga-i gi la kungina'n
the house
for
gafgalwa's ahi'gua,
moves about
he
is
etc.
he
is
crying
as
seated.
Why Why
does he cry as a noble cries does he move around as he
(i.e.,
softly)?
sits?
He moves
around and
cries
for grandfather's house.
Ya'k u
gitina'-i.
55-
(Words
in Tlingit
Ya'naxe, ya'naxe; a'hao

Gadji'djils
his
ya'naxe, ya'naxe. 2
duqal dAsgl xOk u yana.

dog
WAgakida
1
kAda'ostedja.
Equivalent to gi'tginan.
This line
is
repeated several times.
39
Haida Equivalent.
Xa'as xA'nhao qe'gas wa'ga A'nga klu'gagA'figa

Dogs
even
when they
have pups
to
them
theirs
love
Wa'alhao A'nga ga
That
is
dl
I
kluga'gAJl
love.
why
mine
Even dogs love So I love mine.

56.
their offspring
Thlylyaha, etc.
Q!et ga'atge dAn tcfngan a

Passage
l!
dA'lgins lu
dAn ge'dAngin
used to dance
through
to
you
guests
come here
when you
gana'fi
like
dAn getga'fiAn da gudAfia'owus da ku'nginansa.

you
to be
dancing you
thought
to
be so
you
cry for
it.
(etc.)
llu ga ge'dAngin gana'n wA'ga ge'daowus.

Olden things
times
were
like
that
way
it
is
now.
XA'ldAii da'gans xA'nhao gu'lxa las da'gaxida.

own Slaves even (common people)
Ihiya,
etc.
even
abalone- good begin to own.
shells
Ihlyiyaha, etc.
You
cry because you want to dance as you used to

l
when
came through the strait to you. It is not now as it was in olden times. Even slaves (that is, members of other families besides the Yak gi'tina-i) are beginning to own good abaloneguests
11
shells.
Ihiya, etc.
The
strait
is
probably Skidegate Channel.
40
57-
Hi hi ha hi, etc. Lan Lla ku'nginan.

Stop,
however,
crying.
Lan Lla
Stop,
kii'djiu.
however,
and sit down.
LirnVn
(Kind of
skin)
sqa'lAfia-i
stowed away
dA'nga gu'tgAn kudA sdiga.

yours
lies in
many
caches one after
t'stn
qa'li
gut da kuxia'ngwa ngasan.

you
will
Again inside
(of house)
go round.
Lan a
sga'-il
crying,
kilsia'-i \
chief
I
qe'gAn. 2
bore.
Stop your
Hi
hi
ha
hi,
etc.
Hi hi ha hi, etc. But stop crying! Stop and sit down!
away in many storehouses. Your limA'n blankets lie stowed of the house. Again you will go round inside
Stop crying, chief Hi hi ha hi, etc.
I
bcre
58.
Ihi Ihl hi,
etc.
?
kungffia'nodigan Gu'crus tla'gahas dlnA'n sits crying? my child for What kungina'no? Gu'lxas tla'ga gwA dlnA'n
Abaloneshells for
?
mV
dl
1
child
ClieS?
D\n gana'n gwA

You
Hke
?
kilsua'wus qaii
\ I
qe gAn.
bore.
5f2^
c-y --) -
sit
a chief,
my
uncle
- bst;tuted
for
q5,gAn
4i
Ihl Ihl
hi,
etc.
For what does my child cry? Does my child cry for abalone-shells Like you I sit as a chief, uncle that
?
1
bore?
59-
Lingua
Why
is
it
xAlda'ngAfl
your slave
q!o%et
close by,
[ahlyla]
Hao da
You
UglyagAfiAn da suku'djiwan?
want something you cannot get,
you
say
r
DaA qo'naga
ôu
kudju'geda qan
my
uncle
I
I
qe'gAn.
bore.
are too foolish,
Why
You
Sitting close
do you cry for something that you cannot get, by your slave? 3
I
are very foolish, uncle
bore.
(For Girls)
60.
Ihlhla, Ihlhla
(many
behind
times).
i,u
Ta'-idAldans dl'txa xA'nhao di'iun kii'sqetgwansi

Waves
even
Iny ch ild
sq'ao-
looks around
gans qlanas
berries
when salmon-
at dl'nAii
with
di
ginqo'nangasan.
"
unripe
my
child one
will fool.
Ihlhla,
ihlhla.
Ihlhla, Ihlhla,
etc.
When my
will
child looks
fool
me
around behind the waves even, she with unripe salmon-berries. 3
Ihlhla,
ihlhla.
One of
I
the parents' ancestors
is
m ther
I.
reborn: therefore the child

"
is
called
is
"uncle"
the "child'
3
^^
herSdf the ChikrS

clew
SlaVe " in JCSt *
An
"
Uncle "
reborn in
could get no
to tke significance of these words,
partly metaphorical.
which are evidently y
42
6i.
I
hlyaha, etc.
dl'naii
GustA gl'hao
What
for
kungma'ngAn?
"
cries
=
my
child
P
of
canoe
i
8 by
agaln ~
crl s ful
n\n'\^, q.'o IgAn
djaga?
wife?
J -/
-
f that
"
'
^
"
will travel ""' liavcl
by b X
canoe
my
Thl',
master's
etc.
hlyaha, etc.
For what is my child crying? Does she cry to pass along again by canoe roint yiona, my master's wife?
1
in
front of
Ihi',
etc.
(For Boys. 1 )
62.
Ayl'hiya, ayl'hiya'
(many
times).
I
Da
Ayiniya, ayi hiya (many times).

Ayl'hiya, ayl'hiya, etc.
isi'n
gut la'gaasafi Lgai-Q' l'naga'-i qan
^PPXthcn*
qeVA n
S k ide g ate
tow!,
myLie !
^JT
You jvill
again be happy there
in
Skidegate town,' uncle
Ayl'hiya, ayl'hiya, etc.
child.
Point
Q!^f
is
The^V^v
gate village
^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^
alS
TZ:
l
agam
"
g!rls
rCferS t0 thC f rmer eXi
US6d f r
l
'
wUh
"*
**"% *
Ganges
in
Jdd.e
wording
43
hi'hla.
Gu'sgihao da kungina/fiwan?
What
Skidegate Inlet
you
are crying for?
Xa'na-qa'ti gi
for
gua da ku'figinan
?
you
cry
I'sin
sta dAfi kfinawasafi.

you
will have news sent around about you.
Again from
hi'hia!
What are you crying for? Do you cry for Skidegate
Inlet?
Again from there you will have news spread around about you (when your husband puts up a house-pole).
64.
How
GadA'ldiafi, gadv'ldian great you how great you

are,
(many
times),
are!
times)
(last
Su'digwafi gl'dadian, gi'dadian

They
said
word repeated several
belonging to a belonging to a high family, high family
da'lan
You
sifiqla'odaga
gambling-stick bag
age'gl
into
at
with
tla'gwus
copper
ldl'tayii'-gaclas
throw a great one (in exchange
for services)
wa'at sgun glda'dian sudl'gwan.

with
it
only
belong to a high family,
they say.
How
great you are,
how
great you are!
etc.,
They say belonging

family, etc.
to a high family, belonging to a high
In
exchange you throw a great copper

stick bag. 3
into the
gambling-
They say
those with this are the only ones
who belong
to a high family.
1 This is difficult to translate. Reference is made to a chief of always staked a copper when he gambled, and invariably won.
this
family
who
44
Qa'-iaf la'nas.
(Songs of Qa-i
l'naga'-i.)
65.
Sea
C
Qa-i di't$a+ Uon behind

lown J
t
I
qi'ngwan
was looking around
qa'odl+
awhile,
ki'lsLa-i
chief
is
fin
going fa to be
i
I
qe'xa
found, '
kA
boy
nxidci-i+.
just big
enough
to
walk-
Aiya'tia,
Take
care,
aiya'na,
tc^ke
ki'lsLa-igan.
care,
my own
chief!
Aiya'na qf'ngetgaii.
Take
care,
my own
master
(or chief)!
While
Take Take
was looking around behind Sea-Lion Town, I found the future chief, a boy just big enough to walk.
I
care,
take care,
my own
chief!
care,
my own
master!
66.
Qa-igagl+djat
A woman
l!
of Qa-i
I-j-nia'nai
went out and
married,
ga
ai
iTlangAn.
went out and married,
IqaxiasLaia'si
to call
gu lu
there canoe
qe'da-i
largest
lhey are going
hao gao-ula'n gua

is
ki'Isiachief
nim >
gone
in the
0-e., chief's)
morning,
iga'+na.
my own.
One went
gone
in
to Sea-Lion
Town
to marry.
They were going
to call him,
but the chief's canoe was

chief. 1
the morning,
my own
is
.1. u?r the chief
chief to
y who was going to marry, the canoe was gone. It was customary grve a canoe when one of his family married. This is probably
-
famUy
hist ry
invoIved
When
the
out to call
for the
referred to
45
67
Tci'nln
His grandlathers
sttga' nAfi
place
kugwai'ya
went a long time ago
skoa'gagln ge'tgagl
behind
hao
some
one
was there
Lu'ga gu'ga ga sLdA'ldail Liigagii'ga ga

On
his canoe
qingingiW
'
planks they put on

their sides
on his canoe
thing
is
great on the
Wa ? An
>or
it
water*
dfriA+n hl'dja+fa-i
my
_,
child
is
waÂn
for
it
dl'iufi
kudjo'gaasail
is
boy (baby wot6 1
my
child
going
to be a
leader.
Vana, ya
lie careful,
na, kilsLa'-igan.
Ya'fia, ya'iia,
Be
careful, be careful,
be careful,
my
chief!
kffigetgan. my masfer!
My
child
is
a boy because he
is
going- to
do as
his
grand-
father did
when one went
to his place long ago.
After he had been there, his canoe was so deeply laden (with gifts), that they had to put the weather-boards
on
it
it
(to
increase
child
is
its
capacity);
For Be
my
going to be a leader.
careful,
be careful,
my
chief!
Be
careful,
be careful,
my
master
68.
Gut si'+fgadaga'n xA'nhao

right aftCl
kl'ga kuqeda's at (a) 1a

namCS
aristocrali c
CVen
othtr
with
he (baby)
kia'ganao guda'gu.
call
it
sitting
thought he would.
3
KilsLa'-i
Chief
kugwe'dalafi
suwa'fi.
he
said.
while walking hither
A'yana kfno-et go'nga

lie careful
finga'n.
is
chief's
'
father
going
to
be!
My
Dl'nAfi aya'fia qlo'ldjat xa'tga ifngA'n dina'n.

child
be careful, chief-woman
father
is
going
to
be
my
child.
'
<I
uiv alent to qa'ga.

daIafl
Equivalent to ge'tgaqa
i
<UgW
r ! chief
1
"
f' himself.
^ whUe Walkin S
hither ")
low-class
word
referring the fe to
46
He He
Be Be
thinks
he would use high-sounding names, one
after
the other, (to the others of his
own
family.)
says the chief
comes walking.
child, the
careful of the future chief's father!
careful of
my
future chief-woman's father.'
(Songs of Kaisun.)
69.
Qoandi'gini qoandi'gini
There used to be plenty,
there used to be plenty,
kt'lsLa-i-f-,
chief,
Daii na'ga ga iJa'hao qoa'ndlginl

Your
house
in
kilsLa'-i
chief;
but
there used to
be plenty,
Qoandl'glnl-f qoa'ndlglnl
/
kilsLa'-i
chief;
Ooandl
/
gIni
qoa'ndfginl' kilsLa'-i.
chief,
Lgua
While
nAfi l! ta'nga hu'gAfigln kinda'la

one they came to
wa
klia'oga gl la
waiting for
it
by canoe,
saying hu on canoe,
great
for that
(=
chief),
gagifia'n-galgal.
you cry and move.
Qoandi'gini,
qoandlginl,
ki'lsLa-i
chief;
qoandi'gini, qoandi'gini,
there used to
be plenty,
kilsLa-i.
chief.
There There There There
used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,
used to be plenty
in
your house, chief;

chief.
used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief; used to be plenty, there used to be plenty,
The
child
is
supposed
to call others of his family
by aristocratic names, and
himself by a low one.
47
You
cry
and move about to see them come by canoe

potlatch), great chief.
to
(to the
There used
be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief;
there used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief.
70.
Ala qfngugwa'ngana-i, ala qi'ngugwa'iigana-i.

I
used to see
it,
used to see
it.
DaA
Your
na'gaga la'ahao dago's goda'ganas hao gut at

house to
I
copper
used for making boxes
now
each with
other
gatkifidagA'ndiesi at
make
a noise by knock- with ing against -
d.vn
you
kl'ifia
ki'nfgafugani.
as
news of goes about
you
move
about.
Ala qfngugwa'ngani,
I
ala
I
qfngOgwa'iigani
used
lo
(an
indefinite
used
to see
it,
see
it.
number of
Da'ii
Your
house
in
times).
na'gaga la'ahao
kfnlgAtugani.
goes about.
malelga-i
cranberry-bushes
Iga'djudia's (so) a'l

grew
of
dAn
you
kl'ifia
news of
Afa kfngugwa'iigan, ata kfngugwa'ngaii.

I
used to see
it,
used to see
it.
used to see
it,
used to see
it.
News went about

I
that boxes made of coppers house sounded as they knocked one another. used to see it, I used to see it.
in
your
News went about of

house.
I
cranberry-bushes
growing
in
your
used to see
it,
used to see
it.
Equivalent to
at ("with").
48
7i-
U+hua', 1 u+hua',
Loftiest one,
loftiest
uhua'-a-a,
loftiest
one,
one,
Dau naga
Your
house
ga L!a qoa'ndlginl gua

in there was formerly plenty,
?
ki'lsLa-i.
chief.
yiidA'lgAnAS Gl'na uhua', uhua', qati sku'na

Something,
greatest greatest
inside
a,
one,
one,
smells strongly, (something) b,g
U'hua, u'hua, qi'ndal?

Loftiest
loftiest
mightiest
one,
one,
one?
one, Loftiest one, loftiest one, loftiest
There used
to
be plenty
in
(i.
your house,
e.,
chief.
Does not something big

your house,
a whale) smell strongly in
Loftiest, loftiest, mightiest chief?
72.
U'hua
Mightiest
qinda'l, u'hua qinda'l (la)

chief,
mightiest
chief,
T!ak!i'ngana ga
His own children
(to
La' qi'nwa-i gaatxA'n qi'ndju,

chief,
go to (be born from) without it be born) come out of (why not)
U'hua qfndal, u'hua qfndal, u'hua

Mightiest
chief,
qinda'l ta?
chief?
mightiest
chief,
mightiest
U'hua
Mightiest
qinda'l, u'hua qinda'l la,

chief,
mightiest
chief,
Gi'sto dAft lu yu'ga a'wan qi'ndju,
Who
you
as
large
settled
chief,
down
qinda'l,
chief,
U'hua
Mightiest
u'hua qinda'l?
mightiest
chief?
Uhua'
is
two chiefs very high word, only applied to one or
who
attained
especially great power.
49
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,
Why
(Gadaga') choose to be born from his own grandchildren (instead of from some of his sisters'
children), chief,
did
not
he
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief, mightiest chief?
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,
Who
is
settled
down
into such affluence as
he (Qadaga'), 1
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief?
Na'-ikun qe'gawa-L
73-
I'djlsigwA'ns gl di'nAfi Not a common my child woman at all

To
gwa'wan
he refuses
su'wasi.
says.
Wa'gi dl'+nAii gwa'waii nAn

it
su'wasi.
says.
/
my
child
refuses,
some one
A'nga
His
xA'nhao
just there
inasu'wa gitfn-djats xAn A'nga ina suwe+,

wants that one
own
Eagle-woman
yet
his
says he wants that one,
A'iiga
His
xA'nhao Inasl'ngwan.
just there
own
he will marry.
Even a noble woman my
child says
he refuses.
One
says he refuses her.
He
wants just that Eagle
woman
for himself (indicating
a particular one),
Just that one he will marry.
74-
Dja'4-djats iJaha'o
la,
Women
Dja'djats
f
are better (than
dja'djats iJaha'o la. women are better (than

men).
men),
L. a
klfige'diasLa.
have more property.
Women
1
Gadaga'}
according
to
story,
was
the
greatest
chief of the
People-of-Sea-
Lion-Town.
4
PUBL.
AMER. ETHN.
SOC. VOL.
III.
5
KilsLa-i'gan kilsLa'-i dAfi ge'tgwafi axAn?
My
chiefs
(men
family)
chiefs
you
are^
where?
of one's
own
Women Women
are better (than men),
women
are better (than men).
Chiefs of
have more property. my family, where are you?
(Masset Dialect. 1 )
Ll'lAfi qe'awa-i.
75-
Eya ha
Uncles
hie
7
,
etc.
k ingina'fi
(he or she) crying.
is
Qa'gaigafia na'ga Llao Skl'lsls xe'gAndigi -wa'di

houses
in
but
Ski'lsis
makes
a noise
for
it
(potlatch)
uga'-i.
Wa'di ku'djiwa e'ya ha

For
it
hie,
etc.
sits
greatly.
Eya ha
But he
hie',
etc.
(or she) is crying for the noise Skflsis

(at the
(now reborn)
makes in his uncles' houses For it he sits greatly.

76.
potlatch).
Gista
Llao
daga'sado
it
si'liya
after
it
da skAndAfi kudju'gi[ge+]
you
arc crying
will own but Who 3 do'ne aldji'wai

?
are sitting
younger
brother
are sitting?
But do you sit crying over who will afterwards own younger brother of good family?
it,
In the songs the Masset catch
is
strengthened to Skidegate
g.
Or
ku'djiwai.
5i
ti'elAii
kun
77-
l'naga'-i.
A'gua
It
na'nAii
his grand-
Lga gut
land
was
mother's
dl'nafi ku-i-e'ndalane upon my child walks (a proud word)
Wa'gan
For
it
stla'ga kudja'oane.
his foot
is
dear.
Gaiti Ja ku'ngtnail An.

Not
you
cry
(excl.)!
Do
child walks proudly upon his grandmother's land His dear foot is for that (i. e., to walk on it).
My
not cry
7 8.
Nanaiga'na LAga' sga'nas gu'lxas q !olda's L Q sga'nas gl dm0thCrS

knd
SU
y. fi
I
1
kiagangin.
called.
-../
^rlaSir
* bneas
(?)
"*"
-n
sufernatur.1
beings
GA m
When
gin gu de gudA'nan hai.

I
Nothing
wish to eat
now.
the
supernatural
I
beings
stole
abalone-shells from
grandmother's land,
JNothing
I
called to the supernatural beings.
wish to eat
(?).
79-
Tcl'nAfi lo'ga giu'gulaga, tcl'nAfi lu'ga giu'gulaga

Grand-
wave
listens for,
g rand .
father's
'
Iistens fo
SU
After
L!ao tcIn A 'n si'ga gut ku'djugiagandalane.

but
grandfather's
sea
upon
goes along stopping often on

the
way (upon
the water).
52
(He) listens for grandfather's
father's
1
wave, he
listens for
grand-
wave
he
But
afterwards
goes
along
upon grandfather's
the way.
sea,
stopping every now and then on

80.
A'gua
:re Here
na'nAfi
her grandgrand mother's
Lga gut ku'tgatguna'-i gAn wagA'n sLla'gA

land
is
upon
walking about
for
for
it
use (your)
hands
kudja'wan. 3
dear.
Use your hands, my dear,

mother's land.
to
walk about upon grand-
>i.
Gia'gAfi Llao yua'ndaga-i, gia'gAfi Llao yua'ndaga-i. My crests how- are very large; my crests, how- are very large,
(or figures),
ever, ever,
Hao
This
qla'ltfiAs
image
yua'ndaga-i, hao qla'ltfiAs yua'ndaga-i.

is
very large,
this
image
is
very large.
Gia'gAfi Llao yua'ndaga-i, hao qla'lifiAs yua'ndaga-i. is very large. image this are very large, My crests, however,
La
I
Llao gaoge'idasaii, la Llao gaoge'taasafi.

them
will put
away,
them
will
put away.
Hao
This
qla'lAfiAS yua'ndaga-i,
image
is
hao qla'lAnAs yua'ndaga-i.

this
very large,
image
is
very large.
My
crests (as carved) are
very large,
this
my
crests are very
large.
This image
image is very My crests are very large, this image is very I will put them away, I will put them away. This image is very large, this image is very
is
very large,
large.
large.
large.
The
"grandfather" here referred to

is
is
probably Raven.
"to sit."
Kudja'wan
also a "high
word"
for
82.
A
This
LAga-i
land
yuku'ndjudasi
is
i'figut
sga'nas u dak'n y&'dadasupernatu- those ral beings
a point (Rose Spit)
on
you
left.
dlginl.
Supernatural
land
(i.e.,
beings
used to leave you on
this
point of
Rose
Spit).
SiJe'fia la'nas.
HawA'no qo'godAii
Still
Ski'lsis l'naga'-i.
Ski'lsis's
stands
town.
GAm
Not
\ di'gu ku'figinafiAn. cry. upon me
(my knees)
Ski'lsis's
Do
town still stands. not cry upon my knees!

84.
Yen
Truly
dAfi i'skudals
you
are chief (or
lu
if
gAm
r
"dear")
not (imp.) (knees)
di'gu ku'figtfian hAri. cry! you on my

I
Dl gwa ga lgaiqendigwA nus.

I
am
truly
not rich.
If
you are knees
chief (reborn),
do not cry upon
my
am
1
not
The
rich.
child
is
too great to cry. scolded as being a reborn chief, and
54
85-
Gu'gus
What
t!ao dAii su'kudjiwafi gia'ga tla'gwa?

for
you
are crying?
things
(clothing)
for?
WAsklifen a'na dAn giA'nda kudju'asan.

But
yours
you
shall
wear chief (or "dear").
For what do you You shall wear it,
cry,
chief (or dear)?
For clothing?
chief (or dear). 86.
Nan
gest'
dl'na qoga'-iwas lu naas gado' dl'na ku'sqedAgoes out
Out of his house mine
when, house
around
mine
will
walk
gwanasan.
and look.
rldjao dA'fiAt kuda'ltclaasan. Chief with my dear will enter.

(or rich
man)
When my
among
With
child
goes out of
his house,
he
will
walk around
the houses and look about.
chiefs (only)
my
dear
will enter.
Ski'daoqao.
871
DaB
tcin fklia/nao
stick (cedar
dAn dA qa/tcu ku'udAn.

you
for
is
Your grand- by
father
looking
trunk used for canoe)
chief's son (or "dear"),
GrAÂn
To
yourself
ku'sLigA?.
go straight up.
Your grandfather's canoe
is
looking for you, dear.
Go
straight
1
up to
also as a
it.
Sung
"proud song"
e a'r agadAfl
s s a'lAna-i).
55
88.
ULa'mAn gffgigasLas lu
ULa'mAn
is
tda'Afi gut ku'sgetgtn.

his
on the sea
(in sight)
when
canoe
upon
the captain
companions
looked about.
agA'n
ki'lsLia kudju'da.
dear.
Make
yourself a chief's son,
Haiya
Now
ki'lsLa-i,
chief,
haiya kflsLa-i, ha'oisin kflsLa-igan.

now
chief,
again
chief.
When ULa'mAn
about
lay in sight on the sea, the captain looked
upon
his
companions (allowing them

,
to
relax
their efforts).
a chief.
by
Make
yourself a chief's son, dear.

is
Again he
1
a chief,
is
a chief,
is
ULa'mAn
is
is
a long, low hill
near
Rose
Spit, generally the first sighted

in
canoes from Port Simpson and neighboring places
the Tsimshian country.

child
will
The
mother
tells in
probably
thinking of the
time
when her
which
I
come home from
trading with the Tsimshian.

the
first
was unable to obtain in Haida, verse about intermarriages between the young men of the Ski'daoqao
third song,
and young women of
the
St.v'stas;
in
the
second verse, of intermarriages with
women
of the Giti'ns of Massct.
II.
MOURNING-SONGS.
S ai'ga
s alAiia.)
g
(Ki'tdjao qaga'n or
(Masset Dialect.)
Yaku
lanas.
89.
Hao gua
?
cUri
you
qa'guUgl.
are going
down.
Djigo'es gu qagu Uga

Sun
there
is
kuda'l.
dear.
going down,
Are you going down ?
The sun
there
is
1 going down, dear,
90.
Qeda'o gu wa qeda'o gu wa, gada'-i h qega'na.

War men
?
killed
war men
killed dear daugh-
bore.
you,
you
ter
Qeda'o gwa wa, qeda'o gwa wa.

War men
?
killed
war men
killed
you,
you.
Did warriors
that
I
kill
you, did warriors
kill
you, dear daughter
bore?
kill
Did warriors
1
you, did warriors
kill
you?
The dead man

"did."
is
likened to the sun.
2 Literally,
[56]
57
9*.
Qoange'dAii, qoange'dAn, qoya'sga

It
becomes too much,
it
becomes too much,
dear.
Ooange'dAn, qoange'dAn, qoya'sga.

It
becomes too much,
it
becomes too much,
dear,
Qoange'dAn, qoange'dAn, qoya'sga.

It
becomes too much,
it
becomes too much,
dear,
Qoange'dAn, qoange'dAfi, qoya'sga.

It
becomes too much,
it
becomes too much,

it it
dear,
It
It
It
It
becomes becomes becomes becomes
too much,
too much,
too much,
it it
too much,
becomes becomes becomes becomes
too much, dear. 1 too much, dear. too much, dear.

too much, dear.
SL.'e'na
la'nas.
92.
Gu'stas i/nan a qle'nafi ana'n xl'ladigwafidan

What
(nothing)
?
?
myself
certain
shall use for
medicine
thing
Guptas
What
Li'nafi
(nothing)
a qle'nan ana'n xl'ladlgwandan

myself
certain
shall use for medicine?
thing
Qle'nan a
For myself
dl
I
Alku'skldegwan.
have nothing.
Qoya's
Dear
dAfi xAfihina'-i.
your
face.
What What
I
medicine shall
I I
use
(in
my
affliction)?
medicine shall
use?
have nothing
face
to comfort me.
(I
Your dear
1
long
ff
for).
to bear.
Tnat
i sr-my
rief is too great
58
1
93-
Qo-es LLfnakn
Clouds
fi
a-i
kusl'tUl.
look down,
open with through, your hands

lu'yiiia-i
DAn
Your
dAn
your
xA'nifia-i.
face all
body
all
(we
see).
wish to
Parting
the
clouds
with
your hands,
look
down
(from
Ta'xet's house).
We
wish to see your body and your face.

2
94-
K!iwa'-i l! nAfi qa'fiAs lQ
Th
r (of
s
t the
^^
dead)
(I
gwl nAn
Pon
one
qa'-idan.
could go,
ne
couldsee
if
(=
a'ldjiwa-i.
whole body.
I)
Gwai'ye dAn
Elder brother, your
If
could see the
trail
(of the dead),

to see)
would enter upon
it.
Elder brother,
want
your whole body.
95
Gin
thing
st!e'dlguiia-i
gwai'yai,
elder brother
Some- makes
my
heart
sick (or very

sad),
(-you)
Gin
Something
stle'dlguiia-i. makes my heart

sick.
Something
(i.
e.,
the
loss
of you)
makes my heart
sick,
elder brother.
Something makes
1
my
heart sick.
2
3
Sung only by the women of this family. Sung by a man named Skilqoe'Las for his brother. Sung by the same man as Song 94.
59
9 6.
Ha'klun
Like that
cUri
you
gudA'ns k!in
thought
although
gu gAm
?
qe'id LAklala
tree
fi
a dl
not
shelter of
in
dAfi
you
If
qla'odafi-udja.
seated
me
you thought so
not seat
me
in
(i. e M if you chose to die), the shelter of a tree? 1
why
did you
Tas
la'nas.
97-
[This
was composed by Qadjiqd'k u when his niece was drowned in Qla'nAn River, and her body could not be
Guptas, gl
What
for
found.]
I
I
da'-indAgwAngAn?
poor one searching?
Ha'djadia na'da-i.
Alas!
my
I,
niece.
For what
Alas
!
am
unfortunate one, looking?
my
niece.
T!o1k!a
gitAna'-i.
3
98.
LA'gas dAn qa'n ku'gits lu agA'n

Land
you
see,
ku stAn gi'ndagia'naxAn.
dear
beloved when one
yourself,
two
if
you made
in canoe,
(or chief),
If
you had seen land,

yourself, dear. 3
beloved,
you
would have saved
The last Sung by

This
is
part of this
is
metaphorical.
It
means,
"Why
did you die so suddenly?"
the wife of one lost at sea.
merely the sense of the Haida,
6o
Family Doubtful.
99-
Gahi
Not
fa I'lIcIa
you
at us
qe'gaxango (repeated over and over).

look.
Do
not look at
IOO. 1
us.
Dak'n gu
Your
?
ki' Ista-us di
voices are
tired,
I
iJao
but
gAm
not
Id' IstastA dl
gudA'nhAngAn.
want
to.
have
a tired
voice
Your
voices are tired, but

(i.
do not want
to
have a
tired
voice
e.,
do not want
to cease wailing).
Perhaps a song of the LleUfi qe'awa-i.
III.
MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.
(Masset Dialect.)
Battle-Song (Gu isda's sÛna-i) of the

IOI.
ao siJan
l'naga'-i.
A'gua Skflsis
Here
Ski'lsis's
l'naga'-i
town
ai
ya gago'das ho.
lies.
Dati gua gu'la do'na-i (repeated four times).

You
?
think
it
younger
brother?
good
Here lies Ski'lsis's town. Are you pleased with it, younger brother?
Battle-Song sung
102. 3
in
Tsimshian.
[Sung around the head of an enemy raised upon a
pole.]
You Tsimshian
people are
foolish.
Are you
like
coppers? 3
The "younger
I
brother"
is
perhaps a captive or an opponent in
battle.
was able
to obtain
only the translation of this song.
Because they were
fearless in battle.
[6i]
62
Battle-Song of
103.
Women.
[Song by
women
during
the
absence
of their husbands
with a war-party.]
SkU'ga-o
Sk'.A/gao, this
tla'et
killed
qo'nagAn.
many
people,
one
SkUVao
killed (and enslaved)
many
people.
Song used by
All Families in
making Peace
(Ga
la'
sVlAfia-i).
104.
Y6f
di tada's
ate
lu
if
qle'nafi di u'nsAtsgaiya'ndo.
myself
I
I
I
Raven me
would not know.
Ao
Now
If
lislnot
first
dAga'n
for
su'g.
time
myself
am singing.
I
Raven had eaten me, 1

for the first time
I
would not know myself.

singing to myself.
Now
am
Song used by the e ao
siJan l'naga'-i in
105.
making Peace.
Xa'La gwai'ye go'lgaf qle'aosgien.

Haidas'
island
green
has become.
The
Haida has become green (i. e. the hats when spring comes and the foliage appeared as have
island of the
turns green.)
"Being eaten by Raven" seems
to
mean being
killed in war.
63
Songs of Derision.
[Songs of
this
kind were largely
in
Tsimshian.
The
fol-
one of them, used in making lowing is fun of a poor man who pretended that he was a chief.]
a translation of
106.
Laugh
no
at
the
chief!
for,
although he
is
a chief, he has
rattle in his
hand.

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PUBLICATIONS

American Ethnological Society

Late E. J. BRILL PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS

Haida. Songs, by John R.

Tsimshian Texts (New

Story of Asdi-wa'l; or,

193 227 237

Story of the Porcupine Story of the Deluge

characteristics of the songs

a discussion of the songs, the cradle-songs are

the property of the various families.

songs which form the bulk of the collection here presented

arranged according to the families to which they be-

the publication before referred

used for rendering

RENDERING INDIAN SOUNDS.

probably the same sound, intermediate between the continental

in law, only in foreign words.

indicate that the preceding consonant

Laryngeal catch and breathing

indicates great length of preceding vowel.

of air allowed to escape,

identical with English

lu Q!c/na l'naga'-i ya'kAisl'ga L gaya'oga

^aqo'nga-ftna's Lu'hao l dja'adaga-i

(kind of a) are (you)

not think that the

smoke of your house in the be as great as when you were

not think that they

Skedans Creek as they used

your previous existence).

considered a re-incarnation of some dead relative.

ya'+nafi Gi'ttns dja'tgan marry own his woman Eagle

+n. dja'tgan ya'+nafi sugwa

gadju'+wAn sugAn, Ad?'dAxua XA'nhao wa'ga i>,

gadju'+wAn sug.u, Adl'dAxua xA'nhao wa'ga

HaU' waga daogi'+lgego+.

Eagle.Woman, going to marry his own

Ha'lA+ dl'+ga+ ski'nxaLga'go.

gasi'n xega'nftn. are going to make (Laughing) b ' they & k

a noise about him.

used here for "to cry." song is repeated.

noise they are going to

(at the potlatch)!

yana+ a'+yane a'+yano,

l ge'ida+lAii qla'oxan [s]ge'-f xAn aqa'dji

into that place

qlaisoredlVo qlai'xas ge-|- ku'djugwa+ngasa-f n.

he will rove about.

a boy belonging to a good family.

of him, be careful of him, be careful of him,

be careful of him, be careful of him. This nobleman, this nobleman, be careful

take off his head and put

about without anything

dAfi idjaga'djl'was e'dji.

NAfikflsLas agA'fi i'ndaLxaga'gAni.

Property in the house

ga-ilgaga'n dA'nal ixtjudal.

Gwa-isku'n xa'-idAga-i xA'nhao dAfi na'ga

when waves meet each

and are packed

dAfi idjaga'djl'was e'dji.

why you why you

are a boy are a