I. Cradle Songs. 50

50.

'dA g'ga n'gaga adA' tc'nga n'ga adA' tc'nga

Your father's house in, your grand-father's house, your grand-father's

n'ga,

house,

Gil'sAms 2 sq!'na-i ga tag'nalxandles ga dA qoya'

Nass Inlet sea-gulls make a noise while eating in you dear

g'lgalwa.

move about highly.

p. 36

'dA g'ga n'gaga Lgai-'kun sq!'na-i ga tag'al-

Your father's house in Skidegate Point sea-gulls make a noise while

xandies ga dA g'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 Inlet sea-gulls (i. e., the Nass people) make noises as they eat, you, dear, move highly.

In your father's house, where Skidegate Point sea-gulls (i. e., Skidegate people) make a noise as they eat, you get higher (i. e., become a greater chief) all the time.

Footnotes

35:2 The second time this was sung, Q!'na kun ("Q!'na Point") was substituted for Gil'sAms.