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I. Cradle Songs. 52

LG'XET GTNA'-i.

52.

'gua t!a'gagua gag'a aw'gua k'lsLa-i?

Right here for it crying sitting right here, chief?

'gua t!a'gagua gag'a aw'gua k'lsLa-i?

Right here for it crying sitting right here, chief?

p. 37

'gua ha'yat xA'nhao dj'sasgaa dA g'tga dj'ldasga

Right here will not belong your sisters yours sit up higher make him,

k'lsLa-i?

chief?

Lg'natsg'a sq!ens is ga t'agAalxagA'ns gaa' dA

Cousins (yours are) sea-gulls are (like) some people make them cry by stepping on like you

x'tga ssg'gAs k'lsLa-i.

in front of say is going to be chief.

'gua t!a'gagua gag'a aw'gua k'lsLa-i?

Right here for it crying sitting right here, chief?

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, chief?
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