I. Cradle Songs. 72

72.

'hua qnda'l, 'hua qnda'l (la)

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,

T!ak!'nga ga La' q'nwa-i gaatxA'n q'ndju,

His own children go to (to be born) (be born from) come out of without it (why not) chief,

'hua qnda'l, 'hua qnda'l, 'hua qnda'l, la?

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief, mightiest chief?

'hua qnda'l, 'hua qnda'l la,

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,

G'sto dA L y'ga a'wa q'ndju,

Who you as large settled down chief,

'hua qnda'l, 'hua qnda'l?

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief?

p. 49

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,

Why did not he (Gadaga') choose to be born from his own grandchildren (instead of from some of his sisters' children), chief,

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief, mightiest chief?

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,

Who is settled down into such affluence as he (Gadaga'), 1

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief?

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Footnotes

49:1 Gadaga', according to story, was the greatest chief of the People-of-Sea-Lion-Town.