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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1247
Peace Song for 'Dollar Deer'
1954, 1-2-D; recorded by Minnie Johnson on April 8.
This song was composed by Bhnd Sampson (1866-
1948) about 1904, for the Teqwedi to sing whUe their
peace hostage, Mrs. Situk Jim, Xosal-tla (K^ack-ca,
1856-1916), danced as 'Dollar Deer' (dana kuwaka;
see pp. 601, 604). Mrs. Situk Jim was a daughter of the
Teqwedi man, Xadenek Johnstone, by his first wife.
The song was recorded by Minnie Johnson, half-sister
to Mrs. Situk Jim. There is an introduction in Tlingit (2
minutes), explaining how Mrs. Situk Jim was captured
and danced to the song. The singer begins the song,
sings the first stanza through once, but breaks down
during the repetition. She repeats Stanza I from the
beginning, exclaiming at the end: "Tie hede! De cukde
cuqalixux"" (Then the beginning. Halfway ? say the
words of the song ?). The song itself lasts 1:19 minutes.
The singer dictated the words and gave a free translation.
Stanza I
tea dana-yex tea kug^atin—Just like a doUar, just
wearing it,
Teqwedi-yAtxi—Teqwedi-children [i.e., the hostage]
dutuwu 'ayu—The thought about them [her].
Teqwedi-yAtxi—Teqwedi-children
du gutcitc seyiix kaguxdati—The Wolf will wear
around his neck.
Stanza II
'ackad^ yA dJAk sitan—Right onto her (like breakers)
striking
du gutc 'aqayi—The words of the WoK,
cewAdi yel—This Raven [i.e., the hostage]
'atuuAx kewudaqin—Out of it, up she flies.
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As heard on the tape, however, the words are:
Stanza I (sung twice)
tea dana yex tea kug^atiyi
Teqwedi-yAtxi tuwu 'ayuda
du gutcitca seyux guxdati 'eya
'a-ne 'a (ya)
Stanza II (sung twice)
'ackade ya djak sitana
du gutca qayi ceyAdi yela
'atunAx 'aske 'udaqintca 'e ya
'a-ne 'a (ya)
Unrecorded Peace Song for 'Glacier Point Deer'
Minnie Johnson was anxious to record this song, but
hesitated to do so because it belonged to the Teqwedi.
It was composed by Blind Sampson for the Kwackqwan
to sing for Joseph Abraham, Tsune (1867-1917), the
Teqwedi man taken as hostage and "opposite" to Mrs.
Situk Jim in the peace ceremony (Case 11, p. 604).
A free translation of the song is: "The Raven side
can see the sign of that Glacier Point. That about shelter
for the Kwackqwan—that's—And have a shelter behind
that Glacier Point: the peace. They looking for shelter
and have no trouble, just peace."
Peace Dance Song for 'American Flag Deer'
1954, 1-1-A; recorded by Charley White and his wife,
Jenny, on March 23.
This song is believed to have been composed by
Bhnd Dave Dick, CAnkuqedi, although it was sung by
the TluknaxAdi for Mary, Mrs. Lituya Bay George, a
CAnkuqedi woman, who was a peace hostage in 1907
(Case 12, p. 604). The ceremony was held because her
brother, Gixutske, and her son, Qalaxel', had died
from bad liquor served to them by the Raven
TluknaxAdi. Jenny White is the daughter of Mary
and Lituya Bay George.
The recording is introduced in Thngit by Jenny White
(57 seconds), for which John EUis furnished the following
translation: "When I was smaU, my mother was
kuwakan ['deer']. And I want the good people to hear.
I want to sing that song. Tonight, good people, you
are going to excuse me. Big trouble between [into] she
went, my mother ('atlen kuxitl xakt 'ayu 'uwugut,
'ax tla). My uncle, my brother, by whiskey were killed
(naut 'uwAdJAq). About her was made that song
(dudaciyi wusiti ya ci). That's the time the song was
dedicated to her. That's why I want to sing it ('Ate
'aya 'axtuwasigu k^knxAciyi)."
The words of the song were later dictated by Mrs.
Chester Johnson, another daughter of Mary and
Lituya Bay George, who explained that her mother
had been named 'American Flag Deer,' hteraUy
'wave marker' (tit 'ankneyi kuwakan). It was not
possible to secure a completely accurate transcription
of the words; that given represents the dictated version
checked against the tape. The translation is largely