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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
my own, based upon explanations. The song has two
stanzas, each sung twice, but lacks a refrain, and lasts
2:35 minutes. Charley White beat the drum for his
wife, and acted as song leader.
Stanza I (sung twice)
A de tit 'ankneyi yex—Like the American Flag
[yAx?]
'atya quqwati—(?) (have become ?)
B TluknaxAdi-yAtxi—TluknAdi-chUdren
C tuwunik yis de—Longing (for them ?)
D 'adat yisiyeq de—On it aU ye hoist it!
E tea yel 'ani kade—Right on Raven's town
F tea 'anax du tini—Just from there to see it.
G 'aya he-yeye ye-ye ya,
H ha he ya 'aha,
Y 'aya ne,
X ha—a tcuye' [at end of first singing] "Again!"
hede! [at end of repeat] "To the beginning!"
The meaning seems to be that the TluknaxAdi love
their sib-chUdren, i.e., their hostage, as they do the
American Flag. So aU hoist it above Raven's town
(Yakutat), where it can be seen.
A
Stanza II (sung twice)
de xat qu hani yex 'ayAnde—Like the fish souls
[yAx ?] shoreward
B se 'it xen AX de daqena 'Ena—Through the horizon
dawn breaks,
C du tuwu hede gutca—His feelings, that Wolf,
D 'ican 'Asgi hedi yel—Pity perhaps that Raven
E -a 'akatx tu sAgu—(Because of it ?) wiU be happy
F tea 'At cuhtini—Just to watch it.
G 'eya he-ye-ye ye-ya 'a
H 'aha ya,
Y 'a-ya ne,
X ha—a
[Z a'ahoy yi! added at very end].
The meaning of the last stanza is obscure, except
that we may infer that, as was explained, "The Raven
is happy when the fish come." Dawn breaks just the
way the fish come through the hole in the horizon. I
think the Wolf is to pity the feelings of the Raven, but
in any case, the imphcation is that now aU will be
happy.
When John EUis heard the recording he commented
that it was a Dry Bay song, and that the rhythm was
different (quicker and more jerky?) from that of
Yakutat songs.
The structure is:
Stanza I: A B C D E F G H X Y(repeated)
StanzaH: A B C D E F G H X Y
A B C D E F G H X Y Z
J =100
As sung"
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