236. ONE OF THE AWL SONGS.

Òwe òwe òwe yàni yàï owà[n] na a [repeat three times],

Òwe òwe ìni áhe oöhè.

1. `Ke-cac-natlèhi natcagàhi,

2. Kaç dsil ¢ilhyíli bakàgi natcagàhi,

3. Kaç ni` inzàç inçì çoholnì¢a òna,

4. Kaç ni` inzàç inçì çoniò¢a òna.

5. Tcikè-¢igìni natcagàhi,

6. Dsil çolíji bakàgi natcagàhi,

7. Kaç ni` inzàç inçì, çoholnì¢a òna,

8. Kaç ni` inzàç inçì, çoniò¢a òna.

237. _Translation._--1. Ke, an abbreviation of tcikè; Tcikè-cac-natlèhi,

maiden who becomes a bear; natcagà`, she travels far, she walks or

wanders far around. 2. Kaç, now; dsil ¢ilhyíl, black mountain; bakàgi,

on top of. 3, 4, 7, 8. Ni`, earth, land; inzàç, distant; inçì, it lies,

it stretches; çoholnì¢a, seems not to be; çoniò¢a, not obscure or dim

like a faint distance. 6. Dsil çolíji bakàgi, on top of the blue

mountains.

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