Sacred Texts  Native American  Northwest  Index  Previous  Next 

70.

Ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i, ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i.
I | used to see it, | I | used to see it.
DAñ nâ'gaga la'ahao t!aogô's gôdâ'gañas hao gut at
Your | house to | I | copper | used for making boxes | now | each with other
gatkîñdagA'ñdiesi al 1 dAñ kî'îña kî'nlgalugani.
make a noise by knocking against | with | you | news of | goes about as you move about.
Ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i, ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i. (an indefinite number of times).
I | used to see it, | I | used to see it.
DA'ñ nâ'gaga la'ahao malê'lga-i lga'djudia's (so) a'l dAñ
Your | house in | cranberry-bushes, | grew of | you
    kî'îña kî'nlgAluganî.
    news of | goes about.
Ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i, ala qî'ñgugâ'ñgaña'-i.
I | used to see it, | I | used to see it.

I used to see it, I used to see it.
News went about that boxes made of coppers in your house sounded as they knocked one another.
I used to see it, I used to see it.
News went about of cranberry-bushes growing in your house.
I used to see it, I used to see it.


Footnotes

47:1 Equivalent to at ("with").


Next: 71.