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Hao î'sîñ a-a-a-a L'gua'-a-a-a Lûgûlî'na 2 xetgâ'- + dAñ xatga'
Again | perhaps | Upset-Canoe | in front of | your | father
ai+ dAñ gaLgâ'ndA[ga] dAñ galgâ'lao lîña'-us.
you | look around at new things | you | taken care of sitting | expect to be.
Aiyañê'-ê-ê-A ê-ê-êyañ â'-a-a aiyañê' q!o'ldjatga'+.
Be careful, | be careful, | chief-woman.
Hao î'sîñ a-a-a-a L'gua'-a-a-a giê'stA t!â'go xAndja'os gê
Again | perhaps | from where | copper | came | from | around
dAñ xatga' ai+ dAñ gaLgâ'ndA[ga] dAñ galgâ'lao
your | father | you | look around at new things you be taken care of sitting
lîña'-us.
expect to be.
Aiyañê'-ê-ê-A ê-ê-êyañ â'-a-a aiyañê' q!o'ldjatga'+.
Be careful, | be careful, | chief-woman.
Hao î'sîñ a-a-a-a L'gua'-a-a-a giê'stA li'mAn XA'ndjusgê
Again | perhaps | from where | hide of some mainland animal |came around
dAñ xatga' ai+ dAñ gaLgâ'ndA[ga] dAñ galgâ'lao
your father you look around at new things you be taken care of sitting
lîña'-us.
expect to be.
Aiyañê'-ê-ê-A ê-ê-êyañ â'-a-a aiyañê' q!o'ldjatga'+.
Be careful, | be careful, | chief-woman.
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Hao î'sîñ a-a-a-a L'gua'-a-a-a giê'stA gu'lxas xA'ndjus gê
Again | perhaps | from where | big variety of abalone | came around
dAñ xatga' ai+ dAñ gaLgâ'ndA[ga] dAñ galgâ'lao
your father you look around at new things you be taken care of sitting
lîña'-us.
expect to be.
Aiyañê'-ê-ê-A ê-ê-êyañ â'-a-a aiyañê' q!o'ldjatga'+.
Be careful, | be careful, | chief-woman.
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe, 1 chief-woman, and look around upon all things in front of Upset-Canoe.
Be careful, be careful, chief-woman!
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe, chief-woman, and look around the place whence coppers come.
Be careful, be careful, chief-woman!
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe, chief-woman, and look around the place whence li'mAn-hides come.
Be careful, be careful, chief-woman!
Again perhaps you expect to sit up high in your father's canoe, chief-woman, and look around the place whence abalones come.
Be careful, be careful, chief-woman.
Footnotes
24:2 A place north of Cape Ball.
25:1 Chiefs' children used to be placed high up on blankets in the centre of trading-canoes so that they could look about. Here the baby is reminded of what she used to do in a former existence.
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