296 THE BELLA COOLA INDIANS

(aa) Referring to a spot outside Smith Inlet.

(66) That is: Ttatiaki’lak‘ had just stilled the rough sea. She was another of
Qwinao’s first ancestors, the most powerful of a group of four consisting of her
brothers, Nain’akwas, Tiaowika’lis, and Tiéaliattis, and of herself.

(cc) Qomoqwa’s house, a reference to an incident in Qwinao’s ancestral myth.

(dd) The house contained whistles and other valuables which they obtained.

(ee) That is: All people, everywhere, know of Nain’akwas and Ttaowika’lis.
Each name, though singular, has a plural significance since the other brothers
are likewise implied.

(#7) Referring again to the band of first settlers.

(gg) A place on the mainland opposite the north end of Vancouver Island.

Song Used for Sinuxett(a)

A Yao ki’ ésmaiusdimqudax dinutoldaiémk tdits yao ikétskadnimodaox
They(4) will presently my dead relatives(d) when they reach
inform(c)

dukukdjudjimuttsidax
they(f) see(g)

[WORDLESS CHORUS]

duolnuttxamétiimdax
where they first came down.

yao olditxwuniqwistax
the outer places(e);

B Ken-ambotim-itsmétsin | aiyawasmaiustatsats Gttusdtainaoskidax
I clothe myself with(Z) | my ancestral myth, | as it was
dasottutiye-mskidax | xdununuqwsim-dlstskidax aiyatémtsai aisudax
in the time of the Nunugsmails(i) house.
[WORDLESS CHORUS]

C Skaématnubusamnuximk” | désqwnutsamstinaotsandax | stimitudgwlasitt
Had just emerged(j) the place where our relatives get their food(k).

tatthlxikdimut-skidax
when it became dry(/)

Aiyadaomdtaixstax
Thither went

aiyawadkis-udax
Waékts.

Sidtkiyukidinisandax
That is why

(2) Recorded as song VII D 37, National Museum of Canada; singer, Jim
Pollard. Both words and tune were composed by him about 1907.

(4) Referring to Wadks and his band, (I, p. 350). Sinuxet? was descended from
this group of first people.

(c) The significance of this word is stronger than inform. It means that Wadkss
will relate to the deceased their ancestral myth.

(d) The chief for whom this song was composed had lost several relatives.

(e) Referring to Goose Island, Yel-dx?aix, where Wadkis landed.

(f) Referring again to the deceased.

(g) The significance of this word is stronger than see. It means that those
recently dead will gaze with rapture on the places which belong to them owing to
their ancestral myth.

dino’ osqin-émkildait aiyatiman:-ukstitt

of my ancestors(m).

all people, everywhere, know