SONGS 303

B Almmtitlimago(e) skéoniiimstnénamitom | Skusiutsdomxdai
They measure when(f) will be visible my wisdom,
stukwalaiyakais

my ability as a shaman(g).
[WORDLESS CHORUS]

C The third part of this song has been forgotten; it is said that in it there was
reference to a wash-basin, showing that the shaman was able to treat the sick.

(a) “The One of Whom All Sick People Think,” a name received from Tiitcép-
litén-a.

(6) Recorded as song VII D 32b, National Museum of Canada; singer, Jim
Pollard.

(c) Referring to THitcaplifin-a; this part of the song is worded as if she were
speaking.

(d) That is: I do as I have done before.

(e) When this song was being recorded on the phonograph, the singer erred and
replaced this subdivision with the first of the first part.

(f) That is: They decide upon the time when.

(g) The reference is to the dramatic performance which marks his status as
shaman; this part of the song is worded as if the shaman himself were speaking.

Song Used by Tcitomixlaix(a), a Bella Coola Woman(b)

A Anunextiwatsan dinustkakstatyetsdat digéomomdiap
Is ready my wash-basin(c), I will use it
skaitimkdjut-am-édjap
when you(d) come for treatment.
[WORDLEss CHORUS]

BandC._ The rest of this song has been forgotten.

(a) “The Sleep-Giver,” a name received from Ttitcapli#in-a.

(4) Recorded as song VII D 27b, National Museum of Canada; singer, Lame
Charlie. In 1922 he was about seventy years of age and the song was used by his
step-mother.

(c) This reference shows that the shaman had power to treat the sick.

(d) Referring to human beings in general.

Fragment of a Song Used by Nunutsnumikmem, a Bella Coola Man(a)

Saénukatkaxkimélisindai yao dikusiutsudai Gttomatsttominitsdat
Held me in his cupped hands | the learned one(4), | when he bore me

wasitimkdjutsttominiis
to the place of treatment.

The rest of this song has been forgotten.