{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/nw/hs/hs016.htm","path":"nam/nw/hs/hs016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/hs/hs016.htm","text":"14.\nHao dalA'\u00f1 sgA'nxAnhao ya't\u00ea gadA'ldigan\u00ea q!o'ldjat, hao\n You | only ones | were brought up well | chief women,\n dalA'\u00f1 sgA'nxAnhao ya't\u00ea gadA'ldigan\u00ea q!o'ldjat,\n You | only ones | were brought up well | chief women,\n Q!\u00f4'na-kun gad\u00f4' ga Lnda'lL!xaga-iyu.\n Skedans point | around | sit in his canoe and come with him.\n Hao dalA'\u00f1 sgA'nxAnhao, etc. (four times).\n You | only ones , etc.\n Tc\u00ee'na\u00f1 q\u00f4'naiya-i gwai'ga+gut al dalA'\u00f1 dA\u00f1q!\u00e2'-isgidan s\u00fb.\n Your grand-father | powerful | his islands together | you | pulled | it is said.\n A'\u00f1ga g\u00ee A'\u00f1gaxaw\u00e2'yu.\n Theirs | to | how they let with it.\nHao dalA'\u00f1 sgA'nxAnhao, etc. (four times)\n You | only ones, | etc.\n Q!\u00eadAs k!ia'oga gi gaxa-\u00fbxansLiya'-i yu.\u00a01\n Tattoo | for | sit down (or take the position).\nYou, chief women, are the only ones brought up well enough; you, chief women, are the only ones brought up well enough,\n To sit in (the chief's) canoe and come around Skedans point with him.\n You, chief women, are the only ones, etc. (four times),\n To pull your powerful grandfather's islands\u00a02 together, they say.\n You, chief women, are the only ones, etc. (four times),\n To sit down to receive tattoo-marks.\n14:1 Yu is equivalent to hao.\n14:2 \"Your grandfather\" is Raven, and the islands are the Haida country and the mainland. Reference is perhaps made to mainland marriages.","title":"Haida Songs: I.--Cradle-Songs: 14.","type":"page"}