{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/nw/hs/hs069.htm","path":"nam/nw/hs/hs069.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/hs/hs069.htm","text":"Tc\u00ee'nA\u00f1 s\u00eelg\u00e2' nA\u00f1 k\u00fbgwai'ya\u00a01 skoa'gag\u00een g\u00ea'tgag\u00ee\u00a02 hao.\n His grand-father's | place | some one | went a long time ago | behind | was there.\n L\u00fb'ga g\u00fb'ga ga sLdA'lda\u00f1 L\u00fbgag\u00fb'ga ga q\u00eengi\u00f1g\u00ee'\u00f1ga;\n On his canoe | planks | they put on their sides | on his canoe | thing | is great on the water;\n Wa'gAn d\u00ee'nA+\u00f1 h\u00ee'dja+la-i wa'gAn d\u00ee'nA\u00f1 kudj\u00fb'gaasa\u00f1.\n For it | my child | is a boy (baby word), | for it | my child | is going to be a leader.\n Y\u00e2'\u00f1a, y\u00e2'\u00f1a, k\u00eelsLa'-igan. Y\u00e2'\u00f1a, y\u00e2'\u00f1a, k\u00ee'\u00f1getgan.\n Be careful, | be careful, | my chief! | Be careful, | be careful, | my master!\nMy child is a boy because he is going to do as his grandfather did when one went to his place long ago.\n After he had been there, his canoe was so deeply laden (with gifts), that they had to put the weather-boards on it (to increase its capacity);\n For it my child is going to be a leader.\n Be careful, be careful, my chief! Be careful, be careful, my master!\n45:1 Equivalent to qa'ga.\n45:2 Equivalent to g\u00ea'tgaqa.","title":"Haida Songs: I.--Cradle-Songs: 67.","type":"page"}