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qiqamdam qe da kodayu

Songs for the Cat~s Cradle Game

?anica, Mary Dick

Alert Day, ». C.

transcribed and translated by

Freda Shaughnessy

University of Victoria

I. Introduction

?onaxUax?idam meganof ~?amiasa kodayu. ;id used to play the cat s. cradle game to pass time.

?OUd? ganufU 4a~tax" laxanux" ?eyasu. ~;e sbg wjdle we play wita our hands.

ga?am These are

qlqac~am ga~a qe ua xoaayu. SOQe of the songs to sing While playing eat's cradle.

Autobiography by ?mica, ;·lary 1IiCK

(Told to Freda Shaughnessy)

A. The father's side of the family.

d l a1olada?anux" lax "1:ingcomos". il;: lias a member of tile tribe from Kinr..come.

ilamis Rigllt

n~~olax laxis i"ayuxdo?s. froD th.e .iolf clan.

fa ?oli&an ?olakalaxan He must have stayed Deing

?oxsa?am bag"anam piwala xase? a man he lleVtlr disappeared.

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gaxa~ala i"uda It reacluld this [Ilolf clan]

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nalax, day.

galan ftaXgan le?gan nug"a, and also to me, .

>,ux?dax"s and also to

gax ?aqus gangananam. you children of today.

dox yu~ haman ?omp. You as well as Qy father.

walaskanis ~an ?omp. "walaskanis" is my father.

nagexta'\a "nage" WaS his

nulas. older relative.

lami nage i"ang"adaxidas Lleyan?H:. "nage" bosgat "mayan'i1:".

11amis ? abamps !ladad Z i "dadadli~stl mother Was

mayan?H. "l4ayon?ii".

hamisan :'ly father

?ompida ~aye?, hami?sas 'was the younger brotner,

lag~?ius nus?om ?ola~ala that is why your closely

make-la? related to me.

?omas "brothers" nl.ua maluk". The tWo of them Wer~ brothers.

hl1lais. 3C"a?nux"as he nam 'l'ne older one waS "mQy;>n? ii"- 5

nug"amis x"anux se caye?

mayan?H. son.

I was the child from the younger son. hata la?is The IO'ay lt

q"Qsaxibidu? , became distant was,

la?e x"Qn~"~dQxidi wnen "may;>n?l.i" had

mayan?iias "dadadzi",

dadadZi. la dadadzi I"Qng"ad;>xidis kaSalas. and "dadadli" had (your fathtor) "kas31as".

nJ.lmak" Se misAan ?ome. I m from a di£fer~nt family also.

ni~iqala qan "cousin" nuk"as accept Sam as my cousin because

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?isw.li:an I refused to

"5 aLl" I always tllought

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?01aqa1a ?Ola· nikaqala ila?m ?ompan ?omp Aawi. that his dad WaS my dad, and he tllOUght the sam" way. lie. the families are very close]

hiwala9 qo~alax gan. I didn t know that I waS a first cousin to him.

D. The llIother~s side of the family.

la?am d1awada?anux" yaX;)11 'Olil~ gayui< lax Ay fat.ler WaS a member of th" lid awada?anux WII

qawaJiliqala gayui laxa 'oligan. from "qawal.liliqilla" froQ the "?01igan" clan.

walallian ;,Iy

?aDa~pi, m,,?amt~~ali ?abampas. mot:ler, her mother waS a "me?amtagili".

yaxan My

?abamp"? madaib"? mother waS a ;.Iatelpi.

?awinag"idadZas ?icikan. They OWn the land "?icikan".

wala?aJa iawadida cadaqas sa ligWaida?J(". A lady Llarried Someone from Campbell River.

hauis 1a ?o~psan ?ab~mpa da lir,"aidax" • ..Iy mother~ s fatner was the guy from Campbell River.

ilaLlisan la¥ii "half and half" Au wa lie"aidax", t;~ats WilY I 14 half from Campbell River, and tile

Au wa ma?amtagila, Au wa k"agui. ..Iatelpi tribe, and the "k"agui".

?olaqalan I~m really

lig"aidax" • fr~Q ~atI?bell River.

?olaqalan ;o{y mot!J.er

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?abamp,m is a Campblfll

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?abampan lig"ilaXsam. River lady.

ilema3)- . gayui. That s.where I cOMe from.

Kinship Diagram

I>lother~ s SHe

[me? allltagala] (lig" aidax"] I ,

I [lAadatbe? ]

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Fathor~sSide

nage

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walakanis I

I dadad'i

I ?anica kasalas

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gana I

Autob:'ography of Freda Shaughnessy

I Frede.

Originally, I caoe fom Gilford IsIaud.

went to tile residential school in Alert lIay at the

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age of six, not knowing a word of inglish. lluring

this time I sp"nt my summers at i:ingcome. At the

school We Were forbidden to speak our larlguage.

therefore, I never learn"d to speai;: the language like

the olu people. Five years ago I moved to Victoria

from Alert Bay and finished high school. I enrolled

in the Native Indian Language Program at the

University of Victoria two years ago,

takin, a ~.A. in Linguistics.

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and am no·"

Z. kodayu Cat's Cradle Songs

1. Little Uan

?o?~s III. haaVaiaqad. You ~ave it lIke this.

la?am lalabandalida ifuen the little lIIan

ba~"an9mbidu laqus hagUigilida. tT1es to get to the then you do this.

widi ?alaya? , widi ?alaYa

qaga yug"aya? • widi ?a1aya

qaga c;l1xaya?, widi ?alaYa.

qaga gusaya? • widi ?alaya

qaga :k";lsaya?

14?;l1ll 1alab,mda1a bida~i da ?axi "ya nugVadlo?;lJII ;ihen the little one gets to the end, . "Oh its me" he

iOAa" nixh. 1a1 8 maxidida ?apsui~ana. says. just as they let one lland go

ni?1:id maniXv • all showed up.

Z. Duck

gax;ll\l wila The fingeTs

la?a1ll ~"awalida k"ayalY• The duck is Sitting in the Water.

1amis danxalida There's a song

qa?e. for it.

Au qu ha?;lm la 4"a1is3111 Ue could sing for himself.

? is~m. qot.;ll I don t know.

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laX d;ln3Cila.

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?e ?e 1e

?e ?e1a dasidas gigama?s :""ayax"a

?e ?e 1e

?e ?e1 a gagila gagi gulo?;'.";li!.e1?<ux"

gigamas !<;"aya3P'a

'Ie 'Ie ?e?a

. . dasidas gigama?s k"ayai"a. DiVe chief of ducks.

wala?am mali Let it go.

caWl.

la?am kayox"ida. It disappeared.

3.

1a?am la dasid. It dived.

bag"analll Han

h galtsalal3sida bag"llnalB laias x "a:"";lna 1 ala A JUan WaS lying in his canoe on the beacn.

lealllahs. gal;lJII ~iiwatucu sida namux. One came and called hit! out.

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da.

~ilalallJ.ui: h· i' gaXsillalisa 1'111 calling you lying there in the c.anoe

~ilalan~u~ ti'i-gaxsalalisa

qagada ~alllsgGmx ~aqWa?aci lIa?e

ftilalani!.u~ ti'i'gaxsalalisa

qagada ma?ic;l ~a~aqWa?aci ha?e

1cilalanJ.ui h· i' gaXSillalisa

qagada yudilxYsa~ ~a~aqW~a?aci ha?e

~ilalanftui ti'i'gaxsalalisa

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qagada musgam cagaeiye? ha?e

?ola ta?e naxla? Really he said.

la?am daxWai?to qa?e da He ran out for the "cakus".

calms. ?is Aalwaqa?ada ~a~aqWa. He didn't stand up for the copper.

Ioitu qas la?e. lie got out to leave.

4. giwas Deer

~isJa JWaiala giwasa. Wl Wasn t a deer to begin with.

'lag"ai:aqi. it like this.

?o?ms You hold

waiis aa sa, walis ma sa

llIasan walisi~a

walasax giwas dunak~ala

Ia?am He got

la?a~ giwasida la?e maxica~i da nam, Ia?am ";len tney let one [handl go it became a deer, it

iiwasida Ia dunakwala. became a running deer.

5. Small Black aear

?ogWala1 am, ?o?m qWid'oy?u~;esida ?axa, kodayu. Its different, you just squeeze the Cat s Cradle.

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Ia1am ?olaq~la xan kodayu lis wila 'axal~ la Its really a Cat's Cradle game [where] you don t get

Was gamasas. to USe all of the fingers.

?o'm qWidloy?os ea?bida?o. Just hold it squished.

qan way?axalis?a

wa?la ho wa?la ho, wa?la no va'la ho

nixdlo?s nixdlo?s, qan way?axalis?a

daxwaxalisa? eabida?owo no wo?lo ho vo?lo ho, vo11o ho wo1lo ho

la1am daxwaxalis. lie jumped down.

6. Caterpillar turns into a Butterfly

la?am la paniga7.e'lbido1 wida qilla?ow? yax la?e ~~terpillar forming into a butterflr.

paitida h~umu la1 am la k~alwalabido?

wi w" las qala.,h-i

~a~icaw~n gigi?yana

lRi ~idzanQs nala

hamusalaia lla-a-m-m

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7. Grandchildren's Song

la7am daniidi cucax"'~amas. laS grandcnildren sang.

nax"'a7x nax"'agaltusala dZam

cal a cuw?a

he'Y ya yey, ho'y ya yey

h,,·y ya yey

nax"'agaitus<lla d1am cala cu?wa

he'y ya yey, he'Y ,

ya yey

he'y ya yey

q:ln?cu wadle? la1axu cucax";,ama

heoy ya yey. he'y ya yey

he'y ya yey

welaqasu dbadaxi?A laXa qllalayaklla

he'y ya yey, he'Y ya yey

he'y ,

ya Y"Y

?is 7og"anam lab wisan

lagalbala?am lax tucax";'ama

he'y ya yey, he'y ya yey

he'y ya yey

8. The 1~0 Young Brothers

maluk W td~dya bibag"anam. Two young orothers.

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"memi;,as nixlatlxas "llhere aro you going

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nula." brother."

nula. Walked aWay.

"I~*an pepalYf;' ," . "I m going to pllpalya7. ...

Ia'alll qasidida "i'he older one

Ie'e ;'i p"palya~. He is on his way to pepalya~.

ma'mi?cas 7e heda, ma'mi?cas 'e heda

pepalya?can ce·Ya bitu'

pepalya?can ee·Ya bieu'

7isela1a ?iselala

qan le? lasga?me7yui nu'la

kllidala k~idala

?,,;,as ?e?oyakalxsdi laxui wi'sa

kllidala kWidala

7e?cas ?e70yakalxsdi laxui wi'sa

wala7e wa1a?e daxwaqalsa, ~ui: ,lu'la

wala?e wa1a7 e dax Waqa1sa ;,ui nu'la

we la7 am ?07m gale&am dida gananam. The younger one went ahead.

la?am ite j u,'ilped

?o?m daxlli qas la?e galagane iis nula. ahead if of his older brother,

lane? They didn't

Aai ya:;i19m, qu lalax ?e?oyaqalxsde, allow h~m to go, he might make his brother go slow,

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9, The Old People

'amlix" la1e da tidaq qasis giganam. The ladies usually baby-sat because they were the wives.

la?" la7 es nuk" g"igihs nuk" 101m la~is .;hen they went somewhere to do something the old

l"esasida c\"alsq"Qlyak" dadwt"s Iai lis qu people just sat around watching for their wives

gai~ ne~ak". to come hOMe.

Ia1am Ie? wa~esu, And they called to them.

we1 am geses nunemasa'

we?am gesas nunemeSa'

daduqVala manix"anoxa iWan ia noi

gaganam kasa qu gax~

daduq"ahnox'" ia i"nox gaganama

(We are watching for our wives to come]

""e ?ise l.elasi lai~ ~si1.." "TheY are not going to be comi:'!.g."

10 101m lawis Tiley (old people]

la ~a1o~exid. turned into dogS.

?o1m la wa1ocexi? ~"esemgas ia They turned into dots and sat

J.UJ.

guk" Ie?, l.e ?is gai1..s gaganam. outside of the house, because their wives weren~t coming.

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qiqand;Jfi\ se da kodayu II

SopSs for the Cat's Cradle Game II

by ,. ? <IIlica, Mary Dick

transcribed and translated by

Preda Shaughnessy

University of Victoria

lI"..J.SiC score by ~

Peter Wilson

University of Victoria

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scale. For the most part the ;ongs fit into this standard

notation. however. frequent pauses between phrases are usually

untimed. This transcription is intended as a first

approximation and will hopefully stimulate more research into

the analysis of Kwakiutl songs.

Our thanks to Miss Laura Kermeen for her

assistanc:: ~ pr~~lnf ~ score.

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