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p. 162

SONG BEFORE THE FIGHT WITH CHEOF-HAHVO SEEVEN 1

In the land where there are a great many galley-worms--
I will get the doctor out,
It will lighten his heart.

A SONG OF THE DOCTOR WHOSE SNAKE THREW DOWN THE VAHAHKKEE

I made the black snake;
And he went across and wounded the vahahkkee,

Footnotes

162:1 This song is evidently imperfect, for in the context it is said that before this fight they sang about the beads, sah-vaht-kih, but there is no mention of them here.