Myths and legends of Alaska . FRO/I:\ \V.\Ti Rr \ MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA CRADLE SONG1 Koyukun THE wind blows over the Yukon,My husband hunts the deer on the Koyukun , Ahmi, sleep, little one. There is no wood for the stone axe is broken, my husband carries the is the sun-warmth? Hid in the dam of the beaver, waiting the spring-time?Ahmi, Ahmi, sleep, little one, wake not! u Look not for ukali, old woman. Long since the cache was emptied, and the crow does not light on the ridge pole!Long since my husband departed. Why does he wait in the mountains?A
Myths and legends of Alaska . FRO/I:\ \V.\Ti Rr \ MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA CRADLE SONG1 Koyukun THE wind blows over the Yukon,My husband hunts the deer on the Koyukun , Ahmi, sleep, little one. There is no wood for the stone axe is broken, my husband carries the is the sun-warmth? Hid in the dam of the beaver, waiting the spring-time?Ahmi, Ahmi, sleep, little one, wake not! u Look not for ukali, old woman. Long since the cache was emptied, and the crow does not light on the ridge pole!Long since my husband departed. Why does he wait in the mountains?Ahmi, Ahmi, sleep, little one, softly. 1 Transcribed by J. A. Dall. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA Where is my own? Does he lie starving on the hillside? Why does helinger? Comes he not soon I will seek him among the moun-tains. Ahmi, Ahmi, sleep, little one, sleep. The crow has come, laughing,His beak is red, his eyes glisten, the false Thanks for a good meal to Kuskokala the the sharp mountain quietly lies your , Ahmi, sleep
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