Translated:

Author:Composed from Nulato.

Year/Era: 1800s

History:The song is over 100 years old.
It is a song about a man's niece.
The man was an ancestor to the Silas family.
The song is of a woman who was as precious as a dentalia shell.
Everyone felt very upset when she died.
The song is sung at every potlatch.
At the potlatch it is the last song sung.

K'etl'ene kk'e doghut'a a ełenee hu hu
Be like that (the dentalia)

kk'e doghut'e a- a ełenee hoo hu kk'e doghut'aa'
Be like that (the dentalia)

kk'e doghut'e- a- a ełenee ee hoo hu soze ełenee
what a let down (that she died)

hey hey hey hey

Soze ee hee hoo hu