John R. Swanton, Franz Boas Haida Songs

Annotation

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The following songs were collected by the writer in connection with his work for the Jesup North Pacific Expedition during the winter of 1900-01. The general characteristics of the songs were described in Contributions to the Ethnology of the Haida (Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. V, p. 121). As has been stated in a discussion of the songs, the cradle-songs are the property of the various families. For this reason the songs which form the bulk of the collection here presented are arranged according to the families to which they be long. The names of the families will also be found in the publication before referred to.