"This is her father's song. He hears bad luck like thunder inside. He hears it that time he start the song. His wife gonna die, his daughter's dead, and his son's wife's dead. Three die in one day. Quick sick. It was at Dalton Post, before the white men came. He heard it (the portent?) down the Alsek at a hil, Sheep Hat, near nuqa-ik."; Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory.
"Jessie Allen explained: This song was composed (?) by Harry Joe's mother's mother's brother, a Crow man. It's a sorry song for the d as. [sic] He feels bad and is calling for something. People were hunting sheep on top of the mountain. Sit down and think about girl friend (father's sister and cross-cousin). She explained that she was singing the song for Harry Joe because he didn't know it."; Recorded at Beloud's, near Klukshu, Yukon Territory.
