r;
Lowing herds and prancing steeds
Around us used to gather.
And the Sabbath was so quiet,
And the log-house chapel,
Where the Indians used to gather
In their robes and blankets.
Now it stands, alas! forsaken:
No one with the Bible
Comes to teach the tawny Skailu (People)
Of Kai-ko-len-so-tin (God).
Other spots on earth may be
To other hearts as dear;
But not to me; the reason why
It was the place that bore me...Flathead Hymn
WORDS AND MUSIC BY REVEREND CUSHING EELLS
Lam -a -lem, on-a -we Je-ho —vah, Kain-pe-la tas ka-leel,
Thanks
Thee Jehovah
We
not dead,
Kait-si-ah ivheel-a -wheel. Kain-pe-la ets-in-ko-nam
We all a live.
We
sing
Kaits - chow.
We
pray.
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Prayer of Chinook Indians
By Daniel Lee and J. H. Frost
O Soh-ole Ish-tam-ah, e-toke-te mi-kah;
tow-e-ah e-toke-te-itl-hul-am mi-hoh
minch-e-lute co-pah en-sai-kah. Ka-daw
quon-sim mincht-cah-neet en-sai-kah.
Um-in-sheet-ah con-a -wa e-toke-ta co-pah
mi-kah e-me-han, Jesus Christ, am
