1. Name of tape: Indian Songs by Charles (Charley) and Louise Anderson - GNA Index #246
2. Date of tape: 1955 and 1956
3. Tape recorded by: Vi Hilbert
4. Speaker(s) on tape: Charley Anderson; Louise Anderson; Martin Sampson
5. Name of file: family songs: famsonga.wav (428MB); famsongb.wav (561MB)
6. Size of file (in minutes): 41:19 minutes and 51:28 minutes
7. List of file contents:

    

   The descriptions (translations and explanations) of the items on the tape are provided by Vi Hilbert (5/27/97). Unless otherwise indicated, songs are Skagit songs. Louise Anderson, Charley Anderson's wife, accompanies him on some of the songs. She also introduces some of them.

1. Tape: Side One
   1. Blank 0:00-0:43
   2. ``Where is this here?" [What place is this that I am?] 0:34-3:42

      Description

      [Charley Anderson sings all of these songs. When singing a power song, words are camouflaged to keep words from being easily translated. Strength of power might be weakened if it were easy to identify the words. Nothing of value is easy to obtain.]

      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      *where is this
      

      [tudi da'ecut te qwehl 'acihltalbixw swatixwted]
      *will name itself the land/place that belongs to the Indians
      

      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      *where is this
      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      *where is this
      

      [tudi da'ecut to qwehl 'acihltalbixw swatixwted]
      *will name itself the land/place that belongs to the Indians
      

      [stab kwi 'al ti'e']
      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      [stab kwi 'al ti'e']
      [chad kwi 'al ti'e']
      [*stab kwi ledida'ecut]
      [teqwehl 'acihltalbixw swatixwted]
      [stab kwi 'al ti'e']
      [tudi da'ecut]

   3. Snoqualmie [slehal] song 3:45-6:07

      Description

      [Watson Martin's bone game song - Charley Anderson.]

   4. Love song: Skagit 6:07-11:10

      Description

      [This song consists of vocables only. It is a social song, sung any time - canoeing, walking, fixing dinner, whenever the singer felt like singing. Charley and Louise Anderson would sing together. It is a non-stop song with no beginning and no end and can be sung over and over again.]

   5. Table song 11:10-11:40

      [Description] [Martin Sampson sings the wrong song. This song would make a good table song, a song sung to bless the table.]

   6. [tub sadad] 11:40-13:18

      Description

      [Martin Sampson is singing his Uncle George Bob's warrior song. George Bob is Johnny Moses' great-grandfather.]

   7. Doctoring song: Upper Skagit 13:18-15:45

      [Description] [Charley Anderson sings this [dza' abixw] song. [dza' abixw] is a person's name.] `` Everyone in the world fix yourself."

   8. Mrs. Brown's [testad] song: Lummi 15:45-18:15
   9. [ xitelq] song 18:15-21:18

      Description

      [Charley Anderson sings Frank Hillaire's song about [ xitelq], a very gentle spirit, part Hawaiian. Frank Hillaire is Pauline Hillaire's great-grandfather.]

   10. Song: Swinomish - Tommy Bob 21:18-24:15
   11. [tubshadad]: Swinomish 24:15-26:52

       Description

       [Andrew Joe's song is sung by Charley Anderson. Andrew Joe is Bob Joe's father.]

   12. [tubshadad]: Cowichan - Snookum George 26:52-30:12
   13. Ghost-power [tubshadad] song - Cedro Paul 30:12-32:36
   14. George [bilkadeb] Williams's song: [tubshadad] Swinomish 32:36-36:24 ????
   15. [slehal] song: Baker from Wenatchee 36:24-39:10
   16. [sgwedilich] 39:10-41:19

       Description

       [Charley Anderson sings this portion of a [sgwedilich] song. The song would help locate lost objects, lost people, and people who were drowned.]

2. Tape: Side Two
   1. Love song: Skagit 00:00:00-00:02:25

      Description

      This song is sung by Charley Anderson.

   2. Love song: Skagit - Charley Anderson 02:26-06:31
   3. Love song - Charley Anderson 6:31-10:44
   4. Joe Morrison's song: Skagit - Charley Anderson 10:45-14:26

      Description

      [This is a [testad] or longpole song which could find lost things or relieve illnesses. Here the words are fudged - difficult to understand.]

   5. Mrs. Johnny Towne's [qw'exhwqed] song: Skagit 14:31-17:31

      Description

      [This song belongs to the spirit-power category. It is sung by Charley Anderson.]

   6. Sophie Logan's Love song: Skagit 17:31-22:01

      Description

      [Charley Anderson sings this song. Sophie Logan is the sister of Louise Anderson, Vi Hilbert's mother.]

   7. Sophie Logan's Love song: Skagit - repeat 22:01-24:34

      Description

      [Louise Anderson leads the song this time. She says that Charley isn't singing it quite exactly.]

   8. Shaker song - Louise Anderson 24:34-26:28
   9. Charley Moses' [testad Sauk-Suiattle] song 26:35-28:00
   10. Sampson Charlie's Black Paint [tubshadad] song: Chilliwack 28:03-31:05
   11. Mountain Goat [Sauk-Suiattle] song - Ray Moses' grandfather's song 31:05-33:35
   12. Sam Dan's [sdedukweb] song: Swinomish/Skagit 33:50-35:21

       Description

       [This is a song for the hoop volley game.]

   13. Jim McCloud's doctoring song: Skagit 35:26-38:12

       [Description] [Charley Anderson sings Jim McCloud's song. Jim McCloud is Aunt Susie's brother, who was a healer. He is also Martin Sampson's uncle.]

   14. Charlie Edward's Red Paint [sqayep] song: Swinomish 38:12-41:00
   15. Jimmy Charley's Black Paint [tubshadad] song: Swinomish 41:00-43:33
   16. Chief Joseph's song: Nez Perce 43:33-46:10

       Description

       [Charley Anderson was related to the Nez Perce. His spirit-power came from the Nez Perce side.]

   17. Grizzly Bear song - Charley Anderson's spirit-power 46:10-49:23
   18. Johnny Fornsby's (medicine man) [testad] song: Upper Skagit 49:26-51:28
   19. Louise Anderson's spirit song: Samish/Skagit - led by Charley Anderson. 51:30-54:24

sndrec03.tex/GNA Index #246 (5/27/97)Nov 4, 1998