Editorial note — Nanabush and the Ducks. (No. 2.)

Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was called “Ki-ah-wah-na,” which, according to York, means “Something that has been used to get such a thing or to do such a thing with. May have been an axe or a knife, etc.” This is very indefinite, but is just what York explained, that it was difficult to understand. I fail to see any connection with the ducks as in other variations of this story.