190 Anthropological Papers American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXI, 



SONGS. 



According to Medicine-crow everything on earth that is endowed 

 with supernatural power figures in the songs of the Tobacco ceremony. 

 He enumerated the elk, antelope, mountain-sheep, black-tailed deer, 

 beaver, otter, weasel, wolverene, wolf, coyote, squirrel, eagle, crane, 

 swan, bear, buffalo, horse, eggs, sun. earth, summer, winter, day, 

 night, thunderbird, God (ak-batat-dia, "the maker of all things," the 

 usual rendering of the missionaries' concept), moon, dawn, morningstar, 

 evening-star, dipper, day-star, and medicine rock. He also mentioned 

 such modern phenomena as cows, boats, trains, hogs, sheep, houses, 

 garden vegetables, letters, and white men. The great variety in the 

 songs is explained by the fact that their number has been constantly 

 increased even to the most recent times. As Gray-bull explained, any- 

 one might hear Tobacco songs in a sort of vision. If a horse is simultane- 

 ously seen, he will be mentioned in the song. The special practice of 

 sleeping in the garden for the purpose of dreaming songs has been 

 described. 



In the preceding account I have at different places inserted the 

 words of the songs. Below I give some additional Tobacco songs recorded 

 during my first visit in 1907 and without accompanying information 

 as to the time when they were sung. 



1. 



ftsi tsia apa a mbawf awac ; biwe ahu'tseruk. 



The Tobacco plant I am trying to raise; it is mine, there is plenty, it is said. 



apSr-itsi'tseruk. biwe, ahu'tseruk. 



It is growing well, it is said. It is mine, there is plenty (i.e., I have plenty). 



araparik-o dici'tsek'ik'e; karaparik'u, dicftsek'e. 



As it grows, it makes them dance; when it has grown, it makes them dance. 



ba-hira dac ftsim dici'tsek'e. 



Now its heart is good (it is glad), it makes them dance. 



hei! kam buruake, ek'oke buruakek'oke", buruakek'oke", 

 He i! It is down below, there it is down below, down below, 



kam buruake" k-oke. he+i! hiraawa, 1 ha he+i! 

 already down below. He+i! Look here, ha he+i! 



'Explained to be an imperative form used to a woman. I think the form is derived from the term 

 for woman comrade. 



