[)62 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.U 



his trance vision of the other world the father showed him extensive 

 orchards, telling him that in the beginning all these things had been 

 given to the whites, but that hereafter they would be given to his chil- 

 dren, the Indians. Jffia'tha, plural Wia'thua, the Arapaho name for the 

 whites, signifies literally, expert, skillful, or wise, 



4. A'ba ni in' 



A'ba'ni hi , 

 A'ba'ni'hi , 

 Atieha'bi niislin.i, 

 Atichli 'hi 'nasana, 

 Chi'chita'ne, 

 Chi'chita'ne. 



Translation 



My partner, my partner. 

 Let ns go out gambling, 

 Let ns go out gambling. 

 At ehi ehita m, at <-hi chita rec. 



Chi'chita'ne is a favorite game of contest with the boys, in which the 

 player, while holding in his hands a bow and an arrow ready to shoot, 

 keeps in the hand which grasps the string a small wisp of grass bound 

 with sinew. He lets this drop and tries to shoot it with the arrow be- 

 fore it touches the ground. The wisp is about the size of a man's finger. 



The song came from the north, and was suggested by a trance vision 

 in which the dreamer saw his former boy friends playing this game in 

 the spirit world. 



5. A -Nisi NA A 111 Al'lli-IIIM WAIN NA 



A'-nisuna a lm . 

 A -ni-uiia a lm . 

 A'ebishini (jahi na. 

 A'chishini'qahi'na, 



E'hiha'sina'kfiwu'hu nit, 

 E hilili si 11 a 'kawu hu nit. 



Translation 



My father, my father, 



While he was taking me around, 



While he was taking me around. 



He turned into a moose. 



He turned into a moose. 



This song relates the trance experience of Waqui'si or "Ugly Face 

 Woman." In his vision of the spirit world he went into a large Arapaho 

 camp, where he met his dead father, who took him around to the vari- 

 ous tipis to meet others of his departed friends. While they were thus 

 going about, a change came o'er the spirit of his dream, as so often 



