964 



THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



,'{'■ 



tf!f> 



approacb the top, where they are only about half that length. The 

 bed is bordered with buckskin binding' fringed and beaded, and the 

 exposed rods are painted in bright colors. The 

 hanging portion is distinct from the part resting 

 upon the platform, and in some eases there is a 

 hanger at each end of the bed. Over the plat- 

 form portion are spread the buckskins and blankets, 

 which form a couch by day and a lied by night. A 

 pillow of buckskin, stuffed with buffalo hair and 

 elaborately ornamented with beads or porcupine 

 quills, is sometimes added. The bed is placed close 

 up under the tipi. In the largest tipis there are 

 usually three beds, one being opposite the doorway 

 and the others on each side, the tire being 1 milt in a 

 hole scooped out in the 

 ground in the center 

 of the lodge. They are 

 used as seats during 

 wakinghours, while the 

 ground, with a rawhide 

 spread upon it, consti- 

 tutes the only table at 

 meal time (plate <'\\I ; 

 figure 89). In going 

 to lied there is no un- 

 dressing, each person 

 as he becomes sleepy simply 

 stretching out and drawing 

 a blanket over him self, head 

 and all, while the other occu- 

 pants of the tipi continue their 

 talking, singing, or other busi- 

 ness until they too lie down 

 to pleasant (beams. 



7. Hi s.uirui 



Hi siihi hi, Hi'siihi hi, 

 Ha nil ta'wnna ga awa'ha, 

 Ha'nii ta'wnna ga awii'ha. 

 A'tan!i't:ihiiiii iia, 

 A'tana'tiihinii'na. 



Translation 

 M\ partner! My partner 

 Strike the ball hard — 

 Strike the hall hard. 

 Fio.90 Shinny sticlc I want to win, 



and ball I want to win. 



This song refers to the woman's game of gugd'haira'i or "shinny," 

 played with curved sticks and a ball like a baseball, called gaawa'ha., 



