SONGS OF THE AKAPAHO 



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made of (buffalo) luxii - and covered with buckskin (figure DO). Two 

 stakes are set up as goals at either end of the ground, and the object 

 of each party is to drive the ball through the goals of the other. Each 

 inning is a game. The song was composed by a woman, who met her 

 former girl comrade in the spirit world and played this game with her 

 against an opposing party. 



S. A'-NANI Nl Bl X\ SI WAKU'NA 



Na" nisa na. Nii nisa ua, 

 A -nani'ni'bi'nii'si waku ua, 

 A -nani'ni'bi'nii'si waku na. 

 Nii nisa mi, Nii nisa ua. 



Translation 



My children, my children. 

 The wind makes the head-feathers sim; — 

 The wind makes the head-feathers sing. 

 My children, my children. 



By the wakuna or head-feathers (figure !'l ) is meant the two crow 

 feathers mounted on a short stick and worn on the head by the leaders 

 of the dance, as already described. 



9. He ! Nane'th bi'shioa'w.'S 



II. ' Na-ne'th bi'-ahi - qa'- wil, He' ! "Na-ne'th bi'-abi-q 



Na' - ni - sa' - na, 



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na - 111 • sa' - ua, 



Na ■ 1 • ua' • ba't - da'-bii'-uaq, Na' - i - na' - ba't - da' - bii'-naq 



He'! mine th bi'shiqa'wu, 

 He'! niine'th bi'shiqa'wii, 

 Nii nisa na. nii nisa na. 

 V'i ina ha tdii li.'i naq, 

 Na'ina'ha'tda'bii naq. 



Translation 



Hi! When I met him approaching — 

 //(.' When I met him approaching — 

 My children, my children — 

 I then saw the multitude plainly. 

 I then saw the multitude plainly. 



This song was brought from the north to the southern Arapaho by 

 Sitting Bull. It refers to the trance vision of a dancer, who saw the 



