070 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.u 



15. A'he'sCna'ni.ni xAYA'qftTi'm 



A'he siiiKi nini naya'quti hi, 

 A'he'suna'nini naya'quti'hi, 

 Ha'ni'nihiga buna', 

 Ha'ni'nihiga'huna', 

 He'suna'nin hii'ui na'ha'wau'. 

 He'suna'nin ha'ni na'ha'wau'. 



Translation 



Our lather, the Whirlwind, 

 Our lather, the Whirlwind — 

 By its aid I am running swiftly, 

 By its aid I am running swiftly, 

 By which means I saw our father, 

 By which means I saw our lather. 



The idea expressed in this song is that the dreamer "rides the whirl- 

 wind'' in order sooner to meet the messiah and the spirit hosts. Father 

 or grandfather are terms of reverence and affection, applied to anything 

 held sacred or awful. 



16. A'HE kI'Na'.NINI NAYA'liUTl' 



A'he'sfina'niui naya'quti', 

 A'he'suna'nini naya'quti', 

 Wa'wa cha'nii'nagu'ntti hu'na, 

 Wa'wa eha'nii'nagu'niti lm'na. 



Translation 



Our lather, the Whirlwind, 



Our father, the Whirlwind, 



Now wears the headdress of erow feathers, 



Now wears the headdress of erow feathers. 



In this song the Whirlwind, personified, wears on his head the two 

 crow feathers, by which the dancers are to be borne upward to the 

 new spirit world. 



17. Ninaa'niahu'na 



Ninaa'niahu'na, 

 Ninaa'niahu'na 



Bi'taa'wu ha'nai'sai, 

 Bi'taa'wu ha'nai'sai, 

 lli'naa'thi na'niwu iiun.i, 

 Jli naa'thi ua'niwu'huna. 



Translation 



I circle around — 



I circle around 



The boundaries of the earth, 



The boundaries of the earth — 



Wearing the long wing feathers as I fly, 



Wearing the long wing feathers as I fly. 



