moonet] SONGS OF THE ARAPAHO 973 



In this sony the father tells his children of the desolation, in conse- 

 quence of their folly and injustice, that would come upon the whites 

 when they will be left alone upon the old world, while the Indians will 

 be taken up to the new earth to live in happiness forever. 



'_'_'. Na'iia ta bitaa'wu 



N.l'nisa'ua, na'nisa'na, 



Na'ha'ta bi'taa'wu hiitnaa'waa'-n'hn', 



Na'ha t : i bi taa'vru hatnaa'waa'-u hu'. 



Hathi na lii nisnna-hu', 



Hiithi'na hi'iiist'i'na-hu'. 



Translation 



My children, my children, 

 Look ! tbe earth is about to move, 

 Look ! the earth is about to move. 

 My lather tells me so, 

 My father tells me so. 



In this song the dreamer tells his friends, on the authority of the 

 messiah, that the predicted spiritual new earth is about to start to come 

 over and cover up this old world. It was also taught, as appears from 

 the messiah's letter, that at the moment of contact this world would 

 tremble as in an earthquake. 



23. Ahe m na nini Achiqa'ha'wa-O' 



Ahe'suua'uini, ahe'suna'nini, 

 Achiqa'ha'wa-u', Achina'ha'wa-iV, 

 K hiha'sini rhi'ult, 

 E'hiha'sini'ebi'nlt. 



Translation 



My father, my father — 



I am looking at him, 



1 am looking at him. 



He is beginning to turn into a bird, 



He is beginning to turn into a bird. 



In this, as in the fifth Arapaho song, we. have a transformation. 

 According to the story of the author, his father is transformed into a 

 bird even while he looks at him. The song is sung in quick time to 

 hasten the trance. 



24. Ha'anake'i 



Ha'anake'i, ha'anake'i, 



Dii'nasa'ku'tawa', 

 Da'nasa'ku'tawa', 

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



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



