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THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



Translation 



The rock, the rock, 



I am .standing upon ii . 



I am standing upon it. 



By its means I saw our father, 



By its means I saw our father. 



Th is is oue of the old songs now obsolete, and its meaning is not 

 clear. It may mean simply that the author of it climbed a rock in 

 order to be able to sec farther, but it is more likely that it contains 

 some mythic reference. 



25. Wa'wa'ka'dana hi \ 



N;i nisa naai'i , niinisa n.-i:i iV, 

 Wa'wa'na'dana'diM , 

 Wa'wa'na'ilanii 'diii . 

 Nanisa'na, nanisa'na. 



Translation 



My children, my children, 

 I am about to hum. 

 [ am about to hum. 

 My children, my children. 



Fig. 93— Hmm 



The author of this song saw her children in the other world playing 

 witli the hatilcu'tha, or hummer. On going home after awaking from 



