986 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.14 



raised up by the crow, as already described in song number 30. The 

 song conies from tbe northern Arapaho. 



43. \ Xxisa'taqu'tiii Chinachi'chika'iha' 



Nanisa't3,qu'thi Chlnachi'chiba'iha', 



Nanisa'taqii'thi Chlnachi'chiba'iha' — 



Ni'nahawa'na, 



Ni'nahawa'na. 



Nibai'naku'nithi — 



Nibiii'nakn'uithi — 



A-bana'anahu'u', 



A-bana'iinahu'u'. 



Na liilii wahuna'na, 



Nii'hibi' wahuna'na. 



Translation 



The seven venerable Chi'nachichi l><it priests, 



Tbe seven venerable Chi'nachichi'bat priests — 



We see them, 



We see them. 



They all wear it on their heads — 



They all wear it on their heads — 



The Thunderbird, 



The Thunderbird. 



Then I wept, 



Then I wept. 



In his trance vision the author of this song saw a large camp of 

 Arapaho, and in the midst of the camp circle, as in the old days, were 

 sitting the seven priests of the Chi'nachichi'bat, each wearing on his 

 head the Thunderbird headdress, already described and figured under 

 song number 14. This vision of the old life of the tribe brought up 

 sorrowful memories and caused him to weep. In the similar song next 

 given the singer laments for the Chi'nachichi'bat and the ba'qati gaming 

 wheel. The priests here referred to were seven in number, and consti- 

 tuted the highest order of the military and social organization which 

 existed among the Blackfeet, Sioux, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and probably 

 all the prairie tribes excepting the Comanche in the south, among 

 whom it seems to have been unknown. The society, so far as it has 

 come under the notice of white men, has commonly been designated 

 by them as the "Dog Soldier" society — a misapprehension of a name 

 belonging probably to only one. of the six or eight orders of the organ- 

 ization. The corresponding Blackfoot organization, the Ihunuhkatsi 

 or "All Comrades," is described by Grinnell in his "Blackfoot Lodge 

 Tales." The Kiowa organization will be noted later. 



Among the Arapaho the organization was called Beni'n£na, "War- 

 riors," and consisted of eight degrees or orders, including nearly all 

 the men of the tribe above the age of about seventeen. Those who 

 were not enrolled in some one of the eight orders were held in but 

 little respect, and were not allowed to take part in public ceremonies 



