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TIIK GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



VI II ANN. 14 



order, aud also the camp police, combining the functions of the Bita- 

 M'nena and the HetM'bine'na of the Arapaho organization. Their two 

 leaders carried an arrow- shape lance, with which they anchored them- 

 selves in the front of the battle by means of buckskin straps brought 

 over the shoulders. The TonTcon'lio captains carried in a similar way a 

 crook-shape lance, called pabo'n, similar to that of the Bitahi'nena of the 

 Arapaho. 



11. Nanisa'taqi ChI'nXchi chiba iiia' 



BS'-qft-ti' 



ha -ni-l.i 



wa'-lii-ua . 



h.i qS ii 



ha -ni - lii 



The 

 ba'qati 



Na'nisa'taqi Chi'nachi chiba ilia — 

 Na'nisa'taqi Chl'n&chi'chiba'iha' — 

 I'.ii hibi'wa/hina', 

 Ba'hibi'wa'hina'. 

 Ba'qati ha'nibi'wa'hTnu,', 

 Ba'qati ha'nibi'wa'hlna,'. 



Translation 



The seven venerable GhinaclticM'oat priests — 



Th.- seven venerable Chlnachichi'bat priests — 



For them I am weeping, 



For them I am weeping. 



lor the gaming wheel I am weeping, 



For the gaming wheel I am weeping. 



first reference in this song is explained under number -4.'). The 

 or gaming wheel will be described later. 



*i:.. NO NAM' naatani na ii r in' — II 



Allegretto. 



SSB illlil 



hu', n ii ' n:i mV-iKia' - ta 



na hu' • hu'. 



P^f^^SfeS 



Da' <hi - hi 



■0-0 0-0- 



li i' ■ na ha tlii' - na. 



s 





in na ha - thi-na. 



Nft'nanu naatani na hir'hii , 

 Nil iiuiii naatani na hu'hu'. 

 Da'ehi bini na hathi na. 

 1 la'rlii bini na hathi na. 



