996 



THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. 11 



Translation 



(There) is a j;ooil river, 

 (There) is a good river, 

 Where there is no timber — 

 Where there is no timber — 

 But thunder-berries are there, 

 But thunder-berries are there. 



This song refers to a trance vision in which the dreamer found his 

 people camped by a good, i. e., perennial, river, fringed with abundant 

 bushes or small trees of the baa-ni'bin <>r "thunder- berry," which 

 appears to be the black haw, being described as a sort <>f wild cherry, 

 in size between the chokecherry and the wild plum. It was eaten raw, 

 or dried and boiled, the seeds having first been taken out. It is very 

 scarce, if found at all. in the southern plains. 



_'. Xi nini tohi'xa nt" in (former closing song) 



Andanlinn. 



IT-* 



-* — * — «J~ 



Ni' - tii • ni' - tu 



:7E3: 



A=±L 



III hll 



J — -I — \- 



-A 1- 



4 « 



i ■ : I - In 



ni' • ni ■ ui' ui - I 



3=3 



n;i hu' - liu'. 





hi 



-g— — ^r_-»- 

 ii i - ni liu - hu , 



Ni'uini tubi'na hu hit 

 Ni nini'tubi'na liu hu 

 Bata'hina'ni hu'hu', 

 Bata'hina'ni hu'hu', 

 Na'hinii ni h'ithi na, 

 Na'hinii'ni h"thi na. 



Translation 



The crow has given me the signal, 

 The crow lias given me the signal. 

 When the crow makes me dance, 

 When the crow makes me dance, 

 lie tells me i when ) to stop, 

 lie tells me ( when I to stop. 



This was formerly the closing song of the dance, but is now super, 

 seded as such by number 73, beginning Ahu'yu hathi'na. It was also 

 the last song sung when a small party gathered in the tipi tit night for 

 a private rehearsal, and was therefore always held in reserve until the 

 singers were about ready to separate. The tune is one of the l>e-<t. 



