SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SHELL 1001 



Translation 



The Crow is running, 

 The Crow is running. 

 He will hear me. 

 He will hear inc. 



This song implies that tin- Crow (messiah) is quick to hear the prayer 

 of the dancer and comes swiftly to listen to his petition. 



62. Va'tha-yO'na ta'na-u'qahe'na 



Ne'suna — He'e'ye' ! 

 Ne'suna' — He'e'ye' ! 



Ya'thii-yflna ta'na-u'qahe'na — He'e'ye' ! 

 Ya'tha-yuna ta'na-u'qahe'na — He'e'ye'! 

 Ta'hini'na hi'tioha'ni — He'e'ye". 

 Ta'bini'na hi'tioha'ni — He'e'ye'! 

 Bi'taa'wu ta'thi'aku'tawa' — He'e'ye'! 

 Bi'taa'wu ta'thi'aku'tawa'— He'e'ye'! 



Translation 



Mj lather — He'e'ye'! 



My father — He'e'ye". 



He put rue in five places — He'e'ye'! 



He put me in five places — He'i'ye'! 



I stood upon the earth — He'e'i/e'! 



I stood upon the earth — He'e'ye'.' 



The author of this song tells how in his trance he went up to the 

 other world, where he stood upon the new earth and saw the messiah, 

 who took him around to live different places and gave him a pipe. The 

 number five may here have some deeper mythic meaning besides that 

 indicated in the bare narrative. 



t;:;. Ni'naaqa wa chiba'ti 



Ni'naaqa'wa chiba'ti, 

 Ni'naaqa' wa chihii'ti. 

 Ha'-ina'ta be'yi tlii aya'na, 

 Ha'-ina tli be'yi thi'liya'na. 



Translation 



I am going around the sweat-house, 

 I am going around the sweat-house. 

 The shell lies upon the mound. 

 The shell lies upon the mound. 



The maker of this soug saw in his vision a sweat-house with a white 

 shell lying- upon the mound in front, where a buffalo skull is usually 

 placed. The song evidently refers to some interesting religious cere- 

 mony, but was heard only once, and from a young man who could give 

 no fuller explanation. I have never seen a shell used in this connec- 

 tion. It may be, as suggested by Reverend H. E. V r oth, that the word 



