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THE GHOST-DANCE KELIGION 



II II ANN 14 



Translation 



My children, iny children, 

 My top, my top — 



It will win the game, 

 It will win the game. 



The man who made this song when lie entered the spirit world in 

 his vision met there one of his boy friends who had died long years 

 before, and once more spun tops with him as in childhood. 



Tops are used by ad Indian boys, and are made of wood or bone. 

 They are not thrown or spun with a string, bat are kept in motion by 

 whipping with a small quirt or whip of buckskin. In winter they are 

 spun upon the ice. The younger children make tops to twirl with the 

 fingers by running a stick through a small seed berry. 



I ill. 111. \A GA SAW* NEN 



He'na'ga'nawa'nen naa'wti'naui'nli bi'gushi'shi Hesuna'nini' — Ahe'e'ye ' 

 He'na'ga'nawa'nen niia'wn nani n'i in ^uslii shi He'sftna'nini' — Ahe'e'ye ! 

 Nithi'na hesuna'nini' — Ahe'e'ye ' 

 Nithi n:i hesuna'nini' — Ahe'e'ye ' 



Translation 



When we dance until daylight our father, tin' Moon, takes pity mi us — Ahe'< ye'! 

 When we dance until daylight our father, tin- Moon, takes pit} mi us — tin , », ' 

 The father says so- -Ahe'e'ye'! 

 The father says so — A he • ye .' 



With theArapaho, as with many other tribes, the moon is masculine, 

 and the sun is feminine. In mythology the two ate brother and sister. 

 There are various myths to account for the spots on the moon's surface, 

 sunn' discerning in them a large frog, while to others they bear a like- 

 ness to a kettle hung over the fire. The Arapaho name for the moon, 

 bi'gushish, means literally "night sun." the sun itself being called 

 hishinishish, " day sun." A similar nomenclature exists among most 

 oilier tribes. 



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A uii Eii' ao n;i a -na ■ m sa hi. ni -mi ni h;i - ti iiu lei 



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ni nii' ni ni ti tia-ku' ni' ■ n;i n:i g:i iju ; li -lia - lui -I lii lin li.i -ni 9J1 n;i. 





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