1014 



THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. U 



the Kiowa, Comanche, and others r c > the 

 southwest (Grinnell). It is worthy of 

 note that old frontiersmen pronounce 

 the name Ariipihn. It is not the name 

 by which they are called by the Chey- 

 enne, Sioux, Shoshoni, Kiowa, Coman- 

 che, Apache, Caddo, or Wichita. 



ARapa'kata — the Crow name for the 

 Arapaho, evidently another form of 

 the word Arapaho. 



Atdnatdhind mi — I wish to win or beat. 



Atani'tanu'newa -I use ii. Ati'tanu'ivd, 

 use it! (imperative singular). 



.11 <i -a mi bit — stop so many times (plural 

 imperative). The verb applies only to 

 walking, etc; the generic imperative 

 for stopping or quitting is nd'hind'iii, 

 q. v. ; Hithitu -itsii, stop! (singular im- 

 perative ). 



.Ii- hi -for '/'. b . 



Ati'betana'-ise li — for Te be'tana'-iset. 



AtVilnilii niisn net — let us go out gambling. 

 In chani'na — your pipes. Hicha, apipe; 

 hiti'cha, this pipe; ai'ieha, the sacred 

 "flat pipe." See Arapaho song 2. 



Atini'ehini'na — for Tkeni'ehi'nina. 



Atsi'na — the Blackfoot name for the 

 I./ ninena or Arapaho Grosventres. The 

 word siguilies •• gut people.'' 



Awawa — for Wa int. 



Awatdnani — for ITatana ni. 



Awu'ndni'd — another form of ne'ehaw- 

 ii mini — take |>ity on us. 



]:<t{-liu) — a road or trail. 



Ba'achini tut — Another name lor the Xaha- 

 sinina (q. v.) or northern Arapaho. 

 The word may mean "red willow (i.e., 

 kinikinik) men." or "blood-pudding 

 men," the latter etymology being de- 

 rived from bit. blood, and chlni'niki, to 

 put liquid into a bladder. 



Bdiikti ni — "Red 1'eather," the Arapaho 

 name of Paul Boynton, a Carlisle stu- 

 dent, and formerly interpreter at Chey- 

 enne and Arapaho agency. 



Baa'-ni'bina — " thunder-berries,'' from 

 baa', thunder, and n't bin. berry; a wild 

 fruit, perhaps Hie black haw. See Ara- 

 paho song 51, 



Baathi'na — cedar tin-. See \rapaho 

 song 31. 



Bad Pipes — one of tin- three bands of the 

 northern Arapaho. Their present chief 

 is sharp Nose. 



r.ai nit — turtle. See Arapaho song 25. 



I'tt h utt , or JUin — the Thunder. See 

 Arapaho song 14. 



lUihibi in'i hi nit — on their account I am 

 made to cry (immediate present). 

 liiinitiii mi or nibiirii nti. I am crying; 

 liii' itibiirt'ilintti, on its account I am made 

 to cry, for its sake I am crying; iiiihi- 

 biira'hiinu mi. then I wept; nahibiwa'- 

 Itiintt. then I began to cry or lament; 

 ilea lliibittti nti, the place where crying 

 begins. 



Hit lii mi n inn Hi — everything. 



Bahwetegow-eninneway — the Ojibwa 

 name for the Aa'ninena or Arapaho 

 Grosventres (Tanner). It signifies 

 ••men. or people of the falls," from 

 bawitig, " falls," and ininiwug, "men, or 

 people." They are so called on account 

 of their former residence at the rapids 

 of the Saskatchewan. 



Jiiiiiiiti nti — the thunderbirds; singular 

 Hit hmi . or Hit turn. 



liii ni — my (male) comrade. Vocative. 

 I se.l by a boy or young man speaking 

 lo his comrade or partner of the same 

 six. The corresponding female term is 

 hi sd. 



Bd'qati — "great wheel," from 



great, and Itttti , a gaming wheel, a 

 wagon. An ordinary wheel is called 

 ni inn- i/iili. "turner." See Arapaho 

 song 49. 



Bd'qatibd — with tin- bd'qati, q. v. 



Bdsawune'na — one of the five divisions 

 of the Arapaho, and formerly a dis- 

 tinct tribe. The name is variously 

 rendered "wood lodge men" or "big 

 lodge men," or people, the terminal 

 part being derived fromnine^na "men." 



liiiln Itinii ni — he makes me dance. (In 

 the songs when, where, etc, are some- 

 times understood with verbs). Jidta'l, 

 a dance; mini tana, I dance; nilnbii Inni. 

 we are dancing; biiliiitti ni. when we 

 dance; Thi'gCndwa't, the Ghost dance. 

 Compare also Hi nil ininii ititnill. 



Haitian ni — when we dance. Compare 

 lliilu liillti'ni. 



B&tl'qtawa — the throwing-stick used in 

 the bail qt&ba game. See Arapaho 

 song 68. 



llttli qtuba — the game of tin- "ihrowing- 

 Btick" or "snow-snake" among the 

 prairie tribes. See Arapaho song 68. 



Hi mi for llm na. 



