lOlfi 



THE GHOST DANCE RELIGION 



[ETII. ANN. 14 



E'hihdnaJcuwu'hunlt — lie turned into a 



moose. Ndku'wu, moose ; iwa'qu, elk. 



Ehihii eina Jcawu'hunit — for E'hilidnaku- 



icit h it nil. 



Ehilui siniehi ml — lie is beginning to be a 

 bird, lie is turning intoabird; ni'ehi, 

 a bird. 



E yahe/eye'.' — an unmeaning exclamation 

 used in the songs. 



Eye'ae'yuhe'yu ! — ibid. 



E'yeht ! — ibid. 



Forks-of-the-rivkr Men — the princi- 

 pal of the three bands of the northern 

 Arapaho. Their present chief is Black 

 Coal. 



Gaahi na — another form of tin ahinc na. 



Ga'ahint mi — "coyote men," from ga'a, 

 coyote, and hine'na, men; singular, 

 ga'ahine'n. The camp guards or pickets 

 of the Arapaho. See Arapaho song 41. 



Gn turn . or git audita — a ball, used in 

 the woman's game of gii'ga'liawa't or 

 shinny. See Arapaho song 7. 



G-auwa'tina — canned goods, canned 

 fruits. 



Ga mini na — he wiped me off, he cleaned 

 me. Gane'naa, I wipe him oft". 



Guqm'i — the "button" or small object 

 hidden by the players in the ga'qutit 

 game. See Arapaho song 69. 



(In ijiilinn ni — when I play ga'qutit. See. 

 Arapaho song 69. 



Ga'qutit — the ■'hunt the button" game 

 of the western tribes. See Arapaho 

 Bong 69. 



Gasi'tn — carrion. 



Ga'wuni liana — another form of Gaiin- 

 ii' nn. 



Iran inn na — one of the live bauds of 

 the southern Arapaho. The name 

 is the same applied b\ I he Arapaho 

 to the Blackfeet, from whom this 

 band is said to be derived. It is 

 also the Arapaho name for the Black- 

 foot band of Sioux. The name is of 

 foreign origin and can not be ex- 

 plained by tin' Arapaho. The Black- 

 feet are sometimes also called by them 

 Wata'nitd'si, "black feet." 

 -Grease PACES — one of the three bands 

 of the northern Arapaho. Their pres- 

 ent chief is Spotted I lolse. 



Grosvkntres ini.' the Prairie) — the 



name by which the Ad nim nn i Arapaho 

 division i are commonly known to the 

 whites. 



The correct French form is Gros Ven- 

 tres des Prairies. "Big Bellies of the 

 Prairie,'' to distinguish them from the 

 Minitari , or Hidatsa, who were called 

 Gros Ventres du Missouri. The term 

 Gros Ventres, as applied to this division 

 of the Arapaho, is derived from a mis- 

 conception of the Indian gesture sign 

 for the tribe, which really denotes 

 ''belly people,'' i. e. "spongers" or 

 " beggars." 



Guga'haica't — the woman's game of 

 shinny. See Arapaho song 7. 



Gun — but. 



Guslii'na — throw it! (imperative singu- 

 lar'. Asegn , I throw it; chegii 1 , throw 

 it here! 



Ha'anake'i — rock, the rock. 



Hit uniinii — forcibly, violently. 



Iliihntii mini hi — tor Hiitiiim ni. 



Iln ild niihti nit — we have made them des- 

 olate; we have deprived them of all 

 happiness. 



Hageni'stit — he is making it across the 

 water. Compare Hani slit. 



Iln hut — the cottonwood tree (Populus 

 monilifera I. 



Iftt-ina'tii — it lies there, it lies upon it. 



HaVnaiva — I know. Xihitttti. I do not 

 know. 



Iln Li — because. Dichin has the same 

 meaning. 



Ha'na — for Hit limimi. 



Hand chd-thi » /. — Sitting Bull, the Arap- 

 aho apostle of the ghost dance; from 

 liiiniiihii, a buffalo bull, and llti't'ik, he is 

 sitting. In early youth, before goingto 

 Wyoming, he was called l:i tdye, "Cap- 

 tor." 



Iln /oi< In — little boy (vocative). 



Iln mihittrtt in n (singular). 



Iln Halm icii in nn — one of the five divisions 

 of tin- Arapaho. but now practically 

 extinct. The meaning of the name is 

 unknown, but the final syllables are 

 from hini'mt. signifying "men," or 

 " people." 



Hdndi'sdi — at the boundaries. 



Hit nana higu tha-u — lor Nd'higu tha. 



Iliinit nnifii niiiiii — those who have been 

 taught (f). 



Hand tiiltinii mi — I win the game (by 

 means of something). 



Ilii mild' hi mil — It will win the game. 

 A'ndtdh'i niinii. I win. 



Hani — for lllini nn. 



