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THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



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Hitlii'him ' nn — Dog men, from hiSth, dog, 

 and liini'na. men ; one of the degrees of 

 the Arapaho military organization. 

 See Arapaho song 43. 



Hithiini irii — The dance of the llitliihin- 

 i nn. See Arapaho song 43. 



//, wa-n 8<i — yon are a young crow, yon 

 are the offspring of the crow : ho or hu. 

 crow ; linsu, a young crow, a little crow. 

 This was the Indian name of Little 

 Raven, the noted Arapaho chief, who 

 died a few years ago. 



Be'yahe'eyel — an unmeaning exclamation 

 used in the songs. 



Be'yaya'ahe'ye .' — ihid. 



Be'yoho'ho .' — ibid. 



Bi'a.' — ibid. 



Bi'bithini'na — they are flying about it. 

 Ninaa'nialtu'tawa, I am living about it. 

 Compare Nanii'ahu'na. 



Bichdd'qawS — the dance of the Bichda'qa- 

 Ihi. See Arapaho song 48. 



Bichdd' quthi — Club men, from chdd'tha, a 

 club; one of the degrees of the Arapaho 

 military organization. See Arapaho 

 song 13. 



Hi chiihii'-i — high up, on high. i. e., in 

 hea \ en, in the sky. or in a tree top. 



Biga'ahina'-lt — "The man with the coy- 

 ote gun;" from gaahi'na, the ''coy- 

 ote men;" a camp guard or picket 

 among the Arapaho. See Arapaho 

 song 1 1 . 



Biii! — an unmeaning exclamation used 

 in the songs. 



Hi'nii — here; here it is. 



Bina'ahd'h — it is ! (strongly affirmative . 

 Compare Hi'nii. 



Bind'athi — the long wing-feather (re- 

 ferring to the longest wing pinion, 

 worn on the head). 



Hin a' nii >i — his paint ; h inii'ir. ( red ) paint, 

 the Indian (day paint; ninirir. my 

 paint; hena'w', your paint. 



Hi'ni or I'm — that, that one. 



Hi nini '. — an unmeaning song termi- 

 nal. 



Bi'niqa' aga 'yetu' 'sa — for 11 im niqaga'yfi- 



til nil. 



Binisa nu — uischildren. Compare Nani- 



sii miii. 

 Ilinimi iinhu — for Nisu'na. 

 Bisii' — my female comrade, or companion 



(vocative). 

 Bi'tahiM — for //<«>'. 

 Bise'M — ibid. 



Hiliisi nu — (singular, Bl'tasi) — "scarred 

 people." the Arapaho name for the 

 Cheyenne. From hitiishi'ni, scarred or 

 cut. 



Hiii 'vim — this pipe. Compare Ati'cha- 

 ni'na. 



Hilirliu'ni — for Hiti ilia. 



Bitu'nena — the name by which the Ad ,ii- 

 nSnu or Arapaho Grosventrea of the 

 Prairie are known to the rest of the 

 tribe. Another form is lhln nini nu. 

 It signifies " begging men." or more ex- 

 actly "spongers." the terminal part 

 being from him 'im, "men." TheArap- 

 aho call the Sioux Natni, and the As- 

 inihoin Tu-natni, or "begging Sioux." 



Hi'ijn — here it is. Ndyu, there it is; 

 hiii/ii. where is it? what is it ? 



Bo — crow; usually duplicated as lliihn 

 or Alnihii in the songs. The crow is 

 the sacred bird of the Ghost dance, and 

 is also held sacred by the Algonquian 

 tribes generally. See Arapaho song !!(!. 



Bo'sa — "Little ( 'row." better known as 

 "Little Raven." the celebrated chief 

 of the southern Arapaho. lie died a 

 few years ago and was succeeded by 

 the present head chief Net wat or Left 

 Hand. The name is derived from ho, 

 "crow," and sa, the diminutive. 



Bu! — an unmeaning exclamation some- 

 times used by devotees and priests in 

 the Ghost dance when under strong 

 excitement, as lln .' Iln! Hu! 



Hubbub — the name given by old New 

 England writers to the Indian dice 

 game. See Arapaho song 68. 



Huhn — for [In. 



11 ii mi — crows; plural of ho or hu; figura- 

 tively used in the songs for crow feath- 

 ers worn on the head. 



lln iml.ii niihi — wearers of the crow 

 feathers; the name given to the seven 

 leaders of the. Ghost dance who wear 

 crow feathers on their heads. //,,. crow ; 

 plural, Iwna or liuna. 



Hit irisn im — I go Straight to it. limn W, 

 yon go. etc; ijimii irisiil, he goes, etc. 



II inin — another form of Hi yu. 



Hi! — an unmeaning exclamation used in 



tile solids. 

 IKUNUHKATSI — "All Comrades," the 



military society of the [ilackfeet. See 



Arapaho song I:;. 

 Jiiahnliiii — Look on us! Nina hawu . I 

 look at him. Compare Achiqa'hawa. 



