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THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[El H ANN. 14 



Na'tdnu'ya — what I am using'. Tunti'- 



ndwa', I use it. 

 Sa'tenehi'na — auother form of Xalni or 



Na'tnihi'na. 

 _\u tin or An liiiln mi — tin' Arapaho name 

 for the Simix. The etymology is un- 

 known, but it may possibly be a form 

 of Na'dowe, tin- generic Algonquian 

 name tor Indians of :i different stock. 

 Xulu uuni xu — my tup ia toy): from 

 inriini so, a tup. See Arapaho song *•■>. 

 An ivim iniiii — I prayed to him; ni'awdaa - 



laiui, I am praying ( to him). 

 Ka'wat — " Left Hand," present head chief 



of the southern Arapaho. 

 Xn wathint "ha — the name by which the 

 southern Arapaho are known to the 

 rest of the tribe. It signifies '•south- 

 erners," and is said to be an archaic 

 form for NawunSna, the name by which 

 the southern Arapaho call themselves. 

 Nu wuni' nu — the proper name of the 

 southern Arapaho. It signifies ''south- 

 ern men," from nu nun, "south," and 

 Iiini' nu, " men." Thej are called Xuwii - 

 thinr Int. "southerners," by the north- 

 ern Arapaho, which is said to be the 

 archaic form. 

 Ndya'qui — the whirlwind. The powers 

 and phenomena of nature are generally 

 personified in Indian thought and lan- 

 guage. 

 Na'yu — there it is. Compare Tyu. 

 Xea-i'qaha'ti — fur Ne'ia-i qahat. 

 Seii'tliihiirn mi — the place where crying 



begins. Compare Bahibiwa'hina. 

 Xihiil.it thnnti — the "awl game" of the 

 women of the prairie tribes. See Arap- 

 aho snug 64. 

 .Ye rhiii hi I — he gave me this grateful gift, ; 

 he ga vc me this, for which I am thank- 

 ful. 

 JV. rim wit mini — have pity on me (impera- 

 tive singular). Compare Hatana'wun- 

 ani mi. 

 Nehawa iriiinr nu — I have no sympathy 



with him. C pare Ti'awawu'nanu. 



X> iu-i if a h a l — now lie is collecting them : 



now lie begins to gather them. 

 Vi nti(-liii) — my mother. Nesu'na, my 



father. 

 Xfsu'na — another form of Xixii nu. 

 NHVqtawa — my tl'qtawa or throwing- 

 stick. The game is called bdti'qtuba, 

 abbreviated to (i '/<»/>■ The fchrowing- 

 stick is called huh qtawa or tl'qtawa. 

 See Arapaho song lis. 



Xi lilu iruhn -for Silt' qtawa. 



Xi tun lluihi' mini tut — he did not recog- 

 nize me. The negative idea iscontained 

 iniVin lh : a ninani mi.he recognized me. 



\ i anita viathi — they push hard, i.e., they 

 persevere. Nani'ani'tawana, I push 

 hard; I do my best; I do right. 



Xiu rhnri a - Liirikinu 8 - It ti s I, i — proper 

 Wichita name for the Arapaho. 



Xt ii.1,1 him nu — I am looking on, or watch- 

 ing. Compare // diina'hawa hii and 

 Achiqa'hdwa. 



Niiilltii or Xiu limit — the white people; 

 singular, Nia'tha. The word signifies 

 literally expert, skillful, or wise, and 

 is also the Arapaho name for the spider. 

 The word for "white" is nu na'cha'd. 

 Compare Na'naga'qanSt and Xiha'nd- 

 layc'ehet. 



Xialhii'ii-ti — for X'iitlhtt u. 



Xiiiti'hikii'tliahii — for Xiali hil.n Ihuilti. 



Xtiili hilti Ihathi — they are rolling it. 



Xiluiiiiukii nithi — they all wear it on 

 their heads. Xiniiln nu, I wear it on 

 my head. 



Xibii'l — song. Compare Xuiiihti tawd, 



Xibii'tiu — for Xibii't. 



Xi hi n ti — for Xiihi nu. 



Xi bUhi t — I have nothing to eat. 



Xi chid — river. 



Xi chihine mi — "river men," the Arapaho 

 name for the Kiowa. From ni chid, 

 river, and him' nu, men, so called from 

 the former residence of the Kiowa on 

 upper Arkansas river, from which they 

 were driven by the Arapaho and Sioux. 



Niesa nu, or A'i ehisa nu — the young birds. 

 Xii'bi, bird; nie'hisa, a young bird. 



Niha'nataye'chet— yellow-hided (singu- 

 lar); from nihil 1 nr, yellow, and milu - 

 yech, a hide; one of the Arapaho names 

 for the whites. Tne ordinary term is 

 Xiu lh u. i|. v. 



Nihiga'hu — he is running. Naniga nu. I 

 run; ndni'higa, he runs; nihiiju huuu, I 

 am running swiftly. 



Xlhiuuhiiuii — 1 amrunningsw ill ly. Com- 

 pare Nihiga'hu. 

 \ihii ni — forcibly, swiftly. 



Xiihi nu — I gave it to them. Compare 



r.rni nimi. 

 XiiIcijh - ■ lor \ ii tehdg. 

 \n tehdg — it was he, he was ll no. 



Kiitu'qawigu nit — where they were com- 

 ing down; where they were descend- 

 ing toward us. 



