1028 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.m 



SONGS OF THE CHEYENNE 



1. O TA NA XISl'NASISTS 



O'tii nii'nisi'niisists — Ehe'e'ye' ! 

 O'tii nii'nisi'niisists — Ehe'e'ye' ! 

 Mii'tesemii'raoestii'nowe't — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 Mii'tesemii'moestii'nowe't — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 Ho'ivitu'simo'moi'ts — E'iihe'e'ye' ! 

 I [o ivitu'simo molts — E'iihe'e'ye'! 

 Nu'ka'eshe'vao'e'tse' 

 Nitu'si'mita'nun, 

 Nitu'si'mita'nun. 



Translation 



Well, my children — Ehe'e'ye 1 ! 



Well, my children — Ehe'e'ye'! 



When yon meet your frieuds again — Ahe'e'ye'! 



When yon meet your frieuds again — Ahe'e'ye'! 



The earth will tremble — E'iihe'e'ye'! 



The oarth will tremble — E'iihe'e'ye'! 



The summer cloud ( ?) 



It will give it to us, 



It will give it to us. 



The interpretation of this song is imperfect and the meaning is not 

 clear. It evidently refers to the earthquake which it is supposed will 

 occur at the moment of contact of the spirit world with the old earth. 

 The literal meaning of the second line, rendered " when you meet your 

 friends again," is " when you are living together again." 



2. Eha'n esho'ini' 



Eha'n esho'ini', 

 Eha'n esho'ini', 

 Hoi'v esho ini', 

 Hoi'v esho'ini', 

 I'yoha' — Eye'ye'! 

 I'yohii — Eye'ye' ! 

 I'nisto'niwo'ni — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 I'nisto'niwo'ni — Ahe'e'ye' ! 



Translation 



Our father lias come, 

 Our father has come, 

 The earth has come, 

 The earth has come, 

 It is rising — Eye'ye'! 

 It is rising — Eye'ye' ! 

 It is humming — Ahe'e'ye' ! 

 It is humming — Ahe'e'ye' ! 



This is the song composed by Porcupine, the great leader of the Ghost 

 dance among the northern Cheyenne. It refers to the coming of the 



