mooney] SONGS OF THE CHEYENNE 1031 



Translation 



My father, 

 My father, 

 I come to him, 

 I come to him, 

 The crow, 

 The crow, 

 I cry like it, 

 I cry like it, 

 Caw! I say, 

 Caw! I say. 



The connection of the crow with the doctrine of the Ghost dance has 

 already been explained. See Arapaho song 36. 



7. Hl'AWl'IlI — HI 111 IIAI'-YAI' 



Hi awu hi — Hi'hi'hai -yai'! 

 Hi'awu'hi — Hi hi hai -yai ! 

 Ni'asi'tano'ni — Hi'hi'hai'-yai'! 

 Ni'asi'tano'ni — Hi hi hai -yai ! 

 Hi iima' wihu'i — Hi hi hai -yai ! 

 Hi'arua' wihu'i — Hi hi 'hai -yai' ! 

 Ni'hihi'no'ni — Hi'hi'hai'-yai'! 

 Ni'hihi'no'ni — Hi hi hai'-yai'! 

 NY'shiba'tamo'ni — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' ! 

 Ni'shibii'tiimo ni — Hi'hi'hai'-yai ! 



Translation 



The devil — Hi'hi'hai -yai' '. 



The devil — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' ■' 



We have rait him aside — Hi'hi'hai'-yai'! 



We have put him aside — Hi'hi'hai'-yai .' 



The White Man Above — Hi'hi'hai'-yai .' 



The White Mau Above — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' .' 



He is our father — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' .' 



He is our father — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' .' 



He has blest us — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' ! 



He has blest us — Hi'hi'hai'-yai' ! 



It is hardly necessary to state that the idea of a devil is not aborigi- 

 nal, although now embodied in the Indian mythology and language 

 from contact with the whites. The "White Man Above'' is under- 

 stood to mean the ruler whose precursor the messiah is, equivalent to 

 our idea of God. 



8. Ni'ha — E'yehe'! E'he'eyk 



Ni'ha — K yehe' ! E'he'eye' ! 

 Ni'ha — E'yehe'! E'he'eye'! 

 Tsi stamo uohyo t — Khe eye'! 

 Tsi'stamo'nohyo't — Ehe eye ! 

 O'tiita'wome'ruape'wa — He'eye ! 

 O'tiita'wome'miipe'wa — He'eye ' 

 Ni'niista tuha'mi — He'eye' ! 

 Ni'mista'tuhu mi — lie eye ! 

 E'hiwou', E'hiwou — He'! 



