1032 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.akn.14 



Translation 



My father — E'yehe'! E'he'eye'! 

 My father — E'yehe'! Ehe'eyi ! 

 When I first met him — Ehe'eye'l 

 When I first met him — Elie'eye'.' 

 "In the blue- green water — Se'eye'f 

 ••In the blue-green water — He'eye'! 

 You must take a bath" — He'eye'! 

 You must take a bath " — He'eye'! 

 Thus he told me. thus he told me — He 1 ! 



Quite a number of the Cheyenne ghost songs refer to rivers seen in 

 the spirit world, these being frequently designated by colors, as yellow, 

 blue, etc. It may be that certain rivers play a prominent part in their 

 mythology, and as has been said they locate their earliest traditional 

 home on the " Turtle river." The word here rendered " blue-green " 

 might mean either blue or green, as in Cheyenne and in many other 

 Indian languages the two colors are not differentiated. Compare 

 Cheyenne song number 16. 



9. A .MINI .;I 



A'ininn'qi — Iyahe'yahe'e' ! 

 A'minu'qi — I yahe'yahe'e' ! 

 Nl'stsishi'hiyo'honi'mani — Ahe'e'ye' ! 

 Ni'stsishi'hiyo'honi'miini — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 Ni'shka'ni nl'stsishf 'nutsi'mani — Ahe'e'ye' ! 

 Ni'shka'ni ui'stsishi'nutsi'inaui — Ahe'e'ye' ! 

 Ehli'ni ni'nini'etli'ni — Ahe'e'ye' ! 

 Eha'ni ni'nini'eta'ni — Ahe'e'ye'! 



Translation 



My comrade — I'yahe'yahe'e'! 

 My comrade — I'yahe'yaJie'e'! 

 Let us go and play shinny — Ahe e ye ! 

 Let us go and play shinny — A In i yt ! 

 Let us look for our mother — Ahe'e ye ! 

 Let us look for our mother — Ahe'e ye'! 

 Our father tells us to do it — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 ( >ur father tells us to do it — Ahe'e'ye 1 ! 



This song was composed by Mo ki, " Little Woman," the Cheyenne 

 wife of Grant Left-hand. Although a young woman, she is regarded 

 as a leader in the Cheyenne Ghost dance, having been in frequent 

 trances and composed numerous songs. In this she relates her expe- 

 rience in one trance, during which she and her girl comrade played 

 together the woman's game of shinny, already described, and then went 

 to look for their mothers, who had gone to the spirit world years before. 



10. He'stutu'ai 



lie stutu'ai — Y. : i liii ya ! 

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 [Ad libitum']. 



