1038 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.H 



Kill a buffalo (or beef) for the Crow — Ahe'e'ye'! 

 Kill a buffalo (or beef) for the Crow — Jhe'e'ye'! 

 By that means I shall sec yon. 

 By that means I shall see you. 



This song refers to the least which accompanies every dance. The 

 implied meaning is that the people must get ready for a dance in order 

 that they may see the Crow, their father. 



19. A guga'-ihi 



A'guga -ihi, 

 A'guga'-ihi. 



Tsi'shistii'hi'sihi'. 



Tsi'shista'hi'sihi'. 



I'hoo''tsihi', 



I'hoo'tsihi'. 



Tsitawo'tahi', 



TsItawo''t;ihi'. 



Hi'nisa'nuhi', 



Hi'nisa'nuhi'. 



Tsitawo'iuohu', 



Tsltiiwo'mohu'. 



Translation 



The crow woman — 

 The crow woman — 

 To her home, 

 To her home, 

 She is going, 

 She is going. 

 She will see it, 

 She will see it. 

 Her children, 

 Her children. 

 She will see them, 

 She will see them. 



This song was also composed by Mo''ki, •' Little Woman," the wife of 

 Grant Left-hand. On account of her frequent trances and consequent 

 leadership in the Cheyenne Ghost dance, she assumes the title of the 

 Crow Woman, i. e., the woman messenger from the spirit world. The 

 story of her own and her husband's connection with the Ghost dance is 

 of interest for the light it throws on the working of the Indian mind, 

 especially with regard to religion. 



Mo' r ki is a young Cheyenne woman married to a young Arapaho, Grant 

 Left-hand, about 30 years of age, a former Carlisle student, and the 

 sou of Nawat, or Left-hand, the principal chief of the southern Arap- 

 aho. Notwithstanding several years of English education, Grant is a 

 firm believer in the doctrine and the dance, and the principal organizer 

 and leader of the auxiliary u crow dance" in his own tribe, while his 

 v ife is as prominent in the Ghost dance among the Cheyenne, and has 

 composed a series of a dozen or more songs descriptive of her various 

 trance experiences in the other world. 



