L062 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth. auk. 14 



Chano'npa wa'fi chi'cha-u'pi, 



A te he'ye lo', 



A te he'he lo'. 



Cha'-yani'pi-kta . 



( llia'-yani'pi-kta . 



A'te he'ye lo', 



A'te he'ye lo'. 



Translation 



My son, let me grasp your hand, 



My sou, let me grasp your haud, 



Says the father, 



Says the father. 



You shall live, 



You shall live. 



Says the father. 



Says the father. 



I bring you a pipe, 



I bring you a pipe, 



Says the father, 



Says the father. 



By means of it you shall live, 



By means of it you shall live, 



Says the father, 



Says the father. 



This song refers to the sacred pipe which, according to the Sioux 

 tradition, was brought to them by a mysterious young woman from the 

 spirit world. The story, as outlined by Captain J. M. Lee, is as follows : 

 In the old times the Sioux were always at war, not only with other tribes, 

 but also among themselves. On one occasion two young men were out 

 hunting when they saw a young woman approaching them with folded 

 arms. Seeing that she was not of their own tribe, one proposed to the 

 other that they kill her, but he refused and urged that they wait until 

 they learned what she wanted. The lirst speaker, however, was about 

 to kill her as she drew near, when she suddenly stooped down and 

 took from around her ankle something resembling an anklet, which she 

 waved about her head. The motion was so rapid that it seemed as 

 though a cloud encircled her for a few moments, when she ceased, and 

 the snake which she had taken from off her ankle glided away through 

 the grass. But the young warrior who had thought to kill her had 

 disappeared, swept from the face of the earth. 



Turning now to his companion, she said, "To you I come as a friend 

 and helper. Your people have been killing each other. I bring you a 

 pipe, which is a token of peace," and she held out a pipe as she spoke. 

 "When you smoke it your thoughts will lie of peace, and no murderer 

 (i. e., no one who kills a member of his own tribe) must be allowed t<> 

 smoke it." She returned with him to his village, where the women 

 prepared for her reception a large tipi, to which the chiefs of the tribe 

 came to listen to her instructions. She taught them to be at peace with 



