1064 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [bth. ann.U 



I have seen a man hold up the pipe to the sky, saying-, " Smoke, Sinti" 

 ( Sinti being their great mythologic trickster), and then in the same 

 way, " Smoke, Jesns.*' 



In the Ghost dance at Sosebud and Pine Ridge, as usually per- 

 formed, a young woman stood in the center of the circle holding out a 

 pipe toward the messiah in the west, and remained thus throughout 

 the dance. Another young woman usually stood beside her holding 

 out a baqati wheel (see Arapaho song 49) in the same way. This 

 feature of the dance is said to have been introduced by Short Bull. 



3. He tuwe'cha he 



He tuwe'cha be u eoha'ni hwo? 

 He tuwe'cha he u echa'ni hwo' 

 Hufiku oki'le chaya he u hwo? 

 Hunku oki'le chaya he u hwo? 

 A'te-ye he'ye lo, 

 A'te-ye he'ye lo. 



Translation 



Who think you comes there? 



Who think you conies there ? 



Is it someone looking for his mother? 



Is it someone looking tor his mother? 



Says the father, 



Says the father. 



In this the singer tells how he was greeted by his former friend upon 

 entering the spirit world, to which he had gone in search of his mother. 



4. Wana'yan ma'niye 



Wana'yafi ma'niye, 

 Wana'yan ma'niye. 

 Tata'fika wan ma'niye, 

 Tata'Tika wan ma'niye, 

 A'te he'ye lo, 

 A'te he'ye lo. 



Translation 



Now he is walking, 



Now he is walking. 



There is a buffalo bull walking, 



There is a buffalo bull walking, 



Sa> s the father, 



Says the father. 



The maker of this song, in her vision of the spirit world, evidently 

 saw a herd of buffalo, with a bull walking about near them. The form 

 of the verb shows that a woman is supposed to be talking. 



