1068 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION [eth.ann.14 



8. Le iie'yahe' 



Le he'yahe' — Ye'ye! 



Le Iie'yahe' — Ye'ye! 



Kanghi-ye oya'te-ye cha-ya waon we lo, 



Kafighi-ye oya'te-ye clia-ya waou we lo. 



Translation 



This one says — Te'ye! 



This one says — Te'ye! 



I belong indeed to the nation of Crows, 



I belong indeed to the nation of Crows. 



This song may better be rendered, " I am a Crow nation," i. e., I 

 represent the nation of Crows, the Crow nation probably typifying the 

 spirits of the dead in the other world, as explained in Arapaho song 

 36. In several of the ghost songs there occur such expressions as 

 "I am a Crow," "the Crow woman is going home," etc. Compare 

 Sioux song IS. 



:i. Niya'te-ye' he'uw'e 



Niya'te-ye' he'uw'e, niya'te-ye' he'uw'e, 

 Wa'nbali galc'shka wa'fi-yafi nihi'youwe, 

 Wa'nbali gftle'shka wa'n-yafi nihi'youwe. 



Translation 



It is your father coming, it is your father coming, 

 A spotted eagle is coming for you, 

 A spotted eagle is coming for you. 



This song probably refers to a transformation trance vision, such as 

 is frequently referred to in the ghost songs, where the spirit friend 

 suddenly assumes the form of a bird, a moose, or some other animal. 



10. Miyo'qaS kin wanla'ki 



Miyo'qafi kin wanla'ki — Ye'yeye'! 

 Miyo'qan kin wanla'ki — Ye'yeye'! 

 Elena wa'nlake, 

 Hena wa'nlake, 

 Ha'eye'ya he'yeye', 

 II ;i eye ya he'yeye'. 



Translation 



You Bee what I can do — Fe yeye .' 

 STou Bee what I can do — Ye'yeye 1 ! 

 You see them, you see them, 

 Ha'eye'ya he'yeye'! Ha'eye'ya he'yeye'! 



In this song the Father is probably represented as calling his chil- 

 dren to witness that he has shown them visions of the spirit world 

 and their departed friends. 



