uoosey] SONGS OF THE SIOUX 1069 



11. Michi'nkshi MITA WAVE 



F. yaye'ye'! E'yaye'ye'! 

 Mi.li! nkshi mita'waye, 



Michi'nkshi mita'waye. 



Translation 



i: yaye ye ! E'yaye'ye'! 

 It is my own child, 

 It is my own child. 



The form of the verb indicates that this song was composed by a 

 woman, who had evidently met her dead child in the spirit world. 



12. A'te he' u-we 



A'te he' u-we, A'te he' u-we, 

 Ate eya'ya he' u-we' lo, 

 Ate eya'ya he' u-we' lo, 

 Ya'nipi-kta' e'ya u-we lo, 

 Ya'nipi-kta' e'ya u'-we lo. 



Translation 



There is the father coining, 



There is the father coming. 



The father says this as he comes, 



The father says this as he comes, 



" You shall live," he says as he comes, 



" You shall live," he says as he comes. 



This is a reiteration of the messiah's promise of eternal life in the 

 new spirit world. 



13. Wa'sna wa'tin-kta' 



Wa'sna wa'tin-kta' — E'yeye'yeye' ! 

 Wa'sna, wa'tin-kta — E'yeye'yeye' ! 

 Le'chiya'-ya oya'pi-lo — E'yeye'yeye' ! 

 Le'chiya'-ya eya pi-lo — E'yeye'yeye'! 

 E'ya he'-ye lo, E'ya he'-ye lo, 

 A'*te-ye he'ye lo, A'te-ye he'ye lo. 



Translation 



I shall eat peramican— E'yeye'yeye 1 ! 

 I snail eat pemmican— E ycye'yeye'! 

 They say so, they say so, 

 The father says so, the father says so. 



For the explanation of this song reference, see song number 7. 



14. Ate lena ma qu-we 



A'te lena ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye'! 



A'te lena ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye'! 



Peta wan — yafiyan ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye'! 



Peta wan — yanyafi. ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye'! 



Ate ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye'! 



A'te ma'qu-we — Ye'ye'ye' ! 



