1072 THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION (eth.akn.14 



the crow is symbolic of the spirit world, and when the "friend" — the 

 father or niessiah — declares that he makes a road for one of the Crow 

 nation he means that he has prepared the way for the return of their 

 friends who are gone before. 



19. Maka' sito maniyan 



Mak;i sito'maniyan ukiye. 

 Ovate ukiye, oya'te uki'ye, 

 Wa'fibali oya'te wan hoshi'hi-ye lo, 

 Ate lieye lo, ate heye lo, 

 Maka o'waficha'ya uki'ye. 

 Pte kin ukiye, pte kin ukiye, 

 Kanglii oya'te wan hoslii hi-ye lo, 

 A'te he'ye lo, a'te he'ye lo. 



Translation 



The whole world is coming, 



A nation is coming, a nation is coming, 



The Eagle has brought the message to the tribe. 



The father says so, the lather Bays so. 



c Iver the whole earth they are coming. 



The buffalo are coming, the buffalo are coming. 



The Crow has brought the message to the tribe, 



The father says so, the father says so. 



This fine song summarizes the whole hope of the Ghost dance — the 

 return of the buffalo and the departed dead, the message being brought 

 to the people by the sacred birds, the Eagle and the Crow. The eagle 

 known as wmVbali is the war eagle, from which leathers are procured 

 for war bonnets. 



20. Le'xa wa'kaS 



Le na wa'kaii waka gha che, 

 A'te he'ye lo, a'te he'ye lo, 

 O'gale kiflhaii wakan waka'gha-ehe, 

 A te he ye lo, a'te he'ye lo, 

 ChanoB'pa kin waka'gha-che, 

 A'te he'ye lo, a'te he'ye lo. 



Translation 



It is I who make these sacred things, 

 Says the father, says the father. 

 It is I who make the sacred shirt, 

 Says the father, says the father. 

 It is I who made the pipe, 

 Says the father, says the father. 



This song refers to I he sacred pipe (see Sioux song 2 and Aiapaho 

 song 2) and the ghost shirt. 



21. MlYO \'\N KIN CHICHU -cHI 



Miyo qaii kin ehichu -che, 



A te In- j e lo . a te tie ye lo', 

 1 1 gale kin ni niye -kta, 



A te he ye 1.. . a te he ye lo'. 



