SONGS OF THE SIOUX 



1075 



Soon I shall see my child. 

 Soon I shall see m\ child, 

 Says your mother, 

 Says your mother. 



This song' evidently relates the trance vision of a mother who saw 

 her child in the spirit world, and expresses the hope that she may soon 

 be united with him. In accordance with the custom of the Ghost 

 danee.it is probable that she made a pair of moccasins to give him 

 when next they met. and that she earned them in the dance as she 

 sang. 



26. Waka nyax iSya'Skix-kte 



Waka nyan inya nkin-kte, 



Waka'flyan inya nkin-kte. 



Chaiigale shka wan luza'haii ifiya'nkiii-kte, 



Chaiigale slika wan luza'haii inya fikih-kte. 



Wafiwa yag upo, wafiwa yag upo, 



A te he ye lo. ate he ye lo. 



Ti'anslation 



The holy (hoop) shall run, 



The holy (hoop) shall run. 

 The swift hoop shall run. 

 The swift hoop shall run. 

 Come anil see it, 

 Come anil see it. 

 Says the father, 

 says the father. 



This song refers to the game wheel and sticks (ba'qati, Arapaho) 

 already described in the Arapaho songs. It is said that the medicine- 

 man of Big Foot's band carried such a hoop with him in their flight 

 from the north, and displayed it in every dance held by the band until 



the fatal day of Wounded Knee. A similar 1 p was carried aud hung 



upon the center tree at the dance at No Water's camp near Pine Ridge. 

 To the Indian it symbolizes the revival of the old-time games. 



SIOUX GLOSSARY 



A'gdli(-ye) — they have returned; icaku, 

 Iamretnrningorcorning home; wagaW, 

 I have returned. 



Alii (-ye) — they have come: ira-u . I 

 come; hi, he has come. 



A-ichagha — growing upon: from kagha, 

 to grow or spring up. 



A te or Ate-ye — father; atekiii, the father: 

 ate-mita, my father; ni -ate, your father ; 

 at-kuhu, his or her father. Ye is a syl- 

 lable sometimes added to fill in the 

 meter. 



Ati'-ye — setup the tipi : here ye is the im- 

 perative suffix. 



Aya'gdli'pi-kte—yoxi (plural) will take 

 home with you, you will bring back 

 with you ; from awa gale, I take it home. 



Chaiigale' ahka — a hoop ; the 6a qati hoop. 

 See Sioux song 2l>, and Arapaho songs. 



Chaiiku' — road, trail. 



Chano'npa — pipe; n iipa, to smoke; clia «- 

 li, tobacco. 



Cha-yani'pi-kta — you (plural) will live; 

 from »i wa-uii, I live, 1 go about alive; 

 the regular form is Yanipi-kta q. v. 



Cheya'ya — he is constantly crying. Wa- 

 che i/ii, I cry: the final ,i/o implies repe- 

 tition or habit. 



