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THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



Translation 



God has had pity on us. 

 (iod has had pity on us. 

 Jesus has taken pity on us, 

 Jesus has taken pity on ns. 

 1 le teaches me a song, 

 I [c teaches me a song. 

 My song is a good one, 

 My Kims ' s a K 1 one. 



In their confoundiug of aboriginal and Christian ideas the Kiowa 

 frequently call the Indian messiah "Jesus," having learned the latter 

 as a sacred name through the whites. 



!.">. Ansh gyatX to 



Allegro moderate con spirito. 



il'ilul • tb'lU ga' 



ta'.dal-to'-o' ; 



uim • liii' 



Ajqbo' gyata'to, 



Anso' gyata'to; 



A dalte'm ga'tii'dalto'-o', 



A'dalte'm ga'tii'dalto -n ; 



Anlmha'go, Anlinha'go. 



Translation 



I shall cut oft' his feet, 



I shall cut oft' his feel ; 



I shall cut oft' his head, 



I shall cut oft' his head : 



He gets up again, he nets up again. 



This is one of the favorite Kiowa ghost songs and refers to the 

 miraculous resurrection of the dismembered buffalo, according to the 

 promise of the messiah, as related in Sword's narrative. See page 

 797. 



KIOWA GLOSSARY 



Atihe'dal — they arc coining, itis said (da , I 

 come); the suffix hedal implies a report. 



Ad&'ga — because 1 am; the suliix ga 

 gives the idea of because. 



A il it I if m — head; literally liair bone, i.e., 

 skull; from ii dal, hair, and tern, bone. 



Adalto'yui — "young mountain sheep,'' 

 literally "herders" or "corralers," one 

 of the degrees of the Kiowa military 



organization. Also called Teubegu'i. 

 (See Arapaho song 43.) 

 i data'i — Iikemy lather, resembling my 

 father; from ilnto /. father, my father. 

 tilii toilr i/o' — he is standing watching 

 it; add lode, I stand watching it. 

 A'de'tepo'nbd — 1 went to see my friends; 

 tide' teponbtita, 1 am going, etc; de'te, 

 friend. 



