mookey] SONGS OF THE CADDO 1099 



This song was composed by a woman named NiahaW, who used to 

 have frequent trances in which she would talk with departed Caddo 

 and bring back messages from them to their friends. "Our mother 

 below" is the earth. (See page 1090.) 



9. Nl' IKA XA A 



N'i ika na a ha na', 

 Xi ika' na'a ha na'; 

 Na a-a ha'na', 

 Na a-a ha'na'. 



Translation 



There are our grandmother and our father above, 

 There are our grandmother and our father above; 

 There is our father above. 

 There is our father above. 



By •' grandmother" is meant the storm spirit or thunder. (See Caddo 

 song 4.) 



10. Hi NA HAXATOHIXA 



Hi'na ha natobi'na i wi-na . 

 Hi'na ha'natobi'na i Wi-na', 

 Na' iwi' i'wi-na', 

 Na' iwi' i'wi-na'; 

 Na'nana' ha'taha . 

 Na nana' ha'taha . 



Translation 



The eagle feather headdress from above, 

 The eagle feather headdress from above, 

 From the eagle above, from the eagle above; 

 It is that feather we wear. 

 It is that feather we wear. 



This refers to the eagle feather worn ou the heads of the dancers. 

 (See song number 12.) This song is in the Hai-nai dialect. 



11. Na' aa' o'wi ta 



Na' aa' o'wi ta , 

 Na' aa' o'wi'ta . 

 Na' kiwa't Hai-nai', 

 Na' kiwa't Hai-nai. 



Translation 



The father comes from above. 

 The father comes from above, 

 From the home of the Hai-nai above, 

 From the home of the Hai-nai above. 



This song, like the last, was composed by one of the Hai-nai tribe, 

 and refers to the silent majority of the band in the spirit world. 



