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ilar lines on bis own arms. Then he would walk about the j)raiiie near 

 the camp, singing and holding a pipe with the stem pointing toward 

 the sky. 



When the leaves opened out in the following spring, the first thun- 

 dercloud was seen. Then the man said, " Ho, this is the day on which 

 I am to die ! " So he tied up his horse's tail in a rounded form, put a 

 piece of scarlet blanket around the animal's neck, and spread a fine 

 blanket over his back, as a saddledotli, with the ends trailing along the 

 ground. He painted himself and his horse just as he had been doing 

 formerly, and, taking the pipe, he walked round and round at some dis- 

 tance from the camp, pointing the pipesteni towards the clouds as he 

 sang the Heyoka songs. The following is given as a song of the human 

 Heyoka man, but it is said to have been sung originally by the mys- 

 terious aud superhuman Heyoka in the thundercloud : 



Ko-la, o-ya-te kin, ko la, waii-iii-yaijg u-pe e-yehe-f ! 

 Ko-la, o-ya-te, kin, ko-la, wau-ui-yaijg u-pe e-ye be-f ! 

 Ko-la, lo-wai) hi-bu we ! 

 Ko-la, ce-ya bi-bu we ! 

 O-ya-te wai)-ma-ya-ka-pi ye. 

 He-be-be ! 

 Ta-mui)-ka sni kui) e-ye-ye be+! 



In this song, "oyate'" means the Thunder-beings; "kola," the He- 

 yoka men here on earth, whom the Thunder-beings threatened to kill; 

 " oyate waijmayakapi," ordinary Indians who are not wakau ; "He-he-he ! 

 tamuijka sni kuij," i. e., "Alas ! I hate to leave them (living Indians)," 

 means that the singer expects to be killed by the Thuiuler-beings. 



The whole song may be rendered freely thus : 



My friends, tbe people are coming to see you ! 

 My friends, tbe people are coming to see you! 

 My friends, he sings as be comes bitber! 

 My friends, he cries as bo comes hither! 

 You people on earth behold me while you may ! 

 Alas ! alas ! alas ! 

 I hate to leave my own people ! 



On the day referred to the Heyoka man had not been absent very 

 long from the camp when a high wind arose, and the rain was so plenti- 

 ful that a person could not see very far. Then the Thunder-beings 

 looked (i. e., there was lightning) and they roared; but still the man 

 and his horse continued walking about over there in sight of the camp. 

 By and by there was a very sudden sound as if the trees had been 

 struck, and all the people were much frightened, and they thought 

 that the Thunder-beings had killed them. Some of the women and 

 children tiiinted from fear, and the men sat holding them uj). Some 

 of the people thought tliat they saw numy stars, and there seemed to 

 be the sound, "Tuij-f !" in the ears of each person. 



When the storm had lasted a long time, the Thunder-beings were 

 departing slowly, amid considerable loud roaring. When it was all over 

 the people ventured forth from their U)dges. Behold, the man and his 



