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be passed to the left, because that was the direction taken by the 

 White Buffalo ^laiden when she went away. The one who lights 

 this pipe is required to make an offering. 



It is said that the following song was sung by the White Buffalo 

 Maiden as she entered the camp. This song is sung in the Spirit- 

 keeping ceremony when the man who is keeping the spirit of his child 

 can afford to have a white buffalo robe used in the ceremony. (See 

 pp. 82, 446.) The words "scarlet relic" refer to the scarlet-wrapped 

 packet in the lodge of those who are "keeping a spirit." 



No. 1. Song of the White Buffalo Maiden (Catalogue No. 569) i 



Sung by Charging Thunder 



Voice Jrz58 

 Drtm not recorded 



Ni - ya taq-iq-yaq ma-wa-ni 



ya taij-iq-yai] ma-wa-ni 



ye 



c o - ya - te le i - ma - wa - ni na ho ho 



ho - tai] - ii]-yaij ma - wa-ni 



ye ye 



ye a ye a 



ye ni - ya tar) - iq-yai] ma-wa-ni 



ye 



ho - tai] - iij-yaq ma-wa-ni ye ye ye ye a ye a ye 



• The catalosjue numbers used throuijhout this memoir correspond respectively with tho numljers des- 

 ignating the phonograph record of the songs, wuich are preserved in the Bureau ot American Etluiology. 



