96 ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, [ETH. ANN. 40, 
ikwiiwa''', ane’t ape’no‘a‘, ne/niwa'!’. Ini/ni &'anemi‘awate- 
namo/me“tci witi’ma*tcin™. O/nip &'anemimegukanod’‘kyini*te*. 
“Ma’maiyapi kiwipikigi’nopena wa’pag®. Mamaiya‘tcai’’megu 
ki'pyittci’penup™*’,” ‘anemi‘ci/wiini‘te’.  Kabd’twe na‘ka’*tei 
5mami'ci'a’ a‘wiipi’pyanitte’’. A‘wiipiwigi‘tci'se’toni*te i’/n aénemi- 
pyai’towettc'’. Pa‘ci’megundmagii’tepe“kw ina” a‘ kiwi’tani‘tci 
miimi'camaga’ni'tci', ‘a’maninittciga’“meg*"*. ‘O/nipi’ ci‘cke’- 
to‘a'i ma’maiy a‘kiwi'awi'i’wini*te'’. O/nipi wA’panigi mamaiya’- 
meg a wipi’/pyani“tei mimi‘cr'i’ni*tei. Inigi‘ipi’megu wi'kigino’- 
10ni*tci’ = a‘wapi’pyanitte’’, na‘ka’¢te:  kiwiwi kuwiwu'sa’ni‘tcini 
ni’‘cwi ne’niwa'"’. 
O’nip a‘ka’none*te': “Pe‘ki’megu wi’‘cigin a‘ke'kinawa’piyan™,” 
aiigu’te i/ni'i ne’niwa'. - A'minawd’pama‘tc!’, iniyii‘e*tci'! 
kiteminagu?tei™. 
15 A‘ana‘d’neme*tei tiwé'i’ganani ni/‘ewi ki/‘cko‘a’ i’ni_ ni“ewi 
to'ka/na‘’. ‘O/nipi wi'wipina’giwa‘te, a nawa “tei anwiwii'ta’- 
mini*tei pepigwi/ckwi nyiwe’n™*.  Ki'ci' anwiéwia'ta’mini?te", 
a‘wiipina’ginittc’. Ma’nip a‘cina’ginitte": 
Me'tegwi-+neni‘agi+—neniwagi+—wina+— !! 
20 Me‘tegwi-+ neni‘agi+—neniwagi+—wina+— 
Ki‘ciga+ pawi'iwa-+ “tci+-—nina+—ayo— 
Me'tegwi-+ neni‘agi+-—neniwagi+-—wina— 
Me'tegwi-+-neni‘agi+neniwagi+ 
Me'tegwi-+ neni‘agi+neniwagi+ 
25 Neniwagi+neniwagi+. 
‘O/ni ni'cd/namegi na’gamon™": 
No'sa&4++, nind+, nd+'‘sa, nd+‘sa, nina’+, no‘sa’ 
? ’ ? d > 
No'sa’, ni’na, nd+‘sa, no+sa, ni/na, noO+'sa; 
‘Aydniwe gi'ciga’pawi'iwa’4tci yo’ ma’netowagi ‘aiyo'l; 
30 No‘sas4+, nina+, nd+‘sa, no+‘sa, nina’+, no‘sa’, 
No'‘sa’, ni/na, no+‘sa, 
No'sas4+, ninad+, nd+'sa, nd+'sa’, nina+, no‘sa’. 
Wa-+pi+ko'pi+ 4tciné+no'sogi’ niki+ ; 2 
Tcagi yo ne’no‘sogi niki+ ; 
35 Wa+pi+ko'pi-+ ¢teiné+ no‘sogi niki+; 
Tciagi yO ne’no‘sogi niki+ ; 
WA+pi+ko'pi-+ ¢teiné+ no‘sogi niki+; 
Tcagi yo ko'pi4tci+-neno'sd’gi+ nik?’ ; 
WA-+pi+ko'pi-+ *teiné+no'‘sogi niki-+ ; 
40 Tcagi yo ko'pittcineno'sd+gi niki’ ; 
Wa-+pit+ko'pi+ *tciné+ no'sogi niki+. 
11 In songs the sign + signifies a vowel which is very protracted; & is long open e as opposed to 6 which 
is close, and which never occurs save terminally as a rhetorical lengthening; lis dental 1; the figure 4 
after vowels indicates a vowel of four more; superior * is not 4. 
12 Niki+is for inig*i*. 
