MICHELSON. ] ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, 103 
YO, Iam walked slowly; 
Yo, Tam walked slowly; 
Tam walked about; 
The manitous walked me around; 
Yo, Iam walked about slowly; 
Y6, I am walked about slowly; 
Yo, I am walked slowly; 
Y6, I am walked slowly. 
Where I am, where I am, where I am, where I am; 
Where I am, where I am, where I am, where I am; 
Where I am, where I am, where I am, where I am; 
Where I am, where I am, where I am, where I am. 
Then (the drum) was beaten again. This was the song: 
I make them walk about; 
I make them walk about; 
I make them walk about 
On the earth; 
I make them walk about; 
I make them walk about 
On the earth, I (do); 
I make them walk about; 
I make them walk about.” 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking; 
The buffalo goes about speaking.” 
Truly believe what is told in the night-speech; 2? 
Truly believe what is told in the night-speech; 
Truly believe what is told in the night-speech; 
The night-speech, the buffaloes’ speech, 
Truly believe what is told in the night-speech; 
Truly believe what is told in the night-speech. 
I have feathers, I have buffalo-feathers; 
I have feathers, I have buffalo-feathers; 
I have feathers, I have buffalo-feathers; 
I have feathers, I have buffalo-feathers; 
I have feathers, I have buffalo-feathers.*! 
8° The buffalo came and spoke to the one blessed while the latter was asleep: “‘ At night there are always 
words of truth; the words of buffaloes are always true at night.’’ That is, the words heard in dreams 
are true. 
51 This song is supposed to be said by the white buffalo. When he is dressed in his finery he uses the 
feathers. The buffalo-feathers are simply eagle-feathers. They are so called because the buffaloes are 
supposed to have used them. These feathers are the four feathers on the earth, No. 7 in the diagram. 
Observe that an initial ‘u- in the verbal forms is lacking. Note that several vowels are broken up by 
extremely lene glottal stops which are entirely distinct from ordinary ones. 
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