MICHELSON. ] ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, 111 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget; 
Weeping buffalo; 
Weeping buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget, buffalo; 
You should forget. 
I have given you a feast, I have given you a feast; 
I have given you a feast, I have given you a feast; 
Here is the mouth is where I fed you; 
I have given you a feast, I have given you a feast; 
I have given you a feast, I have given you a feast.*! 
My body has the nature of a manitou, my body has the nature of a 
manitou; 
My body has the nature of a manitou, my body has the nature of a 
manitou; 
My body has the nature of a manitou; 
Here on this earth, I make a feast for him; 
My body has the nature of a manitou, my body has the nature of a 
manitou; 
My body has the nature of a manitou, my body has the nature of a 
manitou; 
My body has the nature of a manitou.®2 
Then, “ We shall dance for the last time; so dance from the start,” 
those who were to dance were told. ‘‘ You are to dance heartily for 
us,” they were told. 
They will say; 
They will say, they will say, they will say; 
They will say; 
They will say; 
They will say, they will say; 
They will say; 
The white buffaloes; 
They will say, they will say, they will say; 
They will say; 
They will say; 
They will say, they will say; 
They will say; 
They will say.®* 
82 The one blessed tells the slain enemy that killing the foe is the same as feeding the white buffalo. It 
may beremarked that grammatically line 4isa puzzle. Nind for ninn4‘ is not as common as nind. 
53 One of the herd to which the white buffalo belongs says this. Ths meaning is that the Indians will 
derive benefit from the sacred pack. The words of the song remind us of those of song 3, page 104. We 
have variations of wi‘iwag** and possibly ‘iwég*". Disregarding the first line, and the line ‘‘ The white 
buffaloes,’’ the metrical scheme is -abede-abedec. It is impossible to bring this out in a translation. 
