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ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, 
Mani wato’/wa’yani; 
Mani wato’ 
Mani wit0’wa’yani nina; 
Mani witd’wa’yiini; 
Mani wit0’wiai’yani nina; 
ni‘i neno‘sd i ‘uta‘kimwawi; 
Ma’ eno‘'so’ +gi ‘uta'kimwawi; 
Mani wato’wa’yani; 
Ani wat6’wa’yani nina; 
M to’ wa’ : 
Mani watd’wa’yani nina; 
Mani wiitd’ wa’ yani; 
Mani wato’wa’yani nino. 
Kitciganowatanawi, 
Wapino’ ‘ina’ wi; 
Kitciganowatanawi; 
Wapineno'sd’ ‘a +nawi kitciganowataniwi; 
WaApineno'so’ ‘a +niwi kitcigandwatanawi; 
Wapineno'‘so’‘a +nawi kitciganowataniwi; 
Kitciganowataniwi; 
WaApineno'‘so’‘a +niwi kitciganowatanaiwi; 
Wapineno'sd’‘i-+nawi kitciganowatandwi. 
Nina ke’ke‘kend’mene; 
Nina ke’ke'keni’mene; 
Nina+ wa’pineno‘so'a+ ‘a‘i‘cigi nina; 
Nina ke’ke‘kena’mene; 
Nina ke’ke'kené’mene; 
Nina+ wa’pineno'‘so‘a+ ‘a‘i‘cigi nina; 
Nina ke’ke'keni’/mene; 
Nina ke’ke'kenaé’mene; 
Nina. 
A‘ki nina’ ni‘ke'tcinimita ‘ina; 
<I nina’ ni‘ke'tcinimita ‘ina; 
A‘k ‘ ni‘ke‘tcinimita ‘i/na; 
A‘ki nina’ ni‘ke'tcinimita ‘i/na; 
<I nina’ ni‘ke'tcinimita ‘ina; 
A‘k ’ ni'ke'tcinimita ‘i/na; 
cki nina i‘ke‘teinimi ‘Ina; 
“A'ck a+ ni‘ke'tci ita’ ‘ina; 
‘A'cki nina+ ni‘ke'tcinimita’ ‘ina; 
*A‘cki nina+ ni‘ke‘tcinimita’ ‘Ina. 
Ko'kwinepapemigo'o ni‘kaneti’; 
KO'kwaénepapemigu ni‘kaneti; 
K6'kwiinepapemigu ni‘kaneti’ ; 
KOo'kwinepapemigu ni'kaneti’ ; 
KOo'kwinepapemigu ni‘kaneti’ ; 
K6'kwinepapemigu ni'kaneti’; 
KOo'kwinepapemigu ni‘kaneti’ ; 
Kod'kwanepapemigu ni‘kanetigé’ +. 
[ETH. ANN. 40, 
54 The meaning of the song is: ‘‘I take this land where the buffaloes are so that the enemy can not get 
them.”’ 
The song is by the one blessed. 
55 The one blessed is told in a dream to look for the one who is to bless him. The above translation 
assumes that -ndwiis merely for padding, as -nawi inanother song. The interpreter takes it as a verb, 
‘see him,’’ which it might be, though not plausibly. In any case the metrical scheme is 1X1222122. 
