He too will be glad to see me,

His eyes will gleam with delight.

The second example from the Kioways is a song of true love in the ordinary sense. Such are rare among the North American Indians anywhere. Most of their chants in relation to the other sex are erotic, not emotional; and this holds equally true of those which in some tribes on certain occasions are addressed by the women to the men. The one I give you from the Kioway is not open to this censure

A KIOWAY LOVE-SONG.

I sat and wept on the hill-side,

I wept till the darkness fell

I wept for a maiden afar off

A maiden who loves me well

The moons are passing, and some moon

I shall see my home long-lost,