He turned into a moose.
This song relates the trance experience of Waqui′si or “Ugly Face Woman.” In his vision of the spirit world he went into a large Arapaho camp, where he met his dead father, who took him around to the various tipis to meet others of his departed friends. While they were thus going about, a change came o’er the spirit of his dream, as so often happens in this fevered mental condition, and instead of his father he found a moose standing by his side. Such transformations are frequently noted in the Ghost-dance songs.
PL. CXX
ARAPAHO BED
6. E′yehe′! Wû′nayu′uhu′
E′yehe′! Wû′nayu′uhu′—
E′yehe′! Wû′nayu′uhu′—
A′ga′nă′,
A′ga′nă′.