“You must take a bath“—He′eye′!”
“You must take a bath”—He′eye′!”
Thus he told me, thus he told me—He′!
Quite a number of the Cheyenne ghost songs refer to rivers seen in the spirit world, these being frequently designated by colors, as yellow, blue, etc. It may be that certain rivers play a prominent part in their mythology, and as has been said they locate their earliest traditional home on the “Turtle river.” The word here rendered “blue-green” might mean either blue or green, as in Cheyenne and in many other Indian languages the two colors are not differentiated. Compare [Cheyenne song number 16].
9. Ä′minû′qi
Ä′minû′qi—I′yahe′yahe′e′!
Ä′minû′qi—I′yahe′yahe′e′!
Nĭ′stsishi′hiyo′honi′mäni—Ahe′e′ye′!
Nĭ′stsishi′hiyo′honi′mäni—Ahe′e′ye′!
Nĭ′shka′nĭ nĭ′stsishĭ′nutsi′mani—Ahe′e′ye′!