Our father tells us to do it—Ahe′e′ye′!
Our father tells us to do it—Ahe′e′ye′!
This song was composed by Mo ki, “Little Woman,” the Cheyenne wife of Grant Left-hand. Although a young woman, she is regarded as a leader in the Cheyenne Ghost dance, having been in frequent trances and composed numerous songs. In this she relates her experience in one trance, during which she and her girl comrade played together the woman’s game of shinny, already described, and then went to look for their mothers, who had gone to the spirit world years before.
10. He′stutu′ai
He′stutu′ai—Yä′hä′yä′!
He′sutu′äi—
[Ad libitum].
Translation
The buffalo head—Yä′hä′yä′!
The half buffalo—