American Indian love lyrics, and other verse, from the songs of the North American Indians
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American Indian love lyrics, and other verse, from the songs of the North American Indians
Indians of North America -- Poetry
57. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, pp. 365-366.
59. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Legends, p. 27. Houghton, Mifflin. N. Y.
1877. For the American Folk Lore Society.
60. Corbin, Alice. Red Earth, pp. 27-28, with note on p. 57. R. F.
Seymour. Chicago. 1920.
62. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, p. 432.
63. _Ibid._, p. 431.
64. _Ibid._, p. 432.
65. _Ibid._, p. 484-485.
66. _Ibid._, p. 483.
67. _Ibid._, p. 485.
68. _Ibid._, p. 479. Muyinga is the god of germination and growth.
69. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe. The Sia, p. 124. Bur. of Amer. Eth.
Washington. 1896.
70. _Ibid._, p. 124. _See also_ Mrs. Austin’s “Rain Songs from the Rio
Grande Pueblos” in The American Rhythm, pp. 92-94.
71. Russell, Frank. The Pima Indians, pp. 333-334. Bur. of Amer. Eth.
Washington. 1904-1905. “The first songs ever sung to bring rain. _Ho-oni_
was the name of the Corn God who left the Pimas for many years and then
returned to live at the mountain north of Picacho, Ta-atûkam, whence he
sang as above.”
73. _Ibid._, pp. 331-333. The vivid imagery of the original is lost in
the translation. Compare the phrases from the free translation with the
more literal rendering:
“Darkness of evening falls” and
“Blue evening drops”;
“The white light of day dawn
Yet finds us singing” and
“The white dawn rises.”
In stanzas III and IV, when the phrase _Hitciya yahina-a_ stands alone as
a line, it has been inserted. It appears in the original, but was omitted
by Mr. Russell in his translation. In fact, it concludes every sentence
in the song. Observe that the introductory phrase is the same for each
stanza. Mr. Russell does not use the full repetition of the original.
75. Lummis, Charles. The Land of Poco Tiempo, pp. 49-50. Scribner’s. N.
Y. 1902. A corn-grinding song, relating to the birth of the corn.
Line 5. The thunder.
Line 17. The tail of the pheasant.
77. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, p. 489.
78. Troyer, Carlos. Traditional Songs of the Zuñi Indians. Lines 1 and 2,
8 and 9, 15, 20, and 21 are given as echo calls.
79. _Ibid._
82. _Ibid._
83. _Ibid._
84. Goddard, Pliny Earle. Gotal—a Mescalero Apache Ceremony, Putnam
Anniversary Volume, pp. 385-394. This is the fifty-third song, sung at
sunrise on the last morning of the ceremony.
85. Matthews, Washington. The Mountain Chant, p. 463. Bur. of Amer. Eth.
Washington. 1887.
86. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Myths, Prayers, and Songs, pp. 27-28.
University of California Publications, vol. V, no. 2. _Beauty_ is
synonymous with _happiness_ in the Navaho songs.
87. Fletcher, Alice C. The Hako, p. 323.
88. _Ibid._, p. 324.
89. _Ibid._, pp. 322-323.
91. _Ibid._, p. 330.
92. Leland, Charles G. The Algonquin Legends of New England, p. 379.
93. Barbeau, C. M. Huron and Wyandot Mythology, pp. 318-321. Dept. of
Mines. Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada. 1915.
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