Myths and Legends of the Great Plains — A Song of Hospitality - Sioux

_Sioux_ I am mashing the berries, I am mashing the berries, They say travelers are coming on the march, They say travelers are coming on the march, I stir [the berries] around, I stir them around, I take them up with a spoon of buffalo horn, I take them up with a spoon of buffalo horn, And I carry them, I carry them [to the strangers], And I carry them, I carry them [to the strangers].

"Word comes that travelers are approaching ...

on the march with their children, dogs, and household property.

She stirs them around with a spoon of buffalo horn and goes to offer them to the strangers.

The translation is an exact paraphrase of the rhythmic repetition of the original."

FOOTNOTE:

[J] James Mooney.

A SONG OF THE MARCH[K]