_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."