Messiah a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause.
Minneconjou one of the six bands that made up the Lakota Sioux tribe, of which the Oglala , Black Elk's band, is also one.
Nation's hoop (also subsequently called "sacred hoop") an imagined circle, representing the traditional community identity and the social and cultural coherence of the Sioux nation.
Ogalala (variant spelling of Oglala) one of the six bands that made up the Lakota group of the Sioux tribe or nation; the other five are Hunkpapas, Miniconjous, Brules, Sans Arcs, and Black Kettles.
papa dried meat.
pony drag a conveyance made from wooden poles covered with hide, hitched to a pony or horse, for the purpose of carrying people or equipment.
roan a horse of a reddish color that is mixed with some white; the color of such a horse.
sage a plant of the mint family (genus Salvia) with an aromatic taste and smell; Indians burn sage to release purifying properties.
scout a person sent out to observe the tactics of an opponent.
Shyela the name Black Elk uses for the Cheyenne Indians.
six-shooter a revolver having a cylinder that holds six cartridges; specifically, such a revolver with a long barrel and of relatively large caliber of the kind usually used in the western United States in the last half of the nineteenth century.
snowblindness the condition of being temporarily blind from the sun's ultraviolet rays reflected by the snow.
sorrel a light reddish-brown horse; the light reddish-brown color of such a horse.
sweat tepee a structure used by the Sioux for purification rituals, in which an individual was induced to perspire profusely in steam generated by pouring water on heated rocks.
tepee a cone-shaped tent of animal skins or bark used by North American Indian peoples.
Three Stars General Crook.
tremolo a vocal call made by a repetitive wavering of the voice.
two-legged/four-legged a poetic way of describing bipeds (humans) and quadrupeds (animals).
waga chun rustling tree, cottonwood.
warpath route taken by a party of American Indians going on a warlike expedition or to a war.
Wasichu the Lakota name for members of the Caucasian race.
Wounded Knee the name given to the Sioux encampment around Wounded Knee Creek in Montana.
