chanter

Toute la nuit ce ne fust que haranguer, chanter, danser; car telle est la vie de toutes ces gens lorsqu'ils sont en troupe.

When the coals were extinguished and taken out, the chanter said to the women, ka (now), whereat they arose and left the lodge.

The work was all done in less than an hour, during which time the chanter ceased not for an instant his song and rattle.

About eight oclock the sick woman entered the medicine lodge, followed by the chanter.

These stories, often tragic, always sad, have given Youshkevich the name of "chanter of human suffering."