I Have Conquered Them (Song 28)

Sung by Cody Wasinzi
Song No. 28
Densmore recording sung by Išnála Wičhá (Lone Man)
“Since our people were warriors,” says Courtney Yellowfat, “this is one song that was there to honor the warrior spirit through the men that were dancing and the words.”
“I Have Conquered Them” is categorized as a Sun Dance song in Teton Sioux Music, but it is also considered a song of war. Before the time of searching for the Sun Dance tree, drummers and singers often sang the songs of war, for the tree was regarded as an enemy and something to be conquered.
Lyrics
Ečhá ozúye waŋ he
ú kte séče ló
Waŋná hí yeló
Wakásota he
A war party
Which was supposed to come
Now is here
I have obliterated
Every trace of them