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or even a war club with a wisp of hair (hmghng in imitation of an 

 enemy's scalp. With this they point as if to various objects, as an 

 enemy at a distance or a footprint on the ground. During this song 

 the dancer would point to the clouds. 



Analysis. — This song is harmonic in structure. The irregularity of 

 measure lengths is worthy of notice, as is the continuously descending 

 trend of the melody. 



No. 132. Scalp Dance (Catalogue no. 116) 



Sung by Gi^cibXns^ ("little duck") 

 Voice J =168 

 Recorded without drum 



yo 

 -m- ^ 



=9t 



ho kwe 



yo 



ho kioe a 



yo 



ho kwe a 





I 



e-kwa-wfig en - do - bi - og 



yo 



ho kwe a 



yo ho kwe a 



WORDS 



Ekwawiig^ The women 



En^dobiog^ Are enjoying it with us 



Analysis. — This was sung by an old woman whose voice was 

 about the same register and quality as a man's. A point of interest 

 in this song is that the last tone is approached by an upward pro- 

 gression. The rhythmic unit is short and frequently repeated. 



War Songs — White Earth Reservation 



Melodic Analysis 

 tonality 



Number 

 of songs. 



Catalogue numbers. 



Major tonality 

 Minor tonality 



Total . . . 



114, 182,215,271,276 

 116,179,205,229,230,277 



