KuRATH] IROQUOIS MUSIC AND DANCE 21 



SOCIAL DANCES — STOMP TYPE, GA'dASO-TKA' 



Function. — Sociability with, however, a ceremonial undertone. 



Occasions. — "Songs of all kinds" in longhouse and private homes, at 

 the conclusion of festivals, the evening before "shoving off their 

 canoes" for Six Nations meetings, afternoons and evenings of Six 

 Nations meetings, formerly at Coldspring regularly on Sunday 

 evenings. 



Shake-the-pumpkin or Shaking-the-jug (gashedondddo') : 



Songs. — Accompaniment by two male singers with drum and horn 

 rattle, not, as implied by name, with gourd rattles. Only two songs 

 available from 1933 version of Cattaraugus songs recorded by Allegany 

 Seneca Sherman Redeye. Each song in following pattern: A B A — 

 body of melody in short, abrupt phrases, limited scale and themes. 

 Antiphony between singers and dancers, on brief monotone phrases, 

 12 to 16 times. Body of song repeated, no change in duple drum 

 beat. Antiphony repeated. Wailing call. After exhaustion of the 

 song leader's repertoire, a regular ga'daso't stomp. 



Dance. — Shuffling stomp in continuous round, as in ga'daso't, but 

 with all men lined up in front, and women bringing up the rear as in 

 Bear Dance. On dance leader's signal "ha a ha a," women move 

 ahead and alternate with men, or wait at south end of longhouse for 

 men to pass and make room for insertion. Then stomp in typical 

 alternate array, without instruments. 



Remarks. — Former food spirit associations, with the squash plant.'' 

 Conservative tendencies evident in archaic type of melody and of 

 antiphony, and in segregation of sexes. 



Garters Dance (dewatSihasio'i*) : 



Songs. — Two dance-song leaders with horn rattles. Tonality and 



type of antiphony similar to ga'daso't stomp, but in extended form 



to fit dance, namely, A repeated, B, A repeated, B, A repeated. 



Dance. — Extended, eclectic pattern, on fundamental stomp step — 



A — forward stomp, in first songs men alone, in later songs sexes 



coupled. 

 B — sideward stomp, as in ga'daso't 

 A — forward stomp 



B — partners change places with walking step 

 A — forward step 

 Sometimes in addition: 

 B — partners cross back to original places 

 A — forward stomp 



'1 This dance is included in Six Nations Cayuga food spirit festivals as Squash Dance. Note the separa- 

 tion of the sexes in the manner of rituals. 



