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Passenger Pigeon or Dove Dance (djagowa'i* deno?, dove "Big 

 Bread" song): 



Songs. — Two dance-song leaders side by side with horn rattles. 

 A chant and two dance songs available from 1933 version by Deforest 

 Abrams. In all, theme stated by leader and taken up by helper, then 

 restated at end, resulting in form A A B A plus call, third song by 

 repetition A A B A B A x. Main theme repeated sequentially on 

 lower levels, thus small intervals of theme adding up to a large scale. 



Dance. — Double file round with stomp step, pairs of men alternating 

 with pairs of women. No choreographic change at Six Nations, but 

 at Seneca longhouses partners face, leader back-stepping, then reverse 

 on song repeat. (See p. 69 for mimetic implications.) 



Duck Dance or Song (tw^n? oeno'): 



Songs. — Two special singers with drum and horn rattle. Melodies 

 connected in alternation into one continuous song, as no other cycle 

 except Alligator. Flowing rhythms in "major" triad tonality, sec- 

 tions A and C on a higher pitch than B. Unwavering even drum beat. 

 Dance. — Double file round, pairs of men and women in alternation, 

 women in the lead stomping backward, men forward, pairs holding 

 hands: 



A — women backward, men forward in continuous circling. 

 B — same continued. 



C — men raise inner hands into a bridge, women pass under, all 

 stomping straight ahead (men and women in opposite direc- 

 tions), till end of phrase. 

 B — arms lowered, stomping as in previous B. 

 D or C — crossing through bridges as before. 

 B — stomping as in beginning. 



A — women pass through several bridges, all calUng "twf twe" 

 (quack-quack), till women suddenly caught by lowered 

 arms of men. (See pp. 68-69.) 

 Dance continued in this fashion as long as desired, with great gusto. 



Shaking-the-bush or Naked Dance (gasgoiodado') : 



Songs. — Two special singers with drum and rattle. Songs as 

 follows: 



(a) Two introductory melodies for men and for a group of women 

 lined up in front of singers. 



(6) Song 3 fF. — songs by men only, with moderately extended 

 scales and very extended form because of repetition needed for dance. 



Dance. — (a) No dance action. 



(6) Women shuffle ahead in pairs during song 3; in song 4 face 

 about and are joined by pairs of men in alternate array. Thus always 



