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150, 170, 174, 197; those in the present volume are Nos. 53, 112, 125, 

 and 127, the last being another version of No. 149 m Bulletm 45. 

 Of this number 4 are moccasin game songs, 2 are war songs, 1 is a 

 love song, and 3 (including the present example) are songs for the 

 entertamment of children. Second, it begins with the upward pro- 

 gression of an octave, a characteristic of only 5 other songs of the 

 entire series; possible connection of this with the content of the song 

 is noted in the analysis of No. 9. The other examples are Nos. 170 

 and 174 in Bulletin 45, and Nos. 9, 31, and 125 in the present volume. 

 Third, this song does not contain the third tone of the scale. Only 12 

 songs (3.5 per cent) of the series of 340 show this pecuharity, the song 

 here considered being the first of the group in this volume. The 

 serial numbers of the entire group are 45, 49, 60, 91 in Bulletin 45, 

 and 28, 53, 112, 113, 116, 121, 178, 180 in the present work. We 

 note that three of these songs were sung by women or by little girls 

 and that 3 concern women, the 6 constituting half the group. Three 

 of the remainder are songs of the Mide'wiwin, to which women as 

 well as men belonged, 1 is a begging dance song, 1 a war song, and 1 a 

 song for the entertainment of children. The present song (No. 53) 

 is the only one which contains only the first, second, fourth, and 

 fifth of the scale. No. 121 contains only the first, second, and fifth; 

 No. 113, the octave complete except the third; No. 60 (Bulletin 45), 

 the octave complete except the seventh and third; No. 28 (herem), 

 the octave complete except the fourth and third; and No. 116, the 

 sequence of tones designated by Helmholtz as the first five-toned scale 

 (see p. 4) ; and we find only the first, second, fifth, and sixth tones in 

 Nos. 45, 49, 91 of Bulletin 45, and in Nos. 112, 178, 180 of the present 

 volume. With the exception of No. 45 m Bulletin 45, and No. 180 

 herein, these songs are major in tonality. A brief analysis of them 

 for comparison is given herewith. 



Bulletin 4^ 



No. 45. — "I can tame the shell;" Mide' song; key of B minor; 

 tones comprised in melody, 1, 2, 5, 6; trend of melody, 2-1, 6-5. 



No. 45.— "Do not speak ill of a woman;" Mide' song; key of A flat 

 major; tones comprised in melody, 1, 2, 5, 6; trend of melody, 2-1. 

 6-5. 



No. 60. — ''Weasel, thou art calling me;" Mde' song; key of G fiat 

 major; octave complete except seventh and third; progression 2-1 

 occurring frequently in the melody. 



No. 91. — "I am walking to the spirit land;" Mde' song; key of 

 B major; melody tones, 1, 2, 5, 6; trend of melody, 2-1, 6-5. 



