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Analysis. — This song was sung with great vibrato. The rhythm, 

 which was clearly given, was uniform in all the renditions, but the 

 time was not maintained with absolute regularity. 



The following two songs were sung with no pause between them. 

 Durmg the first song the four men knelt on the ground, the two 

 oc'kabe'wis on one side, and the two men representmg the Sioux on 

 the other side, of the kettle, at a distance of about 6 feet. As the 

 song was sung they raised their arms high above their upturned 

 faces, then lowered them until the palms of their hands almost 

 touched the ground. This was repeated five or six times, the sweep- 

 ing downward motion of the arms being simultaneous. Then the 

 second of the group of songs was sung, the men rising and dancmg 

 around the drum, led by the oc'kabe'wis of the drum, with their 

 hands extended in turn toward the north, east, south, and west. 



No. 73. Second Song of the Dog Feast 



Sung by Mec^kawiga^bau 

 Voice J — 88 

 Drum J = 88 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19) 



(Catalogue No. S. 14) 



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(2) 



(1) 



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(2) 





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(2) 



(1) 



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Analysis. — This song contains two rhythmic units, the first occur- 

 ring four times, the second three times. A pleasing effect is pro- 

 duced by the succession of these units in the middle and latter part 

 of the song. The rhythmic unit of No. 77 (S. 18) is sunilar to the 

 second unit of this song and with one exception forms the only instance 

 of duplication in either the present volume or Bulletin 45. The 

 tempo of this song is slow; the song beguis on the twelfth, ends on 

 the tonic, and is melodic in structure. 



