46 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [RULt, 80 
Analysis —This song is harmonic in structure and contains all the 
tones of the octave except the second. The framework of the melody 
consists of the descending fourth B flat-F, followed by the descend- 
ing triad F—D-B flat and the descending fourth B flat—F in the lower 
octave. About one-third of the intervals are fourths. Several ren- 
ditions of the song were recorded and show no material differences. 
This song was sung after the Goose. Women had recovered from 
their trance and been “ cleansed.” 
No. 5. Song of the Goose Women Society (b) 
(Catalogue No. 811) 
Recorded by ScATTERED CorN 
VOICE J - 80 
DRUM Z - 80 
See drum-rhythm below -s————j 
Drum- rhythm 
_Analysis—The tempo of this song is similar to that of No. 3, this 
tempo being steadily maintained with drum and voice synchronous 
on the first of each measure. Six complete and one partial rendition 
were recorded. The pitch was gradually raised during these rendi- 
tions, but the entire variation is less than a semitone (see No. 13). 
The principal intervals are the fourth and the major second. 
At the conclusion of the ceremony it was customary for certain 
young girls to take home with them for safe-keeping the sage bundles 
carried by the Goose Women. These bundles were regarded as 
“sacred,” and the young girls entrusted with them were probably 
girls who, at a later time, became members of the society. In the 
evening they took the bundles to the lodge where the Goose Women 
