52 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 10. Black Mouth Society Song (Catalogue No. 869) 
Recorded by Sirrine Rassitr 
VOICE d = 63 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis.—This is the only Black Mouth Society song containing a 
rhythmic unit. This unit occurs three times in double measures and 
a similar count division occurs in the seventh measure, which is in 
triple time. The song is minor in tonality, melodic in structure, and 
has a compass of 13 tones. 
CUSTOMS 
SINGING IN THE GARDENS 
As the women were given a prominent place by Good Fur Robe 
in the tribal organizations, so, also, they had an important part in 
the economic life of the tribe. Upon the women rested the responsi- 
bility for the cultivation of the gardens, that were located a mile or 
more from the village. There they worked in the fields of corn, 
beans, squashes, and pumpkins, breaking new ground, if necessary, 
and carrying on their agricultural pursuits in a systematic manner. 
From the little children to the old women there was work for all, 
adapted to their strength and ability. Very picturesque were the 
gardens, with corn and beans planted at equal distances in alternate 
rows, so arranged that the stalks of corn were opposite the spaces 
between the hills of beans. <A pleasure in the beauty of the gardens 
is evident in any mention of them by the Mandan. 
