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Then the old man said, “ You four may come. We will go a little 
way, and stop and sing the buffalo’s song; then we will go a little 
farther, and stop and sing the black eagle’s song; then go a little 
farther, and stop and sing the coyote’s song; when we reach the 
entrance of the village we will sing the snake’s song; and when we 
enter the lodge I will sing my own four songs. ” 
The old man told Black Wolf how to catch the eagles and said, 
“Now I will teach you my four songs. The first is to be sung when 
you make the brush shelter under which you are to catch the eagles, 
the second is to be sung when you make the sweat lodge in the eagle- 
catching camp, the third is the song of the hollow in which you are 
to sit while watching for the eagles, and the fourth is the song for the 
bait.” So he taught Black Wolf the four following songs. 
No. 23. Song When Making the Brush Shelter 
(Catalogue No. 825) 
VOICE eb 80 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis —-Two rhythmic units occur in this song, the entire rhyth- 
mic form of which is well developed. It will be noted that in the 
first rhythmic unit the group of two eighth notes precedes the dotted 
quarter and eighth, while in the second unit the group follows the 
dotted quarter and eighth. The change of time occurred in both 
renditions. (See No. 8.) Twenty-nine progressions occur in the 
song, 15 of which are descending and 14 ascending intervals. The 
close of this, as of several other songs, was marked by a glissando. 
