86 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 31. Song of the Leader of the Herd 
(Catalogue No. 838) 
Recorded by BEAR-ON-THE-FLAT 
VOICE d =A6 
DRUM @ = 76 
See drum-rhythm below 
Drum - rhythm 
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Analysis —The rhythm of this song is peculiar, but was steadily 
maintained throughout four renditions; the intonation, however, was 
wavering. In rhythmic form the melody resembles many under 
analysis in that the rhythmic unit appears at the beginning and 
end, while the third period is in a free rhythm suggesting but not 
repeating the rhythmic unit. All the tones of the octave occur in 
the song, which is melodic in structure. More than one-third of the 
intervals are minor thirds. 
Tuer Moon Aanp THE DANCERS 
Concerning the following song Bear-on-the-flat said: “Below 
where the city of Bismarck stands there are two buttes, one on each 
side of the river.*®* Once the dancers of the young girls’ society 
78 Two buttes, similarly located, are mentioned in the Origin of the Little River Women 
Society, p. 97. 
