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two, while if you let me go I will consider something good for you 
which will last a long time.” 
The man thought that the deer must be a person to talk in this 
way, so he pulled it out of the pitfall, wiped it off, and told it-to go 
free. Thence the deer started off slowly, stretching itself from 
being so long in a cramped position. When it was about far enough 
away so that an arrow could not reach it the deer stopped and stood 
broadside to the man while it sung the following song: 
No. 33. Song of the Deer (Catalogue No. 837) 
Recorded by BEAR-ON-THE-FLAT 
VOICE ae 66 
Drum not recorded 
SMa piMaAtal = eee aaa eee eee the first snowstorm 
tsagi du et a Oe 2 eee is good 
ma" piss seas sre heer e eae the day 
a Wack ta Tals eee ee ___.not seeing 
(Free translation: “At the first snowstorm times are good. I came near 
never seeing that day again.’’) 
Analysis——The rhythmic form of this song is interesting, the 
rhythmic unit appearing at the beginning and end, while the third 
period consists chiefly of phrases which resemble the rhythmic unit. 
The “working out” of the rhythm in the third period of a song 
has been noted among the Chippewa and Sioux, as well as in songs 
of the present series. Several renditions of this song were recorded, 
differing only in the length of the tone which follows the third oc- 
currence of the rhythmic unit. The melody contains the tones of the 
fourth five-toned scale, yet 22 of the 30 intervals are minor thirds. 
