90 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL 80 
No. 34. Song of the Turtle Wh'o Went to War 
(Catalogue No. 893) 
Recorded by Woir Heap 
VOICE 3 - 16 
Drum not recorded 
(Free translation of words: ‘The turtle is going to war. He kills a 
man and a woman. Who hits it? (counting coup). The frog hits it. 
They had a good time dancing with the scalps they took.) 
Analysis—This melody contains only the minor triad and the 
seventh which is raised a semitone in its only occurrence. The 
rhythmic form is interesting and clear. Three rhythmic units occur, 
each containing a count-division of an eighth and two sixteenth notes. 
The melody progresses chiefly by minor sixths and minor thirds, 
which is an unusual characteristic. These intervals are almost equal 
in number in ascending and descending progression, and constitute 
three-fourths of the entire number of intervals. 
Tue Man Wuo Marriep THE Birps 
RELATED BY WOLF HEAD 
A man lived down in the south and he went toward the west on a 
journey. This man on his journey came to a large lake in which 
there were many birds. Every bird that can swim was on that lake. 
The man said, “I will make a trap and catch these birds for my 
living.” Then he said to himself, “I had better make a house for 
myself first and then make the trap.” He went into the woods and 
met a porcupine woman, whom he married. He said to the porcu- 
pine woman, “ I have found lots of birds that we can catch and eat.” 
When his house was finished, he went to the lake and caught a goose, 
but instead of killing the goose he married her. The next day he 
