92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 35. Song of the Man Who Married the Birds 
(Catalogue No. 894) 
Recorded by WoLtr HEAD 
VOICE d - 104 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis —This song resembles the preceding in its minor tonality 
but differs from it in both melodic and rhythmic form. The preced- 
ing song was characterized by minor sixths and minor thirds; the 
present song is characterized by fourths, which constitute two-thirds 
of the intervals. There is more action in this story, and the interval 
of a fourth has been noted repeatedly in similar songs. This melody 
has no rhythmic unit and contains all the tones of the octave except 
the sixth and seventh. 
Tue Coyore AND THE SKUNK 
RELATED BY SCATTERED Corn ™ 
The coyote and the skunk were both hungry, so the coyote said, 
“Let us get up a play (or pretense). We will go over to that prairie 
dog village and get some food.” Then he went into the lake and cut 
some hollow rushes. He cut them in sections about a foot long and 
tied several to each ear of the skunk and also to his tail. He told 
the skunk to dance, and the hollow reeds rattled. The coyote de- 
cided that the skunk should dance and he would be the drummer, 
so they went together to the prairie dog village. All the prairie 
dogs said, “ Come and see this wonderful thing that has come to our 
village.” The skunk danced and the coyote drummed and all the 
prairie dogs came to look at them. Slowly the skunk and the coyote 
moved away from the village. The prairie dogs did not notice this 
because they were so interested, and they followed the skunk and 
the coyote, who led them a long way from their village. Then the 
coyote and the skunk ate all the prairie dogs. 
This story has been made into a play by the little girls, who walk 
in a line singing the following song and each holding the dress of the 
girl in front of her. 
81'This folk tale was related also by Wolf Head and Crow’s Heart. The several versions 
were compared and the one herewith presented was found to be the most complete. 
