102 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
WORDS (MANDAN) 
mata‘s6 steers eee eee whence 
nahi do. 232252 o> eee have you come? 
maim ike eee ee eee eee from a bare peak 
well Qo0tes S22 0s ee eee I have come 
1 mupate eee eee my best friend (a term 
used by one young girl 
in addressing another) 
[ BULL. 80 
Analysis.—The transcriptions of this song as recorded in 1912 and 
1915 are typical examples of a somewhat imperfect and a more exact 
Duplication of preceding 
VOICE d = 100 
Drum not recorded 
Tii-mi-kiawochu => lac 4 
rendition of an Indian song. This was the first song recorded by 
Scattered Corn and the strangeness of the process may have dis- 
tracted her attention, or there may have been some circumstance at 
the time, or some person present who made it difficult for her to con- 
