DENSMORE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 139 
~ vals occur in the song, and these are of six kinds, ranging from a semi- 
tone to a fifth. The descending intervals are of the same degrees. 
except that there is no descending minor third. The ascending fifth 
as the opening interval gives a spirited character to the beginning 
of the song, especially as the melody returns to the initial tone after 
the sharped fourth. The highest tone of these opening measures does 
not appear again in the melody. The second and third measures are 
designated as a rhythmic unit, though the division of one count is 
changed in the repetition. Except for the fourth and fifth measures 
the melody is based on the major triad B flat—D-F. 
No. 70. Buffalo Society Song (b) (Catalogue No. 855) 
Recorded by Hotping HAGLE 
VOICE d = 116 
DRUM @ = 116° 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 37 
Analysis —This song contains 12 measures and two rhythmic units, 
but only 10 progressions. The last tone in the second measure was 
sung sharply staccato. This song, like Nos. 69 and 71, is major in 
tonality and omits the sixth and seventh tones above the keynote. 
It is interesting to observe the contrasts between these three songs 
(Nos. 69, 70, and 71). This melody has a compass of only five tones 
and begins and ends on the same tone. 
