DENSMORB] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 1638 
No. 94. “I Killed Three” (Catalogue No. 818) 
Recvorded by ScATTERED CORN 
VOICE d = 712 
Drum not recorded 
Na-mi-ni wa- ki hi - ni - ha mi-o-ni wa - 
WORDS (MANDAN) 
TAM eee Oe ee the three 
genet ou ial (sees Se ee ee eee killed 
TANTO eee es RE eee I am the one 
TRATION C03 (ae a ee re EO who did it 
Analysis —This song progresses chiefly by whole tones and only 
one-third of the progressions are larger than a minor third. The 
accented tones are widely separated. No rhythmic unit occurs, 
although the count divisions of the third, fourth, and fifth measures 
before the end of the song resemble the count divisions of measures 
in the first part of the song, with a different accent. 
This song refers to an occasion when the Sioux disguised them- 
selves by coverings of buffalo robes and looked over the top of a 
butte. They were discovered by the Mandan, who killed three 
ee eee 
e This was elided with the following word by the singer. 
