DENSMORE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 173 
in rhythm and progressions, while the second portion is quiet and 
soothing in character. We may trace a correspondence between the 
music and words of the two parts, the first being the words of the 
mother and the second the reply of the child. The song has a range 
of six tones and progresses chiefly by whole tones. 
This was said to be “a very old medicine song which originated 
- with a man who saw an elk in a dream.” No further information 
could be secured concerning it. (Cf. elk dreams and songs among 
the Sioux, Bull. 61, Bur. Amer. Ethn., pp. 176-179.) 
No. 105. Song of an Elk Dream (Catalogue No. 883) 
Recorded by Crow’s HEART 
VOICE d = 126 
Drum not recorded 
ka - ki - de pi-ka- si éi-a-da~- has 
MAGOAKAKIG eso ae ee LoS | elk hunt 
Dis Kg Si eae oe eee ee (?) 
Sin Gahasiee eee eee eee hersaid. 
Gane Saeenee ne Mee ae father 
MUCUS IMA ats oe es eee aoe) I go to shoot 
Analysis——This song contains only one interval larger than a 
major third. The major triad is prominent in its progressions, but 
the song is analyzed as melodic with harmonic framework. It has 
a compass of 12 tones and is based on the fourth five-toned scale. 
The words of the following song are freely translated. The gen- 
eral idea is that the comrade’s whole life had changed since he 
married and that the singer, without expressing too much, desired 
to indicate his sympathy and understanding. 
2118°—23——_13 
