174 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 106. “ We Made Fire” (Catalogue No. 898) 
Recorded by BUTTERFLY 
VOICE “ = 80 
DRUM J = 80 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 32 
Ma-dak ma-pami-da wo-is' tsa-ka-tsi - ru 
ma mi - du-ha-na-héets mi- a e wa-hke-wa 
WORDS (HIDATSA) 
madak! 32333 See ee comrade 
mapa’ mi/day aAwoiish oe in the daytime when we made fire 
tsaka ‘tsiru. 2 ae we Pe er oe it was pleasant 
mi-duhanahetsmiva-- 2. 
z re I understand women 
Wats yy et isi! y= cei Se ate 
Analysis —This song is harmonic in structure and is based on the 
second five-toned scale. It has a compass of 11 tones and is strongly 
descending in trend, two-thirds of the progressions being downward. 
The major third does not occur, the fourth and minor third being 
equal and each comprising about one-third of the total number of 
intervals. 
In explanation of the following song Bear-on-the-flat said that a 
mountain band of Hidatsa once joined themselves to the Mandan. 
These people were called Awaha’wi, meaning “earth many pointed.” 
The song is about a woman of this band. Her husband was killed by 
the Sioux. The members of the society to which he belonged were 
all regarded as “brothers,” and when the term of her widowhood 
had passed they wanted to marry her, but she refused them, saying, 
“You are not men; my husband was a brave man.” Finally she 
married a man named Coyote, who was the weakest and poorest of 
them all. As soon as the others knew of this they made a song about 
her, and wherever the couple went someone was sure to start this 
song. 
‘The first syllabie of this word was omitted by the singer. 
