DENSMORE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 175 
No. 107. Song of Derision (Catalogue No. 839) 
Recorded by BEAR-ON-THE-FLAT 
VOICE é = 16 
DRUM d = 46 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 37 
WORDS (HIDATSA) 
o’nape matse’ ne’sits__--__you said there are no men 
Wo.Lsas= = eee __Coyote (the final s indicates this is a man’s 
name) 
Mase et ee a man 
2 A) a eS Sree See eee is he? 
Analysis—In the three renditions of this song the rhythm was 
steadily maintained. Except for the accented A, occurring twice, the 
song would be considered harmonic in structure. Attention is di- 
rected to the fifth and sixth measures, in which the rhythmic unit 
occurs with an additional count, and to the sixth measure from the 
end of the song, in which the last count of the rhythmic unit is 
evenly divided. Such variations in the rhythmic unit give a certain 
“swing” to the song as a whole. The song contains all the tones of 
the octave except the sixth and seventh. About two-thirds of the 
progressions are downward, this being a proportion frequently noted 
in the Indian songs that have been analyzed. Cf. Nos. 18 and 93, 
which also contain the idea of derision. 
Another song of the mountain band of Hidatsa is said to have 
been sung at one of their dancing societies. It is said there was 
