FOREWORD 



TnE analytical stud}' of Indian music whicli the writer commenced 

 among the Chipp(>wa lias been continued among the Sioux. Those 

 familiar with the two books already pubhshed ^ will find no material 

 change in method of treatment in the present volume. We have but 

 pass(Hl from the land of pine forests and lakes to the broad plains 

 where the buffalo came down from th(> north in the autumn and 

 where war jiarties sw(^pt to and fro. 



The present volume contains tabulated analyses of 600 songs, 

 comprising the Chippewa songs previously published as well as the 

 songs of the Teton Sioux. By means of these tables the songs of 

 the two tril)es can be compared in melodic and rhythmic peculiari- 

 ties. In Bulletin 53 the Chippewa songs were grouped according 

 to tlieir use, and descriptive, as well as tal)ulated, analyses disclosed 

 reseml)lances ])etween certain groups of songs having the saine 

 mental concept. In the present memoir the comparison is based, 

 not on tlie use, but on the age, of the songs, this series being divided 

 for analysis into two groups, one comprising songs believed to be 

 more than 50 years old and the other comprising songs of more 

 recent origin. This analysis shows that the restrictions of civili- 

 zation have had a definite effect on the structure of Sioux melodies. 



In presenting Teton Sioux music the writer desires to acknowledge 

 her appreciation of the valued assistance of her principal interpreter, 

 Mr. Robert P. Higheagle, a mem])er of the Sioux tribe and a gradu- 

 ate of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute as well as of the 

 business department of Carnegie College. Mr. Higheagle's coopera- 

 tion covered the entire period of collecting the Teton material and 

 of preparing it for publication. To this work he brought a knowl- 

 edge of Sioux life and character without which an interpretation of 

 their deeper phases could not have been obtained. During Mi\ 

 Higheagle's absence it became necessary to employ occasionally 

 oth(>r interpreters, whose aid is acknowledged in connection with the 

 mat(>rial which they interpreted. The principal assisting interpreter 

 was Mrs. James McLaughlin, whose courtesy is gratefully acknowl- 

 edged. 



The ^\Titer desires also to express her appreciation of the assistance 

 cordially extended by the members of the staff of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology and of the National Museum in their respective 

 fields of research. 



Frances Densmore. 



1 (^hippewa Music, Bullelin J,o, and Chippewa Music— 11, Bulletin 5.?, of the Bureau of American l-'Jh- 

 nology. 



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