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horizontally, afterwards descending to the lowest tone. Other songs 

 resembling this in outline are Nos. 50, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 74, 75, 76, 96, 

 109, 113, 117, 118, 136, 139. Plots of some of these songs are shown 

 on pages 245, 419. All these are found among songs a majority of 

 which are believed to be more than 50 years old ; they are distributed 

 among the various classes of these songs, but no song of the outline 

 of No. 68 appears among the comparatively modern songs. 



The characteristic of Type C is a repetition of the lowest tone, 

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to a higher tone and again descending to the lowest tone, with a 

 repetition of that tone. The example of this type is No. 80, a song 

 used in the treatment of the sick. It will be recalled that the element 

 of affirmation was very strong in the treatment of the sick, the 

 medicine-man endeavoring to instill in his patient a confidence in 

 the former's ability to effect a cure. Reference to the analyses of 

 songs used in treating the sick will show a large proportion of these 

 songs ending on the keynote. Many songs emphasizing the lowest 

 tone or keynote appear in this series, the type being subject to even 

 more variation than Types A and B. The following list was com- 

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