100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 6i 



WORDS 



(First rendition) 



ai)pe''tu wi tagyag^ hina'pa nugwe^. .. may the sun rise well 



maka^ o^ag^zaqyag tagyaq^ may the earth appear 



hina^pa nug we^ 1 )rightly shone upon 



(Second rendition) 



haghe^pi wi tagyag' hina'pa nugwe^. may the moon rise well 



maka^ ozag^zagyag tagyag' may the earth appear 



hina^pa nug we' brightly shone upon 



Analysis. — Like all the ceremonial songs of the Sun dance, this song 

 was sung with much flexibility of both time and intonation, and 

 therefore can not be fully represented by notation. In the opin- 

 ion of the writer it is not necessary, however, that variations of less 

 than a semitone be represented to the eye, since in this instance they 

 differ in the several renditions, while the larger features of the song do 

 not show a correspondmg difference. The same words are always 

 accented, and the general ratios of the rhythm are steadily preserved. 

 Thus a comparison of several renditions shows that the rhythm used 

 in singing the word Mnapa can be indicated with reasonable accuracy 

 by a sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth. E flat above the 

 staff and E flat on the staff were sung with an intonation which was 

 almost correct, showing a feeling for the interval of the octave. B 

 flat, the fifth of the key, was sometimes sung quite accurately and at 

 other times was very faulty, the same being true of F, the second of the 

 key. It was noted among the Chippewa songs that the octave and 

 fifth were sung with more accuracy of intonation than other intervals. 

 (Bulletin 45, p. 5.) C flat in the seventh measure of the present song 

 was always sung too high, and might have been considered an acci- 

 dental except that the intonation is faulty in the entire measure in 

 which it occurs, some of the progressions in this measure being glis- 

 sando. Thus the character of the song and in many instances that 

 of the singer as weU must be taken into consideration in judging the 

 importance of points which appear in the song. 



About three-fourths of the intervals are downward progressions, 

 and the song is melodic in structure. It has a range of eleven tones 

 and comprises all the tones of the octave except the fourth. 



The danger from enemies was not forgotten in the season of rejoic- 

 ing. The horses were herded near the camp, and young men guarded 

 them during the day, bringing them nearer the tents and picketing 

 them at night. 



There were many greetings among the people. Events of the year 

 were reviewed, and tales of war were told again and again. War 

 was an absorbing interest, and the Sun dance would see the fulfill- 

 ment of many a warrior's vow. 



