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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



fBIILL. 61 



No. 18. Song of Final Visit to the Vapor Lodge (Catalogue No. 631) 



Sung by Red Weasel 

 Drum J- 63 

 Drum not recorded 



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WORDS (not transcribed) 



ho a voice 



u wa^yin kte I will send 



nama^lion ye hear me 



maka' the land 



sito^mniyai) all over 



ho a voice 



ye waye'lo I am sending 



nama^hon ye hear me 



wani^ ktelo^ I will live 



Analysis. — This song contains 20 measures and only 15 pro- 

 gressions. In its lack of progression it resembles Nos. 14, 15, and 

 16, rendered by the same singer. (See analysis of No. 16.) Two- 

 thirds of the progressions are downward, the song beginning on the 

 dominant above the tonic and ending on the dominant below the 

 tonic. The melody contains the tones of the second five-toned scale 

 and is melodic in structure. 



After their vapor bath, the dancers were painted by' the men 

 whom^ they had selected for that purpose. A few of the writer's 

 informants stated that the bodies of the dancers were painted white 

 on the first day of the ceremony, the colors being added on the morn- 

 ing of the second day, but others, including Itui)'kasai)-lu'ta (Red 

 Weasel) stated positively that the painting in colors was done before 

 the opening of the dance. Red Bird stated that each man who was 

 accustomed to paint the dancers had a special color, which was " asso- 

 ciated with his dream," and that he used this color first in the paint- 

 ing. The colors employed were red (the "tribal color"), blue, yel- 

 low, white, and black, each color being a symbolism connected with 

 the sky. Thus, it was said that red corresponds to the red clouds 

 of sunset, which indicate fair weather; blue represents the cloud- 

 less sky; yeUow, the forked lightning; white corresponds to the 



