170 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull, ei 



WORDS 



kola' friends 



wagma'yarika yo behold me 



wakag'yaij in a sacred manner 



waku' welo' I return 



oya'te you, tribe 



•wai)ma''yagka yo behold me 



wakag'yag in a sacred manner 



waku' welo' I return 



oya'te wakaij' yai)k(>' kig the nation sitting holy 



kola' friends 



wagma'yarika yo behold mo 



wakag'yiig in a sacred manner 



waku' welo' I return 



oya'te you, tribe 



wagma'yagka yo behold me 



wakag'yai) in a sacred manner 



waku' welo' '. I return 



Analysis. — Tliis song contains only the tones B flat, C, and F 

 and is transcribed in the key of B flat, as the sequence of tones, 

 especially at the close of the song, suggests B flat as a keynote satis- 

 factory to the ear. Sixteen progressions occur in the song, seven 

 of which are fourths and eight of which are major seconds. ThiiJ 

 melody is an excellent example of the influence of a rhythmic unit 

 on those parts of the song in which it is not found, the count divisions 

 ol the second measure of the unit appearing frequently throughout 

 the melody. 



Charging Thmider (pi. 24) related his dream of the thunderbirds, in 

 which, as in Lone Man's dream, they assumed the form of men riding 

 on horses. From this dream he received his name Wakir)'yai) 

 wata'kpe. This is literally translated ' ' Charger-of-the-Thunderbird," 

 but he is commonly called Charging Thunder. His earlier dreams 

 of the wolf and buffalo are described on pages 181-184. . 



In narrating his dream of the thunderbird. Charging Thunder said: 



Soon after the Standing Rock Agency was established I asked the agent (an Army 

 officer) if I might go hunting. I said that before I settled down and adopted the ways 

 of the white man I would like to go hunting for an indefinite length of time. Permis- 

 sion was granted, and I went out alone. As I was going north, near Timber Lake, I 

 saw a deer coming toward me from the north. I wanted to shoot the animal, but 

 thought I would wait until it came nearer. The deer must have come very slowly, for 

 while I was waiting I fell asleep and dreamed. In this dream I saw the deer still com- 

 ing toward me, and behind it were several men riding on painted horses with grass 

 tied on their forelocks. The riders seemed to be pursuing some object. I became one 

 of these rider's, and they told me to lead the party. Then they told me to make a charge 

 on the object which they were pursuing. At first I was not sure what this was, but I 

 soon saw it was a wolf standing toward the west with its face toward the north. I was 

 chosen to do tliis, because some day I would need the protection of these riders, who 

 were thunderbirds who had assumed human form. They told me that because I had 



