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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



fEUI-L. 61 



No. 48. Song of the Young Wolves (Catalogue No. 570) 

 Sung by Charging Thunder 

 Voice J := 56 

 Drum not recorded 





A-te to - ki-ya ho ku-we - lo i-na to - ki-ya hoku-we 



lo ciij 



na - a-ka ku - u-\ve he lo he e 



^iifc 



litii: 



B: 





I- -^-7 



-N- 



i 



S^ 



ifct 



e a e Tia e ya he wa - kai) - yai] ho a ku - we - lo 



WORDS 



ate^ father 



to'ldya -• somewhere 



ho * ku'welo comes home howling 



ina' mother 



to'kiya somewhere 



ho ku'welo comes home howling 



ciijca' zi waq ^ a young calf 



aku' (father) ig bringing 



na and 



ina' mother 



to'kiya somewhere 



ho ku'welo comes home howling 



wana'ka now 



ku'we she is returning 



wakarj'yaij in a sacred manner 



ho ku'welo she is coming home 



Analysis. — The final tone of this song is indistinct on the phono- 

 graph cyhnder, as it evidently was below the natural range of the 

 singer's voice. It is interesting to note the uncertainty of intonation 

 on G. This tone is first ap])roached by a descent of a minor third^ 

 wliich is an interval frequently sung too small, and in its next occur- 

 rence it alternates with F, constituting a repeated major second. 

 A repetition of small intervals appears to be difficult for Sioux or 

 Cliippewa. (See analysis of song No. 100, Bulletin 53.) The time 



1 See p. 180, footnote. 



2 This word is elided with the following and sung as waku. 



