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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



189 



He could scarrely move, and he lay down beside their fire. They cut up their best 

 buffalo meat and fed him. Afterward they learned his song, which wa.s the beginning 

 of all the wolf songs (war songs) . After this, too, the warriors began the custom of carry- 

 ing a wolf-skin medicine bag. 



Tho writer was told by Looking Elk and othors that tlio woK-skin 

 medicine ])ag carried by warriors had been known to "come to hfe" 

 and walk about the camp, and it had been heard to sing this, the 

 first wolf song: of the Sioux : 



Voice J^=:168 



Drum J= 138 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 



No. 52. "I Made It Walk' 



Sung by Two Shields 



(Catalogue No. 533) 



Wa-kaq-yaij ma - ni wa-ye wa - kai] - yay ma - ni wa 



m^i 



ye 





4=- 



-fL fL jfL 



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313 



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w^m 



§uij-ka o - ya - te waij wa - kaij-yai] ma - ni 



m^ 



:5Ee 



ye 



iiilife 



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tr- 



:8: 



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:5E^^3 



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S: 



53 



wa - kaij - yaij ma - ni 



1:8: 



a 



ye 



5?± 



kaq - yaq 



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ma - ni wa - ye 



kaij - yaq ma - ni wa - ye 



I 



wakag'yag by my supernatural power 



ma^ni waye^ I made it walk 



^ug'ka oya^te wag a wolf nation (see p. 162, footnote) 



wakag'yag by my supernatural power 



ma^ni waye' I made it walk 



Analysis. — The same pecuharities of rhythm occur in all renditions 

 of this song. The time is exactly maintained tliroughout. The 

 melody tones are those of the major triad and second — an unusual 

 tone material. The ascent of a sixth at the opening of the song is 

 also unusual. The song has a compass of 13 tones. Two-thirds of 

 the progressions are major seconds, and a majority of the otlier inter- 

 vals are fourths. 



Weasel Bear related the following mcident, which he said took place 

 when his father was a young man. His father, whose name was 



