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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bull. 61 



No. 57. "A Bear Said This'" (Catalogue No. 581) 



Sung by Shooter 



Voice J= 88 

 Drum not recorded 

 (1) 



-^ m 



(2) 



UMmM 



A- -(S2-. 



%M^ 



X^fijfi- ^. 



^f=W= 



iSS 



M: 



2^ 



(2) 



(3) 



(1) 



^•#^ ^^ 





\ 1 ^-4-A k.^ — 



F— • — f5^- • • •— 



4'^ I ^>i 



(4) 



Pe - zi - hu-ta 



T (4) 



^-..^ fj:^ 





-•-=- 



A- A ^ 



^_^,_ 



^ 



4I 





waq ya-tin kte 



ka han - tu e 



na - Z113 - ye 



^ 



:?=P= 



• — •-^— • — •- 



a^ 



to 



he-ma - ki 



ye a 



e 



^^=w^ 



:2^S=^ 



i=E 



pe^i'liuta wan a medicine (root of herb) 



yatin^ kte you will eat (to live) 2 



kahan'tu at that place 



« na^zigye it stands 



mato' a bear 



hema'kiye said tliis to me 



Analysis. — The complex rhythmic form of this song, together with 

 its clearness in repetition, suggests that it is an old song and was cor- 

 rectly sung. Four rhythmic phrases are found in the song. It will 

 be noted that the opening of the first and second are alike, and that 

 the opening of the third and fourth also have a resemblance to each 



> other dream songs of the bear (Nos. 87-89) are used by Eagle Shield in his practice of medicine. 

 (See also No. 58.) 



2 This is an expression used by medicine-men. When giving medicine to a sick person they said, " You 

 will eat this in order to live, or to recover." (Cf. words of Song No. 83.) 



