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PLOTS OF SONGS (dREAMS ABOUT ANiMALS) 



From among the plots of the preceding group of songs four are 

 herewith presented. No 56 is an example of Class A (see fig. 19) 

 and contains no ascending intervals. No. 49 resembles it but con- 

 tains short intervals which frequently occur in songs concernino- 

 animals or suggesting motion, as shown in Class D. We note that 

 the title of this song is "Song of the old wolf," but that no suggestion 

 of motion is found in the words. No. 55 has the wide compass and 

 "rambling" outhne which characterize songs of Class D. The title 



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No. 55 



No. .'58 

 Fig. 24. Plots, Group 2. 



of this song is "An Eagle nation is coming." No. 58, while said to 

 have been received in a dream of an animal, is a song used in the 

 treatment of the sick, and in it may be observed the emphasis on 

 the keynote, which characterizes Class C, as well as the divergence, 

 wliich characterizes Class D. 



The Sacred Stones (TmjKAJj') 



Songs relating to the sacred stones constitute the second group 

 of songs received in dreams. To dream of a small stone was regarded 

 by the Teton Sioux as a sign of gi'eat import, indicating that the 



