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Analysis. — This melody is minor in tonality and contains all the 

 tones of the octave except the seventh and second. In structure it 

 is classified as melodic with harmonic framework, the E flat in the 

 third and the eleventh measures being the only accented tones other 

 than those of the tonic triad. The major second and major third 

 constitute 80 per cent of the intervals, though the tonality of the 

 song is distinctly minor. The drum-beat is so rapid as to be practi- 

 cally a tremolo. The form of the melody is regular, consisting of four 

 periods. One rhythmic unit occurs in the first and third phrases and 

 a second rhythmic unit in the second and fourth phrases. These 

 units show a similar division in the opening measure, followed by 

 slightly different divisions. It is as though the second were an "an- 

 swering phrase," the two combining to form a satisfactory whole. 



See plot of this melody on page 245. 



Goose, a prominent medicine-man, also dreamed of the sacred stones- 

 (See p. 251.) He said that he had two of these stones in his possession 

 some time before he tested his power over them. One day a fur trader 

 ridiculed the medicine-men in his hearing. This white man said 

 that all the medicine-men did was by sleight of hand, and that he 

 would have to see an instance of their power before he would believe 

 it. Goose entered into conversation with the trader on the subject, 

 who offered him 10 articles, including cloth and blankets, if he would 

 call a buffalo to the spot where they were standing. Goose sent 

 both the sacred stones to summon a buffalo. The trader brought 

 his field glasses and looked across the prairie, saying in derision,' 

 "Wliere is the buff'alo you were to summon?" Suddenly the trader 

 saw a moving object, far away. It came nearer until they could see 

 it without the aid of the glasses. It was a buffalo, and it came so 

 near that they , shot it from the spot where they stood. 



At a subsequent time Goose found a rifle which had fallen into the 

 water. This occurred near the present site of Pierre, S. Dak. Some 

 horses were being taken across the river on a ferry and others were 

 compelled to swim. In the confusion a white man dropped his rifle 

 into the river. The man regretted his loss, but made no effort to 

 recover the rifle. After the man had gone, Goose decided to try to 

 find it by the aid of the sacred stones. Accordingly he took the 

 stones with him, and rowed on the river until the stones told him to 

 dive. Doing so, he found the rifle on the bed of the river, a strange 

 circumstance being that when he was in the water it appeared clear 

 instead of cloudy as usual. Goose afterwards had an opportunity to 

 restore the rifle to its owner, who rewarded him liberally. 



(2) In addition to the stone purchased from Brave Buffalo another 

 stone was transferred to the writer by Chased-by-Bears in July, 1912. 

 This (pi. 30) is slightly larger than that of Brave Buffalo; the surface 



