DENSMOKE] TETON SlOUX MUSIC 2l7 



WORDS 



mita^^iiqke my horse 



kigyarj' flying 



ye along 



wa^yelo I have caused 



pe^u^ta will) a medicine 



koyag^ to wear 



waki' yelo' I caused my own 



kigyag^ flying 



ye along 



wa^ye I have caused 



mita'^ugke my horse 



kigyari' flying 



ye along 



wa'yelo I have caused 



AnaJi/sis. — Four renditions of this song were recorded. In the 

 first and fourtli renditions the word pezu'ta was sung, as indicated in 

 the transcription. This is an abbreviation of pezi'huta, "a root of 

 herb," but commonh^used in the sense of "medicine," the herb having 

 either a curative or (as in this case) a mysterious power to benefit by 

 its presence. In the second rendition this word was replaced by 

 mal-a'gi, "brown earth," and in the third by maka'to, "blue earth." 

 Both these earths were used in the making of paint, which was used 

 on horses as well as the bodies of men and on their possessions. (See 

 p. IIG.) This song begins with an upward progression of a fifth, which 

 is somewhat miusual, yet only about one-fourth of the progressions in 

 the song are upward. The song is minor in tonality and melodic in 

 structure. The seventh and second tones of the octave are not 

 found in the melody. A rhythmic quality is somewhat lacking in 

 the song, which contains no rhythmic unit. 



In closing. Lone Man said: 



After the medicine-man had given me this advice and instruction and had taught 

 me the songs, he told me how to act in various emergencies, after which I realized 

 that I must depend on myself, and that if I failed I must seek help from other sources, 

 as he did not expect that I would return to him. 



(3) Four songs concerning the sacred stones were recorded by 

 Charging Thunder, who does not use the stones himself, but who 

 learned the songs from his father, Bear Necklace (Mato'napin), a 

 prominent medicine-man. The first of these songs was received in 

 a dream of the sacred stones. 



Charging Thunder said that his father, while on a buffalo hunt, was 

 thrown from his horse, falling on a pile of stones and injurmg his 

 head. He lay unconscious almost all day and was found in the even- 

 ing. His wound was dressed, and when he regained consciousness 

 he said that aU the rocks and stones ''were people turned to stone." 



