DE.NSMORKl TETOiST SIOUX MUSIC 235 



WORDS 



he tu''\va one ■whom 



wakog^za I jn'etend to bo 



tiya'ta hina'ziq wayo^ stands at the ])lace where I have caused him (to 



stand) 



hu nog^pa ' a man 



wakoq'za I pretend to be 



tiya^ta hina^zii) waye' (he who) standn at the place where I have caused 



him (to stand) 



he ti/wa one whom 



wakog'za I pretend to bo 



tiya^ta hina^zir) a\ aye' stands at the place where I have caused him (to 



stand) 



Analysis. — The rhythmic unit of tliis song consists of five measures, 

 and, as in the preceding song, its, repetitions comprise the entire 

 melody. The first note in the second measure of the unit was inva- 

 riably shortened, as indicated. Four rencUtions were recorded, sepa- 

 rated by calls or short spoken sentences. In tonality the song is 

 minor, the melody tones being those of the minor triad and fourth. 



See plot of this melody on page 245. 



A remarkable demonstration of the sacred stones by White Shield 

 was related by Siya'ka. Three of White Sliield's sacred-stone songs 

 have already been given. (See Nos. 67, 68, 69.) Siya'ka said 

 that on one occasion he had lost two horses and asked Wliite Shield 

 to locate them. Before being bound with sinews (see p. 218) White 

 Sliield asked, "What sign shall the stone bring to show whether 

 your horses are by a creek or on the prairie?'' Siya'ka replied: 

 ' ' If they are by a creek, let the stone bring a little turtle and a piece 

 of clamshell, and if they are on the prairie let the stone bring a 

 meadow lark. ' ' 



Wliite Shield then sent the stone on its quest. Wliile the stone 

 was absent the people prepared a square of fuiely pulverized earth 

 as already described. It was evening when the stone returned. 

 The tepee was dark, as the fire had been smothered, but there was 

 dry grass ready to put on it when White Shield ordered light. At 

 last the stone appeared on the place prepared for it, and beside it 

 was a little turtle with a small piece of clamshell in one of its claws. 

 Thereupon Wliite Shield said to Siya'ka: "Your horses are 15 miles 

 west of the Porcupine Hills at a fork of the Porcupine Creek. If 

 you do not want to go for them there is a traveler coming that way 

 who will get them and bring them in for you." This proved true. 

 A neighbor of Siya'ka's had been out looking for wild fruit and on 

 his way home he saw the horses at the fork of the Porcupine Creek; 

 recognizmg them as Siya'ka's, he brought them back. 



1 The full form of this expression is wahu' nov'pa, " two-legged object", used by the medicine-men to desig- 

 nate a man. (See p. 120, footnote.) The full form occurs in song No. 78. 



