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Old Songs — {3) Songs Concerning the Sacred Stones — Continued 



Rhythmic Analysis — Continued 



METRIC UNIT OF DRUM (TEMPO) 



COMPARISON OF METRIC UNIT (TEMPO) OF VOICE AND DRUM 



PLOTS OF SONGS (tHE SACRED STONES) 



The songs concerning the sacred stones contain no examples of a 

 song without ascending progressions. (Class A, fig. 19.) Song No. 

 59 is the nearest to this type and contains one ascending mterval. 

 No. 71 has a strongly descending trend but contains three ascending 

 intervals. No 68 is an example of Class B, and Nos. 76 and 74 have 

 the same general outline. No. 70 suggests Class D, though having 

 the descending trend which characterizes Class A. The title of this 

 song is "I am reciuired to roam." It will be recalled that songs of 

 Class D concern animals or contain the idea of motion. 



Treatment of the Sick 



This is the third of the groups of songs received in dreams. All 

 treatment of the sick was in accordance with dreams. No one 

 attempted to treat the sick unless he had received a dream telling 

 him to do so, and no one ever disregarded the obligations of such a 

 dream. Each man treated only the diseases for which his dream 

 had given liim the remedies. Thus Shooter said: 



In the old days the Indians had few diseases, and so there was not a demand for a 

 large variety of medicines. A medicine-man usually treated one special disease and 



