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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 61 



No. 86. Song Preceding Treatment of Fractures (Catalogue No. 516) 



Sung by Eaglk Siueld 

 Voice J = 88 

 Drum not recorded 



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Ko - la wa - na hi - yu - ye ma - to 'o - ma ki - ya 



ke 



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P^-^ 



T-^ 



^T — ""^i S^l 1 — F- — 



ko - la hi - yu - ye 



le-na wa-yaijk hi -yii - ye 



ilik;^ 



mm^EE^ 



tl-^ •— -H- 



:^z!^ 



:^^^4=d^ 



1 



wa-yai]k hi-yu 



ye 



ma - to o-ma - ki - ya - ke 



kola' friend 



wana'' now 



hiyu'ye come 



mato' bear (who) 



oma'kiyake told me tliis ^ (said) 



kola'' friend 



hiyu'ye come 



lena' wayagk' behold all these 



hiyu'ye come 



mate'' bear 



oma'kiyake told me tliis 



Analysis. — Throe renditions of this song were recorded, which are 

 uniform in every respect. The melody progressions are somewhat 

 peculiar, but their exact repetition shows that they were clear in the 

 mind of the singer. There was a slight lowering of pitch in the sus- 

 tained tone which occurs in the sixth and seventh measures. The 

 song is melodic in structure and contains all the tones of the octave 

 except the sixth: One accidental occurs — the seventh lowered a 

 semitone. 



See plot of this melody on page 283. 



Another remedy imparted to Eagle Shield by the bear was a remedy 

 for diseases of the kidneys. This plant, which grew on the prairie, 

 was called by the Sioux azuy'ika yazaij'pi on'piyapi, and was identified 

 as Lactuca pulchdla DC. (wild lettuce). It was dried and prepared 

 in the form of a decoction. Eagle Shield said that not more than 

 three doses should be prepared at a time, as it must not be allowed 



1 Referring to the maimer in which the patient was being treated. 



