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to stand overnight. This decoction was to bo taken three tunes 

 a day, and the effect was said to be better if it were taken with food. 

 Eagle Shield said: "No matter how much a person is suffering, 

 as soon as this medicine reaches the spot it relieves the pain. This 

 is usually done by the time six doses have been taken." 



A song was sung four times during treatment with this remedy. 

 In the words of the song the l)ear is addressed as "father." 



Voice J- 



No. 87. An Appeal to the Bear 



Sung by Eaglk Shield 



(Catalogue No. 517) 



84 



Drum not recorded 



A- te ho-ye - ya 



a - te lio-ye 



i -yo -ti - ye wa-ki 



^^sie 



i^-^^=t= 



:4=! 



.E=t 



-f^ 



I 



ye 



a - te lio-ye -'- ya i-yo - ti - ye wa-ki - ye yo 



ate' father 



ho'yeya send a voice 



ate' father 



ho'yeya send a voice 



iyo'tiye a hard task 



wa'kiye I am having 



ate' father 



ho'yeya send a voice 



iyo'tiye a hard task 



• wa'kiye yo I am having 



Analysis. — This is a pleasing melody, with no striking charac- 

 teristics. Three-fourths of the intervals are major seconds, the 

 remainder comprising a fifth, a fourth, and a minor third; the song 

 is minor in tonahty and melodic in structure, containing all the tones 

 of the octave except the seventh and second. Three renditions 

 were recorded, interspersed with the groans as given with songs for 

 the sick. The renditions were uniform in all respects. 



The following song is that of the bear, which digs roots with its 

 claws. The herb used in connection with this song was identified 

 as Glycyrrlnza lepidnta Nutt. (wild licorice). The song and herb were 

 used in the treatment of the sick. Eagle Shield said that when 

 administering the herb the song was sung only three times. 



