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Analysis. — Throe ronditions of this song were recorded, and in them 

 all the changes of measure-lengths occur as in the transcription, the 

 time being unusually well maintained. It is impossible to indicate an 

 eighth note as the metric unit of the first and similar measures, as 6-8 

 time implies a group of two triplets, whUe the three counts in these 

 measures are clearly defined. The rhythmic unit is interesting, and 

 parts of it are found in parts of the song which do not contain the 

 complete unit. The song is minor in tonality and lacks the seventh 

 and fourth tones of the complete octave. (See song No. 26.) 



The fourth constitutes 37 per cent of the entire number of intervals 

 in this song, a proportion even larger than that in the preceding song. 

 In the descending fourth D-G the lowest tone was invariably sung a 

 trifle sharp in this song, offering a contrast to the preceding song, in 

 which the fourth was sung with good intonation. 



Eagle Shield gave the following narrative concerning his dream of 

 the badger, from which he secured his remedies for children. The 

 remedies for adults, as already stated, were received from the bear. 



Eagle Shield said: 



A man appeared to me in a dream, showed me a plant, and said, "My Mend, remem- 

 ber this plant well. Be sure to get the right one, as tliis is good." It was a badger, 

 who appeared to me in the form of a man and said this. It was the first time that the 

 badger came to me, but afterward he brought me other herbs. There were no songs 

 with any of the herbs which the badger brought me. In retiu-n for the kindness of the 

 badger I took tobacco, cut it up fine, and dug a hole in the ground. I buried the 

 tobacco and said, "Badger, I give you tliis in return for what you have told me." 

 When the badger is alive he eats this herb. Whatever herb the badger introduces is 

 especially good. Some consider his medicine stronger than that of the bear, as he digs 

 deeper and farther into the ground, 



Eagle Shield said that he buried a little tobacco as an offering to the 

 bado-er whenever he dug any of these roots. He said also that before 

 giving these remedies to a chUd he always made a supplication similar 

 to the following: "Wakag'taijka, you have made these herbs. We 

 are going to give them to this child. We hope you will make the child 

 well, and we hope nothing will come to prevent the usefulness of these 

 herbs." 



The first remedy imparted to Eagle Shield by the badger was a plant 

 identified as Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton (horseweed). This was 

 used as a remedy for piiin in the bowels and for diarrhea. As it is a 

 mild remedy and the size of the plant varies, it was difficult to describe 

 the amount to be used as a dose. Eagle Shield said that if a plant were 

 small it would be necessary to use all the root and a few inches of the 

 stalk, but that if the plant were large it would ho sufficient to use half 

 the root for a dose. A decoction was made, and he said it was "well 

 to smell the tea to judge its strength, as it should smell of the root to 

 be right." He said it ''should be taken before meals, the morning 



