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of the Cheyenne societies as the "foxmen (specifically, the kit, or 

 swift, fox);" * while George A. Dorsey mentions the Coyote as one of 

 the origuial Cheyenne societies.^ 



Two songs of the Fox society are given herewith, and a third 

 (No. 1 78) appears in the personal war narrative of Old Buffalo, who 

 was a member of the society. Song No. 147 was composed in honor 

 of a member of the society who was killed on the warpath. 



The following song of the Fox society was smig by Bear Soldier 

 (Mato'-aki'cita) a nephew of Rain-in-the-Face: 



No. 11-t. Song of the Fox Society (a) (Catalogue No. G77) 



Suug by Beau Soldieu 



Voice J = 88 

 Drdm J = 56 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



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To - ka 



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p p p p 



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p p ' p 



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i - yo mi - 6i - 



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i - yo - taij mi - 6i - la koq i - yo 



88 



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1 Mooney, James, The Cheyenne Indians, Mem. Amer. Anthr. Assoc, i, pt. 6, p. 412, Lancaster, Pa., 

 1907. 



» Dorsey, George A., The Cheyenne, Field Columbian Jfus. Pub. 90, Anlhr. ser., ix, No. 1, pp. 15, 19, 

 Chicago, 1905. 



