352 BUREATT OF AMERICAN ETlfNOLOnV [bull, ci 



No. l:J7. "At the 'Wind Center I Stsmd" (Catalogue No. 635) 



Sung by Bkah Eagle 

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zi-hu-ta ea na - wa-zhj-ye ta-te-yo na - wa-ziij-ye 



maka^ kig ('•oka^ya at the center of the earth 



Tiawa^zigye I stand 



wagma^yagka yo behold me 



tate^yo <5oka^ya at the wind center (where the winds blow to- 

 ward nie from every side (see p. 1 20, footnote) 



nawa'^igye I stand 



warjma'yagka yo behold me 



pezi^ huta a root of herl) (medicine) 



6a, therefore 



nawa'fiqye I stand 



tate^yo at the wind center 



nawa''zig ye I stand 



Analysis. — Two renditions of this song wore recorded, both con- 

 taining the change of tempo indicated in the transcription. Tliis 

 change is sudden and definite, but the second tempo is not sustained 

 to the end of the song, the first rendition closing in almost the original 

 tempo. (See song No. 5.) Throughout the renditions there are varia- 

 tions in time too shght to be indicati'd, but the rhythmic unit is clearly 

 given, showing that the song had a rhythmic clearness in the mind of 

 the singer. The intonation was good. The song is analyzed in the 



