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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



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key of C major; the minor triad A-C-E, however, is prominent in the 

 melody, and about 52 per cent of the intervals are. minor thirds. 



A somewhat similar description of war painting was given by 

 Siya'ka, who said that he and four others were in a war party and that 

 their horses were painted by a man named Holy. Horse (Tasur) 'ka- 

 wakai)')- He painted the horses with white clay, drawing zigzag 

 lines from the mouth down the front legs, branching at the hoofs, 

 and the same on the hind legs ; there was also a band across the fore- 

 head and spots on the chest. All the horses were painted alike. 



The four men had their faces painted brown with a white line 

 across the forehead extending down the cheeks and forked at the end. 

 Their hair was tied in a bunch on the forehead and in it was tied some 

 of the same ''medicine" which had been put on their bodies. 



When the men were ready to start they mounted their horses with 

 their faces toward the east and walked single file in a great circle. 

 Holy Horse following close behind them. The three following songs 

 were said to have been sung by Holy Horse and the men whom 

 he had thus painted. It seems probable that, as m the preceding 

 narrative, the first song was sung by Holy Horse alone, as he painted 

 the men and their horses, and the others by the warriors after the 

 painting was finished. 



No. 138. Song Concerning War Paint (Catalogue No. 465) 

 Sung by Siya'ka 



Voice J — 69 

 Drum not recorded 



Le ma - ka we - ci - coq kiij oij ya - te i - ni - haij wa - 



ye - lo he 



ci - coi] Uir] oi] ya 



te 



i - ni - liai] wa - ye - lo le ma - ka we 



ci - cuij kiij oij ya - te i - ni - haij wa - ye - lo he 



ye 



