DBNSMOKE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 361 



No. 144. "She Stands There Smiling" (Catalogue No. 658) 

 Sung by Dog Eagle 



Voice J = 69 

 Drum not recorded 



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Ko- la -pi -la 



na- taq a - gli ya- ku kte - lo ko - la e 



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6aij - na ko - la wuj-yaij koij i - ha-ua - zin ye 



kola^pila friends 



natag' ^ agli'' ya^ku ktelo^ the attacking party will return 



kola' friend 



eha'pi'' dag'na whenever you said this 



kola' friend 



wigyag' kog that woman 



iha'na^ig ye stands there smiling 



Analysis. — This song is rhythmic and lively, yet very simple. 

 The only tones are those of the major triad and second, the tonic 

 triad forming the framework of the melody. The song has a com- 

 pass of an octave, and the intonation was wavering in all the rendi- 

 tions. Nearly two- thirds of the progressions are downward. 



As the warriors approached the village the women came to meet 

 them. War was for the defense of the home and of the helpless, and 

 a man usually gave to the women of his immediate family the scalps 

 which he had taken. (Cf . BuUetm 53, pp. 118-126.) The return of the 

 war party was followed by preparations for the victory dances. 

 Songs in honor of victorious warriors were sung m these dances, and 

 the scalps on the poles were carried by the women. When the cele- 

 bration w^as finished it was the custom to take the scalps to the top 

 of the highest butte, where the poles were set upright in the ground 

 and food was placed beside them. Neither the food nor the scalps 

 was ever molested. 



1 This word, translated "attacking," refers to the manner in which a returning war party approached 

 the village, coming with a rush as though attacking an enemy. 



