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TETO:^? SIOUX music 



365 



of the men tlirust skewers through the flesh on the outside of their 

 legs. It was the custom for them to go around the village circle dis- 

 playing those signs of mourning, and as they went they sang a song 

 in which they inserted the name of their dead relative, or they might 

 compose an entirely new song in his honor. 



Tlie following song was sung by Mrs. Hattie La^\Tcnce (pi. 54), 

 whose Sioux name is Caqku'lawii) (Road). Mrs. LawTcnce has been a 

 student at Carlisle, but retains an unusually clear knowledge of old 

 war customs. She assisted the wTiter at McLauglilin, S. Dak., by 

 acting as interpreter for part of the material furnished by Jaw, Old 

 Buffalo, and Swift Dog. Mrs. Lawrence said that when she was 10 

 years of age her cousin, named Kimi'mila-ska (White Butterfly), 

 was killed by the Crows, and that she remembered hearnig her aunt 

 sing this song when the war party returned with the news of his 



death. 



No. 147. Soug Concerning White Butterfly (Catalogue No. 686) 



Sung by Mrs. Lawrence 



Voice J := 56 



Drdm not recorded 



l.-^*i^^^^% 



zX 



To- 



ka - la to - ka-he koi] wa - na ku 



ye 



ha - pi 



B: 



yuq - kaij Ki - mi-mi - la - ska koij he ya- ka 



^x s^m^m. 



pi i - cin-ke-yas 



he - ca o - le-ya - 6a he-cuq we 



WORDS 



Toka^la toka^he kor) that Fox leader 



wana^ now 



ku sni ye did not return 



eha^pi yug^kag you said 



Kimi'mila-ska White Butterfly 



kog he yaka^pi is whom you mean 



idiri^keyas but then 



he''6a ole^yaca he'(^ui] we he went looking for this and it has come to 



pass 



