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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



383 



No. 157. "A Prairie Fire" 



Sung by One Feathee 



(Catalogue No. 624) 



Voice J ^ 72 

 Drum not recorded 



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na wa - ye ciij - haij wi - i - lia - kta si- ca waij -la-ka so e - ca 



-fL. ^4t-- -#JL- ^JL 



he mi-ye he-ca-moi) we 



ona'' a prairie fire 



wa'ye I started 



<^ii)hai)' when 



wi'iliakta ^ida^ you were intent on women and hindered by 



them 



wagla'ka so did you see it? 



e(5a' he well 



miye' it was I 



he'damog we who did it 



Analysis. — This melody is an example of interval formation rather 

 than of key relationship of tones. All the tones of the octave are 

 present in the song, wliich is transcribed and analyzed in the key 

 of D major, though D is not entirely satisfactory as a keynote. The 

 progressions are chiefly by small intervals, about 54 per cent of the 

 intervals being minor thirds and 36 per cent major seconds. The 

 other intervals are an ascending ninth and four fourths. The triad 

 of A major is prominent in the melody. It is interesting to compare 

 this with songs Nos. 108 and 166, in which the final interval is also a 

 descending fourth. These songs are classified as "irregular." 



The death of a brave man is commemorated in the next song. His 

 name was Sitting Crow (Kar)gi' iyo'take), a cousin of One Feather, 

 who was in the war party. Many Crows were killed in the fight, but 

 even that fact did not make the Sioux happy. They all were sad 

 because they had to leave Sitting Crow where he fell. A lament for 



