DENgMORE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 393 



Analysis. — Four renditions of this song were recorded. In all the 

 renditions the accidental G flat appears, though the pitch of the 

 tone varies slightly, the interval between G flat and F being usually 

 sung: too small. The song is based on the fourth five-toned scale 

 and is melodic hi structure. Though the song is major in tonality, 

 44 per cent of the intervals are minor thirds. 



Events similar to those of the preceding narrative are depicted in 

 plate 60, but no songs were recorded concerning them. 



The following pages contain narratives of personal experiences on 

 the warpath by Eagle Shield, illustrated by his own drawings. With 

 few exceptions a song is associated with each drawing. Plate 64, ^, 

 depicts his first fight, which took place when he was 14 years of age. 

 As he was so young he had no song to sing in this fight, neither did 

 he commemorate it in a song, as he might have done had it occurred 

 in his later life. His second drawing (pi. 64, B) represents the 

 members of the Karigi'yuha society (see p. 318 et seq.). The customs 

 of tliis society among the Teton Sioux are described by Wissler. Thus 

 Eagle Shield said, "I am leader of the dancers, and when I rise to 

 dance the singers begin to beat their drums," while Wissler states 

 that "the two rattle-bearers gave the signal for the dancing," and, 

 further, that "the four drummers each carry a small hand-drum." 

 (See pi. 64.) 



The followmg was said to be a characteristic song of the Kaijgi'yuha. 

 The words express reproof. 



