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BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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song might be Imrmoiiic in form, but tlio second is frequentl}' accented, 

 causing the song to be classified us melodic with harmonic frame- 

 work. Th(^ melody has a range of eight tones, extending from the 

 dominant above the tonic to the dominant Ix'low the tonic. 



In tiu> time of ripe cherries ' a party of Sioux were in the country 

 of the Assiniboin. There they found a little group of cherry pickers 

 and atta.ck(Ml them. This act was seen by the Assiniboin in the 

 camp, who charged the Sioux in a vain attempt to save tlie cherry 

 pickers. All the men were killed, but the womien escaped with the 

 exception of one whom Eagle Shield captured, carrying her away on 

 his horse, as shown in plate 65, B. Eagle Shield took tlie captured 

 woman to the Sioux camp, but the next autumn she ran away and 

 returned to her ovm peopl(\ 



Tlu^ following song celebrates this victory: 



No. 166. "Captives I Am Bringing' 



Sung by Eagle Shield 

 Voice J - 96 

 Dkum not recorded 



(Catalogue No. 510) 



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awa'kuwe I am brintrintr home 



1 The month of July Is called by the Sioux (^anpa' sa'pa wi, ' black -cherry moon. 



