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Eaglo Shic'ld said that ho sang the follo\ving song when ho went to 

 steal the Crow horses: 



No. 169, "I Intend to Take His Horses" (Catalogue No. 522) 

 Sung by Eagle Shield 



Voice J =80 (or J^ =160) 

 Dui M not recorded 



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Kaq-gi to-kakiij 



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waij - bla-ke Ci - na - haij ta-.'5uij-ke kiij-haij 



- 6n wa. - 6aij -mi 



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ye he - 6a- moi) kiij-hai] o - ma - tiq - iq kte 



Kaggi^ to'ka kig the Crow enemy 



waqbla'ke di'nahag if I see him 



ta^ug'ke kighag'' i6\x^ wadag'mi 



ye it is my intention to take his horses 



he'caniog kighag' if I do this 



oma'tagig kte it will be widely known 



Anulysis.-^-lhQ tempo of this song is slightly hastened in the first 

 measure containing words, but the change is not steadily main- 

 tained. The 5-8 measures, howevcT, are clearly given and are accu- 

 rate in time. (See song No. 64.) The triad of D major is strongly 

 suggested by the melody progressions; but F, the third of that chord, 

 does not appear. The song, however, is analyzed as in the key of 

 D major. The third is absent from 12 songs in the series of 340 

 Chippewa songs, this peculiarity being considered in the analysis of 

 song No. 53 in Bidletin 53 (p. 140). In the present work the third 

 is a])sent from only five songs, (See p. 135.) The interval of the 

 fourth is remarkably prominent in this song, constituting more than 

 half the entire numb(T of intervals. 



Swift Dog (Suri'ka-lu'zahar)) was one of the oldest informants 

 among the Sioux, being 68 years of. age in 1913, when giving his 

 information. Before beginning his narrative Swift Dog (pi. 69) 

 said: "I am the son of an Hunkpati chief and it is from him that I 



