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got my fame. My father's name was Rmming Fearlessly (Kagi'- 

 sni-iri'yaqka). When he went to Washington, long ago, he was 

 given one of the fkst medals that ever were made. It is now in my. 

 possession. I belonged to Sitting Bull's band, known as the Band 

 of the Bad Bow. In his portrait Swift Dog is shown wearmg a 

 headdress known as a "four-honied bonnet." He said that the 

 Sioux onee killed an enemy who wore a headdress similar to this 

 and imitated the design for their own use. This incident occurred 

 in the year 1852, designated in the Sioux picture calendar Heto'pa 

 uv'wav Jcte'pi, 'winter of the killing of the four-horned enemy.' 



Several of Swift Dog's war exploits are shown in his own drawing 

 (pi. 70), and the songs accompanying these exploits are given here- 

 with. In this drawing (A) Swift Dog has shown the first encounter in 

 which he killed a man. He was then 24 years of age and had been 

 to war several times. This expedition was to the country of the As- 

 siniboin, and the man whom he killed was a member of that tribe. 

 In describing the event he said that the enemy was on foot, while 

 he was on horseback, on higher ground. On this expedition he sang 



the following song: 



No. 170. " It is I, Myself" (Catalogue No. 583) 



Sung by Swift Dog 



Voice J = 80 

 Drum not recorded 



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(2) 



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Ko - la-pi-la tu- wa 6ai]-te ka-6as mi-cai]- 

 (2) 



te mi- ye o-ma-vv-a-ni ye 



kola'pila friends 



tu^wa no one's 



6ai]te' heart (cf. song No. 177) 



kac^as' it is 



mi<5ai)'te my own heart 



miye' I, myself 



omaVani ye I am wondering 



