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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



411 



fourth five-toned scale, has a compass of 10 tones, and is melodic in 

 structure. No rhythmic unit appears in the melody, and the time 

 was not strictly maintained. 



The mcident depicted in / is connected with the song which 

 appears below. Swift Dog said: "When the railroad first passed 

 tln*ough the Black Hills we went on the warpath as far as the end of 

 the road. We went through Shell River. I do not remember what 

 tribe w^e went after, but I think it was the Omaha." Swift Dog 

 captured a horse which he gave to his sister with the following song: 



No. 176. "Sister, I Bring You a Horse" (Catalogue No. 589) 



Sung by Swift Dog 

 Voice JnrSO 

 Drum not recorded 



Tai] - ke lii-na - pa yo guq-ka-wa-kaq a-wa - ku-we 



p ' • p g • ^\P ^ 



ho hi-na - pa yo wai]-zi lu-ha kte 



tanke^ older sister 



hina^pa yo come out 



suo'kawakag horses ' * 



awa'kuwe ho I bring 



hina'pa yo come out 



waqzi^ one (of them) 



luha' kte you may have (cf. words of No. 145) 



Analysis. — Three renditions of tliis song were recorded, in each of 

 which a short pause was made after the third and sixth measures, and 

 also after the fourth measure containing the words. These pauses were 

 not such as are mdicated by rests, but appeared to be merely breath- 

 ing spaces. Such pauses are unusual in the singing of Indians and were 

 probably due to the fact that Swift Dog recorded his songs during a 

 period of intense heat, m a small, close building. 



Considering B flat the keynote implied bv the trend of this melody 

 we fmd the melody tones to be those of the fourth five-toned scale. 



