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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



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snow was deep, and I am lame in one leg, but I was angry, and I went. I thought, 

 " Kven if I die, I will be content." The women made warm clothing and moccasins 

 for us to wear, and we started away. We carried no shelter. When night came we 

 shoveled aside the snow and laid down brush, on which we slept. At the fork of the 

 Missouri River we took the eastern branch and followed its course. It was 11 nights 

 from the fork of the river to the enemy's camp, and every night we sang this song. 

 It is one of the "wolf songs. " (See p. 333.) 



No. 177. Song of Self-reliance 



Sung by Old Buffalo 



(Catalogue No. 636) 



Voice J= 76 

 Drum J=: 76 

 Drum-rliythm .similar to No. 5 



E - ya mis - e - ya tu - wa caq - te ka - ca§ e - ciij &\ir]k 



gE^gEEH 



o - wa-le 



eya^ well 



miseya^ tuwa^ c^agte^ I depend upon no one's heart (or courage) but 



my own (cf . song No. 170) 



kacas^ so 



eciij'' thinking tliis 



sur)k owa^le I look for horses 



Analysis. — Like many other melodies on the fourth five-toned 

 scale, this song contains a large proportion of minor thirds, in this 

 instance 58 per cent of the intervals, while the major third does not 

 appear. The song has a compass of an octave, extending from the 

 dominant above to the dominant below the tonic. Two-thirds of 

 the progressions are downward. The chord of B major is prominent 

 in the melody, which, however, is not harmonic in structure but is 

 classified as melodic with harmonic framework. Three renditions 

 were recorded ; these are uniform in every respect. 



See plot of this melody on page 419. 



