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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



459 



The following song was snng by Sitting Bull after he had sur- 

 rendered to the United States authorities, some time after the Custer 



massacre. 



No. 193. Song of Sitting Bull (a) (Catalogue No. 612) 



Sung by Used-as-a-Shield 

 Voice J- 60 

 Drum J = 60 

 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



I - ki - 6i - ze wa-oq koq he wa - iia he - na - la ye - lo 



ggg^ 



he i-yo-ti-ye ki-ya wa-oq 



iki'dize a warrior 



waoi)'' kog I have been 



wana' now 



hena'la yelo^ it is all over 



iyo'tiye Mya^ a hard time 



waog'' I have 



Analysis. — There is an unusually large variety of intervals m this 

 song, two renditions of which ^were recorded. It contains six kinds 

 of upward and four of downward progressions. The song is charac- 

 terized by the descending fourth, about one-fourth of the intervals 

 being fourths, this number being exceeded only by the number of 

 intervals of a major second. The tone material is the minor triad 

 and fourth. The tonic chord is promment in the melody, but the 

 accents are so placed that the song is classified as melodic with 

 harmonic framework. 



See plot of this melody on page 461. 



In explaining the following song Used-as-a-Shield said: "The last 

 time that Sitting Bull was in a regular tribal camp was in the year 



