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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



499 



Armhjsis. — This is the melody of an old praise song, used only 

 for those who give freely. It opens with an ascending octave, a 

 somewhat unusual feature. Aside from this interval and one 

 a8C(Miding sixth, the melody progresses chiefly by minor thirds and 

 major seconds, the former constituting 32 and the latter about 46 

 per cent of the entire number of intervals. 



No. 221. "I Expect to Give Something" (Catalogue No. 641) 

 Sung by Shoots First 

 1st rendition 



Voice J = 56 

 Drum J— 56 

 Drum-vhytlim similai" to No. 6 



2d rendition 



Voice J— 84 



Drum J = 84 



Drum-rhytlim as above (l) 



(1) 



1 (2) 



Ka-mi 



(1) 



te kiq-haq 



-la^t^^EEs^ 



:?i=^ 



wa-mna-yan-pi car) - na 



-•- -0- 



4: 



o - ma - ki - ya - ka - po 



he 



Pte - saq - noq - pa - wiq 



he-ya - ke - ya -pi ca ko-haij wa-kta wa-oij ye - lo 



WORDS 



kami^te ' kighar)' wamna'- tell me when the committee is raising funds 

 yaijpi caq'naoma^kiyaka po. 



Ptesag'-nog'pawig Two White Buffalo 



heyake^yapi <5a said (it is reported) 



kohaq'' wakta'' waog^ yelo^. . . so beforehand I expect to give something 



' This is readily identified as the English word "committee" with the vowel soimds changed. Words 

 are frequently added to Indian languages to express new ideas. An extended table of such words in the 

 f)maha language is given by Miss Fletcher in The Omaha Tribe, op. cit., pp. 020, 021. 



