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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BDLL. 61 



Analysis. — Like the procediiig, this is a praise song in which 

 words in honor of Two White BufTalo liavo hoen inserted. Like the 

 preceding song, it opens witli an ascending octave, and begins and ends 

 on the same tone. (See song No. 82. ) Almost one-third of the intervals 

 are fourths, and the minor thirds are exactly equal in number. The 

 song has a compass of an octave and contains all the tones of the 

 octavo except the second. Two rhythmic units occur in the sec- 

 ond unit, the count divisions of the first unit being reversed in the 



second. 



No. 222. "Two White Buffalo" (Catalogue No. 642) 



Sung by Shoots First 



Voice Jzr 60 



Drum J - 60 



Drum-rliytbm similar to No. 6 



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rte-saij-noij-pa-wiij /ic bli-lie - i - ci - ya uij - wo 



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o-ya - te o - kSaij Iw wa-eiq-ni-yai] a - u we - lo 

 (1) ■ (2) 



lit 



na-ke-iioij-la 



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ya-oij 



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1-T? 



we - lo To-ka - la - lu - ta /te be-ya ke-ya pe - lo 



lie 



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WORDS 



Ptesag'-nog'pawig Two White Buffalo 



blihe^i(5iya ui)wo^ take fresh courage 



oya^te the tribe 



ok^ag^ in general 



wadiD'niyai) - depend upon you 



aii'' welo^ when they come 



nake'noi]la yaoi/ welo' a short time you live' 



Tokaaa-lu'ta Kod Fox 



heya^ keya'' pelo^ said this, it is reported 



1 This is a common expression among the Sioux. (Soc songs Nos. 189 and 231.) 



