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Indian country. After following the Minnesota River to its conflu- 

 ence with the Mississippi, Fierce Face went down the Mississippi 

 to Prairie (hi Chien, where he is said to have died in prison. 



More than 70 years have passed since this took place, but through 

 a song the Indian who gave himself for the honor of his tribe now re- 

 ceives the reward which an Indian most desires — that his name and 

 deed shall be remembered. 



No. 238. Song concerning Fierce Face 



Sung by Blub Cloud 



(Catalogue No. 662) 



I - te - hiij - yaij - za ga na - ya - pe t\x] do 



ta ko - da - pi koi] o - ni do 



ta - pi do 



Ite''-hii]yai)''za Fierce Face (man 's name) 



naya^pe. ^ig do you should not run away 



nita'' ko'dapi koq your friends ' 



oni'' dota'p do have borrowed you 



Analysis. — This song is based on the second five-toned scale and 

 contains the seventh raised a semitone, this being an accidental 

 which frequently appears in songs of minor tonality. The song 

 begins with an ascending octave (see song No. 220) and begins and 

 ends on the same tone (see song No. 82) . In conmion with many of the 

 modern Sioux songs, it has a variety of intervals, there ])eing live sorts 

 of ascending and five of descending progressions. The last count of 

 the rhythmic unit is not divided in the second as in the other 

 occurrences, this measure being sung the same in the four renditions 

 of the song. In one rendition the first note of the song was sung 

 in the upper octave, avoiding the ascending octave. 



See plot of this melody on page 519. 



1 Referring to the white meo: 



