558 



INDEX 



I'uge 



Metric unit— 



determination iO 



of voice and drum compared 10 



of voice and drum, dilTerences 50 



Metric unit, tabular analysis- 

 comparison of voice and drum 21 , 39 



diagram illustrating 51 



graphic representation 110 



of drum 20,21.38.39 



of voice 20, 37-38 



ME-iT.n, Prof. M.\x . statement by 6 



MlLIT.\RY SOCIETIES. ScC SocictioS. 



Minor intervals, prominence in songs of 

 major tonality !"•'' 



Minor third— 



approximately the average interval 47 



frequency of occurrence 46 



large proportion in Songs Nos. 1, 



8, 24, 27. (U). US, 130, 154. 177. 182. 190 



Minor tri.\d withminor seventhadded — 

 Songs Nos. 49.126 



Miwa'tani society. See Societies. 



Moccasin game. See Games. 



Mooney, James, cited as an authority 127, 



311,312,316 



Music as cultivated art among Chippewa 

 and Sioux 58-62 



Musical customs of Sioux and Chippewa 

 compared 9~10 



MU.SICAL notation, use in transcribing songs. 5 



Night da"nce. See Dance. 



No Heart— 



informant concerning Sun dance 91 



participant in Sun dance 91 



6djib'we, more than 80 songs recorded by ... 61 



Old Buffalo— 



explanation of drawings by 412. 416 



narrative of vigil and prayer for sick 274 



narrative of war. 412-416 



songs by 191,413.414.417 



One Butfalo— 



songs by 272,273.336 



One Feather— 



narrative 381 



songs by 297, 343, 382, 383, 3S4. 385, 386 



Overtones defined by HelmJioltz 41 



Owl, considered sacred 181 



Paint, securing and preparing 116 



Painting of warriors and their horses. . 353 



Palmer, Edmond, cited 4,52 



Pentatonic scales. Sfc Five-toned scales. 



1'icture-calendar, reference to 69 



Pitch discrimination test described 56-58 



Phonograph, use in recording songs 5 



"Plotting" of melodies— 



described 51 .52 



group 1 5.S 



group 2 201 



group 3 244 



group 4 2S3 



group 5 419 



group 6 461 



group 7 4.S4 



groun 8 519 



of song No. "^IS 496 



Pond, (J. II., symbolism of sacred stone. . . 205-206 



Progressions, downward and upward— 



diagram illustrating 46 



tabular analysis 16. 32 



Rattle used in treating sick 252 



Red Bird- 



comment on Sun-dance vow 134 



discussion of Sun dance 94 



explanation of Sun-dance song 139 



informant concerning Sun dance 89 



song by 99 



statement concerning Sun dance 86, 102 



vision in Sun dance 149 



Red Fish— 



informant concerning Sun dance 91 



participant in Sun dance 91 



song by 4.57 



Red J'ox— 



informant concoming Sim dance 90 



personal narrative 375 



song by 378 



Sun-dance vow 90-91 



Red Weasel— 



informant concerning Sun dance 88 



opinion on description of Sun dance 94 



prayer by 95 



Rena'ille, Gabriel, information concern- 

 ing 453-454 



Renville, Moses, songs by 4.54,455 



Rest occurs in few songs 249 



Rhythm— 



comparison of old and young singers 59 



drum 49 



importance emphasized 9 



of first measure, diagram illustrating 48 



of first measure, tabular analysis 18, 35 



vocal 48 



See alio Drum rhyfhm. 



Rhythmic unit— 



defined 19 



diagram illustrating 50 



rhythmic units classified 527-.549 



tabular analysis 19, 37 



RiGGs, Stephen R.— 



cited as an authority 1,180,206 



definition of woM ho 180 



former home of Dakotas 2 



reference to 1.58, 193, 206 



statement concerning thunderbird 159 



Variations of name "Dakota" 2 



Robinson, De Lorme W., information con- 

 cerning Gabriel Renville 453 



Sacred language 120 



Sacred stones— 



demonstration of power of, in treatment 



of sick 246-247 



information acquired by use ofv 205 



possession of 206-207, 208, 210, 211 



songs, plots of 244 



statement by Brave Buffalo 208 



symbolism 205 



Sage, use in Sun dance 99 



Santee dialect, songs recorded in 1 



Santee Sioux songs, Nos. 95,%, 97, 189,190, 

 235-240. 



