58 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 75 
manner of dancing changes on this day, the line of women approaching 
the line of men and attempting to push them backward. Then each 
woman tries to push the man who stands opposite her. (Pl. 8, b, ¢.) 
After a time the women succeed in pushing the men across their sidé” : 
of the inclosure and against the wall. This marks the conclusion of 
the dance. 
CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS 
The chief characteristic of these songs is a glissando on downward 
progressions which was said to “imitate the sound made by a bear.” 
This glissando appears most frequently on the descending interval 
of a fourth, an interval which, in Chippewa songs, was found to be . 
prominent in songs concerning animals.’° The intervals of pro- 
gression are small, 78 per cent being a major third or intervals 
smaller than a major third. All the songs contain a rhythmic unit, 
showing the rhythmic sense to be stronger than the melodic. Several — 
of the songs contain a ‘“‘singsong’’ type of rhythm in the latter 
portion, if not in the entire song. This monotonous rhythm is a 
contrast to the intelligent, thematic treatment of rhythm noted in 
many Chippewa and Sioux songs. 
No. 1. ‘* The Dust of the Red Wagon” (Catalogue No. 758) 
Recorded by StvaceEr No. 1 
Voick g— 96 
Morache not recorded 
(1) (2) | 
abt ee Sar RE RG apa | oe , sah ogg a | 
eee oe = = os =n astra. 
=== pope fe ppt lap 
Sige) ee 
Ay - a-garvi - nuj-ump a ha ku - a - vi - ti - ya : 
(1) | 
ee ee ee, 
Pear ee 2. | -@- Lae . 
raed ee bea Se! ay eae, SEE | 
SS ee es ——$_}——— ae EST 
ee re = = om 
ha a) - a-gar vi - nuj) - ump ae ha 
(Dionne 8) 
Sees 
on -a-vi-tsi- ya ce ya ha ma-ri-kats a pu -mi- wa-nu 
we Os saa | 
57 po - =e See : | 
ey a ma - ri - kats a@ pu-wWi-wa-nu-pa-hai a. 
16 See Bull. 53, p. 101. | 
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