DENSMORE] ; NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 79 
TABULATED ANALYSIS OF BEAR DAaNncE Sones—Continued 
RHYTHMIC ANALYSIS—continued 
TABLE 21A.—TIME UNIT OF MORACHE 
ere Serial Nos. of songs 
Metronome— 
12ST SR a i Oe fee scite alge, toa eae ae a ee 1 | 10. 
GOIN Ss Satie telat a eee edge te ena teeth ak SO ead 2 | 13, 14. 
BG raeee he ee Sean ta detrei Seek boa ae aie kicte ale fm wisicve sca. 1 | 12. 
‘DER aa OCS GE Se | OE EP rh ae ine een, ee eee ee Du 848 
TONER EER Era. Sn tte ee eee aes Mele Melsect eS nose Sa sbs% ain't 1/9. 
12 OS ae Si re nie hk a a a Te | (REDS 
LEA Ee ee tote ae ee Rene clas korg 28S: etal e, cotecin Sia Gielek pale ae anal S oN Ieee 
LD Re ee teeta inna SE in aw ais Obie setae oe je delew ets vie aticiee 1 | 2. 
MOT ACNE TAO ECOLOGUE. sect ne Genta win - os hece wale oem eee ccincscre alts Di Oy table Ls 
HUG} Hah Lo lah Oe ne Oe, Se ee A Re tie Ie ere eS, 17 
TABLE 22A.—COMPARISON OF TIME UNIT OF VOICE AND MORACHE 
Number 
of songs Serial Nos. of songs 
Time unit of voice and morache the same...........-..--------- | 9 | 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 14, 15, 17. 
9 
Ncieprasternt HanimOraches 2 seL ate Jose cose ewer seceess | eau 
Morachemotrecorded = oss eens ener oe aes seas - os sae sti | Fal A yon 17, Ll, 16: 
THE SUN DANCE 
The Sun dance of the Utes is said to have been received by them 
from the Arapaho about the year 1902. It is held each year at the 
full moon, usually in June. A Sun dance was held on the Uinta 
and Ouray Reservation in June, 1914, against the orders of the 
Government. Plate 9 shows the place where this dance was held; 
also the pole and part of the brush inclosure. This place is on a 
level part of the high plateau, affording an ample place for camping. 
It is the same ground where Sun dances had been held for many 
years, and numerous poles were still standing when the place was 
visited by the writer. 
No element of suffering entered into this dance beyond the effects 
of fasting and of long-continued dancing. No lacerations seem to 
have been practiced by the Utes at any period. The dance was 
held by them for the curing of the sick. Many accounts of remark- 
able cures were related. It was said that “participation in the Sun 
dance would cure anything,” but the disease most frequently men- 
tioned in connection with it is rheumatism, which is prevalent on 
the reservation, On being asked how the cure was effected, Pa’gits, 
