DENSMORE] NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 95 
Sun DancE AND UNDETERMINED DANCE Sonas—Continued 
RHYTHMIC ANALYSIS—continued 
TABLE 228B.—COMPARISON OF TIME UNIT OF VOICE AND DRUM 
Number Wartal Noe c 2 
of songs Serial Nos. of songs 
Time unit of voice and drum the same...........---.-.--s------ 6 | 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 24. 
TOY ETES UT ECT Pa eC 5 (26 Ie mi rs 8 a 6 | 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
MOtal a restee seek oc ate eee oan nes So Sle oe 12 
SOCIAL DANCES OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN THE 
BEAR DANCE 
TURKEY DANCE 
One of the principal dances of the Utes at the present time is 
known as the Turkey dance. This name was given the dance by 
white men. the native name meaning “jigging dance.” The writer 
Fic. 3.—Diagram, Turkey dance. a, Dancing circle with dancers seated. 6, Drum with drummers 
seated. c, Position of leader before dance begins. ------ Path taken by leader, who is followed by 
dancers. The erratic motion is continued indefinitely. : 
witnessed one of these dances in the summer of 1914. The accom- 
panying instrument is a large drum placed on the ground at the 
right of the entrance to the dance circle, the drummers being 
seated around the drum and singing as they beat upon it. Women 
seldom participate in this dance. The motion of the dance is forward, 
and the step consists in putting the feet to the ground alternately, 
the point of the foot touching the ground first, after which the heel 
is “‘put down with an accent.” There is no prescribed direction 
