DENSMORE] NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 105 
PLOTS OF SONGS OF THE WOMAN’S DANCE 
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No, 36. No. 37. 
Fig. 5.—Plots, Group 4 (Woman’s dance) 
A comparison of the plots of these songs with the plots of the 
Turkey dance songs will show a more decided contrast than is evident 
to the ear in listening to the songs. 
LaME DANCE 
The action of the Lame dance was described as that of a man 
lame in the right leg. The motion was forward and the right foot 
was dragged as though it were crippled. This step, however, was 
entirely different from that of the Dragging-feet dance, in which 
the motion was sideways and the feet lifted clear of the ground. 
The steps of both of these were danced for the writer’s observation, 
the dances themselves having fallen into disuse. Only women 
danced the Lame dance, and at a gathering in the old days it was 
not unusual for 100 women to take part in the dance. The women 
formed in two parallel lines more than 30 feet apart, standing one 
behind another, facing the west. Each line had its leader. At a 
considerable distance in front of these were the drummers, usually 
four in number, each with a hand drum, and behind the drummers 
was a line of men singers who faced the dancers. ‘The women danced 
forward until near the drummers, when the leaders of the two lines 
turned and danced toward each other until they almost met. They 
then turned away from the drummers and danced side by side 
toward a point opposite that at which they started, the dancers 
following them and forming a double line (fig. 6). 
CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS 
In all the Lame dance songs the accompanying drum is in quarter 
notes, following slightly after the voice. This does not appear in 
any other songs recorded among the Utes and may be considered a 
characteristic of the Lame dance. As in the Bear dance, the song 
used at the conclusion of the dance was different in structure from 
the other songs of the series. With the exception of the closing 
song (No. 42) a wide range obtains in the Lame dance songs, varying 
from 9 to 12 tones. With this wide range there occurs, as in the 
Turkey dance songs,.a predominance of small intervals, 52 per cent 
