136 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 75 
he was about to extract the cause of the pain. It appears possible 
that this may have occurred at about the seventh song (No. 58). 
In two-thirds of this group of songs the first progression is upward, 
and in a similar number the song begins on the accented portion of the 
measure, both of these features suggesting confidence. The melodic 
progressions consist chiefly of fourths and major seconds. It has been 
frequently noted in Sioux and Chippewa songs that the interval of a 
fourth characterizes songs concerning motion. It is a progression of 
freedom, and does not suggest the feeling of certainty which charac- 
terizes the perfect fifth or the major third. We note that the fourth 
occurs 53 times in these songs, while the perfect fifth occurs but once. 
The fourth constitutes 19 per cent of the entire number of intervals 
and the major second constitutes 66 per cent. (See No. 24.) The 
latter interval is seldom used as a passing tone, but alternates with 
the tone below it in a manner which is without melodic importance. 
The major third occurs only in Nos. 52, 54, and 60, and constitutes 
about 4 per cent of the intervals. The songs are freely melodic in 
structure. 
Turning to the rhythm of the songs, we find that with one excep- 
tion the songs contain a rhythmic unit, and that there is a greater 
variety in the rhythmic units than in the melodic form of the songs. 
Except in No. 60 the rhythmic unit occurs only twice in a melody, 
but portions of it appear throughout the song, indicating that this 
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phrase has a constructive influence on the form of the entire song. 
No. 61. Song used in treatment of sick (j) 
(Catalogue No. 752) 
Recorded by S1naeErR No. 25 
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Drum not recorded 
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