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DENSMORE] NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 147 
on the octave and ending on the keynote. There is a preference for 
2-4 time, and only one song contains no change of measure-lengths. 
The rhythmic character of the songs is evident, as, with one excep- 
tion, the songs contain one or more rhythmic units. 
Black Otter (To’patsuk, pl. 11, a) said that in the old days a man 
who wished to.lead a war party requested that the people of his band 
be assembled at a certain place. When a camp had been established, 
the men who had been on previous war expeditions went to the chief’s 
lodge and the chief announced the proposed undertaking. The men 
smoked and the chief explained the matter in detail. When Black 
Otter went to war the men rode on horses and used bows and arrows. 
He said the Utes formerly used stone arrow points, but that the men 
of his time had iron arrow points, the metal being obtained from the 
Mexicans and “‘shaped by rubbing with stone.’”’ The Indians made 
drinking cups from the knots of trees and carried these cups with 
them on the warpath. The night before a war party left the village a 
* dance was held, and the warriors paraded through the camp in their 
war paraphernalia. 
The following song was sung at the dance preceding the departure 
of a war party. In recording it Black Otter’s voice trembled. He 
was almost overcome by emotion, saying it brought so strongly to 
his mind the friends and associates of former years. 
No. 67. War Song (a) (Catalogue No. 759) 
Recorded by SincrEr No. 1 
VOICE = 126 
Drum a= 126 
pave oe similar to No. 20 
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sem og yg ET gt te 
2 
compte py gt 
Daye eT eee lee el 
Analysis.—This song is on the fourth five-toned scale with D flat 
as its keynote. In structure it is melodic with harmonic framework. 
The rhythmic unit comprises three measures. Attention is directed 
to the ninth, tenth, and eleventh measures, which bear a close resem- 
blance to the rhythmic unit, but were sung with a different accent 
