152 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bunn. 75 
No. 73. War Song (f) (Catalogue No. 747) 
Recorded by StnceEr No. 18 
VOICE e= 76 
Drum not recorded 
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aS ae Pe ie Sah [Seen 
Ene eaaeaseess sean 
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Analysis.—Two renditions of this song were recorded with prac- 
tically no variations. In both renditions the second count in the 
second measure was sung as two eighth notes, thus differentiating it 
from the rhythmic unit in which the corresponding count is sung as 
a quarter note. Neither are the divisions of the last count like 
those in the following measure. Only about one-eighth of the 
intervals are larger than a major third, and more than half are major 
and minor seconds. (See No. 28.) The song has a compass of an 
octave. 
The scalps secured by a war party were not fastened in a hoop 
but tied at the end of a pole “higher than a man’s head.” It was 
customary for returning warriors to give a scalp to a woman whose 
husband or son had been killed in war, also to a man who had lost 
a near relative on the warpath. A returned war party paraded 
around the camp at about 8 o’clock in the morning. In this parade 
the scalps were carried on poles or fastened to the chin straps of the 
horses. Some of the men had women behind them on their horses. 
All were in gala attire and the leaders accompanied the songs by 
pounding on hand drums. The following song was used on such an 
occasion: 
