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PLots OF PARADE SONGS 
A wide compass and sharply descending trend characterize the 
plots of a majority of these songs. The Parade songs were sung on 
horseback, but with two exceptions (Nos. 86 and 92) the plots do 
not show the profile that has been associated with songs concerning 
egg ttt itt TT TTT 
BBS GASERRERESSe5S 
PERE 
TT TN 
aa PAA AAT 
LTT YY TN 
PEPE rer Be 
ECCEEEE EEE 
ot Te flea heeft tea 
No. 92. No. 93. 
Fig. 15.—Plots, Group 12 (Parade songs) 
animals. Even in No. 86 the rise and fall of the outline is not from 
the lowest tone, as has been noted in the plots of songs concerning 
animals in motion. 
HAND GAME SONGS 
Among the Ute, as among other tribes, this game is played exten- 
sively and large stakes are placed upon its success. The implements 
of the game used by the Uinta Ute at White Rocks, Utah, and col- 
lected by Culin in 1900 comprise ‘‘four slender, highly polished 
bones, 34 inches in length; two bound with a strip of leather in the 
middle.” > The game among the Yampa Ute in northwestern Colo- 
rado was observed in 1877 by Mr. Edwin A. Barber and described as 
follows: ‘‘A row of players, consisting of five or six or a dozen men, 
is arranged on either side of a tent, facing each other. Before each 
man is placed a bundle of small twigs or sticks, each 6 to 8 inches in 
length and pointed at one end. Every téte-a-téte couple is pro- 
vided with two cylindrical bone dice, carefully fashioned and highly 
polished, which measure about 2 inches in length and half an inch 
23 Culin, Stewart, Games of the North American Indians, 24th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 315. 
Washington, 1907. 
