TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword 3 



Preface. By D. Jenness 7 



Introduction. By D. Jenness 9 



Section 1. MUSIC OF SONGS. By Helen H. Roberts 17 



Explanation of signs used in the music itself 17 



Explanation of signs used in the musical analyses 18 



Chapter 1. Copper Eskimo Dance Songs 20 



The Pisik ,. . 21 



Sub-group 1. Without Prelude 29 



Sub-group 2. Syllabic but not musical Preludes 84 



Sub-group 3. Prelude Effect 116 



Sub-group 4. Real Preludes 142 



Sub-group 5. Irregular Types 186 



More or less Formless 196 



Forms different from the Pisik 206 



The Aton 209 



Undifferentiated Dance Songs 249 



Weather Incantations 295 



Chapter 2. Dance Songs from Surrounding Regions 339 



Mackenzie River Dance Songs 339 



Inland Hudson Bay Dance Songs 361 



Songs from Point Hope, Alaska 381 



Chapter 3. Scales or Tone Preferences 391 



Chapter 4. Different Versions of the Same Song and Instances op Melodic Bor- 

 rowing 403 



Section 2. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. By D. Jenness 407 



Copper Eskimo Dance Songs 407 



Pisiks 407 



Atons 459 



Undifferentiated Dance Songs 469 



Weather Incantations 482 



Dance Songs from Surrounding Regions 495 



Mackenzie River Dance Songs ' 495 



Inland Hudson Bay Dance Songs 499 



Songs from Point Hope, Alaska 503 



Errata .• 506 



