. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENS MORE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 383 No. 157. "A Prairie Fire" Sung by One Feathee (Catalogue No. 624) Voice J ^ 72 Drum not recorded Fg^. na wa - ye ciij - haij wi - i - lia - kta si- ca waij -la-ka so e - ca -fL. ^4t-- -#JL- ^JL he mi-ye he-ca-moi) we ona'' a prairie fire wa'ye I started <^ii)hai)' when wi'iliakta ^ida^ you were intent on women and hindered by them wagla'ka so did you see it? e(5a' he well miye' it was I he'damog we who did it Analysis.—This melody is an example of interval formation rather than of key relationship of tones. All the tones of t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENS MORE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 383 No. 157. "A Prairie Fire" Sung by One Feathee (Catalogue No. 624) Voice J ^ 72 Drum not recorded Fg^. na wa - ye ciij - haij wi - i - lia - kta si- ca waij -la-ka so e - ca -fL. ^4t-- -#JL- ^JL he mi-ye he-ca-moi) we ona'' a prairie fire wa'ye I started <^ii)hai)' when wi'iliakta ^ida^ you were intent on women and hindered by them wagla'ka so did you see it? e(5a' he well miye' it was I he'damog we who did it Analysis.—This melody is an example of interval formation rather than of key relationship of tones. All the tones of the octave are present in the song, wliich is transcribed and analyzed in the key of D major, though D is not entirely satisfactory as a keynote. The progressions are chiefly by small intervals, about 54 per cent of the intervals being minor thirds and 36 per cent major seconds. The other intervals are an ascending ninth and four fourths. The triad of A major is prominent in the melody. It is interesting to compare this with songs Nos. 108 and 166, in which the final interval is also a descending fourth. These songs are classified as "; The death of a brave man is commemorated in the next song. His name was Sitting Crow (Kar)gi' iyo'take), a cousin of One Feather, who was in the war party. Many Crows were killed in the fight, but even that fact did not make the Sioux happy. They all were sad because they had to leave Sitting Crow where he fell. A lament for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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