. Bulletin. Ethnology. 180 Clayoquot BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 124 (Catalog No. 1476) No. 97. "Stop Singing" Recorded by Annie Long Tom J =63. ifcf i^il IfCZjC -(2- ^ 0 TRANSLATION Stop singing, they are beginning to miike fun of you. Analysis.—In this, as in a few other songs recorded by this singer, there are small indeterminate intervals in downward progression, the rest of the song being sung with good intonation. These pro- gressions occur in the third, fourth, and sixth measures from the close, and the transcription is, therefore, only approximatel}^ accurate. The son
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 180 Clayoquot BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 124 (Catalog No. 1476) No. 97. "Stop Singing" Recorded by Annie Long Tom J =63. ifcf i^il IfCZjC -(2- ^ 0 TRANSLATION Stop singing, they are beginning to miike fun of you. Analysis.—In this, as in a few other songs recorded by this singer, there are small indeterminate intervals in downward progression, the rest of the song being sung with good intonation. These pro- gressions occur in the third, fourth, and sixth measures from the close, and the transcription is, therefore, only approximatel}^ accurate. The song is characterized by frequency of the ascending fourth and the descending whole tone. The descending minor third is also a frequent interval. It has a compass of nine tones and contains all the tones of the octave except the fourth. A "courtesy song" which was not transcribed contained the words, "How can anyone find fault with such a poor person as I who just came after water?" The wide variety of songs used in this manner included songs which were sung by young men in the evenings, expressing admira- tion for the girls (see pp. 325-329). WAR CUSTOMS AND SONGS The canoe used by the Makah in their war expeditions was de- scribed by Young Doctor, who is a maker of canoes. He said that Kwa'ti had the first canoe and "gave the idea of the canoe to the ; No one knows exactly what Kwa'ti's canoe was like, but he did not need to propel it by paddle; he only said, "Go, Hopi'dawac," and the canoe darted forward. The first canoe introduced into Neah Bay was a war canoe, made of the largest cedar available. The stern was as high as a man and the bow was still higher, carved to represent the bill of a 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 I
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