. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] MANDAN" AND HIDATSA MUSIC 49 followed them. It appears that the dancers did not cross the entrance, but turned on reaching the end of the curve. The meetings of this society are said to have been dignified and impressive, the men being sometimes seated, but frequently " standing like soldiers " around the circle when they were not dancing. Wounded Face related a tradition concerning the following song. He said that on one occasion the Black Mouth Society was holding a meeting and one of the ravens on the raven rods was heard to utter its characte
. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] MANDAN" AND HIDATSA MUSIC 49 followed them. It appears that the dancers did not cross the entrance, but turned on reaching the end of the curve. The meetings of this society are said to have been dignified and impressive, the men being sometimes seated, but frequently " standing like soldiers " around the circle when they were not dancing. Wounded Face related a tradition concerning the following song. He said that on one occasion the Black Mouth Society was holding a meeting and one of the ravens on the raven rods was heard to utter its characteristic cry. Everyone wondered which raven it was. They listened to hear if the sound were repeated. It came again, and then they knew that it came from the raven carried by a man named Skunk. The cry was considered a warning of disaster and Skunk sang: this song. No. 6. Son^ to the Raren Recorded by Wounded Face Voice J = so Drum not recorded ^3" ^ f Hr liff (Catalogue No. 861) i. Ke-ka mi-o-wa-te-dos ki-ka-de-tu m 0 0 0 0 £i;cji£/-c/ WORDS (MANDAN) ke'ka raven mi'owate'dos I am going to die kika'detfl fly away Analysis.—It is interesting to note that only one of the five Black Mouth Society songs contains a rhytlimic unit and that only one (No. 10) contains more than five scale degrees. A descending trend characterizes this melody, which is harmonic in structure. The compass is 12 tones and about four-fifths of the intervals are minor thirds and major seconds. The tone material comprises only the minor triad and 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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