. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAWNEE MUSIC 53 except between the second and third when a sentence was spoken rapidly. It is in accordance with Indian custom to interject rapid sentences between renditions of a war song, or even to interrupt a song with spoken words, the subject being that of the song. No. 25. Crow Lance Society Song Recorded by Effie Blain Voice Jz 84 Drum not recorded (Catalogue No. 1083). rif=f FREE TRANSLATION If I did anything great in battle I would be a crow (member of the Crow Society). SONGS OF THE KITSITA SOCIETY The identity of this society is not fully estabUshed
. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAWNEE MUSIC 53 except between the second and third when a sentence was spoken rapidly. It is in accordance with Indian custom to interject rapid sentences between renditions of a war song, or even to interrupt a song with spoken words, the subject being that of the song. No. 25. Crow Lance Society Song Recorded by Effie Blain Voice Jz 84 Drum not recorded (Catalogue No. 1083). rif=f FREE TRANSLATION If I did anything great in battle I would be a crow (member of the Crow Society). SONGS OF THE KITSITA SOCIETY The identity of this society is not fully estabUshed. Those taking part in the dance were painted as in the White Lance Society and "held their lives in such light esteem as to be called ; In describing this song the singer said that long ago there was a woman who had only one child, a boy, who grew up to be a handsome young man. The first dance he saw was that of the KLitsita and he said to his mother, "I like that dance; I wish I could be in ; His mother said, ''No, my son, the dancers are acting Hke certain animals that have only a short time to live and that is why I do not want you to dance with ; Analysis.—Two rhythmic units occur in this song, their repetitions comprising the entire melody. The first rhythmic unit is tran- scribed in a 5-count measure as the secondary accent varies, in some instances the third, and in others the fourth count of the group being slightly accented. In some renditions the tempo is slightly hastened at the opening of the second rhythmic unit. This song contains a larger variety of intervals than a majority of the Indian songs which have been analyzed, although more than half the progressions are whole 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. B
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