. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmouk] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 411 fourth five-toned scale, has a compass of 10 tones, and is melodic in structure. No rhythmic unit appears in the melody, and the time was not strictly maintained. The mcident depicted in / is connected with the song which appears below. Swift Dog said: "When the railroad first passed tln*ough the Black Hills we went on the warpath as far as the end of the road. We went through Shell River. I do not remember what tribe w^e went after, but I think it was the ; Swift Dog captured a horse which he gave to his sister with the fo
. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmouk] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 411 fourth five-toned scale, has a compass of 10 tones, and is melodic in structure. No rhythmic unit appears in the melody, and the time was not strictly maintained. The mcident depicted in / is connected with the song which appears below. Swift Dog said: "When the railroad first passed tln*ough the Black Hills we went on the warpath as far as the end of the road. We went through Shell River. I do not remember what tribe w^e went after, but I think it was the ; Swift Dog captured a horse which he gave to his sister with the following song: No. 176. "Sister, I Bring You a Horse" (Catalogue No. 589) Sung by Swift Dog Voice JnrSO Drum not recorded. -^"hlr-T^ n-?^ â ^^ fe=^ 1 1 t^-^ J "^ ^ '^ \- \- -4 ^ ^-^^^' "^^ -£*iâ'_3- :=^=g=; Tai] - ke lii-na - pa yo guq-ka-wa-kaq a-wa - ku-we p ' ⢠p g ⢠^\P^ ho hi-na - pa yo wai]-zi lu-ha kte tanke^ older sister hina^pa yo come out suo'kawakag horses ' * awa'kuwe ho I bring hina'pa yo come out waqzi^ one (of them) luha' kte you may have (cf. words of No. 145) Analysis.âThree renditions of tliis song were recorded, in each of which a short pause was made after the third and sixth measures, and also after the fourth measure containing the words. These pauses were not such as are mdicated by rests, but appeared to be merely breath- ing spaces. Such pauses are unusual in the singing of Indians and were probably due to the fact that Swift Dog recorded his songs during a period of intense heat, m a small, close building. Considering B flat the keynote implied bv the trend of this melody we fmd the melody tones to be those of the fourth five-toned 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. Washin
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