. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. 2T] MUSIC OF INDIANS OF B. C.—DENSMOEE' 35 No. 17. Song of Y'ak, the Medicine Man (c) (Catalog No. 1716) Recorded by Wilson Whxiams Voice J : 112 Drum J : 112 Drum rhythm similar to No. 11 ^,l„:; - ^^MM^m ^i.^^£f^.r.,^^rf£fc£#i. Analysis.—A peculiarity of this song is the short tones followed by short rests. Several renditions were recorded, this exclamatory style being carefully main- tained. The rhythm is more interesting than the progressions, which consist chiefly of minor thirds and whole tones. Drum and voice were synchronous througho
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. 2T] MUSIC OF INDIANS OF B. C.—DENSMOEE' 35 No. 17. Song of Y'ak, the Medicine Man (c) (Catalog No. 1716) Recorded by Wilson Whxiams Voice J : 112 Drum J : 112 Drum rhythm similar to No. 11 ^,l„:; - ^^MM^m ^i.^^£f^.r.,^^rf£fc£#i. Analysis.—A peculiarity of this song is the short tones followed by short rests. Several renditions were recorded, this exclamatory style being carefully main- tained. The rhythm is more interesting than the progressions, which consist chiefly of minor thirds and whole tones. Drum and voice were synchronous throughout the performance. Another song used by Y'ak, the medicine man, was studied but not transcribed, as it contained no peculiarities that have not already been noted in his songs. The next singer said his father was a doctor and received songs from a spirit which appeared to him in the mountains. It was his father's custom to go into the mountains and remain without food. Once he became ill, after remaining without food or water for 2 days, and a spirit came and helped him, so that he did not die. The spirit looked like a woman and changed its appearance, so that sometimes it was large and sometimes small. This spirit became his constant helper. He saw it whenever he went into the mountains and it gave him songs. The interpreter, about 32 years old, said this man was his uncle and that, as a child, he saw the man going away to the mountains. No description of his treatment of the sick was obtained. This is one of his songs:. 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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