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Show 58 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 manner of dancing changes on this day, the line of women approaching the line of men and attempting to push them backward. Then each woman tries to push the man who stands opposite her. ( PL 8, b, c.) After a time the women succeed in pushing the men across their side of the inclosure and against the wall. This marks the conclusion of the dance. CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS The chief characteristic of these songs is a glissando on downward progressions which was said to " imitate the sound made by a bear." This glissando appears most frequently on the descending interval of a fourth, an interval which, in Chippewa songs, was found to be prominent in songs concerning animals. 16 The intervals of progression are small, 78 per cent being a major third or intervals smaller than a major third. All the songs contain a rhythmic unit, showing the rhythmic sense to be stronger than the melodic. Several of the songs contain a " singsong" type of rhythm in the latter portion, if not in the entire song. This monotonous rhythm is a contrast to the intelligent, thematic treatment of rhythm noted in many Chippewa and Sioux songs. No. 1. " The Dust of the Red Wagon' Recorded by SINGER No. 1 VoiOB J = 96 Morache not recorded ( 1) ( 2) ( Catalogue No. 758) :. ba: I I- r I f FTP f f I r f \ f * An - a - gar vi - nuq - ump a ha. k u - a - v i - t & i - ya ( i) 1 y. - f. m H W U f 1' ^ 1 f (*~ f f l*- 1* 1 ce ya ha pa - hai a ma - ri - kats a pu - ini - wa - nu - pa- hai a. i « See BuU. 63, p. 101. |