Indian Story and Song, from North America

								

points break into song; but into these rich fields I have not here
entered. This collection reveals something of the wealth of musical
and dramatic material that can be gleaned outside of myth, legend, and
folk-lore among the natives of our country.
Aside from its scientific value, this music possesses a charm of
spontaneity that cannot fail to please those who would come near to
nature and enjoy the expression of emotion untrammelled by the
intellectual control of schools. These songs are like the wild flowers
that have not yet come under the transforming hand of the gardener.
ALICE C. FLETCHER.
PEABODY MUSEUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS.

                                                       PAGE.
STORY AND SONG OF THE HE-DHU´-SHKA                         3
STORY AND SONG OF ISH´-I-BUZ-ZHI                          14
STORY AND SONG OF THE LEADER                              21
THE OMAHA TRIBAL PRAYER                                   26
STORY AND SONG OF THE BIRD'S NEST                         30
A TRYSTING LOVE-SONG                                      34
STORY AND SONG OF THE DEATHLESS VOICE                     39
STORY AND SONG OF ZON´-ZI-MON-DE                      45
LOVE-SONG. Poetical Transcription by Miss E.D. Proctor    49
STORY AND SONG OF THE WREN                                53
THE OMAHA FUNERAL SONG                                    57
STORY AND SONG OF THE MOTHER'S VOW                        61
A LOVE-CALL                                               68
A GAME SONG FROM THE NORTH-WEST COAST                     70
STORY AND SONG OF THE INDIAN COQUET                       74
AN OLD MAN'S LOVE-SONG                                    77
STORY OF THE WE´-TON_ SONG.                              81
A PAWNEE LOVE-SONG                                        86
STORY AND SONG OF A WARRIOR                               88
THE MOCKING-BIRD'S SONG                                   94
A SONG OF THE GHOST DANCE                                 96
SACRED SONGS OF PEACE                                    101
COMFORTING THE CHILD                                     108
MUSIC IN INDIAN LIFE                                     114
THE RELATION OF STORY AND SONG                           120

LIST OF SONGS.

                                                       PAGE.
THE INSIGNIA OF THUNDER (Omaha)                            6
THE WARRIOR'S PRAYER (Omaha)                               9
THE LAUGH (Ponka)                                         13
ISH´-I-BUZ-ZHI. Dance Song (Omaha)                        18
THE LEADER'S SONG (Omaha)                                 24
TRIBAL PRAYER (Omaha)                                     29
THE BIRD'S NEST (Pawnee)                                  33
TRYSTING LOVE-SONG (Omaha)                                36