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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

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