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'-TO_N_ 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.

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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

THE DEATHLESS VOICE (Dakota) 42

ZO_N_'-ZI-MO_N_-DE (Omaha) 46

LOVE-SONG. Poetical Transcription by
Miss E.D. Proctor (Omaha) 50

THE WREN (Pawnee) 54

SONG TO THE SPIRIT (Omaha) 58

THE MOTHER'S VOW (Dakota) 66

A LOVE-CALL (Omaha) 69

GAME SONG (Vancouver's Island) 72

THE INDIAN COQUET (Omaha) 75

AN OLD MAN'S LOVE-SONG (Omaha) 78

WE'-TO_N_ SONG (Dakota) 84

LOVE-SONG (Pawnee) 87

A WARRIOR'S SONG. Mi'-ka-thi (Ponka) 92

MOCKING-BIRD'S SONG (