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broken into small jerky fragments Of sound, by pas
sing their hand by rapid motion across their lips.


This is the most characteristic of all Indian noises.
1t seems easy to initiate and yet we have heard Ame-
ricans personate every part Of an Indian dance with
better and closer mimicry than this. They have
the war. the feast, the scalp, and the big dance.
and perhaps others. and tunes corresponding to the
different purposes Of these dances. IL our ear, these
tunes are exceedingly monotonous and uniform, rum
ming only thro three four notes, and constantly
recurring to the strain. The last note OF this
strain is to us terrible when heard we have often
heard it by wight, ringing through the woods. The
song, like the dance, breaks off by that broken yell
which they make by the rapid motion of their hand
over their mouths. In most of the tribes, the wo~
men take no part in the song. We remember only
to have heard the women of the Sacs and Foxesjnin
in the song; and they did it by Ginning in couple
or three sharp notes, with strong nasal twang at
the last part of the tune.