_Indian myths embodying cosmic ideas have passages told in song, tribal legends have their milestones of song, folk-tales at dramatic 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 ZO_N_'-ZI-MO_N_-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'-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. 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