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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



43 



ceremonial speech to song may be by the adoption of large rhythmic 

 pulses which are first made absolute, the rhythm of the intervening 

 portions being less rigidly controlled and retaining the character of 

 ceremonial speech. 



VoiCK ^ . —54 



Drum J =92 



( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1 ) 





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wa-ni -no 



se he he ni-ka - a-au gi 



wa - ni - no - se. 



WORDS 



Nikan^ Our Mide' brother 



Giwa^ninose^ You are going around 



Mide^wigan The Mide' lodge 



The rhythm of the drum is mechanically regular and 

 its metric unit has no relation to that of the voice. 



After escorting the candidate to the pole the leader 

 summons the men previously selected to perform the 

 rites of initiation. These men move along the northern 

 side of the lodge and take their places at the south side 

 of the eastern door, the man designated as ne'mita'mafiii' 

 being first in the line and the man designated as we'daked' 

 being last. Each of these men has a mi'gis (a small 

 white shell used in the Mide') in his mouth. The ne'mi- 

 ta'maM' then blows on his medicine bag and dances, 

 standing in his place. He "then walks toward the candi- 

 date, ejaculating we Tio ho lio ho! and extending his medi- 

 cine bag with each ejaculation. As he reaches the can- 

 didate he "shoots" him, thrusting the medicine bag 

 toward him and ejaculating with great vehemence. It 



Song picture no. 

 10. The candi- 

 date for initia- 

 tion is seen ap- 

 proaching the 

 medicine pole. 

 The branches of 

 the sapling are 

 here shown in 

 the drawing, 

 though they are 

 cut when the 

 pole is in use. 

 In this connec- 

 tion they sym- 

 bolize the life of 

 the tree. (Com- 

 pare drawings of 

 songs nos. 44 

 and 55.) 



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