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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



79 



No. 61. Initiation Song (Catalogue no. 69) 



Sung by A^gwitu^wigi^cig ("skipping a day") 



Voice ^ — 96 

 Recorded without drum 



Gi - a- win nin -da- sa ya ha 



nin da 



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sa ya ha nin da gi - a-wifinin-da-sa ya ha 

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gi - a -win nin -da- 



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ina-ni-do-wid nin-da - sa ya ha nin da gi - a-winnin-da- 



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sa ya /la nin da gi - a-wiii nin-da - sa ya ha nin da 



Gi^awiiV luto thy body 



Nindasa^ I shoot 



Manidowid^ The spirit 



This song is sung while the initiators march around tlie Mide' 

 lodge, the man to be initiated being seated beside the medicine pole. 



Analysis. — A particularly pleasing melody is shown in this song. 

 The principal tones are those of the major triad, the second and 

 fourth being used as passing tones. With the exception of the last 

 measure of each phrase the rhythm is a triple rhythm throughout 

 the song. 



The following narrative concerning the Mlde' shells was given to 

 the writer by Mr. Charles Moulton, a member of the Otter Tail band 

 of Chippewa. Mr. Moulton stated that several years ago in the fall 

 he shot two ducks. In one of them his wife found two small white 

 shells of the variety used in the Mide', commonly known as M!de' 

 shells. His wife is a granddaughter of De'dadj, the leading Mlde'- 

 wlnfnlof the Otter Tail band, and from her childhood has heard the 

 traditions of the Mltle'wiwin. She knew that these shells are rarely 

 found in ducks and that to find two in the same duck was "very great 

 medicine." Accordingly she showed the shells toDe'dadj, who said, 

 "Put the shells into a box, wrap the box tightly in a cloth, do not 

 open it for a year, and at the end of that time you will find four 



