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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Explanation of the flying feather and the flying man. — All the old Indians know about 

 the flying man. lie was a very powerful Mide'n who could cause a feather to 

 come to him out of the air. This feather would come toward him and enter into his 

 body. Then the man could rise up and fly like a bird. The Chippewa depended 

 upon him in the wars with the Sioux, for he could fly through the air and spy out the 

 enemy. Once the Chippewa suspected that the Sioux were near and they sent this 

 flying man to look over the country. As the Sioux were sitting in their camp they 

 saw the flying man coming toward them in the air, and the leader of the Sioux said to 

 his men, "Fill up that pipe as fast as you can; " so they filled the pipe and lighted it. 

 They held the stem of the pipe up toward the flying man. They pointed it at him and 

 he could not see the crowd of Sioux. He did not see them at all. So he returned to 

 his friends and said that he did not see the Sioux anywhere. Then the Chippewa 

 marched across an open field. The Sioux were watching, but they let them pass. 

 Then the Sioux shot and killed them all, even the flying man. 



Analysis. — This song is harmonic in character, beginning on the 

 octave, descenthng a minor third, and then following the tones of the 

 tonic triad. The song contains a short rhythmic unit which occurs 

 five times, giving the song its forceful, energetic character. The 

 rhythm is exceptionally strong and clearly marked throughout the 

 song. 



No. 82. Song of the Man Who Succeeded (Catalogue no. 192) 



Voice 



100 



Drum J= 108 

 (Drum-rhytinn similar to No. 1 ) 



3 



Riiii^^t 



Nin'sa I myself 



Ningagwe^djisea^ Will test my power 



Narrative. — There was once a man who had never tested the 

 power of his medicine in the hunt. It was a time of starvation 

 in the camp. The man himself was starving. A very old Mide' 

 had been training him for a long time, but the old man lived 

 far away. The man found himself thrown on his own resources. 

 He resolved to do his best, so he composed this song and went forth to hunt. The 

 venture was a desperate one, but he succeeded, and killed a bear. Afterward this 

 was his medicine-song. 



Song picture no. 82. 



oin conversational Chippewa the term Mlde' is frequently used instead c.' Mide'wini'nt, referring to 

 a male nieniber of the MIde'wiwin. 



