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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



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Analysis. — The transcription is from the second of the four rendi- 

 tions on the phonograph record. In the third and fourth renditions 

 the words are shghtly changed, thus affecting the note-vahies, the 

 melothc trend remaining the same. Even in this rendition the words 

 are too broken by interpolated syllables to be transcribed. 



The intonation of the first note of the song is always clear. The 

 accidental is also clear, but the intonation is wavering in most of the 

 song. The accidental is the lowered sixth, which occurs frequently 

 in the Chippewa songs under consideration. There is no repetition 

 of a rhythmic unit in this song, although the various parts bear a 

 very close resemblance to one another. 



No. 83. Song of a Scalp Dance (Catalogue no. 193) 



Voice J =r 104 

 Drum J - 138 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1} 



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WORDS 



Ninga'onde^nimigo' Some will be envious 



Gi'witagi'cig '. Who are in the sky 



Nina^niminan' I am dancing around 



Ini'niwi'stigwan' A man's scalp • 



Narrative. — This song carries us far into the past with its war 

 parties and wild rejoicings of victory. It was sung on the return 

 of the Chippewa from the Sioux country, with scalps. After 

 the usual scalp dances there was held a special dance called a 

 '■ round dance," because it took place around a grave. If pos- 

 sible, this was the grave of a person killed by the Sioux, often 

 the grave of the person whose death had been avenged by the 

 war. At the close of this "round dance " the poles bearing the 

 scalps were stuck into the ground at the head of the grave, to 

 poles should decay and fall. The drawing of the song shows 

 during the dance, but only one placed at the head of the grave, 

 scalp of the person who killed the buried Chippewa. 



Song picture no. S3. 

 The drawing .shows 

 the dancing circle, 

 the men carrying 

 scalps upon poles, the 

 grave of the Chip- 

 pewa, and the pole at 

 the head of the grave. 



stay there until the 



three scalps upheld 



This may be the 



