DENSMORE] CHIPPEWA MUSIC 103 



No. 86. Song of the Fire-charm (Catalogue no. 197) 



Voice J:=69 

 Drum J =126 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1 ) 



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ya ha ha ui-ya - Ave he he i- na-ko-ne ya ha ha ni-ya- 



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we he he i - na - ko - ne ya ha ha ui-ya 



Song picture no. SG. 

 The flames are seen 

 ascending from a 

 circle of fire. 



ui - ya - we he he i - na - ko - ne ya ha ha ui - ya 



Ina'kone' The flame goes up 



Niyawin' To my body 



Narrative. — The greatest wonder that ever came to the Indians 

 was fire. Like eA'erything else, it came to them through Mide''. 



Someone asked, "What do you want to do with this? " A man 

 replied, "This fire is for warmth and for cooking." The Indians 

 were afraid of it at first, but soon learned that it was useful. 



Once there was a fire burning on the ground and many people were sitting around 

 it. A man rose and walked away and put medicine on his feet. Then he came back 

 and stood in the fire, and he was not burned at all. After he came out of the fire all 

 the people looked to see his feet. He was barefooted, but he was not burned at all. 

 Some tried to find out how he did it. They said that they would walk away and 

 come back and stand in the fire, but the man said that they had better not try it. 

 While he was in the fire he was chewing medicine and spitting the juice on his body, 

 so that, although the flames came up all around his body, he was not burned at all. 



Probably some of the very oldest Mide^ still have some of this medicine which they 

 can put on their feet and walk in the fire without being burned. They can also put 

 it on their hands and take hold of very hot stones without being burned. 



Analysis. — This song differs from other Mide' songs in that the 

 singer sang the song through once, with the portion to be repeated, 



