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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



105 



nished to the other parties the medicine which hat^ harmed you." Then the old 

 Mide^ hired a woman to go to the other camp and steal some small object from their 

 food supply. Ue wanted her to bring him a small bone from some of their game, 

 but at the last moment she refused to go. Then he hired another woman. She 

 worked at the other camp, and she brought the bone which the Mide^ wanted. First 

 the Mide^ put medicine on the bone ; then he hid it and began to sing this song. In a 

 short time the people at the other camp could get no game at all. They almost starved, 

 but the man whom the Mide^ was helping could get all the game that he wanted. 



.Analysis. — The accidental forms the chief musical feature of this 

 song. The sixth is lowered a semitone each time it occurs except in 

 the last word. In the first syllable of that word the F sharp is 

 sung accurately in each rendition of the song, while in the following 

 measure the tone is about midway between F sharp and F natural. 



No. 88. Song of the Owl Medicine (('atalogue no. 200) 



Voice ^r= 104 

 Drum J= 112 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1 ) 



Nin - go - ca niu - ga - gwet - ni - se - a nin - go - ca niu - ga - gwet -ni- se- 



niu -go - ca nin - ga - gwet - ni - se - a nin -go - ca nin-ga 



^Ji= 



9fc 



t=t=- 



f==F 



gwet - ni - se 



in -de - um - sa gi we da ni no gi 



go - ca nin - ga - gwet - ni - se 



VEB 



nm - go - ca nm - ga 





gwet - ni - se 



:t: 



-t: 



t: 



.^ 



niu - go - ca niu -ga-gwet - ni - se 



;g 



Nin'goca'' I am the one 



Ningagwet^sea^ Who is trying to fly 



Inde'musa^ He is making it (the medicine) 



Narrative. — This song was composed by the same old Mide^ as the preceding song 

 and most of the other songs in this series. 



Once a man and his wife came to this old Mide^. He could see that they were 

 starving, and he said, "Stay here at my camp to-night." The snow was 3 feet deep, 

 and the man and his wife had been obliged to eat most of their dogs. The Mide' 

 gave them food and made them comfortable. 



