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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Manido^widjig'' Those who are spirits 



Ningeka^igog^ Are making me old 



Endana'bian^ Where I am sitting 



Analy sis. ^This song is purely melodic in cliar- 



'^ ' acter, following the intervals of the second five- 



soNG PICTURE NO. 90. toucd scalc. It clearly illustrates the custom of 



of the Mide' a man interpolating Syllables in the words of the Mide' songs. 



lives to be so old Thjg is Said to be a very old song. 



that he leans on a 

 staff as he walks. 



No. 91. "To THE Spirit Land" 



Sung by Main^ans 

 Voice J =138 

 Drum Jz=112 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 1) 



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(Catalogue no. 253) 



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WORDS 



Aoda^nawme' To the spirit land 



A^nimadja^ I am going 



Hn/dinose' I am walking 



Before singing this song the singer said, "It is hard now when a 

 man dies, but death was more tragic among the Indians in the old 

 days." 



