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CHIPPEWA MUSIC 



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The meaning implied in the Chippewa words is that the manido' 

 who listens will grant all requests of the singer. 



Voice Jr=I12 

 Drdm J— 120 

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Bisin'dag He listens 



Be'cig One 



Manido' Spirit 



No. 119. Song of the Crows (Catalogue no. 260) 



Sung by Henry Selkirk 



Narrative. — The following explanation of the song was given by the singer: 

 A young man was fasting where his father had taken him. It was in the fall, and 

 the flocks of crows were getting ready to go south. The young man heard the crows 

 in the trees and imagined that he learned this song from them. Afterward the crow 

 was his manido'' because it had given him power to understand the language of the 

 crows. The words of the song mean that the crows are the first birds to come in the 

 spring, and so the old-time Indians thought that the crows brought the spring rains. 

 This was first a dream song and afterward it was used as a war dance. 



