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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Analysis. — This nielod}^ contains only the tones of the fourth five- 

 toned scale. Both melody and rhythm are of unusual simplicity. 



Voice Jrz 108 



Drum J = 1 1 6 



( Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill ) 



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Ee 



ba - iii 



hi 



nil! - di - gog 



hi - 



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A-^^^^ 



« — • — •- 



lie - si- wfio 



nin-weii-dji- gi - mi - wfiii an- deg-niu - di - go 



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Be'Taani'gani'' The first to come 



NinMigog' I am called 



Binfi'siwug^ Among the birds 



NinVendjigi^miwuii' I bring the rain 



Andeg'nindigo' Crow is my name 



The two following songs were not composed during dreams, but 

 during great mental stress. They are classed with the dream songs 

 because they are spontaneous melodies, said to have sprung from the 

 lips of the singers without conscious efToi-t on their part. These 

 songs were given by a particularly relia])le singer. 



No. 120. Song of the Deserted Warrior (Catalogue no. 259) 



Sung by Henry Selkirk 

 Voice ^ . =z 60 



Drum Ji= 104 



(Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill) 



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4; 



Nin 



da 



gi 



tci 



dCmi 



^i 



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ba - mi - nan tci - ma - dja - yfin o ya a 



tci 



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ya 



Nindagi^tcinisa'nendtjm' I would be very sorrowful 



Tciwa^baminan^ To see you 



TcimaMjay un^ Go away 



Narrative. — About forty years ago the Chippewa were at war with the Sioux near 

 Turtle mountain in North Dakota. The Chippewa were concealed in a cornfield 

 ready to attack the Sioux when their ami)ush was discovered, and in the fight one of 



