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Melodic Analysis — Continued. 



ENDINGS OF SONGS 



Number 

 of song.s. 



Ending on the tonic. 

 Ending on the fifth . , 

 Ending on the third. 



Total. 



Catalogue numbers. 



92,102.103,109,274 



91,105 



93 



FIRST PROGRESSIONS 



First progression upward . . . 

 First progres.sion downward. 



Total 



92,102,103,274 

 91,93,102,105 



ACCIDENTALS 



Songs containing accidentals. 

 Fourth raLsed a semitone . . . . 

 Second lowered a semitone . . . 



Total. 



92,93,102,103,105,274 



109 



91 



Rhythmic Analysis 



Structural Analysis 



Harmonic. 

 Melodic. .. 



None 



SOCIAL SONGS ON RED LAKE RESERVATION 



Description of the Dances, Costumes, and Celebration on July 



4, 6, AND 7, 1908 



On the evening of July 2, 1908, the writer reached the Red Lake 

 reservation in northern Minnesota for the purpose of studying the 

 music of the Chippewa Indians during the Fourth of July celebration. 



A large number of the Indians had already assembled and tipis 

 were hourly added to the groups surrounding the field where the 



