198 



Harmonic. 

 Meloilic . . . 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 

 Structural Analysis 



I BULL. 45 



Number of 

 songs. 



None 

 9 



Catalogue numbers. 



Unclassified Songs 



No. ISC). Song REFERRING TO AN Historical Incident (Catalogue no. 139) 



Sung by Cti'wita^bines 

 Voice J= 120 

 Drum J - 120 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill ) 





Nin -ga-gi - we- wi -ni - gog ma- ni - dog we we we nin - 





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ga - gi-we- wi-ui 



ma-ni - dog 



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Nin^gagiwe^winigog' They will take me home 



Manidog^ The spirits 



The free translation of the words as given by the singer was as 

 follows: "The thunders will take me home whenever I mind to go 

 home, my friends, and the wind it will take me home, too." 



Narrative. — This song is based on an historical incident which was related on both 

 the Red Lake and White Earth reservations. 



The story as given at Red Lake was as follows: 



Many, many years ago a Chippewa Indian named Djige^weckun^ (" traveling on the 

 beach of the water") killed the trader's son and was taken to St. Paul for trial. At 



