DENSMORE] CHIPPEWA MUSIC 199 



that time there was only one house in St. Paul. The man was condemned to be hanged, 

 but just as they were going to hang him a terrible storm arose. The clouds were right 

 over the tree where he was going to be hung. Lightning struck the tree and the rain 

 poured down so that everybody went home. They did not try again to hang the 

 Indian and he was allowed to go back to the reservation, where he was made a chief. 

 He composed this song while he was a prisoner at St. Paul. 



Analysis. — This song contains only the tones of the fourth five-toned 

 scale on G flat, and ends on D flat, the dominant of the key. The sev- 

 enth of the scale, which is the essential tone of the dominant chord, is 

 not present in the song and no portion of the song affiliates easily with 

 the dominant chord as an accompaniment. Indeed, the only cliords 

 suggested by the melody, or seeming to be desired by it, are the tonic 

 and submediant, thus showing a feeling for the descent of the 

 minor third. The repetitions of this song filled an entire cylinder, 

 giving ample time for noting its peculiarities. The transcription is 

 from a rendition about midway of the cylinder. 



No. 1S7. Song of the Begging Dance (Catalogue no. 149) 



Sung by William Prentls.s 

 Voice J — 84 

 Drum J- 112 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. Ill ) 



^W=^ 



m& 



-^-^^-^ 





Analysis. — This is the begging song which was sung on the evening 

 of July 4. Its chief interest lies in the fact that the pulses of voice 

 and drum are so dissimilar, each being steadily maintained. The 

 pulse of the voice is J =84; that of the drum J =112, preceded 

 by an unaccented stroke. The only correspondence is that three 

 metronome beats at 84 are about equivalent to two beats at 112. 

 If the song were in double time this would be an ordinary rhythm 

 of "three against two," but the fact that the melody is in triple 

 time makes this too complicated for analysis; one can only record 

 the fact that these are the actual metronome measures of the pulses. 

 (Compare analysis of song no. 1.) 



The slight prolonging of the tones marked (• is the same in all the 

 repetitions. It is not sufficient to be indicated by a note value, but 

 gives a peculiar eflPect of pleading. This is one of the mannerisms 

 of Indian singing which can not be accurately transcribed. 



