212 



INDEX 



De'bwawEx'dOnk— Page 



acknowledgment to 25 



on rendering of MIde' song 13 



songs by 55-62 



song-drawings made by 15 



Deda'bicaC, songs by 113 



De'dadj, reference to 79 



Diatonic tones. See Tones. 



Dja'sakid— 



meaning of term 20, 119 



rattle used by 12 



See also Doctor, Juggler. 



Djige'weckOn, song by 198-199 



Doctor, songs of the 119-123 



See also Dja'sakid. 



Dog— 



eaten in ceremonial feast 37, 40 



eaten in ceremony for dying chief 52-53 



Drawings for Mide' songs, general descrip- 

 tion of 15-18 



Dream songs— 



afterward used as war songs or other- 

 wise 12G-130 



associated with certain animals 126 



minor triad with minor seventh. . 130, 132 



general description 118 



song and performance of juggler 123-125 



songs of the doctor 119-123 



tabulated analyses 8-11,136-137 



Drum— 



as an accompaniment of voice 5, 6, 20, 58 



description of 11-12, 54 



independent of voice 5-6, 15, 20 



in dream songs 118 



in moccasin-game songs 12, 156-157 



in war songs 137, 177 



principal rhythms 



See also Mltl'gwaklk'. 



Ellis, on the flve-toned scales 3 



Endings of songs — 



indefinite in primitive music 59 



love songs — 



Red Lake res 185 



White Earth res 156 



moccasin-game songs — 



Red Lake res 191 



White Earth res 160 



tabulated analyses 10, 116 



unclassified songs — 



Red Lake res 207 



White Earth res 166 



war songs- 

 Red Lake res 181 



White Earth res 147 



woman's-dauce song ( Red Lake res.) 197 



English, Mrs. Mary Warren— 



acknowledgment to 8 



as interpreter 21 



song by 150 



Evil charms. See Charms. 



Feasts— 



at ceremony for dying chief 52, 53, 55 



at end of initiation ceremonies 48 



at Fourth of July celebration 171 



Fillmore, Prof. J. C, cited on tonality in 

 Dahomey songs 130 



First progression. See Progressions. Page 



FivE-TONED scale. See Scale. 



Flat Mouth (father), reference to 51 



Flat Mouth (son), last hours of 51-55 



Flute, description of 11.12 



Flying man, story of ys 



Funeral ceremony for chief 54-55 



Ga'Gandac', songs by 125, 126-133, 139-141. 159 



Gage'bInes- 



account of 175 



songs by 182, 183, 184, 194, 195 



Ga'tcitcigi'cIg, songs by.. 142-144,154-155,162,206 



GEGWE'miWE'BlNCfJ', soDgs by Ill, 112 



Ge'miwOnac'— 



leader in ceremony 51 



songs by 95-96, 114-] 16 



Gi'ciBANs', song by 146 



Gifts exchanged at dance 172 



Gilfillan, Rev. J. A., acknowledgment to. . 8 

 Gi'nawigi'cIg— 



account of 175 



songs by 177, 178, 188-189, 193, 195 



Gl'WITA'niNfiS— 



account of 173-174 



songs by 176, 



177, 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 

 192, 193, 194, 198, 202, 205, 209 

 Grand Medicine. See MIde'. 

 Grand Medicine Society. See MIde'wIwIn. 

 Grave of chief, description of 55 



Hand, Dr. Ferdinand, on singing fourth 



and seventh of scale 4 



Harmonic, explanation of term 8, 11 



Healing songs, rhythm of 18 



Helmholtz — 



on scale terminology 7 



reference to 3 



HtraTiNG at night, use of light in 86 



Indian music, general character of 3 



Initiation into MIde'wIwIn — 



first degree 



combination of song and ejaculation. 



concluding rites 



council of initiators 



decorations of medicine pole 



details of " shooting" candidate 



differences for several degrees 



feasts , 



instruction of candidate 



preliminaries 



preparations for 



procedure in sweat lodge 



songs used while "shooting" candi- 

 date 



source of information 



transition from ceremonial speech to 



song, etc 



sixth degree, songs for 



to cure illness 



Interpreters, acknowledgment to 



Intervals— 



major third, largest interval in certain 



song 



minor third- 

 descending, frequent In Chippewa 

 songs 



24-51 

 45-46 

 46-48 



29 



36 

 43-44 



25 

 33,48 

 32,07 



25 

 32.33 

 2.5-26 



19 



24 



43 



55-82 

 92 



84 



4-5 



