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INDEX 



MIde' bags— Page 



contents 51 



description 85 



use in " shooting" ceremony 4.V44,53 



MIde' drum, in ceremony for dying chief 54 



MIde' lodge. See MIde'wIgan. 



MIde' shells. See Mi'gls. 



Mide' songs— 



affirmation characteristic of S7 



drawings 15-18 



ejaculations interpolated 41 



general description 14-20 



healing song, peculiar features of 95 



none from Red Lake res 1 



origin 70 



ownership 20 



register of women's voices 89,94 



smallest range in song 1 09 



song sung during preparation of "medi- 

 cines" 109 



tabulated analyses 8-11, 115-118 



to a rattlesnake 85 



tones discussed 67, 75 



translation of words 8,15 



used in sixth degree initiation 58-59 



MIde'wIgan— 



arrangement for initiation ceremony 38-39 



building of 36 



explanation of term 30 



Mide'wIkwe', meaning of term. 13 



MIde'wIni'nI- 



meaning of term 13. 98 



use of charms by 21 



MIde'wiwIn, description of 13 



Miga'diwIn'ina'gOmg'wIn. See War songs. 



Mi'gIs- 



emblem of MIde' 14 



" medicinal " use 53, 74-75, 80. 92 



" miracle" of 7;;l-80 



use in initiation ceremony 39, 48 



Mi'jakiya'cIg, songs by 92-93 



MiLLE Lac Chippewa— 



on initiation into MIde'wiwIn 1 24 



song from 205 



Minor third. See Intervals. 



Minor triad with minor seventh. . 130, 132, 142, 188 



MiTi'GWAKiK'— 



description 11-12 



use in MIde' initiation ceremony 20 



See also Drum. 



Mnemonics— 



MIde' songs recorded in 15 



ether uses of system 16-17 



Moccasin game— 



description 157 



drum used in 6,12 



Moccasin-game songs— 



Red Lake res 186-191 



tabulated analysis 8-11 



White Earth res 156-101 



Moulton, Charles, story of MIde' shells by. 79 



Musical instruments, description of 11-12 



Nae'tawab', account of 108,170,171,172 



Na'jobi'tOS, ceremonial songs by 62-78 



Na'joi'se, oc'kabe'wis or herald 51 



Narratives of songs — Page 



child's song of owl 135 



concerning fire 103 



dream (war) song 126-127, 133 



scalp dance 99 



song of crab medicine-bag 102 



I song of deserted warrior 134-135 



song of good medicine 101 



song of historical incident 198 



the flying feather 97-98 



two hunting-medicine songs 104-106 



Nass River Indians, reference to 130 



Na'waji'bigo'kwe- 



acknowledgment to 25 



drawings of songs made by 15, 68 



narrative by 21 



songs by 88-92 



translator of song 71 



Negro m usic, reference to 130 



Ne'mIta'maOn', functions of 29, 43, 48 



Nigan'IbInes', last hours of 51-55 



Ni'miwCg'. See Dancing songs. 



Niogi'cIg, reference to 95 



Nita'miga'bo, song by 158 



No'dinOk'wum, account of 135 



Notation, musical, Hmitations of present 

 system 3 



Oc'KABE'WiS— 



functions 25. 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 48 



in ceremony for dying chief 51 



O'deni'gOn— 



doctor's rattle procured from 119 



drawings of song made by 15 



narrative by 27 



songs by 27,32,94,96-106 



Pembina Chippewa, song used by 202 



Pentatonic scales, terms used for 7 



Pequette, Rev. Frank H., songs translated 



by 55 



Phonograph, songs recorded by 3-4, 5, 27 



Pillager band of Chippewa, reference to. . 51 



"Pillager outbreak," reference to 1-2 



Pitch, approach to accuracy in 4 



Prentiss, William— 



account of 175 



songs by 189, 199 



Progressions, first— 



downward and upward 10 



dream songs 136 



love songs- 

 Red Lake res 185 



White Earth res 156 



moccasin-game songs — 



Red Lake res 191 



White Earth res 160 



unclassified songs — 



Red Lake res 207 



White Earth res 166 



war songs- 

 Red Lake res 181 



White Earth res 147 



woman's-dance songs (Red Lake res) 197 



Property rights in songs 2 



Punishment of offenders in MIde' 14 



