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Group Analysis of 340 Soncjs 



One purpose of the following analysis is to determine whether there 

 is any evidence of connection between the motive which prompts the 

 singing of a song and the form assumed by the song. For this test 

 the origin and use of the song will be considered. The songs most 

 nearly related in origin are theMide', the dream, and the war songs, as 

 many songs said to have been " composed in dreams" were used in the 

 ceremonies and practices of the Mide' and also on the warpath. The 

 songs classified as "dream songs" were given as such by the singers. 

 No special use was assigned them, and they were probably used by 

 individuals in dances untU they gradually became general throughout 

 the tribe, usually after the death of the composers. 



Fig. 1. MIde' rattle. 

 GRAND MEDICINE SONGS (mIDE' NA'GUMOAVi'nUN) 



This group comprises Nos. 1-90 in Bulletin 45, and Nos. 154, 155, 

 156, 174, 175, of the present work. The Mide'wiwin (Grand Medicine) 

 was the embodiment of the native religion of the Chippewa and has 

 many adherents at the present time (1912), new members being 

 admitted and others advanced to higher degrees in the order. Many 

 characteristics of the Mide' songs are given in Bulletin 45 (pp. 14-20). 

 The musical instruments accompanying the songs are described on 

 pages 11-12, and illustrated in plates 1 and 2, of that work. The 

 Mide' rattles shown in Bulletin 45 are of wood, with sewed covers of 

 untaimed hide. In figure 1 above is shown a similar rattle, but made 

 entirely of wood, which formerly belonged to a prominent member 

 of the Mide'wiwin at Waba'cing (see p. 251 ). The principal classes of 

 the Mide' songs are those of the initiation ceremony and those con- 



