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CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



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to avenge, and there was probably in their minds uncertainty regard- 

 ing their own fate. 



Odjib'we said that they sang the following song every one of the 

 four nights they camped. The words imply that there were more 

 than two in the party, but, on being questioned concerning this 

 seeming discrepancy, Odjib'we insisted that this was the song he and 

 his cousin sang. 



No. 2. Odjil/we's First War Song (Cataloo-ue No. ;i7]) 



Sung I)v Odjib'we 



Voice J=:192 

 Drum J= 108 

 ( Drum in unaccented eighth notes*) 



r 



te--=^: 





Be - ba - ni - o - ne-yan nin-do - na - gi-mi-gog ni - ni-wlig 



r" 



— ^ 



:JNzi/vz^z=j^EHtS=i|: 



:4: 



_^^^ 



-^- T^ T^-# •- 



•^.^ 



§z56aEfc^^|i^ 



be -ba- ni - o - ne - yan nin-do- na- gi 



mi-gog ni-ni-wug e 



^ f ^ 



^-^^^^^^ gta ^^^g ^P ^^g^ 



1 



be - ba - ni - o - ne - yan e nin-do-na - gi-mi-gog ni - ui-wug e 

 * Drum-rhythm 



^ 



_jl__j^__^__j^ 



etc. 



beba''nio^neyan on the fourth day 



nindo'nagi^migog^ I am chosen by 



ini'niwdg ^ the men 



Analysis. — Four renditions of this song were recorded in August, 



1909, and it was sung also on two occasions by Odjib'we in March, 



1910, all the renditions being identical. The mtonation was good 

 throughout the renditions. The metric unit of the song is very 

 rapid, but steadily mamtained. The accents were clearly given and 

 the transcription is divided into measures according to the accented 



iThis word, literally translated " men," is commonly applied to warriors (see p. 187). 



