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This victory was celebrated by great dances at wliich the following 

 song was sung, the words indicating that the singer would soon go on 

 the warpath again. 



No. 5. Song of an Unsatisfied Warrior (Catalogue No. 391) 



Sung by Odjib'we 

 Voice J =88 

 Drum J = 88 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ) 



Mi - sfi - wa -btiu-ji 



-.^ p- 



bo - zi - yan e 



a - .sa - kfim -ig - dji 



ISi^p^i^^iE^^lli^^ 



na - di-yan c 



mi^suwabunjibo^ziyan' to-morrow I .shall start in my ranoe 



asa^kumig'djina^diyau^ although I have one already 



Analysis.— This song comprises four parts, the fii'st three of which 

 contain a rhythmic unit (see Nos. 4, 19, 33, 34). It is interesting to 

 note that the repetitions of tliis unit begm on the descendmg tones of 

 the minor triad. Double and triple measures alternate tliroughout 

 this song, the rhythmic unit consisting of a double followed by a 

 triple measure. Reference to No. 3 wdll show an alternation in 

 reverse order, the unit consisting of a triple followed by a double 

 measure. Four renditions of this song were recorded, which are 

 uniform in every respect. 



The following five songs are connected with the last notable fight 

 between the Sioux and the Chippewa, which occurred May 27, 1858, 

 in the valley of the ]\Iinnesota River at the village of a Sioux chief 

 called by the Chippewa Ca'gobens (Little Six). The Sioux name of 

 this chief was Ca'kpe * (Six) and as his father bore the same name, 

 the son was commonly known among both Sioux and Chippewa as 

 Little Six. The Chippewa changed the pronunciation shghtly and 

 added the Chippewa diminutive termination ms,^ so that the name 

 became Ca'gobens.^ The white men pronounced the name Shakopee, 

 and a town of that name is now located where the Sioux village once 

 stood. Little Six was a leading warrior and chief of a band among 

 the Mdewakanton Sioux (see p. 70), and the writer has heard of his 

 fame from Sioux living at Sisseton, South Dakota, and at Devils 

 Lake, North Dakota. Both Odjib'we and his friend Niski'gwtin took 



1 Pronounced Sha'kpay. 



2 See pp. 186,190, 230. 



3 Pronounced Sha'gobgns. 



