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BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL, 53 



bidako'namawicin' come and hold 



nin'dopwa'giln my pipe 



no''sis my grandchild 



Analysis. — The drum-rhythm of this song is unusual; it consists of 

 an accented stroke followed by a short unaccented stroke correspond- 

 ing to the second count of a triplet. The metric unit of the drum is 

 slightly slower than that of the voice. Four renditions of the song 

 were secured, throughout which the rliythmic unit was maintained 

 witli great regularity, though the intonation varied perceptibly. 



The tones of the melody comprise only the minor third and fourth, 

 the principal mterval being the descending mmor third. The song 

 contains a rhythmic unit, which occurs four times, constituting the 

 entire melody. 



After the smoking of the pipe the oc'kabeVis returned to the man 

 who -washed to organize the expedition and reported his success in 

 the following song. 



No. 12. Return of the War Messenger (Catalogue No. 359) 



Sung by Odjib'we 

 Voice J— 192 

 Drum J = 100 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 11 ) 



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3 



d=:1: 



a_-::a 



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fcita 



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E9tt2::|iii^-»^p=[|5^3==E3|:a=;?-p 



djig i - ui - ni-wfig e 



ogi^tcldan like warriors 



ijina^guziwug' they look 



be^zigwi^djig who arise 



ini^niwug' those men 



Analysis. — This song is divided into four parts, the first, second, 

 and last of which contain the rhythmic unit, while the words occur 

 in the third part, which has a different rhythm. (See Nos. 1, 8, 13, 

 30, 39, 40, 81, 105.) The drum-rhythm is the same as in the pre- 



