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CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



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The next event was the victory (hmce, which often continued until 

 daylight, by the light of torclies and bonfires. At this <lance the 

 Sioux scalps were carried and songs were sung in honor of the war- 

 riors. (See Nos. 80, 83, 165.) This is illustrated by the following 

 two songs, which were composed, respectively, by the wife and the 

 mother-in-law of Odjib'we and sung in recognition of his prowess. 

 Odjib'we recorded the first song :^n August, 1909, and sang it again 

 in March, 1910, the renditions and the accounts of the incident being 

 identical. 



Odjib'we stated that his wife's brother was killed by the Sioux 

 and that he organized a war party in return. The purpose of this 

 expedition was to attack a certain Sioux village located on an island 

 in Sauk River, but before reaching this village the Chippewa met a 

 war party of Sioux, which they pursued, killing one man. There 

 were nine Chippewa in Odjib'we's party; not one was killed. They 

 returned home at once and Odjib'we presented the Sioux scalp to 

 his wife De'ktim ("across"), who held it aloft in the victory dance 

 as she sang the following song. 



No. 39. The Song of De^ktim 



Sung by Oi'Jib'we 



(Catalogue No. 348) 



Voice J= 168 

 Drum J= 108 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ) 





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WORDS 



Odjib'we Odjib'we 



gisai'yenan our brother 



obi'nan brings back 



Analysis. — The five renditions of this song recorded are uniform 

 in all important respects. The rhythmic unit is interesting; this 

 occurs three times, comprising aU the song except the part in which 

 the words occur. (See Nos. 1, 8, 12, 13, 30, 40, 81, 105.) The minor 

 tonality is well established and the approach to the tonic by the 

 descending interval of a fourth is somewhat unusual. (See analysis 

 of No. 22.) Other songs composed by women are Nos. 31, 40, 112, 

 127, 151, 177, and 178. 



