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CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



149 



No. 54. Song of Departure (Catalogue No. S. 1)' 



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

 throughout. The time is not rigidly maintained, but varies in cor- 

 responding measures in the several renditions. The intonation of the 

 D flat in the opening measures was faulty in the first two renditions, 

 but practically correct in the third rendition (compare Nos. 129, 

 133, 146, 164). A faulty intonation on the interval of a second occurs 

 also in Nos. 55, 61, 64, 145, 166.^ It is noted that the rhythmic unit 

 occurs in both double and triple measures. 



The two messengers smoked the pipes with the two Menominee 

 who were to receive the drums, and said that they would return with 

 their people after a certain number of days and smoke the pipes again. 

 This number of days was supposed to allow adequate time for the 

 messengers to return and the people to make the journey. 



Wlien the messengers reached Lac du Flambeau, active prepara- 

 tions for departure were begun. It was the custom for each tribe to 

 dance four days on its own reservation, and during this period the 

 Chippewa held a ceremony called the Restoring of Mourners, and, if 

 occasion required, a Cerernony of Divorce. 



1 Catalogue numbers preceded by S. refer to phonograph records of Sioux songs. 



2 As this concerns manner of rendition and not structure of melody, the reference includes both Sioux 

 and Chippewa songs. 



