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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bull. 53 



At the presentation of the (hnim the tribes dance togetlier for four 

 days, and on the fourth (hiy a Dog Feast may be lield for the further 

 cementing of the peace bond. This feast was not held on the Menom- 

 inee Reservation, but the writer witnessed it on the Leech Lake 

 Reservation in Mnnesota during the celebration of July Fourth, 1910 

 (see p. 173). A Dog Feast may be held independent of a Drum-pres- 

 entation and is of somewhat frequent occurrence on the Wisconsin 

 Reservation. 



On the first day of dancing on their own reservation the Chippewa 

 sang a series of five songs, called, respectively, the Song of the Chief, 

 Song of the Speaker, Song of the Owner of the Drum, Song of the 

 Warriors, and the Song of Giving Away the Drum. These were 

 also sung at the opening of the ceremony on the Menominee Reser- 

 vation, and if the final four days of dancing had been held at Lac du 

 Flambeau these songs would have been repeated at the beginning 

 of that period of the ceremony. *^ 



No. 55. Song of the Chief 



Sung by Mec'kawiqa'bau 



(Catalogue No. S. 2) 



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( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ) 



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Anialysis. — All the renditions of this song show faulty intonation 

 on the interval of a second in the opening measures, in some instances 

 the upper tone being flatted and in others the lower tone being sharped. 

 This uncertainty suggests that it may be difficult for the singer to 

 adapt his voice to so small an interval (see Nos. 54, 61, 64, 100, 145, 

 166). The interval of the eleventh was sung with reasonable accu- 

 racy in beginning the repetitions of the song. In the first two meas- 

 ures the harmonic tone is approached by the tone above, which is 

 accented; this characteristic leads to the classification as melodic 

 with harmonic framework of a song which otherwise would be classi- 

 fied as harmonic in structure. The song contains only the tones of 

 the minor triad and fourth. 



