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song to the begmning being made with no break in the time and no 

 apparent difficulty. The last tone in the first and fourth measures 

 was slightly prolonged, while other tones also were prolonged but for 

 periods too small to be indicated. All these variations from exact 

 time were uniform in the several renditions. The song is major in 

 tonality, melodic in structure, and contains all the tones of the octave. 



Dog Feast 



A Dog Feast is sometimes held on the fourth day of a drum-presenta- 

 tion. Such a feast was not held on the Menominee Reservation, but 

 the writer witnessed one on the Leech I^ake Reservation, Minnesota, 

 during the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1910. Only Chippewa 

 took part m this ceremony, two of them enactmg the part of Sioux 

 who were said to be "teaching them the ceremony." It was stated 

 that the ceremony had been received from the Sioux and that the 

 feather garments worn by the four leaders were given to the Chip- 

 pewa by the Sioux about fifty years ago. The songs of the Dog Feast 

 (sung by Mec'kawiga'bau) were recorded at Lac du Flambeau in 

 October, 1910. His description of the ceremony as given on that 

 reservation corresponded with the ceremony witnessed in Mmnesota, 

 and it may be assumed that the songs he furnished are the proper ones. 



The four chief actors in the ceremony were two Chippewa repre- 

 senting respectively the oc'kabe'wis (aid or messenger) of the entire 

 Drum-presentation Ceremony and the oc'kabe'wis of the Dog Feast, 

 and two Chippewa representing the Sioux. These men wore elabo- 

 rate native costumes, and feather garments of the kind described on 

 page 168. The ceremony was held late in the afternoon. A large 

 number of Chippewa were seated around the dancing circle, many 

 having come from other reservations to attend the ceremony. 



The first song was sung as the messenger of the Dog Feast brought 

 in the kettle contaming the cooked dog. lie placed this kettle near 

 the entrance of the circle and danced durmg the song; when the song 

 was fhiished he removed the kettle to the western side of the inclosure. 



(Catalogue No. S. 13) 

 No. 72. First Song of the Dog Feast 



Sung by Mec^kawiga'bau 

 Voice J r - 80 

 Drum Jr=88 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



