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Analysis.- — This melody is particularly simple in construction. 

 The rhythmic unit comprises two measures and is repeated with only 

 one interruption^the triple measure containing the change of words. 

 (See Nos. 1, 8, 12, 13, 30, 39, 40, 105.) A generally descending pro- 

 gression carries the melody along the fourth five-toned scale, beginning 

 on the ninth and ending on the tonic. 



No. 82. Song of the Sentry 



Sung by E'niwub^e 



(Catalogue No. 409) 



Voice Jnr 80 

 Drom J =88 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 10) 



mm ^m 



'=ms 



Gaye - nin 



K^.<?*^-f-?=f=? 



mi-stfi-di-mong ba-ba mo - mi 



I 



go-yan - e 



WORDS 



gaye''nin I also 



mistd^dimofig ' on my horse 



baba'momigoyan^ carried around 



Ai'ound the camp of the warriors niglitly rode the sentry, singing 

 this song. It was said that the ponj^ seemed to know the song and 

 galloped m time to the music. The song indicates that the Wis- 

 consin Chippewa had horses when they were at war with the Sioux. 

 Odjib'we stated (see p. 61) that when he first led war parties against 

 the Sioux m ^linnesota the Chippewa had no horses and that very 

 few were used by the Sioux. 



Analysis. — This melody is broadly outlmed by two descending 

 mtervals of a fourth, C sharp-G sharp, and F sharp-C sharp. A 

 similar prominence of the interval of a fourth has been noted in other 

 songs which contam the idea of motion, either of animals or of per- 

 sons (see analysis of No. 22). No rhythmic unit occurs in the song, 

 but a sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth occurs frequently 



I Mistu'dlm (cf. mistatim. in Lacombe, Dictionnaire de la Langue des Cris, Montreal, 1S74,) is a Cree 

 word meaning "horse"; ohg is a Chippewa ending meaning, inter alia, "upon." See also pp. 72, 7G, 108, 

 190, 230. 



