SONGS OF WHITE EARTH RESERVATION 



This group contains songs of several classes, comprising all the 

 material in this work collected on White Earth Reservation, Minn., 

 except songs connected with war (pp. 59-141). 



No. 168. "We Have Salt" 



Sung by Henry Selkirk 



(Catalogue No. 268) 



Voice J= 160 

 Drum J = 104 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



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Ma - no 

 Voice J= 126 



ma - no ki - ga-dan -a - wen - i-mi-go- min ji-wi 



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ta - gdn gi - da - ya - mIn a - ja - wa - kwa gi - da 



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ya - min 



ma^no let 



kigadeiin^awen^imigo^min them despise us 



ji^wita^giin salt 



gi^dayamin^ we have 



a''jawa^kwa here, beyond the belt of timber 



gi^dayamin^ we live 



In the early days the Minnesota Chippewa had no salt, and some 

 of the older Indians have not yet acquired a taste for it. In a treaty 

 known as the ''Salt Treaty," ^ concluded at Leech Lake, August 21, 

 1847, with the Pillager Band of Chippewa, there was a stipulation 

 that the Indians should receive 5 barrels of salt annually for five 

 years. 



' A compilation of all the treaties 

 Washington, 1873, p. 212. 



the United States and the Indian tribes now in force as laws 



291 



