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CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



299 



Neniwa'' Neniwa^ (name of a man) 



ni^bawida^ let us stand 



gi'gawa^bandan^ and you shall see 



niau my body 



enen^daman^ as I desire 



Analysis. — This song is in the same key as the preceding and has 

 the same pecuhar ending. The rhythmic unit shows a shght varia- 

 tion in the middle of the song, but clearly influences the entire rhytlim. 

 The song contains only the tones of the minor triad and fourth. 



Moccasin Game Song 



No. 176 



Sung by William Potter 



Voice J=: 108 

 Dkum J = 108 

 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 125) 



(Catalogue No. 285) 





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3=5 





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Analysis. — This song is harmonic in structure, major in tonality, 

 and contains only the tones of the tonic triad and sixth. The rhythm 

 was steadily maintained throughout the six renditions. At Waba'- 

 clng a song rendered by a member of a Canadian band of Chippewa, 

 temporarily residing there, was recorded, which resembles this so 

 closely that it may be considered the same song, although it is in 3-4 

 instead of 2-4 time. (See No. 144.) That singer said it was a 

 dream song, by means of which success in the moccasin game was 

 secured. In his rendition the metric unit of the voice was slow and 

 that of the drum rapid. In the rendition by the White Earth singer, 

 a man accustomed to the ways of civilization, voice and drum were 

 in the same tempo. The comparison is of interest, as the singers 

 were widely separated in locality and in general development. 



Love Songs 



The two songs next following were sung by Mrs. Julia Warren 

 Spears, sister of Hon. William Warren, author of the History of the 

 Ojibway, and sister of Mrs. Mary Warren English (see p. v). 

 Both Mrs. Spears and her sister are women of marked ability; they 



