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are lineal descendants of Richard Warren who came over in the 

 Mayflower. Mrs. Spears is mother of Mrs. Charles Mee, who has 

 greatly assisted the writer in securing material on the White Earth 

 Reservation. 



The following description of the songs was given by the singer, 

 Mrs. Spears, who also translated the words: 



When I was a girl 15 years old, living on Madeline Island in Lake Superior, I had a 

 friend and playmate, a very pretty Indian maiden. She was the daughter of a chief, 

 an only child, and she was always singing these songs. I learned them from her 

 and have never forgotten them. The first is sung when the maiden sees the young 

 Indian brave for the first time and they fall in love with each other. In her happiness 

 she sings that song. The other is when her lover leaves her to travel a long distance, 

 and being very lonely she sings the sad little song. 



Mrs. Spears learned these songs more than 60 years before they 

 were recorded by the phonograph. The writer heard them sung by 

 Mrs. Spears at intervals during a period of several years and the rendi- 

 tions never varied in any respect. 



(Catalogue No. 286) 

 No. 177. "I Have Found My Lover" 



Sung by Mrs. Julia Warren Spears 



Voice J— 108 

 Recorded without drum 



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Nia nin-di 



nen - dtim nia nin-di-nen -dfim 



ka-wi 



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nm - i-mu 



c6n sa 



nin-di-ngn - dtim 



WORDS 



nia' Oh 



nin^dinen^ddm I am thinking 



nia Oh 



nin^inenMum I am thinking 



me^kawia^nin I have found 



nin''imucen^ my lover 



nia Oh 



nin^dinen^diim I think it is so 



Analysis. — This song is purely melodic in structure, the melody 

 moving freely along the tones of the tonic triad. Other songs com- 

 posed or sung by women are Nos. 31, 39, 40, 112, 127, 151, 178. The 

 rhythm of the first six measures is somewhat changed in the second 

 section of the song. The range of the melody is of interest in con- 



1 A woman's exclamation of surprise. 



