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BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 61 



Voice J_ 80 

 Drum not recorded 

 (1) 



No. 88. Song of the Bear 



Sung by Eagle Shield 



(Catalogue No. 518) 



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ta ye - lo ye - lo mi - na - pe kiij pe-zi - hu - ta o - ta ye - lo 



{First rendition) 



mina^pe kig wakaq' yelo' my paw is sacred 



pezi'huta o'ta yelo' herbs are plentiful 



{Second rendition) 



mina'pe kiq wakag' yelo' my paw is sacred 



ta'ku iyu'ha o'ta yelo' all things are sacred 



Analysis. — The fourth constitutes 31 per cent of the intervals 

 in this song. The only interval larger than this is the ascending 

 eleventh, which appears with the introduction of the words. This 

 interval occurs in no other song of this series and is found only three 

 times in 340 Chippewa songs. The interval was correctly sung m 

 the three renditions of the song. The change of time was the same 

 in all renditions. (See song No. 5.) This melody contains two 

 rhythmic units, both of which are found in the first part of the song. 

 The rhythm of the latter part, containing the words, has no resem- 

 blance to the rhythm of the unit. 



A remedy to check hemorrhages, arising either from wounds or 

 from some internal cause, was supplied by an herb called by the Sioux 



