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submarines and the enemies of the allied nations. These wcjrds were 

 usually sun^ to (jld melodies. One woman advanced alone to a place 

 in front of the chiefs and, without the drum, san_c^ such a sons'" which 

 she had com]:)osed for the occasion. Two similar son£2:s were recorded 

 by Luwak who related the dreams in which he heard them. I le said 

 he " prayed daily to Tirawahat," sayinjj;-, " helj) our boys over there 

 so they will all come back strone;- and so I may live to see them ai^ain." 

 One ni^'ht he fell asleej) after such a ])rayer and in his sleep " some- 

 one told him that it would not be long before he would see the 

 Pawnee boys again." In his dream he saw thousands of white ])eo]:)le 



Fig. 76. — Pawnee ceremonial earth lodKe, intericjr, sliowin,;; location 

 of the " altar." Photo.t^rapli Ijy Miss Densmore. 



rejoicing and heard them singing this song, " even the oldest jieople 

 were dancing and waving flags." A few days later he heard of the 

 signing of the armistice, with its celebration, and accepted it as the 

 fulfilment of his dream. He related the dream and sang the song at a 

 gathering opened with an impressive native ceremony, then speeches 

 learned by the ])eople. 



MA'IERIAL CLLTLRK OF THE CHIPPEWA OF CANADA 



In July. 1919, Miss Densmore visited the ]Manitou Rapids Reserve 



in Ontario, Canada, through the courtesy of ]\Ir. J. P. Wright, Indian 



agent at Fort Frances, Ontario. Chip])ewa from other localities 



in Ontario were also interview^ed. The purpose of this trip was to 



