. Bulletin. Ethnology. 114 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY iBULL. 5S No. 33. Death Song of Name'bings' (Catalogue No. 335) Sung by OdjjEb^we Voice J = 104 Dr0m J = 104 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ). Ni - ma - ji-man-dis ni - ma - ji-man-dls nim - bi - dji-man-dis nim 11 1 bi-djl-man-dis nim - bi-dji-man-dis e - na - su-mi - ka-yan e nima''jiman'dis the odor of death nimbi'djiman'dis I discern the odor of death gna'sumi'kayan^ in the front of my body Analysis.—Ten renditions of this song are on the phonograph cylinder, the transcription being from the eighth rendition. The words vary in the seve
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 114 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY iBULL. 5S No. 33. Death Song of Name'bings' (Catalogue No. 335) Sung by OdjjEb^we Voice J = 104 Dr0m J = 104 (Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2 ). Ni - ma - ji-man-dis ni - ma - ji-man-dls nim - bi - dji-man-dis nim 11 1 bi-djl-man-dis nim - bi-dji-man-dis e - na - su-mi - ka-yan e nima''jiman'dis the odor of death nimbi'djiman'dis I discern the odor of death gna'sumi'kayan^ in the front of my body Analysis.—Ten renditions of this song are on the phonograph cylinder, the transcription being from the eighth rendition. The words vary in the several renditions, sometimes only one word being used or meaningless syllables sung. The principal variation in intona- tion is on the tone A in the second measure. The intonation of the last three measures is uniform and the rhythm of the entire song shows no variation. The song contains a short rhythmic unit, which occurs five times without interruption. The last three measures are in a different rhythm. (Compare Nos. 4, 5, 19, 34.) In these measures the length of the tones is unusually regular and the voice and drum exactly coincide. The structure of this song is interesting. The accented tones foUow the intervals of the triad of A minor and the unaccented tones in the fourth and sixth measures introduce the chord of C major, the song being in the major key. Thus the first two measures are on the chord of A minor and the next two measures on that of C major; then follows a measure in A minor (without the third), gi\Ting way again to C major in the last three measures. This alternation of minor and major is worthy of special note in connection with the origin of the song. (See No. 128.) At the fii'st camp after this fight the Chippewa composed a song, the words of which refer to the Sioux women who came from the village to drag back the wounded Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - col
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