. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bulu 53 Group Analysis of 340 Soncjs One purpose of the following analysis is to determine whether there is any evidence of connection between the motive which prompts the singing of a song and the form assumed by the song. For this test the origin and use of the song will be considered. The songs most nearly related in origin are theMide', the dream, and the war songs, as many songs said to have been " composed in dreams" were used in the ceremonies and practices of the Mide' and also on the warpath. The songs classified as &qu
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bulu 53 Group Analysis of 340 Soncjs One purpose of the following analysis is to determine whether there is any evidence of connection between the motive which prompts the singing of a song and the form assumed by the song. For this test the origin and use of the song will be considered. The songs most nearly related in origin are theMide', the dream, and the war songs, as many songs said to have been " composed in dreams" were used in the ceremonies and practices of the Mide' and also on the warpath. The songs classified as "dream songs" were given as such by the singers. No special use was assigned them, and they were probably used by individuals in dances untU they gradually became general throughout the tribe, usually after the death of the Fig. 1. MIde'rattle. GRAND MEDICINE SONGS (mIDE' NA'GUMOAVi'nUN) This group comprises Nos. 1-90 in Bulletin 45, and Nos. 154, 155, 156, 174, 175, of the present work. The Mide'wiwin (Grand Medicine) was the embodiment of the native religion of the Chippewa and has many adherents at the present time (1912), new members being admitted and others advanced to higher degrees in the order. Many characteristics of the Mide' songs are given in Bulletin 45 (pp. 14-20). The musical instruments accompanying the songs are described on pages 11-12, and illustrated in plates 1 and 2, of that work. The Mide' rattles shown in Bulletin 45 are of wood, with sewed covers of untaimed hide. In figure 1 above is shown a similar rattle, but made entirely of wood, which formerly belonged to a prominent member of the Mide'wiwin at Waba'cing (see p. 251). The principal classes of the Mide' songs are those of the initiation ceremony and those con-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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