Note 115 — INDIAN LINGUISTIC FAMILIES OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. (continued 4)
Reading edition
Coll. Minn. Hist. Soc., 1885, vol. 5, p. 130.
116. Reproduced from the ninth volume of the New York Colonial Documents, pp. 1054, 1055.
117. New Voyages to North America, London, 1703, vol. 2, pp. 47, 48.
118. London, 1689, p. 59, et seq.
119. Information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States. Philadelphia, 1851, vol. 1, p. 319.
120. Ibid., p. 362.
121. Op. cit., vol. 5, p. 423.
122. Op. cit., pp. 65, 66.
123. Op. cit., vol. 5, p, 71.
114. Op. cit., p. 25.
125. History of the Ojebway Indians, London [1843(?)], pp. 143,144.
126. Op. cit., p. 78 et seq.
127. Op. cit., p. 81.
114. Vol. 1, No. 3, 1888, p. 216, Figs. 2 and 3.
129. History of the Ojebway Indians, etc., London (1843?), pp. 145, 146.
130. Hist. of the Ojebway Indians. London [1843?], p. 155.
A number of Ojibwa words are recorded with w where the correct form has b. Since w:b is not an attested dialectal variation, these may be mishearings on the part of the original transcriber. Other errors such as G:S or h:k can be attributed to misreading of handwritten text.
A. The long gap followed by “gē´” is not explained in the text. It may refer to the structure of the song.
B. Gi´-gi-min´-ĕ-go´-min mi-dē´-wi-wĭn mi-dē´ man´-i-dō´ ’n-gi-gĭn´-o-a-mâk
The apostrophe in ’n-gi-gĭn´-o-a-mâk occurs nowhere else in the text; it may be phonetic (elision of i?) or an error.
Depending on your browser, the MIDI files accompanying each piece of music may play when clicked, or may need to be downloaded and played in a separate application.
The “music” directory containing the MIDI samples also includes the musical notation in Lilypond (.ly) format. If you have the Lilypond application (free) installed, these files can be used to generate free-standing pdf files. These are simplified versions of the songs, omitting lyrics and dynamic marks. The meter is as printed, except that most songs marked 6/8 were changed to 3/4.
Please note that these sound files are meant only to give a rough approximation of each melody. All musical selections were originally vocal, some with drum accompaniment. The three MIDI “instruments” were selected to offer the user a choice of sounds, and are not intended to be authentic.