Volume 2

Contributions to Fox ethnology / Truman Michelson.

  • Truman Michelson
Date:
1927-30
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Credit: Contributions to Fox ethnology / Truman Michelson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Na e ka de i no we no e ki we ta ma ni no I ne ni yo ka mi ke wi na Na e ka de we lo we no e ki we ta ma ni no I ne ni yo ka mi ke.] The other half is: Say it easily when wailing about In the lonely places; Say it easily when beginning to wail about. [Na e ka de i no we no e we Iwe ta ma ni no I ne ni yo ka mi ke; Na e ka de i no we no i e we lwe ta ma ni no.] That is how it goes. This is the meaning: If some one fasts that is the song he should use. That is the first song used. Then another song could be chosen; any one. “Say easily when wailing about” was said by the manitou who conferred the blessing upon the one blessed with these songs. “In lonely places” means “in some lonely spot” or “in the wilderness”; or “in a place where one could be heard everywhere.” That is why one song goes that way. And this is the way another song (which comes next) goes: What he says when wailing about; (Repeat four times.) Yo, this earth, when he goes about wailing; What he says when he goes about wailing; What he says when wailing about; (Repeat twice.) Yo, this earth, when he goes about wailing; What he says when wailing about; ■' (Repeat.) What he says. [A mi no we i ki i e ki we ta ke wi na; (Repeat four times.) Yo ma ni a ki ye e e ki we ta ke wi na; A mi no we i ki i e ki we e ta ke wi na; A mi no we i ki i e ki we ta ke wi na; (Repeat twice.) Yo ma ni a ki ye e ki we ta ke wi na; A mi no we i ki e ki we ta ke wi na; (Repeat.) A mi no we i ki.] That is the way one half goes; and the other half is: What he says when wailing about; (Repeat three times.) Yo, this earth, when he goes about wailing;
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