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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    The manitous; When you go about this earth; You mention; This is the one; (Repeat three limes.) [Ma ni ye ni ye; (Repeat three times.) Ma ne to a ki; Ivi we lo we sa ma ni a ki ye; Ka na na lo we; Ma ni ye ni ye; (Repeat seven times.) Ma ne to a ki; Ki we lo we sa ma ni a ki ye; Ke na na lo we; Ma ni ye ni ye; (Repeat three times.)] That is one half. And the other half goes: Tliat was the one; (Repeat twice.) That was the one; The manitous; You will walk about this sky; You mention; This is the one; (Repeat six times.) The manitous; You will walk about this sky; You mention; This is the one; (Repeat four times.) [I ni ye ni ye; (Repeat twice.) I ni ye ni ye e e e; Ma ne to a ki; Ki we lo we sa ma ni wa gi ye; Ke na na lo we; Ma ni ye ni ye; (Repeat six times.) Ma ne to a ki; Ki we lo we sa ma ni wa gi ye; Ke na na lo we; Ma ni ye ni ye; (Repeat four times.)] That is how one song goes. I shall relate what it means: “This is what the manitou told me, ‘if you go some place you will go about mentioning the manitous. That is the only way wherebj^ your foes 66112°—30-12
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