ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Plate 1. Musical instruments, and birch-bark rolls containine: mnemonics of 



songs 11 



2. Musical instruments 11 



3. Maiii^ans 25 



4. Wa'wiekum^ig 25 



5. Mide^ lodge 36 



6. Maifi^ans as leader of a Mide^ ceremony 37 



7. The body of Xigan'ibines' 55 



8. De^bwawen^dunk 55 



9. Ge^miwunac' 95 



10. Chippewa doctor treating the sick 120 



11. Manido'gicigo'kwe 148 



12. The Fourth of July at Red Lake agency 168 



FiGUKE 1 . Mide^ writing 16 



2. Mide^ song writing 17 



3. Mide' diagram of the path of life 24 



4. Diagram showing arrangement of Mide'wigan during initiation cere- 



mony of first degree. (Drawn by the elder Maiii''ans) 39 



5. Diagram .showing course followed by leader during initiation cere- 



mony of first degree 40 



6. Diagram showing course followed by candidate, escorted by leader, 



in dance at Hide' initiation ceremony of first degree 42 



7. Birch-bark rolls containing mnemonics of the songs connected with 



rare medicines, and used by OMeni^giln when singing these songs . 100 



8. Bones used by Chippewa doctor in treating the sick 120 



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