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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 45 



No. 49 (Catalogue no. 40) 



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Song picture no. 49. 



Gego^ 1 



¥ . / Tj. / } Do not speak ill of the Mide' 



Nikan^ My Mide^ brethren 



Nmgotci^ Wherever you may be 



Ikwe^wan Do not speak ill of a woman 



Nikan^ My Mide^ brethren 



No. 50 



(Catalogue no. 41) 



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Song picture no. 50. In his 

 hand the MIde' wini'nl holds 

 a Mide' shell. 



Tci^gigiwa^basogwen'. . . We may live by it always 



Nikan' My Mide^ brethren 



Manido^wan It is spiritual 



Nin^esewin^ The inspiration we receive 



SERIES 4 ANALYSIS 



The fourth series is composed of songs which 

 are sung after a man has been initiated and has 

 been given a medicine bag corresponding to 

 the degree he has taken. 



Song no. 54 contains a reference to the water spirit. 



De'bwawen'dlink stated that song no. 58 refers to a yellow bear, 

 whose shaggy fur resembles feathers. As already stated, the bear is 

 closely connected with the MIde' 



•»No. 59 refers to the fact that the white shells used in initiating 

 members into the Mide'wiwin are supposed to penetrate the skin, 

 and it is the duty of the initiators, having "shot" these shells, to 

 remove them. The work of these shells is a cleansing work, and if 

 any of them remain in the body it is supposed that the cleansing is 

 incomplete and the person suffers correspondingly. These shells 

 issue from the mouth of the person being initiated. 



