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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 45 



No. 59 (Catalogue no. 50) 



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WORDS 



Nikanun^ My Mide^ brother 



Na^donamawin^ Is searched 



OdeiiV In his heart is found 



Mi^konamawa^ That which I seek to remove 



Migisun^ A white shell 



Song picture no. 59. The 

 mi'gis is shown in the heart 

 of the Mide'. 



(Catalogue no. 51) 



Cingus' Weasel 



Nan^domiyan^ Thou art calling me 



Song picture no. 00. In 

 his hand the man holds 

 a weasel , representing his 



Mide' bag. 



There is a large number of songs which may be used during the 

 initiation of a member of the Mide'winln. Each of the old men 

 accustomed to lead the ceremony has his favorite songs and brings 

 with him the birch-bark rolls on which the songs are written. Before 

 each ceremony these rolls are exammed and the songs discussed by 

 the initiators but the selection is usually left to the leader. 



The three following songs are not parts of series but are detached 

 songs belonging to the portion of the ceremony in which the candidate 

 is "shot" b}^ the initiators. 



