MALLERY.] OJIBWA WORDS—ADDRESS OF KIN CHE-ESS. 521 
DISCOURSES. 
ADDRESS OF KIN CHE-ESS. 
The following is the farewell address of K1iN CHE-ESS (Spectacles), 
medicine-man of the Wichitas, to Rey. A. J. HOLT, missionary, on his 
departure from the Wichita Agency, in the words of the latter: 
He placed one hand on my breast, the other on his own, then clasped 
his two hands together after the manner of our congratulations— We 
are friends, Fig. 320. He placed one hand on me, the other on him- 
self, then placed the first two fingers of his right 
hand between his lips—We are brothers. He 
placed his right hand over my heart, his left 
hand over his own heart, then linked the first 
fingers of his right and left hands— Our hearts 
are linked together. See Fig. 232, p. 386. He laid his right hand on 
me lightly, then put it to his mouth, with the knuckles lightly against 
his lips, and made the motion of flipping water from the right-hand fore- 
finger, each flip casting the hand and arm from the mouth a foot or so, 
then bringing it back in the same position. (This repeated three or 
more times, signifying talk or talking.) Fig. 321. He then made a mo- 
tion with his right hand as if 
he were fanning his right ear; 
this repeated. He then ex- 
tended his right hand with his 
index finger pointing upward, 
his eyes also being turned up- 
ward— You told me of the Great 
Father. Pointing to himself, he 
hugged both hands to his bosom, 
as if he were affectionately clasping something he loved, and then 
pointed upward in the way before described—I love him (the Great 
Father). Laying his right hand on me, he clasped his 
hands to his bosom as before—J love you. Placing his 
right hand on my shoulder, he threw it over his own right 
shoulder as if he were casting behind him a little chip, 
only when his hand was over his shoulder his index 
finger was pointing behind him— You go away. Pointing 
to his breast, he clinched the same hand as if it held a 
stick, and made a motion as if he were trying to strike 
something on the ground with the bottom of the stick eRe’ 
held in an upright position-—T stay, or I stay right here, Fig. 322. 
Placing his right hand on me, he placed both his hands on his breast 
and breathed deeply two or three times, then using the index finger and 
thuinb of each hand as if he were holding a small pin, he placed the 
two hands in this position as if he were holding a thread in each hand 
and between the thumb and forefinger of each hand close together, and 
Fic. 320. 
Fic. 321. 
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