﻿OF 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OF 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  XXXIX 
  

  

  THE 
  MIDE'WIWIN, 
  OR 
  GRAND 
  MEDICINE 
  SOCIETY 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA, 
  

   BY 
  W. 
  J. 
  HOFFMAN, 
  AND 
  THE 
  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHER- 
  

   OKEES, 
  BY 
  JAMES 
  MOONEY. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hoffman 
  presents 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  "Mide'wiwin, 
  or 
  Grand 
  

   Medicine 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  Ojibwa," 
  and 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  vestiges 
  of 
  

   a 
  once 
  powerful 
  organization 
  existing 
  among 
  these 
  people. 
  

   Mr. 
  Mooney 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  

   end 
  in 
  view. 
  In 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  they 
  are 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  contributions 
  to 
  this 
  subject. 
  The 
  same 
  lines 
  of 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   with 
  other 
  tribes 
  where 
  societies 
  and 
  practices 
  have 
  been 
  but 
  

   little 
  modified 
  by 
  the 
  contact 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  

   subject 
  is 
  therefore 
  much 
  more 
  plainly 
  arrayed. 
  In 
  due 
  time 
  

   these 
  additional 
  researches 
  will 
  be 
  published. 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  Hoffman's 
  paper 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  that 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  cen- 
  

   turies 
  of 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  man 
  has 
  not 
  only 
  served 
  

   to 
  break" 
  down 
  this 
  organization 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  but 
  has 
  also 
  

   inculcated 
  in 
  the 
  minds 
  of 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  a 
  clearer 
  conception 
  of 
  

   a 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  and 
  a 
  future 
  life 
  than 
  is 
  normal 
  to 
  the 
  savage 
  

   mind. 
  Mr. 
  Mooney, 
  whose 
  paper 
  largely 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  plants 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  for 
  the 
  healing 
  of 
  disease, 
  naively 
  

   compares 
  the 
  pharmacopoeia 
  of 
  savagery 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  civiliza- 
  

   tion, 
  assuming 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  a 
  standard 
  of 
  scientific 
  truth. 
  

   Perchance 
  scientific 
  men 
  will 
  make 
  one 
  step 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  this 
  

   position, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  interested 
  in 
  discovering 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  

   which 
  savage 
  philosophy 
  is 
  still 
  represented 
  in 
  civilized 
  materia 
  

   medica 
  as 
  expressed 
  in 
  officinal 
  formulas. 
  

  

  A 
  word 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  dramatis 
  persona? 
  of 
  Indian 
  my- 
  

   thology. 
  In 
  all 
  those 
  mythologies 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  studied 
  

   with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  care 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  zoic 
  deities 
  

   greatly 
  prevail, 
  the 
  progenitors 
  and 
  prototypes 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  

   of 
  the 
  land, 
  air, 
  and 
  water; 
  yet 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  deities. 
  Chief 
  

   among 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  sun, 
  moon, 
  stars, 
  fire, 
  and 
  the 
  spirits 
  of 
  

   mountains 
  and 
  other 
  geographical 
  and 
  natural 
  phenomena. 
  

   Yet 
  these 
  beings 
  are 
  largely 
  zoomorphic, 
  being 
  considered 
  

   rather 
  as 
  mythic 
  animals 
  than 
  as 
  mythic 
  men; 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  

   understood 
  that 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  demarcation 
  between 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  

   lower 
  animals 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  clearly 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  savage 
  mind 
  

  

  