﻿CONTENTS. 
  VII 
  

  

  Page. 
  

   Linguistic 
  families 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Wakashan 
  family 
  128 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  130 
  

  

  Principal 
  Aht 
  tribes 
  130 
  

  

  Population 
  130 
  

  

  Principal 
  Haeltzuk 
  tribes 
  131 
  

  

  Population 
  131 
  

  

  Washoan 
  family 
  131 
  

  

  Weitspekan 
  family 
  131 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  132 
  

  

  Tribes 
  132 
  

  

  Wishoskau 
  family 
  132 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  133 
  

  

  Tribes 
  133 
  

  

  Yokonan 
  family 
  133 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  134 
  

  

  Tribes 
  134 
  

  

  Population 
  135 
  

  

  Yanan 
  family 
  , 
  135 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  135 
  

  

  Yukian 
  family 
  135 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  136 
  

  

  Yuman 
  family 
  ... 
  136 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  137 
  

  

  Principal 
  tribes 
  138 
  

  

  Population 
  138 
  

  

  Zufiian 
  family 
  138 
  

  

  Geographic 
  distribution 
  139 
  

  

  Population 
  139 
  

  

  Concluding 
  remarks 
  139 
  

  

  THE 
  MIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OR 
  "GRAND 
  MEDICINE 
  SOCIETY" 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA, 
  BY 
  W. 
  J. 
  

  

  HOFFMAN. 
  

  

  Introduction 
  149 
  

  

  Shamans 
  156 
  

  

  Mide'wiwin 
  164 
  

  

  Mide 
  wigan 
  187 
  

  

  First 
  degree 
  189 
  

  

  Preparatory 
  instruction 
  189 
  

  

  Mide' 
  therapeutics 
  197 
  

  

  Imploration 
  for 
  clear 
  weather 
  207 
  

  

  Initiation 
  of 
  candidate 
  210 
  

  

  Descriptive 
  notes 
  220 
  

  

  Second 
  degree 
  224 
  

  

  Preparation 
  of 
  candidate 
  224 
  

  

  Initiation 
  of 
  candidate 
  231 
  

  

  Descriptive 
  notes 
  236 
  

  

  Third 
  degree 
  240 
  

  

  Preparation 
  of 
  candidate 
  241 
  

  

  Initiation 
  of 
  candidate 
  243 
  

  

  Descriptive 
  notes 
  251 
  

  

  Fourth 
  degree 
  255 
  

  

  Preparation 
  of 
  candidate 
  257 
  

  

  Initiation 
  of 
  candidate 
  258 
  

  

  Descriptive 
  notes 
  274 
  

  

  