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  TTTE 
  MIDE'WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  they 
  arc 
  absent, 
  and 
  looks 
  upon 
  'em 
  as 
  Fools 
  that 
  have 
  lost 
  their 
  Senses 
  by 
  some 
  

   violent 
  Distemper, 
  yet 
  they 
  allow 
  'em 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  Sick; 
  whether 
  it 
  be 
  to 
  divert 
  'em 
  

   with 
  their 
  Idle 
  Stories, 
  or 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  Opportunity 
  of 
  seeing 
  them 
  rave, 
  skip 
  about, 
  

   cry, 
  houl, 
  and 
  make 
  Grimaces 
  and 
  Wry 
  Faces, 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  possess'd. 
  When 
  all 
  

   the 
  Bustle 
  is 
  over, 
  they 
  demand 
  a 
  Feast 
  of 
  a 
  Stag 
  and 
  some 
  large 
  Trouts 
  for 
  the 
  

   Company, 
  who 
  are 
  thus 
  regal'd 
  at 
  once 
  with 
  Diversion 
  and 
  Good 
  Cheer. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Quack 
  comes 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  Patient, 
  he 
  examines 
  him 
  very 
  carefully: 
  If 
  

   the 
  Evil 
  Spirit 
  be 
  here, 
  says 
  he, 
  we 
  shall 
  quickly 
  dislodge 
  him. 
  This 
  said, 
  he 
  with- 
  

   draws 
  by 
  himself 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  Tent 
  made 
  on 
  purpose, 
  where 
  he 
  dances, 
  and 
  sings 
  

   holding 
  like 
  an 
  Owl; 
  (which 
  gives 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  Occasion 
  to 
  say, 
  That 
  the 
  Devil 
  con- 
  

   verses 
  tritlt 
  'cm.) 
  After 
  he 
  has 
  made 
  an 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  Quack 
  Jargon, 
  he 
  comes 
  and 
  

   rubs 
  the 
  Patient 
  in 
  some 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  Body, 
  and 
  pulling 
  some 
  little 
  Bones 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  

   Mouth, 
  acquaints 
  the 
  Patient, 
  That 
  these 
  very 
  Unites 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  Body; 
  that 
  he 
  

   ought 
  topluek 
  up 
  a 
  good 
  heart, 
  in 
  regard 
  that 
  his 
  Distemper 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  Trifle; 
  and 
  in 
  

   fine, 
  that 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  accelerate 
  the 
  ( 
  'ure.'t 
  will 
  be 
  convenient 
  to 
  sciul 
  his 
  ovm 
  and 
  

   his 
  Relations 
  Slaves 
  to 
  shoot 
  Elks, 
  ]h<r, 
  &c, 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  itieij 
  may 
  all 
  eat 
  of 
  that 
  sort 
  

   of 
  Meat, 
  upon 
  which 
  his 
  Cure 
  does 
  absolutely 
  depend. 
  

  

  Commonly 
  these 
  Quacks 
  bring 
  'em 
  some 
  Juices 
  of 
  Plants. 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  

   Purges, 
  and 
  are 
  called 
  Maskikik. 
  

  

  Hennepin, 
  in 
  "A 
  Continuation 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Discovery," 
  etc., 
  1 
  speaks 
  

   of 
  the 
  religion 
  and 
  sorcerers 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  

   those 
  living 
  about 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  all 
  too 
  sadly 
  convinced, 
  that 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  Salvages 
  in 
  general 
  have 
  

   no 
  notion 
  of 
  a 
  God, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  comprehend 
  the 
  most 
  ordinary 
  

   Arguments 
  on 
  that 
  Subject; 
  others 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  Spirit 
  that 
  commands, 
  say 
  they, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Air. 
  Some 
  among 
  'em 
  look 
  upon 
  the 
  Skie 
  as 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  Divinity; 
  others 
  as 
  an 
  

   Otkon 
  or 
  Manitou, 
  either 
  Good 
  or 
  Evil. 
  

  

  These 
  People 
  admit 
  of 
  some 
  sort 
  of 
  Genius 
  in 
  all 
  things; 
  they 
  all 
  believe 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  Master 
  of 
  Life, 
  as 
  they 
  call 
  him, 
  but 
  hereof 
  they 
  make 
  various 
  applications; 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  have 
  a 
  lean 
  Raven, 
  which 
  they 
  carry 
  always 
  along 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  which 
  

   they 
  say 
  is 
  the 
  Master 
  of 
  their 
  Life; 
  others 
  have 
  an 
  Owl, 
  and 
  some 
  again 
  a 
  Bone, 
  a 
  

   Sea-Shell, 
  or 
  some 
  such 
  thing; 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  Nation 
  among 
  'em 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  Juglers 
  or 
  Conjuerers, 
  

   which 
  some 
  look 
  upon 
  to 
  be 
  Wizards, 
  but 
  in 
  my 
  Opinion 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  Great 
  reason 
  

   to 
  believe 
  'em 
  such, 
  or 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  their 
  Practice 
  favours 
  any 
  thing 
  of 
  a 
  Commu- 
  

   nication 
  with 
  the 
  Devil. 
  

  

  These 
  Impostors 
  cause 
  themselves 
  to 
  be 
  reverenced 
  as 
  Prophets 
  which 
  fore-tell 
  

   Futurity. 
  They 
  will 
  needs 
  be 
  look'd 
  upon 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  unlimited 
  Power. 
  They 
  

   boast 
  of 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  Wet 
  or 
  Dry; 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  Calm 
  or 
  a 
  Storm; 
  to 
  render 
  

   Land 
  Fruitful 
  or 
  Barren; 
  and, 
  in 
  a 
  Word 
  to 
  make 
  Hunters 
  Fortunate 
  or 
  Unfortu- 
  

   nate. 
  They 
  also 
  pretend 
  to 
  Physick, 
  and 
  to 
  apply 
  Medicines, 
  but 
  which 
  are 
  such, 
  

   for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  as 
  have 
  little 
  Virtue 
  at 
  all 
  in 
  'em. 
  especially 
  to 
  Cure 
  that 
  Dis- 
  

   temper 
  which 
  they 
  pretend 
  to. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  imagine, 
  the 
  horrible 
  Howlings 
  and 
  strange 
  Contortions 
  that 
  

   those 
  Jugglers 
  make 
  of 
  their 
  Bodies, 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  disposing 
  themselves 
  to 
  Con- 
  

   jure, 
  or 
  raise 
  their 
  Enchantments. 
  

  

  Marquette, 
  who 
  visited 
  the 
  Miami, 
  Mascontin 
  and 
  Kickapoo 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  in 
  1673, 
  after 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  herbalist, 
  mentions 
  also 
  

   the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  calumet 
  dance," 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  They 
  have 
  Physicians 
  amongst 
  them, 
  towards 
  whom 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  liberal 
  when 
  

   they 
  are 
  sick, 
  thinking 
  that 
  the 
  Operation 
  of 
  the 
  Remedies 
  they 
  take, 
  is 
  proportional 
  

   to 
  the 
  Presents 
  they 
  make 
  unto 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  prescrib'd 
  them. 
  

  

  1 
  London, 
  1689, 
  p. 
  59, 
  et. 
  seq. 
  

  

  