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  the 
  midk'wiwin 
  of 
  the 
  ojibwa. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  religion 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  the 
  practices 
  of 
  

   the 
  sorcerers, 
  Hennepin 
  says: 
  

  

  As 
  for 
  their 
  Opinion 
  concerning 
  the 
  Earth, 
  they 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  Name 
  of 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  Genius, 
  whom 
  they 
  call 
  Micaboche, 
  who 
  has 
  cover'd 
  the 
  whole 
  Earth 
  with 
  

   water 
  (as 
  they 
  imagine) 
  and 
  relate 
  innumerable 
  fabulous 
  Tales, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  

   a 
  kind 
  of 
  Analogy 
  witli 
  the 
  Universal 
  Deluge. 
  These 
  Barbarians 
  believe 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  certain 
  Spirits 
  in 
  the 
  Air, 
  between 
  Heaven 
  and 
  Earth, 
  who 
  have 
  a 
  power 
  to 
  

   foretell 
  future 
  Events, 
  and 
  others 
  who 
  play 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Physicians, 
  curing 
  all 
  sorts 
  

   of 
  Distempers. 
  Upon 
  which 
  account, 
  it 
  happens, 
  that 
  these 
  Savages 
  are 
  very 
  Su- 
  

   perstitious, 
  and 
  consult 
  their 
  Oracles 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  exactness. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  

   Masters-Jugglers 
  who 
  pass 
  for 
  Sorcerers 
  among 
  them, 
  one 
  day 
  caus'd 
  a 
  Hut 
  to 
  be 
  

   erected 
  with 
  ten 
  thick 
  Stakes, 
  which 
  be 
  fix'd 
  very 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  Ground, 
  and 
  then 
  

   made 
  a 
  horrible 
  noise 
  to 
  Consult 
  the 
  Spirits, 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  abundance 
  of 
  Snow 
  

   wou'd 
  fall 
  ere 
  long, 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  good 
  game 
  in 
  the 
  Hunting 
  of 
  Elks 
  and 
  

   Heavers: 
  Afterward 
  be 
  bawl'd 
  out 
  aloud 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  Hut, 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  

   many 
  Herds 
  of 
  Elks, 
  which 
  were 
  as 
  yet 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  distance, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  drew 
  

   near 
  within 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  Leagues 
  of 
  their 
  Huts, 
  which 
  caus'd 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  joy 
  

   among 
  those 
  poor 
  deluded 
  Wretches. 
  

  

  That 
  this 
  statement 
  refers 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Algonkian 
  

   linguistic 
  stock 
  is 
  evident, 
  not 
  only 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   sorcerers 
  and 
  their 
  peculiar 
  methods 
  of 
  procedure, 
  hut 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Micabocht 
  . 
  an 
  Algonkian 
  divinity, 
  appears. 
  This 
  Spirit, 
  

   who 
  acted 
  as 
  an 
  intercessor 
  between 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  (Great 
  Spirit) 
  

   and 
  the 
  Indians, 
  is 
  known 
  amongthe 
  Ojibwa 
  as 
  Mi'nabo'zho; 
  but 
  to 
  

   this 
  full 
  reference 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  further 
  on 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   Myth 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  The 
  tradition 
  of 
  Nokomis 
  

   (the 
  earth) 
  and 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  Manabush 
  (the 
  Mi'nabo'zho 
  of 
  the 
  Meno- 
  

   moni) 
  and 
  his 
  brother, 
  the 
  Wolf, 
  that 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  re-creation 
  

   of 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  other 
  myths, 
  are 
  thrown 
  together 
  and 
  

   in 
  a 
  mangled 
  form 
  presented 
  by 
  Hennepin 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  words: 
  

  

  Some 
  Salvages 
  which 
  live 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  River 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  do 
  relate 
  

   a 
  pretty 
  diverting 
  Story. 
  They 
  hold 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  opinion 
  with 
  the 
  former 
  [the 
  

   Iroquois], 
  that 
  a 
  Woman 
  came 
  down 
  from 
  Heaven, 
  and 
  remained 
  for 
  some 
  while 
  

   fluttering 
  in 
  the 
  Air. 
  not 
  finding 
  Ground 
  whereupon 
  to 
  put 
  her 
  Foot. 
  But 
  that 
  the 
  

   Fishes 
  moved 
  with 
  Compassion 
  for 
  her, 
  immediately 
  held 
  a 
  Consultation 
  to 
  delib- 
  

   erate 
  which 
  of 
  them 
  should 
  receive 
  her. 
  The 
  Tortoise 
  very 
  officiously 
  offered 
  its 
  

   Bade 
  on 
  the 
  Surface 
  of 
  the 
  Water. 
  The 
  Woman 
  came 
  to 
  rest 
  upon 
  it, 
  and 
  fixed 
  

   herself 
  there. 
  Afterwards 
  the 
  Filthiness 
  and 
  Dirt 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  gathering 
  together 
  

   about 
  the 
  Tortoise, 
  there 
  was 
  formed 
  by 
  little 
  and 
  little 
  that 
  vast 
  Tract 
  of 
  Land, 
  

   which 
  we 
  now 
  call 
  America. 
  

  

  They 
  add 
  that 
  this 
  Woman 
  grew 
  weary 
  of 
  her 
  Solitude, 
  wanting 
  some 
  body 
  for 
  to 
  

   keep 
  her 
  Company, 
  that 
  so 
  she 
  might 
  spend 
  her 
  time 
  more 
  pleasantly. 
  Melancholy 
  

   and 
  Sadness 
  having, 
  seiz'd 
  upon 
  her 
  Spirits, 
  she 
  fell 
  asleep, 
  and 
  a 
  Spirit 
  descended 
  

   from 
  above, 
  and 
  finding 
  her 
  in 
  that 
  Condition 
  approaeh'd 
  and 
  knew 
  her 
  imper- 
  

   ceptibly. 
  From 
  which 
  Approach 
  she 
  conceived 
  two 
  Children, 
  which 
  came 
  forth 
  

   out 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  her 
  Ribs. 
  But 
  these 
  two 
  Brothers 
  could 
  never 
  afterwards 
  agree 
  to- 
  

   gether. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  was 
  a 
  better 
  Huntsman 
  than 
  the 
  other; 
  they 
  quarreled 
  every 
  

   day; 
  and 
  their 
  Disputes 
  grew 
  so 
  high 
  at 
  last, 
  that 
  one 
  could 
  not 
  bear 
  with 
  the 
  other. 
  

   One 
  especially 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  wild 
  Temper, 
  hated 
  mortally 
  his 
  Brother 
  who 
  was 
  of 
  

   a 
  milder 
  Constitution, 
  who 
  being 
  no 
  longer 
  able 
  to 
  endure 
  the 
  Pranks 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  