﻿OJIBWA 
  HERBALIST. 
  

  

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  Some 
  examples 
  of 
  songs 
  used 
  by 
  Jes'sakkld', 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  be- 
  

   come 
  Mide', 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  degrees 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  still 
  another 
  class 
  of 
  persons 
  termed 
  Maskki'kike'winini, 
  

   or 
  herbalists, 
  who 
  are 
  generally 
  denominated 
  "medicine 
  men," 
  as 
  

   the 
  Ojibwa 
  word 
  implies. 
  Their 
  calling 
  is 
  a 
  simple 
  one, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  in 
  knowing 
  the 
  mysterious 
  properties 
  of 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  plants, 
  

   herbs, 
  roots, 
  and 
  berries, 
  which 
  are 
  revealed 
  upon 
  application 
  and 
  

   for 
  a 
  fee. 
  When 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  administration 
  of 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  a 
  given 
  

   complaint, 
  based 
  upon 
  true 
  scientific 
  principles, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  in 
  conse- 
  

   quence 
  of 
  such 
  practice 
  having 
  been 
  acquired 
  from 
  the 
  whites, 
  as 
  it 
  

   has 
  usually 
  been 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  the 
  Catholic 
  Fathers 
  to 
  utilize 
  all 
  

   ordinary 
  and 
  available 
  remedies 
  for 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  

  

  Ift 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  I.— 
  Herbalist 
  preparing 
  medicine 
  and 
  treating 
  patient. 
  

  

  disorders 
  of 
  life. 
  Although 
  these 
  herbalists 
  are 
  aware 
  that 
  certain 
  

   plants 
  or 
  roots 
  will 
  produce 
  a 
  specified 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  human 
  sys- 
  

   tem, 
  they 
  attribute 
  the 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  such 
  remedies 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   tasteful 
  and 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  demons 
  who 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  system 
  

   and 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  attributed. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  herbalists 
  are 
  

   found 
  among 
  women, 
  also; 
  and 
  these, 
  too, 
  are 
  generally 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  In 
  Fig. 
  1 
  is 
  shown 
  an 
  herbalist 
  preparing 
  a 
  mix- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  