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  THE 
  MIDE'WIWTN 
  OB' 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  tne 
  candidate 
  must 
  use 
  when 
  chantingthe 
  prayers, 
  and 
  two 
  offerings 
  

   must 
  be 
  made, 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  two. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  candidate 
  has 
  been 
  admitted 
  to 
  one 
  degree, 
  and 
  is 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  to 
  advance 
  to 
  the 
  second, 
  he 
  offers 
  three 
  feasts, 
  and 
  chants 
  

   three 
  prayers 
  to 
  the 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido, 
  or- 
  Bear 
  Spirit 
  (No. 
  22), 
  that 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  (No. 
  29) 
  to 
  that 
  degree 
  may 
  be 
  opened 
  to 
  him. 
  The 
  

   feasts 
  and 
  chantsare 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  three 
  drums 
  shown 
  at 
  Nos. 
  25, 
  

   26, 
  and 
  27. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  30, 
  31, 
  32, 
  33, 
  and 
  .'54 
  are 
  five 
  Serpent 
  Spirits, 
  evil 
  man'idos 
  

   who 
  oppose 
  a 
  Mide"s 
  progress, 
  though 
  after 
  the 
  feasting 
  and 
  prayers 
  

   directed 
  to 
  the 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido 
  have 
  by 
  him 
  been 
  deemed 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  the 
  four 
  smaller 
  Serpent 
  Spirits 
  move 
  to 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  path 
  

   between 
  the 
  two 
  degrees, 
  while 
  the 
  larger 
  serpent 
  (No. 
  32) 
  raises 
  its 
  

   body 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  arch, 
  beneath 
  which 
  passes 
  the 
  

   candidate 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  degree. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  35. 
  36, 
  46, 
  and 
  47 
  are 
  four 
  malignant 
  Bear 
  Spirits, 
  who 
  guard 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  and 
  exit 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  degree, 
  the 
  doors 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  at 
  

   Nos. 
  37 
  and 
  49. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  lodge 
  (No. 
  38) 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  preced- 
  

   ing; 
  but 
  while 
  the 
  seven 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  at 
  Nos. 
  39, 
  40. 
  41, 
  42, 
  43, 
  44, 
  

   and 
  45 
  simply 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Mide' 
  assisting 
  at 
  this 
  

   second 
  initiation 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  higher 
  and 
  more 
  sacred 
  class 
  of 
  personages 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  degree, 
  the 
  number 
  designated 
  having 
  reference 
  to 
  

   quality 
  and 
  intensity 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  number 
  of 
  assistants, 
  

   as 
  specifically 
  shown 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  structure. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Mide' 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  degree, 
  he 
  receives 
  from 
  Dzhe 
  

   Man'ido 
  supernatural 
  powers 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  No. 
  48. 
  The 
  lines 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  upward 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  signify 
  that 
  he 
  can 
  look 
  into 
  futurity; 
  

   from 
  the 
  ears, 
  that 
  he 
  can 
  hear 
  what 
  is 
  transpiring 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  dis- 
  

   tance; 
  from 
  the 
  hands, 
  that 
  he 
  can 
  touch 
  for 
  good 
  or 
  for 
  evil 
  friends 
  

   and 
  enemies 
  at 
  a 
  distance, 
  however 
  remote; 
  while 
  the 
  lines 
  extending 
  

   from 
  the 
  feet 
  denote 
  his 
  ability 
  to 
  traverse 
  all 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   plishment 
  of 
  his 
  desires 
  or 
  duties. 
  The 
  small 
  disk 
  upon 
  the 
  breast 
  

   of 
  the 
  figure 
  denotes 
  that 
  a 
  Mide' 
  of 
  this 
  degree 
  has 
  several 
  times 
  

   had 
  the 
  nil'gis 
  — 
  life 
  — 
  " 
  shot 
  into 
  his 
  body." 
  the 
  increased 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   spot 
  signifying 
  amount 
  or 
  quantity 
  of 
  influence 
  obtained 
  thereby. 
  

  

  No. 
  50 
  represents 
  a 
  Mi'tsha 
  Mide' 
  or 
  Bad 
  Mide', 
  one 
  who 
  employs 
  

   his 
  powers 
  for 
  evil 
  purposes. 
  He 
  has 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  assuming 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  any 
  animal, 
  in 
  which 
  guise 
  he 
  may 
  destroy 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  his 
  

   victim, 
  immediately 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  resumes 
  his 
  human 
  form 
  and 
  

   appears 
  innocent 
  of 
  any 
  crime. 
  His 
  services 
  are 
  sought 
  by 
  people 
  

   who 
  wish 
  to 
  encompass 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  enemies 
  or 
  rivals, 
  at 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  remote 
  a, 
  locality 
  the 
  intended 
  victim 
  may 
  he 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  An 
  

   illustration 
  representing 
  the 
  modus 
  operandi 
  of 
  his 
  performance 
  is 
  

   reproduced 
  anil 
  explained 
  in 
  Fig. 
  24, 
  page 
  "238. 
  

  

  Persons 
  possessed 
  of 
  this 
  power 
  are 
  sometimes 
  termed 
  witches, 
  

   special 
  reference 
  to 
  whom 
  is 
  made 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  illustration, 
  No. 
  

  

  