﻿Hoffman.] 
  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  RED 
  LAKE 
  CHART. 
  169 
  

  

  50, 
  represents 
  such 
  an 
  individual 
  in 
  liis 
  disguise 
  of 
  a 
  bear, 
  the 
  char- 
  

   acters 
  at 
  Nos. 
  51 
  and 
  52 
  denoting 
  footprints 
  of 
  a 
  bear 
  made 
  by 
  him, 
  

   impressions 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  lodges 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  his 
  intended 
  victims. 
  The 
  trees 
  shown 
  upon 
  either 
  side 
  

   of 
  No. 
  50 
  signify 
  a 
  forest, 
  the 
  location 
  usually 
  sought 
  by 
  bad 
  Mide' 
  

   and 
  witches. 
  

  

  If 
  a 
  second 
  degree 
  Midi"' 
  succeeds 
  in 
  his 
  desire 
  to 
  become 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  third 
  degree, 
  he 
  proceeds 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  before 
  

   described; 
  he 
  gives 
  feasts 
  to 
  the 
  instructing 
  and 
  four 
  officiating 
  

   Mide', 
  and 
  offers 
  prayers 
  to 
  Dzhe 
  Man'ido 
  for 
  favor 
  and 
  sirccess. 
  

   No. 
  53 
  denotes 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  now 
  personates 
  the 
  1 
  iear 
  — 
  not 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  malignant 
  man'idos, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  man'idos 
  who 
  are 
  

   believed 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  during 
  the 
  ceremonials 
  of 
  initiation 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  degree. 
  He 
  is 
  seated 
  before 
  his 
  sacred 
  drum; 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  

   proper 
  time 
  arrives 
  the 
  Serpent 
  Man'ido 
  (No. 
  54) 
  — 
  who 
  has 
  until 
  this 
  

   opposed 
  his 
  advancement 
  — 
  now 
  arches 
  its 
  body, 
  and 
  beneath 
  it 
  he 
  

   crawls 
  and 
  advances 
  toward 
  the 
  door 
  (No. 
  55) 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  degree 
  

   (N< 
  i. 
  56) 
  of 
  tin/ 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  where 
  he 
  encounters 
  two 
  (Nos. 
  57 
  and 
  58) 
  

   of 
  the 
  four 
  Panther 
  Spirits, 
  the 
  guardians 
  of 
  tins 
  degree. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  Gl 
  to 
  76 
  indicate 
  mide' 
  spirits 
  who 
  inhabit 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  

   this 
  degree, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  human 
  forms 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  those 
  sin 
  iwi 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  indicates 
  a 
  correspondingly 
  

   higher 
  and 
  more 
  sacred 
  character. 
  When 
  an 
  Indian 
  has 
  passed 
  this 
  

   initiation 
  he 
  becomes 
  very 
  skillful 
  in 
  his 
  profession 
  of 
  a 
  Mide'. 
  The 
  

   powers 
  which 
  he 
  possessed 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  may 
  become 
  aug- 
  

   mented. 
  He 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  No. 
  ?? 
  with 
  arms 
  extended, 
  and 
  with 
  

   lines 
  crossing 
  his 
  body 
  and 
  arms 
  denoting 
  darkness 
  and 
  obscurity, 
  

   which 
  signifies 
  his 
  ability 
  to 
  grasp 
  from 
  the 
  invisible 
  world 
  the 
  

   knowledge 
  and 
  means 
  to 
  accomplish 
  extraordinary 
  deeds. 
  He 
  feels 
  

   more 
  confident 
  of 
  prompt 
  response 
  and 
  assistance 
  from 
  the 
  sacred 
  

   man'idos 
  and 
  his 
  knowledge 
  of 
  them 
  becomes 
  more 
  widely 
  extended. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  50 
  and 
  60 
  are 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Panther 
  Spirits 
  who 
  are 
  the 
  

   special 
  guardians 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  degree 
  lodge. 
  

  

  To 
  enter 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  highest 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  requires 
  a 
  

   greater 
  number 
  of 
  feasts 
  than 
  before, 
  and 
  the 
  candidate, 
  who 
  con- 
  

   tinues 
  to 
  personate 
  the 
  Bear 
  Spirit, 
  again 
  uses 
  his 
  sacred 
  drum, 
  as 
  

   he 
  is 
  shown 
  sitting 
  before 
  it 
  in 
  No. 
  78, 
  and 
  chants 
  more 
  prayers 
  to 
  

   Dzhe 
  Man'ido 
  for 
  his 
  favor. 
  This 
  degree 
  is 
  guarded 
  by 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   number 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  of 
  malevolent 
  spirits, 
  who 
  make 
  a 
  

   last 
  effort 
  to 
  prevent 
  a 
  candidate's 
  entrance 
  at 
  the 
  door 
  (No. 
  79) 
  of 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  degree 
  structure 
  (No. 
  80). 
  The 
  chief 
  opponents 
  to 
  be 
  

   overcome, 
  through 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Dzhe 
  Man'ido, 
  are 
  two 
  Panther 
  

   Spirits 
  (Nos. 
  81 
  and 
  82) 
  at 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance, 
  and 
  two 
  Bear 
  Spirits 
  

   (Nos. 
  83 
  and 
  8-4) 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  exit. 
  Other 
  bad 
  spirits 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  

   structure, 
  who 
  frequently 
  gain 
  possession 
  and 
  are 
  then 
  enabled 
  to 
  

   make 
  strong 
  and 
  prolonged 
  resistance 
  to 
  the 
  candidate's 
  entrance. 
  

  

  