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  OJIBWA 
  (1 
  EXES 
  IS. 
  173 
  

  

  son 
  died. 
  The 
  parents 
  were 
  so 
  much 
  distressed 
  that 
  they 
  decided 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  

   village 
  and 
  bury 
  the 
  body 
  there: 
  so 
  they 
  made 
  preparations 
  to 
  return, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  

   traveled 
  along, 
  they 
  would 
  each 
  evening 
  erect 
  several 
  poles 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  body 
  

   was 
  placed 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  wild 
  beasts 
  from 
  devouring 
  it. 
  When 
  the 
  dead 
  boy 
  was 
  

   thus 
  hanging 
  upon 
  the 
  poles, 
  the 
  adopted 
  child 
  — 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  Sun 
  Spirit— 
  would 
  

   play 
  about 
  the 
  camp 
  and 
  amuse 
  himself, 
  and 
  finally 
  told 
  his 
  adopted 
  father 
  be 
  

   pitied 
  him, 
  and 
  his 
  mother, 
  for 
  their 
  sorrow. 
  The 
  adopted 
  son 
  said 
  he 
  could 
  bring 
  

   Ins 
  dead 
  brother 
  to 
  life, 
  whereupon 
  the 
  parents 
  expressed 
  great 
  surprise 
  and 
  desired 
  

   to 
  know 
  how 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  accomplished. 
  

  

  The 
  adopted 
  boy 
  then 
  had 
  the 
  party 
  hasten 
  to 
  the 
  village, 
  when 
  he 
  said, 
  " 
  Get 
  

   the 
  women 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  wig'iwam 
  of 
  bark 
  (No. 
  16), 
  put 
  the 
  dead 
  boy 
  in 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  

   birch 
  bark 
  and 
  place 
  the 
  body 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wig'iwam. 
  On 
  

   the 
  next 
  morning 
  after 
  this 
  had 
  been 
  done, 
  the 
  family 
  and 
  friends 
  went 
  into 
  this 
  

   lodge 
  and 
  seated 
  themselves 
  around 
  the 
  corpse. 
  

  

  When 
  they 
  had 
  all 
  been 
  sitting 
  quietly 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  they 
  saw 
  through 
  the 
  

   doorway 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  a 
  bear 
  (No. 
  17) 
  which 
  gradually 
  came 
  towards 
  the 
  wig'i- 
  

   wam, 
  entered 
  it, 
  and 
  placed 
  itself 
  before 
  the 
  dead 
  body 
  and 
  said 
  hii. 
  hii, 
  hii, 
  hu, 
  

   when 
  he 
  passed 
  around 
  it 
  towards 
  the 
  left 
  side, 
  with 
  a 
  trembling 
  motion, 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  

   did 
  so, 
  the 
  body 
  began 
  quivering, 
  and 
  the 
  quivering 
  increased 
  as 
  the 
  bear 
  contin- 
  

   ued 
  until 
  he 
  had 
  passed 
  around 
  four 
  times, 
  when 
  the 
  body 
  came 
  to 
  life 
  again 
  and 
  stood 
  

   up. 
  Then 
  the 
  bear 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  father, 
  who 
  was 
  sitting 
  in 
  the 
  distant 
  right-hand 
  

   corner 
  of 
  the 
  wig'iwam, 
  and 
  addressed 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  following 
  words: 
  

  

  Nos 
  ka-wi'-na 
  ni'-shi-na'-bi 
  wis-si' 
  a'-ya-wl'-an 
  man'-i-do 
  nin-gi'-sis. 
  Be-rnai'-a- 
  

   My 
  father 
  is 
  not 
  au 
  Indian 
  not 
  you 
  are 
  a 
  spirit 
  son. 
  Inso- 
  

  

  mi'-nik 
  ni'-dzhi 
  man'-i-do 
  mi'-a-zhl'-gwa 
  tshi-gi-a'-we-an'. 
  Nos 
  a-zhl'-gwa 
  a-se'-ma 
  

   much 
  my 
  fellow 
  spirit 
  now 
  as 
  you 
  are. 
  My 
  father 
  now 
  tobacco 
  

  

  tsbi 
  -a-to-yek. 
  A-mi-kun-dem 
  mi-e'-ta 
  a'-wi-dink 
  dzhi-gosh'-kwi-tot' 
  wen'-dzhi- 
  

   you 
  shall 
  put. 
  He 
  speaks 
  of 
  only 
  h 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  do 
  it 
  why 
  he 
  

  

  bi-ma'-di-zid'-o-ma' 
  a-ga'-wa 
  bi-mA-di-zid'-mi-o-ma' 
  : 
  ni-dzbl 
  man'-i-do 
  nii-a-zhi'-gwa 
  

  

  shall 
  live 
  here 
  now 
  that 
  he 
  scarcely 
  lives; 
  my 
  teilow 
  spirit 
  now 
  I 
  shall 
  j,'o 
  

  

  tshi-gi-we'-an. 
  

   home. 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  bear 
  boy 
  (No. 
  17) 
  was 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  did 
  this. 
  He 
  then 
  remained 
  among 
  

  

  the 
  Indians 
  (No. 
  18) 
  and 
  taught 
  them 
  the 
  mysteries 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Medicine 
  (No. 
  10); 
  

  

  and, 
  after 
  he 
  had 
  finished, 
  he 
  told 
  his 
  adopted 
  father 
  that 
  as 
  his 
  mission 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  fulfilled 
  he 
  was 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  his 
  kindred 
  spirits, 
  for 
  the 
  Indians 
  would 
  have 
  no 
  need 
  

  

  to 
  fear 
  sickness 
  as 
  they 
  now 
  possessed 
  the 
  Grand 
  Medicine 
  which 
  would 
  enable 
  

  

  them 
  to 
  live. 
  He 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  his 
  spirit 
  could 
  bring 
  a 
  body 
  to 
  life 
  but 
  once, 
  and 
  

  

  hi' 
  would 
  now 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  sun 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  feel 
  bis 
  influence. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  called 
  Kwi-wi-sens' 
  wg-dl'-shi-tshi 
  ge-wi-mp 
  — 
  ■" 
  Little- 
  

   boy-1 
  lis- 
  work." 
  

  

  From 
  subsequent 
  information 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  line 
  No. 
  22 
  

   denotes 
  the 
  earth, 
  and 
  that, 
  being 
  considered 
  as 
  one 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  initiation 
  into 
  the 
  Mid" 
  wiwin, 
  three 
  others 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  before 
  

   a 
  candidate 
  can 
  be 
  admitted. 
  These 
  steps, 
  or 
  rests, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   denominated 
  (Nos. 
  23, 
  24, 
  and 
  25), 
  are 
  typified 
  by 
  four 
  distinct 
  gifts 
  

   of 
  goods, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  remitted 
  to 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  before 
  the 
  

   ceremony 
  can 
  take 
  place. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  18 
  and 
  19 
  are 
  repetitions 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  alluded 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  tra- 
  

   dition 
  (Nos. 
  lb 
  and 
  IT) 
  to 
  signify 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  must 
  personate 
  

   the 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido 
  — 
  -Bear 
  Spirit 
  — 
  when 
  entering 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  

   (No. 
  19). 
  No. 
  20 
  is 
  the 
  Mide' 
  Man'ido 
  as 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  is 
  termed 
  

  

  