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  TII10 
  MIDEWIWIN 
  UK 
  THE 
  O.UISWA. 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  horns 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  

   is 
  a 
  common 
  symbol 
  of 
  superior 
  power 
  found 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   figures 
  of 
  human 
  and 
  divine 
  forms 
  in 
  many 
  Mide' 
  songs 
  and 
  other 
  

   mnemonic 
  records. 
  No. 
  21 
  represents 
  the 
  earth's 
  surface, 
  similar 
  to 
  

   that 
  designated 
  at 
  No. 
  22. 
  

  

  Upon 
  comparing 
  the 
  preceding 
  tradition 
  of 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  with 
  the 
  following, 
  which 
  pertains 
  to 
  the 
  descent 
  to 
  earth 
  of 
  

   Mi'nabo'zho, 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  some 
  discrepancy, 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  

   be 
  explained 
  by 
  Sikas'sigg, 
  because 
  he 
  had 
  forgotten 
  the 
  exact 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  events; 
  but 
  from 
  information 
  derived 
  from 
  other 
  Mide' 
  

   it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  joined 
  together 
  two 
  myths, 
  the 
  

   intervening 
  circumstances 
  being 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tradition 
  given 
  below 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  narrative 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  chart 
  on 
  PI. 
  hi 
  A. 
  

  

  This 
  chart, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Mille 
  Lacs 
  chief 
  Baie'- 
  

   dzhrk, 
  was 
  copied 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  that 
  belonging 
  to 
  his 
  preceptor 
  at 
  La 
  

   Pointe 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1800, 
  and 
  although 
  the 
  traditions 
  given 
  by 
  

   Sikas'sigfi 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  surviving 
  at 
  Red 
  Lake, 
  the 
  diagram 
  

   is 
  an 
  interesting 
  variant 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  greater 
  amount 
  

   of 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  delineation 
  of 
  objects 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  tradition. 
  

  

  By 
  referring 
  to 
  PI. 
  iv 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  circle, 
  No. 
  1, 
  resem- 
  

   bles 
  the 
  corresponding 
  circle 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  record 
  on 
  PI. 
  

   in, 
  A, 
  with 
  this 
  difference, 
  that 
  the 
  four 
  quarters 
  of 
  the 
  globe 
  in- 
  

   habited 
  by 
  the 
  Ani 
  shina'beg 
  are 
  not 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  between 
  the 
  cardinal 
  points 
  at 
  which 
  

   the 
  Otter 
  appeared, 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   tral 
  island, 
  only 
  alluded 
  to 
  there 
  (PI. 
  ill 
  A)' 
  

   is 
  here 
  inserted. 
  

  

  The 
  correct 
  manner 
  of 
  arranging 
  the 
  two 
  

   pictorial 
  records, 
  Pis. 
  m 
  A 
  and 
  iv, 
  is 
  by 
  

  

  

  placing 
  the 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  earth's 
  surface 
  

   (PI. 
  v, 
  No. 
  21) 
  upon 
  the 
  island 
  indicated 
  in 
  

   PL 
  iv, 
  No. 
  6, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  stands 
  ver- 
  

   tically 
  and 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  latter; 
  for 
  

   the 
  reason 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  tradition 
  

   pertains 
  to 
  the 
  consultation 
  held 
  between 
  

  

  <DO 
  

  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Sikas'sigS's 
  combined 
  charts, 
  showing 
  descent 
  of 
  Min'abo'zho. 
  

  

  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  lesser 
  spirits 
  which 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  above 
  the 
  earth's 
  surface. 
  According 
  to 
  Sikas'sigS 
  the 
  

   two 
  charts 
  should 
  be 
  joined 
  as 
  suggested 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  illus- 
  

   tration, 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  