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  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  MILLE 
  LACS 
  CHART. 
  177 
  

  

  To 
  continue 
  the 
  informant's 
  tradition: 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Otter 
  had 
  passed 
  around 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  four 
  times, 
  he 
  

   seated 
  himself 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  faced 
  the 
  degree 
  post, 
  when 
  Mi'nabo 
  zho 
  again 
  shot 
  

   into 
  his 
  body 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  which 
  gave 
  him 
  renewed 
  life. 
  Then 
  the 
  Otter 
  was 
  told 
  to 
  

   take 
  a 
  " 
  sweat 
  bath" 
  once 
  each 
  day 
  for 
  four 
  successive 
  days, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  prepare 
  for 
  

   the 
  next 
  degree. 
  (This 
  number 
  is 
  indicated 
  at 
  the 
  rounded 
  spots 
  at 
  Nos. 
  68, 
  69, 
  70, 
  

   and 
  71.) 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  (No. 
  73) 
  is 
  guarded 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  by 
  two 
  

   Mide 
  spirits 
  (Nos. 
  73, 
  74) 
  near 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Makwa' 
  Man 
  ido 
  

   within 
  the 
  inclosure 
  (Nos. 
  75 
  and 
  76), 
  and 
  at 
  night 
  by 
  eighteen 
  Mide 
  Man'idos 
  (Nos. 
  

   77 
  to 
  94), 
  placed 
  there 
  b}* 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido. 
  When 
  the 
  Otter 
  approached 
  the 
  entrance 
  

   (No. 
  95) 
  he 
  was 
  again 
  arrested 
  in 
  his 
  progress 
  by 
  two 
  evil 
  man'idos 
  (Nos. 
  96 
  and 
  97), 
  

   who 
  opposed 
  his 
  admission, 
  but 
  Mi 
  nibo 
  zho 
  overcame 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  Otter 
  entered. 
  

   Just 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  door, 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  Otter 
  sav 
  a 
  post 
  (Nos. 
  98 
  and 
  99), 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  western 
  door 
  or 
  exit 
  two 
  corresponding 
  posts 
  (Nos. 
  100 
  and 
  101). 
  These 
  sym- 
  

   bolized 
  the 
  four 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido, 
  or 
  Bear 
  Spirit, 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  guardian 
  by 
  

   day 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  degree. 
  The 
  Otter 
  then 
  observed 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone 
  

   (No. 
  102) 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  heaps 
  of 
  sacred 
  objects 
  (Nos. 
  103 
  and 
  104) 
  which 
  Mi'nabo' 
  zho 
  

   had 
  deposited, 
  and 
  three 
  degree 
  posts 
  (Nos. 
  105, 
  106, 
  and 
  107), 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  (No. 
  

   K»5) 
  was 
  a 
  plain 
  cedar 
  post 
  with 
  the 
  bark 
  upon 
  it, 
  but 
  sharpened 
  at 
  the 
  top; 
  the 
  

   second 
  (No. 
  106), 
  a 
  red 
  post 
  with 
  a 
  green 
  band 
  round 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  one 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  degree; 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  a 
  cross 
  (No. 
  107) 
  painted 
  red, 
  each 
  of 
  

   the 
  tips 
  painted 
  green. 
  [The 
  vertical 
  line 
  No. 
  108 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  no 
  relation 
  to 
  

   anything 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  tradition.] 
  After 
  the 
  Otter 
  had 
  observed 
  the 
  interior 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  he 
  again 
  made 
  four 
  circuits, 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  his 
  station 
  in 
  

   the 
  west, 
  where 
  he 
  seated 
  himself, 
  facing 
  the 
  sacred 
  degree 
  posts. 
  Then 
  Mi'nabo- 
  

   zho, 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  time, 
  shot 
  into 
  his 
  body 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  thus 
  adding 
  to 
  the 
  powers 
  

   which 
  he 
  already 
  possessed, 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  to 
  prepare 
  for 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  

  

  Other 
  objects 
  appearing 
  upon 
  the 
  chart 
  were 
  subsequently 
  ex- 
  

   plained 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  four 
  trees 
  (Nos. 
  109. 
  110, 
  111, 
  and 
  112), 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  planted 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   four 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  are 
  usually 
  cedar, 
  though 
  pine 
  maybe 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  

   substitute 
  when 
  the 
  former 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  had. 
  The 
  repetition 
  of 
  the 
  circles 
  Nos. 
  113, 
  

   114. 
  and 
  115 
  and 
  connecting 
  line 
  No. 
  116. 
  with 
  the 
  short 
  lines 
  at 
  Nos. 
  117, 
  118, 
  119. 
  

   and 
  120, 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  signification 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  two 
  degrees. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  Otter 
  had 
  received 
  the 
  third 
  degree 
  he 
  prepared 
  himself 
  for 
  the 
  fourth, 
  

   and 
  highest, 
  by 
  taking 
  a 
  steam 
  bath 
  once 
  a 
  day 
  for 
  four 
  successive 
  days 
  (Nos. 
  121, 
  

   122, 
  123. 
  and 
  124). 
  Then, 
  as 
  he 
  proceeded 
  toward 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  

   wig 
  iwam 
  made 
  of 
  brush 
  (No. 
  179), 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  Makwa 
  Man'ido, 
  the 
  Bear 
  

   Spirit, 
  who 
  guarded 
  the 
  four 
  doors 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  structure. 
  

  

  The 
  four 
  rows 
  of 
  spots 
  have 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  entrances 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mide'wigan 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree. 
  The 
  signification 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  

   near 
  the 
  larger 
  circle, 
  just 
  beneath 
  the 
  "Bear's 
  nest" 
  could 
  not 
  

   be 
  explained 
  by 
  Sikas'sigg, 
  but 
  the 
  row 
  of 
  spots 
  (No. 
  11?) 
  along 
  the 
  

   horizontal 
  line 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  inclosui'e 
  were 
  denom- 
  

   inated 
  steps, 
  or 
  stages 
  of 
  progress, 
  equal 
  to 
  as 
  many 
  days 
  — 
  one 
  

   spot 
  denoting 
  one 
  day 
  — 
  which 
  must 
  elapse 
  before 
  the 
  Otter 
  was 
  

   permitted 
  to 
  view 
  the 
  entrance. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Otter 
  approached 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree 
  (No. 
  118) 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  post 
  

   7 
  ETH 
  12 
  

  

  